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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: They are telling us they are in crisis.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Tell that to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage because it pointed to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Absolutely.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Does the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, stand over those comments?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Animal Diseases (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support farmers in complying with new tuberculosis, TB, regulations. [53261/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Animal Diseases (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Minister will be aware that one of the most hotly discussed topics in marts and elsewhere at the moment concerns the new TB regulations. I would appreciate it if he outlined his proposals to ensure farmers will not be financially penalised in the implementation of these new regulations.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Animal Diseases (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Minister is of course right that farmers are incredibly stressed when there is a TB outbreak on the farm, but they are also stressed by the failure to get on top of this issue. Since 2016, the TB eradication programme has cost around €100 million per year. It is estimated that expenditure up to 2030 will amount to a further €1 billion. The EU has reduced its contributions...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Animal Diseases (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The key word is "partnership". This has to be seen as a partnership. It is impossible to quantify the damage done as a result of the categorisation letters issued by the Department. I realise that was before the Minister's time but relationships need to be mended. Lest people believe farmers are not contributing, they should note that in 2020, farmers contributed €37 million...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Land Issues (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I recognise that this is at an early stage of the process but we can see how the debate is becoming polarised. The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has had two hearings on this. In one case we have had corrections to statements that have been made. We met with farm organisations, which are incredibly concerned about what this might mean. We have heard from...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Land Issues (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: It would be helpful if the Minister could confirm that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is carrying out an appraisal of the current proposals in respect of what they will mean for land holdings on a county-by-county basis, whether they will mean a reduction in the land that is available for agricultural use and, if that is the case, how that will be managed or how the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Land Issues (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements that he has had regarding proposals of the European Union on the change of land designation currently in agricultural use. [53260/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Land Issues (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, and the Ministers of State, Senator Hackett and Deputy Heydon. There has been quite an amount of commentary about the EU nature restoration law. Unfortunately, that commentary is taking place in a vacuum because we have a Commission proposal but we do not yet have a formal Irish response. What have been the...

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Having listened to some of the Government representatives tonight I believe they either come from very different places than I do or they are not being forthright in the context of the reality of many people. I come from a county that has no real transport network whatsoever. It has a bus service that has actually deteriorated since this Government came into office. It is astounding that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements that he has had with his ministerial colleagues regarding the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. [53095/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to increase the adoption of rooftop solar energy generation on farms. [53094/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in implementing the working paper to address challenges related to peat supply in the horticultural sector; and his proposals to ensure an adequate supply of horticultural peat to the mushroom sector. [53091/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that the targets relating to the issuance of forestry licences have been missed by over 62.5% in the first half of 2022; and his proposals to ensure that yearly targets are met. [53093/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to resolve the unfair situation regarding the group of farmers known as the so-called ‘forgotten farmers’. [53092/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 254. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered altering the 50% limit of agricultural land which may be leased for the purposes of generating solar energy while maintaining access to capital acquisitions tax relief; if he has considered doing so specifically with a view to increasing the limit, in line with the position of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Diseases (25 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 12 October 2022, if information regarding the investigation of swan mortalities at a location (details supplied) other than that relating to the avian influenza has been shared with the National Parks and Wildlife Service by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; the...