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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: That failure, which Mr. Coughlan has just admitted, has impacted on the livelihoods of farmers and farming families.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: As Mr. Coughlan said, they amount to 16% of herds. As he mentioned, animals that stay within the herd of course keep their rating. What is the likelihood of that? Many farming families will need to sell cattle on. Once they do that, the star rating changes. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: I come from a family where we grew up as suckler farmers. We kept cattle for a short time and they went to the mart. If we did not make a sale, it had a huge impact on our family's income as small farmers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: I ask Mr. Coughlan again about the impact in the failure in communication on the livelihoods of farmers who now need to sell cattle and go to the mart, with the cattle's star rating having now dropped. They were not aware of that. Does the failure in communication not indicate that it has an impact on the livelihoods of farmers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: The ICBF is a large enterprise with close to 80 employees. It has agri-advisers. How many locations does it have across the country?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Does the ICBF have any liaison officers who work with farmers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Who does that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Teagasc does it on the ICBF's behalf.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Is Teagasc represented on the board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: How is Teagasc engaged with? Is Teagasc the communication arm?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Again, on communications with farmers, Mr. Coughlan has indicated that there are certain liaisons within the ICBF. Who are they? What role is played by Teagasc? If Teagasc is not on the board and no Teagasc people are employed by the ICBF then where is the communication with farmers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: I understand that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: I know that Dr. Crosson's specialty is beef enterprise.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Is Dr. Crosson an economist by background?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Is Dr. Crosson a statistician?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: I worked in the SFI and research centres so I very much understand the importance of research integrity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: I also understand the lack of communication sometimes from a scientific-specific perspective-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: -----with people on the ground. What we are discussing here is a prime example of the lack of communication on research that Teagasc conducted. It was decided to announce that, which has led to a huge impact on farmers. I want to again ask about the lack of communication and the structures that have been set up. Out of the 80 employees employed there are no agri-advisers as such and the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: How is the economic indexes done?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Aisling Dolan: Teagasc is an agricultural research body so what business enterprises or universities does ICBF work with? Where is the background and expertise in economic indexes, which is what has been used to determine the indices here? On what is the ICBF reliant on? Does the ICBF rely on Teagasc? Teagasc is an agricultural research body, not an economic research body.