Results 7,521-7,540 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill
- 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. I call Deputy Fitzmaurice.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Is it still open until September?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Are applications still going in for TAMS 3?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: There is a vote in the Dáil. Will Senator Lombard take the Chair?
- Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Motion (4 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine entitled "Environmental Impact of Local Industrial Emissions in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 11th May, 2023. As Chairman of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, I am glad to present...
- Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Motion (4 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: I sincerely thank the Minister for taking on board the request from the Oireachtas joint committee, which I am privileged to chair. I really appreciate him doing so. Our report is entitled Environmental Impact of Local Industrial Emissions in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, and I welcome the fact that we will have a review of what happened there. I will not go back over what I said earlier in...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Food security has become a dirty word. One of the cornerstones on which the EU was founded was food security. We have become too comfortable in our existence within the EU. Our ability to produce sustainable food is being sidelined. Migration is a hugely important subject. Many issues are being raised by migration to this country and into the EU. One of the principal reasons people are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: I remind members to turn off their mobile phones. Deputy Kerrane might confirm for the secretariat that she is on the Leinster House campus.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: I thank the Deputy. I bring to the witnesses' attention that witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means that a witness has a full defence against any defamation action for anything said at a committee meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to abuse this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Are the inspections picked at random or are they picked on a risk basis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: The EPA is picking the areas where the water quality is showing a disimprovement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: You said there was a 30% non-compliance rate in the inspections that were done. Would the lack of slurry accommodation be the principal reason?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Only 15%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: I would have thought the slurry accommodation would be higher.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: It is clearly definable, Mr. Byrne. The slurry storage can calculated on the amount of stock, using the computerised maintenance management system, CMMS. You either have it or you do not, really.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: I just thought it would be higher.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: There is going to be a significantly higher level of inspections. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: If it showed an improvement, we would accept it. If it did not, we would say it is wrong.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: I do not think that is a fair question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Regarding forestry, is it nitrates or phosphorous that is the issue?