Results 1-14 of 14 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Malcolm Noonan

Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...officer in every county and, by the end of the year, the set should be complete, along with a local biodiversity action plan. I am very grateful to the Heritage Council for its collaboration on this work. The National Biodiversity Data Centre is now on a stable footing and working closely with the NPWS and other stakeholders on key priorities, including invasive species and data...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...barriers out of our rivers and having free-flowing rivers for fish migration, improving the quality of vegetation along the rivers, native woodlands, and addressing issues of pollution largely caused by agriculture but also by other sources. It is about protecting rural drinking water. I pay tribute to our group water schemes across the country for the amazing work they do. It is about...

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...nature. Crucially, it takes account of the EU biodiversity strategy, the Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework that was adopted at COP15 last year, as well as relevant national policies such as the Common Agricultural Policy strategic plan, the climate action plan and the river basin management plan, among others. It also addresses the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...more of a distance to travel on this than I did and I pay tribute to him for the work he is doing and his engagement. The Minister, Deputy Ryan, was mentioned. Along with him and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, we are working together throughout government on this. We know the context. We know of the loss of nature and the deteriorating water quality. We saw the...

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: .... It also includes substantial efforts to ensure the nature restoration law works for both nature and people involving intense and extensive cross-departmental engagement and strong collaboration between myself, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. We remain committed to this. We cannot restore nature without...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Rebates (19 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...registration, but for many small farmers, registering for VAT is an unnecessary complexity that is not possible to justify given the small-scale nature of their business. The farmer's flat-rate scheme, therefore, provided by the EU VAT directive is key to supporting such farmers. It is used by the majority of member states, including Ireland. The current rate for the flat rate addition...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...to meet our forestry targets and ensuring the overwhelming majority of the economic stimulus it provides will be felt in rural Ireland. As a rural Deputy representing a constituency with a proud agricultural tradition, it is especially important to me that farmers are at the heart of Ireland's response to the climate and biodiversity challenge. They own and manage two thirds of our land,...

Seanad: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...knowledge and understanding of location is a vital component in effective decision-making. The OSI has developed an industry-leading mapping framework. It enables consistent referencing and integration of data from other sources to a specific location. Knowing where things are and how they relate to each other allows for better analysis, drives efficiencies and encourages the optimum...

Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...in some areas and in some sectors. In the case of the priority areas for action, which were selected for special attention in Ireland's national River Basin Management Plan 2018 to 2021, the latest data show that the proportion of improvements within these priority areas exceeded improvements elsewhere. This indicates that when targeted action is taken improvements in water quality...

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...that knowledge and understanding of location is a vital component in effective decision-making. OSI has developed an industry-leading mapping framework. It enables consistent referencing and integration of data from other sources to a specific location. Knowing where things are and how they relate to each other allows for better analysis, drives efficiencies and encourages the optimum...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (16 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The second All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2021-2025 is supported by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It identifies a clear need for long-term monitoring mechanisms for wild pollinators, so that the impact of the Plan's actions can be properly assessed. On 8 July 2021, Minister Pippa Hackett and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Update from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (7 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: ...€133.5 million will allow my Department to progress an expanded programme of biodiversity investment and the restoration and conservation of protected peatlands, including raised bog compensation schemes in line with national biodiversity and climate action objectives. It will continue to support the protection of our archaeological and built heritage. It will allow us to invest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on the Programme for Government: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Apr 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: ...deliver a flagship cross-Border Ulster Canal project. Again, we will have some significant announcements in that regard in due course. This is a shared island initiative in the programme for Government. The biodiversity data collection is critical to what we are doing both in marine and on land. There is ongoing work there through the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, process and...

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Second Stage (15 Jul 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: ...up to €10 million; Dublin City Council's district heating system, supported up to €20 million, an innovative programme of which there are not many exemplars in this country; Gas Networks Ireland's green renewable agricultural zero emissions gas, supported up to €8.5 million; Irish Rail's hybrid drives for InterCity railcars, supported up to €15 million; a local...