Results 421-440 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 878. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in negotiations with general practitioners that will see the problem of replacing retiring rural general practitioners resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13452/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1038. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in county Tipperary that have not received 85% of the total 2016 payment for GLAS 1, GLAS 2 and AEOS; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13220/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1041. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will qualify for a top up from the national reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13261/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1043. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if due to the demand for the low cost loan scheme which resulted in all moneys being allocated within four weeks, he will make more funding available to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13388/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Energy Policy (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1056. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if persons who use sludge for the growth of energy crops can still qualify for quality assurance in view of the fact the crop does not enter the food chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13560/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there will be a price set and some form of price regulation put in place to allow persons assess the economic viability of the investment before they proceed with respect to persons that invest in biodigesters and the resultant gas production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13561/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the specific criteria used in designating specific geographic areas either blue or amber in the national broadband roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13619/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1263. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 will be enacted (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13911/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contact she had with the owners and or management of a company (details supplied) in Nenagh over the past 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14117/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1285. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when her attention was drawn, either orally or in writing, to the planned job losses at a company (details supplied) in Nenagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14118/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to support the retraining of those staff members who have recently lost their jobs at a company (details supplied) in Nenagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14119/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will establish a specific jobs task force for north Tipperary in view of the recent job losses at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14120/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has contacted the Department of Social Protection requesting it to provide advice to the staff of a company (details supplied) on their entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14121/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if SOLAS has been requested to provide guidance to the staff of a company (details supplied) regarding training and skill needs to seek other jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14122/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1293. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a community group (details supplied) can apply for funding and support to her Department in the provision of a community crèche and playschool which will consist of an extension to the existing community hall; the programmes they can apply under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13500/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1302. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are any schemes that a community group (details suppled) can apply to for funding and support to her Department in the provision of a community crèche and playschool which will consist of an extension to the existing community hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13501/17]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I have a number of questions arising from the Minister's opening statement. The Minister spoke about the significant uptake for low cost loans. In my opinion the reason for the huge uptake in loans is that farmers' incomes in all sectors are under pressure. They saw the loan scheme as a safety valve to try to reduce their exposure to high cost loans. I am not ridiculing the scheme. It...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Chairman, I might come back in again.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: While the Minister said the scheme was envisaged to run over different periods, that is not my understanding. Banks have forced men to take shorter terms than they wanted. I know of numerous people who wanted a six-year term but this has reduced to four, three or even two years in some cases. The farmers saw the availability of cheap credit over a period and believed it would ease cashflow...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017)

Jackie Cahill: With respect, when a scheme is designed to run over a six-year period to help a fellow with cashflow problems, why should the bank have the prerogative to reduce the length of the term? This was a scheme the Department brought in to give the opportunity for a six-year term for cashflow issues but the banks forced clients to take significantly shorter terms. The banks have done it and got...