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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I call Deputy Cahill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: Everyone is on the same page on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: We have a serious problem in this country without live exports. It is a delicate subject, as the witnesses have stated. They are dealing with it regularly. We have no problem complying with regulations but a valid point has been made by Mr. Doyle about what could be coming down the line and we must be aware of that. It is crucial that we can develop further markets. We have started a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: We saw today the importance of exports to the industry. Lairages in Cherbourg was another crucial point. We also saw the importance of an umbrella organisation so that these exporters can have a stronger voice when it comes to negotiation, whatever the case may be. They are three crucial points to sum up our conversation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: That is very true. Those four points sum up our conversation. The importance of the industry cannot be underestimated if we are to get as many as our small stock calves as possible out of the country to help the beef industry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: It is something we can investigate. This has been a very interesting and informative discussion. We will come back to this issue over the next number of weeks and the witnesses are more than welcome to tune in over the next while. I thank Mr. Scallan, Ms Scallan and Mr. Doyle for coming before us today and making a very important case for the industry.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the public spending code adequately takes carbon impact into account when decisions are being made on capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53194/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank the Acting Chairman for allowing me in. I apologise for not being here earlier but my question came up earlier than I expected. I have come from a meeting of the Joint Committee on Climate Action which has been very busy in recent weeks. Does the Minister believe that the public spending code takes adequate account of carbon impact on capital projects in the coming years? The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank the Minister for his detailed response. The greenhouse gas emissions challenge will be one of the biggest challenges of our generation as we try to reach our 2030 targets and beyond. Are the projects which have been announced, including some of the large, very ambitious projects included in Project Ireland 2040, still under the existing emissions targets or must they be repriced in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: Will the action plan for climate change that the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment is to announce in coming months tie in to whatever revised estimates that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform may have to announce? I am glad to hear the Minister's commitment to the projects that are already there. It serves to re-emphasise a point I would make myself,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Preparations (6 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of action being taken to prepare for Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5722/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (6 Feb 2019)

Pat Deering: 52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position with regard to discussions on the next CAP reform and the protection of the CAP budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5721/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (31 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: 38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the anticipated launch date for the new regional enterprise plans; the impact the plans will have on rural job creation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4527/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (31 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: 48. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new IDA jobs created in County Carlow in 2018; the increase since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4526/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: Schedule A is COM (2018) 817, proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and Council amending Regulations (EU) No. 1305/2013 and (EU) No. 1307/2013 as regards certain rules on direct payments and support for rural development in respect of the years 2019 and 2020. It is proposed that there are no subsidiarity concerns in respect of COM (2018) 817. It is also proposed that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: Before we start the meeting I remind members, witnesses and those in the Public Gallery to make sure that their mobile phones are completely turned off as they affect the broadcasting systems in the committee room. Today we are discussing the issue of live exports. I welcome the officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ms Paula Barry Walsh, deputy chief veterinary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank Ms Barry Walsh. We will take questions from members in groups of three before coming back to the witnesses. The first three members to indicate were Deputy McConalogue, Deputy Cahill and Senator Lombard, in that order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: What about the impact of weather?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: Senator Lombard, being from Cork, was concerned about having to bring calves to Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: The last paragraph of the statement floats the idea of an export organisation. Is any work being done on that? Is the Department driving it or is it hoping that exporters drive it?