Career
He is the Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. During his first term in the Dáil, he was party spokesperson on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from July 2010 to March 2011, having previously served as deputy spokesperson on Agriculture with special responsibility for Food and Horticulture from 2007 to 2010. He was re-elected to the 31st Dáil at the 2011 general election, topping the poll in the constituency, and was re-elected for the second time at the 2016 general election.
Doyle has introduced two Private Members" Bills in the Dáil.
He introduced legislation entitled the "Food (Fair Trade and Information) Bill 2009" to provide in the interests of the common good for the prohibition of activities which prevent, restrict or distort fair trade in grocery goods in the State. The bill was not enacted.
He also introduced the "Electoral (Amendment) (Hours of Polling) Bill" in 2013,, to set voting hours for Dáil Elections, Dáil Bye-Elections, Presidential Elections, European Parliament Elections, Local Government Elections and Referenda. As Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, he also produced the first ever parliamentary report on the Offshore Oil and Gas sector in 2012 which called for a new fiscal licensing regime in Offshore Oil and Gas exploration off the coast of Ireland.
As part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2013, he hosted a conference in Dublin Castle with European Union member states Parliamentary Agriculture Committee Chairs from all 27 countries, engaging parliamentarians with speakers such as the European Union Commissioner for Agriculture, and current Romanian Prime Minister, Dacian Ciolos and the European Union Commissioner for Fisheries, Maria Damanaki.
