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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 call Deputy Harrington, in substitution for Deputy Deering.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forthcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: That is fine. Before we finish, there was a question about error rates.

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: We will now move on to the fisheries section of our discussion. I thank the officials who are departing and welcome the new arrivals. I invite the Minister to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forthcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I am conscious that we will be discussing the fishing sector after this item.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forthcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Let me return to the quota regime. Given that there is a depressed market, will producers be allowed to switch the co-operative or dairy they supply without having to give statutory notice when quotas end on 1 January? It seems people are able to play with that. People would have a stronger negotiating position if they had fewer than three months of notice to give. For quota purposes, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forthcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss the forthcoming EU Council meeting on agriculture and fisheries, AGRI FISH, and the sea fisheries sustainability impact assessment. I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, and his officials. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forthcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2014: Motion (25 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: On the point of the pre-legislative scrutiny, one of our recommendations was that there would be a second seat for people from the industries' committee on the board of Horse Racing Ireland, which would include the employees of the stable industry, which is the biggest cohort of people working in the industry by far. Deputy Ferris made a reference to people who work in big and small yards...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (25 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Under Standing Order 87 the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the following motion: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2014, copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 14...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2014: Motion (25 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Thank you. I believe the message is coming loud and clear from the committee that we are not afraid to put on record the point that we would like to see the revenue stream from the Betting (Amendment) Bill increased to make the revenues garnered from betting sufficient to fund the horse and greyhound fund itself. There is no reason we should not make that point every year until it does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2014: Motion (25 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It will be helpful if the betting tax comes on stream. Year after year the committee has expressed a desire that the fund be self-financing so that a Supplementary Estimate would not need to be considered. I think our role at present is to keep a watching brief on the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2014: Motion (25 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, and Mr. Dermot Ryan and Ms Emer McGeough, officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Senators have left for a Seanad vote but some indicated that they will be back. Members will be aware that on 18 November, Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann referred the motion on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank Mr. Murphy and Dr. Ó Céidigh for attending and answering the questions. I apologise on behalf of the Senators who had to leave the meeting for a vote in the Seanad and thank you on their behalf as well. It is important to bear in mind that the National Milk Agency is charged with ensuring there is an adequate supply of liquid milk to consumers. The Irish consumer has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The Department is working with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland on the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Deputy Deering has another question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: That is a key point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: With the concentration of liquid milk among the five largest processors, there is a question about year-round supply. I presume these five processors are also engaged in manufacturing. They have a supply of milk coming in and, with capacity demands, they must incentivise people to produce at off-peak times for manufacturing and for liquid milk. Does that assist the National Milk Agency in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome Mr. Denis Murphy, chairman, and Dr. Muiris Ó Céidigh, chief executive officer, from the National Milk Agency and thank them for coming before the joint committee to discuss the agency's annual report for 2013. Before we begin, on the matter of privilege, I bring to the witnesses' attention that they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Absolutely.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It has not been sold on yet. To be perfectly honest, I would rather give my PPS number to the post office, quite willingly. I hope that at the next stage, the RSA will take that on board. People gave their PPS numbers, but it has been dealt with anyway. The privatisation issue is a red herring. If the Government wanted to sell a commercial semi-state company or a utility company, we had...