Parliamentary questions

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

586. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme is to be treated by applicants as a de minimis payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46768/22]

Grant Payments

Jackie Cahill

587. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated net of VAT payment to applicants for the environmental report grant per file, outlined in circular 13/2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46769/22]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

588. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the applications for the reconstitution of woodland scheme frost that have been issued an acknowledgement letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46770/22]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

589. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the required legislation change will take place enabling the replacement species for the reconstitution and underplanting scheme to be conifers on an area up to ten hectares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46771/22]

Animal Passports

Jackie Cahill

591. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an Irish person bringing their dog home from England having to get it vaccinated each time that they bring it into the country; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this can cost up to €45 each time; if he believes that this is fair in the case of someone who travels with their dog upwards of four times a year to and from England; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46903/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Jackie Cahill

359. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if the materials grant to community employment schemes will be increased in view of the current issue of high inflation which is making the cost of materials prohibitively expensive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45759/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Jackie Cahill

379. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if the materials grant to community employment schemes will be increased in view of the current issue of high inflation which is making the cost of materials prohibitively expensive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45804/22]

Agriculture Industry

Jackie Cahill

319. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated tonnage of pig meat products that have been imported into Ireland to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45292/22]

Agriculture Industry

Jackie Cahill

320. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the total tonnage of pig meat products by category in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45293/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

321. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the pig exceptional payment scheme 2 will be paid to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45294/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

322. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers will receive the full funding allocation under the pig exceptional payment scheme 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45295/22]

Public Procurement Contracts

Jackie Cahill

451. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the opportunities that there are for building companies to tender for the construction of the new modular homes for Ukrainian refugees and, most specifically, the opportunities that exist to tender for the construction of the 60 new modular homes that are set to be built in Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42812/22]

Housing Schemes

Jackie Cahill

591. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the tenant purchase scheme can take into account home improvements made by the purchaser during their time as a tenant in a local authority property and have this investment reflected in a lower purchase price for the property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43229/22]

Heritage Sites

Jackie Cahill

657. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if her attention has been drawn to the current condition of Knocklofty House, Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if her Department have any plans to acquire this property to prevent it from further deterioration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43894/22]

Family Reunification

Jackie Cahill

1363. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the significant delays experienced by Nigerian and Ghanaian nurses who are working in Ireland and hold critical skills permits in obtaining their family reunification visas, particularly given that many of their colleagues from other non-European Union countries such as India, the Philippines and Zimbabwe are still having their visas processed in a much-shorter timeframe; the action that will be taken to reduce these long waiting times given that it is causing great distress for separated families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42081/22]

Legislative Reviews

Jackie Cahill

1397. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice when it is intended that the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1995 will be next amended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42796/22]

An Garda Síochána

Jackie Cahill

1461. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time community gardaí in the Tipperary division; the divisions within Tipperary to which they are allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43876/22]

Departmental Funding

Jackie Cahill

1495. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that was provided by the Government under the GMS medical card scheme (details supplied); and the amount that was given to each practitioner and provider, in tabular form, per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41993/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jackie Cahill

1723. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the Covid payment of €1,000 paid to healthcare staff as an acknowledgement of their front-line work during the Covid pandemic will be paid to healthcare staff in private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42811/22]

Health Services Staff

Jackie Cahill

1810. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of staff working in St. Marys Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43136/22]

Health Services Staff

Jackie Cahill

1811. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if all the positions are filled on a permanent basis in St. Mary's Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43137/22]

Mental Health Services

Jackie Cahill

1812. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of hours a week and the number of days a month a psychiatrist is present and on duty in St. Marys Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; if there are any plans to increase these figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43138/22]

Health Services Staff

Jackie Cahill

1813. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the reduction in working hours for support staff in the Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles, County Tipperary from 39 hrs per week to 37.5 hrs per week in line with other HSE grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43139/22]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

2086. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to information given by his Department on 13 April 2022 at a Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture meeting, if all licence applications predating 2021 have been processed by the Forestry Service of his Department by the end of the second quarter of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41933/22]

Farm Inspections

Jackie Cahill

2087. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Department inspections that have been carried out on farms during Covid-19 level 5 lockdowns; the number of these inspections which resulted in penalties; the level of penalties incurred following these inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41971/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

2105. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the written correspondence from the European Commission requesting the removal of the off-farm income limit for the basic payment scheme national reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42264/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Jackie Cahill

2118. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers who have installed solar panels on their farm buildings will be provided with meters in order that they can be reimbursed for the excess electricity that they are supplying back into the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42797/22]

Departmental Data

Jackie Cahill

2127. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of herds that will be over the 6,500 kg band under the proposed bands to be introduced under the nitrates regulations; the number of cows that will be in that category; the percentage of herds that will be within the 4,500 kg-6,500 kg band and the number of cows that will be in that category; the percentage of herds that will be under the band; the number of cows that will be in that category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43007/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

2155. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers paid under each farm scheme; the total amount of payments in euro paid out per scheme on a county-by-county basis since the formation of the Government in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44086/22]

Rural Schemes

Jackie Cahill

2206. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount of funding allocated to respective local authorities and local action groups for all rural schemes in her Department, including the town and village renewal, Clár, Leader, local improvement, outdoor recreation and rural regeneration schemes since the formation of the Government on a county-by-county basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44087/22]

National Car Test

Jackie Cahill

244. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to reduce the long waiting times and backlog of NCT tests given that many customers are only able to get appointments months after the due date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40619/22]

Patient Transport

Jackie Cahill

477. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 28 April 2022 (details supplied), when his Department will next advertise a tender for the transport of patients for appointments and dialysis in the north Tipperary area of the HSE mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40726/22]

Patient Transport

Jackie Cahill

1635. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a tender will next be advertised for the transport of patients for appointments and dialysis in the north Tipperary area of the HSE mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39614/22]

Hospital Services

Jackie Cahill

1693. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in the medical assessment unit at Nenagh Hospital per day in June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39938/22]

Hospital Staff

Jackie Cahill

1694. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there are job vacancies in the medical assessment unit at Nenagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39939/22]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

1719. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the amount of Government funding that was provided under schemes such as the general medical, medical card, PRSI, treatment benefit and other relevant schemes to audiologists, clinicians and hearing aid providers in counties Tipperary and Waterford for the provision of audiological services, including diagnostic, screening and treatment services, and the fitting, provision and maintenance of hearing aids and appliances, cochlear implants, etc., for each of the calendar years 2017 to 2021, inclusive; the amount of funding that was allocated to individual practitioners and providers, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40094/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

2059. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a grant is available for an agri-holding with no public water supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39625/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

2140. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will approve the funding request from hen harrier project which includes payments owed to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41184/22]

Departmental Data

Jackie Cahill

576. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance for 12 months or more in north Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39408/22]

Departmental Data

Jackie Cahill

577. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance for 12 months or more in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39409/22]

Hospital Admissions

Jackie Cahill

679. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that were seen in the medical assessment unit of Nenagh General Hospital on a weekly basis from the beginning of March to the end of June 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38801/22]

Hospital Services

Jackie Cahill

680. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit has had to close on any day in 2022 due to staff shortages; if so, the dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38803/22]

Hospital Staff

Jackie Cahill

681. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit is still facing staff shortages; if so, the positions that are due to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38804/22]

Hospital Services

Jackie Cahill

682. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit should be able to see on a weekly basis if it were operating at full capacity and not facing staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38805/22]

Hospital Services

Jackie Cahill

683. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit should be able to see on a daily basis if it were operating at full capacity and not facing staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38806/22]

Grant Payments

Jackie Cahill

707. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the schemes being devised as a replacement to the motorised transport grant scheme and the mobility allowance which were closed in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38966/22]

Primary Medical Certificates

Jackie Cahill

119. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a new board is not in place for the Disabled Driver’s Medical Board of Appeal; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no appeals can be heard for persons who require disabled drivers permits but have been refused; the way that he plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38197/22]

Primary Medical Certificates

Jackie Cahill

120. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to inform the Disabled Driver’s Medical Board of Appeal when it can recommence its clinics; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Board cannot hear appeals given that it cannot hold clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38198/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Jackie Cahill

338. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if a community employment supervisor who retires before retirement age will receive the gratuity payment upon retirement; if not, if they have to wait until retirement age to receive this payment in view of the retirement deal that was agreed with the unions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38367/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jackie Cahill

534. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if private healthcare workers will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38395/22]