Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Farm Inspections

Jackie Cahill

542. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if departmental inspectors are given guidelines on the number of penalties they should be imposing on average; if action is taken against inspectors whose penalty rate is below average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14427/16]

TAMS Applications Data

Jackie Cahill

543. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for TAMS 1 and TAMS 2 from County Tipperary; the number of applications which have been approved; the works which have been completed and which have been paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14428/16]

Special Areas of Conservation

Jackie Cahill

145. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a map of the special areas of conservation in County Tipperary; the restrictions on land designated as such and the compensation available to landowners whose land is designated as such; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13857/16]

Special Areas of Conservation

Jackie Cahill

146. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the restrictions on agricultural land in County Tipperary, other than restrictions under special areas of conservation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13858/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Jackie Cahill

197. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a rare breeds payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13921/16]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Jackie Cahill

198. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13922/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Jackie Cahill

55. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when and how he will address the unequal pay situation for teachers who entered the system post 2011-12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12975/16]

Garda Remuneration

Jackie Cahill

66. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when and how he will address the unequal pay situation for members of An Garda Síochána who entered the system in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12976/16]

Housing Provision

Jackie Cahill

389. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) who is on Cork County Council's housing list for the past seven years can transfer to Tipperary County Council housing list and maintain his or her status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13198/16]

Visa Agreements

Jackie Cahill

535. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to request the relevant authorities to do what they can to avoid unnecessary delays in processing applications for J1 visas and to facilitate, in so far as possible, the previously organised travel arrangements of applicants where these applicants have applied in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13579/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

703. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to increase the provision of mental health services at St Mary’s medical centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13196/16]

Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment

Jackie Cahill

704. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the position of registrar for births, deaths and marriages in Thurles, County Tipperary will be filled (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13197/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

791. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify the position on land eligibility for basic payment scheme greening purposes; if the policy position has changed from 2015; the impact, if any, which the policy change will have on farmers with designated land, including hen harrier land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13139/16]

TAMS Payments

Jackie Cahill

792. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify the position on payments under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 for farmers who have completed works under the scheme; when these farmers can expect payment under this scheme given the serious cashflow pressures on farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13140/16]

Common Agricultural Policy Reform

Jackie Cahill

793. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the practical changes being introduced under Common Agricultural Policy simplification in 2016 that will directly benefit farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13141/16]

Dairy Sector

Jackie Cahill

794. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he intends to take to improve the market situation for dairy products and thus, dairy farmer incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13142/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Jackie Cahill

795. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the final outcome regarding the fodder scheme; how many farmers applied and how many were paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13143/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

796. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares declared and deemed eligible in 2013 to 2015, inclusive, under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13144/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Data

Jackie Cahill

797. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much balancing money is due to farmers under the 2015 basic payment scheme application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13145/16]

Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

798. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many farmers were eligible for the young farmers and national reserve in 2015 and how much was paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13146/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Jackie Cahill

799. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a county by county breakdown of areas of natural constraint payments in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13147/16]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Jackie Cahill

61. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if sections 74, 81D and Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, of the Finance Act 2014 dealing with relief for certain leases of farmland have come into force yet; if not, when they will; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12259/16]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

182. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to address the lack of an occupational therapist at a clinic (details supplied) which is making it impossible for staff to do their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12258/16]

VAT Rate Reductions

Jackie Cahill

91. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a VAT reduction for construction to encourage the industry to increase its output, given the housing crisis, as the current VAT rates are prohibitive and are depressing the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12033/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Jackie Cahill

170. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the €451 million capital funding for building social houses that has been set aside for 2016 will be spent; if there are difficulties anticipated in this regard by the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12034/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Jackie Cahill

171. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on the €1.7 billion capital funding that was set aside in 2015 to provide for the provision of social housing from 2015 to 2017; if there are difficulties with the local authorities using this funding within the prescribed period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12035/16]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Jackie Cahill

206. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if priority will be given to An Post in regard to the distribution of social protection payments, as it is critical to the survival of the rural post office network that all these payments continue to be available through post offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12112/16]

Employment Rights

Jackie Cahill

207. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the inequality faced by self-employed persons who receive no supports in the event of sickness, accident or unemployment, despite contributing similar to the PAYE sector during their working lifetime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12113/16]

Heritage Sites

Jackie Cahill

230. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide funding for a club (details supplied) as part of their application to attain funding to repair a protected historical structure on its property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12032/16]

Natural Heritage Areas

Jackie Cahill

141. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the importance of protecting our heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10924/16]

Health Services Staff

Jackie Cahill

192. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a community-based senior dietician for Clonmel in County Tipperary which formed part of 36 posts which were sanctioned nationally to support the implementation of the type 2 diabetes care initiative which commenced in October 2015 and which appointment was to form part of the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10923/16]

Superlevy Fine

Jackie Cahill

210. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to lobby the European Union Commissioner, Mr Phil Hogan to suspend the collection of the balance of the superlevy for two years due to the dire income situation of dairy farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10925/16]

Garda Station Closures

Jackie Cahill

9. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to ask the Policing Authority to review the dispersal of Garda Síochána stations and to assess the impact of all station closures in County Tipperary since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10009/16]

Garda Data

Jackie Cahill

54. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Tipperary on 31 March 2011 and on 31 March 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10008/16]

Carbon Tax Exemptions

Jackie Cahill

168. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will remove carbon tax on peat products (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10566/16]

School Staff

Jackie Cahill

332. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills to immediately address the unequal salary position for teachers who entered the profession post-February 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10565/16]

Health Services Data

Jackie Cahill

925. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, annually for 2010 to 2015 for County Tipperary, the number of babies born in hospitals; the number of home help hours provided; the number of persons who attended emergency departments; the number of emergency calls to the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10564/16]

Forestry Management

Jackie Cahill

962. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a scheme to allow for the reconstruction of forestry following storm damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9852/16]

Afforestation Programme

Jackie Cahill

963. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) is eligible to draw forestry premium on lands in County Tipperary as no premium has been drawn down on this land in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9853/16]

Roads Maintenance

Jackie Cahill

1115. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the bridge crossing the River Suir at Ardfinnan in County Tipperary (details supplied), including if he has costed the work and if emergency funding is available to have it carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9849/16]

TAMS Applications

Jackie Cahill

27. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will approve an application for grants for slurry tanks with a trailing shoe for a person (details supplied) under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9215/16]

Appointments to State Boards

Jackie Cahill

84. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to appoint members to the Citizens Information Board to replace those members whose term finished in early 2015 given that not replacing these members has meant that the board is often unable to obtain a quorum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8422/16]

Betting Regulations

Jackie Cahill

109. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will revisit the decision to impose a 1% levy on track bookmakers who have a remote licence; if he will consider spreading the burden more evenly over the industry, particularly to online betting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7702/16]

Tax Rebates

Jackie Cahill

110. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the status of a claim for a tax rebate by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7703/16]

Single Payment Scheme Applications

Jackie Cahill

189. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a single payment for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7701/16]

Fire Service Staff

Jackie Cahill

481. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why there is no facility for inter-transfer between counties for full-time employees of the fire services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7704/16]

Insurance Coverage

Jackie Cahill

120. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance to immediately consult with the insurance industry, which is refusing to quote the owners of vehicles with new hackney licences, given that this is precluding them from setting up in business despite having been granted a licence to do so by the relevant authority; if this is affecting the creation of much needed employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7055/16]

Public Procurement Contracts

Jackie Cahill

127. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to review a number of regulations in the tendering process for Government contracts, namely, the need for the company that is tendering to have carried out similar projects (details supplied) within the previous five years; the need for the company that is tendering to have a turnover of three times the value of the contract; the fact that foreign-owned companies do not have the same criteria imposed on them when tendering for Government contracts in respect of employees as do Irish-owned companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7054/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Jackie Cahill

232. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the Scottish derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7056/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Jackie Cahill

233. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) as a new entrant under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7057/16]