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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Before Mr. Curley replies, did I see somewhere that only 20% of the land can be Bord na Móna land?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Before I go to Deputy Martin Browne, who is the next speaker to come in-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I would say we will have time to bring Deputy Fitzmaurice back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Sorry, Mr. Curley, a vote has been called in the Dáil Chamber so Senator Paul Daly will take the Chair and two Senators will ask their questions. I hope that Deputies will return after the vote because a few members will want to ask questions. If we are not back, then Senator Daly will suspend the meeting but he will keep the meeting going with the two Senators.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Hopefully, it will not happen at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Curley very much. He has spoken a lot this evening about the restoration of land. I am a farmer and I take the restoration of land to mean making it productive but this is going in the exact opposite direction. We found the briefing very good. It is time that we sat down with the Minister and pointed out these issues. We have a serious problem at the moment with getting land...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Curley very much. The committee will meet tomorrow, 6 October at 10.30 a.m. to launch its report on pre-legislative scrutiny of the agricultural and food supply chain Bill 2022 in the audiovisual room. There will be an opportunity for a photograph with the report on the plinth at 10.20 a.m., subject to the weather. The next public meeting of the committee will take place at 7...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I ask witnesses to keep their answers as concise as possible because a number of other members have questions.

Housing for All Update: Statements (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I was listening to the debate in my office earlier. One would think that this Government has built no houses but the reality is that 54,000 new homes have been brought into the system and we have provided over 9,000 social houses last year. I very much welcome last week's extension of the grant for vacant and derelict houses to rural areas. That will be beneficial in creating more supply....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents of incapacitated children who are in receipt of the full rate of carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48363/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents of incapacitated children who are in receipt of a partial rate of carer's allowance, but that are carrying out this work on a full-time basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48364/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of introducing a policy in which the full rate of carer's allowance is paid to each parent in the country of an incapacitated child who is currently only receiving a partial rate of the carer's allowance payment, but is carrying out this work on a full-time basis; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will take into account mortgage repayments in the means test system for the carer's allowance in cases in which the parent of a child who is incapacitated, is applying for the carer's allowance for their child on a full-time basis and they are providing this care in the home in which the mortgage is being repaid; her...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (4 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when funding will be made available to a childcare service (details supplied); and if this funding will be backdated to when the service initially received this recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48010/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 595. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure that appropriate funding is to be provided towards the employment of additional nurse specialists in neurology across the country; and specifically in University Hospital Limerick and University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48009/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (4 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the required legislation change will take place enabling the replacement species for the reconstitution of woodlands RUS to be conifers on an area up to ten hectares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47892/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (4 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the new forestry programme will be in place from 1 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47893/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (29 Sep 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I accept that fully and am not criticising her in any way. I just feel the Ceann Comhairle should inform us and give us the choice if the Minister or Minister of State with responsibility is not available.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (29 Sep 2022)

Jackie Cahill: In case there is any misunderstanding, I am not criticising the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, in any respect. She delivered a Jigsaw project for Thurles that is fully operational now. We were waiting a long time for it and I am thankful. She has such an excellent record of delivery that I wanted to make the points about a dementia unit to her personally. She is developing the strategy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (29 Sep 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I will make a point before I start and I intend no disrespect to the Minister of State who is here. I have looked for this Topical Issue matter on a couple of evenings and it has been selected for this evening. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has responsibility for the area that I wish to discuss and I am disappointed I was not informed by the Ceann Comhairle's office that she was not...