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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (17 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when decisions will issue on the renewal of aquaculture licences at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); if licences will be further extended pending decisions on these renewals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17038/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Scheme (which was put in place to improve the sustainability of Ireland’s lobster fishery) My Department is now working with BIM to develop and implement funding supports for inshore fishers under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) programme (2021 – 2027). The EMFAF is the primary source of financial supports for the seafood sector, with a budget...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (10 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15567/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (10 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if force majeure will be accepted for a late 2023 Brexit inshore business model adjustment scheme application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15722/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...an even greater focus on conservation, in our management regime and for modernising licensing requirements, to ensure access to the resource where its conservation and biodiversity needs are met. Aquaculture policy and regulation is a matter for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and one in which I do not have a function.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: ...landbridge including requirement for export health certification. The new UK requirements arise as a result of Brexit and UK decision to leave EU Single Market and Customs Union. In respect of aquaculture animals (shellfish) exports via GB landbridge under the new UK requirements, these products require GB export health certification. My Department and relevant state agencies have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (9 Apr 2024)

Michael Ring: 1016. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14879/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: My Department considers all applications for aquaculture licences in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act, the 1933 Foreshore Act, as amended, and applicable national and EU legislation. The licensing process involves consultation with a wide range of scientific and technical advisers as well as various Statutory Consultees. The legislation also provides for...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Mar 2024)

Martin Browne: ...next petition is No. P00012/23 entitled, "Justice and Safety", from Mr. C.J. Gaffney, which states: We are calling on the Government to compensate us out of the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) which was offered at our meeting in Brussels and confirmed by the documents and radio interview contained in the links below by Irish MEPs and senior EU officials,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Meetings (20 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Cathal Crowe: 979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his priorities for the upcoming discussion on the future of the EU fisheries and aquaculture sector to be held in Bruges on 24 and 25 March 2024. [12017/24]

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...the European Union. In line with the recommendations of the Seafood Task Force, I launched 16 schemes with a combined budget allocation of over €300 million in supports to fishers, to the aquaculture sector, to fish processors and to operators in the blue economy around our coastal communities. Included in those schemes was the Brexit Blue Economy Enterprise Development Scheme,...

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

Michael Healy-Rae: 1033. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the difference between the shellfish licence and the mussel licence; the status of licences for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12776/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Licences (6 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department considers all applications for aquaculture licences in accordance with the provisions of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997, the Foreshore Act, 1933(as amended) and applicable National and EU legislation. The licensing process is complex and involves consultation with a wide range of scientific and technical advisors, as well as various Statutory Consultees. The legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: ...and the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 was carried out in 2017. The review examined a number of other bodies that provide independent appeals services, such as the social welfare appeals office, the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board, the Employment Appeals Tribunal, the Students Grants Appeals Board and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal. The report of that review was published...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (29 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...projects or final amounts of expenditure that will be included in the BAR claim. That being said, the Government has made significant investments across a range of sectors to mitigate Brexit impact. Significant funding has been allocated to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. This funding was allocated across the Department’s areas of responsibility, with a large...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (29 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...acts as a Paying Agency for a number of EU funds; the vast majority of these funds are programmed in multi annual cycles such as the CAP Strategic Plan and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) Programme. The CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 has a budget of €9.8 billion, with €5.97 billion in Pillar 1 for Direct Payments coming from the European...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (22 Feb 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Holly Cairns: ...small-scale fishers. If this is not addressed, it will drive inshore fishers out of business. In 2022, the European Commission activated crisis measures under the European maritime fisheries and aquaculture fund to support the sector in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Other EU countries, as I said, like France, are using that fund to support small-scale fishers using petrol...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...x2019;s decision from the panel in respect of an error in fact or in law. The Bill also includes an amendment to Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 to remove the existing requirement that the Chair/members of the Aquaculture Licensing Appeals Board vacate their membership on reaching 70 years of age. That Bill has now progressed to Pre-Legislative Scrutiny before the Joint Oireachtas...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...and delivery of its own projects. Further information is available at: bim.ie and gov.ie. Beyond the BAR, support measures will be funded under my Department’s European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund Seafood Development Programme which is commencing its implementation. This €258 million programme will continue to provide a wide range of supports for fishers and...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...been developed based on its recommendations. Included in the schemes are short term supports and longer-term restructuring initiatives for the fishing fleet, capital supports for both processing and aquaculture sectors, funding for entrepreneurial initiatives in coastal communities and investment in marine infrastructure. Combined, these schemes contribute to sustaining employment in...