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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Has the Minister engaged with the ICBF, particularly in the past week when much of this has come to the fore? Some farmers bought 5-star bulls because they followed what the ICBF told them but those bulls are now 2-star or 3-star. This will have a significant impact on those farmers. I spoke to a farmer who lost more than €100,000 overnight. He had to tell his daughter she will not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: That, in itself, is not really following the science. If a farmer has a 5-star cow and is in SCEP, the cow will remain 5-star, but if the farmer sells the cow, it is not 5-star. That does not make sense. There has been a lack of engagement in respect of these changes. For the third time, what engagement has the Minister had with the ICBF? Has it contacted him? Its representatives were...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 1. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his engagement with the forestry sector regarding concerns around the limitations the new forestry programme rules will have on afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55423/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I wish to ask the Minister about his engagement with the forestry sector in respect of the new forestry programme. There are significant concerns regarding the restrictions and limitations in that programme which the sector believes will greatly limit the amount of ground that can actually be afforested in the first place.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the fact that she has met with representatives form SEEFA. In the context of the extensive engagement she had, I presume those she met raised with her the concerns that exist regarding the significant area of land that is ineligible, particularly when it comes to peat soils. The latter removes a large chunk of the west of Ireland from consideration....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: In regard to the maps and restrictions, the Minister of State previously indicated that a full map of Ireland showing the restrictions layered on it will be published. We need to see that map. The response to a parliamentary question I tabled on the matter indicated that it will be published. I do not see how that map can show the vast areas of land that include peat soils. Did the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I wish to ask the Minister about the recent changes that the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, ICBF, has made to the beef index and, in particular, the impact this will have on the suckler carbon efficiency programme, SCEP, for suckler farmers. He will be aware that significant concerns have been raised in regard to the manner in which this has been done and what it will mean for farmers,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on concerns raised around the suckler efficiency carbon programme and the recent changes to the beef index; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55424/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action he intends to take to address delays to ACRES payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55410/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the publication of a strategy to address ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55407/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on plans to change existing rules around herd owners and herd keepers, given the impact the current process has on women in agriculture and young farmers in farm partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55408/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the proposal to bring forward a solution for the group known as ‘forgotten farmers’, given details of the scheme were supposed to be published in quarter 1 of 2023 and a further follow-up was promised in May 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55409/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on ensuring that women in agriculture and young farmers can take part in knowledge transfer groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55406/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the witnesses for coming in at short notice and for their opening statement. Before I go into my questions, it is important to say that I think a picture is being painted here that farmers are confused or do not understand, when, in fact, I think they understand very well. They understand very well even though this has been extremely badly handled up until this point. Unless...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Given the importance of sustaining suckler farmers, did the ICBF engage with them on the changes before it made them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Did the ICBF engage with suckler farmers, however, on the changes to the index?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: The ICBF has put an emphasis on communication but, really, that is only a small part of it. Whichever way it is communicated, the message is the same. Farmers signed up to SCEP in good faith. Mr. Coughlan stated the input costs have risen. Suckler farmers need a scheme more than ever and they need one that pays them and treats them right. They signed up in good faith and the rug has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: How are people appointed to the board? That is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: How is it determined how many seats each organisation gets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Yes, but my question is whether the ICBF engaged with suckler farmers before it made the changes. Mr. Coughlan referred to the ICBF’s “best efforts to engage with representative groups”. To me, an important representative group are suckler farmers.