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- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: We have gone over time.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: I will try to get Deputy Verona Murphy in later on again. Deputy Dillon is as lathair. Deputy McAuliffe is not with us either. I call Deputy Sherlock.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: The Deputy's time is up.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: We have gone over time. We will have a second round.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: We will have a second round of questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: I will let Deputy Murphy back in in the second round.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: The Deputy has gone well over his time. I will allow a brief answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: I will allow the Deputy to contribute again in the next round of questions. I know he is anxious to pursue the matter. If members wish to contribute again, they can use the raised hand function and I will take them in the order they signal. Four members already have indicated they wish to contribute again so if anybody else wishes to do so, they should let me know. I have some questions...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: That is okay if you do not have them with you. At present, many veterinary staff are directly employed or contracted by the Department. Approximately how many vets or inspectors are in meat plants at present? I do not expect witnesses to have the exact number so a rough one will do.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: It is 250.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: There is clearly a huge cost to that. Does the industry make any contribution to that cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: What percentage of the cost is that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: Is it between 40% and 50%? We are not talking about 10% or 20%.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: It is just under 50%
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: To follow on a little further with the meat industry, farmers have complained a lot and the Department makes a big effort in trying to police or manage all this, while developing the sector. It is a very important part of the food sector and industry. We do not have a meat or food regulator. Is it the Department's position that we should have a meat regulator? As Secretary General, does...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: I know it is but there is a cost in not having such a regulator.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: I have some questions about forestry and bioenergy. We had a willow scheme a number of years ago but it did not prove too successful and there were problems with it, as I understand it. We have a major need for biomass and we have had to import it. Edenderry power station is located in my constituency, in north County Offaly. If I drive across that countryside, I can see thousands of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: There is a scheme up and running, so farmers could get involved now.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: I would appreciate Mr. Gleeson sending a briefing note on that. There is a requirement for this and people are asking about it. It just seems a perfect fit at this time, as Mr. Gleeson understands. We will now return for a second round with some members who have indicated. Deputy Carthy is first.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: There is just under a minute left in this slot.