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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Head 57 provides for an annual estimate of income for certain purposes to be submitted by the office to the Minister. The general scheme explains that this head is based on section 24A of the Consumer Protection Act 2007, as inserted by the Central Bank Reform Act 2010, and relates to the Bill's following provisions providing for levies. Head 58 provides for the power to impose levies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Yes, but do not go on. I wish to deal with a matter afterwards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I must take care of some housekeeping before we adjourn. I propose that the committee meet on Wednesday, 20 July, in three sessions. Session 1 will be on the draft technologies report, as amended, and will run from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. in private session. Members of the Joint Committee on the Environment and Climate Action will be invited. We have held two meetings with that committee....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister and his officials.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: All right.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (28 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances in which thatched houses cannot be sold given that the vendor cannot secure insurance for the structures; his views on whether it is acceptable for insurance companies to refuse to insure thatched buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34137/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (28 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any grant assistance for the installation of play areas or footpaths in the homes of families with children with high-functioning autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34277/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (28 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that the National Parks and Wildlife Service plan to take to address the growing population of mink along the shores of the River Shannon and Lough Derg in view of the reported damage that this species is causing to native species in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34332/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (28 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received any information or correspondence regarding the number of mink along the River Shannon and Lough Derg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34333/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (28 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if surveys have been conducted by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to investigate the damage that the growing mink population is having on other species of animals and fish along the River Shannon and Lough Derg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34334/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 699. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for leave-to-remain following the completion of Garda vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33803/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 739. To ask the Minister for Health when a tender for the transport of patients for appointments and dialysis in the north County Tipperary area of the HSE mid-west region will be advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34135/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (28 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 817. To ask the Minister for Health if the home help hours currently being offered to a person (details supplied) will be reassessed given that they require additional assistance specifically on the weekends when no assistance is being provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34010/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total hectares of afforestation applied for each year since 2014 and the actual hectares planted each year for the same period in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33459/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are grants available for the purchasing of electric cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32836/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Before we begin, I remind Members, witnesses and persons in the Public Gallery to turn off their mobile phones. The purpose of today's meeting is, in the first session, to resume our examination of fixed-milk price contracts and, in the second session, to examine the issue of ash dieback disease and its impact on the private forestry sector. In the second session, the committee will hear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Jordan. Ornua has been a great success story for the dairy industry. I sat on the board of Ornua for eight years and it served the daily farmers and cannot be questioned. The success of the Dairygold brand really amplifies the hugely important role it occupies in our dairy industry. Before I go out to the members of the committee, can I ask Mr. Jordan how many co-ops have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Mr. Jordan is not going to tell me how many. I am not asking for individual names just the number which have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: That is only a quarter. That is a poor. I accept Ornua has made an effort to help the co-ops and there was a very good bonus payout for 2021 but we find ourselves in a unique situation here. Many farmers who signed up to this were under a lot of pressure from financial institutions to do so. Especially for those with a high level of borrowing, financial institutions put individual farmers...