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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: The main targets set out in the Food Harvest report published in 2010 were, by 2020, to increase the value of primary output by 33% and agrifood exports by 40% (both from a 2007-09 average baseline); and to increase value added production by 40% (from a 2008 baseline). In addition to these value increases, a target was set for a 50% increase in milk production by 2020, to be progressed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: As I outlined in response to a question from the Deputy last month, tillage is an integral component of our Agrifood industry, making a significant contribution to overall agricultural output. Crops including horticulture, contribute approximately €700m annually to agricultural output at farm gate prices. The cereals sector is a major contributor of high quality grain to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: I am fully committed to promoting good practices that respect the welfare of all animals and my Department devotes considerable resources to protecting animal welfare and in dealing with breaches of animal welfare legislation. Officials from my Department are directly involved in monitoring  animal welfare on farms as part of their inspection duties  in the areas of animal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Imports (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: Food products placed on the European marketplace are covered by a range of legislation designed to ensure that products supplied to consumers are of the highest safety standards.  My Department plays a part in the enforcement of this legislation along with Competent Authorities in other Member States, other Irish Government departments and State Agencies such as the Food Safety Authority...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: I am very conscious of the role played by the beef sector in sustaining the rural economy and rural communities across Ireland. I am aware of the current challenges facing beef farmers, with a sustained period of low prices, following on from additional costs last year arising from the unprecedented weather events. However, as Minister, I cannot intervene directly in any...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: I remind the House that the Supreme Court upheld the High Court finding that the voisinage arrangements are valid but that, as it stands, there is insufficient provision for them in domestic law. The Bill seeks to address what the Supreme Court identified as required, that is, to give the arrangements a legal footing and to cement our ongoing relationship with Northern Ireland....

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: If Senator Norris yields, I will try and explain.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to reply to the points that have been made. In his opening remarks, Senator Norris spoke about people in the UK who have not been good neighbours. Senator Nash suggested that we should be legislating in our own national interest. He said that this is not about Brexit, our relations with the UK or anything else. I accept his premise that our primary function here...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: They are British-flagged, but there is a Northern Ireland register within that.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: Obviously, they are UK-flagged.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: There is a Northern Ireland register. It is not open to every UK boat. It is open to boats that are owned and operated in Northern Ireland.Senator Mac Lochlainn made a point about inadequate consultation. I do not want to go over the history of this going back to 2016 and the Supreme Court decision and the number of meetings I have had with representatives of the National Inshore Fisheries...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: Is the Senator moving the amendment on aquaculture?

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: The amendment Senator Mac Lochlainn and his colleagues have proposed seeks to amend the text of section 10 to add to the description of a foreign sea-fishing boat. The Senators will wish to be aware that the Bill intends to amend Part 2 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006, and so the definitions within that Part of the Act apply to terms or phrases used in this Bill....

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: It is my nature to be accommodating in all of these things, but in respect of meeting with individual stakeholders the list is endless. I have met the representative bodies. I am not putting words in the mouths of those representative bodies. I am merely saying that the press statement issued subsequently was issued with their approval and imprimatur. I am not going to interpret what it...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: With all due respect, no one has a veto on it.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: I have little further to add. I believe in the context of the negotiations I had last Thursday and of the reassurances sought that I have put my views on the matter on the record. I have done so today.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: If a boat that is Northern-Ireland registered fishes in our zone from zero to 6 miles offshore, there is no question but that the quota will be UK quota. It will not come off Irish quota allocations.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: When I am not in the direct line of fire, I am always in reflective mode. However, I cannot see circumstances under which, in the context of the legal issues at stake, I can meet with the plaintiff in a substantial court case.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: I have met the representative bodies. I believe that in the context of the issues they have raised that I have responded in a way that meets their concerns in the debate today.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: I do not want to leave the House under any misapprehension.