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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (20 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: What are the average turnaround times for felling licences applications? How long are applicants waiting to get those licences approved? On the wider issue of licences, the Minister of State referenced the fact that the new forestry programme has not yet been approved. I ask her to update the House in that regard. I welcome her remarks on licensing and publishing something in that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (20 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister of State stated that applicants would not necessarily be given a two-year felling licence unless they intended to fell within those two years but I have been contacted by applicants who do not intend to fell within two years, yet were given a two-year licence. That needs to be considered. The standard licence is for ten years. It is important that be in place and that farmers...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: It is really important that we put the details of how this is going to work out there. Geotagging, photos and apps for uploading photographs will be a minefield for a certain percentage of farmers. I understand the texts will go out to farmers from June. In some cases, farmers will get a text message from the Department to say they are in the red. Then they will have to go about getting...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I understand with the satellite mapping and the changes that are coming in that there will be an element of wait and see. It will be a new system for farmers and some will find it difficult in the context of the level of technology that is coming into farming anyway. Uploading photographs and all that is going to pose problems for some farmers. That is one element. Second and most...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline how his Department will operate the announced satellite inspections for the basic income support for sustainability and areas of natural constraint schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18628/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: We know there are numerous changes coming to farm schemes this year. One of them, which has been described as the biggest one by the Minister's Department, is the changes to the satellite inspections and how that will work with the new mandatory area monitoring system. Might the Minister be able to tell us a little more about how he sees that working and, particularly, the impact it will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to provide financial supports for the sheep sector from the Brexit adjustment reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18491/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Does the Minister intend to introduce an emergency package of financial supports for the sheep sector. He will be aware, as we all are, that sheep farmers have been calling out for supports for some time now and they have not been forthcoming. Is there an opportunity to seek emergency funding from the Brexit adjustment reserve?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for his kind wishes. I appreciate them and I too look forward to working constructively with him and the Minister of State, Senator Hackett. Of course, the importance of the sector is well-known and that is always the first line. It is important and we should acknowledge it. However, the sector is under huge pressure. It has been seven weeks since the Irish Cattle...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Some of those schemes, such as ACRES, are welcome and will make some difference. However, they are more focused on the environment as opposed to production. The fact of the matter is that monitoring is not good enough at this point when sheep farmers are telling the Minister that they are in crisis and the sector is in crisis. The clear impact of Brexit is there. If the Minister looks at...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (20 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise what measures will be taken at national and EU levels to provide support around rising farm input costs and increased fertiliser costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18493/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in County Roscommon for each of the years 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in Galway County for each of the years 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: On top of the thousands of families with eviction notices and those with notices to come, there is another cohort of people, mainly women, that is hugely affected by the housing crisis. A case I really wanted to raise today is that of a constituent who fled an abusive marriage. She has two young children and is currently in a refuge. She has been offered one room with two beds in it for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, and for being here this evening. A few figures have been mentioned. I understand the target was 70%, and IFFPG has exceeded 80%, while 90% and 98% were mentioned as well. What was the percentage collected in 2022, the specific figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: That is great. Obviously, as has been said many times, IFFPG is collecting 100% of the levy, but not collecting 100% of the waste. Where the organisation is collecting anywhere between 70% and even 90%, there is a clearly a gap in the market for further collectors, as I would see it. They exist; there are independent operators, as we all know, but they are obviously not getting any of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I presume, though, that Mr. Moloney can see where their frustration comes from, given that the IFFPG gets the levy in full but is not collecting that 100% in full. In fairness to them, I can certainly understand their frustration in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Then the existence of these independent operators makes the IFFPG's costs slightly lower in some cases where they are collecting, say, 10% or 20% of what is left. They are reducing costs in doing that work for the IFFPG, although they are not getting a red cent of the levy. The Department might be able to come in on this. I appreciate that the IFFPG is working under the legislation that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Mr. Moloney keeps referring to the figure of 98%, but the percentage collected in 2022 was 88%. That is the percentage, depending on what it will be at the end of 2023, but the latest figure is 88% as regards collection, and that is to the end of 2022.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Would the Department like to comment on that as regards the legislation as it currently exists?