Results 4,141-4,160 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Deputy Fitzmaurice has to go to the Chamber so I will let him in next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: The figure of 7,000 is a bit low because some farmers would be exporting slurry to keep themselves under 170 kg nitrogen per hectare so the figure of 7,000 will go up substantially this year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: They would have to be five very good cows. Is that okay, Deputy Fitzmaurice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: That question was answered earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: That question was not already raised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I ask Mr. Nolan to return to today's agenda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I would like to make a couple of comments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: No, that is out of order. As a member of the committee and a farmer that farms in derogation, I would like to make a number of points. Deputy Carthy asked about grant aid. Contractors are an important part of the farm structure. That they are not grant-aided to purchase some of this slurry equipment needs to be looked at. A significant number of farmers will use contractors for the new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Okay gentlemen. I know Deputy Leddin would like to get in again but my secretary is telling me I have gone way over time. On behalf of the committee I thank the officials for coming in to us this evening. We have had a very good discourse on the issues and a fairly long session. At our public meeting next week the Veterinary Council of Ireland and the Competition and Consumer Protection...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: While the Commission might see it that way, I worry about whether the member states will.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 227. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the roll out of Covid-19 booster vaccinations for residents of elderly care homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51444/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 228. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the roll out of Covid-19 booster vaccinations for frontline healthcare workers of elderly care homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 229. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the roll out of Covid-19 booster vaccinations for frontline healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51446/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the commission for its submission on this proposed legislation. The commission has made submissions on similar legislation in the past and there are some inconsistencies in what we heard today with what the commission said on previous occasions in regard to legislation. I will point to a couple of law points. One relates to competition law of the European Court of Justice, ECJ,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: First, it is the job of the competition authority to protect the consumer. Between 2005 and 2017, that was working perfectly well. When the interpretation of legislation was changed in 2017, the competition authority did not raise any issues. However, I think the witnesses have conceded that the VCI, which is the regulatory body, has no control over lay operators and that is a fundamental...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: However, Mr. McHugh concedes the VCI cannot regulate lay operators.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses for coming today to help us with pre-legislative scrutiny of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021, which I am sponsoring. The fact I brought forward this amendment came out of a couple of meetings of the joint committee in the last Dáil, when we had the Veterinary Council with us on more than one occasion. It was the unanimous view of the Oireachtas...