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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Questions relating to taxation are ultimately matters for my colleague the Minister for Finance. As part of the current ‘One Health’ national action plan to address antimicrobial resistance, disease prevention is a key tool to reducing the need for antimicrobials and in particular antibiotics. My understanding is that in order to seek a reduction in the VAT...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to: Ensure fairness, equity, and transparency in the food chain by establishing a new authority called the National Food Ombudsman (NFO) to enforce the Unfair Trading Practices Directive. This new authority will enforce EU-wide rules on prohibited unfair trading practices in the food supply chain and will have powers to enforce this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Independent Review of Aquaculture Licensing was commissioned in 2016 and the Report of the Group and was submitted to my Department in May 2017. The Review Group carried out a detailed examination of the existing aquaculture licensing process, undertook comprehensive stakeholder consultation and looked at comparative national and international...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Farm safety remains a top priority for me, my Department and the Government and my colleague Minister of State Martin Heydon has been given direct responsibility for this area in my Department. The indicative allocation for the TAMS II scheme over the course of the Rural Development Programme is €395 million. To date, €243 million has been paid across all the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: African swine fever (ASF), a disease of pigs and wild boar continues to pose a threat to the Irish pig sector and my Department implements a range of risk mitigation measures to prevent an incursion of the disease in Ireland.  Ireland is free of the disease.  It should be noted that the disease does not pose a threat to humans and meat is safe to eat. Since 2018, in light of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department purchases online and media publications in compliance with procurement guidelines and it avails of the Office of Government Procurement framework agreements.  Since the onset of the current crisis, the provision of publications is regularly reviewed, with the suspension of some print copies and the migration to increased digital access. All expenditure is monitored on an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department availed of media monitoring services from Kantar Media and Truehawk Media during the period in question. The expenditure, excluding VAT, for this service was €9,253.51 in 2017,  €13,791.44 in 2018, €21,701.37 in 2019 and €11,200 to date in 2020.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I acknowledge Sinn Féin and its motion. I apologise to Deputy Mac Lochlainn and a few of his colleagues who spoke at the start of the debate for not being able to be present for their contributions. I heard it while I was in transit but I would like to have been here in person, although the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, was. I thank everybody for the many contributions on the...

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I am pleased to be here today to support my colleague, the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, as she introduces this forestry Bill to the House. I echo her words of gratitude to the Opposition for working with us in recognition of the urgency of the legislation for the forestry sector and to work with us in ensuring the Bill could be accommodated in the Seanad last week and in the Dáil...

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (29 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department uses workforce planning processes to identify the critical resource needs required to deliver its business goals.  Workforce planning is a key tool in enabling my Department to forecast its current and future staffing needs (subject to the limits of the annual estimates process, the usual budgetary constraints and approvals by the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (29 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department uses workforce planning processes to identify the critical resource needs required to deliver its business goals.  Workforce planning is a key tool in enabling my Department to forecast its current and future staffing needs (subject to the limits of the annual estimates process, the usual budgetary constraints and approvals by the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (29 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department uses workforce planning processes to identify the critical resource needs required to deliver its business goals.  Workforce planning is a key tool in enabling my Department to forecast its current and future staffing needs (subject to the limits of the annual estimates process, the usual budgetary constraints and approvals by the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (29 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department uses workforce planning processes to identify the critical resource needs required to deliver its business goals. Workforce planning is a key tool in enabling my Department to forecast its current and future staffing needs (subject to the limits of the annual estimates process, the usual budgetary constraints and approvals by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (29 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department uses workforce planning processes to identify the critical resource needs required to deliver its business goals.  Workforce planning is a key tool in enabling my Department to forecast its current and future staffing needs (subject to the limits of the annual estimates process, the usual budgetary constraints and approvals by the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (29 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department uses workforce planning processes to identify the critical resource needs required to deliver its business goals.  Workforce planning is a key tool in enabling my Department to forecast its current and future staffing needs (subject to the limits of the annual estimates process, the usual budgetary constraints and approvals by the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is contributing to the whole-of-Government response to managing outbreaks of Covid -19 in food plants.  In the context of Covid-19, human health must be the absolute priority for all of us, and therefore it is vitally important that all our decisions and actions led by public health advice. My Department’s statutory responsibility in relation to meat processing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (29 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Both Brexit and Covid-19 have had a significant impact on the agri-food and fisheries sectors.  My Department's Brexit preparedness work has resulted in various supports being introduced over successive budgets to help the agri-food and fisheries sectors mitigate the impact of Brexit.   These include supports in the form of direct aid, as well as the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (29 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The data requested by the Deputy is held by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and I have referred the query to them for direct written response to the Deputy. However, it should be noted that Ireland does not have a national quota for Bluefin tuna. A small Bluefin by-catch quota is available to Ireland, primarily for use in our important Northern Albacore Tuna...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget Process (29 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The IFA’s pre-Budget 2021 submission was received and acknowledged by my Department. My Department engages with stakeholders, including IFA, on an ongoing basis. I met with IFA earlier this month and my colleague Minister Heydon met with them last week to specificallty discuss their pre-budget submission. The issues raised will be considered in the context of Budget...