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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2016)

Jackie Cahill: I have a question on research and training. Harvest 2020 included a target of 100 specialist dairy farm managers per year to graduate from a Teagasc scheme but only 25 entrants per year apply for the scheme. To elaborate on a point made by the Chairman, surely we should increase the training fund rather than have an underspend. The Minister mentioned that State aid rules prevent him from...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2016)

Jackie Cahill: They talked about their successes.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (6 Dec 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will include Tipperary town and schools (details supplied) in the DEIS programme 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38498/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (6 Dec 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made to develop the Ireland Lakelands brand as a separate proposition to sit alongside the Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland’s Ancient East, with specific reference to the Ballina-Killaloe area and Lough Derg to Portumna Bridge taking in villages and Nenagh along the way; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (1 Dec 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 17. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in emergency department overcrowding in South Tipperary General Hospital over the past two years. [38047/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (1 Dec 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 96. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours Tipperary local health area can expect in 2017. [38046/16]

Flood Insurance Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: I compliment Deputy Michael McGrath for introducing this Bill which will help to alleviate the financial pressure on home and business owners who are unable to get reasonable insurance cover due to flooding concerns. Major capital investment is being made to alleviate flooding in a lot of towns around the country. However, we are ignoring Inland Fisheries Ireland and the powers of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of UK Referendum on Membership of the European Union on Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sectors: Discussion (29 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome Mr. Cotter and Mr. Brennan. I served on the board of Bord Bia for six years and saw up close the work it does. Brexit probably presents the greatest challenge Bord Bia has faced in Mr. Cotter's time if not over the life of the board. We saw predictions in the media today that cattle prices for 2017 will be 10% lower than they were in 2016, which was a poor year itself. The UK is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Issues: Discussion (29 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: My apologies to Mr. O'Donnell. I had to go out while he was making his presentation. I compliment the witnesses for the detail in their presentations. As a new organisation, the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association is definitely going to ruffle a couple of feathers. Its presentation was top class. I did not have a copy of the presentation before the meeting but, hopefully, it will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (29 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will along with his EU Council of Minister colleagues press the Israeli authorities for an immediate moratorium on demolitions and confiscations and request compensation for confiscated or demolished EU assets in area C of the West Bank; if he will raise the concern regarding the urgent spike in demolitions and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (29 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 390. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will along with his Council of Minister colleagues mandate the European External Action Service, EEAS, to publish and proactively disseminate the biannual EU Representative in Jerusalem's, EUREP, report on demolitions and confiscations of EU-member state funded structures and put pressure on the EEAS to mandate the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (29 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to immediately engage with the PKU Association of Ireland in view of the fact that PKU is a rare metabolic disorder which requires a low-protein diet and prescribed low-protein foods are a key part of the diet due to its limited nature (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37169/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (29 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of securing general practitioners for provincial town practices in which a client bank of 800 medical cards is not deemed to be economically feasible or attractive enough, resulting in no applications being received for a position which has become vacant due to a general practitioner retirement in Thurles, County Tipperary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Health Policy (29 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 578. To ask the Minister for Health the planned changes to the public health nurse service in west Tipperary that is the ending of the public health nurse attending at local health clinics at Bansha, Cappawhite, Emly and Dundrum; if the public health nurse is to be centrally based only in Tipperary town and if the public health nurse will continue to make house calls to elderly patients on a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme Review (29 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 673. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the transitional arrangements for pig farmers can be allowed to continue in the current format until the full review of the nitrates regulations in 2017 is completed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37665/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: The programme for Government undertakes to introduce and fast-track legislation to provide for stricter bail terms for repeat serious offenders, including the introduction of electronic tagging. A commitment was given to draft the legislation as a priority during this session. Where is the legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sectors: Teagasc (22 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: We are all focused on the fall in the value of sterling, but it is one of our least problematic issues. Companies and people who selling into the UK market will, when renewing contracts, allow for that fall. Food inflation in the United Kingdom is increasing. Those in the mushroom sector tell us they are getting price increases from retailers. Has Teagasc done any analysis of whether food...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine TB Eradication Programme: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Dr. Good for her presentation. Unlike Senator Lombard I have come across her. We must recognise we have significantly reduced the levels of TB. We are now at a juncture to take the next step to reduce it even more, but this will be very difficult. Take the example of Wicklow and the huge incidence of TB there. Some farmers have stopped keeping bovines in west Wicklow because they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine TB Eradication Programme: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: It is down to 750 now.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Collection (22 Nov 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance the excise duty collected on a pint of beer served over the counter at a licensed premises; the excise duty collected on a 500 millilitre can of beer purchased in an off licence premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35828/16]