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- Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: With respect to the House, I just want a moment to finish this.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: The issues I have raised have been discredited and ridiculed by some gardaí and other people in the community.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: The people who brought up these issues have been-----
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: First, I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. I welcome this Bill and its various provisions, which I believe are for the common good, especially those designed to combat tobacco smoking. I believe a progressive Legislature sometimes should be ahead of public opinion in enacting progressive measures that modify behaviour, eventually...
- Other Questions: Irish Water Funding (5 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: The first question asks the Minister the impact on the financing of the Irish Water capital programme up to 2021 from the expected reduction in water charges that may be the outcome of the independent commission and the Oireachtas committee on the future of water charges. The second linked question, Question No. 30 from Deputy Imelda Munster, looks for a breakdown of the capital programme...
- Other Questions: Irish Water Funding (5 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: In a sense, the Minister did not answer the question. I suppose it is impossible to answer it as the matter is all in flux. The concern many have is that when water charges go, and we all expect that is what will ultimately be the outcome of all this and it is certainly what the majority of Deputies in the House want, the Government should have a clear plan in place to support existing...
- Other Questions: Irish Water Funding (5 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: The essence of all of this is wait and we will see what the Government can do. The model that has been put in place, where the Government set up this structure off the books and tried to borrow the money on the international markets to provide the infrastructure, simply has not worked and that must be recognised. Irish Water has been a failure. That is the reality for the people. It is...
- Other Questions: Library Services (5 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: I commend the Minister on his work in respect of that issue.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (4 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons and companies and associated amount of income and gains, in increments of €5,000, in receipt of tax relief related to woodlands here, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28273/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (4 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: 507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons or companies, and the associated amount of income or gains in increments of €5,000, in receipt of grant aid related to the ownership of woodlands and all woodland activity from 2009 and 2015 in tabular form and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28274/16]
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)
Martin Kenny: A business case was supposed to be brought forward. It was revealed to us yesterday evening that there was no business case and that the business case was simply a letter from the chairperson of HRI to-----
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)
Martin Kenny: There is no business case. Does the Taoiseach concur that his two Ministers were misled and that they have agreed to the appointment of the CEO of HRI for a third term which, apart from the huge salary the man in question will receive, is in breach of Government guidelines?
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)
Martin Kenny: As the Government is aware, page 114 of the programme for Government states the Government will prioritise strategic investment to support modernisation of the greyhound and horse racing sector. In recent days we have had a lot of turmoil, and yesterday evening the Minister appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine to discuss this. Two issues are...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)
Martin Kenny: It goes to the very heart of the issue of new government and new politics.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)
Martin Kenny: Yes, we are dealing with promised legislation and the programme for Government. I have raised the issue on the back of this.
- Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (27 Sep 2016)
Martin Kenny: The Minister could at least enter negotiations.
- Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (27 Sep 2016)
Martin Kenny: It was done under threat.
- Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (27 Sep 2016)
Martin Kenny: The Minister said the local authority has an obligation to manage its own budget.
- Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (27 Sep 2016)
Martin Kenny: But all of us here have an obligation to ensure that all of the people in the country get an equal and adequate service for what they pay for.
- Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (27 Sep 2016)
Martin Kenny: It is the people that we represent. Some people who were employed by the State as servants of the State in Sligo made mistakes in the past during the boom that happened in this country but to talk about money that was won or lost is like talking about the rain that fell last week. It is over, it is gone. We need to look at the new situation and move things forward. I fully accept that the...