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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: If land is not deemed ineligible, or the ineligibility has not been caused by the restriction, what is the problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: A farmer with an SAC or Natura site is subject to a management plan by definition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: While we did not have commonage framework plans in some parts of Wicklow, there are Natura and SAC sites that have restricted activities imposed on them by virtue of the fact that an SAC exists on the property. This applies mainly to national park land but also to private land. If the area deemed to be ineligible was or is part of an SAC, as determined in 2008, I presume the payment to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: On Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice's point about how a person could not drain land and how the lack of drainage caused land to become ineligible, one could not drain land, regardless of whether there was a plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: The land has been drained and turned into grassland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Were the actions taken for it to become green fertile land notifiable actions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: It is part of the one area. Will Dr. Smyth clarify the point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: No. The other question from Deputy Noel Harrington concerned the penalty arrangements. A total of 33,000 parcels of land were subject to inspection and there were 10,000 appeals. Some people have already agreed to the penalty arrangements. The Deputy more or less asked whether the criteria had changed in such a way as to materially affect the determinations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: As Mr. O'Shea was expected to comment, I presume he had something to say.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: That is the point we are trying to raise. There is a gross and a net area, but there may be some land in between that can be added in the case of the GLAS scheme. The same applies in the case of Deputy Tom Barry's area in respect of ecological focus areas, EFAs. There may be orchards that are excluded from the reference area for land usage. Could they reasonably be added as part of an EFA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Is it possible to have that matter clarified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: It is an interesting point. Does Mr. O'Shea have anything to add?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Does Mr. Evans have something to add on the last issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: That would happen under new ownership or management.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: There is also the issue that if farmers are converging upwards, it lowers their baseline a little. Even if one is above the national average, it reduces the amounts which brings one nearer to the original figure. We have given this issue a fair hearing, by both members and non-members. I will call them non-members rather than visitors. I thank everybody for what I hope has been an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I thank members. We will not have a meeting next week. We will adjourn sine dieas I am not sure when the next meeting will be scheduled.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if a European Union national returning to Lithuania, having worked in Ireland for ten years, is entitled to a refund of all tax and universal social charge paid in that period, or if a person is entitled to a part refund of tax paid while residing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17072/15]

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome the opportunity to speak briefly on this matter. Like the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Deputy Michael Kitt, I was in the House in 2008 when the infamous night of the bank guarantee came to pass. I recall how we were all overwhelmed with shock and, to a certain degree, panic. None the less we tried to salvage what was a disastrous position. It is ironic that in another part of this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Incidence (7 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of tuberculosis outbreaks in County Wicklow since 1985, broken down by district electoral division, and in five-year intervals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17977/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Is it agreed that we go into private session to discuss some housekeeping matters? Agreed.