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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Punch. I call Senator Lombard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: We will let the ICMSA go first this time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: I will let Mr. McCabe in shortly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: We are coming to the end of the time available so if Mr. McCabe wants to say something, he should do so now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: I thank both organisations for attending. The next couple of weeks will be worrying for us, as will the first months of spring as we finally see how Brexit will play out. The agri-food sector is by far the most exposed. Some 90% of the potential tariffs of €1.6 billion that will apply under World Trade Organization rules will fall on the agri-food sector. We hope a trade deal will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome representatives from Bord Bia, Ms Tara McCarthy, CEO, Mr. Padraig Brennan, director, meat, food and beverage, and Mr. Shane Hamill, manager, strategic projects, who is joining us remotely. I also welcome representatives from the Irish Grain and Feed Association, IGFA, who are the joining the committee remotely, Mr. Bobby Roche, president, and Mr. Joe Connolly, IGFA member and CEO...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: Just beef?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: Have pork exports to China increased?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: If the answers to Deputy Fitzmaurice's questions are sent to the secretariat, we will circulate them among all members of the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: The Irish Grain and Feed Association representatives might answer Senator Lombard's question on the ports.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: Should the €1.90 levy not be on a percentage basis on live exports? It is a high proportion of a calf on which I make €50 or €60 in the ring, compared with a good suckler that goes abroad and makes €1,400 or €1,500. It does not seem to be equitable. I am not trying to question the fund. It would still deliver the €500,000 but it could be more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: It would be a different discussion if non-Irish beef was on the Bord Bia stand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: On behalf of the committee, I thank all the witnesses who attended today in person and remotely and for engaging so constructively with the committee on Brexit and its impact.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (16 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to fill the two vacant positions on the board of the National Transport Authority; if he will appoint at least one person with a background in rail transportation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43762/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme (17 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 59. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that will be provided in County Tipperary under the local improvement scheme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43605/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan (17 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 31. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the establishment of a network of broadband connection points in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43604/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Tipperary that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43802/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Tipperary that have received support under the restart grant and the restart grant plus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43801/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (17 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 303. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding VAT on goods entering from the UK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44414/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (17 Dec 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available to help with the purchase of a car for a family with a disabled child who has to travel from Tipperary to Dublin on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44227/20]