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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank our guests for the detailed opening statement they provided to us. Having read it and listened to it being put on record, I do not have many questions left but I want to get some more detail on a couple of points that were made. The changes to the scheme as it previously existed were put together without any engagement with the likes of our guests' organisation. How were they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: On the exclusions, these are based on the cohort for whom the area they have that is affected is too small and is not worth the while of the person who has to do the clearance. nor will it cover the cost, and then those who are excluded from the scheme as it currently is. What does Mr. White think the figures are, or can he even give a rough percentage of the number of people who will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Does Mr. Reardon have any idea, what he would have expected if that all had gone to plan? Obviously, the Department at the time was encouraging people regarding their pension pot, investing, doing the right thing, and growing ash, which is what Mr. Reardon did. He did the right thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: It was going to be a very sustainable and long-term pension for Mr. Reardon-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: -----and it was sold as guaranteed, secure and all of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Lastly, the other figure that jumped out at me is the administration cost per hectare within the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I was asking about the incredible increase in the administration costs by the Department. Will the witnesses comment further on that and what they imagine is behind such an alarming increase?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I have one final question with regard to the €5,000 climate action performance payment, CAPP, that was announced. That was maybe the biggest change or it was new, certainly with regard to what was announced in the changes to the scheme. With the changes the LTWO has proposed, obviously, a lesson for everyone here is that the scale of the issue is actually dependent not so much on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank Mr. White.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: The Taoiseach will remember the closure of the accident and emergency unit in Roscommon hospital in 2011. In its place, we were promised a rapid response vehicle with an advanced paramedic on board 24-7, not least due to the distance people in Roscommon would be from the nearest accident and emergency department. That has been in place for the past 13 years. In recent months it has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 296.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason primary school teachers cannot transfer from one permanent post to another permanent post in the profession; what the rationale for same; if she will agree to examine the matter given the impact it has on teachers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24989/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (11 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 366.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet with a group (details supplied), as promised in Dáil Éireann recently; and if so, when he will meet the group. [24520/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (11 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 529.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the ban on under-18s being in a bookmakers provided for in the Betting Act 1931 will be maintained in the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 currently before the Houses of the Oireachtas; if so, if this ban will also apply to under-18s being present at a greyhound track; if it does not apply to under-18s being present at a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 572.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the backlog in afforestation licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24819/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 574.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people excluded from receiving the climate action performance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24927/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Jun 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 834.To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow a derogation to fill a role (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25291/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 May 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will issue for those in ACRES co-operation who applied for non-productive investments in 2023; when payments under this will issue to participants; if he will give flexibility to pay farmers allocated CAP funding beyond the CAP programme; if payments for non-productive investments can be made for five years from when...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 May 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that repayments are arranged on a case-by-case basis and not taken out from the balancing payment given his Department was unable to pay ACRES participants as planned, and interim payments were issued which may in part need to be re-couped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24522/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 May 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which balancing payments will issue for ACRES participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24523/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 May 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 258. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish a fully funded comprehensive newborn screening programme given how far off Ireland is from the EU average for newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24519/24]