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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Sales (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of lambs that have been imported into Ireland per week since 1 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3757/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Sales (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the lambs imported into Ireland by country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3758/22]

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Youth mental health is one of the greatest challenges faced by our society. I thank the Minister of State for allocating a Jigsaw centre to Thurles. It is operating and is a great help to people experiencing mental health issues. Hopefully, we can extend that service when the Covid-19 restrictions are over to spokes all around the county and continue to develop that worthwhile service. ...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I will be parochial in my comments and I make no apology for that. My home town of Thurles has an ever-growing reputation as an academic centre. There are four excellent second level schools in the town, two of the very few boarding girls' schools in the country, namely, Presentation Secondary School and Ursuline Secondary School, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: We have not received any apologies. One or two members have said they will be joining us later. I remind members, witnesses and those in the public gallery to turn off their mobile phones. I welcome the Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland, FCI, and thank them for coming before the committee today to engage with us on the nitrates action programme, NAP, and the targeted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I will now open to questions for members. I call Deputy Carthy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I have been very indulgent with the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Contractors are an essential cog in the wheel.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I will give Deputy Danny Healy-Rae ten minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I do not think there were any questions in there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: As there are no other members wishing to contribute, I thank our guests from the FCI for attending the meeting and making their presentation to the committee. It was a worthwhile presentation. I may not agree 100% with everything they said today but what I agree with fundamentally is that the farming sector cannot survive without contractors. We need a viable contract service. It is more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: The next meeting of the committee will be a private meeting at 1.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 2 February 2022. The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will meet in public session at 5.30 p.m. on that date, when the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, will appear before the committee to discuss the Estimates for 2022 for his Department. As there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to address the funding shortfall that some schools are experiencing between the cost of the air filters required for classrooms and the funding being made available to schools by her Department given that in some situations the value of State funding is considerably less than the cost of the filters; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategy in place to support schools to review their current protective measures in place under Covid-19 plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4674/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (1 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on efforts to deliver a home economics teacher training course for a college (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58501/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 621. To ask the Minister for Health if rehab care workers in the community are deemed eligible for the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4994/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 622. To ask the Minister for Health if security guards that worked in public hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic will be eligible for the Covid recognition payment considering that other front-line healthcare workers (details supplied) in hospitals all qualify for this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4995/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (1 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 860. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a recruitment campaign for technical agricultural officers in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5070/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (2 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he intends to grant a mining licence for the purpose of mining for gold and silver and other minerals in the hinterland of Thurles, County Tipperary; if so, the rationale for the granting of such a licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 167. To ask the Minister for Health when the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit will be operating at full capacity each day; the reason that it is prevented from doing so now given that a consultant, registrar and SHO were recently appointed to the unit and this has allowed 12 patients to be seen a day instead of six but that an additional eight patients could be seen each day...