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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: I support my colleague's calls for the Minister and everyone in the farming community to ensure the CAP budget is increased. We face a huge problem with this cut. My question is on Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 and the environmental schemes. Under Pillar 1 and the environmental scheme that is proposed, what percentage of the payment the farmer will receive will be for that Pillar? What types...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister. I acknowledge much work has been done and consultation has happened with the various groups and farm organisations. I would hope that would be a measure to build consensus rather than taking on board all the information and doing what the Department intends to do anyway, which is what people believe happened in the past. The Minister stated that there will be more...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: I understand that. What I am trying to do is tease out what level of commitment the farmer will have to make in respect of it. I have often said the farmer is not the only one who produces greenhouse gases, but in effect, land use is one of the few ways we have of segregating those gases so there is an obligation and an opportunity there for the farmer in that respect. These measures are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: Is it likely to be 5% or 25%?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: That is not clear at all.

Other Questions: Fodder Crisis (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: 7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is monitoring the level of fodder being harvested; his views on whether there will be an adequate amount of fodder harvested to replenish stocks that were completely depleted in spring 2018; his further views on whether there will be an issue in obtaining concentrate feed from both domestic and international sources...

Other Questions: Fodder Crisis (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and apologise, as I must get away.

Other Questions: Fodder Crisis (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: This question is similar to the one asked about fodder supplies. As we know, fodder stocks have been depleted since the spring and it looks as though we will have difficulty getting enough fodder for our animals over the next year. This also relates to Deputy Eamon Ryan's question on our animal stock. While I acknowledge the Minister's statement that he is monitoring the situation,...

Other Questions: Fodder Crisis (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister. I understand that the group is meeting, monitoring the situation and measuring current needs. For most farmers, the solution will lie on their own farms. That message must get through. I have examined many cases. Many farmers around where I live let their stock out onto 20 acres for nine or ten weeks before taking them back in and moving them to another bit of...

Other Questions: Fodder Crisis (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: There is another element to that. It relates to something that Deputy Eamon Ryan mentioned earlier or which certainly was mentioned at our meeting in Newbridge. I am referring to Origin Green and the high level of importation of feed. We need to reach the point of depending less on imported proteins and using more of the meals and grains produced in Ireland. This brings me to a...

Other Questions: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: 11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the redesignation of areas of natural constraint, ANC, land; his plans to increase the ANC in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31447/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Exports Data (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: 26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status and detail of the quantities and destinations on the export markets for beef, lamb and live exports of sheep and cattle for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31446/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: 42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the preparatory work that has been done on the way in which the trade of livestock across the Border will work in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31448/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: 528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if research has been carried out in relation to carbon sequestration in marginal, mountain and bog land compared to forestry plantations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32309/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: 529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the age a forest plantation has to be to become compliant for carbon credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32310/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: 530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether targets for combating greenhouse gases will be met as a result of certain circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32311/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: 596. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in relation to maturing forests that were planted on mountain and bog lands which will not be permitted to be replanted once they are felled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32312/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Medical Card Eligibility (12 Jul 2018)

Martin Kenny: 708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the spouses and families of participants of rural social schemes are not entitled to a medical card; her plans to introduce this measure in budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32256/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Martin Kenny: The Chairman will appreciate that I am trying to run between two committee meetings. I welcome the Minister and his officials. The issue with fodder is that almost every year there is a fodder shortage in the north west. That area is traditionally where it has always happened, mainly due to rain and bad weather. This year we have a unique situation where it is occurring mainly in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Martin Kenny: It holds the water well and that means we continue to have growth. Even though we did not have a great deal of rain, we had a lot more than other areas. As the Chairman pointed out, what is traditionally the most productive part of the country is the part that is suffering currently. The solution to this will have to be getting feed and fodder in from abroad to some extent, as well as...