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Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects Status (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister for his reply, even though the content of it does not rest well with me. In my initial comments I stated we would not see a Thurles bypass in my lifetime and the reply confirms this. With regard to the specific questions I asked about when funding will be made available, the local authority has made it a priority project and advancement of the project is wholly...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects Status (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Thurles town suffers from severe traffic congestion. We have been promised a bypass for a generation or more. Ten years ago three routes for a bypass were proposed and one was selected. We have heard nothing about the bypass since. The general view is that we will not see a bypass of the town in my lifetime. However, there has been some talk of work on an inner relief road proceeding....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Gleeson and his officials. We will all raise the concerns Deputy McConalogue has raised. Every time we talk about the CAP, we talk about simplification. However, Mr. Gleeson's submission did not indicate that any simplification coming down the line. If anything, it is becoming more bureaucratic and complex. As Deputy McConalogue said, in real terms the budget will drop...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Which were the six member states?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Why are the Danes and the Dutch opposed? One would have thought with their agricultural industries, they would be in favour of increased funding for the CAP.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Mr. Gleeson said the agriculture Ministers of 18 member states had agreed on this. Does that mean the 18 finance Ministers have agreed too?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: The pot of money is diminishing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: There is money for the main scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: There was no effect on price. Skimmed milk powder is trading at €300 to €400 per tonne under the intervention price.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Retirements (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching principals that have taken early retirement or retired due to ill health in each of the years 2013 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27468/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for a person (details supplied) to live here with their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27483/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 459. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the financial supports available for an insulation upgrade to a 1950s bungalow that is privately owned and the owners of which are not in receipt of fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27428/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the financial supports available for the removal and replacement of an asbestos roof on a privately owned residential bungalow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27427/18]

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Fine Gael's record on waiting lists for the hospital service, having been in government since 2011, is shocking. If we are to see any solution to this waiting list crisis, the Taoiseach and the Government must accept that there is a crisis. In July 2014, there were 360,000 on the outpatient waiting list. In May 2018, that had risen to 511,904, an increase of 151,151. It is truly shocking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electronic Identification of Sheep: Discussion (19 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the representatives from the Department and Meat Industry Ireland for their submissions. It is the old story. If something is good for farmers, it will be good for the industry and the cost will be thrown back on farmers to bear. We are talking about a very low income sector. It is the imposition of a significant cost on farmers. Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn referred to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister for his presentation on the rural development programme. I will not go over the ground covered by Deputy Charlie McConalogue. It is clear that the Minister has an allocation of €4 billion that was envisaged to be spent between 2014 and 2020. Doing the sums, I calculate that €3.32 billion will be spent. The sums are accurate and when we consider the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts (19 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to reduce the SNA hours at a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26857/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures taken by the forestry service to ensure the development of the forestry sector on a sustainable basis; if the forestry service has carried out tests regarding water quality from forest operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25940/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (14 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has carried out tests regarding water quality from forest operations. [25939/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (14 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are grants available for the installation of windows and doors to improve the living conditions for persons that are suffering chronic ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25951/18]