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Written Answers — Fallen Animal Collection Scheme: Fallen Animal Collection Scheme (24 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: Question 493: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he is taking to provide alternatives for collection of fallen animals on farms which was promised since April 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42879/09]

Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (24 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: Question 496: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the 2009 equine laboratory report on the bacterial count on imported chicken fillets will be published; the action he is taking to ensure that imported chicken fillets are safe for human consumption; if the findings of the laboratory studies on bacteria on imported chicken fillets has been drawn to the attention of...

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (24 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: Question 497: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason non-genetically modified feed is not available to farmers wanting to avail of the GM free logo being promoted in the revised programme for Government; the reason non-GM feed has been in short supply and more costly than in other EU markets since 2004; if the Minister intending to review this situation. [43034/09]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (24 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if consideration will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow in the allocation of their maintenance top up grant as part of the higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42894/09]

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: I wish to share time with Deputy Catherine Byrne. I welcome that, at long last, the Bill is before the House. It is exactly ten months this week since it was introduced in the Seanad. We have been given various reasons for the failure to bring it before the House but in the meantime, our bilateral agreement with Vietnam is lapsed and we have to wait for the ISS report to be finalised....

Food Safety. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has received the findings of an analysis undertaken by his Department into samples of chicken fillets imported during the summer of 2009; the actions he intends to take on foot of such findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43828/09]

Food Safety. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: It could be said with some justification that the pork dioxin scare came up and bit us from behind. The Minister of State mentioned ten samples. He should bear in mind that in response to a previous parliamentary question on 17 November he said he was not aware of any testing on imported poultry meat having been carried out at the Department's laboratory. The response to a parliament...

Food Safety. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: Something is amiss. If this turns out to be a health issue and the bacterial counts of these samples are proved to be in excess of what is humanly safe, the Minister of State is complicit in covering up results by saying he has sought further more detailed information. If we should be aware of the preliminary findings, surely the Minister of State and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland...

Food Safety. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: Will the Minister of State confirm that those findings will be published? On the issue of the shelf life of products, what the Minister of State said is all very fine, if one knows the slaughter date. The evidence is that chicken fillets are gas-flushed on the seventh day of shelf life of the product. Immediately the seal is broken on the wrapping of a product, the product is out of date.

Food Safety. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: That is key to this issue. We do not know the slaughter date of such products, nor their country of origin. Why did we get two different answers on this issue last week? The FSAI convened a meeting of the suppliers and the retailers on this issue last April. It said it had no legal power to ban such a practice. The caveat here is that the retailer should have a scientifically valid way of...

Food Safety. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: Will the findings be published?

Food Safety. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: We should have learned a lesson from the pork dioxin crisis.

Organic Farming. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: I do not believe slatted units prevent the production of milk whether organically or otherwise. The key point is that it costs a good deal more in terms of carbon spent to produce a unit of food organically than to produce a unit of food non-organically.

Organic Farming. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: It is derived from multiple research. A lady in Dublin Castle at a conference entitled The Greening of Agriculture was adamant that organically produced food was less carbon efficient than conventionally produced food. This does not necessarily apply to intensively produced food but to conventionally produced food in a moderate way using the best available science and technology including,...

Organic Farming. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: I did not get to speak on the issue of flooding because Wicklow was not flooded. We are too high.

Organic Farming. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: Flooding issues can be dealt with and it is possible to have organic matter in the soil without it being farmed organically. The holistic approach must be taken in this regard.

Organic Farming. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: I did not ignore the people of Arklow.

Organic Farming. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: I have been nice to the Minister of State so far.

Common Agricultural Policy. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: Not only are we facing challenges in food production, but we will also have to deal with carbon emissions by meeting new targets on renewable energy and greenhouse gas reduction. In terms of carbon emissions per unit of food produced, this is one of the most efficient countries on the planet. If we can agree a standard of equivalence, it makes sense to push the food security agenda in a...

Social Welfare Benefits. (26 Nov 2009)

Andrew Doyle: Against a background of budgetary constraints and challenges to all sectors of public spending, we must first look for value for money. It is calculated that there are approximately 161,000 carers who provide 3.7 million hours of home care a week and probably no more than 30,000 to 35,000 of those qualify for carer's allowance in the first instance. This represents a saving to the State of...