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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1047. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons waiting for GLAS payments; the number of part payments issued; and his plans to have the outstanding payments processed. [15061/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Licences (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the categories of licence issued for eel fishing. [16225/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Licences (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the difference between the licences issued for salmon fishing and licences issued for eel fishing. [16226/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed independent review into the western rail corridor will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16126/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority’s national rail review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16127/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1349. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be sourced for a centre (details supplied) in County Leitrim which provides essential community services to older persons and which has had a cut of almost 50% of its funding through Pobal. [15286/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Expenditure (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1354. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of Leader funding which has been issued to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15463/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Expenditure (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1355. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated amount of Leader funding expected to be issued by the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15464/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Minister and his staff. I also welcome the farm organisations and their representatives. In the first week of October last year, I had a priority question to the Minister on this issue. On that occasion, the Minister's basic mantra was that there was no fodder crisis. His view was that there was plenty of fodder in the country but some of it was in the wrong places and needed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Minister for the second day this week. I will start with the CAP budget. Everyone is in unison with the view that the budget needs to be maintained and even increased if we are to make any difference. The big issue is that so many EU member states have said thus far that they are not prepared to pay in that extra amount. What does that mean? What is going to be the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Martin Kenny: And a heavy one at that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Martin Kenny: Pillar 1 covered greening and the basic payment. Is it proposed to merge both of those? Does that mean there will be greening actions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Martin Kenny: Is that by member states?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Martin Kenny: The Minister mentioned that 95% of the farmers get 75% of the funds in Pillar 1. That means that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Martin Kenny: It is 77%. That means 5% of farmers are getting almost a quarter of the funds-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Martin Kenny: -----when that is put in reverse.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Martin Kenny: That is the point. Then 100% of farmers are obviously getting 100% of the funds, so the higher we go with the percentage of farmers, the higher we go with the percentage of funds. It is really the fact that such a large block goes to such a small percentage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Martin Kenny: Is it almost a danger that they up their game and meet the European standards? When they do meet the European standards, we will have a diminished argument when we go to try to fight the battle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Martin Kenny: Particularly Argentina?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Martin Kenny: The Minister is saying that if a Mercosur deal were concluded, it would be six to seven years before we would see products being imported-----