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Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Tom Hayes: We will deliver more than vodka.

Seanad: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Second Stage (26 Feb 2014)

Tom Hayes: As Members are aware, the Minister, Deputy Shatter, is detained by business in the other House today and has asked me to stand in for him in this debate. On his behalf, I am pleased to present the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013. This is a very important item of reforming legislation that has at its core the twin objectives of ensuring to the greatest extent possible that the fines...

Seanad: Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Second Stage (26 Feb 2014)

Tom Hayes: I thank Members for their good contributions and welcome their agreement with the Bill. There were many aspects to the Bill and, although I am not the Minister for Justice and Equality, I certainly would agree with the thrust of it. I am delighted to be here to help to bring a Bill before the House. It is an issue I, personally, would have spoken about. Senator Cummins has spoken on this...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Fish Farming (26 Feb 2014)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine who is unable to attend. I perceive aquaculture to be a crucial component of the Government's Food Harvest 2020 strategy. To expand the production of Irish organic farmed salmon, I tasked BIM to investigate the creation of new fish farming...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Fish Farming (26 Feb 2014)

Tom Hayes: It is clear from my reply that due process has at all times been adhered to, which is most important from everybody's point of view. This is a statutory and legal process and I have no doubt that in discussions between the Taoiseach and the Minister they were well aware of that and they would not do anything that would infringe legislation or proper procedures. I will ask the Minister as...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Employment Support Services (26 Feb 2014)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Senator for raising the issue, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Social Protection, who is unavailable. She had intended to be here but she sends her apologies because she has had to stand in for the Tánaiste elsewhere. LESs are an essential component of the employment services offered by the Department to jobseekers. LES providers work closely with the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Employment Support Services (26 Feb 2014)

Tom Hayes: The Senator has made a strong case and I will relate her concerns to the Minister.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Food Safety Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. I hope what I am going to say will clarify the position on some of the matters to which she referred.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Food Safety Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Tom Hayes: As the Senator will be aware, my Department published a comprehensive report in March 2013 on the detailed investigation into the adulteration of beef products with equine DNA. That investigation was carried out by the Department's veterinary inspectors, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, FSAI, and the Garda National Bureau of Fraud Investigation. It was initiated as a result of initial...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Food Safety Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Tom Hayes: That is my understanding and I can give the Senator some documentation.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Food Safety Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Tom Hayes: I will seek to have the matter clarified for the Senator.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Tom Hayes: I am pleased to report to the House on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and its agencies, which are responsible for 23 recommendations in the programme for Government, and on the substantive progress that has been made on virtually all of these recommendations. My Department's actions under the programme for Government cover a wider range of activities, including achieving...

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

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 56: In page 13, to delete lines 21 to 30 and substitute the following:“(a) the owner or manager of a forest, requiring him or her to furnish to the Minister within 28 days or such longer period as may be specified in the notice, such particulars in relation to the forest, including the area, species, numbers and volumes of trees felled during a specified period,...

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

Tom Hayes: We will get an alarm for Deputy Boyd Barrett.

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

Tom Hayes: Deputy Ó Cuív raised the issue of the views of a future Minister and I take his point. It is a concern but the reality is that no legislation can tie a future Minister as it is up to the people in the future to select their government.

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

Tom Hayes: Deputy Ó Cuív commented extensively on EU data. I will ask the officials to make the information available to him as soon as they possibly can.

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

Tom Hayes: Deputy Ó Cuív will get co-operation in that regard. I would not like the impression to be given that this is new information because it is already contained in the original legislation. The required information is the area, the species, the numbers and the volume, in order to ensure good forestry management and to determine the amount of wood available. That is the only...

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

Tom Hayes: In 1946.

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

Tom Hayes: The provision exists.

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

Tom Hayes: I am advised by my officials that this is the situation.