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

Jackie Cahill: I appreciate the Minister of State being here and taking the Topical Issue during a timeframe when we need a solution before tags are ordered the next back end. I do not disagree with anything the Minister of State said in his statement but the nub of the issue is where the shortfall in funding is going to come from or what mechanism his Department will use to address it. He did not give...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Estates (16 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will liaise with Tipperary County Council in order to expedite the taking in charge of an estate (details supplied) in County Tipperary in view of the fact the process has been ongoing for some time without progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23055/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (16 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will instruct the OPW to purchase a property (details supplied) in Thurles, County Tipperary, which has recently come on the market from private ownership; if he will put in place a plan, in conjunction with Tipperary County Council, to create a local folk and heritage museum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23071/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (16 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 321. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will instruct the OPW to advise as to the status of the agreement between a golf club (details supplied) and the OPW, which is the owner of the land on which the club operates; if he will instruct the OPW to engage with this club to give it security of tenure into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23138/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (16 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 325. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will expedite the application under the CLÁR programme by Tipperary County Council for a community centre (details supplied) to facilitate the infrastructural development of the centre to allow for its use as a day care facility for the elderly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22878/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 404. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no early intervention psychologist due to staff maternity leave for the assessment of ASD in Nenagh General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22942/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason school-going children are treated differently if they are referred from Nenagh hospital, County Tipperary or South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel, County Tipperary in the cost of prescription eye glasses if the child needs a high prescription or a special frame (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22944/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (17 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the restrictions, rules or regulations for regulated financial institutions in making telephone contact with mortgage holders in arrears; the number of times per day, week or month they can ring a mortgage holder; the sanctions for financial institutions that break these rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23579/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (17 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will engage with a group (details supplied) in upcoming negotiations to ensure that the rights and conditions for retired public servants are fully addressed as part of future agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compensation Schemes (17 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of persons in the Silvermines area of County Tipperary who have lost production due to residues; if compensation will be arranged to offset their significant losses until the problem is resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23512/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to bring vacant houses back into the housing market in view of the census 2016 figures published which revealed that there are 7,493 vacant houses in County Tipperary of which 3,020 are vacant for more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23986/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 590. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review the provision of broadband for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24148/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the procedures in place to stop unregulated and unlicensed taxis and hackneys from operating; the number of spot checks that were carried out; to outline in tabular form the number of unlicensed operators that were discovered in each of the years 2012 to 2016 in County Tipperary and nationally; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Dr. May for her presentation. This part of the proposed Bill will be hugely important. There is a significant public perception that the greyhound industry has problems in regard to the doping of greyhounds and the detection of same. I am a greyhound owner and I am involved in the greyhound industry. Dr. May recommended strict liability. Listening to her presentation, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I just saw here that it was not sending one in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I would be disappointed if it did not because it is a huge part of this industry, and I would be disappointed if we did not get its views for this Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: With respect, I accept what Dr. May is saying, but it is hard to protect the reputation of an industry if people are found with a prohibited substance and come back a month later and say it was under the tolerance level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Our trainers state that tests are failed because of imported feed. Feed came in from the United States and the trainers have said this has resulted in many of the positive tests in the past 18 months to two years. If a trainer gets feed from a reputable company, what is contained in the feed is outside his or her control. How will we address this? Bord na gCon will come before the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The doping aspect of the Bill is hugely important. We should bring in the person who deals with this in Horse Racing Ireland to discuss the level of testing it does and the way it supervises competing animals. How does it deal with tolerances and is there a tolerance level? By way of background to the two industries, I note that there is full confidence in how Horse Racing Ireland operates...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Jackie Cahill: It is the level of testing it does and the way it supervises the animals post-race and pre-race. There is full public confidence in Horse Racing Ireland's testing but we do not have the same confidence in the greyhound industry. That is where we want to get to.