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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Putting on wipers and heaters would cut range as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is the witnesses serious?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I do not know if this is within our remit. Mayo County Council would be pretty open to putting a fast charger in place or to trying to accommodate one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The simple reason is the west and the midlands were taken out of TEN-T. We have from Limerick to Dublin to Newry and from Cork to Dublin to Newry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. Am I correct that the statistics are based on 40% accuracy through the years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Are figures worked on with 40% accuracy through the years? Am I correct that with people producing for the Italian trade - for example, the weanlings - generally the cows are rated with one or two stars? That is generally what I have seen through the years. If we move the way described by the witnesses, will we produce a replacement animal closer to the milk or dairy sector with a smaller...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Would such a calf be as big as a one or two-star cow? Would confirmation be provided that it is a one or two-star animal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Most farmers with whom I have spoken informed me that the cows that returned from Italy were one, two-star and three-star animals, whereas the cattle that were sent for slaughter were four-star and five-star animals. They would not be given confirmation. In fairness to farmers, however, they are not fools and will not breed poor animals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have a number of questions for Dr. Cromie. If a farmer has a four-star or five-star bull or cow and a heifer is produced, I presume that the heifer will be classed as five-star. If the farmer goes off to the mart with his lovely heifer and I buy it and genotype it, is it correct that she might only be two-star or three-star?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Should there be a warning for farmers who go to a mart to buy a five-star animal for a replacement heifer? A farmer might have five-star bulls, or four-star bulls and five-star cows. In a year's time they will be selling a heifer to another farmer who will use it as a replacement in 2017 or 2018. Is it fair to say that it will be possible that the animal they buy is not the animal they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: They should either be genotyped or a warning should be given in marts. Farmers do not read small print. They will not read every piece of the paper. They will sign their name and fill in what they have to fill in. That is it. We are leading them to a crash. Mr. Coughlan might be able to respond to my other question. Is it correct that 75% of suckler cows are based in the west of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it correct that that represents 20% or 25% of the total uptake?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I understand that 25% of the take-up is in the west, which is where 75% of the herds are located. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It was that low on the night of the meeting in Carrick-on-Shannon when 27,000 applications had been submitted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The ICBF brought a three-star Charolais heifer and a red and white five-star heifer to the meeting in Elphin. While I do not claim to be a great judge of an animal, I would not have bought the five-star heifer before the three-star heifer. Does Mr. Coughlan agree with that view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We are being told we must look up at a board to see what-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If a farmer buys six or eight five-star heifers, is it true that with the genotyping he or she could end up with a full herd of two-star or three-star animals by 2018?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Mr. Dillon for his presentation. He said there are 870 new applicants and that 500 of those are brand new. Can it be presumed that the other 370 are people who were in the scheme but went out of it and came back in again at some point? The Department is looking at 1,600 altogether so that means there are 720 existing participants. Can Mr. Dillon clarify how long it will be before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: To get clarification because that is an important point, if they opt out at the moment, are we going to have a two-year lull due to having all new ones in? It looks like we will going by that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am talking about the changeover from zero for the two years.