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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 1314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units owned by an association (details supplied) without a tenant; the period of time they have been without a tenant, by county, in tabular form; the main reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25058/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 1315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units owned by an association (details supplied) that are without a tenant; the period of time they have been without a tenant, by county, in tabular form; the main reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25059/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Grant Payments (12 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 1325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are grants available to convert an old farm dwelling into a modern, liveable dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25547/18]

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Housing policy is one of the key areas where the Government has a direct impact on the lives of the people. The opportunity to live in a family home, where one has protections and rights, has been a fundamental right in our society for generations. A Government that does not honour this fundamental right will ultimately fail its people. By any yardstick, the past two Fine Gael-led...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with and discuss the issues regarding a group (details supplied) that have requested a meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25786/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 22 May 2018, if an official from his Department will be appointed to meet with the principal and chairman of the board of management of a school (details supplied) to discuss the outstanding financial issues including VAT returns and moneys still due to the developer following the school...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (13 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 128. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for an autism assistance dog will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25831/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (13 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants that have been paid to a person (details supplied) since they commenced farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25913/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (13 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for the young farmer scheme by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25914/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (13 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for the young farmer scheme by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25915/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures taken by the forestry service to ensure the development of the forestry sector on a sustainable basis; if the forestry service has carried out tests regarding water quality from forest operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25940/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (14 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has carried out tests regarding water quality from forest operations. [25939/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (14 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are grants available for the installation of windows and doors to improve the living conditions for persons that are suffering chronic ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25951/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts (19 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to reduce the SNA hours at a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26857/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electronic Identification of Sheep: Discussion (19 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the representatives from the Department and Meat Industry Ireland for their submissions. It is the old story. If something is good for farmers, it will be good for the industry and the cost will be thrown back on farmers to bear. We are talking about a very low income sector. It is the imposition of a significant cost on farmers. Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn referred to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister for his presentation on the rural development programme. I will not go over the ground covered by Deputy Charlie McConalogue. It is clear that the Minister has an allocation of €4 billion that was envisaged to be spent between 2014 and 2020. Doing the sums, I calculate that €3.32 billion will be spent. The sums are accurate and when we consider the...

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Fine Gael's record on waiting lists for the hospital service, having been in government since 2011, is shocking. If we are to see any solution to this waiting list crisis, the Taoiseach and the Government must accept that there is a crisis. In July 2014, there were 360,000 on the outpatient waiting list. In May 2018, that had risen to 511,904, an increase of 151,151. It is truly shocking...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects Status (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Thurles town suffers from severe traffic congestion. We have been promised a bypass for a generation or more. Ten years ago three routes for a bypass were proposed and one was selected. We have heard nothing about the bypass since. The general view is that we will not see a bypass of the town in my lifetime. However, there has been some talk of work on an inner relief road proceeding....

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects Status (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister for his reply, even though the content of it does not rest well with me. In my initial comments I stated we would not see a Thurles bypass in my lifetime and the reply confirms this. With regard to the specific questions I asked about when funding will be made available, the local authority has made it a priority project and advancement of the project is wholly...

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I compliment the Rural Independent Group for tabling this motion. I am glad to hear the chaotic practices of allocating special needs assistants to schools at the last minute will come to an end. Last summer, schools faced significant delays with the allocation of special needs assistants. This situation has persisted over recent years, and delays have meant that special needs assistants...