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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I will certainly listen to any suggestions the Deputy has. It is a challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: It takes a number of countries to come together. There are a number of sovereign actors in the negotiations, which makes it very difficult.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: There are others as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: We obviously want to improve our position. That is our objective. I have been asserting that at various European Council meetings. The Deputy is right; there is not an appetite among the Commissioner and many other member states for a full review. In fact, I have been the only one really pushing hard for that. Indeed, I took a very hard line in relation to the access arrangements as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: That is not what happened in the negotiations. It has not happened yet. It is something that I strongly believe should happen. That is my view. However, as the Deputy is aware, it is subject to getting sufficient support to be able to bring about the change. That is absolutely my objective and mission here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Out of all the member states, we are the one looking to change and bring about this perspective.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am new to this role in the last two or three years. There are fishing representatives whose livelihood this is and who have years of expertise. There are fishing representatives who have been in the industry for 30 or 40 years. I brought everybody together to assess what is the best possible strategy and the strongest possible leverage that we can bring to the table. I felt that was the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Anything and everything that can be done to support the sector is being done. That is fighting and battling at European level and, indeed, working with the sector domestically to support it as well. In terms of the fund at European level, that funding is earmarked for other things in the fishing sector but it can be turned into immediate liquidity. As I outlined earlier, I have a scheme...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: A decision was taken and a process put in place approximately three or four years ago by my predecessor, Deputy Creed, with regard to preventing large trawlers from operating inside the six-mile zone. That was challenged in court. The court initially put a stay on preventing those boats coming within six miles but removed that stay in a decision a number of months ago. We are awaiting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Michael Collins. First, on the fuel subsidy, the Deputy pointed out that in my opening statement, I outlined the real challenges we have had over the past couple of years. Biggest of all has been the Brexit challenge and the impact that has had on quota. Of course, we fought in every way we could to try to protect the sector from any impact. Unfortunately it was not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Is the Deputy referring to trade sanctions and so on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The challenge here is that it is like everything. In advance of an event, people are agreeable to something being shared equally, but once there is an outcome and it has different impacts on different people, it is much more difficult to get agreement on how that should be addressed. It is very hard to find fishers in other member states who are of the view that they should give up some of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I will ask Dr. Kelly to come in on that.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (20 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy McNamara for raising this Topical Issue.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (20 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The written replies are available. Deputy McNamara raised this issue with me previously, as did other Oireachtas Members in the county. I have also been contacted by Deputies Crowe, Carey and Cannon and Senator Dooley on this issue. It is an issue of concern in the local area. European legislation aimed at the protection of the European Single Market requires that official controls to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (20 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy knows, my approach as Minister is to make sure we are reasonable and balanced in all parts of the country, and that we invest in all sectors and do things as close as possible to the areas in which they most matter. That should be and is the right approach by the Government. Certainly, with regard to how we invest and on the work the Government is doing in respect of investing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (20 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: From my understanding, a case has been made and the point put forward as a counterpoint to the fact that it should be dealt with and processed at Dublin Airport if it lands at Dublin Airport and there is a border control post there, which there is. I have asked my officials to meet to discuss and tease out the issue. I will revert to Deputies McNamara, Cathal Crowe and Carey and Senator...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Under Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027, the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme or ACRES has been developed. ACRES is now open for applications until 21st November 2022. ACRES is expected to deliver significant long-term environmental improvement through participation by a significant number of farmers in the Scheme. Using a habitats-based approach, delivered through...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is the agri-environment climate measure which forms part of Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027 and is the successor to the Green Low Carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) which was available under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.  I was pleased, given the delay in negotiating and finalising...