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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Upcoming CAP Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (7 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: I have two further points. Based on our Food Wise 2025 targets, we are to increase exports by 50% by 2025. This must be balanced with our climate change targets. We have read a lot about this in recent days, obviously. Fitting all this into a new Common Agricultural Policy will be very challenging. How will we balance the environmental and food production sides of the equation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Upcoming CAP Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (7 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: I want to raise the controversial issue of the so-called active farmer. This was a point of major debate during the previous negotiations four or five years ago, and it may need to be redefined again. To follow on from Deputy Fitzmaurice's point, the productive farmer also needs to be protected and acknowledged into the future. We need to have productive farming and we have to accept that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Upcoming CAP Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (7 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: Do any other members have questions before we wrap up? As there are no further questions, I thank Mr. Gleeson and his team for coming before the committee today. I am sure this discussion is, like "Coronation Street", to be continued for many more days to come.

Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: He is making it up as he goes along.

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: On promised legislation, I refer to the Greyhound Industry (Amendment) Bill. The greyhound industry has been through a difficult spell in recent times. It employs over 10,000 people. As such, it is a very important industry for Ireland and we are aware of its future importance. Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill took place last May and June and it was intended to introduce it before the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (9 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: 266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a social welfare appeal. [47551/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: 460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will have their disability file reviewed and the medical evidence sent and assessed by the medical assessor. [47760/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: Apologies have been received from Deputy Thomas Pringle. I remind members to make sure their mobile phones are turned off. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: The first matter on the agenda is the issues concerning climate change. Before I begin I ask members and witnesses to ensure that their mobile phones are completely turned off. I welcome from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr. Bill Callanan, assistant secretary general and chief inspector, Mr. Jack Nolan, senior inspector, Mr. Eugene Hendrick, senior inspector and Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: I call Senator Lombard before we revert to the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: I draw members' attention to a chart among the documents supplied. Deputy Martin Kenny asked about the percentage and how we compared to other countries. If one looks through the chart it can be seen that Ireland was on 30.8% from 2015, which is an increase from 26.2%. This relates to agriculture's emissions as a percentage of all sectors, including indirect CO2. Agriculture's emissions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: The United Kingdom has an emissions rate of 8.31%. How do we compare to Northern Ireland, or is there a figure to compare against?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: Does the witness mean similar to the Republic or to the UK?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: Every second tillage farmer is talking about going into dairying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: This will be a huge challenge in the future. We are going from the tillage sector, which is beneficial for carbon issues, to a sector which may not be as efficient from that perspective. How will that be bridged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: Would Mr. Nolan like to contribute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: Thank you Deputy. Would Deputy Corcoran Kennedy like to make a contribution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: Professor Matthews made a presentation in his own right, I presume. In other words, he was not representing any particular organisation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: There was a very skewed debate then. It was a one-sided debate to a large extent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Pat Deering: The Citizens' Assembly is only the beginning of the process. As mentioned by Mr. Callanan, a report will be provided to the Oireachtas. I am sure there will be a lot of discussion on it in the time ahead. I expect that the Department will feed into the process going forward.