Results 7,561-7,580 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (29 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the provision in the community employment programme for older jobseekers over 62 years of age which restricts the number that an area project manager can employ on a scheme, as it discriminates on the basis of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18766/16]

Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (28 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the serious low morale young primary school teachers are experiencing due to the their low level of starting pay; the impact of this on the education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18259/16]

Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (28 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: My party supports the principle of equal treatment for newly recruited public servants, including those in the education sector. New entrants in the teaching profession do not receive the same allowances as long-serving teachers. This cannot be justified and is corroding morale within schools. It is wrong that an important profession like teaching has a two-tier salary system. We are all...

Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (28 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: With these young teachers taking on extra financial burdens as they enter their late 20s and early 30s, it is essential that their pay levels be restored. Some parents must still support children who are fully qualified and in full-time employment. This system will not attract the quality of teacher we want. The sooner that equal pay for all can be introduced, the better it will be for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Register Office (28 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 400. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No/ 496 of 6 April 2016, why the position of registrar for births, deaths and marriages at the civil registration department in Thurles, County Tipperary, is now not being filled by the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18118/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 401. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18125/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (28 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm inspections from the Nenagh office of his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form; the number of penalties applied; the percentage of penalties versus inspections; the value of the total penalties applied each year; the national figure for penalties applied as a percentage versus...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (23 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance to bring forward proposals to extend the exemption on capital gains tax which currently operates for farmers who consolidate their family farm holding to farmers who, due to the economic circumstances in the industry at this time, need to sell parcels of land to consolidate their bank loans and secure their family farm for the future; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (23 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance to bring forward proposals to extend the exemption on capital gains tax that currently operates for farmers who consolidate their family farm holdings to farmers who, due to the economic circumstances in the industry at this time, need to sell parcels of land to consolidate their bank loans and secure their family farms into the future; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the staff levels in the Garda Síochána vetting unit in Thurles, County Tipperary, annually in each of the years 2011 to 2015, inclusive, indicating the highest numbers and lowest numbers employed each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17666/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Staff (23 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed by the Revenue Commissioners in Nenagh, County Tipperary, in each of the years from 2011 to 2015, inclusive, indicating the highest and lowest numbers each year for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17667/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (23 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a an application for medical equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17741/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Premium Payments (23 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: 264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) is eligible to draw forestry premium on lands, as no premium has been drawn down on this land in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17677/16]

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome the additional funding being provided for law enforcement this year. I wish to reflect on the recent gangland shootings. There has been widespread outrage in relation to the recent gangland killings in Dublin and we need to see renewed efforts to defeat organised crime gangs before the situation escalates even further. In February, the Minister announced the provision of...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: This is my first time to attend a committee meeting in the Houses of the Oireachtas and I am delighted to have the opportunity to be here. I wish the Chairman and Minister well in their new appointments. Before I refer to programme A, I wish to make a point about the Minister's opening statement in which he referred to the importance of improving profitability at farm level....

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: I wish to address some of the points the Minister made about the dairy crisis. The crisis in 2009 was short lived and thankfully prices bounced back very quickly. Production costs have since increased substantially, but, unfortunately, current price supports have not increased. They are at a level which does not reflect the cost of production. The third difference is that the level of...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: On the TAMS issue, I did not think it would be covered until later.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: The Minister referred to the farmers' charter earlier. In a past life, I sat on the farmers' charter group. There were always specific timescales put in place on the farmers' charter. I respect that the commencement of TAMS will cover a number of schemes, but if one makes an application, there should be a timescale within which the application has to be dealt with and the same should be...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: I wish to comment on the issue of consumer protection and the regulations in place in that regard. Last week a person was found to have transgressed the rules governing growth promoters and banned substances. I congratulate the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on catching that person out and the full rigours of the law should be brought to bear on him. Such behaviour does...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Jackie Cahill: While a PI cannot be moved, is the whole herd restricted from being sold or is it just the PI?