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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Feedstuffs (24 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a product (details supplied) will be released to the business that bought the product. [46177/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (24 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the white mushroom production sector and the vast majority of Irish strawberry growers are excluded from the new horticulture support scheme. [46674/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (24 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine a bespoke scheme for the challenged horticulture sector as we move to the increased €12.70 minimum wage (details supplied). [46675/23]

Road Safety: Statements (26 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister for Transport for coming to the Chamber to address the important issue of road safety. I will echo some of the points that were made earlier in respect of speed ramps for housing estates. I know we have moved away from speed ramps and towards raised platforms. There is obviously merit in that for young people cycling and so on. However, the process for trying to get...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (26 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Echoing that sentiment, I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to address this important issue. I compliment the Ministers, Deputies Michael McGrath and Donohoe, and their ministerial team, including the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, on the work done on the budget. It was a momentous budget, one that was historic in many respects. It set the tone and template for the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (26 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to come back in. When I talk about retail, it would be remiss of me not to mention my late mother. She ran a shop all her life and worked herself to the bone. I remember that when I was thinking of dropping out of school, she gave me very salient advice. She said if I wanted to find out how popular I was, I should open my open business or go...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke. I welcome the recent European Council statement reiterating its resolute condemnation of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and reaffirming the EU's unwavering support for Ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and its inherent right of self-defence against Russian...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the speakers for coming in. It is great to see the depth of knowledge and skills that are in this sector. The work both Teagasc and UCD are doing is probably transferring itself and reflected in the success that is Irish agriculture. They are to be commended in that regard. I will address Teagasc first. I was listening to “Morning Ireland” this morning. As a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: This means there are roughly 50 people overall on the apprenticeship courses now. Is Teagasc in a position to scale these courses? What needs to be done to get more people to take these courses? What is the capacity for apprenticeships in the agricultural sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Very good. I thank Dr. Butler. To bring Professor Boland back to one point, he said his school is 79th internationally for farm and forestry studies in universities. Given where we are in agriculture, and we always like to think we are the best in the world, I would have thought we would have been higher ranked than that. How has this position been tracking? Have we gone up or down in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Just when Professor Boland is on the point concerning the staff-student ratio, what would the ratio be in the best university in the world? Where is Professor Boland comparing UCD to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Regarding funding, then, over the last five years, and having 22 students per academic, a part of the programme for Government is reducing the pupil-teacher ratio. Has this widened the ratio? How do things stand compared to five years ago?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I am conscious of time and I wish to raise the UCD Lyons Farm as well. On international students, then, is this as significant a factor as it is in other areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I am sorry to interrupt, but I am nearly out of time. I wish to ask about the UCD Lyons Farm. I always feel that witnesses probably go away from here thinking we regard ourselves as experts on everything, but my view is that the UCD Lyons Farm should be the blueprint for the future of agriculture. This should be as much about carbon minimisation as anything else. Will Professor Monahan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: How much does the cost of the plan amount to?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 770. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will ensure that claimants who are likely to lose the free transport benefit over the next eight months and before fulfilling eligibility from July 2024, are not deprived of this important and crucial benefit (details supplied). [48551/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (9 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the target in place for housing completions in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49079/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (9 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he expects the housing target for 2023 of 29,000 new homes to be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49078/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I seek only a one-word answer. In case Dr. Butler's former career guidance teacher is looking in, if she was not the head of education in Teagasc, what would she have been? What did she want Dr. Butler to be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the speakers for coming in. In the early days of this Government - I do not even think we had a Government at the time - we were in the throes of a flood in 2020 and it was probably one of the first big issues we dealt with. We were dealing with Covid-19 at the time so all of our engagements then were virtual. It is unfortunate it has not been advanced much since. With regard to...