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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Pippa Hackett: I would like to express my utter dismay and disappointment with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on its recent decision to reject more than three quarters of applications to the organic farming scheme, which opened last November for just one month. The scheme itself had been shut since 2015. Some 225 farmers and growers applied for the scheme last November. They did not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)

Pippa Hackett: I will follow the comments of Senator Ardagh on the farmers' protest. I was out there this morning meeting some farmers, and this follows previous engagements I had with them both at previous protests outside these buildings and at a meat processing plant at Rathdowney in County Laois.On each occasion, a heightened sense of frustration and despair has been highlighted among these farmers....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)

Pippa Hackett: My apologies. We also have to farm for biodiversity. The clock is ticking in all senses of the word and our farmers are running out of options and time.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: It seems as if this section is, essentially, a tax rebate scheme-----

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: Section 42 looks as if it is, essentially, a tax rebate scheme for road hauliers and one would have to question why this particular sector is being supported in this way. My colleague, Senator Higgins, wishes to submit amendments on Report Stage.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: Senator Higgins has serious concerns that the measures in this section will encourage high-stakes gambling and she intends to submit amendments on Report Stage.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. As a former, albeit brief, councillor on Offaly County Council, it was apparent to me that local authorities are painfully underfunded. This causes not only a deep sense of frustration for people in local communities but also for councillors. It is disheartening to tell constituents repeatedly that there are not enough funds to deliver even...

Seanad: Finance Bill (Certified Money Bill) 2019: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: Can I speak on that recommendation on behalf of Senator Higgins? She was wondering if it would be possible-----

Seanad: Finance Bill (Certified Money Bill) 2019: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: Can I request that it be resubmitted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: I thank the Minister for his presentation. Following on from Deputy Cahill's comments regarding young farmers, succession and so on, Austria has no problem with succession or young farmers being interested in getting into agriculture because it channels 40% of its CAP funding into pillar 2. Ireland channels less than 20% of its CAP funding into that pillar. There might be a correlation,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: I thank the Minister for the report. I am sure he is well aware of the protest that took place at the gates of Leinster House yesterday in advance of this committee meeting. There is a lot of concern and anger out there in respect of overfishing, not just in Ireland but throughout Europe and further afield. The Minister's Department funds the Marine Institute to provide the scientific...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: I am not sure that the Minister replied to my query on why the Marine Institute does not include the 35% of stocks that are not subject to MSY evaluation in its stock book report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: How long do I have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I note that the average size of a forestry plantation is 7 ha. I own a young plantation and am very interested in this issue. I welcome the establishment of Coillte Nature and look forward to seeing how it pans out. There was some discussion around planting on cutaway bogs. I accept that some bogs are so cut away that they can only be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: Sorry, I was talking more about peaty soils rather than the cutaway bogs. One sees pictures in newspapers of drained sites that are not cutaway bogs. They have vegetation growing on the top and trees have been planted into them. The indication from Dr. Ní Dhúbhain was that it does not happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: I do not know if I have to leave. I have not been instructed to go to the vote. Sorry, I do have to vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: Okay, I have a question for Mr. Purser on continuous cover forestry. How many years after planting can thinning begin? I am thinking of farmers or landowners who are considering adopting this method from scratch rather than converting an existing forest. How soon can thinning take place and what sort of revenue might they expect from their thinnings? Are there any special infrastructure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: Thank you.

Seanad: Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019: Second Stage (17 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: I thank the Minister for his speech on this important issue. It has already been acknowledged but I wish to acknowledge the work of my Green Party colleague and former Senator, Grace O'Sullivan, who drafted legislation on this issue. It was presented in the Chamber in 2016. Here we are three years later. It is welcome to see the Bill here. The impact of plastic, not only in its...

Seanad: Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2019)

Pippa Hackett: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, to delete lines 22 to 24 and substitute the following: "(1) A person shall not manufacture or place on the market a cosmetic product that contains microbeads in excess of the permitted concentration.". These amendments are related in the sense they are trying to provide more clarity and strengthen the wording of this part of the legislation. If we...