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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: Is that okay, Deputy Penrose?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: The committee had a meeting recently with officials on the new package for healthier animals, plants and safer food. We had a full meeting discussing eight articles out of a total of 162. It is a slow burn. There are fairly profound implications for the entire sector if these go counter to the Irish position. If not today, I ask Mr. Moran give us an update on that, because we said we...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: Could Mr. Moran clarify one point? Is it true that 30% of Pillar 2 must go towards greening measures?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: We might develop that on Pillar 2. Is that okay?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: Could we move on? I would rather we finish the report on the six months and we can deal with that in the Common Agricultural Policy. Senator O'Keeffe asked about the forests ad hoc group on a legally binding agreement on forests in Europe. Mr. Moran may not have an update on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: I asked a question about animal health and Senator Ó Domhnaill asked for the magic date. There was also a question on the conclusion of the CAP agreements.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: The whole thing is a package. Nothing will be sent to Europe until the Pillar 2 co-financing has been signed off at whatever level. The implications for flexibility or swapping, depending on the rate and whether it is needed-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: I presume the schemes must be written up and designed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: We are straying into Pillar 2.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: The broad thrust of the Pillar 1 schemes has been agreed. The money is in play, depending on the co-funding. On Pillar 2 if there is an upland environment scheme, an agri-environmental options scheme, AEOS, young farmers package or anything else, it will have to be agreed how such schemes will be structured. The money is still in play. There is €313 million from Pillar 2 that still...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: I will come back to this in the private session discussion on Pillar 2. I seek responses to two other questions; one was my own and the other was on the forests. We can then conclude this session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: It is like the beef processed in the North.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: I presume Mr. Moran will also furnish us with an update on the plant regulations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: It is on the backburner, rather than on the agenda. I thank Mr. Moran and his officials. We will now go into private session to discuss Pillar 2.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Issues (10 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: 319. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions he has taken to undertake the economic analysis of the agricultural biomass-generated biogas supply chain in order to support the co-ordinated development of the sector and to make recommendations on the use of biogas in Government buildings or in Government vehicles; and if a steering group on the biogas...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Breeding Regulations (10 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: 347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has set up a departmental recording system for all the data collected by all local authorities to establish the basis for the analysis of the implementation of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act (2010), whose purpose was to ensure the control of dog breeding establishments and the enforcement of dog welfare in...
- Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: I welcome Mr. Michael Keatinge, deputy chief executive officer, BIM, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, to today’s meeting. The sub-committee is near to finalising its report on developing aquaculture and it appreciates Mr. Keatinge for attending to update it on the progress made in establishing the fisheries local action groups, FLAGs. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009,...
- Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: Thank you. There are some useful pointers in that presentation for members. I call on Deputy Ó Cuív first.
- Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: On our visit to Scotland, the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead, spoke about inshore fisheries committees, and was aiming to improve the management of Scotland's fisheries out to the six-mile limit. Are these the FLAGs-----
- Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)
Andrew Doyle: It is a little bit confusing. We thought the FLAGs were an Irish version of those.