MEETING NO

DATE

SUBJECT

1

12.01.06

Presentation on Electronic Classification of Beef Carcasses - Discussion with officials from the Department of Agriculture and Food

2

25.01.06

Avian Flu - Discussion with officials from the Department of Agriculture and Food and the Department of Health and Children

3.

08.02.06

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: SEC(2005)1269 Amending letter No 1 to the preliminary draft budget for 2006 - general statement of revenue - statement of revenue and expenditure by section III - Commission - Discussion with officials from the Department of Finance

4.

22.02.06

(1) Difficulties experienced by farmers in the Shannon Callows area - Discussion with officials from the Department of Agriculture and Food, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the IFA

(2) Motion re Section 17A of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 - Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture and Food

5.

08.03.06

Automation of beef carcasses classification — Discussion with the Meat Industry Ireland

6.

22.03.06

Problems facing Irish farming - Presentation by Mr Padraig Walshe, President, IFA

7.

05.04.06

Problems facing Irish farming - Presentation by Mr Jackie Cahill, President, ICMSA

8.

19.04.06

(1) EU Directive on the protection of chickens kept for meat production - Discussion with officials from the Department of Agriculture and Food.

(2) Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM(2002)559 re. genetically modified food and feed - Discussion with officials from the Department of Agriculture and Food and the Department of Health and Children

9.

03.05.06

Development of bio-fuels - Discussion with officials from the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture and Food and representatives from Teagasc

10.

10.05.06

‘Europe Day’ - European Agriculture Policy — Discussion with Ms Mariann Fischer Boel, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development and Ms Mary Coughlan T.D., Minister for Agriculture and Food

11.

17.05.06

Non-implementation by Planning Authorities of recommendations on sterilization agreements under the Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines - Discussion with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government

12.

07.06.06

(1) Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM(2006)89 Proposal for a Council Regulation on marketing standard for eggs and COM(2006)90 Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No.1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultry meat;

(2) Poultry industry and market — Discussion with officials from the Department of Agriculture and Food

(3) Exchange of views on agriculture - Meeting with the Board of Dutch Farmers, LTO-Nederland

13.

14.06.06

Exchange of views on agriculture - Meeting with delegation from the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of the German Bundestag

14

21.06.06

Private Meeting

15.

05.07.06

(1) ‘IFA Report on visit to Brazil’: Presentation by IFA

(2) Rural Planning - Discussion with County & City Managers Association

16.

18.07.06

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM(2006)238 - Proposal for a Council Decision laying down the amount of community support to rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under Convergence Objective and COM (2005)671 - (i) Proposal for a Council Regulation on organic production and labelling of organic products (ii) Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No.2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto in agricultural products and foodstuffs - Discussion with officials from the Department of Agriculture and Food

17.

26.07.06

(1) Raising the age limit from 30 months for BSE testing of steers;

(2) Transportation of animal by-products - Discussion with officals from the Department of Agriculture and Food

18.

26.09.06

Standards and control of Brazilian meat imported into the EU - Discussion with Mr Robert Madelin, Director General, Office of EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection

19.

04.10.06

Special Programme for Farmers - Presentation by ‘New Futures Group’ Tipperary Institute

20.

18.10.06

(1) WTO Negotiations and the current status of the Doha negotiations - Discussion with officials from the Department of Agriculture and Food.

(2) Contribution of the savoury snack food category to the dietary intake of Irish Children - Presentation by the Snack Food Council

21

02.11.06

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM(2006)388 and COM(2006)290 -297 together with COM(2006) 536-541 re: plant protection products. Discussion with officials from the Department of Agriculture and Food

22.

15.11.06

(1) Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM(2006)78 re: Authorisation of GM oilseed rape lines for import to the EC for processing into animal feed and for industrial use and COM(2006)340 re. circulation of compound feedingstuffs - Discussion with officials from the Department of Agriculture and Food and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government

(2) Production of bio-fuels - Presentation by Imokilly Young Farmers Group

23.

29.11.06

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2006) 423, COM (2006) 425, COM (2006) 427 and COM (2006) 428 — Re. reform of the regulatory environment for food additives, food flavourings and certain food ingredients

24.

13.12.06

(1) Animal Welfare Issues — Discussion with the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) and Compassion in World Farming Ireland (CWFI).

(2) Motion re. Bovine Diseases (Levies) Regulations 2006 — Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture and Food