Results 21-40 of 660 for speaker:Peter Cleere
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: How long does the Minister of State think it will be before we get back to the 8,000 ha?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: I appreciate the Minister of State's passion and his genuineness. He did not answer my question on a timeframe.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: I hear him. I will move on. I put a scenario to him, just to strip the whole thing back and keep it as simple possible. Let us say that 20 ha of land comes up for sale in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, on the Kilkenny and Carlow border, where I am from. A company, an individual or a farmer decides they are going to buy this package of land and they are going to plant it. Will the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: Is it the same whether it is a company or an individual?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: That is obviously tax free.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: Is there indexation attached to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: Is that something we might consider as a potential option in the context of the upcoming budget? Is indexation for regular income coming through something that might be a runner for new applications? Obviously, €1,000 in 15 years will not be worth as much as €1,000 today because of inflation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: The Minister of State might indulge me and have a look at it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: Okay. That is fair. I will move on. The programme for Government contains a specific measure that says the Government will “work collaboratively with the ESB to support and accelerate the timber and vegetation clearance programme”. Will the Minister of State talk about how that ambition has progressed in the last six months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: Okay. The Minister of State said an additional €79.5 million is now available under the climate performance action payment to give the extra €5,000 that he spoke of to ash plantation owners. When was this extra €80 million made available? Is it a one-off or will it be cumulative?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: It is €79.5 million to the bottom line. Is it one-off or will it be cumulative, if I am making sense?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: The Minister of State says he has approved an additional 4,500 acres that are now available for planting under the afforestation schemes. Is that the figure for approvals for applications that have come through so far in 2025? I know I am jumping on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: However, 4,500 is what is in at the moment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: Within those five years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: Okay, perfect. I know I am jumping over and back here -----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: This is my very last question. I know the Minister of State is exploring the introduction of a reconstitution scheme. Can he talk to us really briefly on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: I thank the Minister of State.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Expenditure Programme (15 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance if any measures are being taken to unlock the significant amount of capital held on deposit accounts in Ireland to support housing and critical infrastructure delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39055/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (15 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is looking into mechanisms, including tax relief, to further incentivise the purchase and renovation of vacant homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39054/25]