Parliamentary questions

Beef Industry

Jackie Cahill

855. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will change the clause in the BEAM scheme instructing farmers to reduce their stock by 5% due to the difficulty in selling and the low price of stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5893/20]

Food Safety Standards

Jackie Cahill

909. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the implications on food production of a dispute between the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and the local authority veterinary service in relation to the funding of the service; if he has had communication or briefings with the Minister of Health regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6797/20]

Vehicle Testing

Jackie Cahill

990. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which NCT and CVRT testing will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5882/20]

Planning Issues

Jackie Cahill

1305. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the harvesting of peat for the garden and mushroom growing industry will be permitted for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6078/20]

Schools Building Projects Status

Jackie Cahill

175. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for major extension works for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4073/20]

School Staff

Jackie Cahill

321. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5498/20]

Cross-Border Health Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

466. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) who has received treatment under the cross-border directive scheme will be investigated; the reason for the discrepancy in payments issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3992/20]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Jackie Cahill

469. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the decision to remove cover for liraglutide, marketed as Victoza, under the drugs payment scheme which came into effect on 1 December 2019 will be reversed until the proposed alternative, marketed as Saxwenda, is fully covered, thereby eliminating the financial penalty on persons who require the medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4032/20]

Home Help Service

Jackie Cahill

674. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4765/20]

Railway Stations

Jackie Cahill

1028. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of arrivals and departures, including time schedules and destinations, for trains at stations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4031/20]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Jackie Cahill

1217. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there are funding or grant schemes available to a private company that has secured partial but significant private funding for the provision of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3996/20]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Jackie Cahill

1218. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there are grant schemes by which a private company can apply for partial funding to add to significant private funding already secured for the provision of social housing in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3997/20]

Local Authority Housing Data

Jackie Cahill

1257. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of families approved for housing but not yet tenants in each local authority area to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4494/20]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Jackie Cahill

1258. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, recipients by county to date; the annualised average payment by household by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4495/20]

Local Authority Housing Rents

Jackie Cahill

1262. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average rent paid by local authority tenants for each local authority area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4598/20]

Tax Data

Jackie Cahill

62. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the number of owners of foster mares registered for VAT in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; the amount of VAT refunded annually for the same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2735/20]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jackie Cahill

177. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a full-time SNA for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2595/20]

School Transport Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

178. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the transport options available for a child (details supplied) in County Tipperary attending an ASD unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2599/20]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

551. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans for the Shannondoc service in north County Tipperary; if it is planned to maintain the locations of Thurles, Nenagh and Roscrea as hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2733/20]

State Pension (Non-Contributory)

Jackie Cahill

1114. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the non-contributory pension of a person (details supplied) was reduced from €184 to €152 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2586/20]

Ambulance Service

Jackie Cahill

315. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the case of a call for an ambulance (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53655/19]

Education and Training Boards

Jackie Cahill

187. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the educational or training opportunities available to a young person over 16 years of age who has not completed the junior certificate either through an ETB or another training or education provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52831/19]

Schools Property

Jackie Cahill

223. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the purchase of a school (details supplied) will be finalised as agreed with the owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53186/19]

Afforestation Programme

Jackie Cahill

496. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether grants not directly paid to forest owners should not be used in the calculations for the threshold for the provision of a tax clearance certificate for the payment of forestry premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52691/19]

Woodland Improvement Scheme

Jackie Cahill

281. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1137 of 8 May 2019, the allocation to forestry support schemes, forest road works, the reconstitution scheme, the neighbourwood and native woodland conservation and woodland improvement scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and the amount expended in each year. [52200/19]

Hospital Beds Data

Jackie Cahill

243. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the first beds will have patients in them at the modular unit development at South Tipperary General Hospital; the number of beds that will be operational on that date; the sequence, date and number of beds by phase until the 40-bed unit is fully operational; the difficulties including recruitment that could see the 40-bed unit not fully operational by the end of February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52075/19]

Disabilities Assessments

Jackie Cahill

435. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of a full assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51719/19]

Forestry Management

Jackie Cahill

495. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the findings of the strategic environmental assessment of the Forestry Programme 2014 – 2020 (details supplied). [51784/19]

Forestry Management

Jackie Cahill

496. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the existing safeguards built into measures in addition to best practice measures adopted by the Forest Service for the strategic environmental assessment of the Forestry Programme 2014-2020 with regard to the impact on Natura 2000 sites. [51785/19]

Afforestation Programme

Jackie Cahill

497. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if current policy does not permit afforestation within hen harrier SPAs pending the formulation of the threat response plan for the species led by the NPWS. [51786/19]

Afforestation Programme

Jackie Cahill

498. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location and size in hectares of each site designated as Natura 2000 pursuant to the habitats and birds directives in which afforestation has been permitted that is consistent with the conservation objectives of the sites by county in tabular form. [51787/19]

Woodland Improvement Scheme

Jackie Cahill

298. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated and expended on the woodland improvement scheme in each year since it was established; and if a new woodland improvement environmental enhancement scheme has been introduced to date. [50705/19]

Farm Assist Scheme Data

Jackie Cahill

376. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of adapting the farm assist scheme (details supplied) based on latest annual data regarding participation levels in the scheme and associated afforestation programmes. [50672/19]

Special Protection Areas Designation

Jackie Cahill

424. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the carbon sequestration potential of designated land, including hen harrier designated land, has been examined with respect to permitting some planting on such land. [50706/19]

National Raised Bog Management Plan

Jackie Cahill

425. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to compensate farmers with land that has been affected by the reflooding of a bog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50782/19]

EU Funding

Jackie Cahill

183. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers and young farmers in particular who have applied for a loan from the €1 billion loan scheme announced by the European Commissioner for Trade on 19 April 2019; the value of funds drawn down; the value of funds awaiting drawdown following the loan offer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50505/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Jackie Cahill

201. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for an ASD unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49871/19]

School Staff

Jackie Cahill

203. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision on the status of a school (details supplied) will be postponed until the new policy on small schools is published following the small schools symposium which met in June 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49884/19]

Beef Exports

Jackie Cahill

461. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the protocol of under 30 months in relation to the agreement to export beef to China was at the insistence of the Chinese authorities; if not, the origin of the protocol; if Brazil, Argentina or Paraguay have the right to export beef over 30 months of age to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49954/19]

Rail Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

500. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Irish Rail to provide a train that will serve Thurles to arrive in Kent Station, Cork at 8.30 a.m. on week days (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49794/19]

Hospital Consultant Data

Jackie Cahill

168. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatric posts in the health service in Country Tipperary; and the number filled by permanent consultant, temporarily filled and vacant, respectively. [49576/19]

Afforestation Programme

Jackie Cahill

190. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the state aid rules in place with respect to grant aid for an agency (details supplied) to afforest land; the EU regulations in place and state ceilings set; if the matter has been raised at EU level; and the process involved to have the matter reviewed. [49553/19]

Afforestation Programme

Jackie Cahill

191. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the carbon sequestration potential has been examined of all designated land including hen harrier designated land with respect to permitting some planting on such land. [49554/19]

Live Exports

Jackie Cahill

42. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made in providing extra lairage facilities at Cherbourg or surrounding area in preparation for spring 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49126/19]

Beef Exports

Jackie Cahill

75. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected tonnage of beef exports to China in the next 12 months in view of the swine influenza epidemic there; the measures Bord Bia is taking to maximise the volume of beef exports to China in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49127/19]

Grant Aid

Jackie Cahill

182. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid will be provided for low emission slurry spreaders and-or make them zero VAT rated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41730/19]

Alternative Farm Enterprises

Jackie Cahill

183. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide incentives for the planting of alternative crops for the bio-economy to commence the process of adapting land use that will enable Ireland to meet its climate change targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41731/19]

Community Care Provision

Jackie Cahill

90. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the service being offered by a community nursing unit (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be reviewed in order to ensure that persons in the area will have long-term stay care in their own town in view of plans by the HSE to have them seek care in Nenagh or Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48572/19]

Disabilities Assessments

Jackie Cahill

105. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when he expects assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 in County Tipperary to be provided within the statutory timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48884/19]

Office of Public Works Projects

Jackie Cahill

179. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW can provide the finance for the external night time lighting of Nenagh Castle in order that the recent investment at the historical site can benefit tourism in the town to its full potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48786/19]