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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Retail Sector: Discussion with RGDATA and Retail Ireland (5 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Reference was made to the attitude of the Competition Authority. As the witnesses will be aware, a new Bill proposes to merge the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency. Down the years there have been differences of opinion between these two bodies. Ironically, the Competition Authority seems to believe that unimpeded pricing or marketing is in the best interests of the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Retail Sector: Discussion with RGDATA and Retail Ireland (5 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: There is general interest in this subject and the national broadcaster has complained about mobile phone feedback and has stated the footage will be unusable if it is not cleaned up. I again ask members to ensure their phones are off. To get this subject on the agenda we need to use every available opportunity we have.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Retail Sector: Discussion with RGDATA and Retail Ireland (5 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Does Deputy Pat Deering have an additional comment to make?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Retail Sector: Discussion with RGDATA and Retail Ireland (5 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Yes. The first question concerned garage forecourts, while the final one was Deputy Pat Deering's question on the price of milk.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Retail Sector: Discussion with RGDATA and Retail Ireland (5 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: The Senators are not participating today and I know Senator Mary Ann O'Brien who is in the Gallery would have much to say if she was allowed to do so. I would like to acknowledge that because she is in the business of producing a particular product and avails of retailers large and small to market and sell it. This is very important. We went through part of this process during the last...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Retail Sector: Discussion with RGDATA and Retail Ireland (5 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome Mr. Stephen Lynam, director of Retail Ireland, and Mr. Frank Gleeson, chairman of Retail Ireland, for coming before us today. I know both witnesses were in the public Gallery but I must go through the procedure regarding privilege again. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Retail Sector: Discussion with RGDATA and Retail Ireland (5 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: I thank Mr. Lynam and Mr. Gleeson.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Retail Sector: Discussion with RGDATA and Retail Ireland (5 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Our guests have made the point that, to date, no complaints have been made under the provisions of the Competition Act 2002. We are informed that this is the case because the system involved is adversarial in nature and the complaint must come from the individual. Our guests have also made the point that the Competition Authority can initiate proceedings. However, the authority would have...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Retail Sector: Discussion with RGDATA and Retail Ireland (5 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the gentlemen for an interesting discussion. One of the points made by the previous contributor was that if a code was to be applied, it should apply to suppliers and retailers because dominance worked in two ways. Large suppliers can hold a dominant position over small retailers, as can large retailers. It is not true to say there is no dealing with and no direct purchasing from...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (6 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Like my colleagues I am glad to have an opportunity to address the subject. St. Catherine's Association was established at a time when families or those with an interest in special needs had to push harder than they do today for anything they got. They got money and established a service at a time when there was no such thing as service level agreements or corporate governance. The service...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (6 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: The Department of Education and Skills has reaffirmed that its contribution to the education system, including the teaching of these children, will not change. We will have to discuss in some detail, however, the relationship between the HSE, the management of St. Catherine's and the Department of Education and Skills. There has been some tangling of wires in that area because what was part...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (12 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the higher diploma in montessori teaching course at a college (details supplied) in Dublin is not funded by the Student Universal Support Ireland grant; if he will consider including it on the list for funding in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12844/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (12 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in counties Wicklow and Carlow that were provided for under his Department's additional accommodation scheme and emergency works approval to date in 2013; the precise amount of funding that has been allocated to each; the specific project in each school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12887/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Remuneration (12 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons on the payroll of his Department, both Department employees and teachers in schools nationwide; the number of physical payslips that his Department processes each month; the percentage of these that are sent to payees in the post; the breakdown in the overall cost of physical payslips and postage per year for the years 2009 to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Schemes (12 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the schemes available for persons taking voluntary redundancy in the public sector who wish to start their own business and create employment; if he intends to put any schemes in place as part of the Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12600/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (12 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow, who is in receipt of the disability allowance is exempt from paying the increased prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12524/13]

Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle MRSA in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14315/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient waiting lists for children in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14314/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (20 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who was receiving jobseeker's allowance for a period of time who signed off and applied for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13947/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (20 Mar 2013)

Andrew Doyle: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13977/13]