Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 July 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed)
11:45 am
Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)
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I thank the IFA for its presentation. It was said farm incomes had fallen to between €10,000 and €16,000, which is appallingly low. Has there been an increase in farm assist? If so, what has it been? Will Mr. Comer outline the up-to-date position on GLAS because there was a march to Agriculture House? I would like to flag the beef crisis. Will Mr. Comer outline what he believes to be the way forward there?
I was very interested in the point about reform of VRT. Mr. Murphy said 52,000 cars were registered in Northern Ireland. What does he mean by registered? Are those people resident here? Is it possible for people to register a vehicle in the North of Ireland but be resident in the South?