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Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: -----or put in place a structure that will deal with this for the future?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (17 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce tax relief on union subscriptions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15183/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (17 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a summer works scheme in 2018; when the details will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16062/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (17 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: 1029. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement a similar practice to that in Germany for the detection and treatment of Lyme disease; his plans to improve follow up care for persons following diagnosis; his views on whether current training for doctors is adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16760/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: Apologies have been received from Deputy Thomas Pringle and Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. We are here to discuss the ongoing difficulties in the farming sector in the supply of fodder. I welcome to this special meeting the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Michael Creed, and his officials, whom I thank for coming before the committee. Members are reminded...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: Thank you, Minister. I will now take questions from members, beginning with the party spokespersons in the following order: Deputies McConalogue, Martin Kenny and Penrose and Senator Mulherin and then I will bring in the Minister to respond to that round of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: I thank the Deputy for his contribution which he kept to five minutes. I call Deputy Martin Kenny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: The Deputy's time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: I ask Senator Mulherin to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: I thank the Senator and all members for sticking to their time allocations as much as possible. I urge the Minister to be as brief as he can in replying in order that we can allow other members to ask questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: I do not mean to cut across the Minister but I want to get everybody in if I can. The issue of a meal voucher came up on a regular basis. Could the Minister address that before we move on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: We will probably have similar questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: I will let the Minister answer that question in the second round. Is that okay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: Okay, that is clarified. There are about 12 minutes for the four remaining members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: I ask the Senator to wrap up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: I ask the Minister to address some of those issues as briefly as he can. There was a bit of repetition but there are a couple of different issues that have come up. One issue we missed on the previous occasion was the issue of fallen animals. Senator Mulherin suggested a potential subsidy for a period. Am I correct in saying those are the words the Senator used?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: Five other members have indicated. We will be as brief as possible. I will get the Minister out of here as soon as I can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: I appreciate that. I ask members to be as brief as possible. We do not want speeches, just questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: I have given every member an opportunity to speak. I ask the Minister to sum up; I will sum up and then we will let him go.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Pat Deering: I thank the Minister and members of the committee for their co-operation. This has been a very important meeting and I thank everybody for being present today. As I see it, we have a short, medium and long-term problem. In the short term, the problem is the availability of fodder and the medium-term problem is the availability of credit. With that in mind, it is important that the...