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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 20 June 2023, when he expects that affected apartment blocks will be able to apply for funding for remediation works for water ingress on defective builds in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49108/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Risk Management (9 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding can be provided to the owners of premises (details supplied) for the installation of flood barriers at the entrances to premises, considering that flooding is a regular occurrence on this street due to the inadequate storm water systems in place in Thurles, that Uisce Éireann has no immediate plans to resolve...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (9 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding he secured under Budget 2024 for the culling of mink through the NPWS; when he intends to commence this cull; what bounty he intends to set for mink tails; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49113/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: Senator Eugene Murphy is substituting for Senator Denis O'Donovan. The witnesses will be with us shortly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: Members and witnesses are requested to ensure that their mobile phones are off for the duration of the meeting. Before we begin, I want to bring to witnesses' attention that witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means that witnesses have a full defence in any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: Is Professor O'Mara okay to rock and roll?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: That can happen in Dublin traffic. That is no problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: Professor O'Mara, you might elaborate. We have heard about the UCD Lyons Farm, the project in west Cork and carbon-zero farming, to link into Deputy Ring's question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: Sorry - just one second. There is a vote in the Dáil Chamber, so Senator Paul Daly will take the Chair and we will continue with the Senators. The Deputies will have to go to the Chamber, but the Senators will stay and continue the debate. Sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I call Deputy Kerrane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: We are over time, if the Deputy does not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I have a question that may have been asked while I was away from the room. This committee visited the UCD Lyons Farm a while ago. I was impressed with the grass research that was going on there and the different forms of forage production rather than grass. There were different varieties of clover and multispecies swards. Do Teagasc and the universities agree a programme so that there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I will just add to that. UCD Lyons Farm has high economic breeding index, EBI, cows. Teagasc would have tried out lower EBI cows on various systems. Have the researchers come to a conclusion as to which is the best from a climate point of view with regard to carbon footprint and so on? Which is the best or is that research ongoing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: The question I am asking is around the higher yielding cow or the lower yielding cow that is tried in some of the trials by Teagasc. Have we come to a conclusion as to which is the most climate-friendly cow?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I understand the sum. Which is the best?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: And the issues I portrayed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I ask Senator Lombard to be brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: The Senator can ask that question at the breakfast briefing in two weeks' time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: We are going into a different debate now. That rogue knows he is doing that too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses for the comprehensive overview of our advances in agricultural education. This has been an informative session. We will suspend to allow the witnesses from the Shannon Callows area to come in.