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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Is the Deputy withdrawing his amendment?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It can be reintroduced.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Yes.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Amendment No. 86 is in the name of Deputy Ferris, but he is not present. Amendments Nos. 86 and 87 are logical alternatives and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: No, later today.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: How stands the amendment?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: No need for substitution here. I ask the Deputy to go easy on Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: We are discussing the Bill. I will not allow discussion of the formula for measuring the diameter of tree or its volume.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Amendment No. 89 is in the name of Deputy Pringle. I call Deputy Boyd Barrett to move the amendment.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: That is a matter for discussion on a section. I am dealing with the amendment.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Will the Deputy clarify what he means when he said they cannot cut or even use the thinnings?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: He can thin it.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: No, that is not the case. The original section has been replaced by the new section. Amendment No. 90 in the name of the Minister has replaced section 20. This amendment was accepted. It involves the deletion of section 20. I am just clarifying that.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Amendment No. 96 is in the name of Deputy Ferris, who is not here to move it.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Amendment No. 98 is in the name of the Minister. Acceptance of the amendment will involve the deletion of section 34. Amendment No. 99 is an alternative to amendment No. 98, therefore, both amendments may be discussed together by agreement.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I wish to thank committee members for their forbearance, including those Deputies who substituted for absent committee members. I also thank the Minister of State and his officials for their attendance and co-operation with committee members in advance of this debate.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Message to Dáil (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the Forestry Bill 2013 and has made amendments thereto.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the need for an expanded banking sector, if he has been in any discussion with the management of Ulster Bank or its parent bank RBS with a view to establishing what its long-term plans are for its business here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11694/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the usage that has been allocated for the former Garda stations in Hollywood and Donard, County Wicklow; the use to which the property will be put and by whom; the length of any potential lease; the lengths his Department has gone to for making use of the properties; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or the National Roads Authority will provide an update on the progress that has been made to date on the N11 upgrade project between Arklow and Rathnew in County Wicklow as of March 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11771/14]