Results 1-20 of 207 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 and 280 together. As a Minister for Agriculture, I’m acutely aware of the difficulties experienced by both tillage and grassland farmers due to the exceptionally wet weather we have endured since last harvest. Met Éireann data has shown that all stations had rainfall in excess of their Long-Term Average, with stations such as Cork Airport and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In 2023 under the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP), my Department introduced a wide range of new schemes to assist Irish farmers, including the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS), the Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS), ECO scheme and ACRES. These schemes were designed to directly support farm incomes and also to reward farmers for undertaking actions...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (22 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Action Plan (CAP) that will play a key role in the achievement of Ireland’s climate targets. Evidence of these actions is already being reflected in the most recent EPA Inventory reports, where Agriculture reduced emissions in 2022 by 1.2% compared to 2021. The Programme for Government set an ambitious target for the Organic sector, to triple the organic land area to 336,000...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (22 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: CAP payments are a critical source of income for the many family farms that we have in Ireland. The CAP Strategic Plan, which was launched in 2023, will underpin the sustainable development of our agricultural sector by: (i) supporting viable farm incomes and enhancing competitiveness, (ii) contributing to the achievement of environmental and climate objectives at national and EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (22 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...of actions and measures to improve environmental sustainability on Irish farms including soil health and nutrient management. In the first instance, conditionality controls in respect of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments are part of this approach. Conditionality is a set of Statutory Management Requirements (SMR's) and Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC)...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...the Revised Estimates for 2024 to the committee today. My Department's budget for 2024 was specifically designed to support farm and fishing families. This has been achieved with vital livestock schemes secured, environmental schemes bolstered in funding, new infrastructure measures introduced to support farmers who are impacted by the nitrates derogation and support provided for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 Jan 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Carbon Farming is a potential enabler in assisting the agricultural and land use sectors in meeting Ireland’s climate targets as set out in its most recent Climate Action Plan (2024) as well as providing a potential new income stream for farmers in the future. My Department held a public consultation in September 2023 on Carbon Farming and positive feedback was received from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (25 Jan 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Carbon Farming is a potential enabler in assisting the agricultural and land use sectors in meeting Ireland’s climate targets as set out in its most recent Climate Action Plan (2024) as well as providing a potential new income stream for farmers in the future. To support the development of a National Carbon Farming Framework, my Department is working with EIT Climate KIC on a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the engagement with the agriculture committee on this issue and the discussion in respect of it. I am sure the ICBF will welcome and consider any proposals or suggestions arising from that. It is set up with a board, which includes very strong farmer representation, and is considering the matter. The aspect I am considering is the impact on the SCEP scheme in the context of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...food systems, producing top quality, safe, nutritious, sustainable food. With a growing global population, it is critically important that countries like Ireland that can produce quality agricultural products from beef, to cereals to dairy products sustainably continue to produce that food. That food production system must also strive to continually reduce emissions as Ireland is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Rewarding ecosystem services through Carbon Farming is an important enabler for the agriculture and land use sectors to meet our climate targets. As set out in the most recent Climate Action Plan (2023), I have committed to the development of an enabling framework which can potentially reward farmers and landowners engaged in emission mitigating and carbon removal activities. Research is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...management intensity of drained organic soils is an entirely new area of work with much uncertainty and complexity, which Ireland will need to pioneer an approach to. The uncertainty is caused by data gaps in respect to the location of organic soils, the nature of land management and intensity, the drainage location and status and the level of GHG emissions emitted from these soils in...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...butter, cheese and Irish whiskey. Preliminary Central Statistics Office (CSO) results indicate that in 2022, the agrifood sector accounted for 6.7% of GNI*, up from 6.2% in 2021 and 6.4% in 2020. CSO data also indicates the value of output at producer prices or farm gate prices rose from €8.4 billion in 2020 to €12.3 billion in 2022, an increase of 47%. At the same time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the committee for the invitation and the opportunity to discuss the agriculture and land use, land use change and forestry chapter of the Climate Change Advisory Council’s annual review. We have binding commitments to deliver on reducing emissions, through the Paris Agreement and as a member of the EU, and at home through our targets set out in the climate Act. The Government...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (16 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has several policies and strategies in place to ensure agriculture plays its role in meeting the national climate targets by 2030 and 2050, while continuing to sustainably produce food and feed. The Food Vision 2030 Strategy sets out a pathway for Ireland to become a world leader in Sustainable Food Systems over the next decade. My...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: At the national level, Carbon Farming is an important enabler for the agriculture and land use sectors to meet our climate targets. As set out in the most recent Climate Action Plan (2023), I have committed to the development of an enabling framework which can potentially reward farmers and land owners partaking in emission mitigating and carbon removal activities. It is important that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Gender equality across all sectors, including agriculture, is a priority for the Government. I am very proud to have taken quantifiable steps to improve the visibility and representation of, and opportunities for, women in farming and agribusiness. I am very pleased that, for the first time, Ireland’s new CAP strategic plan includes a number of specific measures aimed at...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (26 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has several policies and strategies in place to ensure agriculture plays its role in meeting the national climate targets by 2030 and 2050, while continuing to sustainably produce food and feed. The Food Vision 2030 Strategy sets out a pathway for Ireland to become a world leader in Sustainable Food Systems over the next decade. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ..., Mr. Sinkeviius, on the matter. To fully represent and capture stakeholder views in advance of my engagement with the Commissioner, I engaged extensively, including seeking submissions from the agriculture water quality working group. Those views, which were reflected in my engagement with the Commissioner, include identifying the unique nature of our pastoral systems, the potential...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...leadership in meeting our climate ambitions. Under the Origin Green programme, over 16,000, that is the vast majority of, Irish dairy farmers are members of Bord Bia’s Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme and are undertaking key, measurable sustainability actions on-farm. Climate action is a priority across our country as a whole. Irish dairy farmers and the dairy industry...