Results 441-460 of 5,165 for speaker:Aindrias Moynihan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: First, before we proceed I wish to confirm that we received apologies from Senator Collins. We are aiming at five-minute question-and-answer slots in order that there will be an opportunity to come back on a second round based on the time left available to us. I thank the officials for the presentations. We had the opportunity to read over them earlier as well. Farmers feel the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: The Deputy asked a reasonable question as to whether the Department would publish a review when it has identified issues. Is that the normal course of events? For example, if the Department identified that there are issues within its system or issues that farmers found difficult, or whatever it is, does the Department publish something like a review so things are smoother in the next...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Does Mr. Savage see that there would be value in having feedback?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Due to the vote in the Seanad, we skipped a number of Senators. I will go back to Senator Daly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Deputy, the committee could raise that point. It would not be Mr. Savage’s business to directly deal with Revenue about this but the committee could, if we chose-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: We need to move on. There will be another opportunity to come back.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: There will be another opportunity to come back in on that. I need to move on to Deputy Lawless.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: We will have an opportunity to go around again for each member. Once the Senators come in after their vote, we will give them the opportunity. I have one or two questions on this. Were there particular things the Department identified as causing problems but where a fix could be put in place so that this would not happen again with future schemes? What has been learned from it? We do...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: On that uafásach word of "learnings", what learnings have been taken from this whole thing for the next round of new schemes? It is a question that came up earlier but can people getting paid next year expect to be paid in a timely manner?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: The Senators have not had an opportunity for their first question yet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: The Senators have been called for a vote, so they need a speedy response.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I appreciate that the Deputy used a metaphor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: We can have the Department correspond with the clerk on the matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Before moving on, there was a very reasonable question on the remaining ones. When can they reasonably expect to be paid? "As soon as possible" is kind of like far, far away in Neverland. Is Mr. Savage setting some kind of reasonable target? Is it his intention the Department will have them finished for the end of the month, by the end of August, before the ploughing or before the end of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I understand that, but-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: The Department officials are not snakes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: But it is a reasonable request to try to put some kind of closing date on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: There will be a further opportunity based on the time we have. I call Deputy Lawless.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Will Deputy Fitzmaurice let Mr. Savage answer?