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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I understand the time pressures we are under, but this is an issue the committee will have to return to. It has wide implications. The members will be aware that I have raised this issue and used the Lough Funshinagh farmers as an example. This is precisely the type of situation for which the force majeureprovision is included in the Common Agricultural Policy. To me, it is an absolute...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Chair, it is a secondary point but can we agree to write to the Minister, Deputy McConalogue in respect of force majeurefor the CAP payments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests for attending. The topic, a vision for the future of Irish farming, did not really lend itself to an hour long meeting as there are so many issues and permutations and factors that need to be considered as to whether Irish farming has a future at all, particularly in terms of the family farm model. Even the debate we have had thus far this evening shows that this is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: That comes to the crux of the issues we are going to face. I am sure there would be quite a reaction from other farming organisations to any proposals to restrict the saleability of a person's private property. I am struck by the opening statement of the witness where the limited availability of land is mentioned. The statement also addressed that some schemes for moving land from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The point I was also making was that we have not had reduction policies. In fact, food production has increased but so too has the number of farmers. That is the point that I would like the witnesses to address.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: This is a valuable debate because there are contradictions in probably what we all say. Mr. Keane quite rightly made the case that farming should not be restricted to the sons and daughters of existing farmers if it is to have a future. Every sector needs new people coming in. He spoke quite rightly about the fact that there are three and four generations being supported by individual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I will follow up on some points Deputy Cowen was pursuing. The first is to comment that the North is in line with EU regulations and is compliant with EU veterinary medical products regulations because they avail of the derogation contained within those because their equivalent of responsible persons have had the historical right to prescribe and, therefore, it fits in. The difficulty is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: That would be the implication of the witnesses' evidence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am conscious of the time and that other members need to come in, so may I ask what Mr. Geraghty expects to be the overall reduction in percentage terms in the sale of the products that would fall under this regulation once it is brought in? For instance where we were last year in percentage terms compared with where we may be next year

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Geraghty think it would be greater than 20%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Geraghty believe that will happen from day one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: In terms of products that have already been regulated from the beginning of this year, would Mr. Geraghty have evidence that sales have reduced by about 20%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Geraghty have those data?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Would he share them with the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank Mr. Geraghty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: It is between 6% and 24%. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Okay. Mr. Geraghty referenced the evidence given by the representatives of the three other sectors and each in turn gave figures of between 60% and 90% in respect of their sales of these products. That would suggest Mr. Geraghty's members have sold more proportionally than they would have done previously.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Mr. Geraghty has indicated he will share that data with the committee which will be very helpful in moving forward with pre-legislative scrutiny. In response to a previous question, he mentioned the online or e-prescription model the Department has been flaunting. I note that in the past, he raised concerns about the national veterinary prescription system, NVPS. In fact, I think he said...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is Mr. Geraghty suggesting the NVPS is not quick and easy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Would vets have their own software that would then interact with the Department's software?