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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: I want to raise the issue of early intervention youth mental health services. Yesterday I met representatives of Youth Work Ireland in Buswells. This issue came up with the North Connaught Youth and Community Services, NCYCS, which has applied for funding for this initiative that provides brief intervention and support for people aged 12 to 25 who do not reach the threshold for the child...

Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: What happened 25 years ago when the Good Friday Agreement brought all sides together to work out a better future was a landmark for this island. I certainly was much younger then but, like many others, I was running around at the time trying to convince people of the merits of the agreement and explain what it was about. I also tried to explain how we could advance the possibility of a...

Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: We can do that together. The Good Friday Agreement is the template for that. We must not move away from it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I come from a rural constituency, namely, Sligo-Leitrim. To follow up on the Leas-Chathaoirleach's remarks on one-off rural housing, I live in a rural parish. We do not have a town. We have a small school, which was a three-teacher school five years ago, is now a two-teacher school, and will close in another five years, because we have an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: An Leas-Chathaoirleach had to leave the meeting to attend a vote. The next speaker will be Deputy O'Rourke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: Ms Donnelly mentioned the issue of having enough EV chargers motorways. Is there an issue with capacity? The owner of a filling station told me some time ago that they were looking to get these chargers in but the power supplier had a limit on the number of stations it could install because the network did not have sufficient capacity to provide them. When someone with an EV wants to get...

Re-introduction of Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: Rising mortgage interest rates have put homeowners at risk and under severe financial pressure. In the context of last week's announcement from the Government that there will possibly be a surplus of €10 billion this year and one of up to €16 billion next year, it is completely ridiculous that the Government is not supporting homeowners who are experiencing such stress. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: 319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the Cost Rental Equity Loan, the Affordable Housing Fund and Project Tosaigh in Sligo for the years, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and planned to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme; and average price of units by unit size, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: 320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the Cost Rental Equity Loan, the Affordable Housing Fund and Project Tosaigh in Leitrim for the years, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and planned to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme; and average price of units by unit size, in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (19 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: When it comes to the housing crisis, the issue is devastating in all areas of the country. In rural Ireland, as my colleagues have said, it is the same. In my constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, this is a crisis for many families, particularly those in rural areas. I spoke to people in the housing department in recent days. While the guidelines on what to do are clearer now than they were two...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (19 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: Many people are paying very high rent and simply cannot afford to save. That is one of the big issues they have. They cannot afford to save the deposit for a house. I mentioned a case in this Chamber last night of a woman in Sligo. She has a deposit of 10% because she received it from her mother. However, she has been turned down because she has to show that 3% of that deposit comes from...

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: The Minister mentioned several times that his is the party that wants to ensure that people have home ownership and that Sinn Féin is against home ownership. I give an example from my constituency of a separated woman with two children living in a rented house. Her rent increased by almost a third this time last year. Obviously, she can hardly afford it as it is. She has now received...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank all of the witnesses for their opening statements and submissions. We are all conscious we are here because so many women in our society in particular, albeit men too, have suffered for so long and have been the victims of femicide. The case of Ashling Murphy galvanised everybody in the country. We are all here because we want things to change given, clearly, they have not been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: This is probably an even greater issue for women in a migrant situation, who might not have the support base of family or community that others might have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: Another issue relates to the expertise that already exists and how that can be brought to bear on the board. What level of oversight will the board have and how will its members be selected?

Taisceadán (Valuable Property Register) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: I accept time has progressed, things have moved along and the Garda property app is up and running. However, few people know about that. It is not something the public is widely aware of and there is a job of work to be done around it in particular. I accept there can be issues. GDPR arrived on the scene and it is one of those things that just smothers everything. No matter what one...

Taisceadán (Valuable Property Register) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This motion is on legislation on having a national property register, which was first initiated by my predecessor as spokesperson for justice, Deputy Ó Laoghaire. I commend him on his work in this regard. The Bill is a simple legislation. It proposes an Act to establish a register of personal property so that people can register it....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Policy (30 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: But I cannot come in.

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: We are all aware that the sheep sector has been in crisis for many years. This does not come as a surprise. Sheep farmers, mainly those in mountainous areas and with poorer land, much of it in the west, including in my constituency, are finding it very difficult to manage and have been for quite some time. The sheep welfare payment in place is not adequate to deal with the situation....