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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: The Minister's amendment is being taken. If that is agreed, we will not be taking amendment No. 4. That is the procedure we will be following. Is the Minister pressing amendment No. 3?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Is the amendment agreed?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Amendments Nos. 5 to 8, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: As I said in the Dáil earlier, I agree fully with what the Minister is trying to do here. An increase in small acreages of trees would be of great benefit. It would allow a farmer to plant a corner or along a riverbank, as he said, without the necessity of a licence. It is also imperative that the programme for Government target for afforestation, which is to ensure we have a vibrant...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Will we take the questions individually or collectively?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Let us take them individually. This legislation only came before us recently so, with that in mind, we will take the questions individually, if that is okay.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I must suspend the meeting as a vote has been called in the Chamber.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: The Minister was answering a question from Deputy Fitzmaurice when I suspended the meeting due to a vote.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Pursuant to Standing Order 187(3), I have to report specifically to the Dáil that the committee has amended the Title to read as follows: An Act to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to provide for the prohibition of the breeding, rearing or keeping of specified animals solely or primarily for the value of, or the manufacture of products from, their fur or skin; to provide...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Message to Dáil (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message with be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 and has made amendments thereto. I thank the members and the Minister for their co-operation and wish everyone happy Christmas...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting times for Garda vetting applications to be processed; if this process has been delayed by Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62114/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if at a cross-compliance inspection of a sheep flock, there is an allowance for sheep to be sent to the factory after weaning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62121/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if ewe numbers are under the quota required, if hogget replacements which are on the farm are allowed for the calculations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62122/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the case of a mountain sheep flock, there is an allowance for ewes that would have been left on the mountain as it is not practicable to get all the ewes down in a short period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62123/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of grants that have been paid out on solar panels under TAMS; his plans to increase the rate of grant to 60%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62125/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Tipperary currently being supported by the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number of businesses in each county currently availing of the business resumption support scheme; the number of businesses in each county currently availing of the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (16 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the need for future collaboration and co-operation in the credit union sector. [62242/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (16 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person who has not received compensation from the OPW for the loss of the use of their land can have these works statute barred given that they have been working on the person’s land for five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62579/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (16 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 495. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who purchased PCR tests in order to adhere to the relevant travel advice when they purchased their flights is entitled to a refund considering that PCR tests were no longer required to travel on the day they travelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62578/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Deputy Mac Lochlainn is substituting for Deputy Carthy and Deputy Pringle is substituting for Deputy Fitzmaurice. Apologies have been received from Senator Paul Daly. 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...