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Topical Issue Debate: Occupational Therapy Staff (16 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: On the Deputy's last point, I am not sure if the National Treatment Purchase Fund can recruit people for primary continuing care.

Topical Issue Debate: Occupational Therapy Staff (16 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: That is fair enough. I was not sure about it. Anything the Deputy has said is on the record. I will ensure his concerns are communicated straight away to the Department.

Topical Issue Debate: Occupational Therapy Staff (16 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: It is unacceptable that anybody will spend that length of time without any support especially during an incident when they probably feel very isolated. The primary care delivery model, which centres around social work, primary care, occupational therapy and physiotherapy, along with an individual's general practitioner is something that needs to be strengthened but the real problem here is...

Seanad: European Court Decision: Motion (16 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: I am being substituted by-----

Seanad: European Court Decision: Motion (16 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: No. I am saying that I am being substituted by a more appropriate Minister of State.

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Fishing Industry (22 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: I thank Senator Gavan for raising the issue. As the Senator is aware, the Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation published its report on the situation of non-EEA crew in the Irish fishing fleet under the atypical worker permission scheme last December.As outlined in the report, the matters that arose regarding the non-EEA workers in the fishing industry in late 2015 required...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Fishing Industry (22 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: It is a Garda matter.

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Fishing Industry (22 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: I reject that. This is a new scheme that was started following the work of the previous Government. Four Departments were required to implement it. There is cross-departmental co-operation on it and there is a memorandum of understanding. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's role is to hold the numbers in the depository and to deal with matters relating to the fishing...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Farmers Indebtedness (23 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: The script I have been given relates mainly to the final issue raised by the Senator, but I will get to the other points she raised. While the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform has responsibility for taxation matters generally, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine liaises closely with him on agri-taxation policy. A public consultation process on...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Farmers Indebtedness (23 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the Senator. Some of the issues she raised at the outset including stamp duty, stock relief and changes to the limits merit further consideration. Stock relief has certainly rolled in the past. The same is true of the capital acquisitions tax relief, the value of which has increased recently. In 2012 and 2013, a full agritaxation review was conducted for the first time in a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (30 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: Agroforestry was introduced for the first time by my Department in 2015 as part of the Forestry Programme 2014-2020. Agroforestry is positive for animal welfare, improves biodiversity and can prevent nutrient run-off when planted in strategic locations. Some farmers who may not be inclined to plant trees may see agroforestry as a first step in terms of a possible commitment to more...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (30 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: It is interesting that the Deputy referred to the target and said that the incentives are not adequate. We have ambitious targets. We have put aside €108 million from Exchequer funding for afforestation. We have all sorts of lobby groups and so on pulling against us. We need to be on message here. This morning I attended the launch of a conference on Irish forestry in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (30 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: The midterm review was salient but it does improve the incentives in many areas.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (30 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: We will get the Deputy to speak at a few events promoting forestry in certain parts of the country. It will be very helpful. On the last point the Deputy made, about continuous cover forestry, which is what he is talking about, a lot of work is being done in respect of both conifers and broadleafs. The new midterm review rates for broadleafs under the continuous cover forestry and...

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (30 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: Swallowed up.

Other Questions: Hardship Grant Scheme (30 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: I recognise the very severe impact that Storm Emma had on the horticultural sector and in particular on soft fruit and amenity plant producers. Indeed, I visited some of them. As an exceptional measure in response to the storm, I directed my officials to reopen the 2018 scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector. This competitive grant aid scheme...

Other Questions: Hardship Grant Scheme (30 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: I appreciate the Deputy's acknowledgement of the immediate engagement. In fact, most of the people who it was believed had been affected were contacted directly by officials of the Department before they contacted it. We travelled and met a group of them in the Deputy's constituency where we saw horrendous damage which was frightening. Some of the older structures were not insurable. The...

Other Questions: Hardship Grant Scheme (30 May 2018)

Andrew Doyle: I will not give false hope. I do not believe we can do it in the Department.

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Bovine Disease Controls (25 Sep 2018)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the Senator for raising this important and relevant issue. As he said, the tuberculosis eradication scheme has been in place in Ireland since the mid-1950s. This and other measures have led to major improvements in tuberculosis levels in the cattle herd. Reactor numbers have fallen significantly in recent years from 44,000 a year in 2008 and 2009 to approximately 15,000 to 17,000...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Bovine Disease Controls (25 Sep 2018)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the Senator. I am working on the assumption Animal Health Ireland is working on an all-island basis in regard to eradication, given the animal health status needs to be all-island based. There is a slightly different control regime in the UK. We have started a vaccination programme in the vaccination areas and this is being rolled out on badgers. With regard to the length of time...