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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: That is not what I said at all. The point I was going on to make relates to relative stability and our national share of the European quota. The relative shares we have had of various fish stocks, on which we are engaging with other non-EU states at the moment, were set in the early 1980s under relative stability. Despite the annual battles and the reviews of the CFP that have happened...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 332, 334, 335, 336 and 337 together. As the Deputy may be aware, my Department has recently published a Shared National Vision for Trees, Woods and Forests in Ireland until 2050 which was informed by a series of extensive engagements and consultations. This vision has informed a new Forestry Strategy for Ireland, which has been developed through Project...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...seen improvement this year in racing attendances. The recent Irish Greyhound Derby was one of the best attended in many years. As with other organisations and everything else we have been doing, working to recover from Covid, to get back to where we were and hopefully to push on from that has been a key objective. We worked to support Rásaíocht Con Éireann and also to...

Impaired Farm Credit Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank all the contributors for the assessment of and perspectives on the Bill. Like the Deputies here, I am committed to protecting the Irish family farm model. To prosper, we need to ensure farming is socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. As well as ensuring the Common Agricultural Policy works for Irish farmers and that we provide other appropriate supports when...

Impaired Farm Credit Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: At the outset, I acknowledge the work of Deputy Collins, his colleagues and Mr. Honohan and the work and consideration that has gone into the Bill. I also acknowledge that the intentions behind the Bill are genuine and that the primary concerns of the Deputies are based on protecting the family farm. We all share that concern. The family farm is the bedrock of our €14 billion...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Where something stays static it means it is not increasing in value with what is happening in the wider economy. That is a fact. As Deputy Carthy knows there are choices to be made when a CAP strategic plan is being put together. I have increased the national funding for pillar 2 for the next CAP by 50%. It has been increased by 50% overall. We could have put more of this into ANC but...

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

Charlie McConalogue: My colleague, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, is the lead in relation to the Nature Restoration Law. The proposed Nature Restoration Law is a key element of the EU Biodiversity Strategy which calls for binding targets to restore degraded ecosystems. Across Europe there has been widespread decline in biodiversity with many habitats in poor condition. The proposed...

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

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy states, I welcomed the approval that I had sought. I brought all of the representatives of fishers across the country together into a task force to advise me how to support the sector. As part of the report, they unanimously sought a voluntary decommissioning scheme and I then sought approval for that. I welcomed the fact that I got approval for the scheme. As we...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Senator McGreehan for putting this issue on the agenda today. It is certainly not the first time she has raised it with me. She has been a very strong advocate for the sheep sector throughout the CAP process and since then as she has been for the agricultural sector and family farms across the board. The short-term and long-term viability of our beef and sheep farmers is a key...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Senator again for raising the issue. The sheep welfare scheme has been a popular one among sheep farmers. It is regarded as being straightforward, accessible, practical and very useful in terms of the measures contained in it. The funding has been welcomed. There has been a request for additional funding, for which Senator McGreehan has strongly advocated, over the last couple...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...and higher than the outgoing scheme. The engagement we are having is about the size of the overall funding over the course of the programme and, therefore, how strong the rates can be. We want to give that clarity in advance of January. The new programme will start in January. I know it is proving to be a challenge because people are reluctant to start planting before the new programme...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Impact Assessments (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The EIA agriculture regulations cover three different types of on-farm activities, including the restructuring of rural landholdings, which relates to the removal of hedgerows. The thresholds for proposed hedgerow removal where screening applications are required under the regulations are any length of field boundary above 500 m proposed to be removed or any proposed removal of field...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The current crisis is challenging established assumptions on food security. Now, more than ever, having countries like Ireland producing safe, sustainable and nutritious food is needed. Ireland is among the most food secure countries in the world. In fact, according to the Global Food Security Index for 2022, Ireland placed second. Ireland is part of the EU single market and participates in...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The current crisis is challenging established assumptions on food security. Now, more than ever, having countries like Ireland producing safe, sustainable and nutritious food is needed. Ireland is among the most food secure countries in the world. In fact, according to the Global Food Security Index for 2022, Ireland placed second. Ireland is part of the EU single market and participates in...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Forests and the establishment of new forests play an important role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The Climate Action Plan 2021 commits to the development of an enabling framework for the potential trading of carbon credits, and which rewards farmers for emissions reductions and carbon removals, including through potential private sector investment. Like many other EU...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...a Court of Justice of the European Union ruling in 2018 and subsequent High Court rulings which had transformative implications for the process of screening forestry licence applications for likely environmental effects, approximately 75% of licence applications are now referred for ecological assessment. The referral of such a high proportion of licence applications was the principal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Chair and members of the committee. I welcome this opportunity to present the SIA to the committee today. As in previous years, a rigorous assessment has been undertaken to examine the implications for Ireland of the potential fishing opportunities for the year ahead. The past few years, as we know, have been particularly challenging for our fishing industry. In addition to...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 407, 408 and 409 together. Following a Court of Justice of the European Union ruling in 2018 and subsequent High Court rulings, which had transformative implications for the process of screening forestry licence applications for likely environmental effects, approx. 75% of licence applications are now referred for ecological assessment. The referral of such...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy likes to use the term “big agri-business” but our farm families, on which our agriculture is based, do massive work.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Costs (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...our farm families is something we are both very much aware of, as is the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon. Over the past year, significant price rises have occurred, primarily in the energy sector, with natural gas and oil prices reaching record highs. These high prices have had significant impacts in all sectors. Following a strong year for farm incomes last year, when average incomes...