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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: We are now back in public session to continue our discussion on the current challenges facing the tillage industry. I advise the witnesses that if they are giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means that they have a full defence in any defamation action for anything said...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: Before I go to members, I had intended to follow the same rota we had earlier but I am conscious there are members on the rota who did not get an opportunity to speak earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: Is that agreed? Agreed. We will open with Senator Lynch.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: Deputy, please give the witness a chance to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: There is time for only a very brief answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: I thank Ms Byrne. I need to move on to Deputy Cleere.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: Thank you, Deputy Aird. We need to move on to Deputy Kenny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: That is a policy question. It would not be for civil servants to be answering policy questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: It would not be for them to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: One voice, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: Very briefly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: I will follow up briefly on one of the points Deputy Healy-Rae raised about the standards of production elsewhere compared to the standards Irish tillage farmers have to meet to produce their grain. Is any measure made of this to see how much of a disadvantage Irish tillage farmers are at per tonne as opposed to the same tonne of product coming in from elsewhere? Is there any kind of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: We are finishing at 6 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: Quickly, Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: Finally, we will have a quick question from Deputy Danny Healy-Rae.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: A number of points were made there. Would anybody like to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: I really appreciate the input. There was a lot of information there. On behalf of the committee, I thank you all for your contributions. The next meeting of the joint committee will be on Wednesday, 8 October, when social farming will be on the agenda. As there are no further matters for discussion at today's meeting, it stands adjourned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: Deputies, we need to focus on talking-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: I thank everybody for the contributions, questions and answers. I thank the witnesses for travelling to this meeting. I need to move onto the next session. On behalf of the committee, I thank the witnesses for taking part.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I thank each organisation for their presentations and for taking the time to travel and be part of this meeting. The whole incident of the fish kill was so traumatic for people locally. It seems to add insult to injury that the investigation came up inconclusive. It is frustrating and leaves so many unanswered questions hanging over different organisations....