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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the appointment of the independent chair and farmer nominee to the agriculture appeals panel will occur (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38336/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 72. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a full-time consultant to the medical assessment unit of Nenagh Hospital as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28444/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 114. To ask the Minister for Health if epidiolex will be approved for funding by the HSE drug reimbursement programme as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of urban areas with a population of over 10,000 that currently have wastewater treatment plants with a lack of capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37560/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of urban areas that lie within a 10 km distance of the River Shannon that do not have a wastewater treatment plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37563/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of urban areas that lie within a 10 km distance of the River Shannon that regularly experience a lack of capacity in the wastewater treatment plant; the areas that must discharge raw sewage into the local waterways to compensate for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37564/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of urban areas with a population of over 5,000 that are restricted from constructing new housing units due to a lack of capacity in the local wastewater treatment plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37561/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of a certificate of naturalisation for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37828/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: No apologies have been received. Senator Mullen is substituting for Senator Boyhan. Before we begin, I remind members that, in the context of the current Covid-19 restrictions, only the Chairman and staff are present in the committee room. All members must join remotely from elsewhere in the parliamentary precincts. The secretariat can issue invitations to join the meeting on MS Teams....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Halford. We will now begin with members' questions. To clarify matters, we had a difference of opinion at the last committee meeting and the secretariat has made it clear to me that when a member is substituted, he or she has, on the day, exactly the same rights as a full member of the committee. We have had this in debates on fisheries where a number of members have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Okay. That is very clear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: We will try Senator Mullen again to see if he has sound.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Let Mr. Grassick answer the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Wait now, Senator Mullen. The comments were made in the media. That is fine. I will not ask Mr. Halford to answer that question. That is not a fair question for him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: In fairness, Mr. Grassick has answered the question. He said he has no information on the matter. I think that answer is sufficient.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: For the information of Deputy Kehoe, the IHRB clarified at the previous meeting that its figures are subject to audit. I know the point the Deputy was making regarding the composition of the board but although between €9 million and €10 million is spent by the IHRB, that money is audited.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Deputy Flaherty and call Deputy Michael Collins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Halford and Mr. Grassick of the Irish Racehorse Trainers Association for engaging with us on this extremely important topic. We will now suspend for two minutes while we are waiting to get in the other witnesses. Is that agreed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Jackie Cahill: We are back in public session for an engagement with Horse Racing Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board. I welcome Mr. Brian Kavanagh, CEO, Horse Racing Ireland; Mr. Denis Egan, CEO, Irish the Horseracing Regulatory Board; Dr. Lynn Hillyer, chief veterinary officer and head of equine anti-doping, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board; Mr. Niall Cronin, communications manager,...