Results 441-460 of 1,037,760 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Hildegarde Naughton OR speaker:John Brady OR speaker:Roderic O'Gorman)
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Safety (26 Sep 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: On the first question concerning an issue that arose many years ago, I am absolutely satisfied that the systems and checks in place are sufficiently robust to ensure the integrity of the food system is overseen and there are checks and balances. This country has an exceptional food traceability system for livestock from birth to slaughter, and the product can be traced right back to the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)
Agriculture Schemes
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)
Cathal Crowe: 59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an overview of the systems his Department has for processing ACRES applications and for making payments to those who are in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38020/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)
Cathal Crowe: With regard to ACRES, what systems does the Department have in place in terms of processing the applications that came in this year and, in particular, making payment? What is the Department doing about those that are still outstanding with regard to receiving payment, scores and so on? For the purpose of disclosure, as a farmer, I am a participant in ACRES and I want to put that on the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I know ACRES has had a very strong uptake in County Clare and there has been a good experience on the ground for the majority of farmers. I want to make sure that it is a good experience for everyone, that it works well for everyone and that the system and administration work smoothly. There have been challenges in the first year. It is the only...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: I understand the Deputy's frustration. I assure her I will keep ensuring every priority is given to this to get it to that point. There has been a lot of engagement with the applicant group and a lot of work on revised drafts of the application types over time. There have also been consultations on the types of ingredients for the different types of boxty included in the application for...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)
Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister for that. As I said, I have raised this issue many times. I have a sense, and I hope I am not wrong, that we are almost at the final hurdle. It has just taken so long but sometimes you get to a point where you can only look forward and you cannot keep looking back wondering why it has not happened before now. There is a huge level of frustration among the producers....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)
Martin Kenny: I have a brief supplementary to support Deputy Harkin on that. I also come from County Leitrim and boxty is something we grew up with from when we were children coming home from school. There was boxty dumpling, boxty loaf and pan boxty. In many parts of country they have not even heard of it but it is a staple diet for many people in that part of the world. It is a tremendous and a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputies Harkin and Kenny. The geographical area for the production of boxty in the context of the PGI application is Cavan, Leitrim, Sligo and Mayo. It is a great product. You do not see it in enough counties. It also has great potential particularly in terms of its health and nutrition benefits in the current context where people are looking for products that are not as...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)
Martin Kenny: How long does that take?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: It is hard-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)
Martin Kenny: A year? Five years?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: Less than that.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)
Marian Harkin: Less than that if the legal matter is sorted.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: If we look back from the point where we made the application for the grass-fed beef PGI, from memory it was probably 18 months to two years from the point of application to the third-country opposition procedure to it getting final approval. It was about that scale of time. It is hard to be precise on it but those are the steps which have to be gone through.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2024)
Further and Higher Education
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide further detail on the veterinary degree to be provided by the South East Technological University. [38014/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Will the Minister provide further details on the veterinary degree to be provided by the South East Technological University? It is a really good news story.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Murnane O'Connor. First, I congratulate the Deputy and all in the south east on the very successful outcome, which is wonderful news for the region. I know it is something for which she worked very hard with her colleagues and on which we had a lot of engagement. The news has been wonderfully well received in the north west as it has in the south east. It is exciting news...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister. As he said, I was at the ploughing and was very honoured to be there when he announced this with our higher education Minister. Giving €25 million from his own budget was so important. Everybody was working together. I know Kildalton College well. My son studied horticulture there for over three years but he is now a garda. Anyway, he loved that too. It is...