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Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: He wants to stop them having the power to help anybody, and that is a historical failure.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: The Minister can read English.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: That is clearly what the amendment says.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: The amendment clearly states that sale or resale "may be prohibited by regulation". I have not changed it in the past ten minutes, hour, day or week. That is what it states; that is what I proposed. The Minister possibly did not read it, but that is his business. The Minister seems happy with a scenario whereby Irish beef producers should produce below the cost of production and a...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: The Minister digressed; so did I.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: I did; I mentioned Spain.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: Not only that; it would not be sold below a certain price.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: I wish to respond to the Minister's comments. What I am proposing to do in this amendment is give future Ministers the power to introduce such an order. Why does the Minister not want the power to introduce such an order? The amendments I have proposed do not require the Minister to do anything by regulation but they facilitate him in bringing in specific regulations to do certain things....

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: It is the richest part of the country.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 8: In page 9, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(3) (a) Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (1)and (2), proscription of sale or resale of certain agricultural or food products below their cost of production in the State may be prohibited by regulation. (b) A party to a contract or commercial relationship for the supply of...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: Yes.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: There are hundreds, if not thousands, of people who work in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, who do their jobs fairly right across the country. I am talking about the propensity for people at the very top of the Department to find their way into top jobs with the processors and dairy co-ops in the sector they had previously regulated. I believe that is a problem. I do...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: I regret that it is a fallacy to say the regulator has strong powers to obtain information. There is a Sinn Féin amendment which I assume the Minister will accept that provides that the regulator may seek various pieces of information from businesses in the food chain. All the regulator can do is seek it. It is not an offence to not provide the information. It is not an offence...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 7: In page 9, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (1)and (2), the Minister may make regulation requiring that the regulator shall, in consultation with Teagasc - the Agriculture and Food Development Authority - collect such information as is required to ascertain the cost of production in the...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: Is amendment No. 8 part of the cluster?

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: I wish to highlight a very worrying trend in planning decisions, especially those made by An Bord Pleanála. Obviously, most county development plans include a rural need if a person is farming a particular area. I recently came across the case of a young couple. The man was transferred a farm from a member of the family and he and his spouse sought to develop a house on it. They were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current situation regarding a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21980/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Applications (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21990/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22051/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2024 (9 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: I heard the Minister's response with regard to the various incentives to bring derelict sites back into use. I have one question. There are many properties around the State where the upper floor is vacant and the ground floor is neither vacant nor derelict, nor has it been vacant or derelict at any point. It has been in consistent use as a commercial unit, but the upper floor has not been...