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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (14 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: 198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has completed his value for money review into the regional veterinary laboratories; and if so, when it will be made public. [7584/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register Data (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: 62. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the fall in the number of persons on the live register in County Carlow since January 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8104/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme Data (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: 73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that availed of optical benefit through the treatment benefit scheme in since its extension to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8099/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I ask members to make sure their mobile phones are completely turned off. I propose that we go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I remind members and witnesses to make sure their mobile phones are completely turned off as they interfere with the broadcasting system. Today we are dealing with the future of the beef industry in the context of Food Wise 2025. I welcome the witnesses from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ms Sinéad McPhillips, assistant secretary; Ms Maria Dunne, head of division...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank Ms McPhillips. I have a number of questioners. First, I will call Senator Conway-Walsh, followed by Deputy Martin Kenny and Deputy Cahill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I will carry on from where Deputy Cahill stopped. The body of work for this committee is to analyse where the future of the beef industry lies based on a SWOT analysis. The Department conducted the SWOT analysis in 2015. That was before David Cameron even decided to have a referendum on Brexit, before the referendum took place on 23 June 2016 and before the British public made a huge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: If I can sum up what Senator Conway-Walsh is saying, the worst-case scenario is 70% tariffs. What work has been done to counteract that at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I will let the Senator back in when Ms McPhillips concludes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: The committee the supply chain issue regularly. The general feeling is that what was introduced at Commission level represented an important first step but did not go far enough. It was a watered-down version of what would be required. Are there plans in the Department to have a more robust process in place which would complement the commission’s proposals for unfair trading practices?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: A SWOT analysis was carried out in 2015. The world has changed completely since then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: On revenue markets, if things go drastically wrong in the coming weeks, we may have to replace our main market of the UK. It will be difficult to replace that €2.4 billion of exports in a short space of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I call Deputy McConalogue, to be followed by Deputies Corcoran Kennedy and Eugene Murphy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: Does Deputy Healy-Rae have a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: We will not get into climate change now

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: As Ms McPhillips noted, there have been a number of round table and beef forum meetings. I understand all the farm organisations walked away from that recently. At the beginning, the beef forum was seen as the great white hope. Having all the stakeholders around a table is very important in trying to reach a fair solution. However, it seemed to become a talking shop more than an action...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: It would be appreciated if Ms McPhillips could give us an update on where matters stand. Things have escalated a bit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: We will be having difficult conversations in the coming weeks as there does not appear to be a silver bullet to bring stability to the markets. Is it sustainable to continue to kill in excess of 35,000 cattle per week? Are our numbers too high in that regard? Where does the Department see our suckler numbers in 2030 compared with now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: That is happening. Once we go over 32,000 or 33,000, we seem to be in trouble on a regular basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I appreciate that.