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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Yes. Why has it not been implemented and when is it going to be implemented? It will provide a huge reassurance to the general public.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Joe Flaherty: There are other members who want to contribute and I do not wish to take up their time. Dr. Hillyer did give us that background at the previous meeting. The specific question is as follows: when can the general public see pre-race testing, in whatever format it takes, for all racehorses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Joe Flaherty: By imminent, does Dr. Hillyer mean in a month or in three months? Will we see it being introduced before the end of the year?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new apprenticeship programmes due to come on stream in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Gardaí in the Roscommon-Longford division; the number of community Gardaí in the Westmeath division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36816/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Projects (8 Jul 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the Local Community Safety Partnership pilot in Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36817/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing the Retail Sector: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to contribute. I thank the witnesses for participating in this meeting. It has been informative. I will go through a few points, buried within which will be a couple of questions, so the relevant witnesses might reply to me. I pay tribute to the retailers large and small who have come back. I will follow up on the point made by Mr. Rogers. I know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing the Retail Sector: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Could Mr. Rogers come back to me regarding the idea of a retail manager in terms of the traction he has got on that so far?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Dunne, Ms Kavanagh and Mr. Neenan for an informative and pragmatic overview of the situation in which they find themselves. As a Government representative on the committee, I am both disappointed and somewhat embarrassed that there has been no progress. When we last met the witnesses, we met departmental officials as well, and maybe I was naive at the time but I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Task Force: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I am okay. I thank the Chair.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I am proud and pleased for the Minister. He made it his a personal mission to get this legislation through. We made a commitment that it would be passed. I was a late addition to the housing committee. I sat through much of the debate on this Bill and noted the time the Minister gave to debate with us and Opposition Members throughout the committee hearings. At all times, he was...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Many of the country's leading value-added food producers are increasingly concerned about likely threats and implications of the high-level border operating model for products of animal origin. We are fortunate to have a number of these significant employers based in County Longford. A number of those enterprises have sister facilities in the UK so are already well aware of the shortcomings...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised) (30 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: My thanks to the Tánaiste for coming to the committee this morning. I want to raise one thing if that is okay. I appreciate it straddles a number of Departments but it is very much in the Tánaiste's area. It relates to the UK high-level border operating model for produce of animal origin. Several companies in my region are going to be adversely affected if the current situation...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised) (30 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I appreciate there are extensive supports in place for business. The nub of the issue affecting these value-added food companies is the fact that before each load departs it has to be signed off by a vet. One of the people I spoke to works for a business involved in frozen food. The company has two plants in Ireland and is a major European company. According to the company's analysis, 20...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised) (30 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Tánaiste.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Much of what I had intended to ask about has been covered, so I will not take long. On expanding the representation to reflect fully the farming community, will Mr. Moloney give a commitment that IFFPG will engage with the other farming representative bodies and invite them to put forward a representative to sit on the board? On the Walker Recycling Services issue, I accept that formal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I am conscious that we are tight on time so I will not delay. Following two meetings on this matter, the Department will be very aware that it is a serious issue for the committee. There is a great deal of concern, especially in light of the testimony we heard from representatives of the two companies. We accept, to a point, that 80% is a relatively good take-up but nothing short of 100%...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan. This is an important Bill and I echo what my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, said. It is very easy to get emotional and bang the drum for rural Ireland, but in reality if one reads through the Bill one will find it is one of the most effective pieces of legislation to enable people to come back and live once again in rural...

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome the Bill. I commend the Minister as this Bill will give some assurance to renters whose income has been affected by Covid. It is critical that we give vulnerable tenants time to recover their financial stability. While the number of people who have directly invoked this legal protection has remained small, the protection has provided a safety net to vulnerable renters. It is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Just Transition Fund (23 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State. I believe that the Minister of State will agree it is critical that we get just transition right for the midlands region. It is also critically important that the ESB is not allowed off the hook. It was extremely disappointing to hear the ESB's announcement last week that it plans to proceed with the demolition of the two power stations. There was a genuine...