Results 10,001-10,020 of 24,065 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inshore Fisheries (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I value the inshore sector; it is important to the communities right along the coast. It has been great to see how they have strengthened in terms of their organisational capacity in recent months and years. I am fully supportive of that. I am aware that there is an application under consideration for PO status. I was glad to be able to award PO status to the Irish Islands Marine Resource...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inshore Fisheries (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: A statutory instrument on what?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inshore Fisheries (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: It is my understanding that I will have to undertake a consultation in advance of any action I take. When I-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inshore Fisheries (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: It is important that I have access to the full information on conclusion of the legal process before I make any decisions, because we do not want any unnecessary flaws to arise in future.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for his question. I am pleased to have secured more than €1.8 billion of funding in budget 2020 for the overall sector. This is in addition to almost €1.2 billion in direct payments annually. Farmers can have confidence that this budget protects family farms and their income and supports action to improve safety and sustainability on farms. I have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: To correct the Deputy, we cannot do new schemes under the transition regulation. We have the facility to continue with existing schemes and, of course, that takes a significant amount of money because at the end of a CAP programme there are full participation levels and maximum cost for all of those schemes. Thankfully, with the 11% increase last year from the Minister for Public...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: It will be much better off with this Government in place. I refer to the proposals in the alternative budgets put forward by Sinn Féin. Even though it proposes much more spending economy-wide in its fantasy budgets, agriculture always gets short-changed. The proposals in the Sinn Féin fantasy budget for last year-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: -----came nowhere near the 11% increase I delivered last year. Agriculture was short-changed even in the massive spending proposed in the Sinn Féin manifesto before the most recent general election. I am glad-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Sinn Féin profiled less than Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael profiled in their manifestos. Thankfully, Sinn Féin is not in government. This Government is delivering for Irish farm families.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Obviously, as regards budget pressures at European level, we fight that battle to try to keep that budget up. We got it narrowly increased after a big battle. As regards matters within our control, we are delivering a 50% increase in national funding.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am very glad to be able to do so to support farm family incomes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inshore Fisheries (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for her question. As she is aware, the programme for Government commits to ensuring "that inshore waters continue to be protected for smaller fishing vessels and recreational fishers and that pair trawling will be prohibited inside the six-mile limit". I am fully supportive of this objective, as is the Deputy. As she may be aware, in December 2018, the then Minister,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) is the State agency with responsibility for the sustainable development of the Irish seafood industry.   While the matter raised is proper to BIM, it has provided information to assist in providing a full understanding of the issue being raised.  BIM advise that it has engaged INDECON Economic Consultants to carry out a survey of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Coursing is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly by the Irish Coursing Club, subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann; hare coursing is managed and regulated by the Irish Coursing Club.  The organisation consists of 89 affiliated clubs from Ireland and Northern Ireland, all of whom are governed by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that the Department has had a reconstitution scheme for Ash Dieback available since 2013.  The existing scheme, the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme for  Ash Dieback was announced on the 10th June 2020 and applications could be submitted from the 22nd June 2020.  The objectives of the scheme are to encourage the active management of ash...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government emphasises the diversification and development of new markets for the Irish agri-food sector. The appointment of Minister of State Martin Heydon with special responsibilities including ‘New Market Development’ affirms our commitment to delivering on this undertaking. The success of the Department's diplomatic representation abroad - in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department's forestry-related Circular 5 of 2021 outlines the advice the Department received from Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to the “replacement of Broadleaf High Forest with conifer species”. The Circular outlined the situations where planning permission from the Local Authority is required when replacing Broadleaf High Forest with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Programme for Government (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that the commitment in the Programme for Government is that a new National Food Ombudsman will enforce the UTP Directive and will have a role in analysing and reporting on price and market data in Ireland. The establishment of such an Office requires primary legislation.  The Deputy will also be aware that Directive 2019/633, dealing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Oireachtas Committees (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department received the comprehensive Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the Proposed Regulation of Veterinary Medicines in Ireland. We welcome the Report and are considering all of the findings and recommendations contained therein. The Department officials were in attendance at the Committee on October 6th last to discuss all the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am delighted to have secured a significant increase in the budget for organic farming for 2022. Funding for the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) has been increased to €21 million up from €16milion last year with a further €2 million for further organic sector development measures.  This increase is very welcome and addresses the growing demand from both...