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- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Jackie Cahill: I will make two more points and then let Deputy Kerrane in. I fully acknowledge what the Minister did in the Finance (No. 2) Bill and in the budget regarding financing extra slurry storage on farms. Getting water quality right is absolutely essential in our derogation battle. This year, when the opening period came in the middle of January, after stock was in very early with the weather we...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Jackie Cahill: The last point I want to make before I go to Deputy Kerrane is about the bits under the county council supervision. It has been an ongoing saga for a number of years that they were going to be brought under the wing of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Has the Minister any provision in his Estimates for that? Where are we in trying to bring that to a conclusion? At the...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Jackie Cahill: If we were to consider extension of the closed periods, surely there would be scope for increased grant aid.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Jackie Cahill: If we were changing it, surely there would have to be a window of opportunity for farmers to bring their capacity up to the new requirements.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Jackie Cahill: Okay, I thank the Minister. I call Deputy Kerrane.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Jackie Cahill: That is €20 million.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Jackie Cahill: Let the Minister speak.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Jackie Cahill: We are dealing with the Estimates here now.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Jackie Cahill: We had a full session the bark beetle last week here at the committee.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Jackie Cahill: Okay.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Jackie Cahill: On behalf of the select committee, I thank the Minister and his officials for assisting the committee with its consideration of the 2024 Revised Estimates - Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and Marine, and for dealing comprehensively with the questions from members. We will resume after the votes for a private session with the Minister on Horse Sport Ireland.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Message to Dáil (31 Jan 2024)
Jackie Cahill: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2024: Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (31 Jan 2024)
Jackie Cahill: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average turnaround for a naturalisation application currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4339/24]
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Jackie Cahill: No apologies have been received. Deputy Wynne has indicated that she will attend today's meeting. Members have the option of being physically present in the committee room or may join the meeting via Microsoft Teams from their Leinster House offices. Members may not participate in the meeting from outside the Leinster House parliamentary precincts. However, it is important to note that to...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister. I will ask a few questions, if I can, before I go to the members. In respect of TB and brucellosis eradication, the Estimate for 2023 was €71.8 million. The Revised Estimate for 2024 is €57 million. That is hard to comprehend with the unfortunate rise in the reactors we have. Is any funding in place for the proposed cull of deer that is envisaged under...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)
Jackie Cahill: As Deputy Collins was in the middle of a question the last day when the bell went, we will allow him to resume. Deputy Mac Lochlainn has indicated next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Deputy Collins, the witnesses have come in to address the Commission proposals today. Serious issues were raised by the inshore fishermen on the last day that warrant having a discussion with the Department. In fairness, the witnesses were asked in today on the Commission proposals.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)
Jackie Cahill: A lot of serious questions were raised by the inshore fishermen and I presume the Deputy and others will seek a meeting with the Department to discuss the issues that they raised.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Has Senator O'Donovan a question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Are members in agreement that the COMs discussed do not warrant further scrutiny? Agreed. On behalf of the committee, I thank the witnesses for their contribution today and, again, for coming at such short notice as we were not able to finish the discussion at the last meeting. We really appreciate them coming back so quickly. At 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 31 January 2024, the select...