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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Applications (7 Feb 2017)

Martin Kenny: 322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person's (detail supplied) application for back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5898/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Young Farmers Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Martin Kenny: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow young farmers that have enrolled but not necessarily completed an approved educational course to avail of payments on the basis that the EU has confirmed that the educational requirement for the young farmers scheme is a rule set at national level. [5063/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Young Farmers Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Martin Kenny: What is the situation regarding young farmers who have enrolled but not necessarily commenced - the tabled question states completed, which is a mistake - an approved educational course, that is, the FETAC level 6 course, the green cert, that many farmers had to do? They had to have commenced it before May of last year. Many of them were not able to do so because the places were not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Young Farmers Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Martin Kenny: The difficulty is that the Minister has previously stated categorically that this issue was an EU one. He said the EU Commission had stated that there was an issue with applicants commencing their agricultural education on a date after that on which they submitted the application for the national reserve and that they were excluded from the scheme if they had not commenced it beforehand. Up...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Young Farmers Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Martin Kenny: I will make one small point. There are 450 young farmers in the Sligo-Leitrim-Donegal area doing the course at the moment. Some 50% of the tutors employed by Teagasc are now awaiting the renewal of their contracts. They are not sure if that will happen. If it does not happen, where will it all end?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Young Farmers Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Martin Kenny: Surely this issue relates to flexibility and opportunity. The opportunity exists to create the flexibility to allow more farmers to enter it. Most farmers from all walks of life will accept that the problem is that we do not have a national reserve. The mechanism to get one, where if a farmer sells his or her entitlements a certain amount is clawed back, means no one is selling them....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Young Farmers Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Martin Kenny: Such as the processors.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (2 Feb 2017)

Martin Kenny: 21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the commonage implementation committee will meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4852/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (2 Feb 2017)

Martin Kenny: 22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms selected for remote sensing eligibility inspections in 2016; the way in which they were selected; the length of time it takes from selection to the results being relayed back to his Department; the date that such inspections commenced; and the date they finished. [4851/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Martin Kenny: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria being used in an Irish context to determine which areas will be designated as areas of natural constraint and the proposed implementation of the 10% allowance. [4853/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (2 Feb 2017)

Martin Kenny: 36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the possibility of a vaccination programme for commercial poultry against avian influenza; and if so, his plans in that regard. [4854/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (2 Feb 2017)

Martin Kenny: 279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the position regarding his Department demanding clawback from persons who, with the aid of forestry companies, in some cases decades ago, planted land and have been grant aided ever since, but with the introduction of remote sensing technology have now been accused of overclaiming in respect of an area and have been...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Martin Kenny: As the Taoiseach is aware, the Money Advice & Budgeting Service, MABS, does tremendous work. It has 51 offices around the country. The Citizens Information Board has proposed that MABS be regionalised into eight structures with managers in charge of each. To date, management of MABS has been done voluntarily by local committees and its services have been free of charge. It does a...

Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: There is a statement on the Bus Éireann website about the company's proud tradition of public service dating back to the foundation of the State. For 90 years, the national bus network has been an essential and integral part of Ireland's transport infrastructure. Public transport is a public service and, despite the Government’s obsession with the market, it does not have to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Policy Issues arising from the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 and the EPA report on Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Chairman for giving me the opportunity to contribute, although I am not a member of the committee. This is a huge issue in Sligo, Leitrim and west Cavan. For many years we have examined the possibility of shale gas extraction and the dangers it would present to communities. There is disappointment that we are consulting on the issue. The majority of those whom we represent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Policy Issues arising from the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 and the EPA report on Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: If I leave before I get the answers to my questions, it will not be out of disrespect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: I come from Leitrim and we have quite a number of organic farmers. Many of them have done very well, but I am very aware that there are people who have done it for a few years, found it difficult, and moved out of it again. It seems that the supports which have been put around organic farming are not working to make it sustainable in the long term. That is the issue that we have to try and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (31 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for assessments with the early intervention team in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if all children were assessed within the target timeframe of three months during 2016. [3780/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (31 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 455. To ask the Minister for Health if a full early intervention team is currently available in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and the waiting times for each of those team members. [3781/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (31 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the actions or measures that have been carried out to reduce waiting times in counties Sligo and Leitrim while vacancies exist in the early intervention team. [3782/17]