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Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: In the past few minutes I have been sitting in the Chamber the focus has been on the tension between Ukraine and Russia and the huge impact it is having. We think back to stories we heard about the Cuban crisis and the standoff there was there between the United States and Russia in the early 1960s. In the few brief minutes I have I wish to focus on the huge impact this is having on...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Mental health is an issue that we discuss frequently in this House, and rightly so. Drug use and addiction are two of the major contributory factors to mental health problems. In north Tipperary, we have a voluntary organisation, CARMHA Ireland, which offers a vital counselling service to a large number of clients. It is falling between two stools and is failing to get funding from the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Sales (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of lambs that have been imported into Ireland per week since 1 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3757/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Sales (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the lambs imported into Ireland by country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3758/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: We have not received any apologies. One or two members have said they will be joining us later. I remind members, witnesses and those in the public gallery to turn off their mobile phones. I welcome the Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland, FCI, and thank them for coming before the committee today to engage with us on the nitrates action programme, NAP, and the targeted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I will now open to questions for members. I call Deputy Carthy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I have been very indulgent with the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: Contractors are an essential cog in the wheel.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I will give Deputy Danny Healy-Rae ten minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I do not think there were any questions in there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: As there are no other members wishing to contribute, I thank our guests from the FCI for attending the meeting and making their presentation to the committee. It was a worthwhile presentation. I may not agree 100% with everything they said today but what I agree with fundamentally is that the farming sector cannot survive without contractors. We need a viable contract service. It is more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: The next meeting of the committee will be a private meeting at 1.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 2 February 2022. The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will meet in public session at 5.30 p.m. on that date, when the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, will appear before the committee to discuss the Estimates for 2022 for his Department. As there is no...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (25 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: I appreciate the Minister of State's reply but the bottom line is that for 2022, funding is not available for this route selection. The whole road from Limerick Junction to Waterford is of major economic importance for my county. On the section from Waterford to Cahir, Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir urgently need the bypasses this road would provide. As I stated, this concerns the people...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (25 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: First, I must say I am extremely disappointed that I must raise this issue in the Dáil tonight. As a Government Member, I am disappointed with the Minister's decision to withdraw funding for the N24 from Waterford to Cahir. This is a massively important infrastructure project for the south of the country and, indeed, the west of Ireland. Its importance has grown even greater with...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consumer Prices (25 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 152. To ask the Taoiseach the way that the consumer price index has changed annually in Ireland from 2008 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (25 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a Filipino person whose fiancé is an Irish citizen and living in Ireland can obtain a visa to come to Ireland to work given that one needs a work permit to get a visa to come to Ireland and one needs a job offer to get a work permit but it is extremely difficult to get a job offer without a work permit;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 607. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to establish palliative care beds in St. Anthony’s Hospital, Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3239/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 678. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the relevant stakeholders will be consulted on the forestry report being compiled by a person (details supplied) in order to ensure that the report is as comprehensive as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2907/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consult with farming organisations that are currently undertaking a survey on forestry management in other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2908/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2022)

Jackie Cahill: 691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy cows there were in County Tipperary in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3236/22]