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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (7 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers culled in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, nationally and by county in tabular form; the number tested for TB; the percentage that tested positive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36034/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (7 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 981. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if hill land that is farmed in the traditional manner will now not need to be fenced in cases in which other general compliance measures are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36118/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (7 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 992. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who submitted a BPS application in 2018 who have parcels of land within designated areas; the number of these farmers by county; the amount of designated land these farmers have within zero to five, five to ten, ten to 15 hectares and so on in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36455/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (7 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 1004. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a parcel of land (details supplied) has entitlements; if this parcel can now be classified as clean land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36901/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Casualty Investigations Board (7 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 1083. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the Marine Casualty Investigation Board to reinvestigate the deaths of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35656/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (7 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 1149. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an application by an organisation (details supplied) for an early years and school-age grant will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35415/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (7 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 1191. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for fully adapted transport for an organisation (details supplied) as part of its application for CLÁR funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36234/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Communications (7 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 1213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if phone lines that are provided for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas by her Department to make queries in relation to individuals, can transfer a query to discuss a person's case with either this Deputy, a secretarial assistant or parliamentary assistant without declining to discuss a matter by quoting GDPR...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (7 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 1434. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures to be taken to ensure a monument (details supplied) does not fall into further disrepair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35615/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Site Acquisitions (7 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 1443. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if discussions will be held with Tipperary County Council in relation to a site (details supplied) in order to acquire and develop the site as a visitor centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36302/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (7 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 1447. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that was sought for designated areas by her Department in the pre-budget submission for 2019; the number of persons that benefit from the NPWS farm plan scheme; if this scheme will be reinstated; her views on whether farmers with designated lands have been encumbered without financial reward for the protective...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister for appearing before the committee. He concluded by saying that a problem solved was a problem halved. He has undertaken some initiatives but the financial undertaking needed to tackle this problem is far greater than what the Government has done thus far. I welcome some of the initiatives that have been undertaken but the situation on Irish farms is dire. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I referred to meat factories exploiting farmers. The Minister is reneging far too easily on his responsibility in this regard. We have a beef forum which can surely determine what is a fair price. The factories dropped prices again this week, which was completely unwarranted. Everything we hear on the grapevine indicates they intend to reduce prices again next week. They cannot be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: If we compare the beef industry with the dairy industry, there is a basket of dairy products and we know to within half a cent what a litre of milk is worth. In this day and age, we should be able to calculate what the market is returning for beef and determine, within €20 or €30, what a carcass is worth and if a fair price is being paid. The beef forum should be able to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I am not saying the Minister can determine the beef price. Surely the beef forum can decide whether the recent drop in price is justified because in my view it is not. We are told prices will drop again next week. The factories are using increased cattle numbers to exploit the price.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Any notion that there will not be a huge demand for working capital over the next 12 months can be dismissed. There will be significant demand. I would argue very strongly that in the majority of cases the farmers who received low-cost loans after the 2016 budget did not get the length of time for repayment they sought. A maximum of six years was allowed under the scheme but there was a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Who is administering the MilkFlex product?

Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2018)

Jackie Cahill: The HSE carried out a review of autism services in the recent past. I want to focus on one sector, namely, that relating to specialised training of dogs for children with severe autism. That sector is completely devoid of funding. There is not even a waiting list for families to get on at the moment to try to get a dog for a child who has severe autism. It is a sector for which funding...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fodder Crisis (12 Jul 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Solidarity is fine, but we have seen what meat factories have done in practical terms. They are exploiting the situation. That is a fact. The way prices have dropped in the past couple of weeks is completely unwarranted. We need practical solutions. I suggested moving the date for the spreading of chemical fertiliser and the Minister did not address that. We have to extend the grazing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fodder Crisis (12 Jul 2018)

Jackie Cahill: We might not get the opportunity to put the point to the Minister for a while.