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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (6 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonage framework plans outstanding under the GLAS programme; the number of payments to farmers delayed as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51162/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (6 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider developing an application that could be linked to Agfood.ie and would be accessible on smartphones in order that farmers can record births and animal movements more easily; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51164/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Census (6 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider developing the Agfood.ie site to allow sheep farmers record and view sheep movements and census figures in order not to have to rely on hard copy sheep registers and dispatch dockets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51165/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry (6 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has reviewed the five year strategy document from an association (details supplied); his plans to act upon it and a company's report on the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51163/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: It is wrong.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: I wish to raise an issue in the context of the Finance Bill, namely, the double Irish tax loophole. It was announced in 2015 that this loophole was to be closed to new companies. According to a publication last week, Google Ireland, which has until 2020 to continue using the same format because it was an existing company in 2015, paid €164 million in tax in 2016. But for the double...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (5 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the requirements for farmers operating in a locked-down system for the purposes of TB eradication (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51200/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (5 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of beef herds operating in a locked-down system for the purposes of TB eradication here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51201/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (5 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of feedlots operating here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51202/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (5 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 14 November 2018, when a reply will issue. [51203/18]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: I will not get into too much detail. One of the things that strikes me regarding fodder is that we have been lucky. We have had a mild autumn and grass has been growing until recent weeks.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: I do not suggest the Minister brought the good weather.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: I would not blame the Minister for bad weather or credit him for good weather either. We all have to be realistic. The weather does what the weather does and we cannot control that. Having said that, every effort has to be made to mitigate against it, as far as possible. We have these discussions many times. The fodder crisis can be solved by most farmers on their own farms and that is...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: There is certainly a decline in the profit farmers are making.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: I am conscious - this issue arises regularly - that the Minister does not have a role in the market. The market dictates and demands. However, I would put it to him that a significant amount of taxpayers' money goes into marketing Irish food produce around the world through Bord Bia. When taxpayers' money is being used to market food, very often the people who make the most money from that...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: It differs from that. I understand unfair trading practices. It is across the board here. It is not just about unfair trading practices.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: I understand the Minister's dilemma. I am not suggesting he has to-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: There is a difficulty with producer organisations. For many farmers, they do not go from start to finish. Where I am from in the west, farmers generally produce weanlings but they have neither the land nor the capacity to finish animals. They must sell their animals on to other farmers who can do that, so there is a break in the chain. One of the flaws that exists is that farmers cannot...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: In sea fisheries-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: On the Supplementary Estimate, one of the issues that comes up in regard to section D is the issuing of the licences. We had this out previously and I missed that meeting. I have had representations since, particularly in regard to finfish licences for the aquaculture sector where there is serious pressure. Some of them have been waiting between eight and ten years. Whatever additional...