Results 1-10 of 10 for waste management speaker:Jackie Cahill

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: ...Ireland. Farmers and rural dwellers are becoming exasperated with the amount of regulation that is coming down from the EU. It is leaving a sour taste. The latest one is the ban on burning green waste. I am most certainly not a climate change denier, but we are being told by environmentalists that it is very good for the environment to leave growth on our ditches for three or four...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (28 Feb 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a compliant collector of silage plastic cannot claim the levy under the Waste Management (Farm Plastics) Regulations 2001 unless a member of the IFFPG; if he will consider a change a legislation to allow competition in relation to the collection of farm plastics; and if he will make a statement on the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (25 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: ...on the selection of the route will now have to have their contracts suspended. County council representatives and employees have told me that the money that has already been spent on surveys, traffic management and all the different aspects of the selection of this route could now be wasted because if this project is suspended for a number of years, it will be necessary to go back to...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: ...be put in place. In my own town of Thurles, there were opportunities to obtain suitable land banks on the edge of town but they were not bought by public authorities. I have written to the county manager on this issue in the last week to ten days. Nenagh is a thriving satellite town of Limerick and with the motorway its access is greatly enhanced. A small estate on the edge of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc 2017 Annual Report: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

Jackie Cahill: ...technology to farmers. Its mandate has worked very well. I welcome the lifting of the moratorium on recruitment. That is long overdue. With respect, the age of advisers and that of the management structure was increasing and it is vital to bring new blood into any organisation. In terms of the salary levels available to Teagasc, is it able to attract the type of graduates it wants?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Jackie Cahill: ...a result, such farmers will not have access to fertiliser, which will exacerbate the problem going forward and increase the shortages for next autumn and winter. When there was a problem with the farm waste management scheme in 2008, the Department carried that interest cost for farmers and we need similar imaginative thinking this time around. The low-cost loan is fine but we must get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector and the Nitrates Action Plan: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Healy for his presentation. Farmers have the most to lose in the context of this review. Substantial investment was made on infrastructure on farmyards under the farm waste management scheme and significant improvements were made in water quality, but it disappointing that the last water quality report published showed that water quality has disimproved in a number of areas. In...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (12 Jul 2017)

Jackie Cahill: ...a green, black and brown bin is to be restricted to areas with a population density of greater than 500 in view of the fact that it is discriminating against rural dwellers that wish to recycle and manage the cost of their waste disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33419/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme (16 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 1663. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are grants available for the installation of biodigesters as the economic and organic waste management benefit are evidence-based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24731/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Jul 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there any grants available for the installation of bio digesters as the economic and organic waste management benefit are evidence based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19535/16]