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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons waiting for their 2017 applications for all relevant schemes to be processed; the monetary value of the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55111/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes in his Department that were behind schedule on expenditure at the end of November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been recovered from persons in all relevant schemes in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the areas to which this money is then allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55115/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme Expenditure (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the 2017 sheep welfare budget allocation that was not required; his plans for this unused allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55112/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a communication channel for agricultural planners and advisors in order that they can contact the company that digitises maps for his Department in view of the fact that this could help to speed up the correction of issues with digitised maps in applications for agricultural schemes; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to retain the current definition of an active farmer from 2018 onwards after the approval of the omnibus rules by the European Parliament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55116/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of afforested land in County Leitrim; the percentage of this land that is agricultural; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1026/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Schemes (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend grant aid from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to cover energy efficient re-equipment in poultry, pigs and horticulture not already covered by the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme. [54472/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: It is more the early departure of the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath.

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: I know that.

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: That is a very disappointing answer. The Minister of State is saying he will be able to respond on the specific operational matters raised when the consultant comes back to the hospital to deal with them. The issue is not about the consultant but the arrangement at the hospital. It is a management issue. There is no problem with what the consultants do or the clinical service they...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: This issue is in respect of the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire but there is no negative connotation in terms of its staff or the work they do. The National Rehabilitation Hospital has a strategic partnership with a private company, Ability Matters, which provides prosthetic limbs. The difficulty in that regard is that many people who acquire a prosthetic limb do not do so...

Topical Issue Debate (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: The Minister of State for disabilities has just left the Chamber.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: In the programme for Government, there is much commitment to people with disabilities. The National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire receives a vast amount of public funds and does tremendous work. However, there is an anomaly particularly for people who have prosthetic limbs, and there are such people in my constituency. If such a person gets a prosthetic limb from a private...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: Under the programme for Government, there is a commitment to ensure that people with disabilities retain their rights.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: People with prosthetic limbs cannot get physiotherapy, and this needs to be dealt with.

Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: I commend the Rural Independents Alliance for putting down this motion this evening. All of us are conscious in all our constituencies of people who are waiting and trying to get home care packages, people waiting for home help hours and the fight and struggle that goes on. I am sure that it is the same everywhere, including for the Minister of State, that when one contacts whoever is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee and giving their rundown of Coillte's position. As has been said, Coillte is one of the largest landowners in the country. It has a vast resource there. I have a couple of questions around that. One question is in regard to the exports. Mr. Leamy says that Coillte is trying to enhance the value of the product through processing,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: Does the farmer have a role in that? In a normal partnership, a decision is made by both parties to the partnership on whether they will thin the trees or accept the price they are getting, for example. Many farmers say they do not have a say and that they are just told what is happening. That is the issue. Will the review change that? Will farmers be given equal status within the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: Can the partnership change? Is that what Mr. Leamy is saying? Can the conditions of the contract be changed?