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Dáil Éireann Vol. 835 Wednesday, No. 2 26 March 2014 DÍOSPÓIREACHTAÍ PARLAIMINTE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES DÁIL ÉIREANN TUAIRISC OIFIGIÚIL—Neamhcheartaithe (OFFICIAL REPORT—Unrevised) Insert Date Here 26/03/2014A00100Ceisteanna - Questions � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 2 26/03/2014A00200Priority Questions� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 2 26/03/2014A00250Job Creation Data � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 2 26/03/2014B01150Live Exports � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 5 26/03/2014C00350Statutory Instruments � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 7 26/03/2014C01450Beef Industry � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 9 26/03/2014D02950Severe Weather Events Response � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 12 26/03/2014E02300Other Questions � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 14 26/03/2014E02350Fallen Animal Collection Scheme � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 14 26/03/2014E02850Animal Welfare � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 16 26/03/2014F00550Trade Agreements� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 17 26/03/2014G00250Beef Industry � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 19 26/03/2014G00850Fishing Communities � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 20 26/03/2014H00650Commonage Framework Plans � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 22 26/03/2014H01350Matters relating to An Garda Síochána: Statements � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 23 Topical Issue Matters � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 41 26/03/2014Q00150Leaders’ Questions � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 42 26/03/2014U00900Order of Business � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 56 European Council: Statements � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 62 26/03/2014FF00100Topical Issue Debate � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 81 26/03/2014FF00150Mortgage Arrears Proposals � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 81 26/03/2014HH00200Broadband Services Charges � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 84 26/03/2014JJ00250Broadband Services Speeds � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 86 26/03/2014KK00350School Staffing � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 89 26/03/2014LL01150Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 91 26/03/2014RRR00600Restorative Justice (Reparation of Victims) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] � � � � � � 161 DÁIL ÉIREANN Dé Céadaoin, 26 Márta 2014 Wednesday, 26 March 2014 Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9�30 a�m� Paidir. Prayer. 26/03/2014A00100Ceisteanna - Questions 26/03/2014A00200Priority Questions 26/03/2014A00250Job Creation Data 26/03/2014A003001� Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the increase in employment in the agriculture sector in the past year; the sectors of agriculture in which this increase in employment took place; the increase or decrease in employment in each NUTS 2 region; the reason for this increase in employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter� [13991/14] 26/03/2014A00400Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív: We have continually heard Government spokespersons talk about an increase of 60,000 in employment in the past year� To achieve this, one would have needed an increase in direct employment in agriculture and fisheries of nearly 30,000. Can the Minister tell me where this employment was created and the regions in which it was created? What type of employment are we talking about? 26/03/2014A00500Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney): The CSO’s quarterly national household survey, QNHS, shows that there was an annual increase in em- ployment of 3�3% or 61,000 in the year to the fourth quarter of 2013, bringing total employment to just over 1�9 million� Employment increased in ten of the 14 economic sectors over the year and fell in four� The increase recorded in agriculture, forestry and fishing was up 29% or 26,800, giving a to- tal of 116,800� The CSO has advised that due to necessary changes in the sampling framework introduced incrementally to reflect the 2011 census of population, the first fully valid year-on- year comparisons for the agriculture sector will only be available from Quarter 4 of 2014� The CSO does not publish figures for the sub-sectors within agriculture, but QNHS data 2 26 March 2014 for Quarter 4 of 2013 shows that the agrifood sector makes a significant contribution to em- ployment at national and regional levels. Table 1 sets out the employment figures for the total agrifood sector, including primary agriculture, forestry and fishing, as well as food, beverage and wood processing, and calculates its share of total employment by NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 region� This shows that while the agrifood sector accounted for over 9% of total employment in the State as a whole, it accounted for over 14% of employment in the Border, midlands and western, BMW, region. These figures underline the importance of the sector at a regional level, as well as the opportunities for further development that the implementation of Food Harvest 2020 will bring� I am not sure whether Deputy Ó Cuív has a copy of the reply, but we break it down into the Border, midlands, west, Dublin, mid-east, mid-west, south-east and south-west regions in terms of the percentage of people employed in agriculture as regards total employment in those regions� The highest percentages are 15�3% in the midlands, 15�2% in the south-east, 14�3% in the Border region and 14�1% in the west� Obviously, the lowest percentage is in Dublin at 2%� Additional information not given on the floor of the House Table 1 ‘000s All Employment Agrifood Sector* % of Total Border 186 26.5 14.3% Midland 111 17.0 15.3% West 186 26.2 14.1% Border, Midlands & 483 69.7 14.4% Western Dublin 572 11.3 2.0% Mid-East 226 15.4 6.8% Mid-West 151 16.7 11.0% South-East 197 29.9 15.2% South-West 281 32.3 11.5% Southern & Eastern 1,427 105.6 7.4% State 1,910 175.3 9.2% CSO Quarterly National Household, Q4 2013 * NACE 01, 02, 03, 10, 11, 16 26/03/2014A00900Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister might clarify whether the term “agriculture and fish- eries” means agriculture and fisheries and not the wider agrifood sector. 26/03/2014A01000Deputy Simon Coveney: Correct� 26/03/2014A01100Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív: Therefore, obfuscating the growth in the agrifood sector does not fool me� Is the Minister really trying to tell me that anybody believes the BMW region outperformed the southern and eastern region in employment growth by two to one? Is he re- 3 Dáil Éireann ally telling me that anybody believes the south east was the best-performing region in terms of employment creation in this State, with an increase in employment of 8�4% last year, followed by the Border region, with an increase in employment of 8%, and the midlands region, with an increase of 5%, and that Dublin languished in fourth place with 2�7%? Is he telling me he really believes that 60,000 new jobs were created, or is he telling me that the CSO said that for reasons it pointed out, and to which the Minister has alluded, the figures actually show that employment creation in this State in the past year was half of the figure consistently quoted by Government Ministers? 26/03/2014A01200An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy is over time� Will he please adhere to the rulings of the Chair? 26/03/2014A01300Deputy Simon Coveney: I do not think the Deputy’s assertion is true� I suggest that he speak to the CSO about it, which is what we have done. The CSO is standing over its figure of an extra 61,000 jobs in the economy. What it says is that we should look at the figure in individual sectors with some caution when the make-up of the sample changes somewhat�
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