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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: There are a number of different schemes came from the taskforce, including the tie-up scheme, the decommissioning scheme, the Brexit processing capital support scheme, and the Brexit blue economy enterprise development scheme. They all came from that taskforce and I have sought to follow through on all of those schemes. No more than myself, I am sure every organisation would be of the view...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: It certainly strengthens our position and means that as an industry, a sector and a country we are together in the way we move forward. I have been very much informed at all stages by working with the sector and by its views and perspectives. The European Council meeting in Brussels will start at 9 a.m. on Sunday and run all day Monday and probably overnight Monday into Tuesday morning. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: On the piers and harbours, normally there is €3 million or €4 million per year total investment in local authority piers and harbours. Over this year, taking into account what I announced today, the total amounts to €56 million so it is multiples of that. I made a significant decision today. Normally funding from the Government is 75% and 25% from the local authority....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: No, I did not forget Donegal. I am not sure if that particular one was applied for by Cork County Council but I know Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan is constantly in touch with me and was advocating on all of these piers and was delighted to be able to deliver on them. I have no doubt that when Deputy Michael Collins is next speaking to the Taoiseach about Cork and the Government delivering...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Our assessment is that it is likely to meet the demand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I assure the Deputy that I am and I will be in contact with them. I met them for about three hours ten days ago. I will meet them as soon as I land in Brussels to keep them up to speed. We have a team representing us in Brussels, where the negotiations are ongoing. That team is in close contact with them as well and will remain so. We are aligned and we have the same objective. My only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The cost of fuel this year has been a real challenge across the economy but particularly challenging for fisheries, given the high percentage of overall costs that fuel makes up for fishing. We did not have the capacity to do anything from a revenue point of view in relation to marine gas oil because the only tax applied to it is VAT, which is fully reclaimable. As a result, our options in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: That is not what I said at all. The point I was going on to make relates to relative stability and our national share of the European quota. The relative shares we have had of various fish stocks, on which we are engaging with other non-EU states at the moment, were set in the early 1980s under relative stability. Despite the annual battles and the reviews of the CFP that have happened...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: No fisheries producer organisation I am aware of has recommended to its members that they should not take it. I have very deliberately brought all key stakeholders together to advise me on two fronts, first, on how to respond to the impact of Brexit quota challenges, and second, on how we fight our battle at European-level on both fronts. I stepped out the advice in relation to how we...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.  The question raised by the Deputy is an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is the agri-environment climate measure under Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027.   There are two approaches available to farmers under ACRES, namely the ACRES General approach or the ACRES Co-operation approach depending on the location of their holding, with the eligibility for each outlined in the Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Applications under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) are completed online via agfood.ie. The online application facility takes in approx. 130,000 applications annually. Eligible applications are processed promptly for payment.  The application facility opens mid-February annually and closes mid-May. BPS payments begin each year with an advance payment mid-October and a balancing payment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Please see information requested by the Deputy in the tables below for the ANC scheme years 2020, 2021 and 2022, which covers the period since the formation of the current government.  Scheme year payments provided are payments to date for each year.  Note that balancing payments for 2022 commenced on 5th December 2022 and payments will continue to be made into 2023 because some...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy may be aware that last January I announced the roll-out of the €35m Brexit Adjustment: Local Authority Marine Infrastructure Scheme 2022-2023. The BALAMI Scheme was one of the recommendations of the Seafood Sector Taskforce which I established following Brexit.  This scheme is proposed to be funded in the main from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR). In April this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is the agri-environment climate measure in Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027. It is the successor to the Green Low Carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) which was available under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. ACRES is a voluntary scheme whereby farmers, when approved into the Scheme, will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is the agri-environment climate measure in Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027. It is the successor to the Green Low Carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) which was available under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. ACRES is a voluntary scheme whereby farmers, when approved into the Scheme, will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food opened the system for the drafting of applications for the Agri-rural, Climate, Environmental Scheme (ACRES) in September this year, with the system fully opened for the submission of applications from 17thOctober and remaining open until 7thDecember.  Approved ACRES advisors could submit applications for both ACRES streams – general and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is the agri-environment climate measure in Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027.  It is the successor to the Green Low Carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) which was available under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. ACRES is a voluntary scheme whereby farmers, when approved into the Scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) began the process of engaging with farm advisors in early 2022 in preparation for the launch of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES).  Advisors were invited to register their interest in participating in ACRES and were advised of the steps to be undertaken to be approved as an ACRES advisor.  To participate in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland's EMFF Programme is nearing its end, with remaining grants mostly being paid out this year and arrangements for closing out the programme commencing.  An exception was made for the Producer Organisation Scheme, in that commitments have been made to pay grants in 2023 to fund PO's 2022 activities.  The new European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund Regulation...