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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I have received apologies from Deputy Michael NcNamara and Senators Denis Landy, Mary Ann O'Brien and Brian Ó Domhnaill. Is it agreed that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters before returning to public session? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I remind members and delegates to turn off their mobile phones. As the meeting is being streamed live on television, it is important that there be no interference by phones, iPads or anything else. We will have two sessions. In session A we will hear from representatives of the Irish Farmers Association and the Agricultural Consultants Association. In session B we will hear from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I propose to invite Mr. Dawson to make an opening statement, and we will then have questions to both witnesses. There are quite a few Members present who are not members of the committee. Copies of the presentations are being printed and will be circulated as quickly as we can do so. I apologise for this; I should have known that there would be plenty of interest in the topic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: There were many observations and comments. There are a number of questions addressed to the IFA. I invite the delegates to answer them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I invite Mr. Dunne to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I thank Mr. Dunne and invite Mr. Dolan to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: On a point of clarification, these commonage management or commonage framework plans are historical.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Those are few brief questions for Mr. Dawson.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the delegates from the IFA and the ACA - which is sometimes referred to as the ASA, and its delegates are probably members of the ASA - for attending. I want to make an observation, as somebody who has had to complete a basic area aid payment form. I have registered to see if I qualify for GLAS, but I am not sure how that will work out, as the land is not in a commonage. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome our guests, Mr. Patrick Kent, president, and Mr. Eddie Punch, general secretary, from the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association and Mr. Brendan Joyce, director of policy, Mr. Colm O'Donnell, director of policy, and Mr. Joe Condon, assistant chairman, from the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association, and thank them for coming before us. I am aware that they were present in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I invite Mr. Joyce or Mr. O'Donnell to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Deputy Ó Cuív should be brief, as we are running out of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: Deputy Fitzmaurice wishes to make a point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I thank all members and witnesses. It has been a long session but there are many concrete and constructive proposals that have followed on from real, identifiable problems with this new concept. I wish to clarify a point for Mr. O'Donnell regarding land being made eligible over a period. There are portions of land currently deemed ineligible and I do not care what anybody says about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: That is the point. If nobody else participates, a farmer can only be responsible for his or her part of it. That needs to be clarified.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: On the other side, there are cases in which people will have to de-stock radically. They are the efficient plots. We have made this point. If I want to be part of a commonage, I can delegate the responsibility for keeping the stock on the hill to one or two farmers who are doing it all the time anyway. It means that where there are people who are not already farming their commonage area...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (1 Apr 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will soon be in a position to approve the application by Wicklow County Council for remedial coastal protection works at the South Beach Arklow Golf Club in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13512/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (27 Mar 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome the Commissioner. I will preface my comments by saying that I am an active beef farmer as well as being a Member of the House. The opportunity for a trade agreement between Europe and the US offers significant potential. Europe and America are the two biggest economies in the world. To have a freer access to markets for European produce is what we should work for. Standards and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (25 Mar 2015)

Andrew Doyle: 186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the provision of dog wardens who would be employed on a self-financing contracts basis in the context of the large number of unlicensed dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12267/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (24 Mar 2015)

Andrew Doyle: I remind members and delegates to ensure their mobile phones are switched off completely for the duration of the meeting as they interefere with the broadcasting of proceedings. I welcome from Bord Iascaigh Mhara Mr. Michael Keatinge, interim CEO; Mr. Donal Maguire, director of aquaculture development services; Mr. Donal Buckley, business development and innovation director, and Mr. Connie...