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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I am conscious of the fact that the board came before the committee last November in regard to the 2011 accounts. A specific section of the report deals with Limerick. I am allowing the question. It is valid. I am making the point that so far we have steered clear of impinging the restrictions as per the Committee of Public Accounts. This is a valid question in the context of what was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The level of questions and answers have demonstrated that the industry is of great interest to the members of the committee. That only reflects the interest held by the wider public, which we all endeavour to represent. It is because it is such a traditional activity in many parts of the country that there is such genuine concern. Many phrases such as "reputation", "confidence" and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 685. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the extension of the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 which is due to expire in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41485/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the drug Fampridine for Health Service Executive drug funded schemes to patients who qualify for its use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41609/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I remind members, witness and people in the Visitors Gallery to switch off their mobile telephones. I welcome from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr. Paul Dillon, assistant secretary, Dr. Kevin Smyth, assistant secretary, Dr. Ronan O'Flaherty, principal officer, Mr. Fintan O'Brien, principal officer, and Mr. Frank Macken, agricultural inspector. I thank them for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Does the Deputy mean-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: There are quite a number of in-depth and detailed questions. May I clarify that for the good agricultural and environmental condition, GAEC, there is a requirement of one ewe per 1.5 hectares for the basic payments scheme. If one is not going into GLAS, no plan is needed. That is a proposed requirement in the draft at present. The single plan comes into play for the purposes of the Pillar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I will come back to the Deputy because I wish to raise a few questions on this area. I will ask Mr. Dillon to respond to the other issue and then I will come back to this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Is the Department working with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the National Parks and Wildlife Service on the one issue? Dr. Smyth made a few references to scrub land. One of the problems is that there have been limitations attached to burning scrub land. Is that aspect part of what will be necessary? In our report last year we referenced specifically inaction with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I wanted to clarify those points. I call Deputy Ó Cuív and then I will bring in other members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: So, to clarify, they could get two years of AEOS, for example, and three years of GLAS.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I think that is where the commonage implementation committee would come in, if people were genuinely trying to get in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: We are getting into the realms of speculation. The plan will only last for six years, so if people decide that they have three years left to delay us and they want to avail of five years, they will not get eight years, they will only get-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: We are getting into nitty-gritty that is not relevant. I would rather we moved on. There are more high-level concerns than speculating over rare events or scenarios. Dr. Smyth clarified the situation with regard to late entry to the scheme and the commonage implementation committee. Deputy Kyne asked a question about the continual reduction with regard to scrub. I honestly feel that if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: We have another item to finish here. Although we had no commonage framework plans to destock where I come from, there has been a significant reduction. One of the things that has not been mentioned, and is probably not a phenomenon that worries people to the same degree in the west of Ireland, is dog-worrying. It is a serious issue. There are people in the Visitors Gallery who will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: What was the question again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The other thing is that the forage area should be at this level and part of the plan is to bring it back up to that level. If the forage area was 100 h and now it is only 75% of that, a GLAS management plan or a commonage management plan can bring it back up to that. That is part and parcel of what the plan is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It is the same thing, surely.