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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Mr. McCarthy decided to do it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I raise this now because we know the problems we are having at this time of the year. Approximately 350 children who are on concessionary tickets are being left on the side of the road. That is my concern. I have a particular concern in my own parish where 11 children have been left behind. That is the reason I raise this matter. It is an issue that raises its head at this time of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Will that be sooner rather than later?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Is the money used for charitable purposes if it is not claimed?

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

Bobby Aylward: I welcome Professor Boyle and Teagasc to the committee. I know it is doing a good job for farmers, being one myself who avails of its services, of which I am very appreciative. On the death of the animals on the Greenfield programme farm, was it because of the intensiveness of the model or that they were exposed and did not have protection? I know the model is very intensive and there...

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

Bobby Aylward: Is it a dairy farm?

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

Bobby Aylward: Are the animals mostly kept outdoors?

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

Bobby Aylward: They are not what we might call traditionally farmed, that is, brought indoors.

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

Bobby Aylward: I would like to move on. I will touch on topics raised by Deputy Deering. Is most of Teagasc's 1,800 ha of land used for research purposes, as is the case at Kildalton college?

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

Bobby Aylward: Does Teagasc lease land to farmers?

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

Bobby Aylward: I thought it was the other way around.

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

Bobby Aylward: Given the recent Government directive about semi-State land and the housing crisis, does Teagasc have land or property that would be suitable for sale for housing? I know Teagasc's land is mostly rural. Does Teagasc own land that could be used for social or affordable housing? Has the organisation identified such sites? The Comptroller and Auditor General mentions sites held for resale on...

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

Bobby Aylward: Is it a priority for Teagasc to identify those?

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

Bobby Aylward: That is one site that could be used.

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

Bobby Aylward: I will move on. I would like to ask Professor Boyle's opinion on the fodder shortage. In August and September there was a fodder shortage of about 30%. Last week, the Minister stated in the Dáil that this had decreased to just 10%. As an advisory body, what is Teagasc's opinion on farmers' position regarding the fodder shortage? Will we have an ongoing problem in the winter like we...

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

Bobby Aylward: The push is on in Food Harvest 2020 and Food Wise 2025 to increase production. Are we pushing farmers to the limits, especially in the dairy industry where we have too much stock and not enough capacity? This applies in particular in the context on climate change, the weather we are having now and the changes in the seasons. Are we pushing too much without thinking about the consequences?...

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

Bobby Aylward: It might not come up this year with the drought, particularly in the south east.

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

Bobby Aylward: With regard the decline of the suckler herd and its viability, especially suckler-to-beef, will Professor Boyle comment on that decline and getting young farmers to continue raising suckler animals and making it a viable proposition? The amount that is realised from a suckler-to-beef herd for a livelihood makes it hard to survive. What research is done on this?

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

Bobby Aylward: What is Professor Boyle's general opinion on the beef data and genomics programme? Those rearing continental breeds, especially the Charolais breeders, say the genomics scheme is destroying the animal because people are choosing small lean animals of between 22 months and 24 months for beef as opposed to the big, honest animals of years ago. This is especially the case with continental...

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

Bobby Aylward: I want to move on to Brexit, which is the white elephant in the room. Does Professor Boyle believe that we are ready for Brexit? We do not know what will happen with regard to Brexit but how is Ireland's agriculture community prepared? Brexit will have a bigger effect on the agriculture community than on any other sector in Ireland. Are we prepared for it or will there be serious...