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Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: When will it be completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witness for the presentation. The witness raised a couple of issues in his presentation that I wish to return to. He mentioned the standards we have here and the standards in Britain. Many people are saying that when Britain leaves, if it wants to export its goods to the EU, it will also have to maintain the standards the EU have. The campaign for Brexit was very much based on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: I thank Professor Matthews for a comprehensive report into CAP reform. On the last points made by the professor, certainly for many farmers in Ireland, the intensification of agriculture has meant that fewer farmers are farming the land. I have always felt that the Irish model, and to some extent the British model, where there is the family farm and livestock are free to roam and are grass...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: Is it not the case that our unique selling point is that we do not produce beef from that type of system but that we produce grass-fed beef from family farms? We are not competing with the huge feedlots that they have in Latin America and other places. We are producing a much superior product from the perspective of what the consumer wants. It is a question of marketing more than anything...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: As the Taoiseach is aware, there is a huge crisis in rural Ireland with regard to ambulance services and long waiting times. Recently in Killeshandra Church of Ireland School a child fell ill. The local GP was called to attend to the child but he had to put the child in the back of his own car and drive to Cavan General Hospital because he was told that an ambulance would take 45 minutes....

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: The same is happening all over the country-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: It is relevant because the programme states that the Government will increase the level of services in rural areas, particularly blue light services. We have a crisis across rural Ireland because dynamic deployment, a management process that has been put in place, means that ambulances are travelling up and down the country rather than being stationed in their own areas. It is not new...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: Subvention cuts.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of excise foregone to the Exchequer from the illegal use of green diesel here in each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41021/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Inspections (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being taken to detect the illegal use of green diesel; the number of detections in each of the years 2011 to 2015 of such illegal activity; the actions taken as a result of any such detection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41022/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of resources, including staffing and equipment, for the customs section of the Revenue Commissioners related to the policing and enforcement of illegal fuel laundering of green diesel, in each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41023/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 576. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will intervene to assist a person (details supplied) to have their assessment for disability allowance recalculated in order that the person is not forced to quit their job and sign on for a jobseeker's payment which would be financially better for them compared to the current rate of their disability allowance. [41640/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crop Treatments (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 1361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the World Health Organization said last year that pre-harvest desiccation with glyphosate, as recommended by Teagasc, is probably carcinogenic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41323/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crop Treatments (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 1362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that glyphosate has been linked to non-Hodgkins lymphoma, is a suspected endocrine disrupter and that it is banned in 11 countries, including France and the Netherlands. [41324/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crop Treatments (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 1363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the origin of the advice from Teagasc to farmers to engage in pre-harvest desiccation for all varieties of wheat, oats, barley, peas, oilseed rape and linseed. [41325/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crop Treatments (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 1364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the prevalence of the use of glyphosate here and if he has concerns regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41326/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 1365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to strengthen safety of farmers and consumers from such chemicals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41327/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 1427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the real need to develop facilities at Greencastle Harbour and Leenan Pier in County Donegal; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that his Department's funding system for piers and harbours severely curtails Donegal County Council's ability to carry out the necessary improvement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fuel Laundering (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 1461. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual cost related to the clean up and restoration process due to fuel laundering - extracting the green dye from diesel - due to the environmental consequences and waste pollution related to the extraction process in each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41024/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 1616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the implications for County Sligo of the cuts to the expressway service as proposed in the Grant Thornton report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1874/17]