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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (16 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 435. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of vacant HSE properties in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42123/18]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: This budget has been a non-event for most people. Their experience is that whatever has been given has been taken away somewhere else. In agriculture, which is the brief I mainly look after, there has been additional funding given to some sectors. However, it is a time when farming is under significant pressure. In particular, those in the beef sector are suffering some of the worse...

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

Martin Kenny: The voisinage agreement was agreed between Britain and Ireland in 1964, before we joined the European Union, to allow for fishing rights across the Irish Sea. That agreement fell down due to a court order a few years ago. The House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee reported recently that if something is not done about this by a deadline of the end of March next year, Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: I understand that. I am not talking about price fixing but enhancing the industry in order that a better price is returned to the primary producer. There is quite an irony in the Minister stating the rules set it up for the big processors to do very well but not for the farmer to do well. That needs to be examined. We need to look at specification and supply. When I go to buy a piece...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to tackle the crisis in the beef and suckler sector. [41466/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the scheme. It is a move in the right direction. I mentioned to the Minister at a committee meeting a few weeks ago that we needed to come up with something outside the box and that it needed to be related to the calf. That, by and large, is what has happened. I understand an action must be involved in it. There is some concern about the cost of the weigh-in and the way that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: The Minister spoke about producer organisations being one of the answers to this issue, and perhaps they are. Additional supports are provided for producer organisations. However, in the past, most emphasis was placed on reducing the cost to the farmer of producing the product. That emphasis needs to switch towards improving the price for the farmer. I strongly believe we need to get that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry (11 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to support the harness racing sector in the future. [41469/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (11 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a 100% reduction in the basic payment scheme on all payments over €60,000 in the new Common Agricultural Policy, CAP. [41467/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sugar Industry (11 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to invest in the sugar beet sector. [41468/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (11 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that have been taken to ensure that cross-Border veterinary regulations and standards will be maintained after Brexit. [41470/18]

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: We all understand the situation in Dublin and in many urban centres where hotel prices have gone out of the reach of many people who wish to stay in them. However, tourism in the north west was down 16% last year, so there are parts of the country where there are problems. We recognise that it cannot be applied geographically and must be applied across the board. Therefore, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (9 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the fuel allowance has not been paid to persons in receipt of full contributory pension and in receipt of an illness benefit payment when their total income is less than the maximum means of €343.30; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41093/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (4 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in the BDG scheme on course for meeting their herds' 20% target by 31 October 2018; the number not on course to meet their target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40402/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance Appeals (4 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a back to work enterprise allowance claim by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40476/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: I thank the delegates for their presentations. One thing that strikes me immediately about Microfinance Ireland is the fact that sums of between €2,000 and €25,000 are available. A figure of €25,000 seems very small and to be a very low threshold because many people in starting a business would need three times that figure to get it off the ground. As three times the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Pobal: Chairperson Designate (3 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: On the inspections, is Dr. Ó Broin saying it has been identified that walk-in inspections are a problem and that Pobal intends to change that? Is Pobal being directed to do it that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Pobal: Chairperson Designate (3 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: Is that coming from the Department or from Pobal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Pobal: Chairperson Designate (3 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Pobal: Chairperson Designate (3 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: I thank all the witnesses, particularly Dr. Ó Broin, for attending this morning. I echo Senator Coffey's comments on the bureaucracy and difficulties community projects find in meeting the very high bar that has been set around accountability for many of them. That point is regularly raised with us. The issue seems to have become more burdensome in recent years. I have dealt with...