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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: If we were to consider extension of the closed periods, surely there would be scope for increased grant aid.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: If we were changing it, surely there would have to be a window of opportunity for farmers to bring their capacity up to the new requirements.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Okay, I thank the Minister. I call Deputy Kerrane.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: That is €20 million.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Let the Minister speak.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Five or six years ago, An Post closed its office on Liberty Square, Thurles, and relocated to a shopping centre in the town. That building has now been idle for years. The Government has invested hugely in Liberty Square through the urban regeneration fund. It is completely unacceptable that a semi-State body like An Post would leave a building like this in a pivotal part of the centre of...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: We are dealing with the Estimates here now.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: We had a full session the bark beetle last week here at the committee.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Okay.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: On behalf of the select committee, I thank the Minister and his officials for assisting the committee with its consideration of the 2024 Revised Estimates - Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and Marine, and for dealing comprehensively with the questions from members. We will resume after the votes for a private session with the Minister on Horse Sport Ireland.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Message to Dáil (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2024: Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average turnaround for a naturalisation application currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4339/24]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: No apologies have been received. Deputy Wynne has indicated that she will attend today's meeting. Members have the option of being physically present in the committee room or may join the meeting via Microsoft Teams from their Leinster House offices. Members may not participate in the meeting from outside the Leinster House parliamentary precincts. However, it is important to note that to...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister. I will ask a few questions, if I can, before I go to the members. In respect of TB and brucellosis eradication, the Estimate for 2023 was €71.8 million. The Revised Estimate for 2024 is €57 million. That is hard to comprehend with the unfortunate rise in the reactors we have. Is any funding in place for the proposed cull of deer that is envisaged under...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance how the income tax treatment of low paid workers in Ireland compares with other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4264/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (1 Feb 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he proposes to take to protect the role of cash in our society and economy in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4265/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism and special education class spaces currently in Tipperary; the number of spaces expected to be in place in Tipperary in August 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4663/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what works are currently under way to increase the number of autism and special education class spaces in Tipperary; the number of new spaces that will be available come August 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4664/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what additional efforts are in place to assist families this year throughout the strenuous process of finding a suitable autism or special education class placement for their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4665/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (1 Feb 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 9 February 2023, if he will provide an update on preparations for the referendum on public ownership of Uisce Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4660/24]