Results 4,621-4,640 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: Nobody on this side of the table is arguing that we do not need to do more. We are engaged in discussions concerning the next round of the CAP. There will be an opportunity in the next rural envelopment programme to accelerate that journey with financial support for farmers.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: Of course we do, and unlike many other sectors we have been proactive in this space. Our current rural development programme is significantly skewed in the direction of climate support measures.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: As a consequence our dairy industry is the most carbon efficient. Nobody disputes this.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: It means that if a consumer buys 1 l of milk or 1 kg of cheese, skimmed milk powder or infant formula produced by the Irish dairy industry he or she can be assured that it is produced far more efficiently per unit of output than in any other country in the world, with the possible exception of New Zealand, which is similar to us.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: I ask the Deputy to let me finish this point because it is important. This is a global challenge. The Paris Agreement, which our sector must reflect, calls for reducing our greenhouse gas emissions without compromising food production. We face a fundamental question. There are those who advocate dismantling the national herd and in many respects dismantling the rural economy based on food...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: I am not arguing-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: Our journey has been one of progressive improvements. It has involved committing hundreds of millions of euro taxpayers' money to assist the industry on that journey, inside and outside the farm gate. We accept that we need to accelerate that journey, but we are starting-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: We are starting from a position of being the most carbon-efficient dairy producers. Can we do more in the dairy industry? Absolutely. Will we do more? Yes. Should we do more? Undoubtedly.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: The Deputy may laugh, but what is the point in dismantling an industry that is a global leader?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: Deputy Pringle is asking questions that seem to imply we have been doing nothing; far from it. We have had the foresight to invest significantly and to respond to what the market is demanding. Leaving aside the legally binding obligations and financial framework we subject to under the Paris Agreement, this is also a market imperative. Buyers in high added-value markets are increasingly...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: It is a constant journey of improvement. It is not a destination.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: There is no point in masking this. Because of the increased opportunities in the post-dairy quota era, emissions that were either flatlining or on a downward trajectory have begun to rise again. We have to factor in the fact that while they are rising, we are still the most carbon efficient. There is demand. Is it better for people who want dairy products to buy them from producers who...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: Pay is covered in sections A1, B1, C1 and D1.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: On the latter question, the legislation enabling us to proceed with the capital investment fund in early 2019 has completed its journey through the Seanad. The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Heather Humphreys, is piloting that legislation. It is minor and technical legislation. As I understand it, primary legislation must underpin the loan initiative because of...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: When there is blame attributed for the bad weather, the credit might as well be taken for the good weather.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: I just thought that-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: On the fodder issue, the weather comes and we will have to deal with whatever that is. In that context, building resilience on farms is important. Returning to the point I made to Deputy Pringle on grassland management, this is an area where we can do much more. Previous advice on carrying surplus silage from one season into another regarded it as a charge on the balance sheet and not good...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: I accept that. Some of the points I am making are on how to drive efficiency by using things such as genetic merit, grassland technology and reducing costs. They will all help. The market, however, is the market. There is not much I can do about that. What I can do is encourage farmers to avail of the range of initiatives in which the Department is involved. The Deputy makes an...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: There are two issues here. There is an initiative at European level dealing with unfair trading practices. It is about trying to strengthen the position-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Michael Creed: If the Deputy is asking me whether I can tell the meat producers what to pay for beef at any given time, the answer is that I cannot do so. We are funding marketing and promotion initiatives involving Irish produce through Bord Bia. We do not get involved in price-----