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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: May I make one point which may be of benefit to the Chairman? Statistics have just been released. Brexit has been used as an excuse for many things, but our exports in the past month increased by 16%. Some people might be using Brexit as an excuse.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I was referring to statistics which came out this evening with regard to our exports.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I was talking about our exports in general.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Would MII be concerned if the representative figure for 338 feedlots was 17%, 18% or 19%? Regardless of site ownership, be that factory or otherwise, we are speaking about 300,000 cattle. Would MII be concerned if the 5% mentioned increased such that there would be 1,300 feedlots, regardless of ownership, producing beef?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: There are between 120,000 and 130,000 farmers producing 80% of the beef. Is it not a concern that 20% can be produced by 338 entities? It must be. Regardless of how it is dressed up-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It was mentioned that the cattle being exported are fed on grass. I do not accept that 1,000 cattle on every farm are fed on grass.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Last year, it seemed that age, movements and everything else did not matter because we needed cattle. A few months ago, farmers could not get cattle slaughtered because they were over the 440 kg quota. Mr. Healy knows what I am talking about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: There was no problem and then, all of a shot, limits were in and factories wanted lighter carcases.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Retailers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I asked one just before that about developing a new brand. Is there anything we can do to help the suckler farmers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Where is the carbon quota coming from?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: So there are carbon quotas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is that inside a year?
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (11 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there will be an increase to the mandatory minimum 500 metre setback distance for the construction of turbines nears homes in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17057/19]
- Rural and Community Development: Statements (10 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. Most Deputies cannot hit the Minister too hard. One thing I can say about him is that if he has money he will spend it. The problem is that he has the biggest part of the country to look after but, unfortunately, his Department does not have the biggest budget. Under the programme for Government in the past couple of years the local...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank our guests for their presentations. There are places in the country where large numbers of cattle do not see grass because they are housed in sheds. Is that sustainable? Slurry is being exported to arable farms. Is that the way we should be farming in Ireland? It appears that there is a monopoly in certain sectors, with a large number of cattle that can be wheeled out during...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That is fine. Reference was made to lighter carcases of 10 kg, 12 kg or 15 kg. Last Sunday when I talked to Mr. Joe Healy, I said there were 27,000 or 28,000 cattle when they were what I would call "right cattle". When we opted for smaller carcases, the number rose to 30,000 or 31,000. During the years, leaving out Brexit, cattle prices dropped every year. We are now at a figure of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: There are 132,000-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: We want to eat also.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I have just one point to make.