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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Deputy Fitzmaurice will take the Chair. I apologise for this vote but the witnesses can rest assured we will not let this die down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: No, you are grand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: No. I made my points before I left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Let us see if we can hear Deputy Ring this time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: There was no question there. Deputy Ring was making a clear statement and I thank him for that. I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee today. Clearly, there is no doubt about the support of the committee for trying to get some type of equitable solution for ash dieback. We will continue to press the case. We will continue to question and keep pressure on the Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Senator Mullen is substituting for Senator Boyhan. Ms Tara Kelly is standing in as clerk to the committee today in the absence of our clerk, who is down with Covid. I remind members, witnesses and those in the Gallery to turn off their mobile phones. The purpose of this meeting is to examine strategic priorities for Horse Racing Ireland, HRI. The committee will hear from Ms Suzanne...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: A number of members have indicated they want to speak. They will have ten minutes each. If members want a second round of questions, we can facilitate it. We will give everyone a chance to get in with the first batch. I have three quick questions first. Will Ms Eade give a timeframe for completion of the all-weather race track in Tipperary? When will it be in place? When will racing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Some of it is kept by the racecourses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: The HRI will be getting the best deal it can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: The parties are in the middle of negotiations. The Deputy cannot expect the chief executive to put a figure on what she expects to get out of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Deputy Carthy incurred significant time faults.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I have been generous to the Senator and he is well over time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I propose that Deputy Fitzmaurice takes the Chair as I must attend a vote and Senator Paul Daly is next to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: The Senator is presuming that HRI does not following up on welfare cases. He cannot make that presumption.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses for participating. As has been said, this is an important industry for the country. We wish the new chief executive all the best during her term in office. The first session of the next meeting will be devoted to a discussion of fixed-price milk contracts and Ornua's role in the dairy sector. The second session will focus on ash dieback disease and its impact on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (28 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances in which thatched houses cannot be sold given that the vendor cannot secure insurance for the structures; his views on whether it is acceptable for insurance companies to refuse to insure thatched buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34137/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (28 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any grant assistance for the installation of play areas or footpaths in the homes of families with children with high-functioning autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34277/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (28 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that the National Parks and Wildlife Service plan to take to address the growing population of mink along the shores of the River Shannon and Lough Derg in view of the reported damage that this species is causing to native species in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34332/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (28 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received any information or correspondence regarding the number of mink along the River Shannon and Lough Derg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34333/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (28 Jun 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if surveys have been conducted by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to investigate the damage that the growing mink population is having on other species of animals and fish along the River Shannon and Lough Derg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34334/22]