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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: I appreciate the Chair letting me contribute. I strongly oppose this land grab, which is exactly what it is. I am very concerned about this and I am concerned about the Minister's words. I have sat here through this entire meeting and the statements this evening. The Minister is saying it is not the preferred deal, as did the Taoiseach. They are sharing the same script, obviously. If...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: I did and I was stunned, as he spoke about leadership. I heard Senator Boyhan clearly. The Minister spoke about leadership. SEEFA is one organisation to which I ask the Minister to give serious consideration. To return to that piece, I was using the metaphor of "signing" as in, did he give full approval to Coillte, verbal or in any other manner, or did he express any concerns when Coillte...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: I was and I read the Minister's statement twice. It is like a press release from Coillte and Gresham House.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: The Minister should not get smart. I am trying to do my job on behalf of my constituents.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: That is uncalled for. I was listening quite clearly to the Minister but I will continue to challenge him until he answers the questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: Is that our agriculture sector or a foreign entity coming in? What happens in that situation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: Should it not be put in place before this deal goes ahead?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: Excuse me. The Minister is taking what I said out of context.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: I am concerned about farmers. The Minister should have done more and shown more leadership when it came to the calculation of emissions. He did not show leadership on that. I asked the Minister particular questions about which organisations he has met. He was condescending and ran down the new organisations. The Minister came in as a new Minister. Would he like it people adopted that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: I asked a fair question. It is uncalled for.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: I did not agree with punishing farming families and that is why I voted against that Bill. The Minister did not do enough and there was not enough in his policies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: Which farming organisations did the Minister meet?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: Clearly he did not meet the new ones because he felt they were not good enough or not established.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: Let us hear which ones he met.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: It is a fair question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: If he answers it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: Rightly so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: He has scapegoated farmers for too long.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: Which other organisations did the Minister meet? Was it only the IFA?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Carol Nolan: I did not ask what the president said. Will the Minister give a list of organisations?