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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Anti-Doping Strategy of the Irish Thoroughbred Industry: Discussion (30 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: As there are no further questions, I thank Dr. Hillyer for her engagement with the committee, which will be very helping to us in drafting the Bill.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (30 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25551/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (30 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 380. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants are available through her Department for a community group organising a history-based summer school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25775/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (30 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the organic calculation for Dexter cattle to equate with their lower body weight in view of the fact it is currently in excess of their output; if a new category can be created for them and other small native breeds in view of the fact the current situation is resulting in Dexter breeders...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (30 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ongoing review of SFP for a person (details supplied); when the review will be completed and payment processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25869/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (30 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25870/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (30 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25871/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (30 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment for persons (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25872/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (30 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the terms of the redundancy agreement that was negotiated with Bus Éireann workers in view of the recent dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26009/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Dr. May for her presentation. This part of the proposed Bill will be hugely important. There is a significant public perception that the greyhound industry has problems in regard to the doping of greyhounds and the detection of same. I am a greyhound owner and I am involved in the greyhound industry. Dr. May recommended strict liability. Listening to her presentation, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I just saw here that it was not sending one in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I would be disappointed if it did not because it is a huge part of this industry, and I would be disappointed if we did not get its views for this Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: With respect, I accept what Dr. May is saying, but it is hard to protect the reputation of an industry if people are found with a prohibited substance and come back a month later and say it was under the tolerance level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Our trainers state that tests are failed because of imported feed. Feed came in from the United States and the trainers have said this has resulted in many of the positive tests in the past 18 months to two years. If a trainer gets feed from a reputable company, what is contained in the feed is outside his or her control. How will we address this? Bord na gCon will come before the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The doping aspect of the Bill is hugely important. We should bring in the person who deals with this in Horse Racing Ireland to discuss the level of testing it does and the way it supervises competing animals. How does it deal with tolerances and is there a tolerance level? By way of background to the two industries, I note that there is full confidence in how Horse Racing Ireland operates...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: It is the level of testing it does and the way it supervises the animals post-race and pre-race. There is full public confidence in Horse Racing Ireland's testing but we do not have the same confidence in the greyhound industry. That is where we want to get to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: We might learn something or we might not. However, it would be worthwhile if whoever is in charge of that in Horse Racing Ireland came in to set out a view as to what we could do.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to bring vacant houses back into the housing market in view of the census 2016 figures published which revealed that there are 7,493 vacant houses in County Tipperary of which 3,020 are vacant for more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23986/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 590. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review the provision of broadband for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24148/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the procedures in place to stop unregulated and unlicensed taxis and hackneys from operating; the number of spot checks that were carried out; to outline in tabular form the number of unlicensed operators that were discovered in each of the years 2012 to 2016 in County Tipperary and nationally; and if he will make a...