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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: That is what I thought.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Is the figure of 10% a fixed figure? Is it what the industry wants or is it 10% of the malting barley crop?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Is that enough to satisfy demand?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Mr. Miller referred to standards. Is there much rejection of malting barley? What are the rejection levels? Is what is being grown accepted for malting and for brewing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: What was its equivalent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: A malting contract in the past was considered a prized possession.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Do the Irish Grain Growers have any objections to GM energy crops? What are the gentlemen's view on GM energy crops?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: We will finish up. Deputy Corcoran Kennedy wants to ask another question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: We have covered the GM issue and Deputy Kenny was making an observation. I thank the witnesses for the presentation. They represented the sector very well, making their points very forcibly. We will take on board everything said today and prepare a report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector and the Nitrates Action Plan: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: In this session we will discuss the future of the tillage sector and the nitrates action plan. I welcome the president of the Irish Farmers Association, IFA, Mr. Joe Healy, and the director general of the IFA, Mr. Damien McDonald. I also welcome Mr. Liam Dunne and Mr. Fintan Conway for the tillage discussion and Mr. Thomas Cooney and Thomas Ryan who will contribute to the nitrates...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector and the Nitrates Action Plan: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Healy. The first one to ask questions is Senator Tim Lombard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector and the Nitrates Action Plan: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The abolition of clawback on the sale of entitlements and stacking was referred to. Whatever about stacking, they are keeping their single farm payment intact. Looking for farmers to sell their entitlements, some 85% of their income, is like putting up the white flag for the industry. They are already under severe financial pressure with the single farm payment. If they let it go, how can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector and the Nitrates Action Plan: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Healy for his presentation. Farmers have the most to lose in the context of this review. Substantial investment was made on infrastructure on farmyards under the farm waste management scheme and significant improvements were made in water quality, but it disappointing that the last water quality report published showed that water quality has disimproved in a number of areas. In...

UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (27 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Theresa May made a speech in Florence on Friday, 22 September, last. While a number of the points made in the speech are welcome, it is clear that the UK is intent on delivering a hard Brexit. We welcome that the Prime Minister emphasised in her speech the need to protect the Good Friday Agreement and the common travel area and ruled out any physical infrastructure at the Border. The UK...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (27 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that they qualify. [40838/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (28 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: It was with grave concern that we learned of Bord na Móna's plans to invest €60 million in the construction of a plant in Georgia in the United States. It seems that the woodchip which will be manufactured at this plant will be imported into Ireland for the purposes of biomass energy production. This concern is coupled with dismay in the light of the closure by Bord na Móna...

Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (28 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: A project such as the one I am advocating would require up to 70 plants nationwide at key locations throughout the country-----

Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (28 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: -----similar to our dairy co-op structure.

Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (28 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The Minister's reply is welcome. That he still has not given ministerial approval to this planned investment is welcome also. We can have an Irish solution to this problem and that is what will benefit rural Ireland. That is the essence in terms of the reason these semi-State companies were founded. I accept the Minister's reply. Currently, the average stocking rate is 80 kg/ha, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (28 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 41. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove South Tipperary General Hospital from the South South West Hospital Group. [40959/17]