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Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: The issue of funding for roads is addressed on page 44 of the programme for Government. It is not an exaggeration to state the condition of roads throughout the country is chronic. The Government has introduced two budgets, yet the condition of roads continues to worsen. The lack of a funding is causing chaos at local authority level. In addition to reductions in funding for many years...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency Portfolio (31 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter relating to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4692/18]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Housing is one of the key issues facing the Government. Homelessness has reached unprecedented levels. Home building numbers are tens of thousands behind where they should be and approximately 100,000 people are on the social housing waiting list. All the while, ordinary workers cannot afford to own a home. All the Government offers is half-baked ideas, which it proceeds to announce three...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harrier Programme: Discussion (30 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Thank you Chairman. I welcome the delegation here today and indeed the farmers in the Gallery, some of whom are from my own county. When one talks about forgotten farmers, we are usually referring to young farmers, who fell outside the remit of the last CAP and failed because of different circumstances to get a significant single farm payment. We have a number of farmers in the country who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harrier Programme: Discussion (30 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome the officials from the Department. We are having a long session here on what is a hugely important issue. A large amount of land is affected across a number of counties. The Department officials state this scheme is successful because of the number of applicants and that there is general welcome for it among farmers. That is not the case. Farmers are applying for this scheme...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harrier Programme: Discussion (30 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I would like to supplement what Deputy Brassil has said. The National Parks and Wildlife Service has been referred to on a number of occasions here today. Obviously it had a budget in place in 2007 outside of the Department of Agriculture and Food. Perhaps there is another door which we should be knocking on for these people behind us. If the service did not fulfil its commitments in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (30 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the spaces that will be available from 1 February 2018 on ferries for live exports in comparison with 1 February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4076/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Infrastructure Provision (25 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the financial contribution his Department and the HSE will make for the provision of a second hospice suite at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3798/18]

Shortage of Teachers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I compliment our spokesperson, Deputy Thomas Byrne, on tabling this issue in Private Members' time. The crisis in teaching and its impact on our education system, if unresolved, will cause long-term damage to our economy. If we do not restore the prestige of the teaching profession, in how we value it as a society and how we reward it by way of salary, the best young men and women will not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the gentlemen for the presentations. The first portion dealt with the rural development plan and the transfer of land to young farmers. If we are to preserve rural Ireland as we have known it, this must be a core policy objective. The train is leaving the station and if policy does not change very quickly, the family farm structure as we know it will disappear. The current...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Is it the Commission's policy to preserve the family farm unit? That is the key question. In my view, that is not happening at present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Roles, Responsibilities and Key Programmes of Bord Bia: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Ms McCarthy for her excellent presentation. Bord Bia is one of our standard bearers. I had the privilege of being on its board for six years. Its personnel do a very professional job. It has always promoted the food and drinks industry excellently and done a lot to establish markets for our produce. In that context, I refer to the reduction of our reliance on the UK market....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Roles, Responsibilities and Key Programmes of Bord Bia: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I forgot at the start to relay apologies from Deputy McConalogue who is unavoidably absent today. I want to ask one other question and then go back on a few of the answers I got from the delegation. Does Bord Bia have any concerns about zero-grazing with the larger herds on the dairy side and the higher proportion of indoor feeding especially as it affects the taste of butter, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Roles, Responsibilities and Key Programmes of Bord Bia: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I would put it another way. Ms Mc Carthy just evaded answering the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Roles, Responsibilities and Key Programmes of Bord Bia: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: We cannot wait to see the scenario. We have to put in the foundation work first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Roles, Responsibilities and Key Programmes of Bord Bia: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: If the UK leaves and it imposes a tariff on us, we cannot then go looking for the markets. We must have the foundation work done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Roles, Responsibilities and Key Programmes of Bord Bia: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: As a promotional body, what is Bord Bia's view on the proposal to put a health warning on all drink products?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Roles, Responsibilities and Key Programmes of Bord Bia: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: The point I am making is that a farm is quality assured. The culled cow coming off that farm is meeting the same standards as the 18-month old heifer coming off the farm. The processor buying that culled cow is using the fact the animal is quality assured to help sell the product but the farmer is getting no return for that. There are farms that are quality assured but would have no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Roles, Responsibilities and Key Programmes of Bord Bia: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: It was Bord Bia's brainchild and it has worked well. A little kick from Bord Bia to processors might not go astray.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (18 Jan 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for commencement and completion of a hospice suite (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2392/18]