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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Breeding Regulations (10 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has set up a departmental recording system for all the data collected by all local authorities to establish the basis for the analysis of the implementation of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act (2010), whose purpose was to ensure the control of dog breeding establishments and the enforcement of dog welfare in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: I will come back to this in the private session discussion on Pillar 2. I seek responses to two other questions; one was my own and the other was on the forests. We can then conclude this session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: It is like the beef processed in the North.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: I presume Mr. Moran will also furnish us with an update on the plant regulations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: It is on the backburner, rather than on the agenda. I thank Mr. Moran and his officials. We will now go into private session to discuss Pillar 2.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: We might develop that on Pillar 2. Is that okay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Could we move on? I would rather we finish the report on the six months and we can deal with that in the Common Agricultural Policy. Senator O'Keeffe asked about the forests ad hoc group on a legally binding agreement on forests in Europe. Mr. Moran may not have an update on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: I asked a question about animal health and Senator Ó Domhnaill asked for the magic date. There was also a question on the conclusion of the CAP agreements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: The whole thing is a package. Nothing will be sent to Europe until the Pillar 2 co-financing has been signed off at whatever level. The implications for flexibility or swapping, depending on the rate and whether it is needed-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: I presume the schemes must be written up and designed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: We are straying into Pillar 2.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: The broad thrust of the Pillar 1 schemes has been agreed. The money is in play, depending on the co-funding. On Pillar 2 if there is an upland environment scheme, an agri-environmental options scheme, AEOS, young farmers package or anything else, it will have to be agreed how such schemes will be structured. The money is still in play. There is €313 million from Pillar 2 that still...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Could Mr. Moran clarify one point? Is it true that 30% of Pillar 2 must go towards greening measures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: The committee had a meeting recently with officials on the new package for healthier animals, plants and safer food. We had a full meeting discussing eight articles out of a total of 162. It is a slow burn. There are fairly profound implications for the entire sector if these go counter to the Irish position. If not today, I ask Mr. Moran give us an update on that, because we said we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Deputy Penrose mentioned the organic issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Is that okay, Deputy Penrose?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome Mr. Tom Moran, Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, who is accompanied by his officials, Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll, Ms Bríd Cannon and Mr. Kevin Smyth. I thank them for their attendance to brief members on the Department's six-monthly report on developments in the European Union from 1 January to 30 June 2013. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Congratulations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Absolutely, yes.