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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I have been on farms where, basically, a number of people have been on this together, for example, at Boyle and Ballinlough, at Murphy's in Athenry and at Barlow's in Glinsk. It is great what it has done. I cannot get my head around one thing. I am trying to fathom it. Is the Leitrim body the overarching body for all of Ireland or are there...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is €400,000 the total it gets, or are there other avenues through which it gets money?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That is the network.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How many people are involved in that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How many people are directly employed for that €400,000?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What percentage do the farmers get?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I heard the figure of €80.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: They may have to go and pick somebody up as well. I think farmers should be well looked after in this regard.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What about the €100,000 that Social Farming Ireland is looking for now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I have seen it in action. I have been at places around the constituency when recognition is given to a group of people who are attending, such as youngsters with disabilities. It is a great system. I just wanted to establish the figures. Kerry is looking for €100,000 more. Is Social Farming Ireland funded enough?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Does Social Farming Ireland distribute all the money?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I heard the representatives from Kerry say they got local money from X, Y and Z. Is that in addition to what Social Farming Ireland does?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the Kerry group get money from Leitrim?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: They are separate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The farmer gets nothing in Kerry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The witnesses are welcome. I am going to be pretty quick and there will be sharp questions. Going by the ACA's presentation, there is a problem with farmers getting information on nitrates that was promised by the Department. When was that information to be given in case farmers went over their nitrates limit each year? From the presentation, that was not given to agricultural consultants...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What is late?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Were they accurate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Wrong.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Okay. What needs to be done there?