Parliamentary questions

Departmental Expenditure

Jackie Cahill

198. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost of holding an event (details supplied); and the costs associated with advertising, design work, photography, event staging, venue hire, print and online media advertising and public relations in tabular form. [45686/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jackie Cahill

199. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost of making a video (details supplied); the Department that funded the video; the number of meetings he and senior staff had with Accounting Officers and staff from other Departments, including Accounting Officers who were involved, including by giving instructions and advice in promoting the video; and the details of each meeting in tabular form. [45745/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

Jackie Cahill

172. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action taken by the OPW in circumstances in which a wall which is its responsibility has fallen into the River Thonogue at Ballylooby, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44964/19]

Palliative Care for Children

Jackie Cahill

507. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the palliative care available in County Tipperary for children and young adults under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44523/19]

Disability Support Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

614. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44925/19]

HSE Staff Remuneration

Jackie Cahill

646. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter relating to home help staff who are employed by the HSE and are not receiving a travel time payment, which is a statutory entitlement, due to the fact they are refusing to sign a recently amended contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45126/19]

Animal Passports

Jackie Cahill

783. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason "not fit for human consumption" would be stamped on the duplicate passport when it was not on the original passport in cases in which a horse owner loses the passport of the horse and pays €200 for a duplicate passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44186/19]

Animal Disease Controls

Jackie Cahill

809. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of BSE testing on fallen animals in knackeries in each of the years 2014 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44962/19]

Animal Disease Controls

Jackie Cahill

810. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases of BSE discovered in each of the years 2014 to 2018, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44963/19]

Digital Strategy for Schools

Jackie Cahill

192. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure in obtaining a licence or permission to operate an online education platform here; the other requirements there are in the provision of online education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43038/19]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

444. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available under TAMS or other schemes to support the change of use of a building into an agricultural storage building by a farmer with a herd number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43076/19]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Jackie Cahill

87. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the tax allowances available for carers who do not qualify for a carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42825/19]

Brexit Issues

Jackie Cahill

95. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of contracts for food concessions in hospitals, universities and all other State-run institutions which are held by UK owned companies in a no-deal Brexit situation and a deal Brexit situation, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42757/19]

Special Educational Needs Data

Jackie Cahill

118. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of emotional behavioural units in primary schools in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42747/19]

Afforestation Programme

Jackie Cahill

252. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget 2020 allocations to the continuous cover forestry scheme, the neighbourwood scheme and the woodland environmental fund. [42858/19]

Afforestation Programme

Jackie Cahill

195. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to budget 2020, the current and capital allocation for the forestry programme in his Department in 2020; the amount of capital carryover for the programme in 2020; and the allocations for each respective forestry scheme that will be provided in 2020. [42488/19]

Brexit Supports

Jackie Cahill

56. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingencies being operationalised and the supports that will be in place to safeguard farmers and the agricultural sector from a no-deal hard Brexit; the details of the €110 million for agriculture announced in budget 2020 for a no-deal scenario; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42248/19]

Agriculture Scheme Expenditure

Jackie Cahill

68. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he is putting in place to distribute the €22 million underspend in the BEAM scheme in view of the fact that the initial plan fell short of what it was meant to achieve. [41700/19]

Meat Processing Plants

Jackie Cahill

92. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish veal units at two locations nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41701/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jackie Cahill

188. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a language unit will be provided in mid-County Tipperary to complement the units at Clonmel and Nenagh, both of which have long waiting lists, in order that the children of the area have an opportunity to access this important service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41704/19]

Garda Data

Jackie Cahill

256. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who entered as recruits from 1 January 2014 who have since resigned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41759/19]

Emergency Departments

Jackie Cahill

354. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a private consultation room will be provided at South Tipperary General Hospital accident and emergency department for patients that present with mental health problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41732/19]

TAMS Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

472. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid will be made available under TAMS for farmers who construct underpasses for health and safety reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41740/19]

Agriculture Scheme Data

Jackie Cahill

482. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied for the BEAM scheme; the number deemed ineligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42128/19]

Agriculture Scheme Data

Jackie Cahill

483. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers who have slaughtered cattle between May and September 2019 that were outside the eligibility criteria for the BEAM scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42129/19]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Jackie Cahill

484. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ANC and SFPs that are held up due to satellite inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42131/19]

Hare Coursing Regulation

Jackie Cahill

651. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her view on proposals (details supplied). [41727/19]

Compensation Schemes

Jackie Cahill

661. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 529 of 8 October 2019, each specified activity in question; if the 2004 agreement provided for a payment for designation to reflect its effect on land values or a payment for the management of that land; if so, the payment provided per hectare; and the annual budget allocated for each year that the agreement operated. [42172/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

94. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the changes to the nursing home support scheme for farmers will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41228/19]

Hospital Overcrowding

Jackie Cahill

97. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to alleviate overcrowding in the South Tipperary General Hospital in which the figures recorded in September 2019 were the worst recorded for September since an organisation (details supplied) commenced keeping records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41227/19]

Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

268. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there is a grant available for a family to reconfigure and adapt their home to accommodate an elderly parent that is not a home owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41422/19]

Sports Capital Programme Administration

Jackie Cahill

139. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of capital sport grants will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41206/19]

Special Educational Needs Data

Jackie Cahill

96. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early behavioural disability units in County Tipperary primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40758/19]

Disabilities Data

Jackie Cahill

248. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with early behaviour disability in County Tipperary in the past five years in tabular form; the number of children in County Tipperary on a waiting list to be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40757/19]

Animal Disease Controls

Jackie Cahill

320. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the possibility of vaccinating hares to protect them from the deadly RHD2 virus which has been detected in a number of counties. [40681/19]

Livestock Issues

Jackie Cahill

331. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the relevant document will be reviewed in order that only one importer is recorded in one transaction to protect the GDPR rights of each importer in relation to the movements of livestock manures and the way in which they are recorded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40574/19]

Dairy Sector

Jackie Cahill

346. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the greater use of dairy futures markets as a tool to allow farmers to hedge against volatile prices. [40682/19]

Common Agricultural Policy Reform

Jackie Cahill

347. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of recent CAP reform discussions at recent EU Agriculture Council meetings with respect to current European tools for price intervention in the dairy sector; and if a potential review of intervention prices which should reflect average production costs was discussed. [40683/19]

Compensation Schemes

Jackie Cahill

529. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she and her officials are examining proposals in relation to a meaningful compensation scheme for farmers affected by designated land; the process involved; the recent meetings with farmer representatives; the timetable for actions in this area; and the status of recent talks with stakeholders on issues (details supplied). [40883/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Jackie Cahill

191. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the changes to the fair deal scheme will be fully implemented in order that families can properly plan for the nursing home care of their loved ones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40127/19]

Forestry Grants

Jackie Cahill

379. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce proposals to reward financially landowners who have their lands planted with forestry to take into account the fact that their lands are acting as carbon sinks and helping the State to achieve its climate change targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38318/19]

Brexit Supports

Jackie Cahill

387. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the membership of a person (details supplied) in the hen harrier environmental scheme can be used as a qualifying criterion for the BEAM scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38271/19]

Brexit Preparations

Jackie Cahill

389. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on increasing lairage capacity at Cherbourg to cope with the volume of dairy calves in spring 2020; if the agreed extension of two hours as per points 1.3, 1.4 and 1.7(b) of the regulations governing the port of destination and its vicinity will be used to speed up the provision of extra lairage capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38278/19]

Naturalisation Certificates

Jackie Cahill

104. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) must pay €1,000 to become an Irish citizen in order to obtain an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37995/19]

Hare Coursing Regulation

Jackie Cahill

174. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the greyhound industry and licences; and the latest data regarding the questions raised in same in tabular form. [38123/19]

Property Tax Assessments

Jackie Cahill

107. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the way in which local property tax is calculated in circumstances in which a residence has a granny flat attached to the main residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37489/19]

Departmental Reports

Jackie Cahill

473. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline, by year and quarter, for the delivery of each action under the First Progress Report by the Bioeconomy Implementation Group in tabular form. [36999/19]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

474. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to allow the planting of agroforestry in areas designated as acid sensitive lands; and the size of additional lands which will be eligible in 2019 (details supplied) on designated acid sensitive areas on which planting will be permitted by county in hectares. [37004/19]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Jackie Cahill

496. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37477/19]

Forestry Data

Jackie Cahill

497. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time it takes to process forestry applications within the Forest Service by longest, shortest and average for the past five years in tabular form; his plans to speed up the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37478/19]