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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: I am sorry. I ask the witness to comment on that issue as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I think we have now had all of the questions for MII. The next group of questions will be in a few minutes anyway. We move on to the Beef Plan Movement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: Those questions directed to the attention of the Beef Plan Movement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: We have more questions to be answered. We have a list of questions, and there will be more questions 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: There is a five-year contract.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I ask Mr. Corley to speak through the Chair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I do not mean to interrupt. We have addressed several of these questions already. I want to hear from other members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I remind Mr. Corley of the question asked by Senator Lombard.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: On that issue, why would a lairage be built when a larger ship was offered and refused?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: We want to get other members in. I will let Mr. Corley speak again. I call Deputies Corcoran Kennedy, Fitzmaurice and Healy-Rae in that order.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: We may examine that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: Does the Deputy have a question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: A final question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I have given the Deputy a good run. He has not mentioned anybody from Kerry yet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: This is the final question. Deputy Scanlon is waiting anxiously to ask questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I will ask a few questions before I go back to the witnesses. There is no doubt that there are significant challenges facing the beef sector. There are short-term issues and long-term issues. There are three big challenges in the long term. One is Brexit, which is a serious problem. In the event that things go badly wrong, as we mentioned earlier, the imposition of tariffs would wipe out...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: I do not mean to interrupt but that target was put in place before Brexit has been even considered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: It was mentioned earlier that a percentage of the feedlots are not factory controlled. Would there be merit in the factory controlled group being given a different title? I understand that there are a number of people who, for animal welfare reasons, have the same status as the feedlots but they would not be similar operations. Am I correct in saying that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Pat Deering: There are also strict regulations in respect of the process.