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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 May 2016)

Andrew Doyle: 176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if all current core strategies of the city and county councils in the greater Dublin area, which are drawn up to be consistent with the current national planning framework, the national spatial strategy and the regional plan for the area, regional planning guidelines for the greater Dublin area, must now be amended where...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 May 2016)

Andrew Doyle: 177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the body or agency which is ultimately responsible for spatial planning in Ireland and in the greater Dublin region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12203/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 May 2016)

Andrew Doyle: 178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the new transport strategy for the greater Dublin area has had sufficient regard to the regional plan for the greater Dublin area, that it underpins and supports all of the objectives for the greater Dublin area, particularly in the hinterland area outside of the Dublin metropolitan area; and to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (25 May 2016)

Andrew Doyle: 348. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the new transport strategy for the greater Dublin area, approved by his predecessor in April 2016, has had sufficient regard to the current national planning framework the national spatial strategy, the regional plan for the area regional planning guidelines for the greater Dublin area and the relevant city and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (25 May 2016)

Andrew Doyle: 349. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm that the National Transport Authority is to be considered the highest level land use and spatial planning body in the region, having regard to the fact that the new regional plan regional spatial and economic strategy and all city and county development plans must now be consistent with the new transport strategy for the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (25 May 2016)

Andrew Doyle: 350. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm that the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland will deliver the required transportation infrastructure for new developments and new development areas in County Wicklow that are so designated for substantial new development by the regional plan and the Wicklow county development plan; to confirm...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Export of Greyhounds (8 Jun 2016)

Andrew Doyle: All exporters of dogs are required to provide animal health and welfare certification in respect of compliance with identification requirements, fitness for the intended journey, health status and rabies vaccination requirements. Once these animal certification requirements are met, dogs, including greyhounds, may be exported internationally. Exporters are also required to comply with the...

Adjournment Debate: Forestry Management (8 Jun 2016)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the Deputy. This is my first opportunity to speak on this issue and on an Adjournment debate. The Deputy and I have known each other for quite a while and I am conscious of this issue. I was made well aware of the issue of afforestation in County Leitrim. Perhaps it is one of the consequences of having a policy. No matter how good it is, it always has the potential to upset...

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Andrew Doyle: I have been asked to speak specifically on the implications of the result of the UK referendum on the European Union for the agriculture and agrifood sector. The result has the potential to give rise to significant challenges for the Irish agrifood sector. I am keenly aware of the concerns of those working in the sector about the UK's decision to leave the EU. I have just come from...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Agriculture Scheme Administration (5 Jul 2016)

Andrew Doyle: This is the first opportunity I have had to address the Upper House. I am delighted to do so on a subject in which I have some interest, indeed a vested interest as a flock owner. I am very pleased also that a former colleague on the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has raised the matter. On the committee, we proved beyond doubt that it is possible to work constructively...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Agriculture Scheme Administration (5 Jul 2016)

Andrew Doyle: With regard to development markets, when Bord Bia or departmental officials participate on trade missions, they will identify traceability as a key issue, particularly for the US. The dreaded tagging has not been discussed but it will be in the mix at some stage. There have been submissions on it. The focus currently is on animal welfare. I know from experience that a lame animal does not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Jul 2016)

Andrew Doyle: Twenty years.

Other Questions: Greyhound Industry (13 Jul 2016)

Andrew Doyle: As stated in a reply to a parliamentary question tabled by the Deputy on 17 May last, the position is that once appropriate animal health and welfare certification requirements are met, dogs, including greyhounds, may be exported internationally. Exporters are also required to comply with the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1 of 2005 on the protection of animals during transport. ...

Other Questions: Greyhound Industry (13 Jul 2016)

Andrew Doyle: Exports to Macau have ceased because none of the airlines will agree to carry greyhounds. If the Department tried to ban greyhound exports to Macau, the animals would be transported to the region indirectly through another jurisdiction if the people involved wished to continue to export them. I appreciate everything the Deputy said on animal welfare. International pressure was brought to...

Other Questions: Greyhound Industry (13 Jul 2016)

Andrew Doyle: Draft heads of a Bill are being prepared for pre-legislative scrutiny. I was chairman of the agriculture committee in the last Dáil. At the time, we were hoping to have the Bill ready for the pre-legislative scrutiny process. Essentially the new greyhound Bill is based on the Welfare of Greyhounds Act. We are trying to get it into the committee for the autumn session in order that it...

Other Questions: Bord na gCon (13 Jul 2016)

Andrew Doyle: I am not going to respond to those comments. They are not part of the question. It ill-befits the Deputy to make comments like that unless he has proof.

Other Questions: Bord na gCon (13 Jul 2016)

Andrew Doyle: Maybe Deputy Wallace will come up with the proof. The Morris report was carried out at the request of Bord na gCon by Professor Tim Morris, the independent scientific adviser to the Greyhound Board of Great Britain on anti-doping and medication control. The purpose of the report was to examine the use of doping and medication in the greyhound sector in Ireland. It will enable Bord na...

Other Questions: Bord na gCon (13 Jul 2016)

Andrew Doyle: The report was not ready 12 months ago; it was commissioned 12 months ago. I was Chairman of the committee in the last Dáil that sought to have the new greyhound legislation brought before the committee for pre-legislative scrutiny. In the time since I became Minister of State about eight weeks ago, I have asked the officials who drafted the heads of that Bill to send it to the...

Other Questions: Bord na gCon (13 Jul 2016)

Andrew Doyle: The Deputy either believes me or he does not.

Other Questions: Bord na gCon (13 Jul 2016)

Andrew Doyle: He will not be; he need not worry.