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Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the regional enterprise development fund can help drive job creation in midlands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16179/18]

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I want to ask the Minister about the regional enterprise development fund to help drive job creation. Phase one of the fund was the Minister's first official engagement in her current role. She came to the Irish Manufacturing Research, IMR, facility in Mullingar to launch the first phase at the National Science Park. We were delighted to receive an allocation of €2.1 million for all...

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I thank the Minister, and I welcome the announcement of the second round of the fund, which will be very welcome. She visited Mullingar with me a number of months ago. We visited Trend Technologies, TEG and Robotics & Drives, companies that are operating at the cutting edge of technology. I am fully confident that these companies will grow rapidly and provide huge employment in the...

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I thank the Minister. We are all very well aware that the labour market grew by 2.9% last year, adding approximately 60,000 new jobs. Seven out of every ten new jobs is now created outside the commuter belt of Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare, which is of huge benefit to rural areas. It is projects like this that will inject new life into our provincial towns. Mullingar is a leading town in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Funding (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 51. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the next round of the Regional Enterprise Development Fund 2017-2020 will open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16178/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for works by a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16926/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work that has been done by her Department to date in relation to combatting trade deficits which may be experienced by suppliers and companies in counties Longford and Westmeath and the midlands post-Brexit; the number of staff that have been working on this issue across agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Eligibility (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a requirement when applying for a TAMS grant in relation to a TAMS approved machine (details supplied) that the balance of the cost must be financed through cash; if hire purchase or a pre-authorised loan can be considered as appropriate part finance when applying for a grant; and if he will make a statement on the...

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: -----notes the unique vulnerability and exposure of agriculture-------

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: ------to fluctuations in the weather. If one looks at the detail-----

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: -----there has been 80% more rainfall in some parts of the country over the first three months of the year, while soil temperatures must be above 6 degrees for adequate growth. However, the motion firmly places the blame on the Government and contains nothing about sustainable solutions. It has not one word about agritaxation. There is no detail in terms of the supports that were brought...

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: Critically, it asks for hardship funds for small and medium-sized farms but offers no detail of the criteria or costings for such funds. It is devoid of any detail. We need real, sustainable solutions.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: The Minister stepped in with a-------

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I cannot get a chance to articulate my point.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I am putting on the record the lack of detail in the motion and I would like to have the chance to fairly articulate that point.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: Very clearly in terms of the action the Minister has-------

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I did not get to articulate my point. I just wish to make two more points.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I will make two more points. The Minister has shown that he is prepared to change when change is needed and that was clearly demonstrated by the fodder transport scheme. He was not afraid to do that. As regards the money being put behind this problem, fodder is coming into the country and work is being done. Low-cost credit schemes are available and the Minister is working hard on the issue.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: When we are putting forward solutions and discussing them in the House they must be credible, fair and sustainable.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I want to make clear, as someone who was brought up on a family farm, that I know first-hand the difficulties and anxieties that farmers face when fodder is in short supply. It is also very important that we make it clear that farmers who are in difficulty should step forward. However, the motion is very bland. Its lack of detail is absolutely amazing. The second line of the motion states...