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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (8 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated and expended, respectively, on forestry schemes in each of the years 2014 to 2017, in tabular form. [20054/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (8 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 503. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is technically feasible to introduce a new forestry management protocol covering special protection areas important to the hen harrier which would permit an annual quota of new plantings based on the areas identified as available for planting by National Parks and Wildlife Service; and the barriers that remain from pursing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome all of the delegates. I will start with Mr. Sean Farrell from Bank of Ireland. I am sorry; Mr. Michael Lauhoff wants to make the opening presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Dr. Byrne and invite Mr. Ashmore to make his contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Thank you. I now invite questions from the members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: We will take some questions before we go back to the panel.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: On the agricultural cash flow support loan scheme, Mr. Ashmore said, "Demand for this support was so strong that it reached capacity within weeks of its launch – far ahead of our expectations." In the Dáil Chamber I told the Minister that the €145 million being put in place for below-cost capital loans would not be nearly sufficient to meet demand. That shows the pent-up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and for answering the questions. We will now suspend briefly to allow the next group of witnesses to take their seats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome from Teagasc Professor Gerry Boyle, director, and Dr. Siobhán Kavanagh, regional manager; and from the Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society, ICOS, Mr. Martin Keane, president, Mr. T. J. Flanagan, CEO, Mr. Eamonn Farrell, dairy policy executive, and Mr. Ray Doyle, livestock services executive. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Mr. Keane mentioned an eight-week buffer. I do not know if it will be possible to get an eight-week buffer in place in the summer of 2018 because in many cases silage ground is only stocked now because silage ground has been grazed all spring.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Deputy Deering will be back in a couple of minutes. I want to pass a couple of comments myself because I have to go to the Chamber to talk on a Topical Issue debate. First of all I compliment both Teagasc and ICOS for their co-ordination efforts during the fodder crisis. They were never more wanted. We are here now in the second week of May and it will be a huge battle to get enough...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I am sorry about having to leave. There was mention of getting crops grown by tillage farmers for dairy or livestock farmers. Issues of nitrates and stocking rates will have to be included in such calculations. If a farmer is to source a substantial part of his fodder from land that he has not on his area aid, the stocking rate implications would have to be taken into account. A little...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (10 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the issues regarding TAMS payments under the dairy equipment scheme will be resolved as promised in view of the fact the penalties being imposed are grossly unfair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20536/18]

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome the Sinn Féin motion. There is general support for the thrust of it. Patients must trust that they are getting the full facts from their doctors as soon as is practical. In turn, doctors must feel free to share sensitive information without fear of legal consequences. Mandatory reporting is needed to achieve this. The Government has indicated that mandatory reporting will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies (15 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are vacancies on the board of the NUI; the process on the way in which these vacancies are normally filled; if his Department is involved in this process; when he expects the vacant positions to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21319/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (15 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 357. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fill the position of stroke specialist nurse at South Tipperary General Hospital which has been vacant since January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20884/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (15 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 362. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided by the HSE for the establishment of stroke survivor groups and the engagement of co-ordinators to facilitate the process in County Tipperary, as has been done in other areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20892/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (15 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the staff numbers at a facility (details supplied) by administration, management and healthcare staff; the categories of healthcare provided; the comparison of staff numbers to end of April 2018 by each of the years 2014 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20945/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Negligence Cases (15 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the part of the health budget from which the funding to pay awards of the court for medical negligence cases and other cases brought against the HSE is issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21147/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (15 May 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the penalty for an overclaim on a TAMS payment for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21244/18]