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Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputies for their contributions and, indeed, for the broad-based support for this legislation. I also thank the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. In particular, I thank the Chairman, Deputy Cahill, who has put a lot of work, time and effort into this, as have all of the committee members. I appreciate the fact that the committee members took the...

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Cormac Devlin: Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta. I thank the Deputy for his work on and stewardship of the committee on agriculture. We move to Deputy Fitzpatrick.

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I acknowledge the foundational importance of agriculture in our society. Agriculture is not merely an industry; it is the backbone of the economy and provides sustenance and livelihoods to millions across our nation. Our farmers, often the unsung heroes, toil day and night to feed our burgeoning population and contribute significantly to our GDP. The agrifood sector is our oldest and...

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Matt Shanahan: The main provisions of this Bill relate to the creation of the agriculture appeals review panel, independent from the agriculture appeals office. That is to be welcomed. As the Minister stated, it is part of the programme for Government. It is envisaged that this office would be responsible for undertaking independent review of the decisions of officers of the agriculture appeals office....

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It is generally at this time that I thank everybody and apologise for all those times I have been a nuisance to everybody inside and outside the Chamber. However, I really want to thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: The Deputy might just wait while we record it.

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It is not the first time I have said it. As I said, I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, the Ceann Comhairle and all the staff on the entire campus. None of us would get a whole pile done if it were not for all of them. We are obviously in support of this. It was a proposal from the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and it is supported by the farm organisations. It...

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I think another apology is due.

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I am delighted to see this Bill reach Second Stage as Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. We carried out pre-legislative scrutiny on this Bill and presented a report to the Minister. I am glad to say that the Minister has taken on board a number of the recommendations that were made by the committee. Usually at committee, there is divisiveness...

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: This legislation is obviously a welcome advance. Farming has become a part-time occupation for many. Farmers need to have a job along with it in order to have an income. Central to that is the architecture we have around payments, assistance and having schemes in place to assist farmers. Very often, because of weather and the nature and topography of the land that people are trying to...

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: This legislation has received a broad welcome from Deputies and the farming organisations. However, there is a broader issue here in the context of how we approach rights and obligations and the enforcement of same. To be blunt, we have created a Byzantine mess of quasi-judicial bodies. There is ultimately a risk of constitutional weakness, vulnerability and challenge to many of these and...

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome the Bill. In everything we do in this area, our concern is that there be fairness for farmers. It is also about bringing the enjoyment back into farming. The Minister knows all about the various schemes, the associated bureaucracy and everything that has happened over the years. I accept completely that there must be proper governance of everything that is done. However, the...

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome the legislation and commend the Minister for making it happen. I know this was a commitment that was made, not least in the programme for Government. It is good to see the legislation before the House this afternoon. The Minister mentioned the pre-legislative scrutiny undertaken by the committee on agriculture and the report that was published subsequently. I am very glad that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Cathaoirleach and welcome our guests today. Would they agree this is one of the most important documents this Government will publish and agree?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Leddin: The officials would agree, I expect, that this document will shape the country for years and decades to come. That is what it intends to do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Leddin: No, but it intends to be a strategy document and, as Mr. Hogan said, a high-level document that sets out the shape of the country in the next few decades.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Leddin: Therefore it is critically important. A Chathaoirligh, I would like to know why the Minister is not here because it is such an important document. Was the Minister invited?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I think it should be the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, and the Minister, Deputy O’Brien. This document, when it is agreed, will set the country on a path for the next few decades. It is not a loose thing. It is a hugely important thing and it should be the Minister who owns the document that is before us, notwithstanding the work his team have put...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Leddin: There is no rebalance here. If anything, there is a move away from balance from the original 2018 document because the Department is targeting population growth of nearly 300,000 for Dublin city, which is more than all of the regional cities combined. I do not know how that is balance. Essentially, the spirit of the original national planning framework was that the gap in population and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Leddin: It is a retrenchment.