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Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I also want to raise the issue of point-to-point racing with the Minister. That industry is at a critical juncture. This is regarded as an amateur sport, but a significant amount of money is involved. The cornerstone of the National Hunt industry is point-to-point racing. Many small operators have considerable investment in bloodstock and point-to-point racing is their shop window to sell...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (17 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have the resources and manpower to investigate and prosecute the black-market business in the barber, hairdressing and beauty industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8332/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (17 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance the average number of investigations the Revenue Commissioners have taken and the return to the Exchequer over the past five years in fines and interest payments from the barber, hairdressing and beauty industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8333/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (17 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 664. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be reviewed with a view to increasing them in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7947/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (17 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 665. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be reviewed with a view to increasing them in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7948/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 910. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the HSE’s national renal office statement that in-centre haemodialysis patients should be considered similar to persons aged 65 and older who are residents of long-term care facilities in terms of prioritisation for the first wave of Covid-19 vaccination and those patients are extremely medically vulnerable and have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 911. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to published data indicating a Covid-19 case mortality rate amongst kidney patients similar to that of residents of long-term care facilities; if he will move them into cohort 1 for Covid-19 vaccination in view of the particular vulnerability of kidney patients such as persons on dialysis and kidney transplant recipients; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Waste Disposal (17 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 839. To ask the Minister for Health if the practice will be examined by which general practitioners in the HSE mid-west region are responsible for the financial cost of disposing of clinical waste such as needles, syringes and used PPE while this cost is not borne by general practitioners in other HSE regions (details supplied); if the matter will be corrected in order to cover the cost...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 893. To ask the Minister for Health if persons working in childcare as key and essential workers will be included under category four of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8689/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (17 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 1001. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a TAMS application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8065/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (16 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I remind members that due to the current Covid-19 restrictions only the Chairman and staff are present in the committee room and all members must join the meeting remotely from elsewhere in the parliamentary precinct. If any member is outside the parliamentary precinct they might alert the secretariat. The secretariat can issue invitations to join the meeting on Microsoft Teams. Members...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome to the meeting Mr. John Neenan, chairman of Growing Media Ireland; Mr. Paul Brophy, chairman of the IFA national horticulture committee; Mr. Patrick Gleeson and Mr. Kieran Dunne of Kildare Growers Group; and Mr. Mel O'Rourke and Mr. Frank Corbally of the CMP. All are appearing remotely and are very welcome to the meeting. We have already received their opening statements and they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: We have a private meeting tomorrow where we can discuss changing the format going forward. As the Deputy knows, we did it as we only have one two-hour slot per week. We can discuss it tomorrow but the point is taken. I call Deputy Carthy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Do Mr. O'Rourke or Mr. Corbally want to take those as he addressed a number of them to the mushroom sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Gleeson and call Deputy Flaherty now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Who wishes to take that question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Neenan and call Senator Paul Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Does Mr. Dunne wish to reply?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Which of the witnesses would like to answer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Two non-members have been in attendance for the full meeting. I have to give preference to members asking questions but I will let the two non-members make a short statement. We will then have to suspend the meeting because we are due to meet Department officials. I call Senator O'Loughlin.