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EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: The EU-Mercosur trade deal is a sell-out of European agriculture. What makes it all the more galling is that it has been done by one of our own. When Ray MacSharry held the same agriculture portfolio, he framed CAP reform in a way that would suit Irish beef farming. Here we have a Commissioner framing a trade deal that will bring devastation to the agriculture industry. The production of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (10 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance if a mortgage provider can make the age of a house a condition of granting a mortgage to an applicant that qualifies in every other way as a first-time buyer and not a first-time buyer, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30172/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (10 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 228. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to relaunch the scheme to allocate work permits for non-EU citizens to fill the need in the dairy sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30224/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (10 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the commencement order for the Greyhound Racing Act 2019 has been signed; if not, the reason; and when it will be signed. [30261/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of legal aid nationally in each of the years 2015 to 2018, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29969/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Sanctions (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the confirmation that the Office of the United States Trade Representative is considering including dairy products on a final list of items to be subject to increased duties from the EU as set out in a document (details supplied); the steps being taken at EU level in response to this; and if there have been discussions...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated to the greyhound sector to date in 2019; the amount allocated to animal welfare; the administrative process for issuing and revoking certificates by his Department on exporting greyhounds out of this jurisdiction; the number of certificates issued annually to EU countries and non-EU countries for such exports...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for their presentation. We are having a very wide ranging discussion on forestry. The first statement I want to make is that farmers' views of forestry as a viable option have worsened recently. There are several reasons for that. We need to examine them and see why we are not meeting our targets and why farmers have changed their view of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: What is the timeframe for the applications to receive permission to plant?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Walsh for his presentation which was concise and to the point. I have visited several plantations infected by ash dieback and seen the problems it causes. We made most of the same points as Mr. Walsh to the Minister of State, Deputy Doyle, when he was in attendance earlier. I have a few questions for the delegates. Have Mr. Walsh and his colleagues had the opportunity to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: As long as the witnesses met him, that is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: Mr. Walsh has brought that to a grand sum.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: Will Mr. Walsh repeat those figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: How would the group envisage compensating the person who would want to put his land back into grassland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: One could not do it for that figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I am not trying to be awkward but I could not see the stumps being removed and so on for €1,500 an acre. Could Deputy Fitzmaurice see it being done for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: No, it is all right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I asked how many owners are involved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: Can Mr. Walsh come back to us with that figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: In my part of the country such plantations are not used.