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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are grants available for the purchasing of electric cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32836/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total hectares of afforestation applied for each year since 2014 and the actual hectares planted each year for the same period in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33459/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Before we begin, I remind Members, witnesses and persons in the Public Gallery to turn off their mobile phones. The purpose of today's meeting is, in the first session, to resume our examination of fixed-milk price contracts and, in the second session, to examine the issue of ash dieback disease and its impact on the private forestry sector. In the second session, the committee will hear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Jordan. Ornua has been a great success story for the dairy industry. I sat on the board of Ornua for eight years and it served the daily farmers and cannot be questioned. The success of the Dairygold brand really amplifies the hugely important role it occupies in our dairy industry. Before I go out to the members of the committee, can I ask Mr. Jordan how many co-ops have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Mr. Jordan is not going to tell me how many. I am not asking for individual names just the number which have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: That is only a quarter. That is a poor. I accept Ornua has made an effort to help the co-ops and there was a very good bonus payout for 2021 but we find ourselves in a unique situation here. Many farmers who signed up to this were under a lot of pressure from financial institutions to do so. Especially for those with a high level of borrowing, financial institutions put individual farmers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I call Deputy Carthy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: As a number of members want to ask questions, I will put a ten-minute time limit in order to get everyone in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: The Deputy can come back in later. I call Senator Paul Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: It was two out of eight.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: The witnesses have heard a consensus from this side of the table towards Ornua. Farmers find themselves in a very exceptional situation. When they signed these contracts, none of them thought that costs would go where they went. There are farmers suffering severe financial hardship. We accept Ornua has put a package on the table. I also accept the witnesses' figure that only a third of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: It is 600 million l or 700 million l.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: In response to the Senator's question, I would just say that there are other liquid contracts there but that is a separate issue from the issue of these fixed price contracts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I call on Deputy Michael Collins,who does not seem to be there. The joys of modern technology.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I will try Deputy Michael Collins once more. I did not see him indicate but some of the other lads did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: We will close now because there is a second session to start. I earnestly ask the representatives to take on board we have said here today and to take it back to their board. We have had serious lobbying from individuals who are under severe pressure. I fully accept that Ornua is only a third of the problem but perhaps the delegation can go back to the board and see if Ornua could come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to a committee. This means that witnesses have full defence in any defamation action for anything said at a committee meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to abuse this privilege and may be directed by the Chair to cease giving evidence on an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. White. As he has acknowledged in his statement, this committee has fully recognised the issues of ask dieback, and I have had a lot of engagement with the LTWO and other growers. I am personally very disappointed that we, as a committee, have not made more progress in this area. I can assure the witnesses that we will not let go of this issue as testified to by that fact that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I must suspend the meeting as there is a vote in the Chamber.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Given that nearly all the members here are Deputies, I think we will have to suspend the meeting.