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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: -----who will feed in Ireland's recommendation at Council level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: No strong recommendations will be made at that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Yes, but will our Minister be making a recommendation at this stage on whether it should be accepted or will he agree that it is put to a working group? Is that normally what happens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: That has not been decided.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Very well. The joint committee decided this warranted further scrutiny to keep it under observation with a view to what were the implications, and members are trying to ascertain this with the aim of making a contribution to the process, be it to the Minister, the working group or to the Council at that level, on the implications therein. It is interesting that the IGFA has made a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: It is important for the members that we understand the process here because that is important in respect of how we would feed into it and to understand the context the witnesses have given to the joint committee today. Deputy Deering has not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: It was important to have this explanatory discussion. It is fortunate that we do not scrutinise every Commission proposal, but this proposal is important for a number of reasons. A wider issue arises in that genetically modified crops give cause for concern in respect of health, property integrity and biodiversity. Although the issue of biodiversity tends to be forgotten, it is more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: We can get that ourselves.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Dr. McLoughlin, you wanted to add something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the witnesses. The briefing has been very informative for all of us in forming an opinion and the committee making a political contribution, which I presume is agreed by the remaining committee members. Senator O'Neill had to raise something on the Order of Business in the Seanad. This exercise has been very useful. Dialogue as it evolves has given us a better insight into how...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Renewals (9 Jun 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 1176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures the Road Safety Authority has in place to enable Irish driver licence holders who are outside the State to renew or replace their driver licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21996/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has discussed with officials in her Department a request in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow for the purposes of providing extra space to accommodate the growing enrolment numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21080/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Committee (27 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I propose to go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (27 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: We will begin by dealing with the EU scrutiny proposals before us. Schedule B comprises COM (2015) 121, COM (2015) 167, COM (2015) 174 and COM (2015) 180. It is proposed that the proposals in Schedule B do not warrant further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed. Under Schedule A, COM (2015) 177, is a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending regulation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (27 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Before we begin, I ask members and witnesses to turn off their mobile telephones. This meeting is being streamed live and mobile technology interferes with the recording and broadcasting equipment. I welcome from Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Mr. Michael Keatinge, interim chief executive officer; and Mr. Donal Maguire, director of the aquaculture development division. I thank them for attending the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (27 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I will ask Mr. Keatinge to come back to all the questions. I will just pose one question. Article 44 of the EFF had a structure in place, as did the old rural development programme, which made it far more restrictive for cross-funding between axes. Is that correct? Apart from being an increased amount, does the new EMFF allow for cross-funding from the various different sections of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (27 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: If the Deputy was going to check it, he would have to check the descriptions of the jobs to see whether similar jobs were filled only through a different channel in Ireland. Is that the way to compare like with like if that is what we need to do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (27 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I thank Mr. Keating and Mr. Maguire for their presentations, which were opportune given the timelines for the reconstitution of the new FLAGs within the EMFF consultation period. Mr. Keating mentioned the local development companies and Leader, but they are not the same and neither are they competitors. There are comparisons, however, and there are lessons to be learned from the original...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (27 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will prioritise the refurbishment of the courthouse in Wicklow town as a capital project, in line with the stated policy of the Courts Service; if she will provide a definitive time frame in terms of when this refurbishment work will be undertaken; if she will further provide an outline of the extent of the refurbishment plans; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (26 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 307. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of section 19 of the Central Bank Act 1942, if he will provide details of the selection process which will be undertaken to determine the recommendation to the President for the appointment of the eleventh Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland; his plans to ensure that a transparent selection process will be undertaken, in view of the publicly...