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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (10 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether persons who bought plug-in hybrid electric vehicles before the removal of the toll should have the right to keep this benefit given the number of these cars which were bought when the measure was introduced was relatively small (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13669/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (10 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to introduce a home economics teacher training course in a college (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6194/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (10 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 364. To ask the Minister for Health when transport will be provided for persons in Ballina and Killaloe, County Tipperary to the Lisnagry centre, Limerick for persons with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13614/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: We will suspend for a couple of minutes while we bring in the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Before we begin, I remind members, witnesses and those in the Public Gallery to turn off their mobile phones completely or to switch them to airplane, safe or flight mode, depending on their device, for the duration of the meeting. It is not sufficient to put phones on silent mode because this will maintain a level of interference with the broadcasting system. The purpose of today's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Dr. McLoughlin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank all the witnesses for their comprehensive and extremely interesting opening statements. This topic is unusual for the committee - we usually deal with more mainstream topics - but what the witnesses have said is extremely interesting and thought-provoking. I invite Senator Paul Daly, as he was the instigator of this discussion, to ask his opening questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses for their very informative briefing and discussion. As was said by others, the timing of this debate is very opportune because food security is very much back on the agenda. As a farmer, I think people definitely did not listen to some of us over the last couple of years but we will get a better reception now going forward in terms of ensuring food security not just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: The second session will deal with the same subject matter. We will hear from officials from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, and Teagasc. Joining us remotely from the Department are Mr. Eoin Deegan, principal officer of the environment policy division, and Ms Susan Fleming, assistant principal officer. From Teagasc, we are joined by Professor Frank O'Mara,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I now call Dr. O'Mara. I believe this is his first time to appear before the committee since he took up his new role. I wish him the best of luck as director of Teagasc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Teagasc is the national research body for the agrifood industry. If I hear clearly what Professor O'Mara is saying, it is that GM crops and the available technology can make food production more sustainable going forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses. The next speaker is Senator Paul Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: The Deputy has asked a pertinent question. The witnesses may not have all the facts and figures but will they give a short synopsis regarding that question to the committee? There are issues with the pig and poultry industries at the moment. I had a couple of pig farmers on to me this week. They are caught in a perfect storm and are under huge pressure. A man was on to me today who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: There is no more being made available.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: What is the growing capacity for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Professor O'Mara for that. We will be coming back to that discussion fairly frequently in the next couple of weeks. I thank the witnesses for coming and participating in today's meeting as it was very informative and worthwhile. The next public meeting of the committee will take place on Wednesday, 23 March at 5.30 p.m. The committee will be examining horticultural peat supply and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: This technology will allow more sustainable food production.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: There are so many things and so many imponderables. For example, if grain is coming with a high moisture, the cost of drying it would be absolutely astronomical.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (8 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the retrofit work will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Mar 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver licence renewal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13018/22]