Results 161-180 of 196 for 5 million speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Imports Data (2 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Approximately 5 million tonnes of compound feed is manufactured in Ireland annually. This production comprises 3.5 million tonnes of feed ingredients imported from EU and Third Countries, with the remainder supplied from home-grown cereals. The main feed ingredients imported are protein supplements, maize and maize by-products, soyabean meal and rapeseed meal, much of which originates in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: .... It also allowed the Marine Institute and Bord Iascaigh Mhara to produce the biological and socioeconomic assessments. Ireland's total allocation of quotas in 2020 amounted to a total value of €275 million. There are also valuable inshore species which are not subject to EU total allowable catches, such as crab, whelk, scallop and lobster. These are fished by the Irish fleet in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (11 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: ...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 provision of low-cost loans such as the €300 million Future Growth Loan Scheme. In addition, in 2019, my Department introduced the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) in recognition of a very difficult year for the beef sector and a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: ...The supports to fixed costs available under the Scheme were based on official data derived from fishing vessel owners as part of the EU Data Collection Framework. Support payments ranged from €500 per month for the very smallest vessels under 8 metres up to €6,000 for the largest over 24 metres. While the European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF) regulation was amended to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (13 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 582 and 588 together. My Department's Brexit preparedness work has resulted in various supports being introduced over successive budgets to help the agrifood and fisheries sectors mitigate the impact of Brexit. These measures were aimed at enhancing competitiveness and market and product diversification and included low cost loan schemes, supports for Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Investigations (6 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: ...which include carbon sequestration and storage. Irish forests are a net sink for CO2 and make a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions each year. Approximately every 5 years, my Department carry out a detailed national forest inventory which collects a wide range of data which is used to estimate and model the carbon stocks in Irish forests. It is estimated based...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Covid-19 on the Agriculture Sector and Priorities for CAP and Brexit: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: ...ongoing whole-of-government response. In addition, specific supports were put in place, such as a scheme of aids to private storage under the Common Agricultural Policy for certain dairy products, a €50 million beef finisher payment to provide support for beef finishing farms which were severely impacted by reduced prices and reduced slaughterings, a Covid-19 voluntary temporary...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...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 provision of low-cost loans such as the €300 million Future Growth Loan Scheme. In addition, in 2019, my Department introduced the €100 million Beef Exceptional Aid Measure in recognition of a...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...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 provision of low-cost loans such as the €300 million Future Growth Loan Scheme.  In addition, in 2019, my Department introduced the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) in recognition of a very...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Preparations (16 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 and 172 together. 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 provision of low-cost loans such as the €300...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Imports (15 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: ...agreement on a package of tariff reductions on a range of products, including US live and frozen lobster products.  The EU Commission figures indicate that last year the EU27 imported €42 million of lobster products from the US (15% of overall extra-EU imports), out of a market worth €290million in total and in which EU producers are supplying less than 5% of EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (15 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: ...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 provision of low cost loans such as the €300 million Future Growth Loan Scheme. In addition, in 2019, my Department introduced the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) in recognition of a very difficult...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (15 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) forms part of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. It provides funding of €300 million over the six year programme and addresses widely acknowledged weaknesses in the maternal genetics of the Irish suckler herd, makes a positive contribution to farmer profitability and reduces the greenhouse gas intensity of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: ...and frozen lobster products. The EU Commission prepares impact assessments of such agreements and proposed regulations. The EU Commission figures indicate that last year the EU27 imported €42 million of lobster products from the US (15% of overall extra-EU imports), out of a market worth €290 million in total and in which EU producers are supplying less than 5% of EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: ...boat to boat. Like many elements of Irish seafood, the lobster fishery relies on a healthy export market. BIM’s Business of Irish Seafood report values Irish lobster exports in 2019 at €15m. European markets remain significant for Irish seafood exports, including lobster, and the impact of COVID-19 on the hospitality, retail and café sectors across the EU and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: ...the BEAM scheme if they do not meet some of the other criteria as well. There have been problems with this scheme. Following the local elections, it became clear that there was going to be a 5% stock reduction requirement and that take-up has not what it should be. I would appreciate it were the Minister, Deputy Creed, to update the House on how much of the €100 million has been...

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Beef Plan Movement, to an indication from Bord Bia that it could be 60%, to Phelim O’Neill, a very respected markets commentator in Irish Farmers' Journal, indicating, on the basis of his analysis, that it is 50%. The fact there is such a massive range in the percentage of the margin that goes to farmers in terms of the estimates shows the total lack of transparency there is in the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: ...? Previous speakers have made a point that is more urgent and more pertinent. The EU's own cumulative assessment of the impact of trade deals indicated that a deal with Mercosur could lead to a €5 billion hit to the beef trade in Europe, which could mean a hit of up to €500 million to the domestic beef industry and a 16% cut in the prices received by farmers whose income...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: To be clear, that was a €5 million one-off grant for a specific project. It is not a recurring grant. The funding for staff numbers and boots on the ground remains the same. The point I was making-----

Supporting the Suckling Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: I move:“That Dáil Éireann: notes:— the almost one million suckler cow herd kept on over 75,000 farms; — how the suckler sector is a vital component of Ireland’s rural economy and a wealth enabler, with every €1 of support provided to suckler farmers generating over €4 of economic activity in rural villages, towns and parishes; —...