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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (4 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the required legislation change will take place enabling the replacement species for the reconstitution of woodlands RUS to be conifers on an area up to ten hectares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47892/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (4 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the new forestry programme will be in place from 1 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47893/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Industry (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 8 September 2022, the name of the main contractor procured to deliver the installation of the modular units in order that building companies can express their interest to the contractor directly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48831/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new updated guidelines will be released following changes made to the tenant purchase scheme in early 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48834/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I remind members, witnesses and persons in the Public Gallery to turn off their mobile phones. The purpose of today's meeting is to continue the pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the veterinary medicinal products, medicated feed and fertilisers regulation Bill 2022 in the first session and to receive a briefing on the EU nature restoration target in the second session. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I invite Ms Fitzell to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: We got a few very comprehensive answers there which have given a serious background to the situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I call Deputy Fitzmaurice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I ask the witnesses to be brief as there are two more members to get in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Okay. I thank both sets of witnesses this evening. They gave a very comprehensive representation of the issues this legislation presents. The IPU has been very clear about the important role it plays, especially in rural areas, in the dispensing of antiparasitics. I wish to put on record as Chairman of the committee that we can summarise the current position as follows: the ILMA,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: We will hear from Mr. Niall Curley, policy advisor on biodiversity, soil and water at the Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations-General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives, COPA-COGECA. First, I must give the note on privilege. Witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Have any other countries objected to this regulation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: While it will be up to the member state to implement it, the percentages will be prescribed by the Commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Before Mr. Curley replies, did I see somewhere that only 20% of the land can be Bord na Móna land?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Before I go to Deputy Martin Browne, who is the next speaker to come in-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I would say we will have time to bring Deputy Fitzmaurice back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Sorry, Mr. Curley, a vote has been called in the Dáil Chamber so Senator Paul Daly will take the Chair and two Senators will ask their questions. I hope that Deputies will return after the vote because a few members will want to ask questions. If we are not back, then Senator Daly will suspend the meeting but he will keep the meeting going with the two Senators.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Hopefully, it will not happen at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Curley very much. He has spoken a lot this evening about the restoration of land. I am a farmer and I take the restoration of land to mean making it productive but this is going in the exact opposite direction. We found the briefing very good. It is time that we sat down with the Minister and pointed out these issues. We have a serious problem at the moment with getting land...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Curley very much. The committee will meet tomorrow, 6 October at 10.30 a.m. to launch its report on pre-legislative scrutiny of the agricultural and food supply chain Bill 2022 in the audiovisual room. There will be an opportunity for a photograph with the report on the plinth at 10.20 a.m., subject to the weather. The next public meeting of the committee will take place at 7...