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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Guardians Ad Litem (16 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: ...Tusla's inadequate responses to my parliamentary questions and the Minister's reply today, it is clear that we have little oversight, if any, of the operation of this scheme. We certainly have no indication of the true scale of the costs.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: ...It might be much more prohibitive to build a house in rural Ireland, particularly a one-off house, than what is in the guidelines. I would welcome if the Minister of State were able to give some indication that he is cognisant of the significant ramping-up of the cost of building a house in rural Ireland and that some acknowledgement of this would be made. We have a significant...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: ..., time and effort given to us by the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, while he was in the role. Deputy Dillon has big shoes to fill. Is the Minister confident that all the key housing indicators are continuing on a positive trajectory? Will he refer specifically to the continuing challenges in rural Ireland?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Joe Flaherty: ...the equivalent of €20 per ewe. While it is very positive, I still encourage the Minister to try to get to €25, if there is any capacity to do so over the course of the year. I do not see any indication there will be an upsurge in the sheep sector, so it will be another challenging year, notwithstanding the strong supports the Government delivered for them. The Minister...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Joe Flaherty: Maths was never my strong point, but payments in ACRES average at about €4,000, so if there is an additional 5,000 farmers that could potentially be excluded based on what the Minister indicated so far to us and to media, we are probably talking in the region of an additional €5 million to generate an awful lot of goodwill in the farming community and to bring many of those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...horse, but is still waiting on that. May is well past the average waiting time, which Mr. Duggan suggested. This is an accomplished breeder who would have all her paperwork in place. That is indicative of the types of calls I get from breeders. They tell me that the situation is calamitous, and is indicative of a lot of the wider issues plaguing HSI at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...Irish Timeson human resources issues within HSI. When the delegates last spoke here, they said they were carrying out interviews with past staff and board members. Can he elaborate on this and indicate what the findings were from those interviews, which we will call "exit interviews"?

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...reality is we have seen unprecedented investment in health. The budget for 2024 will be €22 billion, up 80% on the €13.2 billion in 2015. It is an extraordinary increase by any reckoning and indicative of this Government’s determination to get to grips with the many challenges facing health. I hypothesise that if we had given the additional €2 billion to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...Deputy Leddin. I respect the Deputy's views and the fact that there can be different views but we desperately need to kick-start the industry. I have noted nothing in the ministerial opening statement or subsequent reply indicating something will happen in the next few months to kick-start the industry. There is a most telling line in the Minister of State's foreword to the forestry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ..., highlighting their many grievances with the way the organisation is being run at the moment. Showjumping Ireland, Dressage Ireland and Para Equestrian Ireland issued a joint communiqué, indicating that they are extremely concerned and believe Horse Sport Ireland may not be compliant and that many of the actions taken by HSI and its interactions both internally and externally could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: We are probably precluded from going into many of the details in it. They have indicated that the correspondence has been shared with HSI. Would Mr. Duggan agree that there is disquiet across the equestrian community at this time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...They put the most salient ones at the start. I will give two of them and Mr. Duggan can respond to these. Is it true that multiple HR cases are still ongoing in HSI? Can Mr. Duggan give some indication as to the staff turnover in the organisation over the past three years? How many people have departed? What was the average length of service for those staff members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...funds, which are very risk averse and conscious of public opinion, Government mood and anything that happens in Government circles. The overtures from the Government, to which Deputy Fitzmaurice alluded, indicate this is a short-lived project. With respect to the five years, perhaps we are not going to roll back. We have committed. While it would be wrong for Ireland to signal to...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...week that there is still some work to be done on it. I am satisfied that we can deliver these necessary improvements and modifications on Committee Stage. I welcome that the Minister of State indicated she would be taking some amendments on Committee Stage. That would be greeted with universal agreement by anybody listening in on this debate. Like all other speakers, I am deeply aware...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Murray. Mr. Pat Glennon and Mr. Mike Glennon for coming in here today. It is indicative and reflective of the forestry sector that we have two family businesses in front of us today - family businesses steeped in rural Ireland over several generations and very much at the heart of their local community. Despite their obvious success, they have probably been largely under the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...in all public services to sign up to a charter of rights? For many people, for example, it could be about corresponding with them by letter. It should be the case that they can tick a box to indicate they would prefer to get a telephone call. That must be a right. That should be a right. In the case of housing applications, for example, we frequently see that people will get a letter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...sector probably is not given credit for the significantly improved standard of housing that is being built now. We have learned our lessons from mica and apartment defects. Can the CIF give an indication of the standard and specifications and how Ireland compares with European countries and our closest neighbour, England? How significantly better are the houses being built now?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...next couple of months. I know the Minister is aware that the Irish Farmers' Association, IFA, in particular, is looking for a €30 per animal support intervention from him. Can he give us any comfort or indication that is something he is taking seriously on board at the moment?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...farmers to whom I have spoken to over the past 24 hours are in a precarious situation with an uncertain future. There are many hard decisions to be made in the coming weeks unless there is a clear indication from the Department that support is in the offing for the sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...is very clear, and Coillte will know this. Typically, a cubic metre of forestry in Scotland is worth £100. A very strong price heretofore would have been £130 per cubic metre. The latest price indicator we have for Gresham House in the Scottish market gives a figure of £380 per cubic metre. It is not only dominant but also radical, and it is buying up the market. We are...