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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (9 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of pig farms registered in the country; the number of pigs therein; the extent, if any, to which this number has fluctuated in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12192/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (9 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which farmers dependent on sheep rearing have experienced an income reduction in recent times; the measures in place or contemplated to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12193/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (9 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which farmers dependent on pig production have experienced an income fluctuation in recent times; the measures in place or contemplated to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12195/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current strength of the dairy herd; the degree if any to which it has fluctuated or likely to so do in the future, with particular reference to displacement by other enterprises in order to comply with the meeting of emissions targets; if due regard is being had for the possibility of a food shortage in the near to mid-future;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (9 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ongoing effort to combat bovine TB with particular reference to carriers; the evidence that exists in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12197/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which all food imports into this country remain subject to Irish and EU standards in respect of husbandry, processing and production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12198/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which ongoing inspections of food and food products for export continues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12199/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the ongoing forestry development programme continues with due regard for the necessity to use marginal lands as opposed to lands suitable for food production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12200/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which plans are afoot to protect possible shortages in the food chain in this country given the increased population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12201/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the cereal industry in this country continues to remain viable given the evidence of competition in the market place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12202/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to encourage grain growing given the effects on the industry of the ongoing war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12203/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the poultry sector continues to be protected against disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12204/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (9 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which farm supports contain new money or a replacement for previous schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12205/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise for arriving late but I was otherwise engaged. Whether I was engaged productively, I do not know. We will have to wait and see. Mr. Joyce made an important point on indebtedness in general. It was bad lending that was visible to all and sundry at the time. It had to be. Otherwise, those concerned could not occupy the spaces they were in at the time. We should not forget...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: We will push on and I now call Deputy Doherty to speak, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I think that could only be done by legislation. I mentioned it at the time. It was the right thing to do but the financial gurus came in and they were offering services and offloading the services. I think it was the right thing to do to put a template on each of the loans, put notes on it in regard to its functionality and allow the ability to repay. At the end of the day, over X number...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: We also need to be careful. The Minister for Finance at Question Time yesterday indicated our borrowing levels, our national debt and the extent to which that is now the highest in the world, which is a very precarious place. If something comes around the bend that we do not anticipate now, we could have a very serious problem on our hands all over again. Let us remember we have had the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Thank you. I thank the members and each of the witnesses. We are sorry for the duration of the meeting but things tend to do that in this House and in all Houses, incidentally. Thank you for your very constructive input. Keep watching this space to see how the performance goes along. If you feel you have the need to make a comment or an input, do not be afraid to do it.