Results 621-640 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (1 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulation in which it states there is a timeframe to declare a motor vehicle that is entering from abroad as personal property by an Irish citizen that has lived abroad for a number of years in view of the fact that on the transfer of residence section on the Revenue Commissioner's website it makes no reference to a timeframe within which to qualify...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport Ireland Funding (1 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is financial support available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26322/17]

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Like other speakers, I congratulate the Tánaiste as well as the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, on their reappointments. I wish them the best of luck in their portfolios. Trade deals and foreign direct investment are vital for a small exporting country like ourselves. I was sitting in my office listening to the debate. Listening to some of the comments of the Deputies who oppose...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the criteria used in processing an application for a primary medical certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26786/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (20 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take regarding the hold up in progress at a school details supplied) in Cashel, County Tipperary, in the provision of car parking at the school complex due to the delay in the transfer of land from the Department of Health to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27893/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (20 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teaching hours will be ring-fenced for career guidance in post-primary schools from the commencement of the 2017/2018 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28686/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has refused to provide a specialised autism unit for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that the school has a number of pupils with autism enrolled in the school and has the capacity within its current school building for a specialised unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28687/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Land Transfers (20 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 999. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the hold up of the transfer of land at a school (details supplied) from his Department to the Department of Education which was agreed in January 17 and has since not progressed and is holding up the provision of car parking at the school complex. [27894/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Cessation (20 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 2055. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the CES programme based in Killenaule, County Tipperary under the auspices of a company (details supplied) has been wound down in view of the success of the project in placing persons in a large number of worthwhile projects in the parish over many years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28294/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (20 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 2070. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28480/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The programme for Government contained firm commitments on the delivery of a Leader programme to rural communities. However, due to the rules and regulations imposed on the programme by the Government the Leader programme is simply not working. The rural development programme is turning into an over-bureaucratic rural administration programme. With regard to the expressions of interest in...

Other Questions: Hospital Accommodation Provision (21 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 107. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of modular units at South Tipperary General Hospital which were promised to help ease the crisis in the shortage of beds at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27846/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (21 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 58. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the provision of a medical card until recovery to persons on the diagnosis of cancer in view of the fact that the costs associated with a diagnosis are extensive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27847/17]

Other Questions: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (22 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I also wish the Minister of State, Deputy Doyle, the best of luck following his well deserved reappointment. What progress has the Department made in the review of the appeals process for farmers? As some of the questions have already outlined, there are pressures on farmers' incomes. Unfortunately, the single farm payment represents a huge proportion of many farmers' incomes. The...

Other Questions: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (22 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The Minister of State has given me a very comprehensive answer. One word on which I want to hone in is "independence". Farmers' confidence in this system is paramount as well as the independence of the appeals process. The fact that the appeals office is staffed entirely by former Department of Agriculture staff is undermining farmers' confidence in the system. If we are to restore...

Other Questions: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (22 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: It is 60%.

Other Questions: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (22 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I understand that it would be of benefit to have staff who understand the application system but some people who sit on the appeals process should not be former members of the Department. In my county, we have had very high profile cases where people have suffered 100% penalties. They have gone into the judicial system. That should never have to happen. In a working appeals system, that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme (22 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the situation in which the agriculture cashflow loan support scheme was used as stocking loans to farmers in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27967/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (22 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the EU Commission's plans in relation to skimmed milk powder intervention stocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27966/17]

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I refer to the review of constituencies published tonight. Thankfully, Lower Ormond has been put back into Tipperary, with which the people of Lower Ormond will be extremely happy. The report stated that it was due to a lot of lobbying and recommendations which were made to the Commission. Inexplicably, however, it has taken another 4,500 out of Tipperary and put them into Limerick City....