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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan and its Implications for the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses for their interpretation of the climate action plan. Having stayed quiet during the meeting, I will now make a few comments. As most people will be aware, I am a farmer and I want the next generation to farm my land. While we have to be acutely aware of climate sustainability, economic sustainability for farmers and rural Ireland cannot be dismissed either. I was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (29 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for picking this Topical Issue and giving us an opportunity to discuss it, and I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for attending. I visited Cappagh hospital earlier this week and received a briefing from its chief executive, Ms Angela Lee, and one of its surgeons, Mr. Connor Green. Its excellence, capacity, figures and results are phenomenal but it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (29 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Deputy Brendan Smith has put it well. Detailed plans have been drawn up for a modern unit. Unfortunately, the current infrastructure will not meet HIQA's standards in future. Investment is essential. The hospital has a tremendous record. It breaks even every year and sees a significant throughput. Its figures are the envy of other hospitals within the health service. We can make a...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: The Covid pandemic has brought enormous challenges in the mental health sector. I acknowledge the considerable effort the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has put into the Jigsaw centre in Thurles since she took office in July 2020. I have been working on this issue since I was first elected in 2016 and it is extremely important for our county. Although the date for opening the centre has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 885. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be vaccinated soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21272/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 958. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 70 years of age and over in County Tipperary who have been registered by general practitioners to be vaccinated in their own homes under the National Ambulance Service Covid-19 home vaccination service as of 20 April 2021; the number of those persons who have been vaccinated to date; the reason a person in County Tipperary has had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Apologies have been received from Deputy Kehoe. 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 and all members must join remotely from elsewhere in the parliamentary precincts. The secretariat issues invitations to join the meeting on MS Teams and members may not participate from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: For the first session on the regulation of veterinary medicines, I welcome the following representatives of the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA: Dr. J. Gabriel Beechinor, director of veterinary sciences, and Dr. David Murphy, manager, committee for medicinal products for veterinary use, CVMP. Both are joining remotely and are welcome. We have received their opening statement and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Those were mainly observations and I am not sure the Senator had a question for the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Dr. Beechinor or Dr. Murphy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witness. That concludes this session of the meeting. On behalf of the committee I thank Dr. Beechinor and Dr. Murphy for their very informative contribution. They were very helpful in answering our questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: We appreciate the input.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: From the Veterinary Council of Ireland we have Ms Niamh Muldoon, registrar and chief executive officer; Mr. Joe Moffitt, president; and Dr. Ailis Ní Riain, deputy president. They are joining remotely from a witness room in Kildare House. They are very welcome to the meeting. We have received the opening statement from the witnesses, which has already been circulated to members. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Senator. I ask the VCI representatives to introduce themselves when they speak for the first time. Which of them would like to take the Senator's questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I will go back to a point Senator Daly made. In practice, out there on farms, especially, say, from the last week of January to now, there is lambing going on, an awful lot of calving going on and cows with mastitis. On a dairy farm, at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, the farmer will be milking his cows under an awful lot of pressure for labour. How will the service be provided such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: May I put a supplementary question to Ms Muldoon following what she said there? From what I hear her saying, the farmer would have to be able to converse with his vet to get the product he needs. Let us take a Sunday evening or Sunday night, at eight or nine o'clock. In the vast majority of practice, vets operate on a rota and only one will be on call. A lot of the time he will be out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: This issue has had an awful lot of debate at this committee. There is serious unease about how it will work in practice on farms. As Deputy Ring said, there is a financial worry but we also have a welfare worry about how more regulation will benefit. We are very concerned about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Thank you. Since there are no other questions, on behalf of the committee, I thank Ms Muldoon, Mr. Moffitt and Dr. Ní Riain of the Veterinary Council of Ireland for sharing their expertise.

Covid Restrictions Support Scheme Regulations and Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme Regulations: Motions (22 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I acknowledge the exceptional effort the Government has made in recent months to pump finances into our national economy in an effort to save jobs and protect businesses. In doing so, the Government has supported businesses and undeniably saved jobs, helping to prevent tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands from having to sign on the live register throughout the country. I...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Control (22 Apr 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the derogation for control of wild birds species will be extended given that it is due to expire on 30 April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20902/21]