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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. I have just two brief questions. I will not repeat what has been said in regard to TB but the increase in expenditure is a cause for concern. I look forward to seeing what the forum does and to engaging with its members at the committee in the coming weeks, as the Cathaoirleach has said. On this year's farm payments, 70% have been paid. Does...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for those figures. Is there a set date coming up when another payment run will be done, as opposed to payments being processed on a case-by-case basis as farmers contact the Department? If so, when is the date for the next payment run?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Is it the hope, then, that those who are still waiting will be paid in the next payment run on 1 December?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: There is an amount left in that fund. The Minister's Department has spent a lot of it, and all of that money was welcome and was spent in areas where it was needed. Is there anything else on which he is looking to spend from that fund before the end of the year?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: My second question relates to the Brexit adjustment reserve fund. Does the Minister have a figure for what is left in that fund at this time?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms restricted due to TB in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51201/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the availability of grants for the promotion of forestry; what consideration has been given to supporting smaller groups and co-ops with promoting forestry in their local areas, particularly where these organisations are providing training and advisory services to farmers and forestry owners; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 14 November 2023, if the five-year requirement under the definition of a young farmer, as set by the Government, can be amended within the lifetime of the current scheme and current CAP; if there are plans to amend the definition for future equivalent schemes; and if he will make a...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I also welcome this year’s social welfare Bill. I will take the opportunity to raise a couple of issues. I understand the legislation around lone parents and the treatment of child maintenance and social welfare payments is to come. I ask that it be done as quickly as possible. I have made the point many times that child maintenance is for the upbringing of a child or children. It...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications made under the scheme to assist businesses with the price of kerosene in counties Roscommon and Galway, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51206/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 200. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason businesses using diesel gas are excluded from the business users support scheme for kerosene, given many businesses utilise diesel gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51725/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 338. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of tyvense medication, in particular in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51719/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the witnesses for coming in and for their detailed opening statement. I have a couple of questions about the money allocated and the money spent to date, just so we are absolutely clear. The allocation of the reserve fund to Ireland of €1.015 billion was significant. In its totality, of the more than €1 billion that was allocated to the Department of Public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Is the €150 million in the deal to be returned from the overall figure of more than €1 billion and not from the agriculture allocation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: That is clear It is important to clarify that. With regard to the opening statement, Mr. Conroy cited the significant additional infrastructure and staffing costs that have been incurred. Will he elaborate on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: On the question of what the BAR was spent on in the Department, Mr. Conroy said in his opening statement that divisions within the Department explored possibilities for schemes that were eligible for the BAR. The Minister made regular calls for requests from stakeholders to come with ideas. Could our guests give us any examples of a proposal that was explored or looked at either in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank Mr. Flynn. As has been mentioned, access to the BAR was widely sought by sheep farmers in the first instance, and by the organisations that represent them. As has been said, those representative groups were before the committee. Was the sheep sector looked at specifically by the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: A reply I received to a parliamentary question also included that figure of 16% and stated that exports to Britain account for 16% of the sheep meat market. A level of 16% is still 16%. Was a certain percentage required and 16% was not enough?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: The sheep sector was, however, impacted. Did the Department actively look to provide funding to the sheep sector, given that 16% figure?