Results 561-580 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is normal practice that the inspecting officer is not present at the appeal of a case in which they have imposed a penalty in view of the fact this is happening in the vast majority of cases of appeals to penalties imposed by the Nenagh, County Tipperary office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21538/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Administration (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the practice of appeals staff being recruited from former departmental officials is having the opposite effect to that intended on the confidence of appellants (details supplied); if he will review this practice and appoint appeals officers who have no connection with his Department; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out in tabular form the amount of cross-compliance and eligibility fines that have been deducted from persons in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the destination of the moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21540/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Administration (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the way in which appeals cases are allocated to appeals staff; if it is normal practice that five 100% fines from the Nenagh, County Tipperary office had one appeals officer deal with three of them; his views on whether this is unnecessary in view of the number of appeals staff available to deal with individual appeals;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) who received correspondence on 13 January 2016, which stated that the person was eligible for GLAS 1 and that the application would be reassessed, but 14 months later the same person was informed that he had not been readmitted to the scheme; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons awaiting GLAS payments; the percentage of the total number of persons this figure represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22114/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that will be removed from GLAS status further to the review of the GLAS programme; when each person will be informed of the reason their status has changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22115/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Supply (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the samples for testing for residues in milk in the Silvermines, County Tipperary, area are being sent to the UK in view of the fact it is causing a delay in getting results; if a facility here can carry out the testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22116/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Cattle Herd Data (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of beef and dairy calf registrations in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of live exports of beef and dairy calves in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the way in which these exports compare to other years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22117/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mining Industry (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address the issues associated with unused mines in the Silvermines area of County Tipperary; if he will address the ownership of the mine at Shalee, County Tipperary which is for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21922/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will create a category of hackney and taxi permit to allow otherwise private vehicles owned and operated by a person living in a specific rural area to be used in that specific and appointed rural area on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights with restricted hours of operation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the two groups for their submissions. I am a greyhound owner and the director of a greyhound track and, therefore, I have a serious interest in the industry. Our industry has received a great deal of negative attention in the past few months. The industry's participation regarding the welfare of greyhounds must increase. Anyone who is serious about the industry recognises that....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: When the witness says "we", who does she mean? Does she mean the Department, Bord na gCon or who?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Before we leave that question, if everyone is to buy into this, and as I said, I think it is the way for the industry to go, I would feel that it would have to be the Department that would inspect the countries being exported to. If we want the dog owners to be satisfied that they are getting fair play, from the witnesses's side, they should be happy that the Department would ensure the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Discussion (9 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the representatives of the three banks for their presentations. The representatives of Bank of Ireland have said 1,900 applicants were successful, whereas the representatives of AIB did not give a figure, but Ms Finnegan said the bank had catered for everyone up to 2 March, four weeks after the opening of the scheme. Dr. Byrne has said Ulster Bank closed the scheme after two weeks....

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The programme for Government contains a commitment to tackle education in disadvantaged areas, DEIS schools and applications for DEIS status. I tabled a parliamentary question on this matter for written answer on 3 May. The answer from the Minister tells the schools involved that they are not entitled to the information as to why they did not qualify for DEIS status. In a town like...

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK's Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I will focus my comments on the agrifood sector. The Minister of State, Deputy Breen, spoke about our preparations for these negotiations which are in their infancy, if not embryonic. As the former president of a farming organisation, my experience of EU negotiations is that concessions are only made in the final hours. That, however, is when we, as a country, will be at our most...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (10 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the individual allocation in euro for each of the schools in County Tipperary announced by his Department for the summer school works programme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22315/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (10 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that the option of redeployment to other Bord na Móna facilities will be offered to staff from the Littleton plant; if a generous voluntary redundancy scheme will be made available for those who do not seek redeployment; if the future of the major land asset at Littleton will be set out by Bord na...

Topical Issue Debate: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (11 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: With all due respect to the Minister of State sitting opposite, it is disappointing that a Minister from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is not present to answer this question on the funding shortfall the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, ICBF, is experiencing. The background to this situation is that the Department made the decision to allow multiple companies to...