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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: We would appreciate that when Professor More gets an opportunity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: From Veterinary Ireland, I welcome Mr. Finbarr Murphy, chief executive, Mr. Conor Geraghty, food animal representative and vice president, Mr. Donal Lynch from its food animal group and a past president, and Mr. Gerry Neary, also from its food animal group and a past president. I thank them for attending to discuss issues concerning bovine TB. Before we begin, I bring to the attention of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I acknowledge the contribution the witnesses make to the local rural economy from an agricultural point of view. I have a follow-on question based on what Deputy McConalogue said about the call for vets to become part of the Border surveillance system in the event of Brexit. What are the implications of Brexit from a TB testing point of view? Vets are contracted to do TB testing for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: World Heritage Sites (21 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: 62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the new call for applications for sites of built and natural heritage here to be placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List; the way in which persons and organisations including those in counties Carlow and Kilkenny can apply for new candidate sites to join Ireland’s World Heritage Tentative List; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Registration of Births (21 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when applications by persons (details supplied) will be processed. [8867/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register Data (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: 62. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the fall in the number of persons on the live register in County Carlow since January 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8104/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme Data (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: 73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that availed of optical benefit through the treatment benefit scheme in since its extension to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8099/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I ask members to make sure their mobile phones are completely turned off. I propose that we go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I remind members and witnesses to make sure their mobile phones are completely turned off as they interfere with the broadcasting system. Today we are dealing with the future of the beef industry in the context of Food Wise 2025. I welcome the witnesses from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ms Sinéad McPhillips, assistant secretary; Ms Maria Dunne, head of division...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank Ms McPhillips. I have a number of questioners. First, I will call Senator Conway-Walsh, followed by Deputy Martin Kenny and Deputy Cahill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I will carry on from where Deputy Cahill stopped. The body of work for this committee is to analyse where the future of the beef industry lies based on a SWOT analysis. The Department conducted the SWOT analysis in 2015. That was before David Cameron even decided to have a referendum on Brexit, before the referendum took place on 23 June 2016 and before the British public made a huge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: If I can sum up what Senator Conway-Walsh is saying, the worst-case scenario is 70% tariffs. What work has been done to counteract that at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I will let the Senator back in when Ms McPhillips concludes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: The committee the supply chain issue regularly. The general feeling is that what was introduced at Commission level represented an important first step but did not go far enough. It was a watered-down version of what would be required. Are there plans in the Department to have a more robust process in place which would complement the commission’s proposals for unfair trading practices?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: A SWOT analysis was carried out in 2015. The world has changed completely since then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: On revenue markets, if things go drastically wrong in the coming weeks, we may have to replace our main market of the UK. It will be difficult to replace that €2.4 billion of exports in a short space of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I call Deputy McConalogue, to be followed by Deputies Corcoran Kennedy and Eugene Murphy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: Does Deputy Healy-Rae have a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: We will not get into climate change now

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: As Ms McPhillips noted, there have been a number of round table and beef forum meetings. I understand all the farm organisations walked away from that recently. At the beginning, the beef forum was seen as the great white hope. Having all the stakeholders around a table is very important in trying to reach a fair solution. However, it seemed to become a talking shop more than an action...