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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (5 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 431. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the approximate cost to Bord na Móna for the closure of the Littleton plant in County Tipperary excluding redundancy payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51791/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (5 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 432. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected cost to Bord na Móna specifically for the winding down and decommissioning of the physical plant and machinery at the Littleton, County Tipperary, plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51792/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (5 Dec 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 433. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons who will be employed and the length of time they will have been employed for at the Bord na Móna plant in Littleton, County Tipperary, after the formal closure of the plant to render the plant fully unproductive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51793/17]

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017 will enact the public service stability agreement that has been reached between the Government and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. The question of how the Government will deal with the fact that three teaching unions - the ASTI, the TUI and the INTO - have yet to ratify the agreement is a serious one. This outstanding issue is a cause for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Correspondence (29 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 283. To ask the Minister for Health the reason correspondence coming from Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel to persons has on its letterhead Our Lady's Campus, Cashel rather than Our Lady' Hospital, Cashel; if this is part of a downgrading of Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50761/17]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: On the €4.5 million for ANC, I would have thought €200 million was adequate to cover applicants. Will the Minister clarify why €4.5 million is needed for the ANC scheme? I welcome the extra money for Bord Bia because with the challenges we are facing with Brexit, which we do not have to elaborate on here, Bord Bia needs all the funding it can get to withstand the market...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The Minister did not answer the question I asked about TAMS. It was not mentioned in the budget. Is the spending on target? People have complained to me that approvals are coming very slowly at the moment. The Minister has not mentioned whether expenditure on TAMS is in deficit. Perhaps there has been an overspend. TAMS has not been mentioned.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I would like to be associated with those remarks.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I have a question on capital expenditures. We are running into problems now where people are paying a deposit on the purchase of equipment. A salesman might insist on a deposit and then the farmers run into problems when applying for a grant.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: No, these are part-purchases. The people pay a deposit to secure equipment. When they look for a grant they are penalised because they have part paid before they apply for the grant. In the modern world, these people are forced to pay a deposit to secure a deal and this is a problem when they apply for a grant for the equipment. It is occurring more frequently now and it must be...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I accept that but it must be sorted. They are bona fide applications.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: There are still a fair few of them outstanding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna: Chairperson Designate (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome Mr. Meagher to his new role. I crossed swords with him previously when he was the chief financial officer in Glanbia for which he was an excellent operator. He had a great grasp of the dairy industry and I am sure he will be of great benefit to Bord na Móna and its mission statement. With regard to that mission statement, Bord na Móna was established to create jobs in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna: Chairperson Designate (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I accept that he is new to his position, but it is important that he know what our views are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna: Chairperson Designate (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: We can produce significant quantities of biomass in this country, but it must be economically viable to do so. That is where the focus must be. The agriculture sector has the potential to produce biomass. The stocking rate in this country is only 50% of what is permitted under the EU regulation for nitrates; therefore, there is huge potential in the sector to produce biomass which could be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna: Chairperson Designate (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: What is the status of the hydro plant in Silvermines?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next tranche of TAMS applications will be released to the local offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50496/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will go live in an area (details supplied) in view of the fact that the physical infrastructure has now been rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50305/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that TII engage with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49871/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals (28 Nov 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 677. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50652/17]