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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I understand the increase of 4%. That is fine. If the figure was €90 million, €85 million or €80 million I would still have the same question. How does the Minister arrive at that figure? Do the sectors come and look for a specific figure? Has the Minister given them exactly what they have looked for? Have they looked for more and has he given less? How was the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: That is due to go to tender shortly and it is an external independent review of the fund.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Okay, great. That is positive and welcome. Regarding the 80:20 split, can the Minister give me the rationale as to how that is determined? How does he decide that one gets 80% and the other gets 20%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister and want to ask him about animal welfare, which is very important in terms of the funding being provided. On page 4, the Minister talks about the high standards of integrity and welfare and ensuring that those are maintained. Can he give the committee a little more information as to who determines that those welfare standards are as high as he says they are? Where does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I suggest that the Minister might consider requesting that there is a breakdown, where the Minister is giving €95 million, and I do not believe it is much to ask both bodies to come back to him and tell him what these bodies spend this funding on in the year. For accountability and transparency, that should be asked of them. It is not a big deal and that should be provided on an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister will be familiar with the amendment calling for an analysis or review of the funding under different headings that my predecessor, Deputy Carthy, brought forward for a number of years. Has there been an analysis by the Department of the money that is provided every year and where it is going? Do the sectors provide a breakdown of what they spend it on, line for line? It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. I have just two brief questions. I will not repeat what has been said in regard to TB but the increase in expenditure is a cause for concern. I look forward to seeing what the forum does and to engaging with its members at the committee in the coming weeks, as the Cathaoirleach has said. On this year's farm payments, 70% have been paid. Does...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for those figures. Is there a set date coming up when another payment run will be done, as opposed to payments being processed on a case-by-case basis as farmers contact the Department? If so, when is the date for the next payment run?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Is it the hope, then, that those who are still waiting will be paid in the next payment run on 1 December?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: There is an amount left in that fund. The Minister's Department has spent a lot of it, and all of that money was welcome and was spent in areas where it was needed. Is there anything else on which he is looking to spend from that fund before the end of the year?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: My second question relates to the Brexit adjustment reserve fund. Does the Minister have a figure for what is left in that fund at this time?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms restricted due to TB in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51201/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the availability of grants for the promotion of forestry; what consideration has been given to supporting smaller groups and co-ops with promoting forestry in their local areas, particularly where these organisations are providing training and advisory services to farmers and forestry owners; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 14 November 2023, if the five-year requirement under the definition of a young farmer, as set by the Government, can be amended within the lifetime of the current scheme and current CAP; if there are plans to amend the definition for future equivalent schemes; and if he will make a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: It is now a year since the child maintenance review group published its report. It made a number of recommendations around child maintenance and social welfare, all of which we have called for for many years. The timelines for the legislation that is needed to remove the provision that child maintenance is counted as means for social welfare payments have come and gone. It is now said to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Scholarships (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if summer gaeltacht scholarships are available for 2024 for second level students who do not attend a DEIS school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50653/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (21 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on reports that changes to the Nitrates Derogation will be delayed by a further six months, given the current timeline is January 2024; what engagement he has with organisations representing the farming community on this focus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50558/23]