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Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: My question relates to the Harvest 2020 and the new payments for young farmers and the consequent demand for Teagasc courses. I ask the Minister of State if he will consider increasing Teagasc staff numbers to allow young farmers to meet the requirements for top-up payments.

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: I welcome that the Minister of State has approved extra staff for Teagasc. It is important that young farmers qualify for top-up payments because their contribution to the general economy is so essential. I hope the Minister of State will bear in mind that despite the fact of the moratorium on recruitment, these schemes for young farmers will be of economic benefit to the country. I ask...

Other Questions: Beef Data Programme (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on data management and transparency within the beef industry, specifically the beef factories' access to the AIMS database and farm financial data, while farmers are not given access to the figures, collected by his Department, for the number of cattle slaughtered weekly or the level of inter-trading between meat factories;...

Other Questions: Beef Data Programme (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: I would like to hear the Minister's views on beef factories' access to the database of the animal identification and movement system, or AIMS, and to farm financial data while no access has been provided to farming organisations or farmers themselves regarding the number of cattle slaughtered weekly and the level of inter-trading between meat factories.

Other Questions: Beef Data Programme (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: The joint committee met representatives of the beef processors last year. What is evident from that engagement and from the current roundtable circus is that the contribution from representatives from beef factories has been clouded and evasive to say the least. What is the situation regarding slaughtered cattle? Will we receive as part of the new transparency which we have yet to see a...

Other Questions: Beef Data Programme (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: That is the crux of the problem; the number of cattle being slaughtered weekly by individual factories and inter-trading between them. Deputy Ó Cuív referred to a beef regulator earlier to address this issue. Something must be done to ensure transparency and to give equal opportunity to producers - the farmers who produce the cattle - to know the statistics that are out there. If...

Other Questions: Beef Data Programme (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: Many people have a different view on that.

Other Questions: Beef Data Programme (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: It stretches credibility to say they do not have access.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: The Minister of State and I are on a different planet. His statement this morning that the Minister has the confidence of the farming community is not correct. Why have there been two protests in this city this week by the farmers most affected, that is, those in the beef sector and hill farmers, the people most in need? At this point, we need leadership. I cannot understand why the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to remedy the situation whereby the traditional trade in live cattle exports to the Northern Ireland has collapsed due to the penalisation of nomadic cattle by retail multiples there, due to the labelling problem which arises from cattle being born in the 26 counties and slaughtered in the North; if he has consulted with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: Are there any plans to remedy the situation regarding the traditional trade of sending live cattle from the South to the North? These cattle are known as nomadic cattle and this trade has effectively collapsed. What does the Minister intend to do about it? Has he met with the Minister in Northern Ireland, Michelle O'Neill? Have they formulated any plan to help remedy the situation?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: Dialogue and serious dialogue are two different things. I cannot understand why the two Ministers on this island cannot resolve this issue. The people who are most affected by this are the smaller beef producers on the west coast. Traditionally, buyers from the Six Counties bought the cattle and that trade benefited everybody. It does not make sense that the two Ministers cannot resolve...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information on the matching funding which the Government will make available along with the €148 million from the European Union over the next six years under the Common Fisheries Policy. [26141/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an amnesty for farmers being penalised retrospectively due to unintentional over-claiming of payments due to changes in EU land eligibility technology. [26142/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Income Data (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned that the Teagasc national farm strategy for 2013 has pointed to the fact that cattle, tillage and sheep farmers' incomes are falling behind dairy farmers to the extent that persons are leaving the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26143/14]

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: Who will get the gas?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Yield (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised through the local property tax in County Kerry in 2013 and to date in 2014; and the amount expected to be raised for the remainder of 2014. [25248/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Yield (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised through the local property tax in County Tipperary in 2013 and to date in 2014; and the amount expected to be raised for the remainder of 2014. [25677/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who submitted their appeal in October 2013. [25825/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will issue. [25831/14]