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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It is a nuisance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: So, to clarify, they could get two years of AEOS, for example, and three years of GLAS.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I think that is where the commonage implementation committee would come in, if people were genuinely trying to get in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I will come back to the Deputy because I wish to raise a few questions on this area. I will ask Mr. Dillon to respond to the other issue and then I will come back to this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Is the Department working with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the National Parks and Wildlife Service on the one issue? Dr. Smyth made a few references to scrub land. One of the problems is that there have been limitations attached to burning scrub land. Is that aspect part of what will be necessary? In our report last year we referenced specifically inaction with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I wanted to clarify those points. I call Deputy Ó Cuív and then I will bring in other members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Does the Deputy mean-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: There are quite a number of in-depth and detailed questions. May I clarify that for the good agricultural and environmental condition, GAEC, there is a requirement of one ewe per 1.5 hectares for the basic payments scheme. If one is not going into GLAS, no plan is needed. That is a proposed requirement in the draft at present. The single plan comes into play for the purposes of the Pillar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I remind members, witness and people in the Visitors Gallery to switch off their mobile telephones. I welcome from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr. Paul Dillon, assistant secretary, Dr. Kevin Smyth, assistant secretary, Dr. Ronan O'Flaherty, principal officer, Mr. Fintan O'Brien, principal officer, and Mr. Frank Macken, agricultural inspector. I thank them for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 685. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the extension of the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 which is due to expire in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41485/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (4 Nov 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the drug Fampridine for Health Service Executive drug funded schemes to patients who qualify for its use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41609/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I am conscious of the fact that the board came before the committee last November in regard to the 2011 accounts. A specific section of the report deals with Limerick. I am allowing the question. It is valid. I am making the point that so far we have steered clear of impinging the restrictions as per the Committee of Public Accounts. This is a valid question in the context of what was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The level of questions and answers have demonstrated that the industry is of great interest to the members of the committee. That only reflects the interest held by the wider public, which we all endeavour to represent. It is because it is such a traditional activity in many parts of the country that there is such genuine concern. Many phrases such as "reputation", "confidence" and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Does Mr. Meaney wish to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The Deputy has made his point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I am indulging the Deputy, who is not a member of this committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: To be clear, I think the structure is that one has a board which has a non-executive function. There is a stand-alone appeals committee and a control committee. If somebody is not happy with the findings of the control committee they can go to the appeals committee, which is provided for under the legislation. However, the appeals committee does not have to answer to the board because it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It is important to understand that the legislation provides that the appeals committee and the control committee do not have to answer to the board. I presume they are answerable to the Minister, however.