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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: Would Mr. Scallan see that as being beneficial?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: How does it work at present? Mr. Scallan has 4,000 calves to go this week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: His competitor, whoever it may be, has 4,000 calves to go.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: How does Mr. Scallan get onto the ship before Mr. X?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: It probably means the same thing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: A few other questions were asked on the contingency plan for bad weather and the live export of bigger cattle. Deputy Cahill else mentioned bulls. Does Mr. Scallan deal only with calves?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: Is there a market for bulls or bigger livestock?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: What does Mr. Scallan think we should do about bad weather contingency plans?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: Is Mr. Scallan referring to lairage in Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: I am going back to the association about which Mr. Scallan has talked and which I have mentioned. Is it not incumbent on exporters to come together to form such a group? The representatives of that organisation, including Mr. Scallan or whoever else it might be, could deal directly with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: Mr. Scallan referred to getting other ships. We depend on commercial enterprises for these ventures and the owners of ships will only be interested if they make money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: It has to be economically viable for them. Is it economical for them to make more ships available?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: Do they have to be assessed to get a licence?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: Would it be true to say they might not be prepared to go down that road?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: The ships transport other stuff such as cars and other things around the world.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: What else would such ships be used for?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: It is up to the owner of ships to get a licence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: The key point in this discussion is that we do not want to say anything here that will have a negative effect on live exports either. That is a crucial point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: I am not being critical.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Pat Deering: I am sorry for cutting across Mr. Scallan. I will bring him back in later. I call Mr. Doyle.