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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: I was not criticising Bord Bia at all. I was looking for more funding for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: Senator Daly mentioned the industry’s reputation and this is not doing it any good. Everything is not rosy in the industry. Many trainers are exiting the business saying they cannot make ends meet. Deputy Penrose made the point about a value for money review. Surely that would have been a critical thing for the board to have done when a CEO is starting his third term to see whether...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (27 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 801. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the criteria for entry into the knowledge transfer scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26758/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person is to start a solar farm, does the land that the solar farm is on still qualify for agricultural relief on transfer or inheritance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24946/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (16 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will honour the commitment made by the Minister of State in his Department that all concessionary students will be accommodated on school buses; if he will address the concessionary students availing of the service on the Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, to Thurles, County Tipperary, school bus route; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Tax Code (16 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 664. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will explore the option of temporarily reducing the lower rate of employer PRSI from 8.5% to 4.25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24504/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (16 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 833. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will heed the call for action in Palestine's Call, the open letter recently sent to all Oireachtas Members from Palestine civil and political society; the action he will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24572/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (16 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 1503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make payments as soon as possible from the producer organisation funding due to the commercial mushroom producers for the 2015 programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24503/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (16 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 1513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review all penalties imposed on farmers during 2010 to 2015 in view of a High Court decision (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24732/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (16 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 1514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections that were carried out in County Tipperary between 2010 and 2015 in tabular form; the percentage of these inspections that incurred penalties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24733/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (16 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 1515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Tipperary that were penalised during 2010 to 2015 who appealed the decision; the percentage of the appeals that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24734/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 1648. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will investigate the broadband blackspot that is being experienced by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24672/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme (16 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 1663. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are grants available for the installation of biodigesters as the economic and organic waste management benefit are evidence-based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24731/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (13 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Healy. My questions are on the loans he envisages the €11.1 million funding being put towards. What size loan would he give to individual farmers? Would he put a cap on the amount of money a farmer could get out of this? What kind of security, if any, would be provided? Some of our farmers, especially in the dairy sector, have fairly heavy borrowings. While giving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (13 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome my former colleagues to the committee. Mr. Comer gave a detailed presentation on the long-term and short-term issues. I agree with Deputy Penrose in that I would like more background on the farm management deposit scheme. Unfortunately the back end is coming and there is no cashflow on farms to pay the tax bill at the end of October. Many farmers will try to obtain loans from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (13 Sep 2016)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome the members of the Macra delegation here today. They put a focused presentation in front of us. I would be interested to hear Macra's view on Deputy McConologue's point about the young farmers being longer than five years farming and failing to gain access to different schemes. Another point in the Macra's presentation that I have seen pushed on a number of fronts for a number...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (21 Jul 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to honour the commitment made by Minister of State, Deputy John Halligan, that all concessionary students will be accommodated on school buses; if he will address specifically the concessionary students availing of the service on the service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24249/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (21 Jul 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the situation where the supervisors of individual community enterprise schemes are informed of the eligibility of scheme participants only six weeks before the end of one scheme and the beginning of another, thus reducing the supervisors' time to plan their projects properly; if the supervisors will be given a minimum of three...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (20 Jul 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, with IDA Ireland, she will change the manner in which IDA Ireland manages Tipperary, as south Tipperary is with the south-east division and north Tipperary is with the mid-west division, which results in Tipperary being neglected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22762/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (20 Jul 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress being made on section 4.1(c) of the programme for Government, regional spread of growth and jobs, in view of the fact the appears to be no evidence of any activity that would suggest that this issue is being treated as an urgent matter by the Government. [22793/16]