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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (8 Oct 2014)

Martin Ferris: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary is entitled to a refund from the Revenue Commissioners for having been wrongly penalised for alleged overpayments which were taken out of their single farm payment over recent years. [38305/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (8 Oct 2014)

Martin Ferris: 86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tonnes of beef imported here in 2014. [38422/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (8 Oct 2014)

Martin Ferris: 88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the country of origin of the beef imported here in 2014. [38424/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (8 Oct 2014)

Martin Ferris: 87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons his Department granted licences to import beef in 2014. [38423/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (8 Oct 2014)

Martin Ferris: 89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the new restrictions on the movement of breeding ewes and hoggets from here to Northern Ireland across the Border; and the effects of these restrictions on livestock marts and breeders here. [38425/14]

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Martin Ferris: It is €3.30 a kilo. It is at the average European price. Deputies McNamara and Connaughton mentioned live exports. If the Minister does not get live exports up and running quickly to take the surplus second grade cattle out of the country it will collapse further. That will make matters worse for the producer and will have huge social consequences, particularly for people on...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Martin Ferris: I commend Fianna Fáil on tabling this motion. I listened with great interest to the debate thus far. It was ironic to hear the Minister's presentation on how wonderful things are for the farming community and how great farmers are doing. He claims that everything is on the up.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Martin Ferris: The reality is that large numbers in our farming community are on their knees. The Minister knows it, I know it and Deputies McNamara and Connaughton knows it. They are on their knees because a cartel is in operation and the market is being manipulated by the cartel and by the multiples. The figures are frightening. In the farming section of today's Irish Independent, Joe Healy calculated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas for 2015 under Common Fisheries Policy: BirdWatch Ireland (7 Oct 2014)

Martin Ferris: It is in all our interests to ensure that the maximum sustainable yield is maintained and sustained. There is a link to total allowable catch. We have to find a way to bring these together to ensure the stocks survive. Ms Gomes referred to restoring 43 over-fished European stocks. She stated that 3.5 million tonnes of additional fish could be landed each year as a consequence, that an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas for 2015 under Common Fisheries Policy: BirdWatch Ireland (7 Oct 2014)

Martin Ferris: I thank Ms Gomes for her presentation. She uses scientific analysis when it comes to conservation. While I respect a great deal of the scientific evidence, on its own it is not sufficient. Coming from a fishing background, I was always worried about the buy-in by fishermen because of exclusion. The best people to conserve stocks are the stakeholders who must survive off them. We have an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vote 30 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Sep 2014)

Martin Ferris: It is evident that there is going to be a surge in the dairy sector. Within the farming community, the returns in dairy have been far more beneficial than in any other sector. The Minister, Deputy Coveney, mentioned that dairy in New Zealand has quadrupled, and that is true, but so has the number of farmers there whose property is practically owned by the banks. My fear is that the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vote 30 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Sep 2014)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister for his presentation. As Deputy Ó Cuív said, it is almost impossible to get into the actual specifics so I would like to focus on the prospects and the intentions that formed part of the Minister's presentation. The Minister referred to the opportunities regarding the implementation of the CAP and the CFP and regarding the main sectors, particularly milk,...

Other Questions: Beef Industry (23 Sep 2014)

Martin Ferris: Has the Minister received any reply to his request for flexibility?

Other Questions: Beef Industry (23 Sep 2014)

Martin Ferris: Was it positive or negative?

Other Questions: Beef Industry (23 Sep 2014)

Martin Ferris: 7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he, along with the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in the North, met representatives of the British multiples to address issues related to Irish beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35159/14]

Other Questions: Beef Industry (23 Sep 2014)

Martin Ferris: Much of this issue was addressed in the response to Deputy Ó Cuív's priority question. Will the Minister provide an update on his meetings with his counterpart in the North, the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Ms Michelle O'Neill, as well as the representatives of supermarkets? What was the outcome?

Other Questions: Beef Industry (23 Sep 2014)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister for his reply. At what stage is the issue of an agreed label to meet the requirements of at least one player in the multiples sector? My understanding is that both the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development had agreed a label, with one of the multiples seeking a letter of comfort regarding...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (23 Sep 2014)

Martin Ferris: The Minister said that if a farmer puts his or her case to the commonage implementation committee, he or she may receive the relevant entitlements through that scheme. I understand that the level of take-up was less than 50% on the land, among active farmers and relating to commonage.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (23 Sep 2014)

Martin Ferris: 3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that those working commonage will not be disadvantaged if 50% of shareholders do not take up the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS. [35428/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (23 Sep 2014)

Martin Ferris: The question is to ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that those working commonage will not be disadvantaged if 50% of shareholders do not take up the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, and those who work commonages and apply for the scheme will be successful.