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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (6 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: I will call Deputy Harrington and then allow the Minister to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (6 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: I am mindful that Deputy Pringle must be in the House for Leaders' Questions, so I ask the Minister to respond to the questions posed so far. I wish to advise that the aforementioned briefing note on herring was circulated on 6 November and will be circulated again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (6 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the Minister. The committee wishes him and his officials all the best at that forthcoming Council meeting. He is correct that the expertise available to him, both from his officials and from the Marine Institute, will prove critical. The only arguments that can be sustained are those which are based on science. I am sure he has gathered that there is cross-party support with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a comprehensive update on the processing of first-time student grant applications by Student Universal Support Ireland including such applications that are still in backlog or under query; the payments issued thus far and the current situation in terms of clearing the backlog that still exist; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 27 November 2012, the review procedures he intends to take to ensure that dog welfare standards being developed in the Animal Health and Welfare Bill will apply to dog pounds, rescue and dog transportation operators, as well as dog breeders; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an outline of the staffing resources in the Adoption Authority of Ireland in view of the efforts to establish administrative agreements with other countries for the purposes of inter-country adoption and taking into account the new laws governing these processes with the introduction of the Adoption Act 2010, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 27 November 2012, the review procedures he intends to take to ensure that dog welfare standards being developed in the Animal Health and Welfare Bill will apply to dog pounds, rescue and dog transportation operators, as well as dog breeders; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an outline of the staffing resources in the Adoption Authority of Ireland in view of the efforts to establish administrative agreements with other countries for the purposes of inter-country adoption and taking into account the new laws governing these processes with the introduction of the Adoption Act 2010, the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an outline of the staffing resources in the Adoption Authority of Ireland in view of the efforts to establish administrative agreements with other countries for the purposes of inter-country adoption and taking into account the new laws governing these processes with the introduction of the Adoption Act 2010, the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Select Committee (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: We are in public session. I remind members to switch off their mobile telephones. Apologies have been received from Deputy Pringle, who has nominated Deputy Clare Daly to substitute for him. No other apologies have been received. We are due to convene to resume our consideration of the Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012. I propose that we suspend for a couple of minutes pending the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome the Minister and his officials to the meeting. I understand the Minister must leave at 5 p.m. and I understand Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan instead of Deputy Daly is substituting for Deputy Pringle. We are resuming on section 24, amendment No. 44. This has already been discussed with amendment No. 1.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Was it in acute distress?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: I hope everybody in the Department is also safe. Swans are not the most pleasant animals when they get annoyed.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: The next amendment is amendment No. 47. The amendment would involve a potential charge on the Exchequer as the financial burden resulting from taking steps to remedy breaches of the legislation on animal health and welfare would be borne by the State. A note was sent to the Deputy to that effect.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Amendments Nos. 48, 49 and 51 are related and will be discussed together by agreement.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: No, it was discussed with amendment No. 12. It was the Minister's suggestion.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: We have already discussed it but I shall allow the Minister two minutes.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Amendment No. 50 was tabled by Deputies Pringle and Éamon Ó Cuív but cannot be moved because we have already discussed it with amendment No. 12. It is related to amendment No. 49a once amendment No. 49a is moved.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Amendments Nos. 54 and 56 are related and will be taken together by agreement.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Amendments Nos. 58a, 60 to 62a, inclusive, and 64 are related and will be discussed together.