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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: The peas and beans sector that Mr. Phelan talked about is a part of that. Is there a big opportunity there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: We talked about rotation crops. Sugar beet has been mentioned. Is there still opportunity in its use as a feed for animals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: They heard about it from Deputy Aird earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: One of the issues that came up several times during the conversation was in regard to Irish food and Irish labelling of Irish food. The whiskeys, the beers and all of that sector is obviously one of them where we have a lot of grain going in. There is also, obviously, the feed we have going into our animals producing our milk and beef. In regard to all that, is any work being done on what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. What work is taking place in respect of where we are now and where we need to be with the nitrates derogation? River basin management plans and all of that are coming into play, we have measurements and we may see increases and decreases in nitrates from time to time. How are we in terms of timing and bringing a solution back to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: On the granular issue, how far down will the Department go?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: Are there 40 catchments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: I believe it was the Teagasc presentation that mentioned forestry. A lot of forestry that is on peatlands is being harvested. Is that forestry being replanted on those peatlands?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: What is happening seems to fly in the face of logic. On the one hand, people with new forestry are told that peatlands are not appropriate because their usage will release more carbon than it will capture. At the same time, there are peatlands, particularly in my part of the world - many thousands of acres of mountain bog there were planted, which in some cases resulted in serious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: Please forgive me for suggesting that when it takes 40 years to produce a crop, it seems strange for the Department to wait another five years before deciding what to do. Forestry planted in the next five years will be there for the next 30 to 40 years, so a lot of peatland will be in forestry and we do not know what the science in the report will say. There is a lot of scepticism about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: A couple of things spring to mind. What Senator Brady said is quite correct. At the end of the day, farming is a long-term commitment for anyone who goes into it. What is put in place to support them, particularly if we are to go down the route of ensuring that the environment is protected and maintained, if we are asking them to do things in a particular way, has to be funded adequately...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: One of the key things is the point made regarding the cut in the CAP. We were in Brussels last week and we put it to the Commissioner that there is a breakdown in trust between the agricultural sector and the European Union. That trust needs to be restored. If it continues to cut away at the CAP budget and to introduce trade deals like Mercosur, which undermine agriculture across all of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: It is quite related, in fairness.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second Stage (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: It is clear that our current environmental standards are not fit for purpose. The Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 is simply not fit for purpose when it comes to granting licences, amending licences and a whole range of work that needs to be done in that respect. It is causing huge delays in building our infrastructure to meet our energy needs and expansion of businesses, the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of tonnes of farm plastic currently stored in Irish Farm Film Producers Groups approved yards; and where in the country are they stored. [51805/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of farm plastic that has been collected by Irish Farm Film Producers Groups from Irish farmers; the amount that has been recycled; the amount that has been incinerated; the amount that has been exported in 2023, 2024 and to date 2025, in tabular form. [51807/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Irish farmers have to pay a recycling levy when they buy silage wrap and also have to pay for it to be collected for recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51809/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of an autism class for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51159/25]