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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 (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The beef task force is gone. The beef task force has been gone for a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The competition authority was in here earlier and there was more stuff we could have done with asking them. In any event, does Mr. Dillon find a lot of overlap between the CCPC and this new body?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: With regard to retail at the moment, under the circumstances of inflation and so on how is it performing in relation to the food sector? We hear that in parts of Europe certain things are not as much in demand. What is the situation here in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: With regard to unfair trading practices, is Mr. Dillon concerned that, if an analysis of credit offered to the retail sector by the agricultural sector is carried out, some retail outfits might be shown up as requiring long periods of credit in respect of the produce they buy from those who grow it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am sorry but unfair trading practices could mean knocking a long distance out of someone who is supplying stuff that might not survive. I cannot understand why Retail Ireland does not engage with many of the issues I have asked about. You would imagine there would be unanimous agreement among retailers that they need the producers of their products.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: This new body will be monitoring European prices and monitoring a lot of other different things. Does Mr. Dillon think it would raise an eyebrow that up to one year ago, retailers and factories had a lot of different specifications around the 30-month rule, the movements and all of the other stuff around Bord Bia quality assured specs? I assume it is the same people eating the same food in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (5 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the performance indicators that have been agreed with an airline (details supplied) on the regional development of routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36187/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (5 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role his Department plays in the issuing of moneys from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund to an airline (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Infrastructure (5 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures put in place by his Department to guarantee that the monies lent by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund will be used only for aviation development within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36184/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Infrastructure (5 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the measures in place to monitor the way in which, and the location, of the moneys lent by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund are spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36185/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Infrastructure (5 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if the directors of an airline (details supplied) have given his Department an undertaking to use Ireland Strategic Investment Fund moneys only in the development of routes within and from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36186/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Infrastructure (5 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance if the loan given to an airline (details supplied) from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is to be rescinded if the airline fails on commitments made when receiving the loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36188/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Infrastructure (5 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance the Department that is in control of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; if this fund is for regional development in the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36156/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (5 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will ensure that for the winter of 2022, pumps will be on site, fuelled and manned by OPW staff at Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon to save the houses that are in danger of flooding around Lough Funshinagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35473/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (5 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the Office of Public Works has in place to progress works at Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon, in terms of appropriate assessment screening, planning permission and required legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35474/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How can we have a minimum price for alcohol if we cannot have a minimum food production price?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Out of how many?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is the position with the CEO? Will his or her appointment be approved by the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the public appointments process allow people from the private sector to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: This body cannot introduce minimum pricing or get involved in cost of production. What the Minister is saying is that if a bad price is given, the body can put out a list of the general run of things in Ireland, the rest of Europe and the rest of the world along with the cost of production. What is the value of this to a farmer? The body has no mandatory power to tell somebody that if...