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Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: I am sorry to cut across Professor Boyle but in the event that fund is built up, what is intended to be done to mind it?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: How are advisory fees determined, considering they have increased from one year to the next?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: Are any debts attached to the advisory fees? If so, what is the percentage?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: In the context of the disposal of assets, how much land does Teagasc own?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: When was this most recently valued?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: Teagasc has properties other than land, which it has disposed of from time to time. I presume there is a database of properties which it is looking to dispose of. Have they been revalued in recent times? If so, how does Teagasc come to the conclusion that it will dispose of a particular property?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: Has Teagasc identified any land or property it intends to sell going forward? In 2017, Teagasc made a loss of €192,000 in the disposal of assets and it was over €1 million in the previous year. It is not sustainable to rely on asset disposal to fund infrastructure.

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: Has there been a valuation?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: If €12 million is realised, what would the priority be in terms of spending it in the medium term?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: Professor Boyle mentioned climate change, an issue which is coming at us at 100 mph. He said he would like to invest the money in laboratories for that purpose but would he say we were playing catch-up at this moment?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: Some people - I would not agree with them - believe climate change is a fallacy. Is there a public relations job to be done by Teagasc, the Department and all farming organisations in order to highlight what has been done? While much has been done in the whole sector, this issue is coming at us at 100 miles an hour. We have targets to meet which we will not meet in the short term but will...

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: We have ambitious targets in the whole agricultural sector with programmes such as Food Wise 2025. How does Professor Boyle believe we can balance those targets with the challenges that climate changes presents?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: There is a Greenfield programme site in County Kilkenny which has come in for some criticism recently, rightly or wrongly, for the type of farming model created there. What investment has Teagasc put into it? Who were the different stakeholders involved initially?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: Has Teagasc leased the land?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: Is Teagasc using it as a template as to how a system could be developed for the future?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: Is it a 15-year project?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: How do profit margins look year on year?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Heritage Plan (2 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: 68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the publication of Heritage Ireland 2030. [39363/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: I ask those in the Public Gallery to ensure their mobile phones are completely turned off. We are here today to discuss pre-budgetary priorities. I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and I thank him for coming before the committee to discuss his priorities in advance of the budget next week. I also welcome the officials from the Department. Members are reminded of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)

Pat Deering: There are 15 or 16 different topics for the Minister to address.