Results 761-780 of 5,311 for speaker:Tom Hayes
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: The Deputy's concerns will be addressed in amendment No. 88.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: The Deputy's concerns will be addressed when we come to deal with amendment No. 88.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: We will deal with that again when we reach amendment No. 88.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: Essentially.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: The management of hedgerows includes the regular trimming and cutting of species such as hawthorn and blackthorn to ensure they are maintained in a stock proof condition. The exemption of these species also takes into account the natural capacity of these species to produce vigorous growth when cut. Tabling an amendment to limit the exemption to below a certain size of these species would...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: I am surprised.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: It is because of their management and their way of operating the-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: It is a safety issue.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: We will get clarification on it.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: At all times since we started to discuss this, I have tried to bring forward a reasonable solution. One of the main points that was made was the length of time it was taking. I gave it a great deal of consideration with officials and worked with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. We came to a conclusion on what was the best approach. We wanted it to be as tight as possible....
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: The section is being introduced to allow landowners to manage trees adjoining public roads without the requirement for a felling licence. It is important that a landowner can fell trees without a licence where they are dangerous because of their age or condition in the interests of public safety. The 10 m width criterion takes into consideration that the majority of roadside trees are found...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: One can argue it every way. There are trees along the roads beside which we all live that have been there for generations and they have not been cut down. People cut them down. I have trees on my own land at home which I will not cut down unless they are a danger. I was very fearful that some of them would fall during the last storm.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: They did not fall. I am happy to leave them there and that is the general view among people who have trees. One can pick out extreme cases. This is about road safety. We all saw the large trees that fell around the country recently. There were cars parked in the car park of the Hotel Minella in Clonmel during coursing week, and the night of the bad storm, trees crashed down and badly...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: I am informed by the Parliamentary Counsel that the amendment is unnecessary. Section 23(1), which provides for fixed-payment notices, is cross-referenced with section 17(6). There is no need for further amendment or clarification. The option of imposing a fixed-payment notice, where the authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has committed an offence under...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 79:In page 17, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:“Time period for decisions on applications for felling licences 18.(1) It shall be the objective of the Minister to ensure that every application under section 17for a licence (a “felling licence application”) is determined within a period of 4 months beginning on the date of receipt by...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: No.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: Regarding amendment No. 68, a number of stakeholders in submissions have stated that the duration of a felling licence should extend beyond five years and questioned the need to apply for an extension. I have considered the submissions made by the stakeholders and I am tabling an amendment to increase the duration of a felling licence from five to ten years. The Bill will still allow for...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: The Minister already has the power to request ecological reports, including environmental impact statements and Natura impact statements, under the EU forest consent regulations and the EU birds and habitats regulations. These regulations also provide for members of the public to make submissions to the Department in respect of applications for ecological reports.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: Exactly. It is provided for.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: We will do that.