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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: In general, they would have been small plantations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: If we get an exact figure, Mr. Walsh might come back to us on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome the chairman and representatives of Bord na gCon. The programme we saw last Wednesday night week was very disturbing for those of us who love our greyhounds. Nobody who loves the sport of greyhound racing or the animals would support any of the practices seen on the programme. I watched it with a group of individuals and every one of us was horrified by what we saw. Those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: When will it happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Histon for his presentation. It is very late at night and we have been sitting for nearly seven hours at this stage. I will not repeat the issues I set out to Bord na gCon in regard to our abhorrence of what was seen on the television programme. Instead, I am going to focus on items in the ICC presentation and the ICC can take it that our position has not changed from one hour...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: No, there is not.

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: The EU-Mercosur trade deal is a sell-out of European agriculture. What makes it all the more galling is that it has been done by one of our own. When Ray MacSharry held the same agriculture portfolio, he framed CAP reform in a way that would suit Irish beef farming. Here we have a Commissioner framing a trade deal that will bring devastation to the agriculture industry. The production of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (10 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance if a mortgage provider can make the age of a house a condition of granting a mortgage to an applicant that qualifies in every other way as a first-time buyer and not a first-time buyer, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30172/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (10 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 228. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to relaunch the scheme to allocate work permits for non-EU citizens to fill the need in the dairy sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30224/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (10 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the commencement order for the Greyhound Racing Act 2019 has been signed; if not, the reason; and when it will be signed. [30261/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (11 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants who retired after the imposition of FEMPI who received a lump sum as part of their pension that was reduced due to the impact of FEMPI; the average amount of the reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30484/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy (11 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 445. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be made in budget 2020 to invest €18 million towards community supports and home care for persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31026/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Sep 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be allowed to seek permission to go to tender with a building design to prove it will be delivered on budget; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the board of management is willing to bear the cost of a full redesign and tender competition if it fails to deliver on budget; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Amendments (6 Sep 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the terms of the recent divorce referendum will pass into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34988/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy (6 Sep 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 773. To ask the Minister for Health if the call of an organisation (details supplied) for investment will be included in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36156/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (6 Sep 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 915. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Duodopa which is very beneficial to Parkinson's sufferers was recently withdrawn by the HSE; if he will engage with a charity (details supplied) on the matter and review the decision made by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35302/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Expenditure (6 Sep 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 1823. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual budgetary cost of extending child benefit to students over 18 years of age until they complete their five- or six-year secondary education after transitioning from primary to secondary in the normal way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35470/19]

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Jackie Cahill: Like the rest of my colleagues, I still have a concern about the beef industry and where it is at. The price farmers have been getting for a number of years has not been viable. These protests have not come about overnight. I refer to the desperation among farm families that their way of life is disappearing from under them. The single farm payment, in real terms, has been eroded over...

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Jackie Cahill: It should never have been brought in.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Assessments (17 Sep 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which local property tax is calculated in circumstances in which a residence has a granny flat attached to the main residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37489/19]