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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister. Deputy Mac Lochlainn has indicated that he has questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: They are only allegations in the media this morning. I-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: I am under strict instructions. We will stick to the legislation before us, if that is okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: I call Deputy Michael Collins.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: No. We are close to our finishing time on this matter and Deputy Collins has been waiting a while to come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: That is a matter for Deputy Collins.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: Does Deputy Mac Lochlainn's still want to read the recommendations into the record?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: On behalf of the committee, I thank the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, and his officials for briefing us on this important legislation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: The topic of our second session today is the proposed amendments to the good agricultural and environmental conditions 2, GAEC 2. I welcome the representatives of Macra na Feirme: Mr. Tom Duffy, national president; Mr. John Keane, president-elect; Mr. Derrie Dillon, head of policy; Ms Gillian Richardson, policy officer; and Mr. Shane Fitzgerald, chairman of the agricultural affairs...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: I do not know whether Mr. Keane would fully agree that he is a Tipperary man. We will leave that to him. He is from very near the border. I do not know whether he would fully agree that he is a Tipperary man. He participates in a Tipperary Macra na Feirme club of which I know many of the members but if he was in Croke Park, I do not think he would be shouting for Tipperary.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: Which member of the delegation wishes to reply to the questions asked by Deputy Carthy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: I have a question relating to what you said and to a paragraph from your opening statement in regard to young farmers stamp duty relief. It is due to expire on 31 December 2021. You gave different figures on the stamp duty relief which are interesting. Is there an issue with the ceiling that exists at present in respect of the availability of stamp duty relief? Is the ceiling high enough...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: There are members wishing to come in so I ask Mr. Duggan to be as brief as he can, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: I call Senator Garvey, who is deputising for Deputy Leddin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: There was a bit of breaking news this morning that the witnesses will be interested in. The challenge to the Glanbia planning application has been rejected in the judicial review. I know the next speaker will be very interested in this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: I would like to get Macra's views on several issues. What is Macra's views on a ceiling on CAP payments? What is the organisation's policy view on convergence? Senator Daly also wants to come in but perhaps the witnesses will deal with these questions first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: Deputy Michael Collins was not there before and I do not see him on the call now. We will hand over to Mr. Duffy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: We may not have time because we are on our own schedule. However, if it might be okay, I ask Mr. Dillon to send the exact policy document to us later, with an explanatory footnote, and we can have a read of it then. That will be grand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: No, that is fine. Modern technology does not always work as efficiently as some would tell us that it does. That is no problem at all. I ask Mr. Dillon to send the information to us, with an explanatory footnote, so that we will have the thoughts of the members of Macra na Feirme. We will then circulate that information to the members of the committee. This is going to become a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Dillon. I thank the representatives from Macra na Feirme for giving us their perspective on this important issue. The organisation's chief executive contacted me some days ago and it worked out better that the witnesses had a slot of one hour to themselves this morning. While Macra na Feirme co-operates fully with the other farming organisations, it obviously has a different...