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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I wish Ms Jupp all the best. She has a daunting task. There is a lot of difficulty in forestry at present. Coillte has 4,450 sq. km of land, which is probably 50% of the land in the country. It is a serious investment for our country and for the benefit of our country. The most important issue at the moment is housing, as Ms Jupp is aware. We will require an awful lot of timber to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024)

Johnny Mythen: How much land will be involved in increasing the area of Coillte's land used for biodiversity from 20% to 30% by 2025, which is a very short period? Has Coillte been approached by wind farm companies to take up particular forestry areas? What is its position on that? We have talked to some farmers. They are very concerned about the 20-year rule, if they want to change back but cannot....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024)

Johnny Mythen: When a farmer dedicates his farm to forestry, he is designated as a forester. However, young farmers who are about take over or inherit land might not want to take over the forestry end of it. What is Coillte's position on that?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hedge Cutting (27 Feb 2024)

Johnny Mythen: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the 1 March 2024 deadline for hedge cutting, given the excessive rain, land is completely saturated and these works have been delayed to avoid compression and bogging of fields; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8779/24]

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

Johnny Mythen: ...That is the seriousness of it. We have to strike a balance. Of course, water quality is of the utmost importance and every farmer recognises that, because if he does not have good quality on his land, everything will go downhill. We recognise that but it is about how to balance that. The Slaney and the Barrow catchment is in my area. If the witnesses are telling me that even if 50% is...

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

Johnny Mythen: ...being reduced by in high catchment areas, what do we do? We see what is happening to farmers across all of Europe, and the nature restoration law is coming in, which states that 20% of European land has to be restored to nature by 2030. This is a very short timeframe so this is coming down the line as well. We are a farming community so we must balance things. Farmers feel they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Johnny Mythen: ...to the witnesses and took in a lot of what they said. They put their case very strongly. Food security and its importance to Europe is being discussed. The IFA presentation stated that Ireland’s cereal area declined by 16,000 ha and now constitutes less than 6% of Ireland’s agricultural land. This is a serious statistic. What it is telling us is very worrying. Large...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: ...had the courage to do so and so must we. Now is the time to recognise Palestine. Now is the time to enact the occupied territories Bill and stop the illegal plantation by Israeli settlers on Palestinian land. Under law IV of the Geneva Convention the occupying powers power shall not transport its population into territories that it occupies. Now is the time for sanctions and to demand...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Johnny Mythen: ...to see the droves of our youth once again becoming the children of the far flung. On a personal note, I ask the Minister to review the planning application process, particularly in the case of rural Ireland. The constant refusal of permission for modular homes and log cabins is only adding to the undersupply of affordable and social houses. Some of the bureaucratic criteria involved are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Johnny Mythen: ...references to €12.4 million, €9.2 million and €3.2 million. It is down again by about €24.6 million. These are serious jobs. We must remember that for every one job at sea there are four on land. It is a serious issue. Restaurants are affected and delivery men must be taken into account as well, apart from engineers and others. It is said that 268...

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ...;in fully supports this Bill and calls on all Deputies to do likewise. I will also say that the Government, by neither opposing or supporting this Bill, is putting good legislation into no-man's-land.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security: Statements (12 May 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ...other industries. Irish fishermen will take a 15% cut to their pre-Brexit quota, which will cost €43 million per year, as a result of the trade deal. Only approximately 20% of the fish caught in these waters are landed by Irish fishermen. This is deeply unfair and a by-product of the failure of every Government policy since the Common Fisheries Policy was put in place. From...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2022)

Johnny Mythen: ...of Wexford and why Wexford is left out of the Government's affordable housing scheme. Every day, I deal with young couples who are striving to purchase their own homes but are caught in no-man's land - earning too much to be eligible for social housing yet too little to qualify for a mortgage through the banks. Rents in Wexford are up over 15% and house prices up over 12% on the previous...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent Amnesty International Report: Statements (2 Mar 2022)

Johnny Mythen: .... It contains graphic detail on what it is like to live under apartheid, which is a series of criminal policies carefully designed to break the spirit and resolve of people in order to steal their land. Make no mistake about it. This is about land. To complete this programme of theft, the Israeli authorities must remove the very idea of Palestine. The reality of the Israeli vision...

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)

Johnny Mythen: ...stemming from our proud history of resistance to colonialism and oppressive laws. It is no surprise that this Bill is not welcome in County Wexford or throughout all coastal communities on this island and despite the Government being informed by all major stakeholders in the fishing industry that this law is bad. The fishing industry now faces major issues from Brexit and the loss of 15%...

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Johnny Mythen: ...must weigh their catch at the pier. Be under no illusion that this will be, as described by local fishers, the final nail in the coffin for the fishing industry. In County Wexford, fishers landing at Kilmore Quay bring their catch a mere 200 m from the pier to the factory to be weighed. It is entirely counterproductive to force them to invest thousands of euro in infrastructure to weigh...

Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2021)

Johnny Mythen: ...Party on bringing forward this Bill. It does not offer the full solution to our country's diabolical housing crisis but it does provide a significant valuable tool to local authorities to combat land hoarding and landbanking. Herein lies the inevitable challenge. There are existing unregulated land banks where developers distort the market by limiting supply. Owners of large sites have...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Johnny Mythen: The purpose of this Bill is to establish the LDA under primary legislation, which, as we know, has been established as an interim entity since September 2018. The LDA is tasked with managing public lands and delivering social rental and affordable homes. However, on examination, as they say, the devil is in the detail. There are several serious anomalies with the Bill before us today....

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Johnny Mythen: ...ask the Minister four questions. I contacted him during the week about the scallop industry in Wexford. From 1 March, those involved in this industry are forbidden by the British authorities to land their catch at any British port. This will wipe out the industry. What does the Government propose to do about this? The current cut in quotas of 15% is completely disproportionate and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Feb 2021)

Johnny Mythen: ...situation concerning the scallop fishers in County Wexford. There are seven such boats in total: five in Kilmore and two in Duncannon. From 1 March, they will be forbidden by the UK authorities to land their catch at any UK port. This will kill off the scallop industry in County Wexford. More than 120 families will be affected. This industry is worth more than €12 million to the...