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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: I thank Senator Dolan for raising an important issue. I acknowledge her passion about this and her frustration. I give apologies on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, who could not be here today. The Senator clearly articulated the frustration among her constituents and the healthcare workers not just in her area, but also around the country, who are in cohort 3 and therefore...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: I will take the valid points the Senator raised back to the Minister for Health, on whose behalf I am taking this Commencement matter, and his officials. The pandemic recognition payment scheme is in its final stages, with more than 205,000 eligible employees having now been paid. The payments to eligible workers in the HSE and section 38 organisations are substantially completed, as I have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Courts Service (25 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: I thank Senator Ward for the practical and important points he has made on this issue. I convey the apologies of my colleague, the Minster for Justice, Deputy Harris, who regrets that he cannot be here due to another commitment. He assures the Senator that it is a priority for the Government to resource the courts to administer justice efficiently and effectively for members of the public...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Courts Service (25 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: I thank Senator Ward again for raising these points, which I undertake to bring back to Department of Justice officials and the Minister, Deputy Harris. I acknowledge that the Senator speaks from a level of expertise and personal experience on this matter. The Government endeavours to fill all judicial vacancies at the earliest opportunity and, as I said, a number of such vacancies have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Funding (25 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: I thank Senator McGreehan for raising this very important issue. I can imagine how emotive this is in County Louth. She has clearly articulated the concerns and has been very fair in her approach to this matter. I have been provided with this response on behalf of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage who sends his apologies. Funding to local authorities under the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Funding (25 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: I again thank the Senator for raising this matter. I am here in my capacity as a Minister of State in the Government but I am also a Deputy who does constituency work. I know the value of housing adaptation grants to older people in Kildare South as much as the Senator knows their value in Louth. The Senator is dead right that it is a common sense approach as well as the right thing to do....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Rights (25 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. He has summed up the situation, which I am very familiar with from my role in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The Senator has summed up both parts of the situation. There is a real need for seasonal work permits from an industry perspective. Certain industries, such as horticulture, are seasonal by their nature and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Rights (25 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: That is exactly right. If I could reassure the Senator of one thing, it is that there is no complacency in the Government when it comes to making sure the appropriate safeguards are in place. We see the benefit for business. We see the benefit of seasonable workers for our economy. That flexibility is there in our permit system. However, that will not be at the cost of the rights of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Supports (16 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: Up the lilies.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Supports (16 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: I assure the Senator that I understand the gravity of the picture she has painted. I, and everyone in the farming community, will not quickly forget the events during the foot and mouth crisis. It is estimated that the culling within the Cooley Peninsula impacted 48,744 sheep, 166 goats, 1,123 cattle, 2,908 pigs and 280 deer. Outside the Cooley Peninsula, it is estimated that 3,826 sheep...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: It is a special exemption we are lucky to have.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: We have the exemption.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: ACRES, which has been raised here, is a hugely popular scheme with farmers. While we had a target of attracting 30,000 farmers into the scheme, it was oversubscribed and 46,000 farmers applied for it. Great work was done in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to be able to facilitate all of those applicants and meet the huge level of demand from farmers. I am not familiar...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Heydon: He never said that. He said in the Chamber yesterday that he would meet them.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Heydon: He said it clearly in the House yesterday. The Deputy can check the record of the House from yesterday. He said he would be in the Dáil between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Heydon: Do not misrepresent what he said.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Heydon: He met them.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Heydon: That was because he was in the House. The Deputy knows that.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Heydon: Sorry nothing. Do not misrepresent it.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Heydon: I will call the Deputy out when he is not telling the truth.