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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Resettlement Scheme (11 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 34. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on whether the allocation of €100,000 to six towns as part of the scheme to encourage families to return to live there will be adequate to achieve that purpose; the way in which he plans to achieve what is intended with that amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51990/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Resettlement Scheme (11 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: The Minister has introduced a scheme to encourage families to return to live in towns and villages. He has allocated €100,000 to six different towns. While I understand what he is trying to do, the scale is tiny. Boyle in County Roscommon contains dozens of old buildings that are falling down. One could spend €100,000 on just one of these buildings. I cannot envisage...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Resettlement Scheme (11 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: This is basically money to pay for a study in six different towns. I presume the study will involve employing a consultant to do a report. That seems to be where we are going here. The Minister should talk to Irish Rural Link, the credit union movement or the chambers of commerce in any of those towns. He would not need to spend €100,000 for an analysis of the problems and where...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Resettlement Scheme (11 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: We knew the schemes were not working. We should not throw more good money after bad because the schemes have not worked. One of the examples is the repair and leasing scheme where a person could get €40,000 from the local authority to do up a property which would then be leased to the local authority for ten years. It did not work. It is not necessary to be a genius to know why it...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Resettlement Scheme (11 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: Why does the Minister need to spend €100,000 asking other people?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: There is a clear commitment in the programme for Government to deal with the issue of insurance, particularly insurance for younger drivers. Where I live in the north west, and in many parts of rural Ireland, when jobs become available. young people often have to drive because there is no other way of getting to work. When they try to insure a car, they find themselves being quoted...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: Not for young drivers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc 2017 Annual Report: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: I apologies for missing the early part of the meeting; I had to attend another event. I thank Professor Boyle for his contribution. I would like a steer on one issue. Teagasc does a good deal of research, which is the potential for different uses of land. I am interested in the further development of that research. Research and development are the buzz words we hear everywhere. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regional Development Initiatives (11 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made on the key objectives of the Atlantic economic corridor task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51870/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Project Ireland 2040 Funding (11 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if allocations of funding by his Department are guided by Project Ireland 2040; if not, if funding is allocated on an ad-hoc basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51871/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (11 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will receive the outstanding 15% of GLAS payments for 2016 and 2017 and the 2018 advance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51745/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: I would like to know the position of the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017, which has passed Second Stage in this House and on which a committee report has been sent to the Minister. Like many Opposition Bills, the problem of a Money Message is hanging over it. I would like to know the position regarding that Bill and indeed all the other Bills in that position currently.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bovine Disease Controls (6 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is counterproductive to eradicating tuberculosis to allow inconclusive TB reactor cattle to move to and be finished in beef herds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51166/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bovine Disease Controls (6 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: Does the Minister believe it is counterproductive for the eradication of tuberculosis to allow inconclusive TB reactor cattle to move to and be finished in beef herds.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bovine Disease Controls (6 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: There is deep concern among farmers who neighbour feedlots that house animals for which test results have been inconclusive. They believe this practice carries a high risk and their economic sustainability is substantially impacted if their farm is beside a feedlot where this takes place. Wildlife moves in and out through farms. I take the Minister's point that in some circumstances, these...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (6 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: Being conscious of it is different from making sure there will be money to back it up, which is what we want. That is the clear ambition of farmers and what they deserve to have. The fear among them, particularly those working on more marginal land and land that is difficult to farm, is that all of these environmental measures will be left to them and that in other parts of the country...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (6 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed good agricultural and environmental conditions for the next Common Agricultural Policy, CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51346/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (6 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: I ask the Minister about the good agricultural and environmental conditions that are proposed to come forward in the next Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, which I understand will replace what were considered to be the greening measures in the past, and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (6 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: The Minister's answer is quite vague in respect of many of these issues. Some of the aspects that concern many farmers are that the conditions that will be set out in these proposals will be ones they would normally have seen coming through the environmental programme such as GLAS, REPS or other schemes in the past. If they are to be taken up in Pillar 1, farmers are concerned about what...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (6 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: 31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonage framework plans outstanding under the GLAS programme; the number of payments to farmers delayed as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51162/18]