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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Irish Timber Council and IFFPA (15 Jan 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Thank you, Mr. Little. I call Mr. Pat Glennon of the Irish Timber Council.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Irish Timber Council and IFFPA (15 Jan 2014)

Andrew Doyle: As we are in public session, I welcome the witnesses from the Irish Timber Council and the Irish Forest and Forestry Products Association. I understand the Irish Forest and Forestry Products Association, IFFPA, representatives will speak first. I welcome Mr. Mark McAuley, director, and Mr. Daragh Little, chairman and managing director of Forest Enterprises Limited. I thank both of them for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (15 Jan 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 639. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action being taken by his Department to consult all stakeholders on a low-cost, all-Ireland microchip system for horses and dogs to promote the welfare of these animals. [55444/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (18 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered allowing an exemption to the local property tax for an estate (details supplied) in County Wicklow in view of the serious failures by the local authority as revealed by a 2007 fire and safety audit that it conducted; if his attention has been drawn to the upgrades being made by the local authority to all local authority-owned properties...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Standards (18 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious failures by the local authority on an estate (details supplied) in County Wicklow as revealed by a 2007 fire and safety audit which the local authority conducted; if his attention has been drawn to the upgrades being made by the local authority to all local authority owned...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (17 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 331. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the provisions, safeguards and measures that are currently in place regarding drag hunting here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53964/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hunting Guidelines (17 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the provisions, safeguards and measures currently in place regarding drag hunting here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54008/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: We are now in public session. The next item on the agenda is the scrutiny of the EU proposal before members today. As for Schedule B, is it agreed the proposals in Schedule B do not warrant further scrutiny? Agreed. The first item on Schedule A is COM (2013) 753, a proposal for a Council regulation fixing for 2014 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: I note there are ten or 11 fisheries local action groups, FLAGs, in Scotland which may possibly be more developed in certain areas. Are they having the same difficulties with the co-funding model? Mr. Keatinge has indicated that the rate is an issue, aside from the amount involved.

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: We must be mindful that Axis 4 will remain, but when it is discussed in the context of the European Maritime Fisheries Fund, the rules allow for a maximum draw-down.

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: That is a useful way to finish the discussion. I thank Mr. Keatinge for coming at short notice. He will appreciate from the interaction why we considered it important to get a handle on how FLAGs are structured and working.

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: The issue is whether this is an add-on to other streams of funding or whether it is seen as a funding organisation in its own right. Mr. Keating has addressed this issue. The committee's report on FLAGs must highlight some of the facts Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív has given with regard to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. If a figure of €2.5 million must be spent over...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: On the MSO, will Mr. Keatinge comment further on former fishing vessels that could be used for something else such as sea angling?

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: It is an issue we should consider.

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Would they be in a position to draw down funding from two sources? If a FLAG committee had a sub-committee which was an affiliate, could it draw in Leader funding?

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Thank you. There are some useful pointers in that presentation for members. I call on Deputy Ó Cuív first.

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: On our visit to Scotland, the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead, spoke about inshore fisheries committees, and was aiming to improve the management of Scotland's fisheries out to the six-mile limit. Are these the FLAGs-----

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: It is a little bit confusing. We thought the FLAGs were an Irish version of those.

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome Mr. Michael Keatinge, deputy chief executive officer, BIM, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, to today’s meeting. The sub-committee is near to finalising its report on developing aquaculture and it appreciates Mr. Keatinge for attending to update it on the progress made in establishing the fisheries local action groups, FLAGs. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Issues (10 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 319. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions he has taken to undertake the economic analysis of the agricultural biomass-generated biogas supply chain in order to support the co-ordinated development of the sector and to make recommendations on the use of biogas in Government buildings or in Government vehicles; and if a steering group on the biogas...