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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I invite Mr. Leamy to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Coillte for its presentation. Unusually for a presentation, we got much information in bullet format and there is much to be digested. Last year, Coillte sold 1.7 million cu. m of logs and planted 18 million trees. How much of those were bought from private operators and how much were grown by Coillte? How does that break down between being bought from partnerships or from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: In regard to the 1.7 million logs sold each year, how many are purchased and how many are home produced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Is supply ever greater than demand?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: That contradicts what is being proposed by Bord na Móna.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: What about the infrastructure issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Perhaps one of the witnesses would respond to my question on the mid-term review.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Deputy Fitzmaurice has asked a lot of detailed questions. If the witnesses cannot respond to them today, they should revert to the committee on them as soon as possible.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Nor in Tipperary.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I am sharing time with Deputy Eugene Murphy. I have listened to the statistics given by Members on the Government benches but, as a former Taoiseach once said, one can prove anything one likes with statistics. The Government just does not understand how rural Ireland operates or the damage it is going to do to rural Ireland. No one condones drunk driving and I will not stand in this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (12 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 281. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for theFreeStyle Libre to be available on the HSE's long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52750/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (12 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the audits have not been done for a number of community employment schemes in County Tipperary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53180/17]

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2017: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Fianna Fáil supports this proposal. The horse and greyhound racing sectors are two industries of which we in this country can justifiably be proud. The funding allocated to them is some of the best money spent by the Exchequer. In 2016 the two industries contributed €50 million in betting taxation, which represented an increase of some €20 million in the wake of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Tipperary Jigsaw project which was offered support in the past 12 months by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52144/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Tipperary as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the division; and the number of Garda Reserve and new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [51670/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (5 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to revisit a penalty imposed on a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51557/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (5 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale of appointing a primary school board of management as the main contractor in a Department-funded school refurbishment project and the successful tender company as the subcontractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51553/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (5 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request a Department engineer or inspector to engage with the principal and board of management of a school (details supplied) in relation to an over run in the cost of refurbishment at the school of €16,500 approximately; and if his Department will engage with the contractor in view of the fact that it should be outside the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (5 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to revisit a penalty imposed on a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51555/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (5 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the control of below cost selling of beer and spirits in the off licence and supermarket trade in efforts to change in the culture of binge drinking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51542/17]