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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Sep 2015)

Andrew Doyle: We have all the main questions. There is a general point on the output which is not directly related to budget but perhaps will be, cognisant of the ongoing climate change obligations, that is our output increase and current output to which land mitigation is factored in so that we do not face huge penalty or curtailment. The next point is particularly relevant in my area, which is that TB...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Sep 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Value is added.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Sep 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Deputy, we want to get around the points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Sep 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Can the Minister clarify one point? He said earlier that some of the areas are demand led, so what happens in the event of storms like those that occurred last year occurring again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Sep 2015)

Andrew Doyle: In fairness, Deputy, we must move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Sep 2015)

Andrew Doyle: We will move on. Senator Comiskey had questions about GLAS and genomics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Sep 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I have a comment on land leasing which occurs to me and which I may have mentioned already to the Minister. Some of those involved with the farm managers and Macra na Feirme approached me at the National Ploughing Championship and said that while the €40,000 upper limit is very good and helpful, there is an issue whereby young farmers are getting a 25% top-up as more of the money is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Sep 2015)

Andrew Doyle: It applies to smaller holdings. If one has 200 acres and gets €200 tax free, that is fine for a long-term lease. If one gets €300 per acre, one is getting a lot more and one only gets the €40,000. Smaller acreage is particularly where it applies. It is often a very big addition to a young farmer's enterprise where he or she is actually able to add perhaps 50 acres....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Sep 2015)

Andrew Doyle: The health insurance analogy is very relevant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Sep 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the members, the Minister and the officials for this engagement. I hope the Minister appreciates from the earlier part of the meeting that the committee wants to be proactive on targets and outcomes.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (29 Sep 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 394. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the short-term impediments to the completion of a bilateral agreement with the Russian Federation for the purposes of inter-country adoption with Ireland; the steps that have been taken to address the issue of post placement reports in the negotiations towards achieving a bilateral agreement; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (22 Sep 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 718. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the monthly funding made available by his Department to mediation agencies for inter-country adoption, ARC Adoption and Helping Hands; if this funding is still available and will be available in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32140/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Interdepartmental Working Groups (22 Sep 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 1683. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the regularity with which the expert interdepartmental group meets; the procedure on updates and briefings to her by the group; if she will provide an outline of their agenda and-or progress report to date; the agencies and Government Departments which are members of the group; the time frame for conclusion; and if she will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Protection Areas Designation: Irish Farmers with Designated Land (21 Jul 2015)

Andrew Doyle: From Irish Farmers with Designated Land, IFDL, I welcome Mr. Liam O'Keeffe, chairman; Mr. Michael Cronin, acting secretary; Mr. Kenneth Fitzgerald, treasurer, and Mr. Jason Fitzgerald. I thank them for attending to discuss issues concerning financial losses to farmers owing to lands being designated as special protection areas for the hen harrier. Witnesses are protected by absolute...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Protection Areas Designation: Irish Farmers with Designated Land (21 Jul 2015)

Andrew Doyle: It would be helpful to have a copy of that documentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Protection Areas Designation: Irish Farmers with Designated Land (21 Jul 2015)

Andrew Doyle: An optional GLAS scheme provides cover for corncrakes, partridges and other birds but it does not have the same level of restrictions as a designation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Protection Areas Designation: Irish Farmers with Designated Land (21 Jul 2015)

Andrew Doyle: It details crops and activities but it is a voluntary scheme, in so far as I am aware.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Protection Areas Designation: Irish Farmers with Designated Land (21 Jul 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Deputy Ó Cuív had another question. He asked how long the witnesses think a designation should last in order that the hen harrier can achieve a sustainable number.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Protection Areas Designation: Irish Farmers with Designated Land (21 Jul 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I wish to raise a couple of points that nobody else has mentioned. What is the estimated overall cost of a compensation package? A tax on carbon credits adds value. Does the organisation envisage that people could buy carbon credits? If one is assigned so many credits, can another organisation buy them? In the States, some organisations buy such credit. It would form part of an income...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Protection Areas Designation: Irish Farmers with Designated Land (21 Jul 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Is it a holding measure?