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Mortgage Arrears: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghlacadh leis an Teachta McGrath as ucht deis a thabhairt dom labhairt ar an ábhar fíor-thábhachtach seo. We talk about human suffering, but probably the greatest human suffering is fear. Many people in society are fearful at the moment because they cannot face up to the financial challenges facing them. The only mistake of many of these people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with Musgrave Group and Tesco (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Listening to comments here, one might think it is all rosy in the garden and there is no issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with Musgrave Group and Tesco (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I was told that the groceries order did not depress suppliers' prices. I was also told that it provided lower prices to consumers. Logically, it depressed the retailers' profits. Something had to give. When I was in school, there was an idea that one cannot create nor destroy energy. This is not altogether true because a nuclear reaction can destroy matter and turn it into energy....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with Musgrave Group and Tesco (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the representatives of Tesco for coming before the joint committee and providing a very interesting exposition of the company's policy. It is very difficult in unequal relationships for everybody to get an equal result. One of the issues of concern is that we have powerful and dominant players in the market relative to the suppliers. The failure to secure a contract would spell...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with Musgrave Group and Tesco (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I asked a question about the right of franchisees to buy local. Are they totally free agents in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with Musgrave Group and Tesco (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is no control on retailers preventing them doing that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with Musgrave Group and Tesco (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I wish to apologise for being late but I was in the Dáil for Question Time. This committee is trying to ensure that primary producers are in a sustainable position. We are also trying to ascertain the pressures on primary producers concerning conditions and price. I accept what the witnesses say in their document, which is that in large measure they do not deal with primary producers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with Musgrave Group and Tesco (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will allow other Deputies in.

Other Questions: Aquaculture Licences (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The question did not relate to any-----

Other Questions: Aquaculture Licences (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It was related to a general moratorium.

Other Questions: Aquaculture Licences (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I asked the Minister whether a moratorium was in place or not. The question has nothing to do with a specific application. I am talking about a general policy issue of a moratorium which the Minister's Department put in place under the seafood programme. It is a simple question. Is there a moratorium in place under the seafood programme? Perhaps the Minister might answer that question in...

Other Questions: Aquaculture Licences (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The silence says a lot.

Other Questions: Aquaculture Licences (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is.

Other Questions: Aquaculture Licences (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on the application by Bord Iascaigh Mhara for an aqualicence in respect of a fish farm in Galway Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14643/13]

Other Questions: Aquaculture Licences (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does that mean it will be one month?

Other Questions: Aquaculture Licences (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the event that a fish farm is developed, if the licence holder is not the operator and the fish farm causes major ecological damage, will the licence holder or the operator, or both, be liable for damages if a case is taken in respect of ecological damage caused?

Other Questions: Aquaculture Licences (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The national seafood programme states "the targets for increased productive capacity for salmon will now have to be deferred until after 2013 as a result of the amendments made to this Programme" until such time as the sea lice issue has been satisfactorily resolved. A senior official in the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has made it very clear that, as far as the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aquaculture Licences (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister clarify whether it is the policy of his Department to encourage the type of development now engaged in by Bord Iascaigh Mhara, BIM? Would he not agree this clearly compromises the Department's ability to make an objective decision on this application? Would he not also agree it is BIM's obligation to carry out Government policy and, as I have said, ensure that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aquaculture Licences (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is why I was surprised to hear the Minister made specific comment on aquaculture in Galway Bay at a large meeting of farmers in Claremorris held late last autumn. Would he not agree that if he grants the licence now, in view of the circumstances that have arisen, it is likely to be subject to legal challenge? Would he not agree that it would be much more satisfactory for BIM to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aquaculture Licences (26 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considers it appropriate for him to be the decision maker in relation to an aquaculture licence application received from a State agency, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, that operates under the aegis of his Department and which is obligated to operate within the framework of his policy, and in the circumstances in which he has stated his...