Results 761-780 of 5,615 for speaker:Andrew Doyle

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Please, Deputy. The Deputy is taking liberties all afternoon and we are getting near the end of it. My patience is going.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: That is okay. One has to be an organic farmer to avail of it. The land can be deemed to be organic. That is the point. That is the nub of the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: What about the OFS2 form?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: It is the same as the declaration one used to sign in REPS.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: The subvention was €150 per visit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: On Deputy Fitzmaurice’s point, the Department is paying the contribution. Since there are five control bodies, there is some level of competition. There is a refund of €150 per visit. That is in the written presentation and has been confirmed by Mr. Dillon. All the questions have been answered. I thank Mr. Dillon and his colleagues for attending. I apologise to them...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the special purpose vehicle announced under the social housing strategy will be put in place; the implementation process; how the vehicle will interact with local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40572/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 581. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the special purpose vehicle announced under the social housing strategy will be put in place; how it will be rolled out; how it will interact with local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40571/15]

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I will try and limit myself to nine minutes to give Deputy Hayden time. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the general scheme of the Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill and to thank the Minister for his and his officials' active engagement with the committee. The aim of the Bill is to strengthen governance and transparency within horse racing, to clarify the respective roles of both...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EID Tagging: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (10 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome from the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society, ICOS Mr. Michael Spellman, vice president, and Mr. Ray Doyle, livestock and environmental services executive. I thank them for coming before the joint committee to brief us on electronic identification, EID, tagging and it impact on many farmers around the country. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EID Tagging: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (10 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: We will take questions now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EID Tagging: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (10 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: My question will be last, actually. It relates to security and follows on from what Deputy Deering said. If I have animals at home and if my registered vet or I input data on drug treatment, dosing or whatever and somebody else walks into the yard with a reader, how can I be sure that I can protect the data from being manipulated? Likewise, when I go to the mart, could anyone interfere with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EID Tagging: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (10 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: What about the trial with the three marts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EID Tagging: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (10 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Is everybody happy? I thank Mr. Spellman and Mr. Doyle. I just wrote down a couple of things - Origin Green, animal identification and movement, AIM, genomics and possible EID - that give us the edge in securing our reputation as part of our marketing tactics and food promotion. As Deputy Ó Cuív has just said, make haste slowly but make haste at the same time. We will put this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EID Tagging: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (10 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: You are welcome. It was the members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry Development Needs: Discussion (10 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I ask members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. I welcome from the Irish Harness Racing Association Mr. Mark Flanagan, chairman, Mr. James O'Sullivan, treasurer, Mr. Arthur Cooper, consultant, Mr. Ryan Ferris, assistant, and Dr. Peadar Ó Scanaill, veterinary consultant. I thank them for being here to brief the committee on the harness racing industry in Ireland. Before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry Development Needs: Discussion (10 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: It is important to clarify that for a start. I call Deputy Ó Cuív.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry Development Needs: Discussion (10 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: The point is that there is an activity taking place that is not properly supervised, yet there is an organisation that is engaged more or less in the same activity in an organised, structured fashion with proper governance. It seems ridiculous that the two cannot be married to deal with the problem. However, there are infrastructural issues which have been highlighted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry Development Needs: Discussion (10 Nov 2015)

Andrew Doyle: It is somewhat ironic that within an hour, Second Stage of the Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015 will taken in the Dáil. We carried out pre-legislative scrutiny of that legislation but this issue did not appear on our radar.