Results 441-460 of 5,615 for speaker:Andrew Doyle

Topical Issue Debate: Land Issues (24 May 2017)

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Topical Issue Debate: Land Issues (24 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: I do not know why one would take it out if one was going to plead force majeure.

Topical Issue Debate: Land Issues (24 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: I cannot answer that question but I can get clarification on it.

Topical Issue Debate: Land Issues (24 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: That is indeed the burning question. After being in the Deputy's constituency in Connemara, Cloosh Valley in particular, the evidence of the extent of the burning is very graphic. I will try to deal with some of the specifics.

Topical Issue Debate: Land Issues (24 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: I have to read this. The Deputy will know that from his experience in government.

Topical Issue Debate: Land Issues (24 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: As the House will be aware, there have been incidences recently of illegal burning on agricultural and eligible forestry land in the closed period that has led to the outbreak of serious fires in various counties throughout the country. These fires have resulted in significant damage to substantial areas of agricultural and forestry land, and significant expenditure has been incurred by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: 469. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the long waiting lists for surgery for cardiology patients and the lack of beds within the cardiology units in hospitals; his further plans to open up private hospitals to public patients for urgent cardiology surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24246/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Forest Fires (17 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: I thank Deputy Connolly for raising this very serious issue. As she mentioned, I visited Cloosh Valley in County Galway on Monday and saw for myself the utter devastation caused by the wildfire that raged there until Thursday, 11 May 2017, when it was finally brought under control. As I commented during my visit, fire poses a serious risk to life, homes, and property. Forestry and...

Topical Issue Debate: Forest Fires (17 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: I appreciate the points raised and, having visited the site, I know the work that was done. There were over 100 people there, including Coillte staff, the Army, Air Corps and some private helicopters who were experts in their actions. I visited a point where there was a new infrastructural road built by the wind company. As it was a crown fire, it jumped that road but those 62 km of new...

Other Questions: Environmental Policy (4 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: Cereal opens up the ground and releases carbon----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (4 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: The Deputy can take a very narrow-minded outlook on this. C16 is the structural grade standard that is needed for the construction sector. That is structural timber, which is renewable and an alternative to concrete and steel. New, advanced cross-lamination and other technologies are being developed to strengthen such structures so buildings of a higher height and with greater load-bearing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Greyhound Industry (4 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: Regarding approval, the details have not been sent to the Department, the Minister, Deputy Michael Creed, or me. The approval of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform must also be obtained. We are not at liberty because the Department of Education and Skills has requested that full details of the sale not be disclosed because of market sensitivities. There has been due process in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Greyhound Industry (4 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: The board will not be sacked. It is as simple as that. We have confidence in it. In its strategic investment business plan it envisaged necessary receipts of €12 million from the sale of Harold's Cross greyhound stadium to work down its debt. While, regrettably, I am not at liberty to disclose the actual sale value, it is substantial enough to deal with the debt significantly. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (4 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. Continuous cover forestry, CCF, is a silvicultural system option in which the aim is to keep the overall forest canopy in place continuously, with low levels of soil exposure and any regeneration gap confined to about one third of a hectare in area. Sites suited to CCF are those where the crop is conducive to seeding, thereby facilitating natural...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (4 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: The afforestation programme comes with an obligation to replant. 4 o’clock One of the issues in regard to that scheme has been to make sure we maximise the value of the State's investment in afforestation in the first place, by optimising both the monetary and environmental value from the crop that has been established. The Deputy is right in that it is necessary to do research...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Greyhound Industry (4 May 2017)

Andrew Doyle: Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established in 1958 under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon  has faced very difficult financial challenges in recent years and continues to operate in a difficult financial environment. Through the period of the recession, a significant reduction in...

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Andrew Doyle: Give it socks.

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Andrew Doyle: Mother of God.

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Andrew Doyle: Absolutely disingenuous.

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Andrew Doyle: Fallacy.