Results 101-120 of 1,431 for agriculture scheme data

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 Mar 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland is a unique agricultural country with a largely extensive livestock sector utilising an excellent and sustainable grass-based system. My comparison to most other productive agricultural nations, Ireland does not have large-scale intensive farms. Livestock grazing out of doors dominates Irish agriculture and our agriculture sector has a reputation for high quality and sustainably...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: ...to the overall agri-food sector and to a balanced regional economy is well understood by the Government. Under the new CAP strategic plan (CSP), which is worth almost €10 billion to Irish agriculture over its lifespan, beef farmers will be able to join the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP). This programme, which will run from 2023 to 2027, is designed to support farmers in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 Mar 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I'm delighted to say that TAMS continues the priority attached to supporting young farmers. A grant rate of 60% is available under the Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme on all eligible investments as opposed to the grant rate of 40% available under the Dairy Equipment Scheme. This continues my commitment to achieving the inter-generational renewal which is needed in Irish agriculture....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (9 Mar 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: At a European level the number of women in farming has been slowly increasing. 2016 data suggests that, on average, around 30% of farms across the EU are managed by a woman, but with some considerable differences between Member States. The Census of Agriculture 2020 reported that just 13% of farm holders in Ireland are female. I am very pleased that, for the first time, Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...across the globe and we are committed to adding value to the sector for the benefit of our farm families. Under the new CAP strategic plan (CSP), which is worth almost €10 billion to Irish agriculture over its lifespan, beef farmers will be able to join the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP). The Programme, which will run from 2023 to 2027, is designed to support farmers in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...was a census. The figure includes €3.9 million for the ongoing 2022 census costs and €1 million for plans for the 2027 census project. Other areas funded are the household budget survey, the integrated farm statistics project, improving data security, accessibility and protection and the development of an online platform for the 2027 census so it can be done online. The...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

...Ms Rose Mary McDonagh, who is the IFA farm business chairman; and Mr. Karol Kissane, who is the IFA farm business senior policy executive. As the largest and oldest indigenous industry, the Irish agriculture sector has been the foundation stone on which economic activity and employment, both upstream and downstream, has been built in towns and villages throughout rural Ireland. In line...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (8 Mar 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: At a European level the number of women in farming has been slowly increasing. 2016 data suggests that, on average, around 30% of farms across the EU are managed by a woman, but with some considerable differences between Member States. The Census of Agriculture 2020 reported that just 13% of farm holders in Ireland are female. I am very pleased that, for the first time, Ireland’s new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Mar 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Through TAMS 3, I believe we have delivered a hugely exciting scheme that will deliver for farmers, for the entire agri-food sector and the wider rural economy over the next number of years. I have assigned €370m for TAMS between 2023 and 2027 with a strong focus on supporting this as well as subsequent generation of farmers. There are, as the Deputy will be aware, exciting new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: ..., which I spoke about earlier, there is going to have to be some recognition that aggressive marketing of formula milk, both here and across the globe, supports this carbon-intensive form of agriculture to an extent that probably is not necessary and undermines breastfeeding. That aside, let me go back to ACRES. It has one main objective and that is to get us to our goals and to our...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (1 Mar 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...our land managers in the area or carbon removals and reductions. A key element to future efforts required for a carbon sequestration reward model will be the establishment of national baseline data for a range of activities. To this end and taking a proactive approach, I have provided core funding for a number of relevant initiatives such as the establishment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (28 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The EU regulations (Article 17 of EU Regulation 1305/2013) that provide for the TAMS scheme under the RDP 2014 – 2020, specify that TAMS 3 beneficiaries must be farmers or groups of farmers. The regulatory transitional provisions for support from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) does not alter this definition. Therefore, the Department is precluded from...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...it should be used as the main measure. It would be very useful, and I do not believe it is too much to ask, for the Government to give us a detailed rational explanation as to why it does not accept the data recorded on the Building Control Management System, the provision of which is a legal requirement, as a measure of the number of new homes delivered in 2022 rather than ridiculing...

Estimates for Public Services 2023 (15 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...a sum not exceeding €452,722,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2023, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice, Probation Service staff and of certain other services including payments under cash limited schemes administered by that Office, and payment of certain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022: Discussion (15 Feb 2023)

...-operative organisation, social enterprise and local development. Dr. McCarthy and I research and teach in the areas of co-operative organisation and business across a range of sectors, including agriculture and credit unions. We thank the Chair and the committee for the invitation to discuss this general scheme. In this opening statement, we intend to comment specifically on the...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Alan Kelly: ...home the importance of a thriving and sustainable indigenous agrifood sector. With that in mind, this is an important and laudable Bill. It will have significant effects on the modernisation of our agriculture sector, on meeting our climate ambitions, and crucially, on our farmers and how they will operate. While it is a laudable, necessary and well intentioned Bill with some good...

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...