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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: If the weanling did that well and was 450 kg at 250 days. I thought it was 311 kg at 250 days, but-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That is even better for the person buying it. Is the witness saying that the slaughter, on average, was 370 kg?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The witnesses are talking about the slaughter on average.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Are we talking about the slaughtering average of five-star animals?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I am looking at a table which shows 2,183 five-star animals; cows with a weanling weight of 311 kg; progeny carcass weight 374 kg-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Can the witnesses estimate their carcass weight when they are killed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The €1,500 figure relates to the mart or the factory when they are being killed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I am talking about dead weight, and a price of €4 per kg. If someone pays even €1,000 for them and they are held at length-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The farmers then earn nothing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Can Dr. Cromie answer the question on the percentage? I have asked several times. What percentage of all the cattle born in the beef herd for which we have data from beginning to end?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Of all the calves born from beginning to end, what percentage does the ICBF deal with?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What percentage does the ICBF deal with from birth to slaughter in such a way that the federation will have a full picture?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: All I am asking is------
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Dr. Cromie is saying 80% of all cattle-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: If a farmer is not in the BDGP, he will not have it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How would a farmer know the bull if he is not in the BDGP and the dam is not written down in it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I meant the bull.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the amendments on the appointment of a chairperson and how the ordinary members will be appointed. The first thing that has to be cleared up is the fiasco that happened here last night when we did not know whether we were talking about 13 or 17 members. As a result of some sweetheart deals being done that seem to be getting even cosier in recent months,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The year 2011 was mentioned. I am not from the area in question, but I am well aware of the problems experienced by people who have travelled on that line in recent years. I am looking across at the witnesses, where one side of the State is telling the other side what it cannot do. Were they in the private sector, they would not have jobs....