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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: We will just stick to the Department in general. We do not identify individuals.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: To be honest, we must get that clarified with the Secretary General.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Before Deputy Flaherty speaks, I have to ask if he is in the precincts of Leinster House.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Unfortunately, Deputy Flaherty will have to listen and cannot contribute. Sorry about that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I will let the witnesses answer Deputy Browne's question. I know they want to present a closing summary. The Minister is due to come in at 11 a.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I know Mr. Ryan wants to make a closing statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Ryan and all our guests for their contributions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister of State for attending. I remind members to turn off their mobile phones for the duration of the meeting. Witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means witnesses will have a full defence in any defamation action for anything said at a committee...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister of State very much for her opening statement. As she says, this committee has devoted a lot of time to forestry since I became Chairman. It is the topic that has got most attention from this committee, which shows how worried we are about the sector and its future. I will make a couple of points before I open up the meeting to members for questions. We have had two...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: There are a few members waiting to ask questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: There is desperation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: There is a compensation for loss of income in that TB scheme.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: While a farmer is restricted there is compensation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: There is a unique situation here. Some 25 years of growth was lost to a disease outside our control and we have put no financial package in place for that. We are doing a serious injustice to those growers. It is something I will continue to harp on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Now, now. One at a time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I am disappointed to learn that only nine ecologists have been working for the past while. My impression definitely was that more ecologists were working.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: My impression was that there would have been more. I was disappointed to hear that. I am glad to hear their number has been increased.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I have two more members coming in together, namely, Deputies Carthy and Sherlock.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Jackie Cahill: The Minister of State could outline the current plans.