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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: A concern among the public, which Dr. Doyle Prestwich referenced, has to do with the sovereignty and integrity of food production and the domination of this area by four multinationals. Should we have done more as a country, ideally through Teagasc, research and our universities, to take a greater role and put more investment into it? Academics will always say that we should have given them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I was struck by Dr. Harrison's work on cystic fibrosis, CF, and his references to the progress that had been made over the past ten years or so in the treatment of CF patients. Is it fair to say that we have evolved and come a long way in terms of licensing and producing new drugs and modified treatments for human health but we are probably light years behind in terms of licensing the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Dr. Harrison.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the witnesses for attending. Their contributions have been informative. This discussion is probably much more highbrow than what we are used to, but it is good to have it. What is happening in Ukraine has put a focus on food sovereignty. Covid has been mentioned. There is probably no more pertinent a week for the witnesses to appear before us on this issue. Teagasc will be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the staffing and funding allocated to the new national apprenticeship office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12775/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: The programme for Government made a number of key commitments to look at new ways of structuring funding for and promoting apprenticeships. It recognised that we have to encourage better and wider take-up and target skills to meet the needs of our economy. A plan to deliver this is the Action Plan for Apprenticeship, which has shown the intent to create a modern apprenticeship system that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I agree with the Minister that we have seen good and much-needed progress lately in the form of an increased annual number of apprenticeship registrations. I think the entire House agrees that the creation of a focused, well-resourced national apprenticeship office to co-ordinate the apprenticeship system and to drive it forward is essential to this delivery. I am therefore delighted to see...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I take on board that we have to wait for the director to come into office before seeing exactly what her plans are. The country agrees we need apprentices rapidly, particularly for retrofitting. It will be a missed opportunity if we do not take a centre and office for apprenticeships outside Dublin and the big urban areas. In the main, apprenticeships and apprentices will be drawn from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (8 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made regarding the development of the next national research and innovation strategy; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12774/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban and Rural Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank all the speakers. As the Chairman rightly said, it has been hugely informative and we have had a number of very engaging sessions. In particular, I pay tribute to the officials from the Department. It is very clear that they have a great grasp of this area. A huge sense of enthusiasm for and information about the opportunities afforded by these funding streams are reflected in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [11729/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (2 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I would like to be associated with that too. I want to pay tribute to Senator Paul Daly's father Seán. He was a great advocate for agriculture and the rural community. If ever we need a reminder of why we sit on this committee and what this committee is about, we should reflect on the life of a man who was of the land, dedicated himself to it and will be forever immortalised in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (2 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I will.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Cullinan and the rest of the IFA delegation. It is always good to have them in. I have a couple of questions, so I will ask them very quickly and perhaps one at a time. On the pig sector, is the IFA happy with what the Government has recently announced in terms of supports for the sector or does it see any shortcomings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I will come to the legislation on retail, specifically, shortly. If we could turn very quickly to the horticulture sector, we have met with many of the producers and we are deeply concerned about the challenges that are there. Growing Media Ireland, GMI, would have circulated us with a snapshot of where it sees the sector at the moment in terms of the Government’s guidelines and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Is any retailer proactively engaging and putting its hand up as having identified an issue for the producer? Do any of them wish to work with the producers? Is it very much a case of them standing off and doing what they want, with the farmer and producer paying the price?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: What about the aggressiveness of the discounters and their buying policies and practices? Is it fair to say that in many cases the producer is at the whim of those retailers, particularly with fresh products? A person with a product is basically told what price it will be bought at and there is no choice only to accept the price. Is that a fair analysis of the position with the discounters?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Malone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: On a point of reflection, if we told people three years ago that we would be having this conversation now and asked them to hazard a guess as to how far we have come in with remote working, I think they all would have looked on incredulously. I agree with Ms King that one of the few positives of Covid is that it has shone a light on the challenges people face, particularly in rural Ireland,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I am going to interrupt. I apologise to Ms King but I am conscious that I only have a few minutes. I thank her for her response.