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- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: Yes.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: Can we get a note on the breakdown on that? It is a significant percentage increase. I laughed to myself when I saw that the cost of value-for-money reviews increased by 120%. It includes consultancy and policy reviews as well. Is there any reason for that? That is line (VII) in administration.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: When will the mink farms close?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: Since when?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: Was that December?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: Do the farms affected have any outstanding claims or have they all been resolved?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: My final question is on supplementary measures for EU, which is line (VIII) under administration. There has been an increase of a few hundred thousand euro there. What does that relate to?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)
Matt Carthy: May I speak to amendment No. 1?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)
Matt Carthy: Will the Minister give an indication as to whether he would consider at a later stage encompassing the amendment that has been ruled out of order? Almost every stakeholder, particularly those representing farmers, has raised concerns that the definition in the Bill is too narrow in that it relates to business-to-business relationships and does not deal with business-to-consumer...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)
Matt Carthy: The Minister mentioned that this is to protect the primary producers. Every primary producer who has appeared before the committee said the range is too narrow. The most recent submission we received from the Irish Farmers' Association, IFA, has reaffirmed that. It is one of the main issues it raised. If this regulator is going to deliver fairness and transparency in the agrifood supply...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)
Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, line 9, to delete “regulator” and substitute “rialálaí”. The amendment is to address a concern that has been raised in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Islands and also to put into practice what the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, has stated is Government policy in respect...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)
Matt Carthy: Yes.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)
Matt Carthy: That is fine.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)
Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 5: In page 11, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“(2) The regulator shall collate the costs associated with the production of different foodstuffs in order to determine a cost-of-production, and publish reports on such on an annual basis.”. This is an important amendment. It takes into consideration the very clear views we have received...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)
Matt Carthy: It is interesting that in his previous response the Minister referred to the CCPC. There are numerous instances of public bodies that, in practice, do not do what was intended when they were established by the Legislature. In some instances we must be specific in telling a new body we are establishing what we expect of it. In the long term, we must ensure that farmers are getting a fair...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)
Matt Carthy: I intend to press it because we have been asked to ensure the practice of below-cost selling is prohibitive. We accept there are difficulties with using the legislative route to achieve this. A first step towards it would be ensuring the costs of production are determined. If the Minister were able to provide an alternative formula of words or if he believes the one we have presented is...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)
Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(2) Such analysis and published reports should contain appropriate and relevant reference to and contrast with price and market data available internationally.” This amendment is directly related to No. 5. I am not pressing it but we ask the Minister to review that and on Report...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)
Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 7: In page 11, line 17, after “to” to insert “the full breadth of”. This amendment involves what the Minister might call a broad point. It is to include the term "the full breadth of" the market chain. It is linked to the amendment that was ruled out of order. Its purpose is to ensure business-to-consumer relationships are included in...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)
Matt Carthy: If the Minister is telling me he will accept the amendment from the word "seek", I will withdraw the amendment and-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)
Matt Carthy: The Minister accepts the rest of the proposed subsections (d) and (e).