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Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Our whole message to farmers is that we are backing them and we are providing options. We are providing really good income. If a farmer has an acre or two, or a hectare or two, on the farm, what a farmer could bring in through forestry makes a hell of a lot of sense.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: It is all about backing farmers. That forestry programme is the best that has been introduced in the State. It will really see a significant change. We have now moved out of the crisis situation and are now getting into an equilibrium. We are driving down that backlog. It is about driving that along and backing farmers to do it, while putting farmers at the centre. Coillte also has a...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The third part of the motion is that we need to have good, strong licensing ambition in this current year of 2023 to back up the industry and-----

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: -----that is what we are doing. Last year we licensed twice as much felling as was harvested the year before. We are doing everything we can to back farmers to do forestry. We are backing the country to help meet its climate emissions plans through forestry-----

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: -----putting farmers very much at the centre of it and giving farmers the 20-year premiums versus the 15 years, which was there for others, giving them a one third advantage for premiums over anybody else, which had not been there before. I welcome the strong sentiment from many Deputies across the floor tonight in respect of trying to improve our afforestation in the years ahead. I look...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Every hectare that-----

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Every hectare that is felled has to be replanted legally. If a hectare of forestry is felled, there is a legal obligation to replant it.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: That is all additional. You replant everything that is felled and what the Deputy is referring to is all additional.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: What is Deputy O'Rourke's target? The Deputy can tell us all about the climate-----

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: What is the Sinn Féin policy?

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Has it got one yet?

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Does it have a policy yet?

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Sinn Féin cannot make its own policies.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: It does not have a policy.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: You have to have a policy in order to debate it.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Officials from my Department and the Department of Rural and Community Development met on 13th January to discuss the setting up of this working group, which is a priority for both Departments. The terms of reference are currently being developed. There is a clear commitment from Minister Humphreys and me, and our respective Departments, to tackle this issue and ensure that the law is as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: This Herd Number, containing two persons, was approved to GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1stJanuary 2016. Payments issued for scheme years 2016 to 2018 inclusive. Unfortunately one of the persons named on the Herd Number died in 2018. The Inheritance Enquiry Unit is currently engaging with the Solicitor and Legal Personal Representative for the Estate. On receipt of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 652, 658 and 669 together. Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and is operationally independent from the Minister and Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I am, therefore, not in position to comment on any operational issues relating to the establishment of the new investment fund. Neither my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Teagasc was established under the Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act, 1988, to provide research, advisory and education services to the agricultural sector. The primary objective of the Teagasc Advisory Service is to maximise the income and sustainability of farm families in line with the goals of the current Teagasc Statement of Strategy. The Advisory Service provides...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Assisted Animal Reproduction (24 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: There are five products, authorised for use in Ireland, that contain Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotrophin (PMSG) also known as Equine Serum Gonadotrophin (eCG). It should be noted that the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) which is a state body under the aegis of the Department of Health, is the competent authority for the authorisation of (human and) veterinary medicines in...