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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 781. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary that are on mental health waiting lists for counselling services; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6628/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 804. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6738/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 819. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is a real and urgent need to increase the afforestation grants and second instalment grants on existing forests to counter real and dramatic increases in costs similar to that which occurred in the TAMS situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5925/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 820. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the existing ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme and provide new annual premiums to forest owners affected by ash dieback that engage in any new revamped scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5926/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the 4,245 hectares which licences were given out to for afforestation that were afforested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6000/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: As there is a vote in the Seanad, we will suspend for a few minutes to allow more members to arrive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I will ask one question for clarification before I open up the floor to Members. Ms Clerkin might wish to respond because the matter is dealt with in her report. How can fertiliser have a negative impact on hedgerows?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Could Dr. Moore expand a little on the implementation of the EPA recommendations on setback from hedgerows and forestry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Ms Clerkin and Dr. Moore for those clarifications.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Mention has been made of an inventory of the hedgerows. An awful lot of our hedgerows would be bounds ditches between landowners. For claiming benefits, how would that work? Would there be a double claim?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I will bring Deputy Collins back in because I cut him off. If we have time, we will go back to the witnesses. We are running over time. I called Deputy Collins in his absence and I see he is back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: We have gone significantly over time. We have to be fair to the next set of witnesses. This has been a very good session and very informative. From my point of view as a farmer, what farmers want is to get full credit and recognition for the hedgerows they have. If there is a parameter for measuring and rewarding farmers for them, we will see that farmers will buy into this policy of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: A vote has been called in the Dáil so we need a temporary Chair while the vote is in progress.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Is that agreed? Agreed. Senator Daly will be Acting Chairman for the duration of the vote in the Dáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I apologise. We had to suspend for the voting block. Senator Daly has taken the witnesses' opening statements and members will have read them during the day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: BirdWatch Ireland is here to discuss its views on the CAP plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: We are going to a different topic, altogether. We will go back to the CAP.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: No, certainly not. There will be no discussion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Mr. Kelly wants to come in to answer some of those questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I agree with Deputy Fitzmaurice with regard to land that has been reclaimed through blood, sweat and tears over generations. We all accept that we have challenges to meet because of climate change and that we have to adapt but that will be a cul-de-sac. Farmers will just not go there and that will not happen. It just will not happen. It has cost farmers an awful lot of money to make land...