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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Okay Mr. Farrell.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Okay Mr. Farrell.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I invite the INHFA representatives to make their opening remarks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I thank our guests for outlining the issues with TB. Before I go to the committee members I want to be the devil's advocate here. The Committee of Public Accounts has focused on the cost of TB to the Exchequer. It is 20 years since there was an agreement that farmers would pay for their annual herd test and there was a reduction of levies at that stage. My understanding of that agreement...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Does anyone else wish to comment on the Exchequer aspect?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Hanrahan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I thank the Senator. Those are very straightforward questions. Is the forum working? Is the Department participating fully in it? We will confine Mr. Bourke to two minutes on the answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: That was a comprehensive list of questions from the Deputy. I will give the organisations three minutes each to try to answer them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I will give Mr. Bourke four minutes then.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I ask Mr. McCormack to explain that. Is it not a 36-month limit then? Can it come down?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Our customers will not allow it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: That is a good improvement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: The other witnesses might address that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. A common theme ran through what the five organisations had to say. It was good to hear that people have confidence in the forum with regard to the contribution wildlife is making to the spread of TB. I remember when the initial badger experiment was done in Offaly. There was considerable resistance in getting that experiment going at the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: We have to suspend the meeting because there is a vote in the Dáil.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: Does Mr. Stephenson want to comment?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: I want to raise some serious road safety concerns that I have in relation to the R489. That is the main road linking Portumna and Birr and it is at the very end of my constituency and my county. Because of its geographic location, the road does not get the resources that it deserves. For 1 km from the Ferry Inn in Portumna and Lorrha the road gets extremely narrow and trucks have to stop...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Building Energy Rating (15 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: 159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grant assistance available for a person who recently purchased a house and is looking to complete works in order to improve their BER; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56567/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Swimming Pools (15 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if persons in his Department sought additional financial supports from the State to cover the additional energy costs of running the swimming pool in the Garda College, Templemore, before taking the decision to close the pool; and if he will make a decision on the matter. [56508/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Nov 2022)
Jackie Cahill: 477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons in her Department or in An Garda Síochána sought additional financial supports from the State to cover the additional energy costs of running the swimming pool in the Garda College, Templemore, before taking the decision to close the pool, and if she will make a decision on the matter. [56509/22]