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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: In fairness to the veterinary profession, it was the corporates that were exploiting it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: We put this matter to the Minister a couple of weeks ago here and he said he would go and examine the possibilities of having this type of investigation.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: A paragraph the Minister of State read out, and I know he was reading from a statement supplied to him, stated he was "advised that the multiagency report concluded that the problems in this herd were multifactorial in nature and that common infectious diseases were likely to have accounted for much of the ill-thrift and poor growth rates recorded". That is just fiction. When animals left...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: I appreciate the Ceann Comhairle selecting this Topical Issue again so soon after the last night we discussed it in the Chamber. On that occasion Deputies Carthy, Fitzmaurice and McGuinness were here with me. We were unanimous on the need for an investigation into what happened on Dan Brennan's farm in Castlecomer. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Culls (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department plans to introduce a nationwide cull of American mink as part of the recently announced alien species management plan; if local conservation and angling groups will be asked for submissions on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53254/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 9 November 2023, the reason the bounty on mink to protect ground nesting birds between 2012 and 2015 is no longer in operation; the reason it was not extended beyond 2015; what findings informed the decision to cease this policy and scheme; the proof he has that this scheme was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many mink are currently in the wild in Ireland; if action is not taken to cull mink numbers, how many mink will be wild in Ireland in 2030, 2035 and 2040, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53678/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the number of mink in Ireland is growing exponentially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53679/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all operational gardaí are currently recertified or qualified to use batons, handcuffs and incapacitant spray, if they meet a public order situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53746/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what bio-security measures are currently in place to appropriately assess imported timber given the current risk posed by the great spruce bark beetle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53285/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of the current threat posed by the great spruce bark beetle, if his Department is of the view that the facilities and biosecurity measures are currently in place for the assessment and quality control of timber when imported are sufficient; if the Department has any plans to re-assess or change these measures to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if every timber shipment imported is examined to ensure it is of the highest quality and it does not pose a biosecurity risk; how timber imports are examined - by visual assessment or by x-ray; if shipments are actively being checked for the great spruce bark beetle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53287/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has any plans to liaise with the relevant authorities in Northern Ireland to co-ordinate an all-island approach with regard to measures taken to prevent the importation of the great spruce bark beetle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53288/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the discovery of the great spruce bark beetle in Scotland, if there is any co-ordination between the Department and the relevant Scottish authorities to ensure the great spruce bark beetle is not present in timber shipments coming to Ireland; if there is any certification or authentication process verifying that the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Risk Management (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) was excluded from the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme; if he will review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53772/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (5 Dec 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 607. To ask the Minister for Health how the fair deal scheme applies in the case of joint tenancy of a farm of land; if the annual cap can be applied to the land when it is owned in joint tenancy and where the surviving joint tenant cannot be considered as a ‘successor’ when they will not strictly be inheriting the land, but rather assuming full ownership through the principles...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Meetings (30 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on his attendance at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Kyiv; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50241/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Sanctions (30 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what action Ireland is taking with European partners in relation to further strengthening sanctions on Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50240/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (30 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: 454. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the major bureaucratic hurdles facing childcare providers in Ireland, particularly in relation to the need to produce two separate sets of accounts for both TUSLA and POBAL in order to avail of core funding (details supplied); if he is aware that many accountants are refusing to complete...