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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: On the granular issue, how far down will the Department go?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: Are there 40 catchments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: I believe it was the Teagasc presentation that mentioned forestry. A lot of forestry that is on peatlands is being harvested. Is that forestry being replanted on those peatlands?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: What is happening seems to fly in the face of logic. On the one hand, people with new forestry are told that peatlands are not appropriate because their usage will release more carbon than it will capture. At the same time, there are peatlands, particularly in my part of the world - many thousands of acres of mountain bog there were planted, which in some cases resulted in serious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: Please forgive me for suggesting that when it takes 40 years to produce a crop, it seems strange for the Department to wait another five years before deciding what to do. Forestry planted in the next five years will be there for the next 30 to 40 years, so a lot of peatland will be in forestry and we do not know what the science in the report will say. There is a lot of scepticism about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: A couple of things spring to mind. What Senator Brady said is quite correct. At the end of the day, farming is a long-term commitment for anyone who goes into it. What is put in place to support them, particularly if we are to go down the route of ensuring that the environment is protected and maintained, if we are asking them to do things in a particular way, has to be funded adequately...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: One of the key things is the point made regarding the cut in the CAP. We were in Brussels last week and we put it to the Commissioner that there is a breakdown in trust between the agricultural sector and the European Union. That trust needs to be restored. If it continues to cut away at the CAP budget and to introduce trade deals like Mercosur, which undermine agriculture across all of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of tonnes of farm plastic currently stored in Irish Farm Film Producers Groups approved yards; and where in the country are they stored. [51805/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of farm plastic that has been collected by Irish Farm Film Producers Groups from Irish farmers; the amount that has been recycled; the amount that has been incinerated; the amount that has been exported in 2023, 2024 and to date 2025, in tabular form. [51807/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Irish farmers have to pay a recycling levy when they buy silage wrap and also have to pay for it to be collected for recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51809/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of an autism class for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51159/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding can be secured to repair a sewerage system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51620/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider increasing the household benefit package to take into account the increases in electricity costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51184/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 756. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if food that is recalled for reason of an outbreak of disease, or suspicion of an outbreak of disease, is disposed of; how it is disposed of; and if there is transparent oversight of its disposal. [51894/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 903. To ask the Minister for Health the number of food recalls, and the name of the food processors involved, in 2025 to date, in tabular form. [51889/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 904. To ask the Minister for Health if the food safety authority has investigated all instances of food recalls to date; and what the results of these investigations were. [51891/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 905. To ask the Minister for Health if the food safety authority issued any enforcement orders or penalties in relation to food recalls for 2025. [51893/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Kenny: 906. To ask the Minister for Health if food that is recalled for reason of an outbreak of disease, or suspicion of an outbreak of disease, is disposed of; how it is disposed of; and if there is transparent oversight of its disposal. [51895/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if a dermatology consultant has been appointed to deal with the enormous waiting list in Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52013/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Oct 2025)

Martin Kenny: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will provide funding for a multiple sclerosis community worker for Sligo and Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52012/25]