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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (21 Jun 2017)

Martin Kenny: 238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he plans to make a decision regarding the allocation of spurdog quota to the Irish fleet. [29246/17]

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Martin Kenny: We are not.

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Martin Kenny: MBNA.

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Martin Kenny: The main issue in the motion tabled by Fianna Fáil is trade deals, specifically CETA and TTIP. We have some difficulty in understanding why we are going down this road. I can only conclude it is because Fianna Fáil believes this will be the solution to the Irish economic problems. It is the wrong track to take. I think most people understand that we need trade. We are a small...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan (20 Jun 2017)

Martin Kenny: 107. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published. [27960/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (20 Jun 2017)

Martin Kenny: 1469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days per year full capacity protocol has been implemented at University Hospital Galway in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [28681/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jun 2017)

Martin Kenny: 1608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of spending by his Department on health and safety equipment and training for fishers over the past five years in tabular form. [26872/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (20 Jun 2017)

Martin Kenny: 1742. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expenditure by his Department on research and development in the maritime energy sector including tidal, wave and wind energy in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [26934/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: Clearly, we support the motion which will do exactly what we need to do. I commend the Deputies of the Rural Independent Group for bringing it forward. All of us, from all parts of the country, have been lobbied by many people who have found themselves in this situation. One of the things that strikes me is the length of time that has passed. It has been a year since the programme for...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: Absolutely, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I again commend Deputy McLoughlin on the Bill. I also commend all the community organisations across north Leitrim, which is where the core of this came from. I also commend those from Leitrim's surrounding counties. I also see people from the other side of the Border, Fermanagh, here. This issue affects communities throughout the country. It is a...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: I have no problem with the first section of the additional amendment. However, the second section states: "The Minister shall not issue, renew, reinstate, or extend any licence or other exploitation rights for the exploration, extraction, production or prospecting of petroleum onshore or offshore." That is the direction we need to go in. We need to move away from fossil fuels everywhere -...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: It was not intentional at all.

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: They are being fractured.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their appearance today. Traceability is something which has been brought up by many witnesses in this committee, and I fully accept the commitment that the witnesses do not support or accept that people should be sending greyhounds to any country where their welfare is below the standards we have here. What sanction is there, or what concrete proposal exists to try...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: How does Mr. Frank Nyhan explain the situation where the British greyhound board will not allow Irish dogs to race there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: It is not just what people are saying, but it is the experience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: If the test is done in the laboratory in Limerick, can cross-checks be done with other laboratories? Do dog owners have an opportunity to cross-check the results elsewhere?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: How many positive tests were there in dogs in Ireland in 2014 and 2015?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: That is less than 1%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: It seems to be completely at odds with what we are hearing on the ground. That is all I will say.