Results 6,561-6,580 of 23,950 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: We do not know what inflation will be over the coming years. Pillar 2 funding from Europe has increased by approximately 20% if I recall. Pillar 1 funding has decreased by approximately 1% or 2%.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: We fought hard to increase this as high as we could. We wanted it to be a lot higher. If we were running Europe ourselves we would have far higher payments in there as part of the overall European budget. As one of 27 we have to fight hard for it. When we brought the CAP home and got the chance to make decisions at national level on how we support it as a Government we stepped up to the...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: Absolutely.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: If Deputy Carthy engages and speaks to farmers-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: -----who are applying at present the feedback is very strong and the interest is very strong. There is very strong uptake. Our funding for ACRES is an increase of 50% compared with GLAS.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: Not at national level.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: At national level we are pushing massively higher.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: In relation to the pillar 1 basic payment scheme, unfortunately this has been our experience for a number of CAPs. It is something we fight against. Where we get the chance to influence it and bring funding to the table is at national level. I must recognise the support I have received from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, on putting the money on the...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: Pillar 1.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: Pillar 1.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: Pillar 1.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: No, pillar 1 is static. Pillar 2 is up significantly.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: I have not said that at all. I have very clearly outlined with regard to pillar 1 that there has been downward pressure across Europe and we fought hard against it to keep it as high as we could. I have also outlined with regard to pillar 2 that where we have control we are stepping up to the mark and putting money on the table for farmers. Deputy Carthy will get nothing but reality from...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: There-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: We fully understand it Deputy. Deputy Carthy is trying to twist things in a way that is totally unrepresentative and inaccurate.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: To be clear, pillar 1 is static. We fought hard against this.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: Pillar 1 is static. When something is static, then, if there is inflation, that will erode it. Pillar 2 is up 20% at European level. We put it up 50% at national level.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: Pillar 1 is static. If there is any inflation, then that erodes it. Regarding pillar 2, we have put it up by 50% at national level-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: Unless the Deputy has a magic ball I do not have that allows him to know what is going to happen in the next five or six years in the context of inflation, and he will have many careers post his political one if he can project in this way, all we know is that this has been a year that has seen challenging inflation levels. What I can do, and what I have done as the Minister, is to deliver an...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022) Charlie McConalogue: I certainly hope this is not eroded over the course of the next five years.