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

Pat Deering: How many exporters does the Department deal with?

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

Pat Deering: Deputy Martin Kenny asked where calves went. Is it to feedlots? Do the delegates have a breakdown of the percentages or do they have that information? I presume the Deputy was referring to other livestock also.

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

Pat Deering: Deputy Pringle had a query about Libya.

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

Pat Deering: Ms Barry Walsh has already addressed the issue of the price reduction.

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

Pat Deering: I believe it was Senator Paul Daly who asked that question. It would be an issue for the OIE, World Organisation for Animal Health.

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 and her colleagues for coming before the committee and giving us a very good understanding of where things stands in the live export trade which obviously will be very important to the beef industry in the coming years.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (24 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to end the use of non-recyclable plastics. [3182/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (24 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: 43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to develop a modern EV charging network; and the location of new EV chargers being funded by the climate action fund. [3181/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Dental Services Provision (24 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: 284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be eligible under PRSI to have a realignment of false teeth. [3569/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tidy Towns Committees Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank the Minister of State for that clarification. I come from a village that won the award on three occasions. Carlow has quite a good history in that regard. Only two years ago the village of Clonegal won the tidiest village national award, which was a great achievement for it. Previously, Leighlinbridge, in County Carlow, also won a substantial award. The clarification is welcome...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tidy Towns Committees Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: Carlow.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tidy Towns Committees Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: 12. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to allocate funding in 2019 to a committee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2995/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tidy Towns Committees Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: One of the best ways to help rural Ireland is to go to the heart of community, and Tidy Towns organisations are at the heart of communities throughout the country. What plans does the Minister have to allocate funding for Tidy Towns committees in 2019?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tidy Towns Committees Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: Funding last year and in the previous couple of years was welcome to mark the 60th anniversary of the Tidy Towns competition. I come from a village, Rathvilly in Carlow, which has the honour of winning the Tidy Towns competition on three occasions in the early years - 1961, 1963 and 1968. Considerable effort has been made in recent years in my community, as in every other community, to try...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Participation Networks (23 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: 45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding provided in 2018 to the public participation networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2994/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (23 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial and health advice received from the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Health, respectively, in relation to the proposed introduction of 23% VAT rate on health food supplements, for example, folic acid recommended to pregnant women and persons with anaemia that need iron supplements (details supplied); if this is implemented, if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Payments (22 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: 391. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card patient has to pay to have a blood test with their general practitioner (details supplied); if not, the procedures in place to allow them not to make the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2534/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: Apologies have been received from Deputy Pringle, who is a member of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I remind members, witnesses and those in the Public Gallery to ensure their mobile telephones are turned off as they interfere with the broadcasting system. We are here today to discuss the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, Pillars 1 and 2 - Pillar 1, agriculture, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: I ask Mr. Hayes to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank Mr. Hayes for his opening statement. Before taking members' questions, I want to ask officials from the Department of Rural and Community Development about LEADER. To the ordinary citizen who tries to deal daily with LEADER, the system seems to be very bureaucratic. Could the officials outline how the process works from the time an organisation first expresses an interest in trying...