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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (25 Apr 2024)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister knows this case well because they have been in correspondence with him. He knows there is a vessel that has always been going in and out of Magheraroarty. He knows it now holds a UK licence and that the infrastructure it relies on is in Magheraroarty, the sheds and all the rest. He knows that the crew who are on that vessel are also from that area around Magheraroarty, and he...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Peadar Tóibín: It is interesting there is such a disparity between the numbers the Minister has quoted, which are correct according to the census, and the number of people who are declaring as farmers. Fewer people are declaring as farmers because they must have another occupation when they cannot make enough money from their farms. In the census, they declare they are not farmers but are something else....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: I do not agree at all with the Deputy's portrayal of the situation. The Government massively supports the family farm structure and family farmers. Over the past generation, we have seen a growing number of part-time farms. Farms may not be able to compete with the employment opportunities in the wider economy now, but the fact those family farmers stay farming is a reflection of the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Peadar Tóibín: The Minister's answer is, to an extent, an admission that farming, in comparison with other income streams, is falling. He said that because the income in farming is now lower than in much of the rest of the economy, people are getting out of farming. Why is income lower in farming? Why do we have a food sector that is phenomenally profitable but where the profit lands in the factory and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy knows, we are the first Government ever to set up an agrifood regulator to ensure fair play for farmers in the marketplace. This is the first Government do to have done that. It was a commitment I made to farmers and we have delivered. I do not think the Deputy understands the farming sector very well. The key piece of legislation of Aontú-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Peadar Tóibín: The Minister supported that legislation when he was in opposition.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: -----is intended to set a price and allow for intervention. We export 90% of our food but the Deputy feels it is simply a matter of passing legislation to set what that price should be and all will be well with the world. That is the sort of fairytale he peddles. I grew up on a family farm, the income from which was our sole income. We milked our own cow every morning and grew our own...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Peadar Tóibín: May I come back at that? That is a shocking thing to say.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: It is not.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Seán Canney: The Deputy can take up the matter with Minister.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Question No. 60 taken with Written Answers
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Agriculture Industry
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Richard Bruton: 61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the potential of a carbon farming initiative in the transformation of the sustainability profile of the farming sector. [18080/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Richard Bruton: The Minister knows that farmers worry that their transition to a sustainable model of farming will not sustain prosperous family farms into the long term. There are many in this House and outside it who want to fan the fears of farmers. I believe a clear pathway to a carbon farming approach could reassure many farmers. To date, the detail in that regard is scanty, which creates uncertainty.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Senator Pippa Hackett): My Department has committed to the development of an enabling framework, which can potentially reward farmers and landowners partaking in emissions mitigation and carbon removal activities. However, we are awaiting direction from Europe on this. On 20 February 2024, the European Parliament and...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Staff (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: I certainly will take an interest in that. It is something I am very committed to because I want to see our small abattoirs being supported. I know we have seen a significant change in the landscape over the past decade or two in relation to the number of abattoirs in the country. There has been significant consolidation, but I want to ensure the services that small abattoirs need are...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (25 Apr 2024)
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024)
Agriculture Schemes
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024)
Claire Kerrane: 58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the proposal to bring forward a solution for the group known as the "forgotten farmers", given he has advised that his Department has been working on establishing systems for the roll-out of a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18241/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024)
Claire Kerrane: I ask the Minister about the long-awaited scheme for the group known as the forgotten farmers. In our last round of questions back in February, the Minister advised that his Department was looking at establishing a system, but there is still no detail about what that scheme would look like. I have met with farmers who are part of this cohort known as the forgotten farmers. They are really...