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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Convergence is a mandatory provision in the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Programme and a provision that will be continued in the new CAP. The Regulation regarding the transition period permitted EU Member States to continue convergence during the transition period, should they wish to do so. Ireland took the decision to pause convergence during this time. This option was chosen...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Details of the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 are still in consultation with stakeholders. However, with regard to direct payment supports, the Department proposes to operate a National Reserve from 2023 to prioritise access to payment entitlements for young farmers and new farmers. This would provide successful applicants with an allocation of payment entitlements on eligible land on which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2022 (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am pleased to have secured over €1.8 billion of funding for the Department in Budget 2022 for the overall sector. This is in addition to almost €1.2 billion in EU funded direct payments received annually to support farm incomes and reward good agricultural and environmental practices. Farmers can have confidence that this budget protects farm family income and supports action...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2022 (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am pleased to have delivered over €1.8 billion of funding in Budget 2022 for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the overall sector. This is in addition to almost €1.2 billion in EU-funded direct payments received annually to support farm incomes and reward good agricultural and environmental practices More than €100 million of this will be in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2022 (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In a time of transition, farmers can have confidence that Budget 2022 protects farm families, farm profitability as well as safety and sustainability on farms,  This is the second year of transition between the old CAP and the new. My key priority has been to provide confidence to farmers and their families that their payments would be protected during the transition...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The political agreement on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy strikes the right balance in seeking to ensure a fair distribution of payments between farmers while also supporting the agriculture sector to achieve a higher level of environmental and climate ambition. Significant flexibility is given to Member States to achieve this, in accordance with their own...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2022 (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In a time of transition, farmers can have confidence that this budget protects farm families, farm profitability as well as safety and sustainability on farms,  This is the second year of transition between the old CAP and the new. My key priority is to provide confidence to farmers and their families that their payments would be protected during the transition period.  We...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In the context of EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, the question of market access for agricultural goods, including beef, is often one of the most difficult issues to resolve. The Department and I are therefore very active in ensuring that any market access provisions included in these FTA negotiations are balanced, and that they take into account all potential impacts on Irish and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Taskforce was established on foot of the beef sector agreement of 15th September 2019. The Beef Taskforce's remit as set out in terms of reference was to monitor the implementation of the actions arising from that agreement. The Taskforce was to meet at least quarterly from October 2019 for a period of one year after which the Taskforce’s progress was to be reviewed....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In addition, the recently published Food Vision 2030 recognises the important contribution of women to the long-term sustainability of the agri-food sector, and includes actions to promote and improve gender balance at all levels, including at senior management and board level. It is available via the following link gov.ie - Food Vision 2030 – A World Leader in Sustainable Food Systems...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314, 315 and 316 together. As the Deputy may be aware, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has no involvement in the regulation of peat extraction. Nevertheless, I am very well aware of the concerns in relation to the licensing of peat extraction which are generating challenges (volume and price) for the horticulture sector. Malcolm Noonan T.D.,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 Oct 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 (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish Coursing Club is the organisation charged by statute since 1923 with the role of Keeper of the Irish Stud Book. The stud book records pedigrees, ownerships, breeding data and transfers of ownership primarily. TheIrish Coursing Club is subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann. Data provided by the Irish Coursing Club indicate the following...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 Oct 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 (20 Oct 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: Horticulture Sector (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am fully committed to and supportive of the horticulture sector meeting the objectives of a sustainable food system in all it’s facets and am aware of the use of supplementary CO2 in protected crops to optimise yield and performance, a practice in place for quite sometime. I along with my colleague Minister of State Pippa Hackett, who has overall responsibility for the sector and my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The new stakeholder strategy for the Irish agri-food sector, Food Vision 2030, was launched by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD, myself and Ministerial colleagues on 3rd August. The vision of the new Strategy is that Ireland will become a "World Leader in Sustainable Food Systems" over the next decade. Food Vision provides a framework within which more detailed plans and processes on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (20 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I work closely with the State Agencies under the Department's remit on an ongoing basis, and there is continuous collaboration across the wide range of our shared responsibilities. As well as this ongoing liaison, the implementation process for our agri-food strategies provides a more formal opportunity for coordination of our work. For some twenty years, the Irish agri-food sector has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for a Forest Road Works licence for the person named was approved on 11th October, 2021. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for participation in the 2021 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme was submitted by the person named on 25th February 2021. To qualify for payments under the scheme, applicants must satisfy all relevant criteria as set out in the terms and conditions of the scheme. As the person named has now satisfied all relevant criteria, the advance payment under the 2021 ANC...