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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: Garlic can be particularly difficult to grow, but I take the point about the necessity to replace imported horticulture with Irish horticulture. However, it will be difficult to do that when carrots are for sale at 49 cent per bag. There has to be some correlation between the price at which products are sold and the cost of production. I grew up in Clare and there was extensive market...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average value of each basic payment scheme, BPS, entitlement per county in 2019 and 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51679/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: I ask the Minister to provide the average value of each BPS entitlement per county in 2019 and 2020, respectively. I do not know if he will list every single county, but perhaps he might list a few counties at the top, a few counties at the middle and a few counties at the bottom. Of course, I have a particular interest in County Clare.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: It is interesting, but not surprising, that the lowest is in the west and the highest is in the south east. I wonder if that is a general trend. I appreciate that the Minister does not have the figures and as I said at the outset, I did not expect him to have them all. Is that a general trend? It is interesting that the greening is a percentage of the entitlement. While agriculture per...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: The Minister made a point about small and medium-sized farmers, which is a bit of a misnomer. Will the environmental measures be capped at a certain size of farm? Someone could have a large holding of marginal land while someone else might have a much smaller holding of more productive land. If it is capped, it will penalise the person with the marginal land. For example, the Burren is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: When the beef task force was introduced, I predicted it would be a talking shop. I accept I was wrong and it was not even a talking shop. How it could not meet during the Covid-19 pandemic using Skype, Zoom or Microsoft Teams like the rest of us is beyond me. I completely agree with Deputy Conway-Walsh about feedlots. This growth of cattle coming out of feedlots is very much at odds...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: It is regrettable that cattle coming from feedlots will benefit from the protected geographical indication, PGI, status applied for by the Minister, if his application is accepted. It will mean farmers who produce cattle in a more traditional way, that are never housed and are outdoors, perhaps in the Burren or wherever, during the winter, and are killed off the land must compete with huge...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: Is it done without concentrates?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organic Farming (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: I, too, welcome the increase in funding but the problems in the market need to be tackled also. In livestock production, organic farming is not attractive. We know there is a monopoly among a couple of big players in the meat business. They offer a pittance more for organic beef compared to non-organic beef, such that it is not economically worthwhile producing organic beef. One can go to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: You can get a vet but not a GP in rural Ireland. Like the Minister, I look forward to the plant at Moneypoint becoming a green energy hub. I hope hydrogen will be manufactured there using energy generated by harnessing the power of the Atlantic. In the meantime, it is slated for closure in 2025. The Minister suggested that decision might be revisited given the energy shortages. Will...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: I agree, but in the short term-----

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Natura 2000 (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the areas of Natura 2000 lands claimed in each county in 2019 and 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51678/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the Beef Taskforce; if he has received the report from the Beef Taskforce; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51714/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average BPS payment per county in 2019 and 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51680/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 428. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of the 2021 sports capital programme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51073/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 490. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50407/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 511. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51046/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (19 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when PPS numbers will issue to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50502/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 786. To ask the Minister for Health when the eight extra neurology nurse specialists will be appointed for University Hospital Limerick in view of a campaign by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50737/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: I want to focus on head 29 of the Bill, which states that the Garda Commissioner shall keep the Minister and the Secretary General of the Department of Justice informed of matters relating to significant developments concerning the preservation of peace and public order in the State, the protection of life and property in the State and the protection of the security of the State; significant...