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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: In that case, what is it used for?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Then there has to be a benefit. If we are producing NOx emissions over and above what the EPA determines to be allowable under the EU rules, at Dublin Port for instance, we pay a massive fine for exceeding them. There has to be a monetary value on sequestering carbon to somebody. I am seeking to determine who is getting that monetary value.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: I would not even waste my last 30 seconds on that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: I am sure you are not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: I have one other question before I go. Is it a question of being short-staffed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Is there a lack of staff in certain Departments? Is there somewhere that sticks out? I have an appeal in since September 2022 for an oral hearing and eight months later we still have not been given a date.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Does that sound like an outrageous length of time to wait?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: I have let you know.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: I checked yesterday whether I sent it to An Bord Pleanála or the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I am not sure if the delays would be any different.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Please check that for me. Mr. Gleeson has the information and it has been a long time. It involves a young farmer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: He is a very young farmer and he is depending on the payment. We need that appeal to proceed. I will come back in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: To come back to that issue, is 12,000 the total recorded population of badgers for 2022?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Yes, in the country.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: That is okay; I am on the clock.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: The reason I am asking is that I have never, and I am half a century old, seen as many badgers dead on the roadside as I travel the roads. I do quite a bit of travelling but I am actually quite concerned. The reason is that hitting a badger is like hitting a cement block. It can cause extensive damage and probably a very serious accident. Other animals that do that kind of damage are...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Each year, their contribution is growing. It is in the double million figures. It is a very significant event for any family farm to end up with TB. There is a stigma attached to it even still. We must look at this in the round. It is not just about animal welfare or TB eradication. We are now going to see it become a road safety concern. As Dr. Fanning said, badgers are nocturnal...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Is that on the ash dieback?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: But the Department has not been accepting applications for the ash dieback scheme since January. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Verona Murphy: So who compiles forestry dashboard?