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Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (16 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...forward to hearing further updates from the Minister in the coming weeks. I know he understands it. He witnessed it a couple of years ago on the Inishowen Peninsula, where there was very similar land damage, so he knows how hard that is for farming families. That was last October, and here we are again talking about continuous bad weather. Unpredictable weather patterns have caused...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...are all down because of the amount of rain we are having. It is all right for us because we can use an umbrella or decide not to go out but farmers are caught. I have never seen a time when so much land was unpassable. Sheep can hardly walk on a field without poaching it. I do not know how long it will take for a good spell of weather to come along to dry the land. Thousands of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Supports (22 Jan 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...and responsibilities. Lambing is starting in north Louth. People are getting their fields ready for silage, tillage or whatever they will be doing from spring onwards. An awful lot of the land is damaged. An awful lot of the infrastructure is damaged. Rivers have been rerouted and there is no ability to spend the moneys needed to fix them. There is damage to our fish stocks. Not one...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Supports (22 Jan 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...it. Some of that €9.3 million could go to it. The €300,000 in that figure would go a long way towards fixing a few farmers in north Louth. I think the Department of agriculture is in fairy tale land.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Supports (22 Jan 2024)

Erin McGreehan: It is in absolute fairy tale land.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I want to speak again about the flooding in north Louth. The work continues around the peninsula and the Border to try to get the land and houses back to something resembling normal. There is a sense of fear and anxiety around the place because we are looking at grey clouds and we are afraid more rain is going to come. I spoke to a lady this morning who told me her house had been flooded...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...morning. Unfortunately, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, cannot be with us because he is at a press conference. Given Waterford's very fertile agricultural land, I know the Minister of State will have an interest in this matter. I seek a statement from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the audit and calculation of the current...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...in Dowth in County Meath just across the border from County Louth. By accurately measuring on-farm carbon emissions, we can capture and understand carbon sequestration and the power of our land. In Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is doing this. It is putting money behind this on a voluntary basis for dairy farmers. The Department...

Seanad: Visit of Slovak Delegation (4 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...,000 farming families we have in the country. We must also put funding into creating that carbon balance sheet for every single farm, to ensure farmers know what they are emitting and what their land is sequestrating. It is important that farmers know what is on their balance sheet. We have the technology to do it. Devenish in County Meath has proved that it can be done, so why are we...

Seanad: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I also congratulate the Minister on this legislation. It is important for all the agricultural community. Health and well-being, from our land right up to our animals, are very important. This is an important step towards ensuring those aspects and the longevity of our very fine agricultural community. I call Senator Ahearn.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...for the Environment, Climate and Communications on how he is going to support this really important sector. I want to know whether that Department has looked at an evaluation of how the removal of land from productivity and the EU nature restoration law are going to impact on our productivity and on us, as an island nation, feeding our people and the people of Europe. I also want to hear...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: This morning I wish to highlight a despicable physical assault on a Wicklow farmer, Pat Dunne, who has for more than 15 years allowed walkers across his land. He asked walkers last week not to bring their dogs. Unfortunately, that appeal was not adhered to or listened to, and he was physically assaulted. I have raised the matter of dog kills and dog walkers in recreational areas in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...dogs from commonage areas? That is an ask from local farmers because they are losing stock. It is an animal welfare issue when sheep are dying on the mountains or birds nests are being unearthed because a dog is running feral on lands for days on end. I want to ask about cross-Border co-operation. I am sure Deputy Carthy is well aware of the lack of co-operation and the difficulties...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Policy (1 Dec 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...matter. I ask that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine update the House on the actions of the Department to audit and calculate the current carbon sequestration of agricultural land and farm holdings. The Minister of State knows this issue is important. I have been talking about it for years and I am very frustrated by the lack of clarity. We have had crazy debates, some...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...all rural communities. There are approximately 34,000 sheep farmers. As the Minister knows, County Donegal has the largest number of sheep in the country. In the counties with the most marginal land, hilly land, and the poorest of farmers, one will find farms with a combination of beef suckler cattle and sheep. I want to highlight a specific mathematical discrepancy.Fifteen cattle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Transport Schemes: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the witnesses for joining us this morning. This is an issue that often lands on our desks. We get many queries and representations from people in regard to primary medical certificates and the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme. I do not have many specific questions. I thank the witnesses for educating us, particularly in respect of the UK scheme. It seems to be...

Seanad: Humanitarian Support for Ukrainian Refugees: Statements (23 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...western democracies to stand tall in condemning war crimes and demand that Russia ceases all hostilities immediately and withdraws from Ukraine unconditionally. I welcome all Ukrainians who have landed in this country. I know it is so tough for them. I cannot even comprehend the pain and worry felt by them. It is beyond anything I can imagine. It highlights the importance of us...

Seanad: International Women's Day 2022: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...and barriers we face. I want them to come into both Houses, speak on the radio and tell us what they are planning to do to change the norms and make it better for all of us. We are humans on this land and we need to support each other. What can men do to challenge the norm and break the bias that men need to be strong and brave and not weak, or to be the breadwinners and not stay at...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...the new Common Agricultural Policy, CAP. I refer to the power that is vested in hedgerows the length and breadth of the country. The penal laws left a positive legacy in the context of fields and lands having to be walled off with hedgerows. They are biodiversity highways that sequester thousands of units of carbon every single year. There are so many farmers who are carbon neutral...