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Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On a flatland they do not.

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Exactly, because the system made it nice and handy for flatlands. If I have 100 acres of the best land in the country, all I have to do is get a contractor in-----

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----do nothing, stay at home all year and get two lots of silage off it. That is my farming done. I do not have to participate actively.

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Three sheep.

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will not interrupt again.

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When this is over the Minister should sit down in a quiet corner with Deputy Kyne, who understands this perfectly, and listen carefully to his explanation. He knows, as do I, the reality of the situation. I regret that he did not do that a long time ago. Deputy Kyne is very knowledgeable.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes:— the importance of agriculture as Ireland’s largest indigenous industry; — that Article 39 of the Lisbon Treaty sets out the EU wide objective of ensuring a fair standard of living for farmers; — the historic reduction in direct EU supports through the Common Agricultural Policy Pillar 1 with the single farm payment to...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Deputy Kyne is not going back the same way as I am going back. It reminds me of the day that Mr. Vincent Browne suggested to me on a television programme that I take the train home and I pointed out to him that there are no trains to Corr na Móna. They he asked why I do not take the bus and I equally pointed out to him that there is no bus to Corr na Móna. One is confined to the...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It would be impossible to provide the kind of bus service-----

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----that would leave me there whenever I decided I wanted to go home. As I am sure Deputy O'Donovan will be aware, as a Deputy one does not normally get home at sociable hours. I cannot see the day that there will be a bus service to Corr na Móna at one o'clock or two o'clock in the morning. Maybe this Government will promise it, like many other things they promised before they came...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The reality is that we do not say the market should dictate to the consumer because we realise that if were to do so, the very powerful interests would manipulate consumers and they would lose out. We have a significant amount of international and national law to ensure consumers cannot be abused. The ordinary farmer is the other weakest player. A producer group is a step in the right...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have, yes. The Minister keeps saying I live in cloud cuckoo land but I have not heard him criticise the Irish Farmers Association which wants more money to be spent under GLAS, though we all know this cannot be done.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The IFA has sought that €260 million next year.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It has. It seeks €500 million under Pillar 2 next year. The Minister should check his facts as leaflets on this were distributed to every farmer at the national ploughing championships. The Minister must not deny the facts as I can go to my car and get the leaflet for him if he so wishes. My proposal is cheaper than what is sought by the IFA.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The IFA wants a full year's payment and €150 million in next year's budget - it has stated this time and again. We were lobbied on this in the Alexander Hotel.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is the Minister saying the IFA is not serious about this?

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The IFA is suggesting just that.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is a very good debate. The IFA is suggesting this and it is on all the literature.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will argue with the IFA and say it is wrong when that is the case as I am entitled to do so. I take everything the IFA says seriously, even if I do not agree. We suggest that payments should levelled over the seven year cycle as this would be easily done. An introductory payment of €200 should be paid as this would encourage farmers to join the genomics scheme for three years,...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is the impression people get from the Ministers speeches. The Minister should read his own speeches. We want good family farms in Ireland and we want all of the land to be farmed. We want people to get a fair return for their products. We believe it is vital for the future of rural Ireland, the quality of food produced here and the image of Ireland as a green country that we maintain...