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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: We mentioned Lidl and Aldi. Are they buying strawberries in Ireland or where are their strawberries coming from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Has Mr. McCormack ever supplied them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. McCormack.

Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I commend the Minister of State on the fantastic work he is doing. It is much appreciated in my constituency where he has been supportive of a number of projects. I have a several issues I wish to cover in the few minutes I have. Orphan estates are obviously a big issue. We have a small estate in Longford called Radharc na Coille with six houses, all of which are privately owned. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under national strategic outcome No. 5 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30884/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cumulative value of the investments to be made in counties Longford, Westmeath, Laois and Offaly, respectively, under the timeframe of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; the estimated funding drawdown to date in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30883/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (28 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if tutors currently working in the further education sector will retain the right to receive social welfare payments during holiday breaks if they decide to stay as they are and not accept the adult educator contracts recently offered to them by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31575/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Prices (29 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the development and implementation of a scheme to assist businesses which have been impacted by significant increases in the cost of kerosene heating oil. [31389/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (29 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a report on progress being made to acquire an IDA Ireland purpose built facility in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31388/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (29 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 462. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an extension can be given to an organisation (details supplied) to draw down is Clár funding for a new bus as the bus supplier has informed the organisation that the bus will not be ready in time for its end-of-June deadline, and the organisation is hoping that it can be given an extension for drawdown to 30 September 2023....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the speakers for coming in. I received a text message this morning from a young farmer who would not ordinarily contact a politician. He told me as much. However, he told me it was time for us to stand up for rural Ireland. He is one of 19 farmers in County Longford who is availing of the derogation. He sees it as critical to his future. I classify him as an extremely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: If I could come in there, that probably brings me on to a point Mr. Callanan made in his opening statement to the effect that he would agree that the best way to secure a derogation and a future for farmers is through a science-led targeted approach, with the whole industry coming together. Mr. Callanan accepted as well that the farming community will not be found wanting in this regard....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: With the indulgence of the Chair, I have one final question for Mr. Callanan. I do not think it is a case of farmers saying they want to get their house in order. Farmers are the first to say that they are aggressively taking on this challenge. It is not a case of them getting their house in order. Farmers are working very hard to resolve this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: That is okay. I am trying to go through the report. Science was probably my worst subject in school. It is very laborious for me to read the report but, in fairness, I am trying to get through it. Going back to my school days, I was struck by one point, namely, that statistics and science are all about interpretation. One man can interpret 50% as very good and another man can interpret...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: As Mr. Callanan says, the decision is going to be made on an environmental basis. The key point, as highlighted in figure 2, is that the mean nitrate concentration in one of the monitoring sites was greater than 50 mg. This site was used to supply drinking water. The crucial line states that it has an appropriate water treatment system in place to ensure the provision of safe drinking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Let us look at the 12-year period outlined on page 6. Had we made sufficient investment in water security over that period, would we not be in a significantly different position than we are now? Right now, to the world at large, the Irish farmer is the bogeyman. Can the case be made, that if we had invested sufficiently in water security, we would not be where we are today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: It would not be as costly as wiping out an industry. If we had made that investment-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Energy Rating (4 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the BER which rating that is acceptable in the terms of the new croí cónaithe scheme to refurbish derelict and vacant rural houses, given that a number of local authorities are insisting on a BER 1 certification on completion but others are satisfied with a BER 2 rating. [32340/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail in tabular form the health infrastructure projects currently underway in CHO8; the projects completed since June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32889/23]