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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I do not want to waste my ten minutes on Gresham House. I propose that we have representatives from Coillte back before the committee as soon as possible to answer some of the questions they did not answer the last day. If the Minister and the Department were not aware of the negotiations, Coillte must come back before the committee to answer some of the pertinent questions put to it. Maybe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I am not accusing the Minister of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I am just asking was the Minister aware of it because-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: If the Minister of State is so confident in her officials, why has the submission not already gone to the EU?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Absolutely. The last programme, a five-year programme, was extended by two years to become a seven-year programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Surely there was a light flashing red in the Department in 2020 saying the new programme must be got up and running by 1 January 2023 to give confidence to the forestry sector? Confidence in the sector is on the floor. I say that genuinely. When I was in the Minister and Minister of State's position I had to talk up my Department and give the Department line. The Minister of State should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have one more quick question. Let us say we are back here in five years' time. In 2020, there were 2,434 ha planted by the private sector. What does the Minister believe the figure will be for 2026 or 2027?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: -----Coillte withheld information when its representatives were before the committee. I, like everyone here, bought my own house and bought land. It takes months, not days or weeks, to get from the first part of the contract to the end of it. I am disappointed that a State body funded by the Department with taxpayers' money withheld information at our meeting with its representatives on 13...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure that the pandemic bonus payment is paid to employees of private companies who have refused to complete the paperwork to ensure that their staff can get the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3656/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I will put my cards on the table. I worked in the forestry service for a number of years and know a fair bit about it. I have knowledge about the background of forestry and am passionate about it. The Government and the State should be doing an awful lot more about forestry. When we look at the graph that goes from 1998 to 2020, we see in 1998 that 10,002 ha - I think it is hectares -...

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: How about what was collected for the septic tanks?

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Deputy Tóibín calls himself a Christian making accusations like that.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware the waiting times for driving tests in County Wexford have increased from ten to 21 weeks since September 2022; and, if so, the measures being put in place to reduce this waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2865/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of plans to reduce opening hours and staffing levels in the NDLS office in Wexford; and, if so, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3130/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering extending the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality industry, given the challenging conditions the industry continues to face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2847/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the development of log cabins should form part of the overall housing stock to assist with the housing crisis; his plans to remove the planning barriers to the development of this type of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3188/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance can be offered in issuing a decision on the carer's allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3015/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils with places in special ASD classes in the State who are currently refusing to attend school; and the process to free-up spaces in such cases to allow for other pupils who are entitled to a place to avail of the unused places. [2463/23]