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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I remind Members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. Witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to a committee. This means that a witness has a full defence in any defamation action for anything said at a committee meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to abuse this privilege...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. O'Mahony. I ask Mr. Cashman to give us an update before we go into questions and answers about the IDMSG's strategy on deer management.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: The committee was anxious to get an update. It is long overdue. I know TB is only one part of the deer problem. Mr. Cashman pre-empted a question I was going to ask about his census of deer. He is saying he cannot get a handle of how many deer there are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: Is the IDMSG setting a target for how many deer it would want to take out in any given season if the dates of the hunting season were extended?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: It is a multiple of ten in any case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: What is the logic behind that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: What are the options?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: There is a vote in the Dáil. The Leas-Chathaoirleach will take the Chair and we will return as soon as the vote is over.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I call Senator Lombard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: Dr. Griffin wants to say something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I have a few questions I want to ask too. I will let the Senator back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: Maybe this was addressed when I went out, but I am curious about "high-risk" and "low-risk". One of the options presented was "Voluntary or mandatory informed purchasing, which would allow farmers better inform their management decisions in respect of their herd risk management when they are purchasing cattle". I do not argue with the sentiments of the statement, but the forum is then going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I am not arguing that point, Dr. Barrett. The point I am making is they are not going to be as saleable in the sales ring. If a farmer has a reactor they get compensation and if their herd is locked up they get compensation, but if the Department is going to be using this description of a herd, it is going to be devaluing that stock for sale.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: Pardon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: Dr. Barrett is saying that these animals could have two clear tests after coming out of a reactor herd and the Department would still not be confident that they were not at risk of spreading TB.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I am not denying the logic of what the Department is proposing, but it has serious financial implications.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the witnesses very much for their contributions today. On the deer issue, I wish Mr. Cashman well. It is a project that is long overdue. Besides addressing TB, there is great merit in getting the deer population under control and back into their natural habitats. The agenda for our next public meeting has yet to be agreed. I wish everyone, the staff, the secretariat and all the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAs and BoTPs that are currently being accommodated in towns (details supplied) in Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55667/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Grant Payments (12 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address the anomaly where a taxi or hackney driver can avail of a €17,500 grant for the purchase of an M1 category accessible vehicle, but a school transport operator, who also requires accessible transport for the young people they transport, cannot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54460/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's current position on the establishment of a relocation scheme for post-primary teachers; the outcome of her Department's review of the teacher relocation scheme report that was provided to her Department by a teacher's union working group a number of months ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54604/23]