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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department, in partnership with the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment and the Department of Finance, has worked with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) to deliver a number of loan schemes that support SMEs in Ireland, including farmers, fishers and food businesses. Public funds provided for these schemes mainly relate to the provision of guarantees,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: A total sum of funding for Bord Bia is provided by my Department in the form of an annual Exchequer Grant through my Department's Vote. Year Bord Bia Grant €m 2017 40,775m 2018 41,266m 2019 46,619m 2020 48,229m 2021 52,550m 2022 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Climate Action Plan, our main priority on organics is to increase the area of organic production from 74,000ha to approximately 335,000 ha. Since the publication of the Climate Action Plan, the area of land has increased to approximately 110,000 ha. The recent Organic Farming scheme which closed in April 2022 resulted in a total of 380 new applications. This was 20%...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy regarding the amount of funding that this Department received from the European Union Multiannual Financial Framework in respect of Pillar 1 in each year since 2019 and the expected return for 2022 through 2027 is set out in the table below. Year € Amount (in millions) 2019 1,290 (actual) ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The figures requested by the Deputy are set out in tabular format below. These figures are derived from the total amounts paid to applicants under CAP Pillar 1 (Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Greening, Young Farmers Scheme (YFS), and Protein Aid schemes).  The process of convergence of payment entitlement values began in Ireland in 2015, and over the years 2015 to 2019,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Rural Development Programme (RDP)  is co-funded by the EU’s European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI), and the National Exchequer. From April 2021, with the introduction of the 10thamendment to the RDP, EU support from the EAFRD now amounts to €2.88 billion and from EURI, amounts to €189 million,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As clarified with the Deputy, the information sought is shown  in the table. Pairs Weighed Number Of Herds Average Payment 1 136 €80.27 2 285 €163.51 3 361 €241.24 4 520 €333.93 5 659 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The requested information, as clarified with the Deputy, is set out in the table. BDGP Herdsize Number Of Herds Average Forage Area (Ha) Average Payment 1 46 22.09 €83.12 2 124 21.83 €172.27 3 198 23.51 €262.67 4...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, the EU process to consider the possibility of renewal of the current approval for glyphosate is ongoing. This process involves a comprehensive evaluation of all relevant scientific data and a rigorous peer review process led by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). When this process is completed, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine only permits animals to be transported in compliance with the EU's animal welfare legislation. This is supported by the Government. The table below shows the number of animals recorded as having been exported from Ireland to all other destinations in the years displayed. The data supplied in the table below in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The intra-EU movement of animals is recorded on the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES), which is the EU-wide online management tool for all sanitary and phytosanitary requirements on intra-EU trade and importation of animals, semen and embryo, food, feed and plants. My Department uses the TRACES system to record all sheep movements in terms of both imports and exports for the purposes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland has been a member of the Platform on Animal Welfare Steering Group of the OIE (recently re-named World Organisation for Animal Health, or WOAH) since the creation of the group in 2013. In 2017, my Department expressed interest in providing financial support to WOAH activities and initiatives on animal welfare under the framework of the WOAH Platform in the following areas: (a)...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Chairman and members. I appreciate the opportunity to be with the committee this evening as we begin the pre-legislative scrutiny on one of my key priorities, as well of as my Department and the Government. I thank the Chairman and all members for the time they are taking to do pre-legislative scrutiny, for the engagements members will have around this, for engaging with others...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: That would be okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: That is okay. Will I begin to work my way through the Bill? Is that the easiest way to do it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Head 1 includes the Short Title and citation. Head 2 comprises interpretation and definitions. Head 3 relates to regulations and provides for the laying of regulations and orders to be made under the Bill. Head 4 deals with expenses. It provides for a standard provision relating to expenditure in the Bill, such as funds to be sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The unfair trading practices directive takes over some of the roles which would previously have been carried out by the CCPC. One of the key functions, alongside the enforcement of the unfair trading practices directive, will be the capacity of the office to assess what is happening in the supply chain, to carry out reports and, indeed, to trace where margins are going within the supply...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: One cannot set what happens in the market. All one can do is monitor and bring transparency to what is happening in the market. We have a situation where 90% of the food we produce is exported so the ultimate price we get for much of our produce is determined by what is happening in some 160 international markets around the globe. The key focus of our national agricultural sector and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: It is not proposed to ban below-cost selling. We had a ban on below-cost selling up until the earlier part of this century. That ban was done away with in 2005. The reason it was discontinued was because it was found to be ineffective in achieving the stated objective. The key objective behind it was to ensure that the primary producer got a fair deal and a fair price but the practical...