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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: For clarity, was the third-party objection made by the named official?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: In that context, to be helpful, I asked a question about the difference in the structures of protocol and procedure within the division, as opposed to the unit? If a protocol is in place in which cases are taken and lost, what is the case following such an outcome under the new structure as opposed to what was the case previously? Mr. Carroll mentioned the moratorium. Am I correct in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I will allow Mr. Carroll to continue. Anybody else with supplementary questions should indicate and I will try to take them. However, I ask Mr. Carroll to deal with the general questions and the supplementary questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: To clarify, I believe Mr. Carroll was talking about complaints in the other direction. Am I correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: We are discussing a division of the Department where previously there was a unit. Perhaps the witnesses could clarify the difference in terms of the chain of responsibility and accountability. Like other areas of the Department, this division has authority over other sectors of farming including processors and suppliers. Does the division work with the Health Service Executive, HSE, Food...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It is proposed that COM (2014) 670, listed in Schedule A, which proposes a Council regulation fixing for 2015 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Union waters and for Union vessels in certain non-Union waters and repealing Council Regulation No. 779 of 2014, warrants further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed. Is it agreed to submit the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. I welcome Mr. Philip Carroll, assistant secretary; Mr. Pat Flanagan, senior superintending veterinary officer; and Mr. Richard Healy, director of animal health and welfare, from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I thank them for appearing before the committee to brief us on the role of the newly established...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Scheme Eligibility (9 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that he has engaged the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the provision of long-term leases to farmers on national park lands to allow them qualify for the new GLAS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46930/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building project for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if the site has been purchased; if planning permission has been applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46789/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: GLAS Scheme Eligibility (9 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 509. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had correspondence with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding devising a protocol to facilitate long term leasing of national park lands for a period longer than the current ten month leases in order to qualify for the GLAS scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46937/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Is it agreed that we will draft a proposal for agreement next week and that when this is ready, we will forward it to the Commission, the Minister and his officials and the organisations represented at this meeting? Agreed. Drawing up such a proposal would certainly do no harm and, in my view, it would be of assistance. From a political perspective, it is important that we, as a committee,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the Minister and his officials, as well as the members. The three members present, along with me, were part of the sub-committee which did the report on the coastal and island communities. A couple of other members have demonstrated a consistent commitment to the sector. The observations of Deputies Ferris and Pringle were that if an agricultural agenda had been set, we would have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: After the outcome of the talks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The Irish boats probably land somewhere else also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: There is a two-pronged approach here - more Irish boats capacity and more landings of fish

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I will come back to Deputy Ferris. I want to raise one point Deputy Pringle made, that the €32 million under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund that is going to be used for enhancing data gathering would be accepted by the Commission. It seems the Commission is the least likely to follow scientific data. To whom do they listen? It is very important that some sort of agreement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: There is a great deal of concern, as the Minister will appreciate. With regard to the discards and the new equipment, will he clarify whether the EMFF will assist fleets to upgrade their gear?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: This is almost an annual event. This Council meeting becomes the most important one of the year from a fisheries perspective, other than the Common Fisheries Policy, CFP, itself. I am not sure whether Deputy Ferris's question was answered in that contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Is that the final agreement? This is in anticipation of-----