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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: That is a fair point if anyone wishes to address it. What is the all-island status of livestock? It is something of a side issue but as a related issue it could be important. It is a question of the all-island brand. I know that Bord Bia has Irish, Northern Irish and Republic of Ireland labels.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I will come back to Deputy Ó Cuív presently.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: That is a comment rather than a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It was not an interjection.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Would anyone care to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I would like to highlight a practical aspect of that point. Is the status of an animal on its identification card changed from "male" when castration takes place? When one registers an animal online, one can classify it as a steer or as a bull. Is that done merely for the purposes of record-keeping? Is it the case that a male is a male for the purposes of an identification card?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: There is some confusion about this matter. I have been asked about it. I know it has to be done under veterinary supervision. The identification card does not have to be changed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It goes to another point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: There are other things happening that are stopping it but there is not in reality.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Does Mr. Gernon have an opinion as to why there was no resistance by animals rights groups to animals being moved from the North of Ireland as opposed to the south?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society, ICOS, gave a somewhat different perspective to the committee. Its spokesperson stated that while smaller retailers in the United Kingdom were prepared to buy Irish-born cattle, some small abattoir owners had "indicated to ICOS that these same Irish-owned renderers were mysteriously unable to collect offal if they killed quantities of Irish-born...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank Professor Boyle for his presentation, which has given us much food for thought. I invite Mr. Gernon of the Irish Cattle Exporters Association to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank Mr. Gernon. There was a great deal of information in the various presentations. This is an issue which is of particular interest to members and I will try to accommodate everybody. I call Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Thank you Mr. Cotter. I will now go straight to Professor Boyle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I apologise to the witnesses for the brief interlude. I welcome Mr. Aidan Cotter, chief executive officer of Bord Bia; Mr. Jim O'Toole, director of Bord Bia's meat and livestock division; Mr. Joe Burke, sector manager for beef and livestock. I welcome Professor Gerry Boyle, chief executive officer of Teagasc and Mr. Pearse Kelly, head of dry stock knowledge transfer. I welcome Mr. Paddy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Grassland and Single Farm Payments: Irish Farmers Association (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It is almost 3.30 p.m. Deputy and we must conclude. We have given it a fair hearing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Grassland and Single Farm Payments: Irish Farmers Association (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: There is merit in what Deputy Naughten said. I have also suggested it. For the purposes of convergence, if one disregards the grassland component of it, one could move up and move down, add it back and have it disregarded for the purpose of the calculation of convergence. It is not necessary to top-up the money. It could be done without the €14 million being touched. That is my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Grassland and Single Farm Payments: Irish Farmers Association (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Deputy Penrose and Senator O'Neill will contribute next.