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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (3 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the possibility of reintroducing the fodder transport subsidy to assist farmers in transporting fodder which will be in demand due to the impending winter 2018 shortage following the severe spring snow and summer drought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40236/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review (3 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the areas of natural constraint, ANC, review with regard to redesignation using a set list of biophysical criteria; if the new approach must be introduced from January 2019; if mapping of all ANC lands has been completed; the actions that have been completed to date by officials; the actions that remain outstanding;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Laboratories (3 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review and cost-benefit analysis of the regional veterinary lab in County Kilkenny, which serves the farmers of the entire region of the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40238/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (3 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the possibility of increasing the €10 subsidy cap per ewe under the sheep welfare scheme will be examined in advance of budget 2019 in view of the underspend of €5 million in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40239/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I understand a report was done but neither Bus Éireann nor the Department was brought before this committee. Were they brought in here previously?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Who requested that report?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Mr. McCarthy decided to do it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I raise this now because we know the problems we are having at this time of the year. Approximately 350 children who are on concessionary tickets are being left on the side of the road. That is my concern. I have a particular concern in my own parish where 11 children have been left behind. That is the reason I raise this matter. It is an issue that raises its head at this time of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Will that be sooner rather than later?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Is the money used for charitable purposes if it is not claimed?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I welcome Professor Boyle and Teagasc to the committee. I know it is doing a good job for farmers, being one myself who avails of its services, of which I am very appreciative. On the death of the animals on the Greenfield programme farm, was it because of the intensiveness of the model or that they were exposed and did not have protection? I know the model is very intensive and there...

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Is it a dairy farm?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Are the animals mostly kept outdoors?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: They are not what we might call traditionally farmed, that is, brought indoors.

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I would like to move on. I will touch on topics raised by Deputy Deering. Is most of Teagasc's 1,800 ha of land used for research purposes, as is the case at Kildalton college?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Does Teagasc lease land to farmers?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I thought it was the other way around.

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Given the recent Government directive about semi-State land and the housing crisis, does Teagasc have land or property that would be suitable for sale for housing? I know Teagasc's land is mostly rural. Does Teagasc own land that could be used for social or affordable housing? Has the organisation identified such sites? The Comptroller and Auditor General mentions sites held for resale on...

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Is it a priority for Teagasc to identify those?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: That is one site that could be used.