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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome Ms Susan Steele, chairperson, Mr. Micheál O'Mahony and Mr. Andrew Kinneen, members of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, and I thank you all for coming before the committee to brief us on SI 3 of 2014 concerning the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations for 2014. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, you are protected by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank each witness and invite questions from the members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank all Members for their questions. With regard to the last point made by the Deputy, the heads of the proposed legislation may come before the committee, which will form part of our work programme. The members of the delegation have been asked a series of specific questions. They have also been asked to comment on opinions, but I am not sure whether they want to do so. I seek...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I did make that point. The sea fisheries and maritime jurisdiction (amendment) Bill, whose heads will probably be referred to this committee, is to provide for a points system for skippers of fishing vessels found to have infringed the CFP and to introduce fixed penalty notices for minor offences. As I understand it, the statutory instrument concerns serious offences, but the discretion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Generally, legal advice would not be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The intention there is to decriminalise minor offences.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: If a minor offence is being created and there are no longer be longer criminal or serious offences in this respect and then there are criminal offences, that might be something that needs to be examined.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: That is another road we could go down. Deputy Harrington has a further comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Those are very relevant points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I think you certainly have. You raised a concern that the list of offences and offenders would be publicly available in the same way across Europe, so that knowledge sharing would not be just subject to the information on a particular member state, and that is vitally important for this system to be applied in an even-handed way and to be seen to applied as such. There is often a feeling...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: There is a saying that Kilkenny used to be the capital of Ireland, Dublin is now and Cork will be in the future. If Deputy Buttimer has his say, that will happen sooner rather than later. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate, which is taking place in week one of the fourth year of this Government's term. It is a good time to review where we have come from and look ahead...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance if the new single child carer tax credit will be transferred to a parent (details supplied) who is not the principle carer in circumstances where the principle carer is married and in work and cannot claim this credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13400/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Staff (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the staff at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, specifically the terms of contracts under which they are being employed; the number of employees that have left the IBRC since the appointment of the Special Liquidators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13602/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 427. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration that has been given by the Office of Public Works to particular areas in County Wicklow that were subject to recent storm damage; if he will outline in tabular form the allocation his Department have provided the county to the local authority or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13182/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 492. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline Ireland's position on taking unemployment benefits to another EU country, currently set at three months; if Ireland supports a European Commission proposal to extend this up to six months; Ireland's position on these negotiations at European level to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13184/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 668. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consideration that has been given to particular areas in County Wicklow that were subject to recent storm damage; if he will provide in tabular form the allocation his Department have provided the county to the local authority or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13183/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: European Parliament Elections (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 669. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures in place by his Department where notification is received from another EU Member State that an Irish citizen has registered their European Parliament vote in that member state; if an Irish citizen who switches their European Parliament vote to another EU Member State and avails of early voting in that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 671. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the need for additional social and affordable housing in Wicklow, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of ghost estates in County Wicklow together with the number of individual units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13275/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 815. To ask the Minister for Defence the plans in place for the commissioning of the LE Samuel Beckett as the newest vessel in the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13186/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alternative Farm Enterprises (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 868. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new research proposals announcement apply to projects in the agricultural bioenergy field. [13137/14]