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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: Is it not possible for the RPs to be adequately trained and upgrade their training to be in a position to meet with the sentiment Mr. Geraghty has expressed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: As they did in the past.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: I do not recall any evidence of any complaints being made about the work they were doing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: Will the product be available with the vet as always?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: Does Mr. Geraghty recognise the difficulty for licensed commercial traders who will lose business as a result of this regulation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: I see the opposite as it relates to antiparasitics especially. I have considered the background and the manner in which this has been discussed, debated, analysed and the ultimate legislation required to enact it. The initial opinion of the Attorney General has been reconsidered in light of new information in the form of a legal opinion furnished to the Department. I have considered it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: Mr. Geraghty has stated that twice and I think the farmer and the trader are a bit more responsible than that. They have obligations and responsibilities they have to take seriously, and I do not doubt they have done so in the past and can, should and will in the future. Mr. Geraghty is here to give his opinion, expertise, input and viewpoint and to protect his own profession and ensure its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: Northern Ireland can have it both ways but, unfortunately, a lot of them do not see that. The beauty of the situation they find themselves in relation to the protocol and the alignment to the UK and to the EU-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: We are, and we are subject to our Attorney General interpreting that regulation and applying it thereafter. That is for review it is not set in stone. It may have been initially, but based on consultations we had with the Department officials last week or the week before, there is a new way of looking at that based on the information that has been brought to bear. We await their decision...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Nov 2022)

Barry Cowen: 995. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a case (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment. [54514/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Nov 2022)

Barry Cowen: 1105. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment. [54907/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2022)

Barry Cowen: 740. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [59522/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Nov 2022)

Barry Cowen: 182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment for a PET scan at St. James's Hospital, Dublin. [59674/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Horn of Africa: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (29 Nov 2022)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister and his officials for making themselves available today. I have a question on foot of the representations made by some of the NGOs. The Minister mentioned the commitment to help and assist the UN in the peacekeeping role or to provide whatever might be required to meet the huge demands placed on the countries that have been impacted. I wish to focus on the criteria...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Dec 2022)

Barry Cowen: 107. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2023 HSE service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61073/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Dec 2022)

Barry Cowen: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to address the shortage of care workers in home support and long-term residential care for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61072/22]

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Barry Cowen: If I was to be politically brutally honest I would say that one of Fianna Fáil's mistakes in recent years was to extend the confidence and supply agreement beyond three years. It was probably compounded when we voted confidence in that Government's housing Minister and its housing policy. It did, of course, allow the Opposition the opportunity to portray Fianna Fáil as compliant...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (13 Dec 2022)

Barry Cowen: 78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the midlands regional enterprise plan launched in March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62112/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (13 Dec 2022)

Barry Cowen: 116. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a report on the implementation in the midlands region of IDA Ireland’s 2021-2024 strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62111/22]