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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Dental Services Provision (24 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: 284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be eligible under PRSI to have a realignment of false teeth. [3569/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: Schedule A is COM (2018) 817, proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and Council amending Regulations (EU) No. 1305/2013 and (EU) No. 1307/2013 as regards certain rules on direct payments and support for rural development in respect of the years 2019 and 2020. It is proposed that there are no subsidiarity concerns in respect of COM (2018) 817. It is also proposed that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: Before we start the meeting I remind members, witnesses and those in the Public Gallery to make sure that their mobile phones are completely turned off as they affect the broadcasting systems in the committee room. Today we are discussing the issue of live exports. I welcome the officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ms Paula Barry Walsh, deputy chief veterinary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank Ms Barry Walsh. We will take questions from members in groups of three before coming back to the witnesses. The first three members to indicate were Deputy McConalogue, Deputy Cahill and Senator Lombard, in that order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: What about the impact of weather?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: Senator Lombard, being from Cork, was concerned about having to bring calves to Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: The last paragraph of the statement floats the idea of an export organisation. Is any work being done on that? Is the Department driving it or is it hoping that exporters drive it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: How many exporters does the Department deal with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: Deputy Martin Kenny asked where calves went. Is it to feedlots? Do the delegates have a breakdown of the percentages or do they have that information? I presume the Deputy was referring to other livestock also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: Deputy Pringle had a query about Libya.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: Ms Barry Walsh has already addressed the issue of the price reduction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: I believe it was Senator Paul Daly who asked that question. It would be an issue for the OIE, World Organisation for Animal Health.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank Ms Barry Walsh and her colleagues for coming before the committee and giving us a very good understanding of where things stands in the live export trade which obviously will be very important to the beef industry in the coming years.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (31 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: 38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the anticipated launch date for the new regional enterprise plans; the impact the plans will have on rural job creation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4527/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (31 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: 48. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new IDA jobs created in County Carlow in 2018; the increase since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4526/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Preparations (6 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of action being taken to prepare for Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5722/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (6 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: 52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position with regard to discussions on the next CAP reform and the protection of the CAP budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5721/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the public spending code adequately takes carbon impact into account when decisions are being made on capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53194/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank the Acting Chairman for allowing me in. I apologise for not being here earlier but my question came up earlier than I expected. I have come from a meeting of the Joint Committee on Climate Action which has been very busy in recent weeks. Does the Minister believe that the public spending code takes adequate account of carbon impact on capital projects in the coming years? The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank the Minister for his detailed response. The greenhouse gas emissions challenge will be one of the biggest challenges of our generation as we try to reach our 2030 targets and beyond. Are the projects which have been announced, including some of the large, very ambitious projects included in Project Ireland 2040, still under the existing emissions targets or must they be repriced in...