Results 341-360 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The low cost loan scheme announced in the budget is most welcome relief for farmers under severe financial pressure. Is there a timescale for when the Minister expects that money to be released to farmers?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome the announcement of the scheme. I asked the Minister when he expected the first of the money to be released to farmers and how that can happen. He said it was to be on a first-come, first-served basis. I believe the scheme will be oversubscribed and some people will be left waiting at the door. Unfortunately, the ones under the most financial pressure could be the ones left...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I hope the scheme does not get into an administrative mire and I have reservation about the first-come, first-served basis.

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services Provision (2 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this Topical Issue. The availability of GPs in rural and urban areas is becoming a huge issue in my county. At this stage, five or six positions are being left vacant because there are no applicants. Unless this situation is addressed fairly rapidly it will become a crisis for our communities. In recent months, an urban practice in my...

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services Provision (2 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Despite the Minister's reply, I do not believe the scarcity of GPs is being addressed. We spoke about health services the other night and about giving people the option of being cared for in their own homes. The preferred option of most people in their old age would be to be looked after in the security and comfort of their own home but if we do not have a proper GP service in rural Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (2 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the €2 million allocation to Bord Bia for 2017; his further views on whether this amount will allow the board to properly prepare for the ongoing and growing impact of Brexit on the food industry with the potential job losses associated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2791/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of broadband roll-out in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5404/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Irish Water (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the proposed plans by Irish Water to pipe water from the River Shannon at the Parteen Basin to Dublin will not in any way negatively impact on lands through which the pipeline will flow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5401/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí employed at both management and staff levels at the National Vetting Bureau offices at Thurles, Waterford, Tipperary town, Ennis and Enniscorthy individually for 2014, 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the highest number and lowest number during each of the years; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff Duties (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her Department's policy in regard to gardaí carrying out administrative duties as opposed to using other civil servants to perform these duties in order that as many gardaí as possible are doing the job they have been trained for; the instructions she has given Garda management to ensure that Government policy in this regard is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Tús Programme (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to, in specific and exceptional cases, extend the Tús programme from a one-year programme to a two-year programme which will help local supervisors on the ground to utilise efficiently and in line with the objectives of the programme, the participants available to them in a particular area; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobBridge Programme (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the initiative he plans to bring forward to replace the JobBridge programme; the timeframe he envisages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5613/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 471. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to advise as to the illnesses and-or the particular stage of the illnesses that the HSE determine that a person is entitled to a medical card on the basis of the medical report alone even if the person does not qualify from an income point of view; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6055/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Agreements (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are being taken to ensure that unlawful discrimination is not being undertaken or facilitated at Irish airports through the application of US policy in preclearance areas; the measures that the Government is taking to ensure that international refugee law is not subverted through the application of the US policy in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health Ireland Strategic Plan 2015 to 2017: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome the delegation. In another life I was involved when Animal Health Ireland was trying to get off the ground. As Senator Lombard said, it has achieved a considerable amount in a short timeframe. While I hope I do not come across as being over-critical, some issues could have been handled better and we need to learn from some of the mistakes made in the initial programmes undertaken...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (8 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made to develop the Ireland’s lakelands brand, with specific reference to the Ballina and Killaloe area as a separate proposition to sit alongside the Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland’s Ancient East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5760/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (8 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the first announcement of funds that will be allocated under the sports capital programme once the date for accepting applications closes at the end of February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5761/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (9 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the IDA refuse to provide information as to the location of visits for the purpose of foreign direct investment in County Tipperary by town, without any other specific information regarding the visit, citing client confidentiality as the reason, when no client information is being sought; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (14 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the decision by the Revenue Commissioners to close its offices at Stradavoher, Thurles, County Tipperary, to the public from June 2017; if this is departmental policy (details supplied); if he will instruct the Revenue Commissioners to reverse this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7247/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (14 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason a person with sufficient funds is not allowed to purchase their home from Tipperary County Council under the tenant purchase scheme; the rules, regulations or legislation which is imposed on the council precluding it from selling properties to long-term tenants who have sufficient resources to purchase...