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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: I agree with Mr. McDonald. I was with one of them the other day and there is a risk of losing 250 jobs in Golden, County Tipperary if something is not done. Mr. McCormack mentioned the word "encourage". Is that word too gentle? Does it help? Are these soft words a deterrent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: I welcome the lads and want to be associated with the remarks Deputy Carthy just made as well. Returning to the board itself, the two organisations who appeared in our first session felt six is too small and a quorum of three is not on either. The Minister was also talking about getting approval from the Oireachtas for a nominee as chair. Have the witnesses an opinion on that? Are they in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: His or her insight is what Macra is most worried about, whether it is the bodies or the Minister who appoints.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: Before Mr. Hanrahan comes in, Macra na Feirme believes the wording as it stands is not a great deterrent.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: During a previous meeting on this, I raised with the Minister the issue of the €500,000 limit. I made the point that the limit might not be enough when it comes to larger companies, in light of the profits they are making. Is there agreement on the best way to go about this? I did not get to ask that question of the representatives of the IFA and ICMSA so I am asking it of Macra na...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: I put the issue of costs and margins to the representatives of Retail Ireland who appeared last week. They said there may be an issue in the context of company law with making profit margins publicly available. The Minister stated that the key role is to examine and shine a light on the supply chain, as well as to assess where the market is at and check back on that. As Mr. Keane stated,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: Is Macra na Feirme satisfied, from what the committee has been told, that the investigators will be able to uncover any details necessary?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: That is all I have. I thank the representatives of two organisations again for coming before the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: Is the IFA of the same opinion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: The right person.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: I refer to heading 8, relating to the general functions and role of the office. Macra na Feirme stated that it wishes to put the focus on farmers, fishers, small businesses and food businesses, whose natural position on the food chain is weaker. What importance does the organisation attach to that? What pitfalls does it foresee?
- Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: The truth hurts.
- Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: Through the years, Fianna Fáil has clocked up a shambolic track record when it comes to housing. Generations will bear the brunt of the crisis it got this country into, but it has learned nothing. Fine Gael subsequently facilitated the selling out of families and invited in cuckoo and vulture funds. Those traditions continue today, no matter what spin the Minister and others tried to...
- Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: The Government is forcing people to sleep in cars.
- Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: The Minister should not make accusations.
- Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: You do not care.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: Well done Taoiseach. You avoided it again.
- Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: This is an important Bill for workers in the hospitality industry, one third of whom, Sinn Féin found in a 2016 survey, were not being paid their tips. More recent research has suggested that the figure nowadays could be as high as 50%. In 2017 we in Sinn Féin introduced a Bill to address this. Despite Fine Gael's opposition, the Bill passed all Stages of the Seanad. It also...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)
Martin Browne: I will.