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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: There is an issue with regard to the straws used for insemination. They can be used for years after the dog is long dead. This question was brought up at some stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: Yes, I think so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: The point is that if the straw was used from ten years ago and the dog was dead three or four years before that, up until 2014 there was an issue with that but it was not actually being dealt with in practice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: That is gone since then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: That is no longer the rule. Clearly, however, the issue that the breed would all come from the one line is the problem. One would say that is an issue for anything in nature.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: How does one overcome that?

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: In the programme for Government there is a commitment to have access to capital for small businesses and also to assist businesses through the debt crisis. We have had huge problems over a number of years in this country. Today, in Buswell's hotel across the road, the IFA are launching a framework for negotiations with vulture funds. We have a situation today where there are hundreds of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: Under the Programme for Government additional places were put in place for the rural social scheme. There were a whole lot of them, which was very welcome for many people in rural Ireland. However, there seems to be something hidden within that because many people in the area are now being told the rural social scheme is no longer an income support scheme, which it had always been, but a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: I know that the redress scheme for people who were born in mother and baby homes came before the Cabinet yesterday. We had a lot of fine words of compassion here a couple of weeks ago but for many people, what happened yesterday seems to be the opposite. Is the Taoiseach prepared to commit today regarding what he will do to look after these people who were the victims of an abusive...

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: The Garda Commissioner simply must stand down. That is the view both of many in the House and of the community and people outside the House who see what is going on. Time after time in recent years, we have had crisis after crisis and each time the Garda Commissioner has stood up to say either she did not know anything about it or it was not her fault and had nothing to do with her. Deputy...

Report of the Fennelly Commission: Statements (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: I too welcome the report and express our gratitude to Mr. Justice Fennelly for the work he is doing. When part one of the Fennelly report was published in 2015, we in Sinn Féin said the Taoiseach's spin on it was not credible. We believed it was clear at the time that sending the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, Mr. Brian Purcell, to the home of the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Vessel Safety (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: 316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants available for safety schemes for persons; the amount allocated to them; and the participation rate for these schemes for the past 20 years. [18550/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: 319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of areas of natural constraint; when he envisages the completion of the review; and his plans to consult the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the farm organisations and other stakeholders before submitting maps and the results of the review to the European Union for approval....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland Expenditure (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: 332. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent in the past ten years, per annum, on the restocking of hatcheries and rivers; and the areas in which it has been spent. [18551/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Accidents (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: 338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of lives lost involving commercial fishing in the past 20 years, by location and year, in tabular form. [18549/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: Under the programme for Government we have a scheme called JobPath. It is being delivered in my constituency by a private company called Seetec. For people in rural Ireland this is a major difficulty because many of them have to travel long distances to make the appointments. Recently, I was contacted by a woman from west Cavan. She is 30 miles from Cavan town. She was told that she...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: It is part of promised legislation. If people do not attend these appointments, their money will be cut yet they cannot afford to attend them. Will some fund be put in place to compensate people who have to travel long distances, especially those in rural areas?

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: They get paid to go to work.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (2 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: 1197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proportion of the total number of greyhounds that tested positive for prohibited substances, from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, that are recorded by Bord na gCon-Irish Greyhound Board as having no case to answer; and the circumstances that would lead to a positive test result but a finding of no case to answer. [19915/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: I welcome both of the organisations. I was struck by the fact that there is no traceability. We must deal with the issue and consider where it can be applied. Can the delegations give examples of best practice in other countries that have traceability and identify them?