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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I remind members, witnesses and those in the gallery to completely switch off their mobile phones, rather than putting them in silent mode, as they affect the broadcasting system. I welcome the witnesses from Allied Irish Banks. They are Mr. Ken Burke, head of business banking; Ms Margaret Brennan, head of sectors; and Dr. Anne Finnegan, head of the agriculture sector. From Bank of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I thank Mr. Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I thank Dr. Byrne. I call Deputy Penrose.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: "Was."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: Before I go back to the witnesses, I have one brief question regarding new entrants and those who may have come into the dairy sector from a different sector in recent years, be it tillage or the beef sector. Do the banks have a breakdown of those numbers? What have been their credit requirements? Have they been for extra stock or infrastructure? Do the witnesses have those figures? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I now invite the Bank of Ireland representatives to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: If coming from the beef sector or the suckler sector, farmers will have significant collateral to bring with them. Farmers coming from the tillage sector are in a totally different situation. They have no stock and they have a totally different attitude. They are moving from a seasonal situation to a 24/7 situation. What is the experience of the banks in that regard? The question applies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I apologise for cutting across Dr. Finnegan but 20 years ago, the price per litre of milk was 28 cent. Some 20 years later, the cost has increased by 50%. This is where the problem lies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: Mr. Crowley, can you address that question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: Is AIB happy enough?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I wish to address one final point in general before we finish. As part of our work, we have investigated volatility in the dairy industry. We looked at the New Zealand experience and the Northern Ireland experience, which has not been good in recent years. Have the banks examined this sector from a financial point of view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I will allow Senator O'Neill to contribute briefly, as we want to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: Who wants to answer first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: We will start with the back row.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: That concludes our business. I thank the witnesses for attending. Like our meeting in the spring, this has been a useful exercise. As a result, we will compile a report. As the witnesses probably know, we brought all of the sectors involved in the dairy industry before us in recent weeks. We will compile our report in the coming weeks. It would be useful if recommendations came from it,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Administration (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: 264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a number of farmers have not received payments under the basic payment scheme, one month after the first payments were issued; why it has taken so long to complete satellite inspections; why no payments have issued to partnerships; if special arrangements will be made with the Revenue Commissioners for those farmers who have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I invite the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to make his contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: On a point of clarification, a decision on the regulation must be reported back by 24 November. I do not know whether it is possible to defer the decision for a number of weeks as Deputy Ó Cuív suggested. Perhaps the Minister would address the issue when he responds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I remind the Deputy that this is about the horse and greyhound racing fund regulations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: We are not going to rehash-----