Results 541-560 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (2 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 786. To ask the Minister for Health the appeal mechanism in place for subcontractors on a hospital project to ensure they get paid for works carried out when there is a dispute between the contractor and subcontractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19170/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (2 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 802. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which were taken to advise parents of children born in 2016 prior to 30 September that the HSE was embarking on the vaccination programme for newborns for meningitis B which commenced in October 2016 in order that they would be in a position to vaccinate their children following this advice; if he will make the vaccination programme available to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 953. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no financial support is being made available to an organisation (details supplied) when other similar services in County Tipperary are fully funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19816/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (2 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 1182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gross claim value in euros of schemes (details supplied) for the Nenagh, County Tipperary office for each of the years from 2010 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19771/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome the two representative bodies to the committee. They have put forward very good cases on their respective behalves. I am a greyhound owner and I am a director of a greyhound track. The point on animal welfare is well made. If our industry is to prosper in the future, more resources must be allocated to dog welfare. This Bill will address that issue. In the past, Bord na gCon...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (2 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Ashmore for his presentation. We had an argument at this committee a couple of weeks ago about the term of the loan and how it would affect the subsidy that was put in to the scheme. Part of Mr. Ashmore's presentation around the agriculture cashflow support loan scheme states "An interest subsidy of 2% is paid to the banks each quarter on the outstanding balance of the loans,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (2 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Could I have a bit of clarification from Mr. Ashmore please? I am sorry for harping on the issue. On the €25 million that was available in subsidy, would I be correct in saying that if 80% to 85% of the loans were over a six year period, the demand on the subsidy would be greater? How was the SBCI able to do its sums, or has it done its sums? Is Mr. Ashmore confident that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (2 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Was the SBCI surprised at the rapid uptake of the scheme?

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Response Times (3 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 29. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to assist South Tipperary General Hospital improve ambulance turnaround performance in view of the fact that just 8.9% of ambulance calls at the hospital were cleared in less than 20 minutes during February 2017 [20776/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Data (3 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the scores applied to DEIS schools in the recent review based on the individual needs of each school; the score applied to each DEIS school in County Tipperary; the scores awarded to each school awarded DEIS status nationally in band 1 and band 2, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21044/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (3 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rights a person has in purchasing back a house under the mortgage to rent scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20918/17]

Other Questions: Live Exports (4 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The Minister said a review of the quality assurance scheme was under way. We never needed the quality assurance scheme as much as we need it now. To encourage farmers to participate fully in the scheme, all animals which come from a quality assured farm should receive some level of bonus. At the moment the scheme is restricted to certain grades of animals that are slaughtered. McDonalds...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (4 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he has had with the European Commission on skimmed milk powder currently held in intervention; the plans envisaged in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21053/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (4 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide funding to an organisation (details supplied) in view of the funding shortfall from the organisation's levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20876/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Protocols (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who wishes to bring personal property here: the way in which the person can apply for VRT exemption; the location the application must be made; the time limits to make an application; the legislation and revenue rules which apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21426/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the possibility of having the planning designation of a property, which was built with a planning designation of short-term holiday, changed to a full-time residence designation at the request of the owner and on the condition that the property fulfils all building regulations attached to a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Service Level Agreements (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 382. To ask the Minister for Health his policy position regarding the return of funding lost during the recession to section 39 organisations to enable them to restore pay to their employees in line with the pay restoration measures proposed by the Lansdowne Road Agreement for public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21483/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Service Level Agreements (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 383. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department directed the HSE not to make funding available in 2017 to section 39 organisations to meet pay restoration requirements under the Lansdowne Road Agreement thereby creating a substantial inequality between the pay of section 39 employees and their HSE and section 38 counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21484/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Service Level Agreements (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 384. To ask the Minister for Health if provision has been made by his Department for section 39 organisations providing vital social care services to restore their funding in order to meet the various pay restoration requirements now due under the Lansdowne Road Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21485/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Service Level Agreements (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 385. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the HSE’s instruction that section 39 organisations should use the industrial mechanisms of the State to resolve an issue relating to the restoration of funding lost during the recession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21486/17]