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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: Are they staying for a year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: It is probably a general agricultural issue as opposed to being about organic farming only.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: Maybe the witnesses might address the broader issues that were highlighted by the members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: We will have Department officials in next week to address a similar matter so we may have better information for Mr. Lambert on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: Unfortunately, Mr. Monaghan is one of many. It is an issue that we will address next week. I do not mean to cut Mr. Monaghan off there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: Is it not viable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: Is there one particular sector within the organic sector which is more viable than the rest? I know Mr. Monaghan is talking about lamb quite a bit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: Does Mr. Finnegan want to speak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: I met Mr. Connelly the other day. One of the committee members, Senator Daly, asked what relationship the body has with processors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: Does the body work as a group when dealing with the processor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: It is same with anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: I call on Mr. Finnegan to wrap up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: Did he get a basic payment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: Yes, that is no problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: I suggest Mr. Monaghan forwards the link to the study so the committee secretariat can download it and circulate the findings to the members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: I thank the delegation for attending here today and articulating their concerns. As has been pointed out by all of the members it is disappointing that a year and a half has elapsed yet the recommendations made by the previous committee, which put a lot of work into the project, have not progressed. From this committee's point of view we will chase up the issues straight away and contact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: We will forward the information, documentation and transcript of today's meeting to the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Deering: Everybody has highlighted issues so everybody understands the situation for the body. We will endeavour to get answers for the delegation as soon as possible. Is that reasonable? Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Pat Deering: I thank the Acting Chairman for letting me in. I welcome this fund and it is important that as many as possible apply to the fund. I know that in my part of the country the banks will be making funds available next week. If Deputy Cahill gets stuck in Tipperary, he is more than welcome to come to Carlow for funding. In the event that it is oversubscribed, is it planned to develop a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (7 Feb 2017)

Pat Deering: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing an initiative similar to the previous section 23 tax reliefs as a tool for revitalising rural towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5969/17]