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Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: I have tabled a similar question that we probably will not reach. People are grateful to get this money. Last year there was €17 million, but this year it is down to €10 million. People are concerned that it has been clawed back by that much. Will the Minister assure us that new money or more money will be found for the rest of the year? Although the €17 million...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: 17. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason only 0.3% of funding under the Leader programme to 31 December 2017 has been allocated, his views on whether allocation methods are failing and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19082/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: We have just finished talking about RAPID. I will tell the Minister one thing. The Leader scheme is far from rapid because there is nothing rapid about the pace at which people around the country are getting the money. It started in 2014. It is now May 2018 and in my county of Leitrim, not one community project and not one person who applied for funding has got a red cent. The statistic...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: We know that. In fairness, I am not blaming the Minister but he is the person who is now responsible. The truth is that communities the length and breadth of the country are at their wits' end. I come across community projects that tell me that they will never again apply for Leader and go through this process because the way they are being treated is scandalous. I spoke this morning to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: Was it not a bad sign when the Government had to do it?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: I am not denying that and I know that. I know many of these projects that have been approved. Some of them have been approved in Leitrim. However, many of them have not been approved and have been set aside on the flimsiest of criteria. If the smallest mistake is made, out they go. This is the problem. During the last programme, the LDCs worked with people and if there was a bit of a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: They are over the top.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: 33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason the newly announced local improvement scheme has had a funding reduction of €7 million from the 2017 allocation in view of the fact weather events in 2018 have had a detrimental effect on rural infrastructure. [19077/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Scheme (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: 40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to increase the number of rural recreation officers employed by his Department by appointing one in each county. [19079/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Brexit Issues (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: 56. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has requested an economic impact report on the potential effect of Brexit on the Border counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19078/18]

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: Exactly.

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I compliment the Chairman and committee members on the work done on the report. I also compliment the staff and the various organisations that sent in witnesses who gave us their knowledge and expertise on the issue. I also acknowledge the others who made submissions on it. As has been said, the tillage sector has been under pressure. The Teagasc report for the period 2007 to 2016...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Engagement with EU Commissioner Mr. Phil Hogan (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Commissioner and his staff. CAP is the big issue facing us for the next few years. The budget is vital. We must ensure the largest possible budget for Irish farmers and farm families. I welcome the announcement this morning of the €60,000 cap. That is appropriate at this point. We must find some way of capping that budget. This brings me to Pillar 1 in particular....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Engagement with EU Commissioner Mr. Phil Hogan (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Commissioner and his staff. CAP is the big issue facing us for the next few years. The budget is vital. We must ensure the largest possible budget for Irish farmers and farm families. I welcome the announcement this morning of the €60,000 cap. That is appropriate at this point. We must find some way of capping that budget. This brings me to Pillar 1 in particular....

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: The housing crisis is something that is hitting us throughout the country, particularly here in the city of Dublin. One of the agencies of the State which receives a vast amount of money every year is Horse Racing Ireland. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has a piece of land near Leopardstown racecourse, 20% of which is waste ground, in the ownership of Horse Racing Ireland, which...

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: That is the other side of the road.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: If it were front-loaded-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: There is a little bit of change-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a flat-rate basic payments system based on a payment per hectare rather than the almost 20-year old system based on a historical reference year. [18344/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: As the Minister is aware, Commissioner Hogan this morning mentioned that the new CAP is going to be more made in Dublin than Brussels. Specifically, in the context of the basic payments under Pillar 1, the traditional method of referring to 2000 or 2001 to decide the amount of payment farmers will receive is almost 20 years old. Most farmers understand that it does not work anymore and a...