Results 5,401-5,420 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (6 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grants are available for the replacement of windows and doors in an old farmhouse to ensure it is weatherproof for the winter months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49292/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are available for the replacement of windows and doors in an old farmhouse to ensure it is weatherproof for the winter months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49291/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Structural Upgrades (6 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants are available for the replacement of windows and doors in an old farmhouse to ensure it is weatherproof for the winter months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49293/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 27 September 2022, if all elements and amounts of the ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme grant are classified as de minimis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49385/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that forest management companies must pay VAT on mandated grants paid by the Forestry Service of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49386/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actual output versus the phased projected monthly plan for licence and scheme approvals in his Departments plan for the month of September 2022 for each of the following, Coillte felling, private felling, roads, afforestation, ash dieback, the reconstitution and underplanting scheme, respectively in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the actual applications versus the phased projected monthly plan for licence and scheme applications in his Departments plan for the month of September 2022 and to date in 2022 for Coillte felling, private felling, roads, afforestation, ash dieback, the reconstitution and underplanting scheme, respectively in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I ask witnesses to keep their answers as concise as possible because a number of other members have questions.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (12 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: This is not the first time I have stood in this Chamber to talk about crime. I want to make a few specific points about the escalating situation in County Tipperary. Last Thursday night there was a large public meeting in Moyle Rovers GAA club, which illustrates the growing public concern about the levels of crime and criminal activity. The first point I want to make relates to the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (12 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: The trespass laws most definitely need to be strengthened and not just in the context of illegal hunting. Anyone found on property who has no right to be there should face far more severe penalties. Rural crime is not the only issue in my county. There are also problems with anti-social behaviour in town centres, including Ballina, Nenagh and Clonmel. I have had numerous complaints in the...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome the expansion of the employment permits system to allow for a growing workforce to be made readily available here in Ireland. I constantly speak to business owners, machinery operators and farmers. The message I have been getting for a long time now is that there is a major shortage of workers for key parts of the economy. I am consistently contacted by employers, particularly in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are small business loans available to a publican and restaurant owner who is under ongoing financial pressure as a result of the Covid-19-related lockdowns, particularly in relation to meeting mortgage and loan repayment due to the period of reduced operations and revenues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (11 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a house built in 2005 with an MPRN from 2006 can qualify for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland funding under the better energy warmer homes scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49701/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that his Department will not permit public access to the swimming pool in the Garda College in Templemore, given that there is a long tradition in the town of locals and groups being able to access this very important local amenity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50242/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bus Services (11 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address complaints raised by parents in relation to the safety of a bus stop (details supplied) located in County Tipperary; if evidence can be provided by Bus Éireann to demonstrate that it has investigated said concerns and that it can validate claims that the stop is safe for the concerned parents involved; if consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (11 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the once-off payment for carer’s, recently announced in Budget 23, will be issued once per carer or once per care recipient similar to the carer’s support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49718/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (11 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that are being made available under budget 2023 to assist postgraduate students in relation to the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50257/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (11 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider expanding the postgraduate grant process in order that more students can avail of these much needed supports; if he will increase the financial assistance and grant rates that are currently being provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50258/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (11 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 758. To ask the Minister for Health the current average wait time for a chest x-ray in Nenagh General Hospital, from the point of referral until the x-ray is carried out; the reason that the time that a patient is expected to wait following referral has apparently increased from two to eight weeks; the way in which he plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50259/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Oct 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I raise the issue of two sets of workers. I refer to civilian Garda staff, of whom there are 4,500, and those county council workers who work in water services. It is proposed that county council workers are to be switched over under the control of Irish Water and that civilian Garda staff be switched from the Civil Service into the public sector. Both groups of workers are greatly...