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Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: If I can really quickly, there is a good Tipperary man by the name of William Maher, who is the head of hurling-----

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: He resides in Kilkenny now. He saw the light. He is doing a great job in the GAA. I want to acknowledge that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Integration of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association with the GAA: Gaelic Players Association (15 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: I welcome each and every one of the witnesses. I am biased in the sense that I am born and bred GAA out and out. I was also a member of the GPA many years ago. You might not think it to look at me now, but I was at one stage, and I have been very fortunate to represent my club and my county at every single level. I am also a father of four daughters, four girls who are passionate camogie...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Integration of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association with the GAA: Gaelic Players Association (15 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: I really appreciate the time the witnesses as a group have given up to come in here today. I am most passionate about female sport and camogie in particular. There must be access to resources such as top-class strength and conditioning coaches, nutritionists, sports psychologists, infrastructure and playing facilities. We are discussing the elite level, but resources must be provided the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Integration of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association with the GAA: Gaelic Players Association (15 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: Dr. Lane and Mr. Meyler have summed it up perfectly. It is not just about equality of opportunity but equality of outcome as well. To hear Mr. Meyler, as a young man, speak so eloquently about the privileges he has had, and I have had, as a male GAA person gives me huge pride. It lets me know, as a father of four girls, that my daughters can grow up in an environment where they will get...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Diseases (14 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: Irish farmers and agrifood companies produce world class products to the highest international standards of food safety and quality. Our food safety and traceability systems continue to be recognised as among the very best in the world and are critical to supporting the export of our produce across the globe. In my part of the country in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny, I have spoken to many...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Diseases (14 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: The escalation in expenditure for the TB programme over the last number of years has been nothing short of phenomenal. There was €37 million in 2019, €43 million in 2020, €52 million in 2021, €57 million in 2022, €74 million in 2023 and €100 million in 2024. I attended a meeting of the agricultural committee last June where it was predicted that we...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (14 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: 93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports available in budget 2026 for the tillage sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55463/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (14 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: The tillage sector is a vital part of the agrifood sector. A series of three consecutive poor harvests has severely impacted the viability of the tillage sector in Ireland. What supports are available in budget 2026 for the sector?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (14 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: I welcome the €50 million additional funding and the commitment given today that a consultation process with key stakeholders will take place. When 1,000 farmers attend a meeting, it shows that there is a problem and a big challenge in the sector. We know the tillage sector contributes €1.3 billion annually to the Irish economy, but the sector is in decline, as the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (14 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: It was recently reported that the Department of agriculture intends to reopen the technical files on Irish whiskey. Currently, Irish whiskey is defined as a "spirit distilled on the island of Ireland ... from a mash of malted cereals, with or without whole grains of other cereals". By this definition, there is absolutely no requirement at the moment to use Irish grain in the production of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (14 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: 127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is examining a proposal requiring Irish grain to be used in the production of Irish whiskey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54916/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2026 (14 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: 146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which measures taken in Budget 2026 will support generational renewal in farming. [54915/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (14 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: 272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions in place or are being developed to enable people to obtain insurance for electric bikes used on the road, following the introduction of legislation making it illegal to cycle these bikes without insurance; and if he will address the fact that constituents who have contacted both the RSA and the Department of Transport...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (8 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on delivery under the croí cónaithe towns scheme in Kilkenny and Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53883/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: 34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes which have been delivered in Kilkenny and Carlow since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53884/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will set out the process by which schools may apply for funding for the development of playground facilities, particularly where such facilities would be available for use both by pupils and by the wider community; and if she will provide details of any funding schemes or application processes currently available to schools for this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the social housing income thresholds will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53169/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the income eligibility thresholds for social housing have been increased nationally in the past 15 years; the years in which those increases occurred; the increased that occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53170/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (7 Oct 2025)

Peter Cleere: 578. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the status of Mullinavat Health Centre, County Kilkenny; to confirm the capital works that are in the pipeline for this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53027/25]