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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The delegates can come back to me on that and on the tonnage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Regarding the English market for Irish beef, what have we moved in the past four or five years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: So the gain over five years has been only 6% or 7%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It was said here just a week ago by the processors that most of the beef going to the UK is mince. Is that correct? Is the mince market the highest paying?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What about the grass-fed logo?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Am I incorrect that up to 1.8 tonnes of meal can be fed without losing grass-fed status?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What about the suckler PGI?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What about price? Is it part of the PGI we are opting for? Will the price be higher than normal?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Mr. Brennan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: My understanding from media reports is that the large meat processors set up their own stands at trade fairs and do not bother with Bord Bia. They have bigger stands than Bord Bia to promote their products. I see that Bord Bia went to three different places about live exports. There is a 6% or 7% changeover in the British market, when we know that there could be serious consequences....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I wish to clarity one matter. I listened to Ms McCarthy speak about the trade missions. I specifically spoke about the meat industry and meat factories. Some of them might take their own place at a trade mission. Is Ms McCarthy saying that there might be Irish meat factories that may have other locations around the world and that might be not just promoting Irish beef, but other beef?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: They would be promoting French beef, Polish beef or other beef, so they would not be able to go on the Bord Bia stand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Okay.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Since the pandemic began, the need for good broadband throughout the country has become more apparent. As the national broadband plan is being rolled out, there are problems with regard to tree-cutting, the polers and even the guys putting up the wires, although hopefully those problems can be overcome. It is unusual to hear contractors say that as bad as Eir was when they were working for...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the Taoiseach’s response. It is not me talking about the fastest broadband in the world; it is on the Department's website and it was announced by a Minister. We were all invited to this great hoo-ha about what was going on. Generally, when one talks about a town, one talks about 50 km zones. As I have said, there are other providers in the town. There are four different...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Information and Communications Technology (8 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 820. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 971 of 24 November 2020, the reason software (details supplied) is not publicly available given that taxpayers paid for its development; if the software is not available publicly, if it is being purchased or licensed from any other organisation, such as a second or third-level college or...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (8 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 821. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 968, 969 and 970 of 24 November 2020, the educational qualification required to fill the role of head of environment in the Forest Service; if the role of chief inspector in the Forest Service has been filled; the name of the current chief inspector in the Forest Service; if it is the head of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agri-food Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for attending the committee. Mr. Cullinan and the IFA were in Brussels in the past week or two. The IFA has raised the possibility of stopping imports from entering the EU. Up to 100,000 tonnes of beef are imported from the UK and I agree with them on the Mercosur deal. Did the IFA talk with MEPs? In the event of a no-deal Brexit, what support was the IFA getting...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agri-food Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What about sheep?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agri-food Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)
Michael Fitzmaurice: There will be no tariff on our beef going up there.