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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: From the Department's perspective, does it consider-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: I will come to Teagasc in a minute. In respect of farm incomes, there are two parts to the hemp crop. The Government has committed to an exploration of the fibre element of it. We heard very strong evidence with the representative organisations that this is a fundamental mistake because asking anybody to grow a crop and to discard, potentially, half or more of the value of the crop would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is Mr. Moloney saying that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine does not have an opinion on the regulatory issues? The issue has gone as far as the European Court of Justice, which made a ruling that suggests we are wrong in this regard. The Department of Health may be appealing that. Does the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine not have an opinion on that? Does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: But the Department can give an opinion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: Mr. Moloney mentioned that essentially, for any processing activity it is up to the sector and the market to develop that. If we took the same view on wind energy, for example, we would not have any in the State. Going back to the premise that this could potentially be very beneficial to the environment and could be very beneficial to farmers and to local economies, does the Department not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: Would the Department bring forward a proposal as the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have just a couple of quick points to put to Dr. O'Mara. It has been mentioned, and I believe he has accepted, that the research done by Teagasc in this area has been limited. The obvious question is whether Teagasc plans to expand that level of research, and what will that look like?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is regardless of the crop.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is there a tonnage equivalent for sequestration that Dr. O'Mara could cite?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: Dr. O'Mara is saying that, in terms of the calculations used internationally, it does not count as ongoing sequestration if the product is used in, for example, building materials.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is true in the short term but if we expand production of this product and if we create a processing sector for it, thereby providing opportunities for many farmers who may be operating at a loss if they move into it, does Dr. O'Mara accept that this could potentially be a very important product for our country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is the point I was making. Should we be making that case and starting the groundwork in that regard now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: What is that opinion?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Common Agricultural Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister of State for that, but I could have sent the Minister an email with the questions. I would have thought that the purpose of Topical Issue debates is that we could have a debate on a matter such as this. If the Minister is unavoidably absent, then we accept that. In fairness to the Minister, he is one of the better Cabinet Ministers at attending for Topical Issue...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Common Agricultural Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: I will have to revise a number of my remarks because I had very much hoped I would be having a discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine this evening. Of course, that is no disrespect to the Minister of State. One of the fundamental problems I had with the Minister's approach to the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, strategic plan is that he refused even to indulge...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: For the purposes of clarification, let me be clear that Sinn Féin supports measures that protect public health. We support measures that protect our environment and deliver climate action. Where we differ from the Government is that we insist that such measures are fair, workable and credible, concepts that are alien to this coalition. In fact, at the heart of this Government's...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: The committee should not have to hunt down public representatives.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Deputies are getting very frustrated over there.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is not what the Taoiseach was asked.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: He was not asked that.