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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 1006. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who is clearly over the income limit for medical card services, has to furnish a valuation of a site, which will cost them in the region of €150 for the valuation, to be assessed for the discretionary card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13017/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 1185. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a child (details supplied) in County Wexford will have to wait to get braces fitted to their teeth having been assessed by a consultant orthodontist in January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14035/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 1246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list the sports clubs that have applied for sports capital funding in County Wexford for the 2014 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13299/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (25 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 1263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ask Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority to place a bus route on the real-time bus information signs at a location (details supplied) to include the final destination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13576/14]

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: There is a saying that Kilkenny used to be the capital of Ireland, Dublin is now and Cork will be in the future. If Deputy Buttimer has his say, that will happen sooner rather than later. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate, which is taking place in week one of the fourth year of this Government's term. It is a good time to review where we have come from and look ahead...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I think you certainly have. You raised a concern that the list of offences and offenders would be publicly available in the same way across Europe, so that knowledge sharing would not be just subject to the information on a particular member state, and that is vitally important for this system to be applied in an even-handed way and to be seen to applied as such. There is often a feeling...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: If a minor offence is being created and there are no longer be longer criminal or serious offences in this respect and then there are criminal offences, that might be something that needs to be examined.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: That is another road we could go down. Deputy Harrington has a further comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Those are very relevant points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Generally, legal advice would not be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The intention there is to decriminalise minor offences.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I did make that point. The sea fisheries and maritime jurisdiction (amendment) Bill, whose heads will probably be referred to this committee, is to provide for a points system for skippers of fishing vessels found to have infringed the CFP and to introduce fixed penalty notices for minor offences. As I understand it, the statutory instrument concerns serious offences, but the discretion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank all Members for their questions. With regard to the last point made by the Deputy, the heads of the proposed legislation may come before the committee, which will form part of our work programme. The members of the delegation have been asked a series of specific questions. They have also been asked to comment on opinions, but I am not sure whether they want to do so. I seek...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank each witness and invite questions from the members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome Ms Susan Steele, chairperson, Mr. Micheál O'Mahony and Mr. Andrew Kinneen, members of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, and I thank you all for coming before the committee to brief us on SI 3 of 2014 concerning the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations for 2014. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, you are protected by...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the need for an expanded banking sector, if he has been in any discussion with the management of Ulster Bank or its parent bank RBS with a view to establishing what its long-term plans are for its business here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11694/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the usage that has been allocated for the former Garda stations in Hollywood and Donard, County Wicklow; the use to which the property will be put and by whom; the length of any potential lease; the lengths his Department has gone to for making use of the properties; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (11 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or the National Roads Authority will provide an update on the progress that has been made to date on the N11 upgrade project between Arklow and Rathnew in County Wicklow as of March 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11771/14]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I wish to thank committee members for their forbearance, including those Deputies who substituted for absent committee members. I also thank the Minister of State and his officials for their attendance and co-operation with committee members in advance of this debate.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Message to Dáil (6 Mar 2014)

Andrew Doyle: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the Forestry Bill 2013 and has made amendments thereto.