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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: And is the Department going back and looking at that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does Mr. O'Mahony expect the €50 or €70 will be brought back up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I wish to mention a few more scenarios to our guests. I have seen the following happen in the west. Let us say a contract rearer takes in calves that will be kept as weanlings for the first year and later returned if they are dairy stock. The contract rearer is caught in the middle of an awful situation. How can that be resolved? Let us say I take in calves, rear them, bring them on and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am trying to fathom the following. If the animals are tested for TB coming in and the farmer's animals had tested clear down through the years, what would be the cause of TB the following year? There are people who never had TB on their lands but, all of a sudden, even if animals were tested coming in as sucklers, next thing there is a TB outbreak. Perhaps I picked up wrong what Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Please tell me what that is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Unfortunately, some farmers have had a test but then more of their animals went down with TB so they had to get rid of the whole herd. Why must farmers in that situation wait four months before they-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the Department reckon that a lot of the bacteria will be gone by that stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: My next question is for Mr. O'Mahony. Farmers feel like they have to go through a lot of hoops to get their money. A lot of these farmers are in a tough financial situation. How efficient is the Department's system at ensuring farmers are paid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have one more question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If a farmer has to clear their herd and get rid of it and they then do nothing for the four or six months, is there any money there for them for those six months? They cannot live on fresh air.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is this just the thing for a person who is working or not working?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: That is provided if the whole herd goes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Okay. I thank Mr. O'Mahony for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Future-proofing to Improve Life and Longevity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Moynihan: Apologies have been received from Deputy Brian Leddin, and Senators Tom Clonan, Erin McGreehan and Mary Seery Kearney. The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss future-proofing to improve life and longevity for persons with disabilities. On behalf of the committee, I welcome representatives from the Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Future-proofing to Improve Life and Longevity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Professor McCarron.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Future-proofing to Improve Life and Longevity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Dr. Burke and call Senator O'Loughlin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Future-proofing to Improve Life and Longevity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Moynihan: I sincerely thank the witnesses for their contributions. The important thing is the amount of information encapsulated in such a small number of words about the challenges people face. The challenges being faced by the disability community include attitudes and culture, but also involve funding. There are many voluntary bodies. We have had many attacks on the State from its foundation when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Future-proofing to Improve Life and Longevity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Moynihan: Before I wrap up, I thank all members, and our Vice Chair, Deputy Tully, who has stepped in on numerous occasions. She has been excellent to work with. All members of the committee have been excellent to work with. Those of us who attended regularly applied ourselves to the job at hand to improve the lives of people with disabilities, their families, carers and communities. Of course, I...

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I must now deal with a postponed division relating to Second Stage of the Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020, taken on Thursday, 24 October 2024. On the question, "That the Bill be now read a Second Time", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2) that division must be taken now.