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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (15 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time currently taken for the Adoption Authority to issue a Declaration of Eligibility and Suitability from the time they receive the required documentation from the local adoption committee. [17657/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (15 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 626. To ask the Minister for Health if Omega3, including Lutein, has been recommended and prescribed by general practitioners and opthalmologists to help with age related macular degeneration; if it will be included on the list of drugs allowed for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17799/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairman Designate (10 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It would be useful for Ms Reynolds to return to the committee, perhaps on foot of her first annual report, to make her observations after completing her first year. In regard to the support the committee can provide, we can identify the resources needed and perhaps examine whether the Act should be amended. Everybody would like appeals to be dealt with as quickly as possible, but if the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairman Designate (10 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It relates to An Bord Pleanála.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairman Designate (10 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The Act clarifies that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairman Designate (10 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The Deputy is right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairman Designate (10 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I have a question which has to do with the occasion on which Ms Reynolds returns to the committee in a year's time. Under the Act, ALAB abides by the rules governing the decision-making process. However, if trends are noticed, ALAB can make recommendations in its annual report and identify resource issues which are interfering with the expeditious determination of appeals or other matters....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairman Designate (10 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: We will bank the questions asked and ask Ms Reynolds to answer them together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairman Designate (10 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The purpose of this part of the meeting is to engage with Ms Imelda Reynolds, chairman designate of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board. I welcome her and look forward to hearing her presentation. Witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give to the joint committee. However, if they are directed by it to cease giving evidence on a particular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairman Designate (10 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank Ms Reynolds.

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I too welcome the opportunity to contribute. I thank the Sinn Féin Party for bringing forward this Bill, which focuses on the challenge of capitalising on our wind resource while taking into account the possible negative impacts that unregulated, uncontrolled development of the wind sector could have on communities. I wholeheartedly agree with almost everything Deputy Coffey said. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Last week the representatives of Coillte advised us that the country's forest estate sequestrates approximately 200 million tonnes of CO2, but that other countries in Europe have a higher percentage of forestry than we have. On the other hand, since 1990 our rate of afforestation has been much greater than any other country because most of them have either established or not bothered. As we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I may be wrong, but did a UN report last week criticise Food Harvest 2020 for being an export-based model that took no account of international food security?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It was not critical of our Food Harvest 2020.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: If public good is counted in terms of carbon sinks, recreational amenities, etc., one is entitled to be rewarded for that work. We learned from our meetings with groups from the Burren that the best people to do this work are the ones who are always there, namely, the farmers and landowners.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I think Pillar 2 could have discussion groups on areas of national constraints, which will be better defined by the soil test analyses. I expect it will be used as part of the review of those later in the year. There are also smaller but specific output-based environmental schemes. There are other aspects that might be able to compensate. The discussion groups are very simple and very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Does Deputy Ferris have a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Deputy Deering indicated that he wished to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank both delegations for their comprehensive presentations which dovetail quite a lot. Before calling other speakers, I wish to ask Dr. Ó hUallacháin a question on his last comment regarding the carbon calculations. He said that there are win-win options available. How do we get the credit and have it act as part of the overall carbon calculation? I hope he does not mind me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The Senator can go ahead.