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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 411. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a standard procedure for the handling of sick certificates and staff on leave with critical illness across the HSE in all CHOs, or if it differs area to area; if it does vary area-to-area to any great degree, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27894/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 412. To ask the Minister for Health if the regularity in which staff on leave with critical illness must submit sick certificates varies depending on their role/position in the HSE and CHO area; if so, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27895/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the length a staff member may remain on TRR once they have used all TRR; the options available to staff who are still incapacitated with a critical illness and are unable to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27896/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: It is the first week of July and an impending fodder crisis is facing the livestock sector. We had an extremely long, wet winter which exhausted all existing fodder supplies. Grass growth for the spring and early summer has been roughly 30% below average. We are heading into a crisis and the mental and financial pressure farmers are under cannot be overestimated. I stress, above all, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: All are welcome this evening. Before we begin, I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. I bring to everyone's attention the notice on privilege. Witnesses giving evidence within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to a committee. This means that they have a full defence in any defamation action for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Gleeson. Before I go to the members, I want to focus on his first priority, which is to "promote and safeguard public, animal and plant health, and animal welfare, for the benefit of consumers, producers, the economy and wider society". We had a committee meeting last week at which I and many other members expressed grave disappointment at what happened in the horse slaughter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: In the second session we will be dealing with TAMS and ACRES specifically, so I ask the Deputy to confine her questions to issues of strategy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: The Deputy did not have a lot to start with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: We must move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Breeding animals and black spot areas will have to be considered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: For animals that will not be there for a period of years, vaccination has to be examined.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Some dairy farmers are now prepared to rear their calves to seven or eight weeks or to 12 weeks and a beef farmer or dry stock farmer will take them on. The 42-day test is a barrier to that, in that a calf has to be tested at 42 days if he is going to be moved after it. As Mr. Blake said, with live exports we are talking about an older calf and the fact that calf would have to be tested....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: That is not a fair question. I rule that question out of order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I agree with Senator Lombard that deer are out of control in certain parts of the country. A working group has been set up to examine how a cull can be organised. It needs to be done as a matter of urgency. Deer are appearing in significant numbers in places they were never previously seen. On the reduction of milk supply, a significant number of farmers are exiting the business. From...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: We swallowed some bitter pills to eradicate brucellosis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I say that as a point of fact. I remember being at a meeting at which some people were opposed to post-movement testing. Some of us stuck to our guns and said it had to be kept. We had been there a few years previously. We relaxed the restrictions and brucellosis came back. We probably kept the restrictions for longer than we needed to but we finally got rid of brucellosis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses for their very comprehensive answers. We covered an extremely wide range of topics relevant to the Department. Our questions certainly were thoroughly answered. We very much appreciate it. We will suspend briefly to let the next group of witnesses take their seats. I hope the second session will not be as long as the first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Before we begin, I want to bring to the attention of witnesses that within the parliamentary precincts, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means witnesses have a full defence in any defamation action arising out of anything said at a committee meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to abuse this privilege and may be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I call Deputy Fitzmaurice.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (3 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for an application for the extension of work permit conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28491/24]