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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (26 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 1052. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on progress pertaining to action 152 under the Action Plan for Jobs to establish an expert group to examine and report on recommendations to increase foreign and domestic investment in Ireland’s film and television sound stage studio infrastructure, in the face of growing demand for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (19 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 254. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an outline of the Garda vetting procedure for voluntary associations; if a change has recently taken place in this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19711/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (19 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 270. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process for reassessment of applicants for the purposes of inter-country adoption whose declaration of eligibility and suitability has expired; if he will provide an outline of the timeframe, from application to completion, of this reassessment process; and if he will indicate whether priority is provided to applicants for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (19 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 271. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of declarations of eligibility and suitability for the purposes of inter-country adoption that have been issued since the passing of the Adoption Act 2010; the number of these applicants who have completed an adoption; the number who have had to do a reassessment due to their declaration expiring; and the number who have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (14 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will be providing powered wheelchairs in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow who have mobility disabilities. [18989/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools Closures (13 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be put in place to support students who have lost out substantially on the recent language school closures; the further measures that will be put in place to support teachers who have lost salaries; the implementation process, going forward, to regulate this sector, in order not to damage Ireland's reputation; and if she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Is it agreed that we go into private session to discuss some housekeeping matters? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll, Secretary General, Ms Brid Cannon, principal officer, Mr. Paul Savage, principal officer, Ms Karen Hanlon, assistant principal officer, Mr. Thomas Harty, assistant agricultural inspector, and Mr. Lorcan O'Shea, higher executive officer. I thank the witnesses for appearing before the joint committee to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: The report includes several measures to do with the fishing sector and I ask Mr. O'Driscoll to give us a brief outline of this in his general response. Last Friday week the committee dealt with the land use report. It has been suggested that the food security and climate change objectives are potentially at loggerheads. That was the precise motivation behind our report. We hope the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: May we have copies of those proposals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Deputy Deering has an interjection.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Bearing in mind two weeks ago we addressed land eligibility and everything else seems to be applied retrospectively, can the new land eligibility be applied retrospectively?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: There are two questions. The first deals with the issue of 14 days and the second is the nature and extent of the penalty that will be imposed in pounds, shillings and pence, to use the old-fashioned terms. My question was on the retrospective approach, given the new land eligibility rules.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: There was a question from Deputy McNamara.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Is it the case that the Burren, the freshwater pearl mussel and the hen harrier are being prioritised for the locally led environment schemes, the €72 million pot and, one hopes, others?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: It would not cover all SACs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: We asked a question on which Dr. Smyth sought a response in regard to clarifying the issue of NHAs, which will again be raised directly with the European Commission. I think Mr. O'Shea and Mr. Harty were present for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Look at what?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: As I said earlier, that is not true, because there is an obligation under the locally led environment schemes, the freshwater pearl mussel scheme and the Burren scheme. Those are the three priority areas that have to be addressed under the locally led environment initiative. That funding is additional to GLAS, the areas of natural constraint payment and other payments. With regard to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Andrew Doyle: We might do it as well.