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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: .... The pest free status is established and maintained by the authorities in Scotland according to international standards. The area remains free of the Great spruce bark beetle, Dendroctonous micans. For as long as this situation pertains this trade can be permitted under the phytosanitary trade rules of the WTO/SPS. The following table sets out by year the tonnage of logs, primarily...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: .... The agreed assessment method is the approach that is most robust to remaining uncertainties around the data while providing advice that is based on maximum sustainable yield (MSY) in the long term. Ireland is actively involved with the scientific research to improve the understanding of Pollack. The Marine Institute is taking a leading role in the next ICES benchmark process for this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...the Deputy for raising this issue. It has been a challenging spring for all farming sectors. That has come on the back of a very difficult autumn last year. We have just come out of one of the longest and most unprecedented wintering periods we have seen for a long time, lasting almost seven months from last September until now, in many instances. That has made it very difficult for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government will continue to assess evolving need in terms of medium- and long-term targets. There will be a full assessment in the context of updating those targets. What we are absolutely focused on is increasing delivery and capacity and making a real difference. We are not in any way taking the foot off the throttle in doing as much as possible regarding new housing supply. While...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fodder Crisis (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: This Government has been very responsive and supported farmers in times of need and in the medium to long term, by means of significant investment. The CAP, which will run up to 2027, offers 50% higher funding. That is a record increase in Government funding. Over the past two or three years, where sectors have been under pressure, be it the pig sector, the horticulture sector or the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Supports (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ..., it was really important, given the pressure the sector was under, to provide clarity on what support would be forthcoming from the Government. I have been engaging on an ongoing basis this very long spring with all farm representative organisations, and also those in the tillage sector. I was very aware of the growing pressure on the sector and the need for intervention in advance of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fodder Crisis (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...short. The fodder support measure was a really important one last year. It was crucial in ensuring we had sufficient fodder supplies in the country this year to deal with the unprecedentedly long winter. In many cases, there has been a housing period of up to seven months, starting last September and lasting until this week. Particularly given the backdrop of the Russian invasion of...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...and initiate important conversations within families. Nationally, there are strong taxation measures to facilitate succession and assist land mobility. For succession, Agricultural Relief is the key measure, which along with 100% Stamp Duty Relief and Consanguinity Stamp Duty Relief, provided support of some €274 million in 2022. 100% Stock Relief for Young Trained Farmers was...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...identify a product whose quality, reputation or other characteristics are linked to its geographical origin. Boxty is a traditional locally produced dish which is a great use of potatoes which have long been a staple of the Irish diet. It is deeply rooted in our heritage and I am eager to see it achieve recognition at EU level. It takes an enormous effort to successfully get a PGI...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...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 Johnstown Castle having 166% of normal rainfall in the autumn period. Indeed, Johnstown Castle had its wettest autumn on...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...been sufficient fodder available in the country. That was a really important starting point that we found ourselves operating from, particularly in view of the exceptionally and unprecedentedly long winter that lasted from September up to now. Farmers did a great deal of hard work last year in terms of making sure that fodder stocks were strong. They were supported in this by the fodder...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (24 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...work the Government is doing to try to support the sector and farm families through this period. We are very aware of the acute challenges experienced by farmers right across the country due to the prolonged and exceptional wet weather conditions we have been going through. The past few months have been very challenging for farmers in all sectors. For livestock farmers, the high...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...by tillage growers. As well as this engagement, I personally am in contact with the farm organisations directly myself by phone, at meetings and other events regularly and this will continue as long as I am Minister . I am acutely aware of the challenges being experienced by growers due to the exceptional weather conditions. The past few months have been very challenging for tillage...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Industry (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Senator Gallagher for raising this matter. He is absolutely right; it has been a really stressful time for farmers throughout the country. It has been an unprecedentedly long winter in many ways, with animals being housed, in many cases, from last September up to today. That is the guts of a seven-month winter and puts massive pressure on farmers. Dairy farmers are going out to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Industry (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Government level in every way we can, but it is also important that farmers at local level watch out for one another and give that support, because it has been a challenging time and it was a hell of a long winter. Looking outside today, we hope the weather will continue to improve as the week goes on and that things will look up, but we do not know that will be the case and it is...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...today. It is important that we discuss this as it is an acute issue and it has been a very difficult time for farmers in all sectors and all parts of the country.As we know, it has been an exceptionally long winter. Going back as far as the ploughing championships last year in early September, the rain was soaking the ground and there has not really been any relief since that. Indeed,...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...work that has been on hold. That is a different type of pressure. Farmers want to get on with that. There will be a sense of relief in one sense, but there will also be a lot of hard work and long days. It is very important everybody minds themselves in that scenario. It is also important we re-emphasise the message of the importance of farm safety, people minding themselves as they...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I have long supported the cohort of farmers known as the forgotten farmers and have committed to supporting them. My Department developed a preliminary outline of a proposal to provide support to the forgotten farmer group. Work continues on addressing a number of issues, such as the funding required, consistency with public expenditure and state aid considerations before the details...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...for Quarter 2 of 2024, my Department, in conjunction with Bord Bia, are currently developing plans for a trade mission to Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, in Quarter 4 of 2024. Ireland has a long history of engagement with Vietnam on agriculture development issues and this planned trade mission will provide opportunities to further enhance engagement on sustainable agriculture...

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

Charlie McConalogue: .... Following the conclusion of the EU-UK negotiations on 2024 fishing opportunities for shared stocks, the EU and UK agreed to work together in the Specialised Committee on Fisheries to improve the long-term management of the Pollack stock, including working on improving the assessment of the stock.