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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dog Breeding Industry (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: I agree with that there is a need for continued and improved monitoring. As I have said, the local authorities are responsible for that. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is considering whether there is a need for further legislation governing the advertisement and sale of pet animals, including pups. The Deputy has highlighted some of the atrocious cases that have made...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dog Breeding Industry (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: I am delighted to meet groups that are interested in animal welfare, which is an important area. I accept it is not ideal that responsibility for this matter is spread across three Departments. There were discussions with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on foot of the public consultation process. There is a lot of co-ordination and collaboration across Government...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Western Development Commission (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: The Western Development Commission, WDC, operates the western investment fund, which contributes to the development of the region by investing through equity or loans in business startups, growth-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises and community-based measures to encourage enterprise development. The western investment fund was established as a revolving fund. The WDC uses the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Western Development Commission (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: The potential is great. The investment in these companies to provide loans and secure share capital has the potential to ensure the WDC Investment Fund can continue to grow. As it grows and as some companies spin out, make money and repay their loans, the return on investment is considerable for the Western Development Commission. The potential for the fund to grow is great. The board has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Western Development Commission (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: There is a new CEO, a new chairman of the board and a new board has been in place over the last period. There is potential. There have been a number of success stories and initiatives, including the western regional audiovisual producers, WRAP, fund, under the Western Development Commission and local authorities. It was launched last year and it has been a great success. It has generated...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Innovation Fund Ireland (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: The Social Innovation Fund Ireland (SIFI) was established in 2013 following on from the recommendations of a 2012 report of the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising. Its mission is to provide growth capital to Ireland’s best social innovations, investing in solutions to social problems and creating jobs. SIFI finds and backs innovative solutions to critical social issues in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Telecommunications Services Data (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: The Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce was established in July 2016 to examine broadband and mobile phone coverage deficits in Ireland and identify tangible actions to improve the quality of these services. The Task Force Report was published in December 2016, encompassing 40 actions to alleviate barriers to mobile phone reception and broadband access. An Implementation Group was...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Cross-Border Projects (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: The Minister for Rural and Community Development is a member of the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC). However, his colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has primary responsibility with respect to the North South Ministerial Council relating to Agriculture and Rural Development.  The North South Ministerial Council has been unable to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charities Regulation (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: The Charities Regulator is an independent authority which was established in October 2014 under the Charities Act 2009. The key functions of the Regulator are to establish and maintain a public register of charitable organisations operating in Ireland and ensure their compliance with the Charities Acts. In line with section 40 of the Charities Act 2009, all organisations which had been...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: The Programme for Partnership Government and the Action Plan for Rural Development both contain a commitment to progress the concept of an Atlantic Economic Corridor. The Atlantic Economic Corridor has been recognised in the National Planning Framework as a potential key enabler to the regional growth objectives of the NPF.  The Atlantic Economic Corridor Taskforce was...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: The Programme for Partnership Government and the Action Plan for Rural Development both contain a commitment to progress the concept of an Atlantic Economic Corridor. The Atlantic Economic Corridor has also been recognised in the National Planning Framework as a potential key enabler to the regional growth objectives of the NPF. The Atlantic Economic Corridor Taskforce was established in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Participation Networks (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: My Department provides funding and support to 31 Public Participation Networks (PPNs) nationwide. This year, funding of up to €50,000 has been provided to each local authority to support the work of the PPNs, supplemented by a minimum of €30,000 per annum from each authority’s own resources. In addition, my Department continues to support the on-going development of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Correspondence (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: A detailed response to the correspondence referred to was issued to the Deputy on 10 August last.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Service Provision (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: My Department has combined the original two Regional Broadband Action Groups into a single country-wide Regional Action Group to remove barriers to the installation of telecoms infrastructure and accelerate the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan once a contract is signed with the successful tenderer. The Group currently meets on a monthly basis and has successfully facilitated the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (26 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: Ireland’s Eel Management Plan (EMP), including the closure of commercial fishing, was approved, in 2009, by the European Commission under EU Regulation 1100/2007. Fishing for eel was by way of public licence and therefore the issue of compensation does not arise. However, both Minister Naughten and I have secured Exchequer funding for a support measure. Officials have engaged with...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Telecommunications Services Data (26 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: The Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce was established in July 2016 to examine broadband and mobile phone coverage deficits in Ireland and identify tangible actions to improve the quality of these services. The Taskforce Report was published in December 2016, encompassing 40 actions to alleviate barriers to mobile phone reception and broadband access.  An Implementation Group was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Kyne: Ireland’s Eel Management Plan (EMP), including the closure of commercial fishing, was approved, in 2009, by the European Commission under EU Regulation 1100/2007. Fishing for eel was by way of public licence and therefore the issue of compensation does not arise. However, both Minister Naughten and I have secured Exchequer funding for a support measure. Officials have engaged with...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Service Provision (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: I thank Deputies Troy and Michael Moynihan for raising this issue. I welcome the opportunity to address the House on the matter. As appears from the reply to Question No. 78 of 18 September 2018, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten, signed a commitment agreement with Eir in April 2017 on the plan to provide high-speed broadband to 300,000...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Service Provision (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: Eir is a private company, as the Deputies should know, given its privatisation in Fianna Fáil's time when the infrastructure was sold off. The Government signed a commitment contract with Eir to connect 300,000 houses which the company identified. The houses the Deputies talked about which are at the ends of roads will be part of the intervention area under the national broadband plan....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: I propose to take questions Nos. 513 to 516, inclusive, together. A land subsidence incident in the grounds of the Magheracloone GAA club was reported on Monday morning, 24 September affecting lands above the disused underground gypsum mine at Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan. An investigation team engaged by the company, incorporating mining engineers from the UK, arrived at the site to assess the...