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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Martin Kenny: Is grass cover measured as a carbon sequester? Is it measured in the way forestry is measured?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Martin Kenny: Sorry, go ahead.

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: I compliment the Rural Independent Group on bringing forward the motion. The issue I will focus on is young drivers, particularly those in rural Ireland. My wife and I were insured by a particular company. Last year, we contacted the company to see if we could get a quote for my son to become an insured driver. It would not give us a quote so when we were renewing our insurance we went to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: I thank the delegates for their presentations and apologise for missing the beginning of the meeting. Clearly, the position is that the contracts which were developed at a time when forestry was a young enough concept for many were designed to encourage farmers to go down this route. The position seems to be - the delegates can correct me if I am wrong - that everything was weighted in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for the presentation and for their attendance on this snowy afternoon. They said legal advice was provided to the people who signed up to these contracts. Did they get independent legal advice or was it just suggested that they get legal advice? Can the witnesses confirm that they actually got the legal advice? I refer to clarity around the value of the timber and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: Is Coillte selling forest land that has been planted or land after clearfell?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: Is Coillte raising capital to buy new land?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: Coillte's new premium partnership is for existing forestries that have matured to a certain extent and are at the stage where the farmer is receiving the premium. Is the system which we have spent the last couple of hours speaking about no longer appropriate? Is that not a reflection that it certainly was not working for the farmer, regardless of whether it was working for Coillte?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: In many areas in Leitrim we have a huge problem because much of the forestry is on poor country roads. Hundreds of tonnes of timber are taken out over a period of a couple of weeks and the road is left in a total mess after it. That happens all over the country. A lot of local authorities have serious issues because while a road will withstand normal wear and tear, we are talking about a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: There should be some fund put in place derived from a small levy placed on the forestry industry. A fund could be built up so that local authorities could get some money from it. It is a big issue for local authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: 551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the fishing for litter and net recycling initiatives benefit fishermen via financial incentives in partaking in schemes (details supplied); if not, the reason therefore; the persons that benefit; the way in which their participation contributes to their individual certification under the Bord Iascaigh Mhara...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (27 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: 556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of compensation paid to farmers to compensate for all animals removed from herds due to disease control in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [9852/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (27 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: 570. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of the dairy sector pilot project (details supplied) that was conducted in 2017; the number and scale of recipients to the scheme; and his plans to sustain and expand the scheme; and the funding allocated for same in 2018. [9851/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: On the same issue-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: I had the same issue with many constituents who are suffering from cancer. They are being asked to get a letter from their consultant stating that it is terminal. It is a terrible situation for any family to be asked to do this in order to get a medical card. Really I think the Minister needs to intervene and ensure that the practice ends.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (22 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: 158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that pig farmers are facing with low factory prices for pigs over the past month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9052/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (22 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all sheep inspections will be deferred until after lambing season in view of the fact that carrying out inspections now would cause severe stress on heavily pregnant ewes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9064/18]

Supporting the Suckling Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the motion which was brought forward by Deputy Charlie McConalogue. The element on which Deputies have been focusing is the suckler cow sector, as well as where the suckler cow scheme is at and how we move forward. Many farmers have found the BDGP very useful. There are approximately 25,000 farmers participating in the scheme, but we know that there...

Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: We all welcome the concept of a development plan, looking to the future and planning for the future, and we know it has to happen. As a Government, a society and a people we need to look to the future and to try to plan ahead in order to know where we are going and what we are at now. The difficulty that many of us have spelled out with regard to this plan is that the draft which we saw in...