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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister for his presentation. The proposed cuts will affect the economic stability of the fleet and coastal communities in a detrimental way and the social consequences will be felt across the spectrum. From what the Minister said with regard to the Hague preferences and job losses, there will be almost 400 job losses and €23.5 million in total reductions for those...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: That is included.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: I am sorry, I thought they were separate. It is still a big figure. When the negotiations are approaching, the worst-case scenario is laid out and people are conditioned for what is coming. When the outcome is not as bad as that, however, the negotiations are considered a success, but that is not the reality. We still have the consequences of reductions in catches and income and the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: The people that have influence up there are not interested in white fish and the Minister knows that well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: The cuts in the Celtic sea are minus 43% and minus 27% for cod and haddock, respectively. Haddock in the Irish Sea is minus 52%. Monkfish in the Celtic Sea is minus 12%. Prawns are minus 9.6%. They are significant cuts. If memory serves me correctly, all those sectors and areas were hit last year as well. There is a gradual process of reduction in the catch quota in those areas. The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: The Minister is aware of the situation. He has been around the country and seen the state of coastal communities and how they have suffered in the past. He is aware of the consequences of a bad negotiation. Fishing has probably been the most depressed sector in the economy. That is only evident when one goes into areas where there was vibrancy 40 years ago but there is no vibrancy evident...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015) Martin Ferris: I will try to be positive. I welcome all additional moneys that become available for the various agricultural and fisheries sectors. I am familiar with the position of dairy farmers arising from market volatility in prices. I welcome the measures in place to support dairy farmers as I am conscious that dairy incomes are expected to fall by 50% this year. The Minister expects the...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015) Martin Ferris: Is this figure being provided solely to help address the Syrian crisis?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015) Martin Ferris: I will be glad to hear that is the case. The issue of the hen harrier is a source of major concern for more than 4,000 farmers. Has money been made available to address their concerns? I understand 4,600 farmers have, effectively, had their land sterilised for many years. Is anything being done in that regard? I welcome any positive measure taken for farming communities, particularly...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015) Martin Ferris: Will there be retrospective payments?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015) Martin Ferris: To which camps does it go?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015) Martin Ferris: Yes.
- Topical Issue Debate: Farm Partnerships (9 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: We have all been supportive of the partnership arrangement for younger and older farmers as a mechanism for encouraging young people to stay on the land and build up their own entitlements, with the expertise that many of them have gleaned through Pallaskenry and other colleges where young farmers go for farming education. The problem, as I understand it, is that although there have been...
- Topical Issue Debate: Farm Partnerships (9 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: As the Minister of State said, a small number have been affected. The number I have is 800 applications. I assume they are 2014 applications as distinct from 2013. Taking away 300 leaves 500. This could have changed in the days since I received the information. It is encouraging that it will be resolved and that the technical issue regarding the mapping feature in GLAS will also be...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: Yes.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: As this section is meant to define the Bill, I cannot understand why harness racing would not be defined as part of horse racing. I do not understand why the amendment can be ruled completely out of order and not even permitted to be discussed. It does not augur well for the efforts made in recent months by the joint committee in meeting representatives of harness racing and with Horse...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: I move amendment No. 10:In page 5, line 25, to delete “3 shall” and substitute “5 shall”. The amendment proposes to retain the current composition of the board of Horse Racing Ireland in terms of nominees from the racing regulatory body. The original composition of the board included five nominations. The proposal in the new Bill is to reduce it to three. I...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: I beg to differ.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: I move amendment No. 11:In page 6, to delete lines 3 to 5 and substitute the following:"(h) one shall be chosen by the Minister for their specific skill and competencies and be representative of the horseracing industry in Northern Ireland.".
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)
Martin Ferris: No.