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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Sector: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (23 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I will finally call the Commissioner one more time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Sector: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (23 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Does the Commissioner have any concluding remarks other than responses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Sector: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (23 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: We are glad to hear from him anyway. On behalf of the committee members, I thank the Commissioner for accepting the invitation which we extended to him informally during our delegation's visit to him earlier this year, and subsequently formally. He can garner from the level of interest from members here that the role of the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (23 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: On behalf of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and Marine, I welcome the Minister, Deputy Bruton. As with the other committees, the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and Marine has been closely following developments in the ongoing TTIP negotiation process. Last month we had a briefing from officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine on the six monthly report....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (23 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the Minister and his officials. Negotiations to make trade agreements more open will only work if they are mutually beneficial. I think we accept that. If one reflects on when Ireland joined the then EEC in 1973 and one compares the landscape then and now, we benefited from the removal of tariffs, not only in trading with member states but also with our largest trading neighbour,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waterways Issues (25 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be made available for the urgent repair of the weir on the Vartry river in Ashford in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25546/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 423. To ask the Minister for Health the process for the implementation of the national drugs strategy beyond September 2016; if the new strategy will include alcohol prevention measures as part of the overall strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25959/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, and his officials to the joint committee and thank them for attending to brief the members on the landing obligation and the mismanagement of fishing fleet capacity. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I understand that the Minister will be obliged to leave the meeting at 3.45 p.m. sharp, which means we will have one hour for our deliberations. There are two items on the agenda, namely, sub-segmentation and discards or landing of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I would be quite happy to facilitate the Deputy in that regard. However, members will have to limit themselves to three minutes each when asking questions. How many are indicating? I presume there are five, which will mean 25 minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Very well. It will be five minutes each and I will be obliged to hold members to that. We will then get back to the Minister, after which we will go back around for the discards. We will take the sub-segmentation item first and I call on Deputy Ó Cuív.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Senator Ó Clochartaigh is substituting for Deputy Martin Ferris.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I will allow supplementary questions later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: We should allow the Minister to finish his contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Can you clarify that the regulations had or did not have to be changed to allow that action?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Deputy Ó Cuív, in fairness, there are others who wish to speak. You can come back to this in a minute. Deputy Pringle is in possession.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: What was the legal advice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Senator Comiskey posed a question about leisure craft, which needs to be dealt with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: On that technical point, with regard to the nature of a wooden versus a steel vessel, the inner shell of the latter would be slightly bigger. Is there any provision whereby a boat can be built to the same exterior dimensions but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Sorry, Senator. I have not said much yet.