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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (18 Feb 2021)

Pa Daly: 317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an aquaculture licence application by a person (details supplied). [9022/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (18 Feb 2021)

Pa Daly: 322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the number of aquaculture licences currently in appeal for a harbour (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9157/21]

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021) See 4 other results from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: .... We have 16 ecologists working on this now where we had only one previously. We have ten additional forestry inspectors to try to deal with the backlog. I also take the Deputy's points about aquaculture appeals and BEEP.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Licences (17 Feb 2021)

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 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 a period of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme 2014-2020 provides financial supports for the sustainable development of our seafood sector. On 22 October 2020, I announced a COVID-19 Aquaculture Support Scheme under the Programme, designed to compensate oyster and rope mussel producers for lost sales arising from the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Scheme closed in November with 181...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (17 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's €240 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme 2014-20 is the principal source of development funding for the fisheries, aquaculture, and seafood processors sectors and for the socio-economic development and economic diversification of coastal communities. The Programme is implemented through a broad range of support schemes, mostly implemented...

Dumping at Sea Act 1996 (Section 5(12)) (Commencement) Order 2021: Motion (11 Feb 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Darragh O'Brien: ...something clear to some Members who believe some matters are preordained. I stated earlier that commencing this legislation does not commit us to any particular course of action. Regarding aquaculture, the Chairman on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Matthews, gave a very important contribution here today. The marine planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (11 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...of both the proposed EU Brexit Adjustment Reserve and of the EU co-funded Seafood Development Programme 2021-27 being prepared by my Department at present under the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund, I am exploring a variety of possible measures to support our sector with the impacts of the quota transfers to the UK agreed under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (10 Feb 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...and safety. Nor does CETA affect the Government’s scope for developing new laws in response to the needs and priorities of Irish citizens. CETA includes commitments towards the sustainable management of forests, fisheries and aquaculture. It also includes commitments to cooperate on trade-related environmental issues of common interest such as climate change where the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (10 Feb 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...the environment, and health and safety. Nor does CETA affect the Government’s scope for developing new laws in response to the needs and priorities of Irish citizens. CETA includes commitments towards the sustainable management of forests, fisheries and aquaculture. It also includes commitments to cooperate on trade-related environmental issues of common interest such as climate...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...with existing EU state aid rules. Any aid scheme under the Temporary Framework requires a State Aid Notification to the Commission, unlike conventional deminimis aid. For the fisheries and aquaculture sector, the Temporary Framework allows aid of up to €270,000 to individual beneficiaries. While a broad scope of aid is allowed, the categories referred to in Article 1 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reviews (10 Feb 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 993. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Independent Aquaculture Licensing Review Group from 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6589/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 994. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the Covid-19 aquaculture support scheme to include those recent entrants to the industry with sales on their books from 2020 and who have been seriously financially affected by the global pandemic; and if he will engage with an association (details supplied) and other representative bodies in relation to the way...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1011. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received an aquaculture licence application (details supplied); the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6885/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (4 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In June 2018, the European Commission published its proposals for a Regulation on the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund for the 2021-27 period, as the successor to the present EMFF 2014-20.  Following a period of negotiation in both the European Council and European Parliament, and subsequent trilateral negotiations between the co-legislators and Commission, agreement was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foreshore Issues (3 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...authority. The Marine Engineering Division report suggests that the purpose of the track appears to have been to facilitate access to oyster sites. As the Deputy is aware, the management of aquaculture and associated foreshore licensing function in the Lough gives rise to legal and jurisdictional complexities. Applications for Aquaculture licenses are considered by my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inland Fisheries (3 Feb 2021)

Seán Sherlock: ...drawn to plans for the imminent restocking of a salmon farm (details supplied) by its operator; and if he has sanctioned or is prepared to sanction such restocking prior to the determination by the aquaculture licences appeals board of an appeal by the operator against his ministerial order of April 2019 that aquaculture operations at the site be discontinued. [5313/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Operational Programme is the vehicle for financial supports to the seafood sector for the period 2014 to 2020.  The Programme delivers a wide range of supports for fisheries, aquaculture, and seafood processing, and to coastal communities, through a suite of 18 schemes.  The Programme is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (28 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's €239 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme 2014-20 is the principal source of development funding for the fisheries, aquaculture, and seafood processors sectors and for the socio-economic development and economic diversification of coastal communities traditionally dependent on fisheries through the seven EMFF Fisheries Local Action Groups. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (28 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consideration he is giving to providing further and substantial assistance to the oyster shell fish industry in view of the collapse of the market for oysters due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4818/21]