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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: With the initial RUS scheme, is it the case that there are no applications on hand?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: There seems to be a real problem in terms of the Government taking responsibility for the measures to address climate change as well. While we have the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications telling us that we cannot sell some of the sod peat used to heat homes, at the same time, we hear of the failure over the past six years to plant 21,500 ha, meaning that we have failed...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: Why is taking so long to do something about the communication? Why is there not a community strategy in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: Every meeting that we talk about forestry has stakeholders coming in and telling us they are not getting any communication on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: That is fine. Can the Minister of State not see the negative messages that are going out? She did not even answer me about the 21,500 ha taking 8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide out, while at the same time, there is the peat end of it. Some 21,500 ha being planted is down to a Department of this Government. It has been the problem. However, at the same time, this same Government is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: The Department is holding it all up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: It is the Department that holds everything up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: I wish to ask about the sale of Ballymartle Woods in County Cork. Coillte sold those woods and the residents there are saying there was no prior consultation. This comes back again to the issue of consultation. The residents are saying these are lands with a wealth of woodland walks. Will the Minister of State give us her view on the sale of Ballymartle Woods? Is she aware of it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Pig Industry: Discussion. (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: I also welcome our guests. Mr. Cullinan knows exactly where we are coming from, namely, that the pig farmer is an integral part of agriculture down in Tipperary. I had questions on the IFA's suggested package but I will leave them for the time being, save to ask how long would it provide adequate assistance for pig farmers. Will the association outline what pig farmers are encountering...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Pig Industry: Discussion. (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: I would like to put one final question. We are all uncertain about the package being leaked in the media at the minute. How much consultation had the IFA with the Department on this package?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Pig Industry: Discussion. (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: It is just every other thing that comes up here is all about consultation. It is the same in this instance. I thank the Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: I want to go back to something the Chairman said earlier about how many farmers are locked into the contracts. If stabilisation measures for those dairy farmers were taken, would there have to be a level of parity for the dairy farmers who are not locked into these contracts, but who are also facing higher input costs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: Yes. I was referring to measures being brought in to stabilise it for the dairy farmers who are being discussed here and who are locked into those contracts. Are there measures that can be brought in to level it out for farmers who are not in these contracts, but who are also facing the same higher input costs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: We probably should get the banks in here. ICOS also supported a rainy day fund or stabilisation measures to address the problems that farmers have in this situation. It has also said that successive governments have failed to act, which is disappointing. Does the ICOS have any proposals on how the rainy day fund would work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: That is all.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (7 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: 286. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); the progress to date in the processing of the application for renewal; if all efforts will be made to ensure that the passport issues in time for travel on 13 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18992/22]
- Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: It is appropriate that we are discussing carbon budgets following the publication of the UN climate report, which was released on Monday. It was a worrying report that sought to reinforce the need for swift and meaningful action to be taken to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions across the globe if we are to survive the 1.5°C threshold, but there was a note of hope that we could all...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: I welcome our guests. A question was asked about how many databases there are. It must be next to impossible to get an accurate figure on traceability. Is it nearing impossible with that many databases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)
Martin Browne: The revising of the microchipping must be causing the witnesses to tear their hair out. People can be fined for giving false information but with four databases how easy is it to identify those who are providing false information and to bring them to a stage where they can be fined?