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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: GLAS Scheme Eligibility (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of active commonage farmers regarding implementation of, and criteria for, the GLAS scheme; and the action he proposes to alleviate those concerns. [43097/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: GLAS Scheme Eligibility (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: The issue I wish to raise is the criteria for, and the implementation of, GLAS and what actions the Minister proposes to take in respect of the concerns expressed by farmers who wish to participate in this scheme. There are a number of questions. When can they expect their first payment for GLAS? Will farmers be allowed to enter GLAS as individual farmers? When will the management plan be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: GLAS Scheme Eligibility (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: The Minister's reply indicates that there will be no payment before the end of next year.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: GLAS Scheme Eligibility (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: People who are coming out of schemes will have no payment for over 18 months. That will create financial difficulties for the smaller and weaker farmer. Regarding commonage and getting farmers to sign up to a plan, I appreciate the difficulties that will present. Getting everybody or even 50% of people to agree on something will itself create huge difficulties. I welcome the fact that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: GLAS Scheme Eligibility (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: With regard to an overall plan for a commonage area, is the responsibility to pay for that on the people who are applying for GLAS or will the Department pay for it? It appears that if only a small number of people buy into it and there is an overall plan, the onus of paying for it falls on the person who is a recipient. If only two out of five take up the scheme and the other three do not,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: GLAS Scheme Eligibility (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: What about the overall plan?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: 5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on any progress on the issue of a single label for Irish beef and his negotiations with British retailers regarding the nomad cattle issue. [43098/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: The Minister, his Department and Opposition spokespersons have engaged with farming organisations to try to resolve the issue of so-called nomadic cattle. I refer to cattle taken from the South to be processed in the North. Can the Minister outline his negotiations with factories on this? Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: It is clear that live exports have improved in the last number of weeks, which has to do with cost. Perhaps that is a big part of what the IFA has been involved in over the last number of weeks regarding pickets and so forth. It bears testament to how right is the IFA's argument on what one gets for beef in the so-called "UK" or in the North compared to what one gets down here. My...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: There was.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: I would very much like to see a change of heart from retailers. I would also like to see them give the price that has been well earned and which should be respected to the producer. At the end of the line, the producer - the farmer - is the person who is absolutely hostage to the retailers and the beef barons. From my own knowledge of being tied into the farming organisations and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: Illegally maybe, but it has access. Everybody, including the farming organisations, knows that. The only party that does not seem to know is the Government.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: Legally, yes.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: 11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the risk of financial corrections being imposed by the European Commission on undergrazing on commonages. [43014/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: 26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his visit to China and the potential for Irish beef exports there. [43015/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (12 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: 40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is evidence of beef farmers switching to dairy production in significant numbers and if this presents a concern for the beef industry. [43013/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (18 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet with the chairman, secretary and treasurer of Horse Care Ireland; and if he will provide a date for such a meeting. [44009/14]

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: The double tax.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (19 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: Suspend the House.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Martin Ferris: Where are the Labour Party Deputies.