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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weather Events (23 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is being given to the introduction of a scheme for farm buildings damaged by the recent flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51737/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 359. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding a medical centre in west Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 360. To ask the Minister for Health his plans (details supplied) regarding a health centre in West Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51808/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have only a small number of questions. I first want to welcome the Minister and his officials. This is a fund I very much support and welcome. There is a fantastic return for the Government’s investment into the industry. On the greyhound sector, I am aware that there was an issue a number of years ago about the closure of a number of greyhound tracks around the country and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister very much for that. In his statement on page 3, the Minister states that the total value of Irish foal exports sold at public auction in 2022 amounted to over €293 million. Last week Horse Sport Ireland appeared before the committee here regarding passports for foals and their sale. I do not believe Horse Sport Ireland falls under the Minister's responsibility....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I was not inspired by the replies from the officials from Horse Sport Ireland last week. This is a huge issue to many breeders who depend on the issuing of passports. I encourage the Minister and his Department to get on top of this, bring them in and meet them to tell them this is causing huge concerns to many breeders. The Minister rightly said that this realised €293 million in...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: That is okay.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have just one further question for the Minister regarding nitrates and derogation. An issue that has been raised with me in recent days is the culling of in-calf dairy cows specifically. Dairy farmers in my area have a huge concern in this regard. Will there be any change of mind in regard to in-calf cows?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Cathaoirleach, the Minister and his officials. I have two or three very short questions. First, I very much welcome the investment in Rosslare Europort. I was there for the sod turning with the Minister of State, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan. As a result of Brexit we have seen dramatic changes in Rosslare Europort and a huge amount of Government investment has gone into customs...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I do.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the working family payment for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average time it took to approve all afforestation licences, private felling licences, and Coillte felling licences granted by his Department in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50536/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the reason CareDoc CIT nurses, who provide a vital service in the region, have been excluded and treated less favourably than HSE CIT nurses across the country with regard to the non-payment of the pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50395/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I welcome the witnesses before the committee. I just want to concentrate on one issue. One of the burning issues I am dealing with on a weekly basis is that of horse passports. Anybody I have spoken to either in my constituency or outside the constituency is not very complimentary of HSI, and I do not blame them. If I was applying for a passport three years ago, how long would it have taken?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I had a constituent phone me today who applied for a passport the first week in July. Is this satisfactory or unsatisfactory? Maybe the CEO will answer that for me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: What percentage of passports applied for in 2023 would have been processed in less than four weeks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I ask the witnesses to furnish the committee, through the clerk, with the percentage of passports that were applied for this year and the duration it took for them to be processed. It would be very interesting because I have not spoken to one breeder who has had their passports processed in less then two or three months, and I have spoken to quite a number of them. Breeders will be going to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I am sure Mr. Duggan is aware of Leisure Horse Ireland. Is he?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: How is that organisation able to get its passports processed through Weatherbys in a swifter timeframe of half the time it takes with HSI? Maybe Mr. Duggan will say HSI totally changed the testing regime and all that but I am sure there would have been some form of lead-in time. Presumably the organisation does not just pull down the shutters and say that now people have to wait months and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: No, what I am saking is how much the Government puts into his organisation. I presume that Government funding goes right across the organisation with regard to staffing and everything like that.