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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: With that in mind and with the ISPCA feeding into it, it is not an offence, we will say, to import, own or sell a dog with cropped ears. Does that mean, therefore, that a person could import a dog that has been cropped without any real consequences?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: Is that one of the reasons there is such a low number of prosecutions? As Mr. Dowling said, is it that when the ISPCA questions someone, he or she gives that excuse? Is that one of the reasons there are such a low number of prosecutions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: I have one final question on canine fertility clinics. What we seem to be looking at here is that both the ISPCA and the Department have in the first instance identified that there is no regulation at all in this area. The second is that the ISPCA said it is aware of theories and suspicions about the procedures being offered, which means that is an issue than cannot be addressed until there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: I appreciate the latitude, Vice Chairman. I am sorry; I have to leave for the Chamber. I thank the witnesses again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: I just have one question. I too welcome the witnesses. We hear the problems they are facing in their area. Are they in contact with other areas around the country that are having the same problems, for example, with county councils in Tipperary or Cork? Is it the same problem that is being encountered right across the country or, as Senator Paul Daly asked, is it unique to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: The findings of the Mackinnon report have not been implemented, or are being partially implemented. This is disturbing because we have heard about it time and again here. The Minister of State's opening statement is before me and she speaks about woodland working groups and how most of the issues identified are being addressed. There is talk that it will take time to train and bed in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: Some €1,000 per hectare was given for 1,600 ha cleared under the original ash dieback scheme, but the process cost several thousand euro, so the scheme was clearly inadequate. Now we are seeing rising costs of diesel and so on. What impact does that have on the ability of foresters to deal with incidents of ash dieback when the contribution of the scheme is already so inadequate?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: The Minister of State said she thinks she knows of the frustration out there but I do not think she does. We listen to it on a continuous basis from farmers, stakeholders and the whole lot. One particular problem is consultation between departments and so on. People tell us that from the time they submit applications, they hear nothing from the Department and they do not know when it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: I wish to come back to the ash dieback because, again, it is just not being resolved. I have a list of here and I will just give one example. They have had issues with the ash dieback for four years. They first reported it on 14 March 2018. As the initial reconstituting and underplanting scheme, RUS, was disbanded, they tried to address the problem through the woodland improvement scheme....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: Are there applications on hand that predate 2020?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: With the initial RUS scheme, is it the case that there are no applications on hand?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: There seems to be a real problem in terms of the Government taking responsibility for the measures to address climate change as well. While we have the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications telling us that we cannot sell some of the sod peat used to heat homes, at the same time, we hear of the failure over the past six years to plant 21,500 ha, meaning that we have failed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: Why is taking so long to do something about the communication? Why is there not a community strategy in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: Every meeting that we talk about forestry has stakeholders coming in and telling us they are not getting any communication on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: That is fine. Can the Minister of State not see the negative messages that are going out? She did not even answer me about the 21,500 ha taking 8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide out, while at the same time, there is the peat end of it. Some 21,500 ha being planted is down to a Department of this Government. It has been the problem. However, at the same time, this same Government is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: The Department is holding it all up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: It is the Department that holds everything up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: I wish to ask about the sale of Ballymartle Woods in County Cork. Coillte sold those woods and the residents there are saying there was no prior consultation. This comes back again to the issue of consultation. The residents are saying these are lands with a wealth of woodland walks. Will the Minister of State give us her view on the sale of Ballymartle Woods? Is she aware of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Pig Industry: Discussion. (13 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: I also welcome our guests. Mr. Cullinan knows exactly where we are coming from, namely, that the pig farmer is an integral part of agriculture down in Tipperary. I had questions on the IFA's suggested package but I will leave them for the time being, save to ask how long would it provide adequate assistance for pig farmers. Will the association outline what pig farmers are encountering...