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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I asked about the number of kilograms of dry matter grown on multispecies swards and rye grass in March.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: What of the rotation length?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Is it sensible to bring in the OPW to do this? Should it not be done in the Department it affects the most?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Which Department is doing it in the North?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: We should be careful what we wish for.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I am sorry, I was only being flippant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I have to adjourn the meeting now because we are being called to a vote. We were overrun with all the questions thrown at the departmental officials earlier regarding what was being done in this regard. We will, with the good graces of the witnesses, be calling on their research in future as we try to formulate policy here. As the witnesses articulated well, this area was neglected....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (16 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55886/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cumulative additional expenditure undertaken as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55887/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (16 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason private bus operators are to be excluded from the new young adult travel card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55468/21]

Forestry Sector: Motion (11 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. The Minister of State has heard the passionate pleas of Members here. The Ceann Comhairle has commented on the remarkable number of contributors to this debate on a Thursday evening. There is great concern for the forestry sector but there is also a great realisation of what the forestry sector can do for rural Ireland. I will mention forestry contractors,...

Forestry Sector: Motion (11 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine entitled ‘Issues impacting the Forestry Sector in Ireland,’ copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 2nd March, 2021. I am sharing time with Deputy Sherlock. As Cathaoirleach of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, I...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I again raise the ambulance service in the mid-west region, a matter I have had to raise on several occasions in the past 12 months. Unfortunately, crews in our area are constantly being deployed to other HSE areas. Deputies elsewhere say the same is happening in their HSE areas. It is evident there are not enough crews on the ground. The HSE is measuring performance on the response time...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason retired prison officers who are in receipt of a State pension did not receive the 2% rise in payments that other sectors of the public service received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55325/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (11 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review her Department’s plans to restructure local jobs clubs through a new tendering process, as this would essentially privatise a social service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55317/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (11 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending contracts for local jobs clubs further following a recent six month extension to contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55318/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (11 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the new model for jobs clubs being profit driven based on performance to refer clients to full-time employment as the key metric is a just policy move (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55319/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (11 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider the policy that would see jobs clubs being transformed into profit driven private enterprises through the new tendering process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55320/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (11 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is fair that a person can be refused a SUSI grant with the reason for disqualification being that capital allowances are not allowed against calculating income for SUSI grants, considering this is particularly unfair on self-employed persons and the same write-off process is permitted when calculating returns to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 372. To ask the Minister for Health if funding can be made available for a group (details supplied) to assist in its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55358/21]