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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fishing Communities (13 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...on the islands are essential. This legislation will go some way towards doing that. Today is the final day the Dáil will sit before the recess, and the Minister is saying he is going to revert shortly. I think it was last February when we first got a response stating he intended to revert to the committee shortly on this legislation. We need to get action on this. Continually...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...deals with a particular interpretation of the 2001 Act. The clear problem that we have in our society is, in many cases, about poverty of ambition and opportunity for many people. We would do well to revert our attention to those issues. A considerable body of work needs to be done in that regard. There are also issues for people who are perpetrators of serious crime of this...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: ..., it would enhance it, bring more certainty and ensure that we get the right result and that people are aware they are not going into the process thinking that at the end of the day the defence can revert to a particular line of questioning without due process allowing for that to happen. This amendment is required to give that little bit of extra security for victims, in particular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: ..., will one of the consequences of it be that there will be extra competition within what will be the diminished or smaller EU waters as a result of Brexit? What new arrangements are possible to revert to the Common Fisheries Policy and see what new negotiations can take place there? For example, last November the total allowable catch was established for this year. However, before the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: ...the process. This has been to the detriment of a fund that had a very good reputation for delivering for rural areas, but that reputation is being lost. I would like to know what measures can be taken to revert to a system that will deliver more and better for communities and that will have an easier application process. Every time we talk about the CAP, we talk about simplification,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: ...the process. This has been to the detriment of a fund that had a very good reputation for delivering for rural areas, but that reputation is being lost. I would like to know what measures can be taken to revert to a system that will deliver more and better for communities and that will have an easier application process. Every time we talk about the CAP, we talk about simplification,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Martin Kenny: ...state that when one plants the land, one must ensure that the land will be replanted when the trees are finally cut. That means it is a permanent change of land use and the land will never revert to farming again. That is something that goes against the grain of the vast majority of rural people in Ireland. One is just closing down the land. Another impact of coniferous afforestation...

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Martin Kenny: ...life and took a break in the middle. We know that this is a problem that needs to be dealt with and the Taoiseach made a commitment to deal with it. How does he intend to deal with it? Are we to revert back to the way it was prior to 2012 or, if not, has the Taoiseach some other scheme that he intends to put in place? When does he intend to do so? Most importantly, what is to happen...

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Martin Kenny: ...of the capital, outside of where the infrastructure is in place at present, provided we invest in it but the Government has a responsibility to invest in all of this. The other issue to which I will revert briefly is the trade deals. Ireland signed up in 2015 to the sustainable development goals, which were put in place by the United Nations. These goals concerned climate change,...

Rural Equality Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: .... The Bill would force such a policy change to be assessed against the impact it would have on people living in rural Ireland. The Government's proposed amendment seeks to block the Bill and revert to the status quo. The status quois simply not working, as can be seen with the continual withdrawal of services, as well as post offices, hospitals and so forth. The complaint in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (25 Oct 2016)

Martin Kenny: ...a farmer has caused many problems as local farmers cannot compete when buying land. It used to be the case the active farmer got a higher level of grant than the non-farmer. Is there any scope to revert back to that system again? The level of tax-free income a person can make from forestry is limitless. Is there any possibility of reviewing that? I accept the whole afforestation drive...

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: ...in many areas. When that happens, the young people in question believe they have nowhere to go, have no one to help them and, again, feel left out and left aside. This is the essence of the problem and to revert to the issue of the water protests, while they were about water they also were about many other matters and a central part of this was the issue of people not being cared for....