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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: Members should speak through the Chair. I ask Deputy Ó Cuív to hold on a second. I have indulged everyone. We had a deferral. The point has been made. Clarification has been provided on the timescale within which the document became available. Could we just leave it? I would rather go ahead with the opening statements.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: There are plenty of questions. In future, we will make provision that if it is felt that a document is not going to be ready at least 24 hours before a hearing, we will seek to schedule a meeting in such a way that members of the committee have at least 24 hours to peruse the document, which in this case is of significant importance to the future of the entire CAP rural development...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: To be fair, the map shows it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: That area is 100% ineligible and is taken off before the rest of the parcel is considered. There will be question time afterwards. Will the Deputy please-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: That is clear. Can we move on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: I think the Deputy will get the picture when we see the photographs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: I want to make one point on this before I let in Deputy Ó Cuív. As things stood up to 2014, that area C and area A would have been excluded anyway as they were greater than 50%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: In the old system.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: Area C would have been gone anyway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: Even B, at 20%, would have been gone.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: If the parcel was smaller, 100% of the field would be gone. It works both ways.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: Sorry, there are other people in this room as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: I will tolerate no more interjections until this presentation is finished. The Deputy can smirk away, if he likes. I have given him as much tolerance as I can.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: It is quite clear to me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: I am a farmer and I think I understand it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: We will get there. The Deputy will get his chance after he asks his questions. I am making the point that I understand it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: That is fair enough. The Deputy will get his chance.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: I thank Dr. Smyth and Dr. Grogan. Nearly every member wants to speak so I ask everyone to take five minutes initially so that we all get a chance to ask questions. There are nine members so it will take 45 minutes for the first round of questions if everyone takes their allotted time. We will start with Deputy Ó Cuív.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)
Andrew Doyle: I have allowed 40 minutes of questions. I thank the members for adhering to my request for conciseness. Who wants to open up the responses? It seems that burning has come up frequently.