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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Education Courses and the Signpost Programme: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Those were quite extensive questions for the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Education Courses and the Signpost Programme: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Education Courses and the Signpost Programme: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I call Deputy Ring.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Education Courses and the Signpost Programme: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Education Courses and the Signpost Programme: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: As no members are indicating that they have questions, I thank our two witnesses from Teagasc, Dr. Stan Lalor and Mr. Tony Pettit, for their contributions to the meeting today and the way they answered the questions. The meeting now stands adjourned. The next meeting of the joint committee will be held in public session at 12.30 p.m. on Thursday, 27 May, when we are meeting Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I find the sound poor from Ms Nally as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: The Deputy has my full agreement.

Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: It gives me great pleasure to speak to this Bill, which amends the nursing home support scheme. Like others, I compliment the Minister of State on her doggedness and determination to get this Bill before the House. It has been a difficult year for the Department of Health and great recognition and praise is due to the Minister of State that in the space of 12 months, she has managed to get...

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Over the past week, the Irish people have shown both their generosity of spirit and their care for global human rights in their response to the human rights violations against the Palestinian people. Due to our colonial history, we have a strong affinity with the Palestinians and the Government must honour that connection. First, it is important to look at recent events not in isolation but...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (20 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the BTB incidence rate among Irish herds in 2021; if he expects the annual incidence rate to rise again from 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27012/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to the primary payments section of her Department to have their service history as a teacher amended to include the years they spent as a substitute teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27202/21]

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: The Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015 introduced key protections for insolvent homeowners struggling to pay off their arrears. It has allowed them the right to seek a court review if their mortgage lenders or creditors refuse reasonable proposals for personal insolvency arrangements. The success of this Act has gone beyond insolvent individuals struggling to repay the mortgages on...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I refer to the proposed new 170 km pipeline to bring water from the River Shannon into Dublin. It is proposed to pump 330 million litres per day from the River Shannon into the pipe infrastructure in Dublin which is leaking half its water. There is significant unease in the northern part of my constituency of Tipperary about this. The landowners along the route have already suffered as a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance if a pub availing of Covid-19 related financial supports such as the employment wage subsidy scheme or Covid restrictions support scheme will still be eligible to avail of some supports following a partial reopening of the business (details supplied); the financial supports that will be available to pubs leading up to and following reopening; and if he will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Tipperary currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number in receipt of the payment on the same date in April 2021; the number of persons in County Tipperary who have received the payment since its introduction; the total expenditure on such payments in County Tipperary...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (18 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are available for a person who wishes to renovate a protected structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26079/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Apologies have been received from Deputy Paul Kehoe and Senator Victor Boyhan. Before we begin, I remind members that, in the context of the current Covid-19 restrictions, only the Chairman and staff are present in the committee room. All members must join remotely from elsewhere in the parliamentary precincts. The secretariat can issue invitations to join the meeting on MS Teams....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: To elaborate a bit further, what Mr. Fitzgerald is saying clearly to us is that for a number of years it was profitable to collect and export plastic without receiving the levy. He was able to do that without the levy. The IFFPG was collecting the levy and charging farmers at its depots for taking in the plastic, even though private operators were doing that in the absence of a levy. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: There is a company in Wales that will take it but it is uneconomical to take it there. Is that the scenario?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Mr. Fitzgerald, you said you visited the Littleton plant and the machinery there was not robust enough. The plant is not yours but I have two questions. There was significant investment in that plant. I was present the day that this project was launched amid much fanfare but, obviously, it has not operated successfully. What kind of capital would be required to make Littleton a successful...