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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Has the agency taken anybody to task yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Collins. The Minister outlined there will be a CEO and five board members. In terms of staffing, what kind of personnel will be assigned to this body?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: What is being envisaged in terms of the skill set? Is it forensic accountants or what type of people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: In terms of a comparison with the UK Groceries Code Adjudicator, is this agency modelled directly on it or have we looked at European models as well? Is this going to be best in field? Will the Minister give an oversight on what the agency has been based on and the level of research that was carried out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Ms Robinson. Moving on to the UTPs, we have the ten practices classified under the directive as black, which we take as a given. There is an element of concern about the six grey ones. We have had a number of years' lead-in to this and we have custom and practice. Many of these have been bedded in. There is an unfair advantage there to the retailers, particularly against the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I bet most of the respondents were retailers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I accept some of that. Much of the work Mr. Collins and his team have done has fed into what is being proposed. We now have a body of information to hand that will allow us to see what is happening in terms of the additional costs to small suppliers. I take on board that some suppliers will probably favour the grey practices remaining because they are market-dominant suppliers, it suits...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I am happy with the Minister's commitment in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Register of Electors (28 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to make it possible to apply online to be included in the electoral register. [34316/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 897. To ask the Minister for Health if information in relation to the staffing levels in the progressing disability services team at a centre (details supplied) in County Longford will be provided. [34425/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 906. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on actual case numbers assigned to the progressing disability 8 service in County Longford as of 1 June 2022, given that as of March 2022 the case load assigned was 790. [34435/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 909. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to move the PDS 8 service to a purpose-built facility currently vacant at the Ballyminnion campus (details supplied); and the up-to-date staffing position in terms of vacant posts as of 17 June 2022. [34438/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 907. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by age profile nought to five years and so on of wait times for services - S&L, occupational therapy and psychology, based on the PDS 8 case numbers for 1 June 1 2022. [34436/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (28 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 908. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting ASD assessments at the PDS 8 service in County Longford; and the average wait time for this service as of 1 June 2022. [34437/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (28 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new CAP scheme will compensate farmers who do not cut turf on their boglands regardless of any commitment to ensure that farmers will still be able to cut turf on their own bogs (details supplied). [34468/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for passports to date in 2022 from counties Longford and Westmeath; the number of passports issued; and the number of outstanding applications for passports currently awaiting processing in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32951/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 286. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied) given that they are due to travel on Monday 20 June 2022.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33304/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 285. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied) given that they are due to travel abroad on Tuesday 21 June 2022.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33303/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 288. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application of a person (details supplied) given that they were advised that original paperwork was outstanding but they claim that all requested original documents were submitted with the application.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33306/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 289. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied). [33307/22]