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

Holly Cairns: 54. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address staffing shortages on children’s disability network teams in CHO 4. [25840/23]

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

Holly Cairns: 75. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address childcare costs. [25838/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (30 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 57. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagements with survivor and relative groups concerning potential interventions at the sites of former mother and baby homes. [25839/23]

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

Holly Cairns: 59. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide respite services for disabled people and children and their families in County Cork. [25841/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (30 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending the small cider producer excise relief scheme to include mead as a premium Irish product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25807/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the introduction of a financial support scheme for farmers to meeting the costs of hiring professional contractors to manage roadside ash trees that are infected by ash dieback disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25802/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (30 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to protect animal welfare issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking in response to a differential that has opened up between Irish and UK steers prices in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Passports (30 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to remove barriers concerning pet dog, cat and ferret travel between Ireland and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25805/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (30 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Education concerning action 4c: Reduction of risk in Sensitive Areas in the Irish National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (Plant Protection Products); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25806/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support farmers in tackling ash dieback. [25028/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: There is a growing concern among farmers and landowners regarding the impact of ash dieback on roadside trees. Potential safety risks stem from the trees themselves and there are also the challenges of safely felling infected trees. Farmers will potentially need to hire a tree specialist to properly assess the trees on their land and to safely remove impacted ash trees. Currently, however,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: It is good that the Minister of State is looking into this issue. Regarding the schemes to date, the concern I am hearing about from farmers and landowners is that there needs to be more support in this regard. In all likelihood, as the Minister of State said, ash dieback will cause the death of the majority of ash trees here over the next two decades. This will impact roadside trees and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: Given all we know about this issue, we need to get out in front of it. We know the prevalence of ash dieback and its inevitable impact on roadside trees. A targeted scheme would also serve as a proactive measure to encourage landowners to engage in inspections and address risks before they become dangerous. There are larger issues in terms of the approach to the situation. Even the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: Tillage farmers did not benefit from it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: It requires more consistent policies that reward environmentally sustainable farming. There are policy changes that would make a substantial difference to the sector. We could be growing a lot more feed and food. One of the changes that could be made relates to tillage machinery, which is so expensive. The current investment ceiling of €90,000 in the targeted agricultural...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: How is keeping the derogation in place a solution?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to increase the amount of land being farmed for tillage purposes. [25024/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: Tillage is an important part of our agrifood sector and the rural economy. A University College Dublin report from 2020 showed that Irish tillage generates €1.3 billion in economic outputs and supports 11,000 jobs. It is also one of the sectors within agriculture that has the lowest greenhouse gas emissions and it is already carbon neutral in many cases. Despite all of this, the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Minister is outlining plans for the area under tillage but there are so many contradictions in the policy. The Minister highlighted that tillage farmers are finding it hard to rent land. There is no plan to address that matter, other than to talk to them about it. This has been an issue for a while now, in particular for farmers who might be facing a change in derogation and who are...