Results 4,181-4,200 of 5,615 for speaker:Andrew Doyle
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: I ask for clarification of amendment No. 89a, which is related to the other amendments.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: As we have passed 11.45 a.m., I propose that we adjourn the meeting for today. A meeting of the select committee has been scheduled for Tuesday, 11 December. Members will be notified in the usual way. We are due to meet at 3 p.m. but, while I recognise that the Minister must attend Cabinet meetings on Tuesdays, if members are agreeable we will attempt to convene at 2.30 p.m. I thank...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: Perhaps we might consider tweaking the provision on Report Stage.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: Would it be possible to qualify this by putting in place a code or a regulation following the implementation of the legislation?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: Amendments Nos. 38 and 39 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) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: The acceptance of this amendment involves the deletion of section 16. If this amendment is passed, amendments Nos. 32 to 34, inclusive, cannot be moved.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: Amendment No. 35 is in substitution for amendment No. 35 on the principal list of amendments dated 7 November. This amendment, if accepted, involves the deletion of section 18.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: Amendment No. 31 is in the name of the Minister. Amendments Nos. 31 to 34, inclusive, and amendment No. 89 are related and will be discussed together. Amendments Nos. 32 to 34, inclusive, are alternatives to amendment No. 31. The alternative amendments are on the principal list of amendments, dated 7 November 2012, and on a third white list of additional amendments, dated 26 November 2012....
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: How stands amendment No. 27?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: Amendments Nos. 29a, 29b and 29c are related and may be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: Yes, the Deputy may ask a quick question, although strictly speaking, I should not allow it.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: Amendment No. 27 is in the name of Deputy Ó Cuív. Amendments Nos. 27 to 30, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: If amendment No. 25a is agreed to, amendment No. 25b cannot be moved.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and his officials. I understand the Minister must leave at 11.45 a.m. I draw the attention of members to a fourth additional list of amendments. Amendment No. 25 has already been discussed. Amendment put.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Harvest 2020: Discussion with Irish Farm Managers Association (4 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: Perhaps that is a debate for another day.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Harvest 2020: Discussion with Irish Farm Managers Association (4 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: If this is done right, the beef industry could also grow and develop. I thank the Irish Farm Managers' Association for its presentation. Owing to developments during the so-called boom years after 2000, the association found it difficult to retain an active core membership, partly because some people came to view farming as a sunset industry. I should declare an interest in that I am a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Harvest 2020: Discussion with Irish Farm Managers Association (4 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: That was many years ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Harvest 2020: Discussion with Irish Farm Managers Association (4 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: It is important that they would.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: The first proposal is COM (2012) 530, a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and the Council amending Council Directive 2011/110/EC relating to honey. It is proposed that this proposal does not warrant further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed. The next three proposals will be taken together. COM (2012) 545 is a proposal for a Council decision on the signature on behalf of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Harvest 2020: Discussion with Irish Farm Managers Association (4 Dec 2012)
Andrew Doyle: I welcome Mr. John Fitzgerald, secretary of the Irish Farm Managers Association, IFMA; Mr. Liam Moyles, former chief executive of the Farm Apprenticeship Board; Mr. Kevin Cummins, chairman of the policy committee of the IFMA; and Mr. Seamus Quigley, committee member of the IFMA. I draw attention to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are...