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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Are we at roughly the same level as 2014?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: The Scottish salmon sector has developed much more quickly than ours and their production is about ten times ours. Why are we lagging so far behind?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Are there any steps the Department can take to develop and assist the salmon sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Since we are discussing the expansion of the sector, much of the salmon that is farmed across the country is processed in north Donegal at the Marine Harvest plant in Fanad. However, it operates at less than 50% of its processing capacity because it does not have enough raw material to keep the plant going. It is tremendous for employment and is perhaps the only significant employer in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Is that aquaculture in general?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Where does it stand at present? I believe there was significant funding to go as far as the planning permission stage and significant design funds were put into it. What is the Department's view in regard to the need for that second centre, from a policy point of view? What is the background as to how it got this far? What is the Department's position?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: What can Dr. Beamish say about it today? We do not often get the opportunity to engage in a public forum on the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: What is that position?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department has not decided what to do but it is under consideration. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I would make the point that it is very necessary and significant funding has already been spent. It could be of great value and I would advocate that it is pushed on. The final point related to fishery harbours, on which spending is very low. There are large local authority piers and harbours, the national centres, which get significant funding. However, coastal county councils have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Does Dr. Beamish accept that, by and large, the vast majority of funding that goes to those is grant-aided by the Department and that has traditionally been the case? Therefore, the Department's funding very much dictates what can be done and it has been very insufficient, given the potential of many of those smaller piers and harbours to contribute. They may be small in the wider scheme of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: My question is for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and relates to the knowledge transfer scheme, the three initial years of which ran out during the past month or so. In particular, will the Minister agree to extend the scheme for a further year? As he is aware, at the outset it was budgeted for up to 28,000 farmers to participate but only approximately 19,000 farmers have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a development at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41416/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site acquisition to accommodate a school (details supplied); the timeline of works to ensure that the school campus is completed as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41413/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42674/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority Data (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 168. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated in budget 2020 to the Health and Safety Authority for farm safety initiatives in 2020; and the 2019 allocation and funds spent to date. [42848/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time staff, respectively, working in the dedicated market access unit established within the meat and milk policy division by staff grade in tabular form; and the annual cost of the unit including staffing costs. [42847/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual capital funding provided to an organisation (details supplied); and his plans to provide capital funding in 2020. [42849/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Bodies (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount granted to animal welfare charities in each year since the enactment of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 in tabular form; and the charities in receipt of such funding on an annual basis. [42850/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was not paid illness benefit on 12 October 2019, in view of the fact the person's certificate was posted to her Department on 4 October 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42799/19]