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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My office sought clarification from the Deputy on the nature of this figure. No additional information has yet been provided by the Deputy's office. Once the information is provided to my office, I will be happy to provide an answer.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I launched the €330m Brexit Impact Loan Scheme (BILS) with Government colleagues on the 15th October 2021 to provide support to businesses, including farmers, fishers and food businesses, impacted by Brexit. Funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and my Department, the BILS is supported by a counter-guarantee from the European Investment Bank Group. My...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Microgeneration has an important role to play in empowering and driving engagement and participation of not only farmers but communities and domestic households in the generation of renewable electricity as part of the energy transition. To help encourage on-farm renewable technology uptake and usage, my Department provides grant aid through the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Approximately 17% of total Irish barley production is procured by the drinks sector; the balance of the national barley crop is grown for animal feed and seed production. It is open to individual farmers to decide what enterprise they undertake and to what scale it should be undertaken, according to their land type and with due consideration to the market terms for their products. As...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Dec 2021)

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 operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Dec 2021)

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 operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Dec 2021)

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 operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved to GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1stJanuary 2017. Payments have issued for scheme years 2017 – 2018 inclusive. An issue arose in relation to the commonage parcels following Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) checks which has delayed the processing of GLAS payments for this case. My Department is currently working to resolve the issue as quickly as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: While my Department has a Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme and has made some funding available to local authorities, those authorities have other, more significant funding streams. I am also mindful that the primary governance role for local authorities rests with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Recently, I received the Report of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Tackling the backlog in forestry licenses remains a key priority for me, Minister of State Pippa Hackett, who has overall responsibility for the sector, and my Department and I am pleased to report significant progress has been made in the past year, particularly on felling and road licences. The investment in resources and continual improvement has had a positive impact with a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I have already introduced legislation to make for a better and more efficient and effective forestry appeals process, namely the Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 which was enacted on 5th October last. To give effect to these, I signed the Forestry (Licence Application and Submission Fees) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 417/2020) and the Forestry Appeals Committee Regulations (S.I....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Regulations on Veterinary Medicinal Products will enter into force on 28th January 2022. Following engagement with all those involved, I have decided to defer the implementation of the element requiring anti-parasitic medicines to be supplied on foot of a veterinary prescription until 1st June 2022. This will enable all stakeholders make the necessary business and/or infrastructural...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Applications for aquaculture licences are considered by my Department in accordance with the provisions of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997, the Foreshore Act 1933 and applicable national and EU legislation. The licensing process is complex and involves consultation with a wide range of scientific and technical advisors, as well as various Statutory Consultees. The legislation also...

Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Instruction to Committee (15 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I move: That pursuant to Standing Order 233, Standing Order 187 is modified to provide that it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in relation to the Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021, that the Committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing subject matter of the Bill, in...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Chairman and all the members for ensuring Committee Stage of the Bill would be dealt with today. I thank them also for the opportunity earlier in the Dáil to comment on changes the Bill will make to the forestry industry. That was a sensible, reasonable and practical approach to furthering that measure. This is a significant change. Only three or four of these farmers...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputies Michael Collins and Martin Browne. Obviously, the objective here is to be reasonable and fair, as I said at the outset, and to ensure appropriate and fair compensation is provided for the closure of these farms. When we discussed Deputy Michael Collins' previous amendment, I outlined that a full 12-month period is covered. There will be six months before a farm closes and...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: That matter is being moved to the regulations. We have done on-site engagements and assessments on what the likely cost will be and to take advice on that. It is something that will be assessed and finalised as part of the regulations following on from the Bill itself.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, line 21, to delete "a serious or significant error or a series of errors" and substitute "a serious and significant error or a series of such errors". This section enables an applicant for compensation or the Minister to bring an appeal to the High Court against an assessment of compensation by the independent assessor. This amendment will ensure the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective in putting the Bill together is to put a reasonable and common-sense structure to how we make a decision on what is appropriate compensation, and that it should not be done in the courts but rather the mechanisms as established in the Bill. That means there would be an assessor and independent overview of what the costs might be. It would be really important that this is...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: There is precedent in the process normally taken for the threshold in appealing to the High Court. In putting the structure of the compensation process together, it is important that it should ensure a fair outcome. It is also appropriate in setting the threshold for appeal to the High Court that we take cognisance of what happens in other situations. I have been very much guided by the...