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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: We will follow up with the Minister, Deputy McGrath. As regards the IHRA's tracks, it has acquired the land in Cork. That will be all-weather, similar to Armagh. Is that right?

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Joe Flaherty: ...seen this as an issue. It escalated to a new level 18 months ago. We should have initiated and followed through at that time on plans to provide large accommodation facilities on disused State lands while applications were being assessed in that six-month window. A handful of people and a number of foreign entities are making millions through the leasing of properties to accommodate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Joe Flaherty: ...that the Department should be asked to provide an evidence base to demonstrate that the measures being put in place under the nitrates action programme will be sufficient for reducing the nitrates land. Clearly, she does not believe that they are. On nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment pollution, which is the worst of the three evils?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Joe Flaherty: On the point about it being over-prescriptive and about the control of land, there is an administrative burden for farmers. Is there an alternative to that? We are searching for an alternative to the way that we are doing it at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Joe Flaherty: Specifically, the checks would have been a major issue and they have very porous land borders there. There were no temporary bans implemented there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I suppose it is significant. The Department briefing does not give an actual figure, but Mr. Silke reckons 14,000 ha between meadow and grazing land are affected in the Callows.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...Ryan might expand on his point that he felt this was sacrificial or that there is that feeling among farmers. I appreciate it is psychologically very challenging if people are looking out at their land being flooded and then feeling they are being sacrificed. Will Mr. Ryan expand on what he meant by that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: The definition of a callow is a strip of land that runs alongside the River Shannon. Would our guests consider that if I have callows on the River Suck then that should be part of the Shannon callows as well?

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...of violence will see thousands die needlessly on both sides and change little in this geopolitical sphere. Two diametrically opposed peoples will still have to live on the same small parcel of land, each with their own historical, emotional and justifiable claims on this piece of land. As a country, we have always taken Israel to task on its policy of evictions and demolitions. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...not at the level it is pitched. It is not commercially viable for them. I did not intend to speak about ash dieback but I heard the radio campaign earlier this week and a piece on "Morning Ireland". It is very difficult to make people confident about the sector at present. We need to send a very strong message. I fear we are not delivering that as a Government. Does the Minister of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Much of that is in your opening statement. I am from Longford and live on the banks of the River Shannon. There is a concern locally that this is a land grab. Waterways Ireland owns the canals but it does not own the River Shannon. I refer to the KPMG report which set out that efforts should be made to monetise the River Shannon. There is a concern that is what is the intended...

Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...na Coille with six houses, all of which are privately owned. The residents are having to service and look after the treatment plant themselves. Irish Water has a plan for an adjoining estate, Woodland Park, but it is several years away and the five families are really struggling. It is something I will take up with the Minister of State later. I welcome the continual improvement in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...There was a debate on the EPA in the Dáil earlier where farmers were again vilified but Mr. McCormack's neighbours are here to support him in the important role he plays both as a custodian of the land and also a keen environmentalist. Mr. McCormack is a fruit grower. Will he give us some context of the scale of his operation?

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...an awful lot of grá for bogs in this House, with the exception of Deputy Fitzmaurice, who was sitting behind my shoulder. I tried to emphasise that we do indeed have a great passion for our peatlands. I welcome the latest revision of the text for the nature restoration law, which now sees significant flexibility included in the requirements. Thankfully, these include a softening...

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...and conviction behind the Wool Council. It is critical for the sector that we get a viable market for wool. At the minute, wool is effectively worthless. Farmers tell us they have stored the wool on their lands and in sheds and have risked losing their farm payments because it is regarded as offal if left too long on the farm. We need to get a viable option and an alternative for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...apologise for all of the breaks in proceedings but at least voting is finished now. It is great to have the Crosses here and to see such innovation. It is certainly very exciting. With regard to land, good grass and so on were mentioned. I imagine that, in the Mediterranean region, sheep are generally farmed on marginal land. In that respect, there is a great opportunity for what we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: What has been the Scottish experience with land pricing and log pricing when it became involved? At a corporate level, what happened with the market?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...burned in the past when we looked at tax incentives and no political party more so than mine got burned as a result of policies that we pursued at the time. What we are doing in both forestry and land leasing at present is very much based on tax reliefs. Would IIP and PII say there is argument that we need to consider that again, albeit cautiously, for construction?

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: .... In some respects, this restricts new planting, but the real hammer blow was the news that Coillte was teaming up with Gresham House. This issue is a lightning rod for disappointment across rural Ireland. We are told that it is a done deal, but I do not accept that. It is unacceptable that another semi-State company can recklessly and intentionally embark upon a programme of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: .... I welcome the Minister's comment that the deal in front of us is not his preferred option for strategic partnerships and that his preferred one is for farmers to plant trees on their own land through incentivisation under the €1.3 billion scheme, which we widely welcomed. He wants all strategies to be based on working in partnership with farmers to support their ambitions for...