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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Policy (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if support needed for the establishment of producer groups for growers will be proposed under the rural development programme being developed by his Department. [10721/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking to co-ordinate the development of a national management strategy for Irish inshore fisheries to provide objectives for the work of the FLAG on regional inshore fisheries management. [10724/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Legislation (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the results of the review on the legislation that criminalised the fishermen for breaches of EU fisheries regulations; the alternative procedures for penalties for offenders being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10936/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that he is responsible for the management of old native Irish forests. [10938/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the postal service was not developed as the provider of the drivers licence service in view of their excellent record on the passport service. [10511/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed route that is envisaged for the proposed extension of the Luas Green Line to Bray, County Wicklow; if the proposed route includes reopening the closed Brides Glen Viaduct on the old Harcourt Street railway line; the State entity that will be responsible for the potential Luas extension following the abolition of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further Parliamentary Question No. 1605 of 18 September 2013, if he will ask the National Transport Authority and Irish Rail to provide an update on the establishment of a ticket machine at Kilcoole train station in County Wicklow that is scheduled to take place by May 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10945/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I remind members, delegates and those in the Visitors Gallery that all mobile phones must be switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting of proceedings. The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss the crisis affecting bull beef producers. I welcome from the IFA Mr. Eddie Downey, president; Mr. Henry Burns, livestock chairman; Mr. Pat Smith, general...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I will take the opening statements and then let Mr. Burns comment, if that is agreed. I thank Mr. Downey. I now call on Mr. Patrick Kent, president of ICSA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the witnesses and invite Mr. John Comer, president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, ICMSA, to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Thank you, Mr. Comer. I invite Mr. Spellman, chairman of the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Limited, ICOS, to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: As a vote has just been called in the Dáil, the committee will have to suspend. The four presentations have given us food for serious thought and I will ask members to put their questions as soon as we return. The witnesses' presentations contain worrying evidence on what is happening in the industry. The committee takes this matter very seriously, and that is the reason we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Mr. Henry Burns has indicated that he wants to make a brief contribution. Members may need clarification on issues. I hope we get to the meat industry presentation as quickly as possible, because the presentations so far have given us a lot of information and have raised serious questions which must be posed to the meat industry today and to others, although on another day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: There is a vote in the Seanad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: There is a mobile phone interfering with the microphones. I call Mr. Enright.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: We should direct that question to the next delegation, MII. I am anxious to move on with the next session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I agree this is a matter that needs to be dealt with without delay. I thank the four organisations for their collective contributions today which have raised several serious concerns such as the barriers to the free trade in beef and data protection, as well as the use of data to control the beef market. Transparency is a word we hear in politics all the time. It is about time we had a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I apologise for having had to step out and I thank Deputy Deering for having taken the chair. If the question I am about to ask has been addressed, I ask the delegates to forgive me for posing it. We are told that the genesis of this problem stemmed from a change in the specification for young bull beef. Page 20 of the delegates' submission states that in respect of young bulls, the UK...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Yes, Mr. Fitzgerald.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I ask Mr. Healy to address my question on the UK.