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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Pig Industry: Discussion. (13 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Before I go back to the witnesses I call Senator Joe O'Reilly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Pig Industry: Discussion. (13 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses from Meat Industry Ireland for coming in today. They gave us a very useful insight into an industry that is not so often under the microscope. It is the dire financial situation that they find themselves in that has brought it to the top of the political agenda. How we get the pig sector back on an even keel is an issue on which there will be ongoing discussion. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Before we begin, I want to bring to everyone's attention that witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means witnesses have full defence in any defamation action for anything said at a committee meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to abuse this privilege and may...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: That is all right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I know Senator Lombard wishes to speak, but do you know how many milk suppliers or what percentage have fixed-price contracts and what level they have them at, be it 10%, 20%, 30%, 50% or over?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: That would probably affect 10% of suppliers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: We are talking about 1,700 to 1,800 milk suppliers who are caught in this. I would have thought it was higher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Of course, the lower the percentage, the higher the number of suppliers who would have contracts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I would have thought that 3,000 to 3,500 would have fixed-price contracts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: How much?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Mr. O'Gorman said the general milk pool could have carried the cost. In talking about that, and to get a handle on what kind of figure we are talking about, we have to know the exact volume of milk. The volume of milk is more important than the number of suppliers because we are talking about the volume of milk. If one could know the volume of milk that was held by suppliers who have more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: They did not print too many new contracts.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (6 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate e-scooters on public roads and footpaths considering the risk associated with such vehicles being used by young children or at high speeds by any age group; if he will explain the insurance and tax implications of such vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18463/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Contracts (6 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in all Departments including the cost of private cleaning in each Department; the cost of private security in each Department; the number of private cleaners supplied to each Department to provide these duties as part of these contracts; the number...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (6 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all Government cleaners, service officer, service attendants and linked grades at all points of their pay scales are in receipt of a payment that is above the living wage considering that the Low Pay Commission has established an hourly rate of €12.30 per hour and this is defined as the minimum income necessary for a single...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers that put land into the REAP scheme in 2021 are able to leave the scheme without penalty in order to grow cereals on that land under the tillage incentive scheme. [18466/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers can swap parcels of land that are in the REAP scheme in order to free-up suitable land for the tillage incentive scheme. [18467/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Review of Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010: Dogs Trust Ireland (6 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Brennan for his time and wonderful testimony this afternoon. I thank everyone for their participation today. We will now adjourn. The next public meeting of the committee will be on Wednesday, 13 April at 9 a.m. Members should please note the earlier time. The committee will undertake meetings on that day to discuss matters including challenges facing the forestry and pig...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a scheme in place to help persons on social welfare who suffer from gluten-related dietary restrictions with the cost of coeliac friendly foods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18386/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Apr 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 862. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will next advertise a tender for the transport of patients for appointments and dialysis in the north County Tipperary area of the HSE Mid-West region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18214/22]