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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: We will discuss the scrutiny of the EU legislative proposals before the committee today. Schedule A is COM(2017)150, a proposal for regulation from the European Parliament and the Council fixing the adjusted rate provided for in Regulation (EU) 1306/2013 for direct payment in respect of the calendar year 2017. It is proposed that this proposal does not warrant further scrutiny. Is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: We are dealing with the pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017. Before beginning, I remind members, witnesses and people in the Visitors Gallery to ensure their mobile telephones are turned off. I welcome the representatives of the Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Dr. Andrew Kelly, chief executive officer, and Mr. Conor Dowling,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: I thank Dr. Kelly. I invite Ms Carley to make her statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: I thank Ms Carley. The heads of the Bill will be on the screen in front of her if she needs to refer to them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: Before I go back to the witnesses for answers, I wish to put on record I am a personal friend of the chairman of the Irish Greyhound Board. I do not own a dog at present and do not intend on owning one in future. A number of questions have been asked. Do the witnesses wish to start with the ladies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: Back on the list.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: Clearly there is work to be done on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: I tend to agree with Deputy Cahill. I am sorry for cutting across the witness. If we compare it to the export of live cattle, it is the Department that is the arbitrator in that regard. Perhaps that is not a fair comparison, but the point I am trying to make is about moving forward, trying to achieve fairness and everybody buying into it, which is very important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: Could the Minister add or subtract from the list?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: Which effectively the Department has done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: Would Dr. Kelly like to address the other questions while he has the floor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: Does Ms Carley want to comment in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: Are there any other questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: I thank the witnesses for appearing before us today. This is part of an ongoing process of scrutiny, which will take a little time. We are meeting the animal welfare groups, obviously. We will be dealing with the industry representatives in the next couple of weeks. I hope the witnesses' contribution today will inform legislation in the future. I am sure they will be tuning in to our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Discussion (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: I thank our next group of witnesses for appearing before the committee to update members on the agriculture cashflow support loan scheme, which was introduced in January of this year. I remind members, witnesses and people in the Gallery to ensure their mobile phones are turned off completely as they can affect the broadcasting system. I welcome Mr. Mark Cunningham, who is the director of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Discussion (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: I now invite Dr. Anne Finnegan to address the joint committee on behalf of AIB.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Discussion (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: We will take Deputy Martin Kenny's questions before going back to the banks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Discussion (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: The committee has heard about the difficulties with the length of loans. There is some disquiet about pressure being put on farmers to take out a loan for a shorter period. What criteria does the bank use in general to determine whether a loan should be taken out for one year, two years or six years? The main purpose of this loan scheme was to help cash flow. In the event that somebody...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Discussion (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: We will start with Ulster Bank on this occasion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Discussion (9 May 2017)

Pat Deering: I thank Mr. Cullen.