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Topical Issue Debate: Water Pollution (19 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Minister's contribution. Sometimes when a Topical Issue is raised the question can be short and it may not spontaneously produce the right answer. I note that the scripted reply of the Minister states that the primary responsibility for the monitoring and management of water quality is the local authority under the Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts. While that is the...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Pollution (19 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: My colleagues and I met with the society earlier this week and it is very clear that it has genuine concerns about the situation. The River Barrow is a major river in the south east and the second longest in Ireland. It is an excellent salmon river but the society is very concerned that its stocks are being depleted. The construction debris dumped in the river and other pollution issues...

Fodder Shortage: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 1:(a) to insert the following after "as is currently permitted; and":"— that this fodder crisis started last September 2017, when land became so waterlogged due to the severe weather that farmers, particularly in the north west, were unable to operate machinery on the land and failed to get a second cut of silage or hay;" and(b) to insert the following after "2018...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Duel Divestment Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (19 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: Deputy Pearse Doherty has supplied some notes on the legislation to me. I welcome the Bill and the work done by Deputy Pringle. We support amendment No. 1. I also welcome the words from the Minister of State that, in general, he would be supportive of it. However, when he went into the detail, I felt there was a bit of a drawback from that. One thing that strikes me immediately is when...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (19 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the balancing payment of the 2017 sheep welfare scheme will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17152/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: As the Taoiseach is aware, there is a commitment in the programme for Government on children with autism. Autism units were put in place in many primary and secondary schools. An issue arises in regard to the primary sector in Sligo and Leitrim in that there are not enough such units in place and many schools are hesitant about putting them in place because they do not receive adequate...

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I will be sharing time with my two colleagues. We will be supporting the motion put forward by Fianna Fáil in regard to the fodder crisis. The crisis has been going on for a very long time. In October of last year, I first raised with the Minister that a fodder crisis was looming in the north west. The Minister had at that time a very bland attitude to the matter and insisted that...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: It is clear that everyone, including the Taoiseach, is very conscious of the situation farmers are in but, unfortunately, nothing has been done for them. That is the problem. Some 15% of low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, payments are due to be paid to farmers from the middle of May onwards. I ask that those payments be brought forward and paid now. That would amount to €500...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the report on costings of pay equality and the timeframe to achieve it as called for in an amendment to section 11 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15127/18]

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.