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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: On behalf of the committee, I thank Ms Rohan. It was as heart-rending an opening statement as I have ever heard in this committee room. Unfortunately, we have all walked into sitting rooms and living rooms after a tragic accident on a farm. Ms Rohan's portrayal of the devastation that it causes is all too accurate. We have also seen incidents where farmers have been badly hurt or injured...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: You were well able to do it, whereas others might not be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I mean that you had the wherewithal to do it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: At our next private meeting we will put together a letter to send to the Minister on regularising the funding for Embrace. It is, as I said at the start, a charity doing invaluable work. It is about more than the fatalities. Where someone is injured, the problems may not be as bad but there can be huge financial issues for a family when someone gets badly hurt. At our next private meeting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: As a committee, when we meet next we will discuss putting a formal request to the Minister to get Embrace onto a formal footing going forward. You all took on this work on a voluntary basis. Unfortunately, it was born out of tragedy you had in your own families on your own farms. We will try to get this formalised and get it on a formal footing. What Deputy Martin Browne said about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: We will get the initial discussions going with the Department. On the model Embrace has, our guests are far more knowledgeable than anyone else about what is needed out there. I do not think the Department or we as a committee are going to prescribe to our guests. They know exactly what is needed and how to go about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: We can open up the discussions. It might be better we do it formally and that we have a structure of what we want to ask together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Rohan.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (2 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: While I appreciate the Minister of State's answer, we do not have weeks to sort out this issue. It needs to be sorted out immediately. A number of years ago there was a similar issue with access to rural Ireland, whereby landowners were extremely concerned about their liability when people were using their land for recreational purposes. There was a satisfactory solution for that, namely,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (2 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Usually when we talk about insurance in this Chamber, it is in the context of the escalating cost. During questions to the Tánaiste earlier, I said that where the cost of injury claims comes down, the cost of insurance should come down correspondingly, and we had a discussion on that. This matter, however, is about certain sectors being unable to get any insurance cover. We have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (2 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: The years 2020 and 2021 have been extremely difficult for businesses, particularly the businesses that have been adversely affected by Covid-19. I have spoken in the House on a number of occasions about the tourism bus sector and the huge pressure on it. There are a number of companies in my constituency that run very efficient bus operations for tourism. They had no business in 2021 but...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (2 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: The Government has put a massive amount of investment into supporting business through an unprecedented and difficult time. As we head into the spring of 2022, it is essential to continue that support. There are businesses that are still seriously affected and their costs of doing business have increased substantially. In the hospitality sector the way the Covid restrictions are still...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (2 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Neil McDonnell, the chief executive of ISME, said he would like to see the Government implement the provision of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 providing for the creation of a register of the parties taking personal injury actions, in order to identify potential abuses of the system by persons who make multiple claims. That would be a welcome development in helping to expose anybody...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (2 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Will the Tánaiste outline the supports provided for small businesses under budget 2022?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (2 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. We all welcome the fall in the level of awards made. When are we going to see this reflected in the price of insurance? When does the Tánaiste expect this to happen? Has he had any engagement with insurance companies on this? According to the Alliance for Insurance Reform, public liability insurance premiums continue to rise the despite a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (2 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Can the Tánaiste give me his assessment of the latest personal injuries awards of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB? When can we see that having an impact on the cost of insurance for individuals, businesses and sporting organisations?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Food Industry (2 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the support his Department is providing for the food transformation fund scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52655/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who has never received correspondence regarding paying their property tax faces penalties in addition to their local property tax bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52045/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 287. To ask the Minister for Finance if voluntary organisations can reclaim VAT on defibrillators; if so, the way they may go about doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53086/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (2 Nov 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance will be provided for a person (details supplied); if financial supports will be provided to support the student due to the cultural benefit of these studies and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52246/21]