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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I find it hard to understand that, for an agricultural crop, there could be different standards across the EU. With milk, we have the same somatic cell counts and standards. The same standards have to be met for every product produced in the EU. I find it hard to understand how a crop like hemp can be subject to different standards in different EU countries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I am not questioning what it contains; I am asking why there is no uniformity across the EU. We have the Single Market. The crop is governed under the CAP so I cannot understand how it is treated differently in different EU countries. I am not questioning the decision. Obviously, the Council of Ministers will make a decision on crops but I find it hard to understand how there cannot be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses for participating in today's meeting. It is the second we have had on hemp. It is a crop that has potential if we can get all our-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I do not think I am going to allow that to be answered. The departmental officials will not answer anyway. It would not be fair to put Teagasc in that position either. We have made our points fairly strongly. I thank the witnesses for participating. At our next public meeting, we will undertake an examination of the role of solar energy in the agriculture industry. We will possibly...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (26 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an online ticket booking facility is available for the Bus Éireann routes 345 and 323; if not, if he will direct Bus Éireann to make such a facility available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19712/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (26 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 514. To ask the Minister for Finance if a vehicle which was bought for commercial purposes in 2020 and was never deregistered due to Covid-19 could now be deregistered and reregistered as a 2022 vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20420/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Register (26 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 515. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is fair that a married couple who are separating and are restructuring their joint loans can have their individual credit ratings downgraded as a result of this considering they are not in arrears and that they are essentially just taking out new loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20437/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 585. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding can be made available to a rural sports club outside of the Sports Capital Grant process in cases in which the club intends to extend its clubhouse (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (26 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 1022. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the 27 companies nationwide that are running the Ability Programme will be informed whether they are going to receive funding for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19999/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (26 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 1287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way that an American citizen who was born to Irish parents can apply for Irish citizenship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20318/22]