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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Thank you. I very much appreciate Senator Lombard taking the Chair and facilitating this opportunity to bring the veterinary practice (amendment) Bill 2021 before the joint committee. I also acknowledge all the help I got in getting to this stage, especially from the members of Veterinary Ireland, who I have met on a number of occasions in recent years. The reason I brought forward this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: First, I will talk about corporates, as regards the practices that have required in the country up to this stage. There have targeted small animal practices in large urban centres, as well as specialist practices that would be lucrative, whether it is in the equine sector, or whatever they have targeted. They have been targeting the intensive farming areas where there would be a large...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I want to consider career progression and attracting vets into large animal practice. If the vet is coming out of college and making a career choice, he or she may look at a large animal practice. If such practices are run by large corporates, that vet will know he or she will be an employee there all of his or her life and will never have an opportunity to become a partner or an owner of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: The 2005 Act is the hub of why we have brought forward this amending legislation. For the ten years after 2005, the veterinary council interpreted the legislation in a certain way. In 2015 or 2016, it changed its interpretation to allow corporates to buy veterinary practices. Why that happened was the focus of committee meetings during the previous Dáil. The council had a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: It is up to the committee to decide what other witnesses it wishes to call. This is my Private Members' Bill that is receiving scrutiny here. If members feel we should invite other stakeholders to appear before us, that would be a decision for the committee. The Minister was a member of this committee when this issue raised its head in the previous Dáil. He saw the issue at first...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I will refer the questions on the timeframe and how it works to the secretariat, if that is all right with the Vice Chairman. I am not an expert but I have just given my understanding. Regarding the Veterinary Council of Ireland, I have no objection to its representatives coming in but they were adamant two or three years ago that their interpretation of the legislation was correct and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: The veterinary council was in here twice before and that spawned this amendment. I will go with the decision of the committee but the transcript of those meetings is there. It is clear they had their interpretation of the legislation as it stands. That interpretation changed from what they did heretofore. They have been here and, because of what was said at that meeting, this amendment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I would be happy with that. That would be very sensible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if two post-primary students (details supplied) who did not receive school bus tickets will be accommodated given they should meet the criteria for temporary alleviation measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46558/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (28 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a maintenance enforcement application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46049/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I presume the Minister and the Department will have the opportunity to put down amendments to this Bill if they want any change of emphasis but we have put a lot of preparatory work into it. Its purpose is to ensure that veterinary practices stay in the ownership of vets. It is fairly straightforward and very unambiguous. I have already discussed this with the Minister. While the Minister...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (23 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I want to raise a further couple of infrastructure projects in my county, one of which the Minister visited before he took office, namely, the Dean Maxwell nursing home, Roscrea, which is very important to the town but needs significant capital investment. I hope that will be catered for in the programme. The other project is in Ardfinnan, which the Taoiseach visited on Friday last. A...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (23 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the review of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45684/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (23 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Acting Chair. When will the review of the national development plan, NDP, be published and can he make a statement on it, please?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (23 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I want to talk about two road infrastructure projects in Tipperary. The first is essential and relates to the N24. This project will bring about connectivity between Waterford, Rosslare and Limerick. Tipperary town is completely choked with traffic congestion. It is essential that it gets priority and is dealt with first in the context of this very essential road infrastructure project...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (23 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I spoke first, so I will not go again now. I will speak afterwards.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2022 (23 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the key elements in his expenditure management and spending strategy for Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45683/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (23 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the pilot PPP schools bundle 2019-2021 report, including the assessment of whether the project objectives have been met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45671/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the senior cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45670/21]

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I want to put on record my appreciation of the tremendous work done by An Garda Síochána at all levels including gardaí, sergeants, inspectors, superintendents, chief superintendents and commissioners. In modern society they have an extremely difficult job to do and we owe them a huge debt of gratitude. This review of reform is welcome and while there are lots of good...