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Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (17 Jul 2014)

Tom Hayes: Increasing the rates is a budgetary issue that can be dealt with. I will relay the Deputy's concerns to the Minister. As the points he makes are quite relevant, hopefully the Government will get to them in the future.

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Deputy for raising this Topical Issue and giving me time to clarify some of the issues involved in what is a very complex matter for many. The Minister is away at a jobs announcement in Tullamore in the drinks industry. That is the way we do business. I want to be helpful, if at all possible. GLAS is designed around a tiered approach and the tiers are based on a consideration...

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I acknowledge that there is a great deal of concern among many people living in rural Ireland. The Minister and I and our departmental officials are committed to the rural development programme, which was fought for long and hard. It was difficult to get the matching funding, but it was achieved, and the last thing we want is for the scheme to fail. There is a great deal of hysteria about...

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: This can be worked through. It is unfair for people to say this is unworkable and that rural Ireland will collapse. We have committed significant money to this scheme and we want it to work fairly. There is an opportunity to make it work fairly. At departmental level we want it work, and we will talk to people and help them to get over the line if other aspects of this need to change....

Topical Issue Debate: Beef Industry (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. The beef sector is hugely important to the economy. We have acknowledged that, and most of our time over the past number of months has been spent trying to solve problems and deal with the issues in the sector. Last year, beef exports accounted for just under €2.1 billion, reflecting a 5% increase in output and a 4% increase in average...

Topical Issue Debate: Beef Industry (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: Again, I categorically assure the House that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine continuously monitors all meat and animals that enter the food chain, on a post-mortem and ante-mortem basis. In meat factories animals are examined, checked and watched, as happened in this case. The Deputy received a very detailed briefing on the issue from the Department of Agriculture, Food...

Topical Issue Debate: Beef Industry (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: The Deputy received a detailed briefing on it from the Department's officials.

Topical Issue Debate: Beef Industry (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Deputy. It is very important. We do not need hysteria about the beef industry. People's livelihoods depend on it. Families up and down the country are at their wits' end to survive in this business. The last thing we want is somebody blackening the name of the industry, as the Deputy tried to do.

Topical Issue Debate: Beef Industry (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I assure everybody that at all times the Department carries out inspections to ensure only the best, properly checked beef enters the food chain. The Department inspects it continuously, on an hourly, daily and weekly basis. The Deputy knows this and we should all acknowledge it. We demand the best quality beef and that is what we sell. We have made a name for ourselves all over the world...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: Deputy McNamara spoke at length about his concerns that the restriction on the payment of compensation within the Bill will severely limit the instances where payments of compensation will be made. While it is true that the instances will be limited, the provision must be viewed in the context of ensuring the common good is served at all times. The circumstances in which compensation will...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: My amendment presented on Report Stage was drafted, reviewed and approved by the Office of the Attorney General, having regard to the examination of existing judgments of the Supreme Court. A recent High Court judgment in McGrath Limestone Works Limited v.An Bord Pleanála, a copy of which I can make available to the Deputy, serves to uphold the approach adopted in the Bill. In the...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 41b:In page 14, line 11, after “ “owner” ” to insert “, in relation to land,”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 41c:In page 14, line 12, to delete “concerned”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 41d:In page 15, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:“(6) On proof by the owner of the land concerned that the steps taken in relation to that land by a person authorised under subsection (2) needlessly resulted in damage or loss of a significant character to that owner in respect of that land, the person so authorised shall be liable to pay compensation...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 41e:In page 15, line 7, after “ “owner” ” to insert “, in relation to land,”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 41f:In page 15, line 8, to delete “concerned”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I will discuss amendments Nos. 42, 48 to 50, inclusive, 50a, 51, 52, 52a, 52b and 53 together. The issue of timelines and the issuing of felling licences was raised on Committee Stage and in my discussions with representatives of the industry and growers. I have made a significant change to the Bill by placing an objective timeline of four months for the issuing of felling licences. In some...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I understand what the Deputy is saying. During our discussions on the Bill, I looked at the council planning permission model. We discussed it at length with the stakeholders and the best we could do is bring it to where it is now. To allow the forestry service to deal with this and to give it time to carry out consultation, it needs a considerable period of time. We included a provision...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: With regard to amendments Nos. 44 and 47, forest management objectives of owners are catered for in the felling licence application process. I must stress that it will be the forest owner in the first instance who will specify the type of tree felling that will be proposed. It is he or she who will propose the replanting species in the first instance. If a forest is being felled it is the...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: The forest owner makes the proposal and it is up to the Department to respond.