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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Data (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of tourism to County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6379/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the negotiations taking place with representatives of community employment supervisors in regard to pension rights that may resolve the issues before strike action occurs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6296/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 704. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6345/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pension entitlements in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed under the total contributions approach and home caring periods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6436/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 714. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of working hours allowable for a person to qualify for carer's allowance and-or benefit in 2003; the changes to the working hours allowable in the period up to 2018 of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6493/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the carer's respite grant is means-tested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6494/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 769. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the entitlement of a person (details supplied) under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme can be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6280/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I thank both gentlemen for their presentation and I welcome Mr. Scallan. Live exports are essential from the point of view of balancing the beef market and we cannot overestimate their importance. Mr. Scallan said 200,000 calves were our target and that we had the ferries, so the issue was lairage. Is there more potential for the market if we had the transport facilities? Are other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: What was the largest number of calves exported in one week last year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: Bullock conformation is probably better than bullock quality.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: A person will not notice much difference once it is in the frying pan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: Is there a market for Friesian bull weanlings? How far from Cherbourg is the destination for the calves?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: The lairage in Cherbourg is only for use for ten weeks and at peak for only six weeks. Is that what the Ms Scallan is stating?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: Ask a man to invest in that kind of accommodation for six weeks-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: Bord Bia, however, collected about €250,000 or €260,000 last year from the levy on calf exports.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: There might be an answer given on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I do not want to be argumentative but I do not fully agree with Mr. Doyle on the welfare standards. We are meeting very exacting standards as it is. If welfare standards are raised, then the economics of exporting go out the window. We changed our lorries ten or 12 years ago at great expense. Our calves and weanlings arrive in perfect condition. There comes a time when we have to state...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: It will increase more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: There is also the idea of Bord Bia using its resources to establish markets.

Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2019)

Jackie Cahill: The nurses and midwives were forced to take their action because the Government refused to negotiate with them in any meaningful way. It was a last resort for the nurses. There has to be a lesson in it for the Government.