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

Cathal Crowe: I agree with Senator Dolan on the communication. It has been chronic. I will read a couple of lines from the Salers Society's its take on all of this. It wrote to the ICBF and stated: Many breeders are reporting that top-performing cows in their herds have not just dropped in the replacement index but have plummeted. These are cows with excellent fertility / calving interval, calving...

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

Cathal Crowe: I ask the ICBF to suspend its decision of 28 November until the stakeholder forum has taken place. The Salers Society is one of the major stakeholders and it did not see this coming. This is not a farmer over the road who has penned a letter here. It is one of the stakeholders with which the ICBF is supposed to have negotiated and spoken over many months. The Salers Society is questioning...

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

Cathal Crowe: Why have a stakeholder forum if the ICBF is not willing to take it into account? This decision of 28 November should be suspended until this stakeholder forum has taken place. Is that not the prudent way to go?

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

Cathal Crowe: In politics, we call it a citizens' assembly. We let it out for a year and we discuss it. The ICBF cannot hold a stakeholder forum after the horse has bolted.

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

Cathal Crowe: We all know that. I have only 30 seconds remaining and my question has still not been answered. Farmers are questioning the validity of the index. That is what I am questioning. The ICBF is holding a stakeholder forum in the early spring. Why not suspend for eight or nine weeks, or whatever that interval is, until the stakeholder forum has been held? Why would the Salers Society or the...

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

Cathal Crowe: The stakeholders who have joined the ICBF board just seem to be nodding their heads anyway.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (13 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he has taken to support the just transition process since 27 June 2020. [55614/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (13 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions taken to support and strengthen the aviation sector since 27 June 2020; the priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55616/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (13 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions taken to support and strengthen the tourism sector since 27 June 2020; the priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55615/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (13 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each county currently in receipt of the carer’s support grant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55588/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Priorities (12 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 85. To ask the Taoiseach his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024. [55216/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Priorities (12 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55208/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Priorities (12 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55206/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Priorities (12 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 193. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55203/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Priorities (12 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55218/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Priorities (12 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 254. To ask the Minister for Finance his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55207/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Priorities (12 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55213/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Priorities (12 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 295. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55205/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Priorities (12 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55204/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Programme (12 Dec 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 376. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55217/23]