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

Pat Deering: Teagasc has properties other than land, which it has disposed of from time to time. I presume there is a database of properties which it is looking to dispose of. Have they been revalued in recent times? If so, how does Teagasc come to the conclusion that it will dispose of a particular property?

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

Pat Deering: Has Teagasc identified any land or property it intends to sell going forward? In 2017, Teagasc made a loss of €192,000 in the disposal of assets and it was over €1 million in the previous year. It is not sustainable to rely on asset disposal to fund infrastructure.

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

Pat Deering: Has there been a valuation?

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

Pat Deering: If €12 million is realised, what would the priority be in terms of spending it in the medium term?

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

Pat Deering: Professor Boyle mentioned climate change, an issue which is coming at us at 100 mph. He said he would like to invest the money in laboratories for that purpose but would he say we were playing catch-up at this moment?

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

Pat Deering: Some people - I would not agree with them - believe climate change is a fallacy. Is there a public relations job to be done by Teagasc, the Department and all farming organisations in order to highlight what has been done? While much has been done in the whole sector, this issue is coming at us at 100 miles an hour. We have targets to meet which we will not meet in the short term but will...

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

Pat Deering: We have ambitious targets in the whole agricultural sector with programmes such as Food Wise 2025. How does Professor Boyle believe we can balance those targets with the challenges that climate changes presents?

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

Pat Deering: There is a Greenfield programme site in County Kilkenny which has come in for some criticism recently, rightly or wrongly, for the type of farming model created there. What investment has Teagasc put into it? Who were the different stakeholders involved initially?

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

Pat Deering: Has Teagasc leased the land?

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

Pat Deering: Is Teagasc using it as a template as to how a system could be developed for the future?

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

Pat Deering: Is it a 15-year project?

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

Pat Deering: How do profit margins look year on year?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40874/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the change in special education investment since 2011; the impact this has had; the number of children with special educational needs participating in mainstream schools; the number progressing through the education system to third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40875/18]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: I am delighted to have the opportunity to say a few words today on the budget that was announced yesterday. First, it is not that often that we get the opportunity to speak on a budget that has been balanced for the first time in almost ten years. Reference was made earlier on to the fact that we have had a balanced budget and to sum it up, one could say that we have a prudent budget. It...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (11 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: 38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work ongoing in his Department in addressing climate change; the schemes in place to help farmers improve their farms' environmental performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41295/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (11 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: 39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports provided to Bord Bia to assist Irish agrifood businesses to find new markets for their produce in the context of a potentially changed trading environment post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41296/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (16 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: I bring to members' attention that by order of the Seanad, Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn was discharged of his membership of this committee and Senator Rose Conway-Walsh has been appointed in his place. On behalf of the committee I thank and congratulate Senator Conway-Walsh on her appointment. The Senator is not at this meeting yet, and I am not sure if she will be in attendance. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (16 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: The next item on the agenda is the scrutiny of EU legislative proposals. Schedule A is COM (2018) 613, a proposal for a Council regulation and amending regulation EU 218 of 120 regarding fishing opportunities for European seabass. It is proposed that this proposal warrants no further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed. Schedule B is COM (2018) 577, a proposal for regulation of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directive on Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: Before we begin I remind members and witnesses in the Public Gallery to ensure that their mobile phones are completely turned off please. Today we are resuming scrutiny of EU legislative proposal COM(2018)173 which is the proposed directive of the European Parliament and the Council on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain. We have already...