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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Administration (10 Oct 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 635. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a local authority is required by departmental guidelines to advertise publicly the local improvement scheme before particular works are agreed or completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42923/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (10 Oct 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 665. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to give control back to the local scheme co-ordinators in the sourcing and placing of individual scheme workers on Tús and community employment schemes in view of the fact the local knowledge of the co-ordinators is not being utilised in the current structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (10 Oct 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the Tús and community employment schemes regarding scheme participants who are over 60 years of age and considered by the local scheme coordinator to be unlikely to transition back into full-time employment in order that their participation in community work can be extended beyond the current time...

Animal Welfare: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2017)

Jackie Cahill: My colleague has gone through the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 and we stress the need for greater resources to enforce the legislation. The welfare of animals is paramount for everybody involved in the agricultural sector. I am a farmer and farmers pride themselves on the way their animals are cared for. The standards in which animals are kept in this country are extremely high,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (3 Oct 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Professor Boyle for a comprehensive presentation. I have a number of questions. First, with regard to the single farm payment, we are going into another review of the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP. Has any analysis been done of, say, the Irish experience with a 10% or 15% reduction in premia and the impact this would have on the future of the sector? We had a number of groups in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (3 Oct 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Has Teagasc put an economic value on different conventional crops for biomass purposes in the context of the current structure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (3 Oct 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (3 Oct 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. My questions will focus on similar issues to those addressed by Senator Daly and Deputy Kenny. In view of some of the presentations given to the committee last week that portrayed a sector in dire financial straits with acreage dropping by 14% over the past couple of years, it is hard to comprehend why the lifeline for a certain number of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (3 Oct 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the detail of the EU commission's plans on 360,000 tonnes of SMP for intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41678/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (28 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: A project such as the one I am advocating would require up to 70 plants nationwide at key locations throughout the country-----

Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (28 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: -----similar to our dairy co-op structure.

Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (28 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The Minister's reply is welcome. That he still has not given ministerial approval to this planned investment is welcome also. We can have an Irish solution to this problem and that is what will benefit rural Ireland. That is the essence in terms of the reason these semi-State companies were founded. I accept the Minister's reply. Currently, the average stocking rate is 80 kg/ha, which...

Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (28 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: It was with grave concern that we learned of Bord na Móna's plans to invest €60 million in the construction of a plant in Georgia in the United States. It seems that the woodchip which will be manufactured at this plant will be imported into Ireland for the purposes of biomass energy production. This concern is coupled with dismay in the light of the closure by Bord na Móna...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (28 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 41. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove South Tipperary General Hospital from the South South West Hospital Group. [40959/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (28 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the installation of three prefabricated classrooms for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41111/17]

UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (27 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Theresa May made a speech in Florence on Friday, 22 September, last. While a number of the points made in the speech are welcome, it is clear that the UK is intent on delivering a hard Brexit. We welcome that the Prime Minister emphasised in her speech the need to protect the Good Friday Agreement and the common travel area and ruled out any physical infrastructure at the Border. The UK...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (27 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that they qualify. [40838/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Carter for his presentation. The grain industry is at a serious crossroads. Coming up to Dublin this morning I saw combines working very hard and it is the second year in a row that we have had bad weather for the spring harvest. The price grain has been getting in the past couple of years makes the economics of grain production in this country very questionable. Mr. Carter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: How much of our barley is malting barley?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of Tillage Sector: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Is that spring or winter?