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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...and members for providing time to go through and discuss the Revised Estimates for 2023. The Department’s budget for 2023 was designed to lay the groundwork for strategic supports for the agriculture and fisheries sectors while providing farmers and fishers with supports to deal with the immediate and ongoing fallout of the illegal invasion of the Ukraine and the challenges...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

...Deputy McConalogue and Deputy Humphreys, established a working group on dog control recently, as outlined by my colleague from the Department of Rural and Community Development. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine chairs and provides the secretariat for this working group. Two meetings of the working group have been held already, with a third meeting to be held tomorrow...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...(ii) harmonises the implementation of the certification framework. It is important that activity at national level is in line with and compliments the EU proposal. Nationally, there are knowledge and data gaps that will need to be bridged to facilitate carbon farming and that is why I have identified and funded a number of key research and demonstration activities which will not only...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...to meet our forestry targets and ensuring the overwhelming majority of the economic stimulus it provides will be felt in rural Ireland. As a rural Deputy representing a constituency with a proud agricultural tradition, it is especially important to me that farmers are at the heart of Ireland's response to the climate and biodiversity challenge. They own and manage two thirds of our land,...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: ...hit extremely hard by record high fuel cost increases, while bait prices have also "soared" (mainly due to almost all bait now being imported) as larger whitefish vessels have taken advantage of tie-up schemes; - as a result of the various challenges facing the inshore sector, and the lack of Government support, crewmen are now leaving the sector, with replacement labour proving...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Jan 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Browne: I appreciate the opportunity to discuss this Bill. The general scheme was discussed in some detail at the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. As such, the needs of the various organisations have been expressed and discussed. For too long, our farmers have had to navigate a market in which they have been expected to accept the prices they receive and the conditions to which...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (18 Jan 2023)

Simon Coveney: The recently published Department of Justice report on the Review of the Atypical Scheme for non-EEA Crew in the Irish Fishing Fleet concluded that the employment of non-EEA crew in the Irish fishing fleet who had been catered for under the Atypical Working Scheme (AWS) since 2015 should be provided for under the Employment Permit scheme. For this key recommendation to be implemented it was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I understand officials in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have clarified with the Deputy that the issue relates to BEEP-S and not to BEAM. The objective of Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme - Suckler scheme (BEEP-S) is to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd though improvement in the quantity and quality of performance data...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Environmental Efficiency Programme - Sucklers (BEEP-S) is to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd though improvement in the quantity and quality of performance data that is collected. This is done through the enhancement of the national herd dataset for genetic evaluations, with a view to supporting the adoption of best practice and more informed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Dr. Mary Carey: I thank the Chairman and the committee for the opportunity to address it this evening on a number of schemes under the Department's remit. I am head of the Department's basic payments and rural development schemes division in Portlaoise. As already outlined by the Acting Chairman, I am joined by my colleagues Fran Morrin, Jack Nolan, Peter Harte, Josephine Brennan and Pat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (14 Dec 2022)

...of the overall figure. Looking to see if they have the word "co-operative" in their names does not really give a great sense of whether they are co-operatives. As a result, we do not have hard data in that regard We have some information on turnover and employment in the dairy sector in particular. The three main areas in which there are co-operatives are agricultural and dairy,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...farm bodies.  However, the Deputy will be aware gender equality is a key a priority for me and for the Government. It is also a core principle of the European Union, and the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) Regulations place a particular focus on promoting the participation of women in the socio-economic development of rural areas, with special attention to farming. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Gender equality is a priority for Government. It is also a core principle of the European Union and the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) Regulations place a particular focus on promoting the participation of women in the socio-economic development of rural areas, with special attention to farming. At a European level the number of women in farming has been slowly increasing. 2016 data suggests...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...a certification framework for carbon removals is key in this regard and it is important that activity at national level keeps in line with and is complementary to European activity.   Developing baseline data to support measurement, reporting and monitoring has been highlighted in the recent Commission proposal as crucial in providing the quality and credible carbon farming...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Gender equality is a priority for me as well as the Government. It is also a core principle of the European Union and the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) Regulations place a particular focus on promoting the participation of women in the socio-economic development of rural areas, with special attention to farming. At a European level the number of women in farming has been slowly increasing....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas and Decommissioning: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...the organisations represented here, as he did in September, but also for there to be constant communication with them about the critical negotiations taking place. There are the negotiations at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council and those with the Norwegians and Faroe Islanders in respect of mackerel. I will get to blue whiting in a moment - the question in that regard will for Mr....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (1 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting my Commencement matter. I acknowledge the correspondence I received last night from the office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, apologising that he could not be here, for which I thank him, and telling me that alternative arrangements were being made. Subsequently, this Commencement matter was moved from third...

Seanad: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...knowledge and understanding of location is a vital component in effective decision-making. The OSI has developed an industry-leading mapping framework. It enables consistent referencing and integration of data from other sources to a specific location. Knowing where things are and how they relate to each other allows for better analysis, drives efficiencies and encourages the optimum...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Environmental Efficiency Programme - Sucklers (BEEP-S) is to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd though improvement in the quantity and quality of performance data that is collected. This is done through the enhancement of the national herd dataset for genetic evaluations, with a view to supporting the adoption of best practice and more informed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The new CAP regulation (EU Regulation 2115 of 2021, establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy), states that there should be “particular focus on promoting the participation of women in the socio-economic development of rural areas, with special attention to farming” and article 6(h) states that a...