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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (12 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 823. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Roscommon and Galway, respectively, who submitted an application for home care to date in 2023; the number of applications that were approved; the number of persons in the counties waiting for care; and the average waiting time that they have been waiting for home care. [55225/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 1. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his engagement with the forestry sector regarding concerns around the limitations the new forestry programme rules will have on afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55423/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I wish to ask the Minister about his engagement with the forestry sector in respect of the new forestry programme. There are significant concerns regarding the restrictions and limitations in that programme which the sector believes will greatly limit the amount of ground that can actually be afforested in the first place.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the fact that she has met with representatives form SEEFA. In the context of the extensive engagement she had, I presume those she met raised with her the concerns that exist regarding the significant area of land that is ineligible, particularly when it comes to peat soils. The latter removes a large chunk of the west of Ireland from consideration....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: In regard to the maps and restrictions, the Minister of State previously indicated that a full map of Ireland showing the restrictions layered on it will be published. We need to see that map. The response to a parliamentary question I tabled on the matter indicated that it will be published. I do not see how that map can show the vast areas of land that include peat soils. Did the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I wish to ask the Minister about the recent changes that the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, ICBF, has made to the beef index and, in particular, the impact this will have on the suckler carbon efficiency programme, SCEP, for suckler farmers. He will be aware that significant concerns have been raised in regard to the manner in which this has been done and what it will mean for farmers,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Has the Minister engaged with the ICBF, particularly in the past week when much of this has come to the fore? Some farmers bought 5-star bulls because they followed what the ICBF told them but those bulls are now 2-star or 3-star. This will have a significant impact on those farmers. I spoke to a farmer who lost more than €100,000 overnight. He had to tell his daughter she will not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: That, in itself, is not really following the science. If a farmer has a 5-star cow and is in SCEP, the cow will remain 5-star, but if the farmer sells the cow, it is not 5-star. That does not make sense. There has been a lack of engagement in respect of these changes. For the third time, what engagement has the Minister had with the ICBF? Has it contacted him? Its representatives were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Yes, but my question is whether the ICBF engaged with suckler farmers before it made the changes. Mr. Coughlan referred to the ICBF’s “best efforts to engage with representative groups”. To me, an important representative group are suckler farmers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I have one quick question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Mr. Coughlan acknowledged that this will have an impact on farmers and breeders. Given that he specifically said he did not want them to be negatively impacted, and based on what the witnesses have heard today, will the ICBF put it to the board to potentially pause this? I do not buy that it would cause mayhem and confusion to pause for a short period, given the concerns raised. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: No, there would just be the old index.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements and submissions. Many of the questions have been asked and answered. The eradication strategy has been well under way since 2021. The witness said several key actions are being implemented and are close to full implementation. Of those outlined on page three, will the witness provide more detail about those that are almost there and those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Apologies, page three of the opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: There is a list of about 12 factors, starting with "Preventing spread from herds with a high risk of recurrence".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Are those action plans in place?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the new law on waste collection will be rolled out in rural areas, considering many households in rural areas currently do not have a food waste bin or in some cases do not have a waste collection service at all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55682/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the sheep improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55570/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 5 December 2023, if he will provide a county-by-county breakdown of the advance payments issued under the sheep improvement scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55571/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (13 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55572/23]