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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Jackie Cahill: ...remotely; Mr. Sean McNamara, president, Mr. Eddie Punch, general secretary, and Mr. Hugh Farrell, animal health and welfare chair, from the ICSA; and Mr. Richard Roddy, president, Mr. John Joe Fitzgerald, vice president, and Mr. Connie Walsh, operations manager, from the INHFA. I welcome all the witnesses. I note that this is Mr. McNamara's first time to appear before the committee here...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Mr. John Joe Fitzgerald: I thank the Chairman for the invitation to appear today. The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association, INHFA, welcomes the opportunity to discuss what is a critical element in the delivery of farm support schemes including those schemes delivered under the Common Agricultural Policy. For farmers, income support through various schemes has become a vital component...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Fitzgerald. The Minister will come before the committee next Thursday morning to discuss the Bill. It will proceed at a fair pace. We have been waiting for it for a long time, and it is to be hoped it will become legislation sooner rather than later. I am not trying to be picky with any submission, but I have concerns about the proposal that if there was no representative at...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)
Mr. John Joe Fitzgerald: The reason we are asking for speedy appeals is that, if a farm family are waiting for payments and possibly depending on them, it puts fierce financial and mental strain on them. They may be waiting to repay loans or buy Christmas presents. All we are saying is that appeals should be handled quickly by a competent person. They should be got over the line in any...