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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (21 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 1193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of capital a person can have without it affecting their lone parent family income payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20363/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (21 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 1741. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be assessed by a clinical psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18851/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 2292. To ask the Minister for Health if a young person returning home from New York after completing a graduate internship could have the costs of their mandatory hotel quarantine covered by the State (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 2441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of the base payment for the upcoming pilot of the new agri-environmental scheme; and if participating farmers will receive the maximum base payment through this trial period. [18195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harriers (21 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 2475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who purchases land that was previously in the hen harrier scheme can now qualify for entry into the hen harrier scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18826/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Incidence (21 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 2483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to a herd owner who lost a significant proportion of their herd due to TB prior to the reference dates for the organic nitrogen reduction for BEAM 2019, if force majeure can be implied as the herd is already significantly reduced prior to the commencement of the reference period; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 2515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the ecology section on the weekly dashboard was removed in April 2021; if it will be reinstated without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19640/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 2563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the system for the manual submission of documentation currently in place for farmers who are receiving pig slurry can be extended beyond the 1 July 2021 deadline given the new online process will be difficult for a large number of farmers in view of the fact they do not have the facilities or training to undertake the online...

Covid Restrictions Support Scheme Regulations and Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme Regulations: Motions (22 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I acknowledge the exceptional effort the Government has made in recent months to pump finances into our national economy in an effort to save jobs and protect businesses. In doing so, the Government has supported businesses and undeniably saved jobs, helping to prevent tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands from having to sign on the live register throughout the country. I...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Control (22 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the derogation for control of wild birds species will be extended given that it is due to expire on 30 April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20902/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Apologies have been received from Deputy Kehoe. Before we begin, I remind members that in the context of the current Covid-19 restrictions, only the Chairman and staff are present in the committee room and all members must join remotely from elsewhere in the parliamentary precincts. The secretariat issues invitations to join the meeting on MS Teams and members may not participate from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: For the first session on the regulation of veterinary medicines, I welcome the following representatives of the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA: Dr. J. Gabriel Beechinor, director of veterinary sciences, and Dr. David Murphy, manager, committee for medicinal products for veterinary use, CVMP. Both are joining remotely and are welcome. We have received their opening statement and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Those were mainly observations and I am not sure the Senator had a question for the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Dr. Beechinor or Dr. Murphy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witness. That concludes this session of the meeting. On behalf of the committee I thank Dr. Beechinor and Dr. Murphy for their very informative contribution. They were very helpful in answering our questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: We appreciate the input.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: From the Veterinary Council of Ireland we have Ms Niamh Muldoon, registrar and chief executive officer; Mr. Joe Moffitt, president; and Dr. Ailis Ní Riain, deputy president. They are joining remotely from a witness room in Kildare House. They are very welcome to the meeting. We have received the opening statement from the witnesses, which has already been circulated to members. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Senator. I ask the VCI representatives to introduce themselves when they speak for the first time. Which of them would like to take the Senator's questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I will go back to a point Senator Daly made. In practice, out there on farms, especially, say, from the last week of January to now, there is lambing going on, an awful lot of calving going on and cows with mastitis. On a dairy farm, at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, the farmer will be milking his cows under an awful lot of pressure for labour. How will the service be provided such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: May I put a supplementary question to Ms Muldoon following what she said there? From what I hear her saying, the farmer would have to be able to converse with his vet to get the product he needs. Let us take a Sunday evening or Sunday night, at eight or nine o'clock. In the vast majority of practice, vets operate on a rota and only one will be on call. A lot of the time he will be out...