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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers due a balancing payment on the suckler carbon efficiency program; when his Department will make these payments;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30029/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on an ACRES payment application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30152/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sustainable Energy Communities (9 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 23 May 2024, if there has been any outcome or further correspondence from the SEAI with regard to his enquiry about further supports for households with properties currently deemed unsuitable for works under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29096/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (9 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 603. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to a carer who needs to purchase a car for the purpose of transporting the individual they care for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29162/24]

Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Motion (4 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I sincerely thank the Minister for taking on board the request from the Oireachtas joint committee, which I am privileged to chair. I really appreciate him doing so. Our report is entitled Environmental Impact of Local Industrial Emissions in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, and I welcome the fact that we will have a review of what happened there. I will not go back over what I said earlier in...

Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Motion (4 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine entitled "Environmental Impact of Local Industrial Emissions in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 11th May, 2023. As Chairman of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, I am glad to present...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: All are welcome this evening. Before we begin, I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. I bring to everyone's attention the notice on privilege. Witnesses giving evidence within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to a committee. This means that they have a full defence in any defamation action for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Gleeson. Before I go to the members, I want to focus on his first priority, which is to "promote and safeguard public, animal and plant health, and animal welfare, for the benefit of consumers, producers, the economy and wider society". We had a committee meeting last week at which I and many other members expressed grave disappointment at what happened in the horse slaughter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: In the second session we will be dealing with TAMS and ACRES specifically, so I ask the Deputy to confine her questions to issues of strategy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: The Deputy did not have a lot to start with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: We must move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Breeding animals and black spot areas will have to be considered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: For animals that will not be there for a period of years, vaccination has to be examined.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Some dairy farmers are now prepared to rear their calves to seven or eight weeks or to 12 weeks and a beef farmer or dry stock farmer will take them on. The 42-day test is a barrier to that, in that a calf has to be tested at 42 days if he is going to be moved after it. As Mr. Blake said, with live exports we are talking about an older calf and the fact that calf would have to be tested....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: That is not a fair question. I rule that question out of order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I agree with Senator Lombard that deer are out of control in certain parts of the country. A working group has been set up to examine how a cull can be organised. It needs to be done as a matter of urgency. Deer are appearing in significant numbers in places they were never previously seen. On the reduction of milk supply, a significant number of farmers are exiting the business. From...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: We swallowed some bitter pills to eradicate brucellosis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I say that as a point of fact. I remember being at a meeting at which some people were opposed to post-movement testing. Some of us stuck to our guns and said it had to be kept. We had been there a few years previously. We relaxed the restrictions and brucellosis came back. We probably kept the restrictions for longer than we needed to but we finally got rid of brucellosis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses for their very comprehensive answers. We covered an extremely wide range of topics relevant to the Department. Our questions certainly were thoroughly answered. We very much appreciate it. We will suspend briefly to let the next group of witnesses take their seats. I hope the second session will not be as long as the first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Before we begin, I want to bring to the attention of witnesses that within the parliamentary precincts, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means witnesses have a full defence in any defamation action arising out of anything said at a committee meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to abuse this privilege and may be...