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Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: Not even Deputy Mattie McGrath.

Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (23 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I assure Deputy Boyd Barrett that Coillte must publish its accounts each year. We want the company to be profitable. When the Government took office it carried out a root and branch assessment of many public bodies and companies, including Coillte. It was the Government's view that the company should be more focused, on afforestation in particular. We want Coillte to be progressive,...

Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (23 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: Coillte is a large operation with SmartPly, Medite and other forestry product projects. The whole forestry industry is growing, including the private forestry sector. Coillte has been responsible over many years for the development of our forest business. The potential for exporting timber is now significant. As the Deputy said, he visited Coillte last week and engaged with the company....

Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (23 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: Coillte Teoranta was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as contractual arrangements and sources of funding, are the responsibility of the company. As a commercial company, Coillte is required to publish annual accounts, copies of which are laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, in accordance with the Forestry...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Fisheries Protection (18 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I thank Senator Sheahan for his contribution. He has a great knowledge of the issue and I will relay his comments to officials in the Department. Securing a resolution will require that we take a balanced approach for the sake of the fishing industry.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Fisheries Protection (18 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I thank Senator Sheahan for raising this issue. All matters relating to the operational enforcement of sea fisheries law are, by statute, matters appropriate to the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority. SFPA is the independent law enforcement agency of the State for sea fisheries law. As Minister of State, I do not have responsibility in regard to the issues raised by the Senator. ...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: UN Resolutions (18 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: Ireland attaches great importance to family-related issues. We recognise the crucial role of parents, care givers and extended families in improving outcomes for children and young people, the important role of families concerning responsibility and care for the elderly, as well as the need to provide support to families to enable them to play these important roles. Families can provide an...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: UN Resolutions (18 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: Briefly, I am sorry the Minister is not available as he is otherwise engaged but I have no doubt that he will engage with the Senator. However, I refer to the thrust of what he has being saying. The family, as we know it, is a central part of what we want to protect in Ireland. We always value what the family stands for and what it does in regard to older people and protecting our children...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: SOLAS is the body with statutory responsibility for the management of the apprenticeship training model in Ireland. SOLAS also convenes the national apprenticeship advisory committee, representative of employers, unions, education and training bodies and State agencies, to advise on a range of issues relating to apprenticeship. I understand from SOLAS that, as of 28 August this year, the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: Nobody wants to give misleading figures. Senator Whelan is quite accurate in stating that there is a shortage of those skill sets because of the downturn in the economy. We are now in a different situation. There is a realisation that plasterers, chippies and those involved in the needs of industry have gone to America or Australia, or they are all over the world. Those tradesmen can...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. I thank the Senator for raising the matter as it provides me with the opportunity to clarify the current position in relation to the major capital project for Scoil Mhuire, Stranorlar. The Senator will be aware of the demographic challenge facing the education system in the coming...

Forestry Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I thank everyone who helped. This has been a long process and I appreciate the input of the spokespersons from the various parties as well as Government Deputies. This long-awaited Bill is important for the industry. As Deputy Ó Cuív stated, this is the way the House's business should be done and it is democracy at work. I also thank my officials for their help in getting the...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 60:In page 18, to delete line 38, and in page 19, to delete lines 1 to 6 and substitute the following:“(2) A tree—(a) within the curtilage or attendant grounds of a protected structure under Chapter 1 of Part IV of the Act of 2000, (b) within an area subject to a special amenity area order, (c) within a landscape conservation area under section 204 of the...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 60a:In page 19, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:“(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as removing any restriction on the felling or removal of trees under—(a) the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2013, (b) the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2000, and in particular section 40 of the Wildlife Act 1976, or (c) any other enactment.”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 60b:In page 19, to delete lines 9 and 10 and substitute the following:“ “urban area” means any area that the Minister prescribes for the purposes of this section and an area that comprised a town or borough under the Local Government Act 2001 before the amendment of that Act by the Local Government Reform Act 2014 may, without prejudice to the...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 61a:In page 20, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “PART 5 AFFORESTATION, FOREST ROAD WORKS AND AERIAL FERTILISATION OF FORESTSGranting of licences by Minister for afforestation and certain other activities 22. (1) Subject to section 7, where a person wishes to undertake afforestation, forest road works or aerial fertilisation of forests, he or she...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 62a:In page 23, to delete lines 13 to 38, and in page 24, to delete lines 1 to 8.The advice of the Office of the Attorney General is that it is not appropriate for an indictable offence to attract a fixed payment notice. The offences under section 17 are indictable offences which can be tried summarily. Therefore, I have been advised that it is not appropriate to...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 64:In page 24, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“(3) If the Minister proposes to make regulations prescribing fees referred to in subsection (1), the Minister shall cause a draft of the proposed regulations to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas, together with a statement of the Minister outlining the content, purpose and likely implications...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 65:In page 24, to delete lines 20 to 24 and substitute the following: “26. (1) Where trees have been—(a) felled or otherwise removed without a licence under section 7, (b) felled under a licence and, either at the time of such felling or subsequently, a condition of the licence is contravened, or (c) in the opinion of the Minister, seriously damaged, the...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 65a:In page 25, line 19, to delete “loan,”.