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- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13201/22]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for attending. I have several questions. Perhaps these are myths but these things need to be talked about. I have heard that in America, going back many years, companies would have modified corn. The farmer had to sew it under licence and if some of it was brought to the next field on the wind, the farmer was tied into having to pay a fee even though they might not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The word "amended" has been mentioned. Surely Dr. McLoughlin does not think the civil servants in Ireland will amend it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it under licence? Does a farmers pay a fairly dear price to have this? Will farmers be tied to this practice with the company?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Are these under licence?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank both groups for attending. I wish Dr. Frank O'Mara the best of luck. I presume our paths will cross fairly often. Dr. Mullins and Dr. O'Mara spoke about genetics. Dr. O'Mara might be able to answer this question. We have been able to make progress with genetics on the cattle side, although some might say it has gone too far. We have bred better cattle in many cases. Can Dr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: A polled system.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Dr. Mullins spoke about crops being grown that needed two sprays while others needed ten. Will he elaborate on that as I cannot get my head around it. Generally, farmers would follow weather forecasts and be advised to spray potato crops to protect against blight. How does Dr. Mullins know not to spray at those times compared with every other farmer?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I may have picked Dr. Mullins up wrong. When speaking about GM crops grown outside the EU he referred to a licence or different systems. Is be concerned about the licence system in America we read about many years ago?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: From what I picked up, a big family seems to be examining all of this. I have raised waste issues and the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has been considering them for the past two and a half or three years and it does not seem to be bothered about them. It appears the EPA will be the guiding light for Ireland on nearly everything but no results have emerged on most of the issues with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How long is that pathway?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I am trying to establish what part of the EU the information is fed into. Is it DG X? My understanding is that DG XI, is environmental? Is it to one of these Teagasc feeds the information or is it the five different parts of the orchestra here?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: With the best will in the world, Teagasc could be doing the greatest work. I am not questioning that. I am trying to establish who contacts Teagasc in regard to research on this or that. Is that done by the EPA, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine or the Department of Health? Is Teagasc asked to carry out research over, say, a two-year period, and to feed all of that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Does all of the research undergo peer review in a journal and so on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I did not get a response to my question about the soya that is travelling the world. Am I correct in saying that it can grown somewhere else and brought in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: For those who carry out the research, is there any facility whereby under licence, which is how many of these studies are done, they could take a portion of that and grow it here or in some country in Europe to prove there is or is not damage to the soil? Is Teagasc permitted to do that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I do not wish to hold up the meeting. Mr. Deegan spoke about the legislation and he referenced the term "likely slow". What is meant by "likely slow" in regard to legislation? Is it three years, five years or longer for different directives in terms of this research?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I understand the EPA and the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Health are involved. In regard to this issue, should we not have one body that would have all the expertise within it? My fear is that there would be a going over back from one to the other and that that would delay processes. Is there any fear of that?
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (8 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 733. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on rented accommodation in Portlaoise in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12341/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Mar 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 737. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has allocated additional resources to processing applications on his proposal for afforestation on less than one hectare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12419/22]