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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: Does the national framework plan not have a role to play?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (14 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 342. To ask the Minister for Health the next start date of the dialectical behaviour therapy, DBT, programme at a hospital; if a person (details supplied) is on the shortlist to be included on that programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20723/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Democracy: Trócaire (14 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the representatives for their presentations. Similar to Deputy Penrose, I would like more information on the kind of agriculture in Uganda. There were frequent references in the presentation by the three delegates to small-scale family farmers. Is there commercial farming in Uganda or are all farmers there on a small-scale family farm structure? According to the written statement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I am not happy with what is being attempted. While some of the initiatives are welcome, the overall concept of a closed loop is anti-competitive and it is a bad way for two companies to protect farmers' income. It is a very slippery slope for farmers to go down. Is the quality assurance bonus, which farmers get at the moment for selling cattle from quality-assured farms, an addition to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: When Mr. O'Dowd says that all grades qualify for the club protocol bonus, is that if they meet the weight restrictions, or do they all qualify irrespective of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: They have to meet the weight restrictions to qualify.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: If a beast is a P+, does it qualify if it meets the weight criteria?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: It does. In case Mr. O'Dowd thinks I am being completely negative, I welcome the finance part with the cashflow. On beef farms, that is a very interesting development and is to be welcomed. Does Mr. O'Keeffe or Mr. Ryan wish to come in here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: We could argue about that for a long time with Mr. Ryan, but with the focus on the solids and everything else on the dairy side, it is going to be very hard to see how confirmation on the beef side is going to be improved dramatically.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I have been very critical about the lack of evaluation in the EBI of the beef value of an animal. That has totally disappeared. Ten or 15 years, it would have been possible to pick a Friesian sire at our local AI station that would have had significant beef qualities. Six weeks ago I went through the same brochure. It was next to impossible to pick a Friesian sire that would add anything...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I do not believe we agree with its decisions.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Live Exports (9 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: The Minister mentioned welfare standards. In regard to the video in the media this week, the mistreatment of animals is unacceptable. It is essential that we adhere to the highest standards of welfare in our live exports. Anyone who is found to be doing otherwise should face the full rigours of the law. The only way to ensure increased prices in the next six to 12 months is through...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Live Exports (9 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I was on the board of Bord Bia for a number of years. When a market is opened, a target is set in respect of the tonnage of beef expected to be sold in any given timeframe. The beef sector is in crisis. We have to move cattle out of this country. To secure increased prices, we will have to reduce the number of cattle available for slaughter in the next six to 12 months. The onus is on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Live Exports (9 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I never suggested that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Live Exports (9 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targets his Department and Bord Bia have set for 2019 for live exports of cattle including those aged six months or greater; and the resources that will be put in place to achieve these targets. [20276/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Live Exports (9 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: What targets have the Department and Bord Bia set for 2019 for live exports of cattle, especially those aged six months or greater, and what resources will be put in place to achieve them? In his reply to a previous question, the Minister referred to the considerable financial pressure currently on beef farmers. There has been a significant increase in costs incurred by farmers due to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility (9 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the change in land eligibility for farmers in cases in which land qualified under biophysical constraint (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20094/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (9 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targets Bord Bia has for 2019 for live export of cattle for six months or more; the resources in place to ensure a reasonable number are delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20093/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (8 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax breaks will be considered to encourage fully qualified engineers born and educated here to return from abroad to work in industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18665/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (8 May 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason public service retirees who retired after 28 February 2012 have their pension increases linked to the pay restoration timetable of their serving colleagues (details supplied); if their pension rights will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20083/19]