Results 161-180 of 2,221 for aquaculture

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ....  An exception was made for the Producer Organisation Scheme, in that commitments have been made to pay grants in 2023 to fund PO's 2022 activities.  The new European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund Regulation (2021/1139) was adopted in July 2021 and work is well advanced on preparing a new Seafood Development Programme 2021-27 under that Regulation.  It is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...s €240 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Programme 2014-2020 has over recent years been the principal source of public funding for the sustainable development of our fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing sectors and has been co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union. As it comes to its conclusion, the list of beneficiaries under the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...factors outlined above, including the securing of State Aid approval where appropriate. In addition to this, it is worth noting that the Task Force recommendations extended to the use of funding under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) Programme which was approved by Government in September and has been submitted to the European Commission for adoption. This will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (29 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 799. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an organisation's (details supplied) application for producer organisation status. [59568/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...EMFF Producer Organisation Scheme provides supports to recognised and prospective Producer Organisations. Part A of the scheme provides supports of up to €55,000 to groups of fisheries or aquaculture producers working to achieve recognition as a PO, while Part B of the scheme supports POs that have been recognised by this Department, up to a maximum of almost €100,000. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (17 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason that companies in the primary agricultural, fishery or aquaculture sectors have been excluded from applying for funding from the Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme to assist with unprecedented high energy bills; if he will reconsider their exclusion or identify alternative supportive funding streams; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business Supports (17 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the emergency funding that may be available to help alleviate the current energy bills crisis for companies in the primary agricultural, fishery or aquaculture sectors given that they are excluded from the Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57080/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Paschal Donohoe: ...in regard to a single undertaking. The increased limits are: €250,000 where the single undertaking is active in the primary production of agricultural products; €300,000 where the single undertaking is active in the production, processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products; and €2 million per single undertaking in any other case. Amendments are being...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (15 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. Fish Culture Licences were granted under Section 15 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959. Section 15 was repealed by the 1997...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

..., it is an Act which we have been told will be repealed in sections and will soon be gone but when I looked, there are deadlines for various parts of the Act but not for others. Particularly on aquaculture, we believe the Act will be kept alive for a long time and therefore we need section 19 also to be addressed.

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...states are able to set up schemes to grant up to €35,000, which could be granted in any form, including direct grants, to companies affected by the crisis that are active in the agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture sectors. Other types of aid include liquidity supports in the form of State guarantees and subsided loans and aid to compensate for high energy prices. This temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...'s €240 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Programme 2014-2020 has over recent years been the principal source of public funding for the sustainable development of our fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing sectors and has been co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union. As it comes to its conclusion, the list of beneficiaries under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...is awaiting European Commission adoption, is a long-term plan which will support a much wider range of stakeholders up until 2027. The European Commission has provided a range of other funding options for fishery and aquaculture sectors to deal with the short-term current challenges facing the seafood sector. In this context I am continuing to monitor and assess the situation and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wastewater Treatment (26 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. As Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, my own responsibility towards the marine environment is to ensure sea-fishing and aquaculture activities are conducted in a manner that avoids the deterioration of designated features of Natura 2000 conservations sites or the significant disturbance of protected species within...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...of schemes aimed at creating jobs in the seafood sector and in coastal communities, including the €45 million Brexit seafood processing capital scheme, the €20 million Brexit allocated to the sustainable aquaculture growth scheme and €25 million for the blue economy enterprise development scheme. In total, €225 million in supports and developmental strategies...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...is aware, every single fishing organisation in this State, in an unprecedented way, united together months ago. We have the producer organisations, the inshore sector, the islands fishermen, the aquaculture sector and even the flag organisations. They appealed for an emergency fund to help address the fuel crisis. When is the Minister going to introduce it?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Marine Environment (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...is being undertaken by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. As Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, my own responsibility towards the marine environment is to ensure sea-fishing and aquaculture activities are conducted in a manner that avoids the deterioration of designated features of Natura 2000 conservation sites or the significant disturbance of protected...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (25 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of Fisheries Management and Mitigation Strategies as set out in the NMPF. The inception meeting of the group took place on July 20th 2022, and was attended by 17 separate Fisheries and Aquaculture representative bodies, including the Irish South and East Fish Producers Organisation, the National Inshore Fisheries Association, the National Inshore Fisheries Forum, and several Regional...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...runs concurrently with a series of schemes aimed at creating jobs in the seafood sector and in coastal communities, including the €45 million Brexit Seafood Processing Capital Scheme, the €20 million Brexit Sustainable Aquaculture Growth Scheme and €25 million Blue Economy Enterprise Development Scheme. In total, €225m in supports and developmental strategies...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (6 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ..., Food and the Marine is outlined in the table attached. Name of State Body Function and Establishment Date Number of Employees CEO Salary Aquaculture Licensing Appeals Board Established on 17 June 1998 under Section 22 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997, the function of the Aquaculture Licenses Appeals Board is to provide an...