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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Council: Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This happens.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Council: Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We will suspend until after the vote. Is it just a single vote?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Council: Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We will be back in a few minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Council: Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Uasal Rafter as an méid a dúirt sé. Tá súil agam go mbeidh rath ar an obair atá os a chomhair mar chathaoirleach ar an gComhairle Ealaíon. Tá a lán oibre roimhe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Council: Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Something is interfering with the sound. Someone has left a phone on. Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell should proceed. I am sorry for interrupting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Council: Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That will do him for now. We can revert to the Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Council: Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: He has not taken up the job yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Council: Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis na finnéithe as a bheith anseo. Ó mo thaobh féin de, tá súil agam go mbeidh na finnéithe ag díriú isteach ar an nGaeilge agus ar na healaíona chomh maith. Tá fadhbanna mór ansin agus tá níos mó airgead ag teastáil. I would like the Arts Council to continue the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Threats to Native Bee Population: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Today we will discuss the threat of extinction of one third of the native bee population and related matters. I am pleased to welcome from the Federation of Irish Beekeepers Associations Mr. Ken Norton, public relations officer; Mr. Paul O'Brien, president; and Mr. Peter Walsh, one of its beekeepers. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Threats to Native Bee Population: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will now invite committee members to ask questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Threats to Native Bee Population: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Before Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell comments, I ask the witnesses to explain what the all-Ireland pollinator plan is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Threats to Native Bee Population: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have a number of questions following which members may come back in again if they wish. It would be useful for the committee to get a list of the county councils that have signed up to all-Ireland pollinator plan. If such a list is not already on the website of the Federation of Irish Beekeepers Associations, it might be useful to highlight that on it. That would allow the young people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Threats to Native Bee Population: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There is a movement in Dublin towards having many more allotments. For instance, allotments were opened only recently in my area of Bluebell. I got my keys last week but I have not done anything yet. Allotments encourage people to grow crops. However, if they are located in the middle of a built-up area where flies, wasps, bees and so on are being killed off with pesticides, with all the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Threats to Native Bee Population: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It should be colourful-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Threats to Native Bee Population: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Mr. Norton or one of the other witnesses mentioned the funding running out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Threats to Native Bee Population: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Has the federation made a submission seeking an additional wad of money to continue this work? In preparation for the meeting I read some of the documents the federation has produced and they are very useful-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Threats to Native Bee Population: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: -----to someone who is uninitiated, so to speak, and outline some simple steps. I encourage people to visit the pollinators.iewebsite and read the guidelines.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Threats to Native Bee Population: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It gets €8,000 to do its work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Threats to Native Bee Population: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Given the crisis we are in, the organisations that are best placed to give advice to farmers, schools or whatever need to be funded. Whether it is to the witnesses' organisation, for the national biodiversity plan or whatever, the funding must be provided. On an issue discussed by the committee previously, many of the Bord na Móna bogs and other bogs not owned by the company are no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Threats to Native Bee Population: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Good.