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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the four groups for coming in. It is always great to hear and see them. They give such an informed insight into the industry and we learn an awful lot when they come in. I will deal with each of the groups. I have one question for each of them. An outsider looking in would say it has taken us 70 years to get this far. We went from a prevalence rate of bovine TB of 80% with 17%...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: That is great. I am sorry if I put Mr. Fitzgerald on the spot with that question but he did very well. I thank him. I will move on to Mr. Smyth and Mr. McCabe of the ICMSA. We have not mentioned the new regulations coming in, which will require pre- or post-movement testing of cattle. The case has been made that farmers cannot be expected to be burdened with this additional cost, given...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: We would probably welcome an update on that matter as it progresses. One of the points which was not mentioned in the ICMSA's initial submission was on inconclusives and taking the animals out and paying at market value. Someone looking at that issue with a plc hat on would say the two big issues in TB were deer and the inconclusives and we should go after them to eradicate the remaining...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Maher. I am conscious of time because my colleagues want to come in. I have one more question for the IFA. Mr. Bourke gave some very good information on the age analysis. It would be helpful if he could share that with us. It was not in the submission. I do not want him to go into it now but it was a good insight and I ask him to send it to us in an email. We have spoken a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Bourke. I look forward to that additional information. The ICSA stated in its submission that the value of the 21% increase in food and drink exports over a five-year period was €2.3 billion. Farmers bear costs of between €35 million and €55 million per annum in trying to eradicate TB and over a seven-year period we have had to slaughter half a million...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I would agree with that. We need to pursue that with the Department. Mr. Maher touched on the hardship scheme with Deputy Carthy. He proposed €58 and €110 for suckler and dairy cows. The existing scheme is capped but he is obviously proposing an uncapped scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Farrell. I will hand back to the Chair and thank all the speakers for their engagement.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 66. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, appointment in the Longford-Westmeath local health office area; the number of these children who are also on a waiting list for a primary care psychology appointment; if he plans to audit, review or reform CAMHS in the area in the wake of recent issues; and if he will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: We will all have to be here if the Minister is going to come in and announce the new facility will be on the south side of Cork. There will be some fun that day. My question for the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is whether she can identify the number of children waiting for a CAMHS appointment in the Longford-Westmeath local health office area, the number of these children who are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I am heartened by the Minister of State's response and I pay tribute to her efforts in this area. Since taking office, she has been very passionate about her work and a great support to me and many colleagues. She and her officials have liaised with me on a number of difficult cases and I thank her for that. In regard to the audit, will she give some indication as to a timeline for when...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State for her detailed response. I ask her to home in, in her final response, on the specifics of the over-reliance on medication and parents' concerns in this regard. Following what has emerged in recent weeks and months, the entire CAMHS process has been discredited to some extent. It is important and reassuring for the public to see she has come out strongly on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Partnership Meetings (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I have previously raised with the Taoiseach the matter of the stalling of the allocation of funding for the continued development of the N4 upgrade from Mullingar to Longford. It has now emerged that €6 million has been spent on the project to date. In the event of funding not being allocated this year, we risk that previous expenditure being wasted. The Taoiseach has committed to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Partnership Meetings (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with the social partners. [7950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours that will be provided to older persons in counties Longford and Westmeath during 2022. [7876/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the first home affordable purchase shared equity scheme; when the scheme will be available to access; and if it will be available countrywide. [8401/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2022: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (10 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: The Minister is very welcome and I applaud him and his officials for this initiative. I know there has been great feedback from local authorities that are very enthused by it. The figures speak for themselves: 283 commencement notices and 676 units. Perhaps it is more the officials who can provide feedback to us on this, but in terms of engagement from local authorities, do they see...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: It is fantastic to see the energy and enthusiasm the Minister has brought to the Department, as have his junior Ministers, over the past 19 months. They have hit the ground running. In particular, over the last quarter and the start of 2022 we have seen real success in the battle against the housing crisis. The Minister is the bainisteoir and is here with his bainisteoir cúnta and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Amid concerns over sustained inflationary pressures, and as the midlands struggle to adapt to a new era with the fast-tracked carbonisation and the closure of Bord na Móna and the ESB operations in those areas, I ask the Taoiseach if he has a view on giving some consideration to a further decentralisation of Government Departments and agencies in Dublin, and bringing them out to areas...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment will next meet. [6147/22]