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Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I move amendment No. 8: In page 56, line 14, after “statute” to insert “anonymised”. I understand these amendments were discussed on Committee Stage. The amendment seeks to ensure that when information is shared with third parties, it is provided on an anonymous basis, so that individual farmers are not identified, similar to other data privacy concerns. It...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: No, on the basis of what the Minister said. I welcome the engagement with the Data Protection Commissioner.

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Apologies, I am coming from the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, which always meets at the same time that we are taking this Bill.

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Yes, it is. I move amendment No. 2: In page 10, line 5, to delete “prescription and dispensing” and substitute “prescription, dispensing and prescription endorsement”. This amendment was discussed on Committee Stage. We are bringing it forward again. It is an amendment we were asked to bring forward by the Irish Pharmacy Union, IPU. Pharmacists want to be...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: We did make amendments.

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for his statement. I welcome the fact that we are having this debate because as we all know in this House, this is a matter of real concern for farmers. I think most of us would agree that the way in which this has been handled in recent weeks has been a mess. Reports of what was being looked at in Europe came as a bit of a surprise to a lot of farmers and it was made...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Last November, my party brought forward proposals on how we deal with the continuing recruitment and retention crisis in the retained fire service. Many retained fire fighters came here that evening to listen to the debate and they made it clear they could not go on. They told us the service was on its knees and on the brink of complete collapse. Six months later, nothing has been done to...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (25 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: On behalf of Sinn Féin, I extend our sympathies to all of Noel's family, to his wife Mary, to his children and to his grandchildren. Looking up at you all here today I have no doubt that his grandchildren were the apple of his eye. A grandad plays a really important role in our lives and especially when we are young. Although he is not here I have no doubt that he will never be too...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: The Tánaiste is aware of the case of Robert Pether, which I have raised in this Chamber many times. He has spent more than two years in a Baghdad prison cell following a dispute between his employer and the Iraqi Government. He has literally been collateral damage. He is an Australian citizen, which limits what the Government can do, and I understand that, but his wife and three...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (25 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Given that the submission was not made until the middle of April and the former forestry programme had been extended, is it not fair to say that the submission should have been prepared and ready to go earlier in the year, rather than in the middle of April? We are now towards the end of May. As someone put it to me the other day, we are in the middle of a major climate crisis and we cannot...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (25 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Other countries in the EU managed to get around this in terms of what was announced and the wait for state aid approval. I am not sure about the argument the Minister of State has made. At the end of the day, we are nearly into June and do not have a forestry programme. Planting season will be almost finished before we have a programme. People are still waiting. This is leading to a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (25 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the forestry programme; if he can provide a timeline for when it is expected that state aid approval will be reached from the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25113/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (25 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: My question almost follows on from some of the comments the Minister of State made already. It is to seek an update concerning the new forestry programme.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Supports (25 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the plan to provide supports to the forgotten farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25141/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Supports (25 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I want to acknowledge the Minister's commitment to finding a solution for the cohort known as the forgotten farmers. The scheme the Minister is looking at and what he will propose for this cohort of young farmers have been awaited for quite some time. Can the Minister provide us with an update on the proposal he is looking at?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Supports (25 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for his response. We have been hearing for some time, particularly towards the end of last year, that the package was coming and that detailed information was coming, and that commitment has been made several times. We were to get further detail in the first quarter of this year and that time has come and gone. Can the Minister give these farmers any commitment on a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Supports (25 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Can the Minister give us a little bit more information on the work that is under way by the Department at the Minister's request? Is there a proposal from the Department on the table which outlines what this scheme might look like? The Minister has mentioned eligibility, and it is critically important that we get that element of it right. Is there engagement with farm organisations or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tree Remediation (25 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to extend current supports to address ash dieback; if he will outline additional measures his Department is taking to support forestry landowners in removing affected trees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25111/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tree Remediation (25 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Does the Minister of State intend to extend what was announced for the interim scheme for farmers and other landowners whose trees have been affected by ash dieback? The clear response from the likes of the Society of Irish Foresters, SIF, and the Irish Farmers Association, IFA, is that what was announced for the interim scheme, including the enhanced features, does not go far enough. Does...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tree Remediation (25 May 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for her response. Even with the enhanced features of the interim scheme, several issues have been flagged. The likes of SIF and the IFA have said the scheme, even with the enhanced features, does not go far enough. The Minister of State has said it includes grants to cover the cost of site clearance. Does she know what those costs are? Again, the...