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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: I would like to congratulate the two new presidents and wish them well in their terms of office. I look forward to working with them over that time. We are all at one here on this issue. Everybody is probably waiting anxiously for the next section of this meeting. The point has been made that the goal posts have been changed regularly, but this is not a new phenomenon. This situation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: We will resume the meeting. The Chairman had to slip away and will be back in half an hour. I welcome the representatives of Meat Industry Ireland, MII, Mr. Ciaran Fitzgerald, chairman, and Mr. Cormac Healy, director. I thank them for coming before the committee. Witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. If they are directed by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: I thank Deputy Colreavy and call Senator Comiskey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: A number of issues have been raised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: We can return to them if issues arise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: Having listened to the two different presentations today from the group earlier on and this group, it is amazing that they paint such a different picture. If a visitor was here an hour and a half ago, he or she would have heard of an sector on its knees and in crisis. In the MII presentation, Mr. Healy paints a picture of an excellent performance over the past five years, with improved...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: Only.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: Who oversees that?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (5 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when local authorities will be briefed on the local area hackney licence; if there will be a template for the needs analysis provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11073/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the process he has put in place for consultation-negotiation of proposed new contracts between the Irish Medical Organisation and the Health Service Executive-Department of Health. [11362/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sick Pay Scheme Reform (11 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of both primary and post-primary teachers who have exceeded the number of sick days as per latest guidelines and as a result are no longer being paid by his Department when they are absent; if he can provide a breakdown of the figures per county; if the revised sick leave guidelines for teachers have resulted in less absenteeism in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (11 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: 316. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that the expert panel set up to look at pylons and their use will look at the existing Moneypoint to Kilcullen line, to see the impact the pylons have had in the areas of tourism, environmental impact, property values, health and agriculture. [11962/14]

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: Like a number of my colleagues, I was elected to this House for the first time just over three years ago and am honoured to be here. In the 2011 general election, the main issue on which we campaigned was trying to fix the economy. We were given a mandate as a party of Government to fix the economy. We faced a number of other issues as well. The famous five point plan was used regularly....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (13 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform following the recent heavy rainfall and subsequent swelling and overflowing of many rivers, if he will consider a flood alleviation scheme and the necessary funding required to allow limited dredging of the rivers Barrow and Slaney. [12472/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme (13 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: 152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the outcome of his discussions with community alert organisations; if he will put in place a process that the current pendant alert system can work without the use of a land line. [12566/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extra resources, in terms of hours and facilities, he will allocate to deal with the upsurge in autism nationally, and in County Carlow in particular. [13608/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extra resources, in terms of hours and facilities, he will allocate to deal with the upsurge in autism nationally, and in County Carlow in particular. [13639/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: 670. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if live planning applications can be deferred or suspended when judicial reviews regarding such planning matters are underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13269/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: 698. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will legislate so that all planning applications for wind farms, including those already submitted, can be put on hold until such time as the new guidelines are agreed and in place. [13609/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (25 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: 701. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason it is not possible to tax a vehicle such as a combine harvester or forage harvester for three months rather than a full year, as these machines have a very limited season. [13666/14]