Results 5,721-5,740 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (25 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions for afforestation for the agricultural sector in the Climate Action Plan 2019; the annual emission reductions via carbon sequestration; the total reduction over the period of the plan; and the annual net cost for each forestry action covered by the plan. [26478/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (25 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with a company (details supplied) to examine the potential for promoting and incentivising the use of a product by sports clubs in the provision of new grass playing fields or for the improvement of existing grass playing fields; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26379/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (19 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the location in which a person (details supplied) can obtain a motorised wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25680/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (19 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the continuous cover forestry schemes in operation; the number of participants in each such scheme; the total current and capital funding allocated to each such scheme in 2019; the grant and premium rates for each such scheme; and the criteria required to draw down a payment in each available scheme. [25789/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Woodland Improvement Scheme (19 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1137 of 8 May 2019, the reason there was such a large underspend in each year of the woodland improvement scheme since it was established. [25790/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with a school (details supplied) on the location on the site of a new build for a two classroom autism spectrum disorder unit; if he will request a technical team to visit the school in which the principal and management can explain their reasoning for advocating that the new building be attached to the existing school...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 397. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate a speech and language therapist for Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25239/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress on the modular units at South Tipperary General Hospital; when the units will be open for patients; the stage the recruitment process is at; the funds allocated in budget 2019 that will allow the unit to be operational in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25281/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 407. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress on the capital project at St. Patrick's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; the completion date; the funds allocated and ring-fenced for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25282/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the new bridge at Ballina-Killaloe; the stage at which the project is at; the projected dates for completion; the funds granted and ring-fenced for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25289/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pension reduction will be reversed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25106/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare and the Control and Management of Horses: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I have raised this matter on a few occasions and requested that it be dealt with by the committee. My county has unfortunately had a good few examples of the ill treatment of horses. I would put horses and dogs in the one category in that regard. We have seen horses been driven in harness to the point of collapse, pulling loads inappropriate for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare and the Control and Management of Horses: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I was talking about illegal hunting rather than coursing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare and the Control and Management of Horses: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: Members of the Garda should be allowed to seize dogs if they find them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare and the Control and Management of Horses: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: The Garda can seize them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare and the Control and Management of Horses: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: It is a catch-22 situation. They can seize them but they have nowhere to take them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare and the Control and Management of Horses: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I want to go back to microchipping. For me, this is at the hub of the issue. Mr. Shine answered a question there and he said that the vast majority of the horses that are impounded have no microchip. He said he was happy enough and I took a rough calculation of the figures he mentioned for registration as regards the number of foals that are born every year and I reckon that only 80% to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare and the Control and Management of Horses: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: Is there no stick we can use to force microchipping? It is a tease rather than enforcement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare and the Control and Management of Horses: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: Only a small percentage of the cases where horses have been seized have led to prosecution. This goes back to the point that those seized are not microchipped.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review (13 Jun 2019)

Jackie Cahill: We will not concentrate on that.