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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Could you hear Deputy Browne clearly, Mr. Boland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Before we begin, I bring to the attention of witnesses who are to give evidence from within the parliamentary precincts that they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means that they have a full defence in any defamation action for anything said at the committee meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to abuse this privilege...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Lambe. Who wants to go next?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I will stop Mr. Crilly there, as we have to leave for a vote.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: We will resume. We will give Mr. Crilly another three or four minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I will not be too harsh. Go on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: We have to suspend the meeting again for another vote in the Dáil. When we resume, I will go straight to questions from the members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I will call on Mr. Walshe before we go to the members. He has two minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: It was easier then.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I am going to give each member four minutes because we are at a late time and I think we will discuss this matter in a private session. I will start with Deputy Carthy and then go to Senator Daly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: The results.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I ask Mr. Crilly to answer briefly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Okay. I call Deputy McGuiness.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Is there a continuing risk from what happened up to 2008? The factory is now closed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I think the answer to that is "No" because the performance on the farm has recovered completely. I would say that whatever poison was there has gone out of the atmosphere.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: It is not funny.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Thank you. I will conclude the meeting. I do not know how we are going to take this to the next stage. The only commitment I will make this evening is that the committee will meet in private session and we will discuss what we can do to take this forward. As someone said, a full tribunal is outside the scope of this committee. However, we have heard the evidence this evening and it is on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: We will not be doing anything in secret. The committee will next meet in public at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 7 December, when in the first session it will hear from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, on the pre-AGRIFISH Council meeting regarding 2023 fish quotas. The second session will examine fish quotas and decommissioning with representatives of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: On behalf of the committee, I thank Mr. Boland for his frank answers and for going through his report in such detail. Unfortunately, we have not climbed a summit in making peat available to the horticulture and nursery industries, but what Mr. Boland has put before us is most definitely well-intentioned. We will discuss this matter at a private meeting in order to see how we can advance the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: We are hearing the evidence this evening, but for the record, nothing has been proven on this case. I am not in any way trying to be smart or anything else but we have had evidence presented against many State agencies this evening. Unfortunately, we have never got to a case where somebody has adjudicated on this, so I wish to say there has been no verdict on any of the State agencies. I...