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Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2010)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. It highlights what is wrong as a result of what the HSE has become. When the HSE was introduced in 2004, we were told that the problems we have listed would disappear under the new structures. While it must be acknowledged that some improvements have been made in other areas of health delivery, this does not change the fact that the HSE is...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2010)

Andrew Doyle: This is the real problem. Unfortunately, what we read in today's newspapers was a symptom of it. I was the chairman of the former East Coast Area Health Board when it told the then Minister, Deputy Martin, that doing away with public scrutiny and public accountability through the public representative membership of the board structure was a recipe for disaster. We cited the disastrous...

Afforestation Programme (5 Oct 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Deputy Carey mentioned the five-year plan which is necessary in any kind of industry especially in one such as forestry. I tried to bring this matter into focus and to the attention of the Government because the planting season and the preparation for 2011 starts now for many in the forestry sector. It begins in the nursery where over the past three years more than 60 million seedlings have...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of farmers currently in receipt of farm assist; the number of applications received during 2009 and to date in 2010 for farm assist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34973/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Oct 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the recommendations outlined by the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which have been accepted and implemented by his Department; the savings that have accrued as a result of such changes to expenditure; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Share Farming Agreements: Share Farming Agreements (5 Oct 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers currently engaged in a share farming agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34972/10]

Written Answers — European Economic and Social Committee: European Economic and Social Committee (29 Sep 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the reduction of farming representatives on the European Economic and Social Committee in favour of an environmental representative from BirdWatch Ireland; if representations were made to him with regard to this change; the nominations he proposed for the EESC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31348/10]

Written Answers — European Economic and Social Committee: European Economic and Social Committee (29 Sep 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Question 150: To ask the Taoiseach the reason a change has been made to the structure of the European Economic and Social Committee, reducing the number of farming representatives from two to one; the basis on which this decision was made; whose interests it serves to replace a representative from the farming community with a representative of BirdWatch Ireland; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Intra-Community Trade: Intra-Community Trade (8 Jul 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Question 601: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason restrictions surrounding sheep exports to Northern Ireland remain in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31347/10]

Written Answers — Greyhound Racing Industry: Greyhound Racing Industry (8 Jul 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Question 602: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will bring forward legislation relating to the regulation of the greyhound sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31349/10]

Written Answers — Horse and Greyhound Racing Industries: Horse and Greyhound Racing Industries (8 Jul 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Question 603: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he plans to bring forward proposals with regard to a new funding mechanism for the horse and greyhound racing sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31350/10]

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (8 Jul 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Question 604: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he will take to deal with TB outbreaks in isolated blackspots across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31351/10]

Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (8 Jul 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Question 605: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications that have been approved under the agricultural environment options scheme for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31352/10]

Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (8 Jul 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Question 606: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost of delivering the agricultural environment options scheme in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31353/10]

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (8 Jul 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Question 607: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers that are still participating in REP schemes; the number of contracts that will expire in 2010 and each year beyond; the financial cost of fulfilling those contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31354/10]

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Puppy farms can send animals in the back of vans to England, without a requirement for tagging, identification,or passport. The guesstimate for dogs leaving our ports ranges from 25,000 to 45,000 and the reason it is so wide is that nobody has a clue. There is evidence, although I have not seen it, of establishments with hundreds of bitches kept in unfit conditions and that is what we were...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Spend a week on the farm.

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Andrew Doyle: A very simple phrase is used, it is called "a maiden animal", that is an animal of any species that has not been pregnant.

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Andrew Doyle: Does the Deputy want to be flippant about this, We are trying to be serious. This is serious. The Deputy does not understand.

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Andrew Doyle: The Minister may have more sense than Deputy Gogarty.