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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether additional work visas need to be issued to non-EU nationals in order to tackle the labour force shortage in certain industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45468/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to remove horticulture workers from the ineligible list for work permits for non-EU nationals entering Ireland considering the increasingly concerning labour shortage in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45471/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 6. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the review by his Department of a submission (details supplied) to reopen the pilot work permit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45472/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: No apologies have been received. The Covid-19 restrictions have been changed and several committee members are with us in the committee room today. It is grand to be getting back to normal. I ask members, please, to mute their microphones when not making a contribution and to use the raise hand function to indicate. Please note that messages sent to the meeting chat are visible to all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: The first session of today's meeting is on the impact of peat shortages on the horticultural industry. I welcome the Minister of State with responsibility for heritage and electoral reform at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Noonan. He is joining us from a witness room in Kildare House. He is joined from the Department by Mr. Brian Lucas, who is joining...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: There is huge frustration out there and people are worried about the economic viability of the sector. That is where the committee will be coming from. We want to get a satisfactory economic and environmental solution to this issue. Many members are looking to speak and we have limited time so I will take speakers in groups of three. I will go back to the Minister of State after each...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Four more Members wish to contribute: Deputy Michael Collins, Senator Daly, Deputy Browne and Deputy Danny Healy-Rae.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: On behalf of the committee, I thank Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, and Mr. Lucas for engaging with us on this important issue. The message from the committee is very clear. The importation of peat into this country is both environmental and financial lunacy. Before the next peat harvesting season starts, we need to be able to harvest peat here for our horticulture and nursery...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome the following representatives from Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group, WASG, all joining remotely: Ms Hannah Quinn-Mulligan, chairperson; Ms Louise Crowley, Macra na Feirme representative; Ms Caroline Farrell, Irish Farmers' Association, IFA, representative; Ms Vanessa Kiely O'Connor, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, ICMSA, representative; and Ms Mona...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: It is a pleasure. I will take questions two at a time from members so that we can make the best use of the remaining time we have. The first two members are Deputy Fitzmaurice and Deputy Carthy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I will hand back to the witnesses and to whoever wants to take the questions from Deputies Fitzmaurice and Carthy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Does Ms Quinn-Mulligan wish to sum up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I ask her to try again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Ms O'Donoghue-Concannon also wishes to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I call Ms Quinn-Mulligan to make a brief summary. It must be brief because we are actually out of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses. That was an informative session and we appreciated hearing the views of the witnesses. As I said at the outset, I imagine this has been the first of many requests the WASG will receive to come before the committee to put forward its views. I ask the secretariat to assist the witnesses in leaving the meeting as there are a number of items the members and I have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: There are a number of items for the information of members. As regards our meeting time going forward, I was offered three slots to choose from for future committee meetings. The first time slot was 11 a.m. on Tuesdays. The second was 1 p.m. on Thursdays. The third was 5.30 p.m. on Wednesdays. I opted for the slot at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesdays as I thought it would be more practical for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Yes, at 6 p.m. It will take place in a few minute's time. The subject of the meeting is to agree on the scrutiny for the Private Members' Bill. Details were circulated via email. It begins at 6 p.m. We need three Deputies to have a quorum for that meeting. It is hoped a number of Deputies can participate.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if credit unions will be facilitated to provide mortgages. [44792/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (21 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to reduce the excise duty on renewable energy products particularly biogases that are produced through the treatment of farm slurries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44674/21]