Results 421-440 of 595 for speaker:William Aird
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: Will Mr. Callanan answer the questions in the order they were asked? I thank him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: That is grand. I will remind Mr. Callanan if he has not. I thank him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: Drop.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: I am watching the time. Will Mr. Callanan answer the second question? I only have a limited time. What scientific basis did the Commission refer to when requiring Ireland to reduce the derogation? What did it say to us?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: My third question related to the assessment made.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: My next question was about the Department's proposal of alternative compliance tools to the Commission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: I asked whether in the interests of transparency the Department would publish all documentation and correspondence it had with the European Commission in respect of the nitrates derogation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: When?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: I am coming to my last question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: I can come back. My time is up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: I will ask a question on the habitats. There were a couple of issues that arose. We can work to get down to test the quality of the water and we can identify the source eventually, and we will get there. However, a habitat is something that I cannot get my head around because a habitat is something that if we touch it, we have broken the habitat. Can Mr. Callanan just explain that when he...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: In a river.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Nitrates Derogation: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: What about the river that was clean, the cleanest river we have? That is contradiction as regards what was said to me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impact of Trade Deals on Agriculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: I have never met Ms McPhillips before but I wish her well in her new role. She is going in at a very challenging time when there is the nitrates directive, the CAP and Mercosur. On a good day you will win all three but on a bad day you will lose all three. Ms McPhillips has a very exciting time in front of her. I want to make it very clear that I am totally opposed to Mercosur. Totally...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impact of Trade Deals on Agriculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: What of the effect on beef prices?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impact of Trade Deals on Agriculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: By 2%, all right. That is what we have said but let us see what happens there. What guarantees has the Department received that the meat and the agrifood products entering the EU under this agreement will be produced to equivalent environmental, animal welfare, and traceability standards? We are all asking this question but we are not being told. Is Ms McPhillips happy that these...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impact of Trade Deals on Agriculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: I will ask another question for whoever wants to answer. Why is the EU prioritising access to beef from South America at a time when Irish and EU farmers are being asked to do more sustainability? In other words, has Ireland used enough influence to slow or oppose the ratification of this deal? We met people on this already and I asked the very same question of representatives who came...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impact of Trade Deals on Agriculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: That is fair enough. I will ask a direct question now. In the event that Irish beef farmers are negatively impacted by this deal, and I mean starting now with the price of beef going down, will the Department seek EU-level compensation funds for market adjustment from this time now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impact of Trade Deals on Agriculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: That is great news. Will the Department set the guidelines for what farmers get for their cattle? For example, if I sell cattle in any part of the country today weighing in at €4.50 per kg or whatever it is, will the Department give me the same price when this beef comes in and if it has a negative effect on the market? That is where it is. It is around the ring when I produce. Ms...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impact of Trade Deals on Agriculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Sep 2025)
William Aird: That is grand; sure it is all we want.