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Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: So to get it sorted, at some stage, we will get to €170 million or €200 million.

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: It could be €200 million.

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: We put €14-odd million into the development of Rosslare Europort. Does any other Department fund the development of Rosslare Europort or is it just us in agriculture?

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Do we fund Belview Port in Kilkenny too?

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I know it was not specifically mentioned but Belview is close to my own heart. Do we fund Belview Port in south Kilkenny at all?

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I know there have been 55,000 or so applicants to ACRES and €260 million paid out. I know the intention was that the majority of ACRES payments would be paid out by the end of June. How are we going with that?

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: They can get complex. I get it.

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I acknowledge the progress the Minister has made and the intensity he has put into that programme to get as many payments as possible out. It is easy to be critical but it is important to note that there has been a huge shift on that. I am conscious of time so I will be quick. Is there much uptake of the nutrient importation storage scheme? Is that under TAMS? Yes. The NISS has an...

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: It is okay. The Minister can come back to me on that. I have two quick questions to finish up with. My first relates to the forgotten farmers scheme, the €5 million and how that is progressing. My final question is about the book of Estimates. Under subhead B7, there is a knowledge transfer programme, which was estimated for 2025 and has been revised to 4,000. It is a huge...

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Yes, just a quick update.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I am very conscious of time so I will be very specific and brief. Regarding Mr. Cronin's report, he did say there were a number of areas where the TB forum said it could come to agreement, but in what specific areas is there a considerable gap between the views of stakeholders on the future direction of the TB programme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Does Mr. Cronin think it is not solvable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Okay. I thank Mr. Cronin for that response. When the initial task of the forum was brought up, three working groups were set up as part of it. There was an implementation working group, a financial working group and a scientific working group. Was consideration ever given to having a working group or something similar that might consider the mental health and anguish farmers might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: From the perspective of the Department, does it have any financial aspect in this regard? I see the costs concerned have significantly increased, from €57 million in 2023 to more than €100 million in 2024. Is any funding at all earmarked for mental health supports for farmers who experience an outbreak of TB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I know there is the financial side but I am asking specifically on mental health.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: What Mr. O’Mahony is saying to me is that between the Department and the forum, mental health is an afterthought. It is not their area of expertise so they just pass the buck to somebody else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: What are you saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Is there any financial aid to help people get supports from a mental health perspective in the event of the TB outbreak? Yes or no.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: They will have to fend for themselves.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: So the Department absolves itself of all responsibility.