Results 1-9 of 9 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Willie Penrose

Rural and Community Development: Statements (10 Apr 2019)

Willie Penrose: .... Simply put, too much power is centralised in the capital and not enough power resides with local councils to be the engine of development in rural Ireland. We can talk about rural development schemes all we like but if we do not give local government in rural Ireland more power, it will never develop to its full potential. Rural towns and villages are at the heart of rural Ireland....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Willie Penrose: I thank the officials for the presentation. A number of important issues have come up. I concur with my colleague that LEADER is an excellent scheme but it is drowned in a volume of bureaucracy. Even people who have hired in expertise find it difficult to deal with some of the requirements. The thrust of it is to ensure the revitalisation and sustainability of villages. People are worn...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Willie Penrose: I thank the officials for the presentation. A number of important issues have come up. I concur with my colleague that LEADER is an excellent scheme but it is drowned in a volume of bureaucracy. Even people who have hired in expertise find it difficult to deal with some of the requirements. The thrust of it is to ensure the revitalisation and sustainability of villages. People are worn...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: ..., ICCS. It is like the seventh secret of Fatima trying to get information out of the ICBF. It has furnished us with a lot of information and all of the key metrics on the impact of the beef data genomics programme and productivity. The ICCS was looking for some information and, fortuitously, it got it today or yesterday, as it was about to arrive here, because the ICBF knew bloody well...

Tillage Farming: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: ...catastrophe. A corollary of the losses, for example, the loss of straw, is a significant increase in the price of that commodity for other farmers. This affects all farming sectors. As a former agriculture consultant, I would be concerned about this factor were I still involved in that game. The overall issue has been addressed in a comprehensive fashion by the Joint Committee on...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: I hope a scheme will be found for ordinary shopkeepers who are losing money also. Many of these businesses provide jobs, but they do not get a look in. I hope that, whatever the hue of the next Government, it will adopt the same positive attitude. This is an important issue because if taxpayers had not picked up the tab for this additional allocation, it would have been levied on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (17 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had discussions with the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society in relation to visually displaying the ratings of the stock for sale in line with the beef genomics scheme data, at their marts which would be very helpful for all of the stakeholders concerned; if he will provide the appropriate financial assistance for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EID Tagging: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (10 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: ...to research throughout Europe? What will the likely additional cost be to the herdowner? As the witnesses know, farmers want to get down to the nitty-gritty. They kicked up holy hell over the beef data and genomics scheme and various other issues, although I thought what was coming from some quarters was a bit irrational. If this was to be introduced on a compulsory basis and farmers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Sep 2015)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Minister for his presentation. Without agriculture and the agri-industry, rural areas would be decimated because IDA Ireland and other bodies have washed their hands of rural areas. We must continue to invest. It is far more productive when spending penetrates down into rural communities, helping to retain rural businesses. In respect of GLAS and AEOS will the €250...