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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Kehoe and he is right in terms of the amount of technical assessment and work that has to go into getting our position as strong as possible and to fighting our corner and getting the best outcome possible. The roles of BIM, represented here today by Mr. Dominic Rihan, of the Marine Institute, represented here today by Dr. Ciaran Kelly, and of my own officials, including Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Senator for raising this very important issue, which has been a tremendous source of frustration for everyone in the sector. Watching Norway and the Faroe Islands act unilaterally in regard last year and set unilateral TACs was a tremendous source of frustration. Everyone would like more fish. That is a universal truth across the fishing sector. However, people have to work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Building that consensus about what we need to do and the challenges there is very much what I have sought to do. The reason I set up the sea fisheries task force in the first instance was to bring all of those key voices together to assess the very real challenges that we have and to pool ideas and consideration on how we can meet that challenge and best support our sector in the time ahead....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. He has his finger on the pulse regarding the importance of this issue for farmers and the fact that it will be a significant issue in the year ahead. We have found that to be the case during the autumn. There is no doubt that the situation has become more acute in terms of the inflation we are seeing and, indeed, it is going to be a significant...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The anti-dumping tariff ranges from €28 per tonne to €32 per tonne for CAN, which is now a smaller portion of the overall cost because fertiliser prices have rocketed. At the start of this year the tariff was 10% of the price but because prices have rocketed the tariff is now a smaller portion. Nonetheless, it is another cost for farmers and I am determined to address this...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I apologise for the delay but I had to attend a Cabinet sub-committee meeting. An important pillar of Government policy is to ensure that the horse and greyhound racing industries achieve their maximum potential and in so doing, contribute to economic and social development over a wide geographic distribution. The horse and greyhound racing industries make a valuable contribution to a...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Certainly.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Cathaoirleach and Members for the various contributions this evening, for the passion with which everyone spoke to the motion, and for the tremendous interest there has been in it. I apologise again for the disruption at the start when I was delayed in leaving the Cabinet subcommittee meeting. We have discussed this topic in great detail in the Dáil. I know many Senators...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pension Provisions (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and as such is operationally independent from my Department. Any pension increases granted are at the discretion of Coillte and are subject to the approval of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: EU Regulations governing the administration of Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote sensing (e.g. satellite inspections), are completed before any payments issue. The 2021 application of the person named was selected for a remote sensing eligibility inspection. This required verification of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, in order to highlight the importance of farm safety, the Government assigned my colleague Minister-of-State Martin Heydon TD specific responsibility for Farm Safety. The Department has a range of measures in place to incentivise and promote farm safety. The proposals for the dedicated farm safety budget of €2 million for 2022 are in the process of being...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The promotion of Ireland's high-quality, safe, nutritious and sustainably produced food, and the development of export opportunities for Irish food producers, are core objectives of my Department and its agencies, in particular Bord Bia. In support of the achievement of these objectives, the Government has provided Bord Bia with significant additional funding over a number of recent...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish agri-food sector has a strong international reputation as a supplier of quality, safe, nutritious and sustainably produced food and drink, but it cannot afford to rest on its laurels in a very competitive and dynamic marketplace. Food Vision 2030, the stakeholder-led strategy for sustainable development of the sector in the decade ahead, aims to position Ireland as a world leader...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: While my Department issues further information requests as and when required on individual applications and keeps a record of each request on the individual file, information on the number issued is not readily available from the IFORIS system. Statistics are available for a specific triage exercise recently carried out on both forest roads and private tree felling licence applications...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government ‘Our Shared Future’ contains a commitment to seek to resolve the issue of support for the category of farmers known as Forgotten Farmers. I have asked officials in my Department to examine options to address the issue of forgotten farmers both through the next CAP and also through other measures to support this group. I am committed to helping this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Access to finance is a crucial business need and, as well as liaising with the main banks on issues relating to the agri-food sector, my Department works closely across Government to provide important supports for businesses, including farmers, fishers and food businesses. Most recently, this has been to ensure that they have access to finance during the pandemic and also to help deal with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Eco-Schemes are being proposed for the first time as part of the next CAP and they must be funded from within Pillar 1 of the CAP budget. The aim of Ireland’s Eco-Scheme will be to reward farmers for undertaking actions beneficial to the climate, environment, water quality and biodiversity. I have decided to allocate 25% of Ireland’s Direct Payments envelope to Eco-Schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The current proposals for the various new interventions to be made available in the next CAP period are outlined in ‘Ireland’s draft CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027’. The draft Plan and associated Environmental Report and Natura Impact Statement have been published on my Department’s website and members of the public and stakeholders have been invited to make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Regulations on Veterinary Medicinal Products 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: Harbours and Piers (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Minard Pier is owned by Kerry County Council and responsibility for its maintenance and development rests with that Local Authority in the first instance and its parent Department, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, is the primary provider of funding for local authorities. In view of the particular importance of such facilities to the marine economy, my Department...