Results 1,601-1,620 of 4,291 for speaker:Martin Heydon
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: I have not said that it will not come to that. I have not given a clear timeframe on it. I am saying that as soon as possible,-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: Our legal services team is looking at it. I am giving a commitment that the opinion will be gone through with a fine-tooth comb by my Department in order to see if there is any way we can make it work. It would solve a lot of problems on all sides. We know that expedience is needed in passing this proposed legislation. Does the Deputy think that if we could find a solution that we were...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: Barristers and solicitors within our Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: I understand that the HPRA report was published in December 2019. That was-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: I will refer to Mr. Corkery on that one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: Sorry I want to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: On the analogy of going across farms, is Deputy Fitzmaurice talking about contractors?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: There are not many green fields at that end of Kildare.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: Yes, it does.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: To take Deputy Fitzmaurice's analogy, he said a contractor has a load of fertiliser and spreads it from Clane to Leixlip.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: Sorry. That is right because the way leave would be going through farmland. I was thinking it was on the side of a road. I might bring in Ms Byrne-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: I would say on a number of farmers' lands.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: I might bring in Mr. Massey on that as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: That is a very specific point. The unfortunate farmer having that way leave go through their land, it would happen at a once-off point. So-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: The point is that it would be applied on a per farm basis. I know what Deputy Fitzmaurice is saying from a civil contractor's perspective but from the farmer's perspective, it not something that will happen very regularly. It will happen once. It will be applied to the farm and there will obviously have to be communication between the civil contractor and the farmer as to how much...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: The point raised by Deputy Fitzmaurice is valid but it would be a one-off occasion if it happened.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: I will ask Ms Byrne to respond. It depends on the business processes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Martin Heydon: I take on board the Deputy's point. The last thing we want is any reduction in competition in this area that would be to the detriment of the farmer or that would discommode people. Ultimately, these measures can assist farmers in some ways. There have been a number of interventions to make it easier for those small companies whose core business is perhaps not selling fertiliser, as the...