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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister and his officials for participating in today's meeting. The next meeting of this committee will take place tomorrow evening at 5.30 p.m. when we will have three issues to deal with, namely, flooding at Lough Funshinagh, a presentation on the vision for the future of Irish farming by Macra na Feirme and resumed pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I will let the four Roscommon representatives speak, if that is okay with Deputy Carthy. Senator Dolan said she has to go to the Seanad, so I will let her go first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I presume there is no objection to accepting Deputy Fitzmaurice's proposal. Senator Boyhan seconded it. Did Deputy Fitzmaurice ask a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Has the secretariat taken note of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I presume there is no objection to this proposal from anyone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I call the other representative from the constituency, Deputy Kerrane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Deputy Kerrane. I call Mr. Fallon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: We made a conscious decision at the start that we were going to devote this session to the Oireachtas members from County Roscommon. I will now allow the other members here one minute to make their points, in the interests of fairness. It will, however, be only one minute because we have two more sessions this evening. I call Deputy Martin Browne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I will let our guests answer the questions at the end because I want to get through the Members of the Houses. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae is next. Time is tight now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Senator Joe O'Reilly is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I ask Councillor Fallon to sum up and respond to Deputy Carthy's question as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank our guests for coming in. They presented their case exceptionally well. Proposals were made by two members of the committee that were seconded and endorsed. Fundamental points have been made because it is Lough Funshinagh today and could be somewhere else tomorrow. The idea someone can challenge remedial works like this that are essential to avoid flooding of family homes and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Most definitely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: We will be having a private meeting early next week as soon as the clerk is back in harness because we have the horticulture industry that we got correspondence on today and it must be dealt with. We will make our best endeavours to ensure our guests get a just result. As I said, it is a fundamental right of Irish citizens to be able to live in their own home. We would be neglectful of our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: From Macra na Feirme I welcome Mr. John Keane, national president, Mr. Liam Hanrahan, chairperson of the national agricultural affairs committee and Mr. Mike Curran, CEO. I ask Mr. Keane to give his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: That was a very detailed presentation. Access to land and mobility of land is probably the key to a young fellow starting farming or deciding to stay on the family holding. As was said, access to land is obviously key for a new entrant to farming. An increasing amount of land is going into long-term leasing. Does Macra na Feirme have any proposals on how that could be geared towards giving...