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Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Department's figures indicate that 50% of the farmers who farm commonage lands do not own sheep and that this means that 50% of farmers are not grazing the hills. This is a subject Deputy Kyne would know about and that I know about as a Deputy representing Galway West. The Minister is now telling us that the farmers who are claiming the hill, but who have cattle on the lowland will not...

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In an area like Connemara, this represents approximately 50% of farmers and will take a possible €3 million of ANC, DAS and single farm payments out of Connemara. It will remove €15 million from farmers nationally and will have a huge effect on the economy. Deputy Kyne and I are both arguing that the farmers should be allowed to sort this out among themselves and that as long...

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I was at the meeting in Maam Cross and the slides shown to us at that meeting indicated that in that situation a farmer's obligation would be to put 3.3 sheep, say four sheep, on the commonage. If all the farmers must put up four sheep, they will have to chase the four sheep around the 1,000 acres of mountain in order to dip them, shear them etc. In the meantime, those who had significant...

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is a planning maximum and the Minister knows that. His officials explained that quite clearly at the meeting in Maam Cross. The planned run-up sets the maximums. Furthermore, I am astounded by the number of times the Minister mentioned "undergrazing". He mentioned the causes of undergrazing, but he did not mention the greatest cause of undergrazing, which was not a lack of interest...

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We are all willing to face up to the issue of undergrazing and land abandonment mentioned by the Minister, as long as farmers may, between them, put enough stock on the hills. The Minister must review this and I believe he can find the wriggle room to do this within the legislation. He must provide that as long as the hills are fully grazed by all of the farmers together, this should be...

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have sympathy for the Minister's colleague, Deputy Kyne. When the full import of what the Minister has done and what he, as President in Europe, agreed to for hill farmers is fully understood - by December 2015 - he will then understand that he did not understand the reality of what he was doing. The issue is as serious as that. I was amused by the Minister saying that farmers "obtain"...

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I presume I will be given extra time to make up for the interruptions.

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I explained this issue at the meeting in Maam Cross because the officials did not seem to understand it. The average lambing rate on a hill is approximately 70% and generally half of the lambs born are male and half of them are female. This gives us 35 lambs per 100. Farmers lose 10% of their lambs per annum through natural mortality on hills when we take good years versus bad years, which...

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Fair play to the Deputy. He is bang on; he hit it in one.

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister just does not understand. There are none so blind as those who do not want to see.

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy was well represented by his colleague, Ms Eileen Mannion.

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Unfortunately, they will not.

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No. The Minister is wrong.

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome the introduction of the Bill, which is timely. It has been needed for a long time. I always have reservations about having more regulation because sometimes we catch the wrong people in the net and a great deal of bureaucracy is created for those who are acting properly to try to catch those who abuse the system. However, I have no doubt that it is important to regulate lobbying....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (30 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a land parcel identification system appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if so, the outcome of this appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36584/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Appeals (30 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an appeal lodged with the agriculture appeals office by a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the reason for the delay in the consideration of this appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36660/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Milk Agency (25 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will be nominating a person representing the large multiple supermarkets to the board of the National Milk Agency, at the inception of the new term for members of this board, which is due for renewal in December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36287/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The witnesses will be glad to hear that all of the Galway Deputies aread idemon the importance of Galway Harbour. We do not seem to be facing the difficulties experienced in Dún Laoghaire. I become worried when the policies being developed are based on the status quo. It happened during our time in government and is happening again, in that policies are not drafted based on an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (24 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total financial penalty imposed from 2009 to 2013 on a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if the penalties in question have been recouped from any other payments due; if so, the details of this recoupment; the amount of penalties still owed by the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36044/14]

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)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister is missing the point. He has accepted one payment for islands because generally they are a very disadvantaged group. We know, based on livestock figures from his Department, that on average the output of livestock in mountain areas is half that of anywhere else in the country. Therefore one would expect that people farming designated mountain land would receive twice the DAS...