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Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (21 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding VAT charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48622/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Applications (21 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the number of farmers whose BPS and ANC payments are held up by rigorous overzealous mapping being carried out by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48614/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commence discussions with the principals and boards of management in primary schools in Clonmel, County Tipperary and its environs for the provision of ASD units to reflect the population size and the demand for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48667/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Approximately 5,000 farmers have not received their first payment under the single farm payment scheme for 2018. This has been an extremely difficult year for farmers’ incomes, with falling prices and weather conditions. I ask that extra resources be put in place to ensure that those 5,000 farmers will be paid before the Christmas recess.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Dillon and the Department for the presentation. First, I want to express disappointment at our ability to get information on the changes. I tried everywhere over the weekend to get a list of the townlands that have been added and, for that matter, those that have been taken out. I can get a list of all the eligible townlands in the country but there are changes in my county,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Mr. Dillon is right; Tipperary is all I am interested in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Could Mr. Dillon provide the list?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I would be happy if I could get the 2018 figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: What is the anticipated timescale for appeals? It would be important to have them completed by 1 May. Is that seen as being practical?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2018: Motion (27 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: As the Minister said, these are two important industries for the economy as a whole and, in particular, rural Ireland. On the attempts to get harness racing off the ground in this country, all committee members have all been lobbied by the Irish Harness Racing Association, IHRA. I understand it has put forward a five-year strategic plan for the industry, in co-operation with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2018: Motion (27 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I am sorry. There are so many bodies that I get mixed up. There was one point on which it took me three or four goes to get an answer out of the Sports Horse Alliance last Tuesday evening. It was about the number of Irish-bred horses jumping internationally as a percentage of the horses competing for Ireland. The figure we were given was that only 10% of the horses that are jumping...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2018: Motion (27 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: None of them finished in the first four, though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2018: Motion (27 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I want to go back to harness racing and trying to get it off the ground. I wish to follow up on the point Senator Lawlor made about Dundalk racecourse. Harness racing could and should use that facility rather than try to establish a new track. The racecourse facility in Dundalk is ideal for harness racing. In the five races that were held, there was total betting of €850,000 and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: The beef industry is in crisis. Farmers' returns are just not viable. We have raised this numerous times in recent months in the House. Unfortunately, the situation is getting worse on a weekly basis. Usually in the run-up to Christmas beef prices increase. Unfortunately, the opposite is happening at the back end of 2018. Cow prices, which are usually the barometer of the health of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (28 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: The town of Thurles and mid-Tipperary have lost a great number of factories and employers over the last 30 years. All the stakeholders have been making efforts and are working hard to reverse this trend. Only last year we secured the national apprenticeship centre which is located in the town and there are over 250 apprentices based on the site today. Our small and medium enterprises are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (28 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I am encouraged by the Minister's reply. Ten years ago there was no Lisheen site adjacent to Thurles and no bioeconomy centre there. The biorefinery has got serious funding and has got the largest ever grant from the EU. That biorefinery will start on the site next year with a capacity to deal with 50,000 tonnes of lactose whey. Tipperary County Council is very enthusiastic about the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (28 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have not received their SFP and ANC payments for 2018, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49777/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility (29 Nov 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new townlands in County Tipperary that will be eligible for the 2019 ANC scheme that were not eligible for the 2018 ANC scheme; the townlands in County Tipperary that will not be eligible for the 2019 ANC scheme that were eligible for the 2018 ANC scheme. [49964/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (4 Dec 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will liaise with the local authority to formulate a plan for the refurbishment and ongoing use of the historical building further to repair work done to the roof of a building (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50233/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (4 Dec 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists employed by the HSE in County Tipperary in the provision of mental health services, by grade and qualifications; if all positions are filled and being actively worked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50740/18]