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Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Martin Kenny: The Minister will be aware that we have a large volume of forestry in County Leitrim. We probably have the highest amount of forestry in the country per head of population or for the land area. That brought huge devastation when the power lines that go through the forests came down. The main issue we have is that the trees are planted too close to the lines. It is as simple as that. ESB...

Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Martin Kenny: -----that they could not get any power for weeks on end. We cannot see a repeat of this in the future.

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Martin Kenny: I congratulate all of the Ministers on their appointments. We certainly feel there are too many Ministers and we would not like to see the Government's replication of what was there in the past because we have seen many failures in it. As I rise to speak on the programme for Government, it strikes me that, in my part of the world, we have seen everything on which people depend shook to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Feb 2025)

Martin Kenny: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the application for capital investment for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3724/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Feb 2025)

Martin Kenny: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the request for a new school for Carrick-on-Shannon (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3725/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (6 Feb 2025)

Martin Kenny: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for the replacement of windows and doors in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3726/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Feb 2025)

Martin Kenny: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant the application for immediate emergency, temporary accommodation to address the current overcrowded conditions in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3753/25]

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (5 Feb 2025)

Martin Kenny: When I got up this morning the first thing I had to do was go out and get a five-gallon drum and a drop of petrol to put it in the generator. For the last three days we have had a generator that I borrowed from somebody else when their power came back. The network said the power would be back today but now it is saying that it will be next Sunday before it will be back for the five or six...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Agreements (5 Feb 2025)

Martin Kenny: 363. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for details on his discussions with other EU Member States which oppose the Mercosur deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2918/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Insurance Coverage (5 Feb 2025)

Martin Kenny: 885. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek funding from Government to provide an emergency hardship fund for farmers affected by storm damage to farm buildings and farm machinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3478/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weather Events (5 Feb 2025)

Martin Kenny: 875. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department intends to take in relation to the issue of ash die-back causing trees to fall on roads and power lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2919/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council (5 Feb 2025)

Martin Kenny: 874. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the EU Council meeting in Brussels on Monday 27 January; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2917/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (22 Jan 2025)

Martin Kenny: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of National Broadband Ireland in the Ballintogher area of County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1676/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Jan 2025)

Martin Kenny: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that Bus Eireann does not accept the official United Kingdom government criminal record check when vetting applications for new drivers, instead requiring that a criminal record check be provided by a private company based in the Isle of Man; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1102/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Jan 2025)

Martin Kenny: 300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will carry out a review of the Swinford to Sligo 922 bus route following the withdrawal for the route during the response to Covid; if the National Transport Authority will carry out an assessment on the impact of the withdrawal of this service, to bring back a much-needed service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Jan 2025)

Martin Kenny: 857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures her Department is taking to shorten the waiting times for appeals for carer’s allowance and other sections of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46582/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Security (22 Jan 2025)

Martin Kenny: 984. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons listed on the Register of Specified Information, maintained by the Chief Bureau Officer of the National Vetting Bureau under section 10 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012, as of 1 January in each of the years from 2010 to 2023, in tabular form. [1103/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Security (22 Jan 2025)

Martin Kenny: 985. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons under 18 years listed on the Register of Specified Information as of 1 January in each of the years from 2010 to 2023, in tabular form. [1104/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Security (22 Jan 2025)

Martin Kenny: 986. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual number of new entries to the Register of Specified Information involving individuals under the age of 18 at the time of their entry in each of the years from 2010 to 2023, in tabular form. [1105/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Jan 2025)

Martin Kenny: 988. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has received a completed report from a judge (details supplied) into the operation of the Garda Youth Diversion Programme [1111/25]