Results 17,861-17,880 of 23,978 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Laboratory Facilities (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his response. It is absolutely correct that we should look at all times at how a service is provided. Particularly regarding veterinary and scientific services to the agricultural community, we must ensure that those involved have the resources, facilities and back-up necessary to be able to perform that function to the highest possible standard. The concern with...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Laboratory Facilities (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: I think it is a bit simplistic and dismissive of the Minister to talk about the farming community scaremongering or about people being concerned about this. Options have been put forward. They were pulled out of thin air. One of the options for consideration would involve the closure of some of these veterinary laboratories. Another is that they would all be amalgamated into one centre....
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Laboratory Facilities (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: I said that they were not pulled out of thin air.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Laboratory Facilities (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: They were not pulled out of thin air. I said that they actually came from a report.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: What about the spending the Government has committed to domestically?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: I repeat that the Minister needs to live up to his commitment in relation to the beef data genomics programme. I remind him that the Government has committed to provide €52 million per annum. It is simply not spending that money. Will the Minister provide a timeline for when he will be able to indicate whether this programme will reopen? If it is to reopen, it is crucial that the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: The Minister needs to spend the money he promised he would spend on the beef data genomics programme.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: 3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants enrolled under the beef data genomics programme; if he will immediately reopen the scheme for new participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12574/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: This is to ask the Minister the number of participants enrolled in the beef data and genomics programme and if he will immediately reopen the scheme to new participants and make a statement on the matter.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: The Minister's response is not satisfactory, particularly in view of the pressure on the beef industry and our suckler cow herd and the fact that two or three months from now we will be half way through this Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, funding programme. As yet, the beef data and genomics programme is not at the capacity which was outlined. There are only 24,500 farmers in it, although...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: The Minister unfortunately does not seem open to the idea of properly supporting our suckler and beef herd in the way required to ensure that it is sustained. He should know, as I and many others do, that across the country the suckler herd is depleting and people are considering getting out of it. Teagasc indicates that it is between €4 and €4.50 to break even. Beef is being...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: If the Minister were to plough a field, he would not sit on a Massey Ferguson 135, capable and all as it might be. He would need the equipment underneath him to deal-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: -----with the challenge in front of him. The Minister is simply-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: -----not resourcing his Department and its agencies sufficiently to meet this massive challenge for our country and for the agrifood sector.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: There is an adage that attack is the best form of defence. People often revert to this strategy when they have difficult positions to defend. The Minister is seeking positive suggestions. I have pointed out some very serious ones he should adapt, among them proper resourcing of his Department and the agencies that have a key role to play in this regard. He did not address my point about...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: -----engaging on a bilateral basis with other countries in this regard.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: We need to see proper resourcing. I ask once more will the Minister allocate-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: -----additional staff to Bord Bia? Regarding his internal Brexit unit-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: -----will he also allocate additional staff-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2017)
Charlie McConalogue: -----to properly reflect the massive challenge-----