Results 321-340 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the aids available to alleviate costs for a community hall providing broadband to members of the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19328/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (30 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans his Department has to subsidise the Gaeltacht fees for post primary teaching students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19299/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an individual applies for the additional needs payment, if this can be used for hospital transportation where the individual has no other means of transport available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19317/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (30 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the travel options that may be available to an elderly patient travelling from Thurles, County Tipperary, to Croom, County Limerick for a rheumatology appointment, who has no other means of transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18790/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Projects (30 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 799. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available to renovate a building (details supplied) to encourage more activities and events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19384/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: The issue I want to raise is about our ambulance services. I have raised in this House many times the huge distances that our ambulances have to travel. The point I want to make today is about the critical level of paramedics operating in the service at the moment. It is putting the service at a dangerously low level. It is at breaking point. We urgently need to recruit paramedics for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (25 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if low-intensity farmers who import slurry onto their land could have their calculation based on the preceding year's stocking rate as this would provide clarity to low-intensity farmers as to the quantity of slurry they could import for the coming year and considering this would greatly encourage the importation of slurry onto...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome this debate. I thank the Ministers for what they have done so far regarding the weather crisis. Even though we have had a few dry bright days, the damage that has been done by the long wet spell will not disappear over a few days of sunshine. Before I left home this morning, I walked to the paddocks for the cows. The grass that is there for the second rotation is virtually...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I call Deputy Michael Collins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: A vote has been called. We will suspend and wait until we come back for the answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: No. We have to suspend. Deputy Collins's question will be answered on the resumption.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Ms Meaney might answer the Deputy's questions. She can stick to the welfare aspects of the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I do not expect Ms Meaney to answer that. The Deputy was just making a point about dialogue with the hauliers which is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Is there recognition of the financial implications these proposals would have for Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: This spring, when we had any kind of bad weather, the price of calves just completely collapsed in the marts. If we have an incidence where it is uneconomical, it has a huge economic impact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: While with sexed semen, you have fewer Friesian bull calves, you are still going to have the same number of dairy-bred calves that will have to be exported. Whether they are black or have a white head on them, or they are black and white, they will still have to be exported, or a significant number of them anyway, to keep the market in balance here. Sexed semen is not going to solve the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I call Deputy Mythen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I have another engagement, so Senator Daly will take the Chair. I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive brief on this important issue.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (24 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the schedule of fees paid to private veterinary practitioners for TB testing on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18308/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: Apologies have been received from Deputy Kerrane. Before we begin, I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. I wish to bring the following to the attention of those attending. Witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to a committee. This means they have a full defence in...