Results 3,961-3,980 of 4,024 for speaker:Martin Kenny
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: One of the issues in my area with forestry is one I have raised before with the Minister and the Minister of State. In County Leitrim 17% of the land is under forestry. I believe the figure is probably closer to 20%, given the amount of land that has been planted recently. Afforestation, in itself, is fine. It is productive and generates an income for many people who plant their land....
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: I have two points based on my experience and that of most people I see around me. Farmers are planting their land. What we see is that a farmer with 100 acres decides to plant all of his land and so he or she ceases to farm. They give up farming their marginal and poor quality land as they can make more from the forestry grants than they will make from farming the land. That is the...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: That is right. We would welcome a review of the consequences. I suggest that the communities who live in these areas should have an input into the review in order to build a consensus.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: I have a query about the areas of natural constraint and, in particular, what were traditionally known as the disadvantaged areas payments. There has been a certain amount of development over the years because much of this country has been designated as a disadvantaged area. I come from an place that has very marginal and mountain lands. The people there are very much of the view that...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: Spruce.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: Will there be a special programme for that?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: I understand power stations are to move away from burning peat. For example, I believe the peat-burning power station in Lanesborough will shift to using biomass in the long term.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: I know, but-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: It is fine discussing a small community or someone with a swimming pool using a biomass boiler, but doing something major is required to have the scale to which we have referred.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: I know, but at least it would be labour intensive and involve an alternative use of land. If farmers were given this support, it could keep them living in the area, as they would have to be there to harvest their crops every few years.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: Yes.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: The Minister stated the proposed new sheep scheme will take into account the differences in management between lowland and hill flocks. Does this mean the scheme will be weighted towards hill farmers, in particular commonage farmers, who have much lower stocking densities?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: Will the same menu be offered to both types of farmers?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: Does this mean there will be four, five or six voluntary options from which farmers will a choose a number?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Martin Kenny: Will any of the options be compulsory?
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Jun 2016)
Martin Kenny: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to approve the July provision for a person (details supplied). [17567/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions (21 Jun 2016)
Martin Kenny: 484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that contracts are being terminated where soil sample analyses are late even by a few days, even though soil sample analysis can take ten days to complete and weather conditions can cause delay under the agri-environment options scheme. [17024/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions (21 Jun 2016)
Martin Kenny: 485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will apply a period of grace on the deadline for submission of soil analyses under the agri-environment options scheme or under the basic payment scheme. [17025/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (14 Jun 2016)
Martin Kenny: 502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive pig sector crisis funding. [15497/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (14 Jun 2016)
Martin Kenny: 503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has fined a person (details supplied) and reduced the person's payment under the basic payment scheme. [15498/16]