Results 641-660 of 1,048,676 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:John Brady OR speaker:Cathal Crowe OR speaker:Catherine Martin)
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Could I have the most recent headline figure for vaccinations again?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: What are the relevant areas of the country? Clare now has a low level but it was very high. What counties now show up in red lights?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: North Cork.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: So, there is a correlation between the high incidence of TB and areas where large herds are concentrated. I am talking about typical herds of 200 cows upwards.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: The strategy was to eradicate the disease by 2030. How realistic is that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Has there been any examination of the vaccination of badgers to determine whether it has been effective? Can Mr. Gleeson stand over its effectiveness?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Is there any vaccination of deer?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Does one recommendation involve landowners fencing land, particularly along main roads and even along the motorway, where deer are crisscrossing? There have been serious accidents in County Laois.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: I ask that that be considered. On the N77 at the far side of Abbeyleix, the old main Cork road that goes to Durrow, and on the road to Ballacolla, there have been very bad accidents. On the motorway at Emo, south of Monasterevin, there have also been very bad accidents. I travel that road every day. Whether the land is owned by Coillte or a farmer, the owner has a responsibility, but it...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: In relation to the forestry scheme, it is one that we have raised in the past. There was an estimated provision of €100 million in 2022. That is the figure I have. There is an outturn of €74 million. That kind of a headline shows it is underperforming. The €100 million was to plant 8,000 ha under the scheme. That would be about 18,000 acres. Three quarters of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: What is the plan for this year in terms of planting? My understanding is that at the moment the timber industry has a plentiful supply and will for about ten to 15 years, particularly for construction. All the signs point to more construction being done using timber, and that is great. It is more sustainable, better in terms of the climate, and it is great for Irish industry. However, the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: That is just over one quarter of what we need to be doing.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Is that because of restriction on depth?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Is 2,500 the additional amount? Is that new planting that was not in existence?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: We managed to burn an awful lot of it in the previous 200 years - all of those big houses with 20 to 25 chimneys.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: There would have been a fella with a full-time job going around stoking them. We can see that going around this city and looking at the number of chimneys on older buildings. With regard to the fees, there is a question I want to ask about the cost of planting per hectare. There has been a ten or 11-fold increase in the cost to the farmer. What can be done about that? What I am being...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Can Mr. Savage see signs of the graph going up in terms of the take-up and scale or is it still going downwards?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: How long is it in place?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Has the Department halted the decrease or is it still decreasing?