Results 3,961-3,980 of 4,350 for speaker:Bobby Aylward
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: It will be voluntary, one hopes. It will be up to farmers to decide.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: In the same vein, is the €40 top-up on the beef genomics scheme oversubscribed? Has the Department any information on that? When will it be implemented?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: When will it be rolled out? Has the Department a timeline?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: A review of laboratory services was being carried out. I am particularly interested because there is a laboratory in Kilkenny that serves the south east. What is the status of the review? I have asked the Minister several times in parliamentary questions but he has told me it is not yet ready. Will Mr. Gleeson elaborate on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Will that mean the closure of some laboratories?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: How long does Mr. Gleeson think it will be before the report will be ready?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Two weeks ago, there was a report of horsemeat being found in the food chain in a foreign country that according to traceability should not have been there. Is Mr. Gleeson able to comment on what happened and why it happened? We had experience of this a couple of years ago. We are worried about the meat trade and its reputation. Why has this been allowed to happen again? How did it...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Was it discovered here in Ireland?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: That horsemeat should not have been in the food chain.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: That is why I was being careful about what I said.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Has any reputational damage being done to our horsemeat trade?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: We all accept that. I know the fair deal scheme is under the remit of the Department of Health but does the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have any part to play in the assessment and costings? Does it come under the remit of the Department with regard to the 7.5% charge for three years? Does the Department have any role to play or does the Department of Health deal with...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: With regard to fisheries, there is a lot of controversy around the famous Rockall. Our fisheries industry from Cork to Donegal depends on fishing in that area. Does Mr. Gleeson have a comment to make on this? The Department has responsibility for fisheries.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: We are all in that category.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: What about traditional rights after years and years of fishing? Are there not traditional rights for people from Ireland who have been fishing in the area for the past 40, 50 or 60 years? Are there established fishing rights after that length of time?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: With regard to the Brexit loan scheme, the Department has provided €9 million to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI. There was an estimate of €15 million and an outturn of €24 million. What role does the Department play? Who benefits from the Brexit loan scheme?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Was it because of Brexit coming down the line?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: What percentage of agricultural small and medium enterprises are involved in getting loans? Is the scheme open to all SMEs across the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: A total of €5 million was estimated for the eradication of bovine disease and €7 million was collected through farmers paying the levy at marts and factories. Does this cover the compensation paid to individual farmers because of tuberculosis, TB?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Does the €7 million collected cover the costs? What is the breakdown?