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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: We cannot do that. They will be at the next meeting and we will be able to direct those questions to them. I ask Mr. Graham to be brief.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: That sums it all up for us. I thank our guests from Macra and the ICSA for their contributions today. I thank Mr. Healy in particular because this is probably one of his last functions before he hangs up his boots, if I can put it that way, on 11 May. I wish him well in the future.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: This is not the first occasion he has been before the committee, he has been here on a number of occasions and I thank him for his participation and wish him well in the future.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I thank the ICSA representatives for being here today. We will suspend for five minutes while we bring in the next group of witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I ask witnesses and those in the Public Gallery to ensure that their mobile phones are completely turned off. We are here today to discuss the future of the beef sector in the context of Food Wise 2025. I welcome from the Beef Plan Movement, Mr. Eamon Corley, national chairman, Mr. Hugh Doyle, national vice chairman, and Mr. Eoin Donnelly, western regional chairman; and from Meat Industry...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I will answer that question for Mr. Corley straight away. We would not be having these hearings if we did not have that strength and courage. That answer is very straightforward. We took the initiative to hold these meetings in order to try to find a solution. We all know what the problem is. Everybody knows what the problem is. It is not a problem that arose today or yesterday; it has...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I thank Mr. Carroll for his presentation. We will now take questions from members. Deputy McConalogue was the first to indicate, then Deputy Martin Kenny, followed by Senator Lombard. I call Deputy McConalogue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I thank the Deputy. Senator Lombard is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I thank the Senator. I will take Senator Conway-Walsh now please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I thank the Senator. We might take those questions first. We will take four more members in a few minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: Let him finish. Go ahead Mr. Carroll.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: There were a couple of related questions that the witnesses may have missed, one of which was the possibility of contracts being put in place in the future. Other questions by members related to access to data and the numbers and to transparency.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: It was on transparency.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: What was the total kill for last year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: What percentage of that kill came from farmers as opposed to feedlots?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: Factory owned?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: Would another percentage of that kill have been contracted? Would farmers have contracted directly with the factories?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: Would that be a big percentage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: Are these ordinary farmers who would have a contract with a factory to do that particular process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: That is fine. The Beef Plan Movement also drew a number of questions.