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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I am trying not only to protect the farmers whose case I am putting forward but also to enhance their position. Many farmers on smaller holdings have not gotten a fair crack of the whip. Going back to 2001 or 2002, farmers in the west of Ireland who had a few suckling cows discovered that their farms were not intensive enough to be able to receive the entitlements they deserved, whereas...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: If it were front-loaded-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: There is a little bit of change-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: The housing crisis is something that is hitting us throughout the country, particularly here in the city of Dublin. One of the agencies of the State which receives a vast amount of money every year is Horse Racing Ireland. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has a piece of land near Leopardstown racecourse, 20% of which is waste ground, in the ownership of Horse Racing Ireland, which...

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: That is the other side of the road.

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I compliment the Chairman and committee members on the work done on the report. I also compliment the staff and the various organisations that sent in witnesses who gave us their knowledge and expertise on the issue. I also acknowledge the others who made submissions on it. As has been said, the tillage sector has been under pressure. The Teagasc report for the period 2007 to 2016...

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: Exactly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the rules regarding the start and end dates for grazing and cutting of traditional hay meadow under GLAS will be relaxed to accommodate farmers in areas in which grass is only starting to grow and in areas in which hay meadow may be ready to cut before 1 July 2018 should good weather allow; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of Mercosur negotiations in the context of the delisting of 20 Brazilian meat plants from the European Commission’s list of suppliers due to food safety concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18211/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is justifiable to penalise farmers whose land was burned in 2017 through no fault of their own by removing burned land from their 2018 BPS applications. [18214/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of areas of natural constraint; when the report will be completed; when consultation with stakeholders will commence; when it will be submitted to the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18212/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 142. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in the case of a person (details supplied) regarding restoration of home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18388/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Engagement with EU Commissioner Mr. Phil Hogan (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Commissioner and his staff. CAP is the big issue facing us for the next few years. The budget is vital. We must ensure the largest possible budget for Irish farmers and farm families. I welcome the announcement this morning of the €60,000 cap. That is appropriate at this point. We must find some way of capping that budget. This brings me to Pillar 1 in particular....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Engagement with EU Commissioner Mr. Phil Hogan (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Commissioner and his staff. CAP is the big issue facing us for the next few years. The budget is vital. We must ensure the largest possible budget for Irish farmers and farm families. I welcome the announcement this morning of the €60,000 cap. That is appropriate at this point. We must find some way of capping that budget. This brings me to Pillar 1 in particular....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: 17. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason only 0.3% of funding under the Leader programme to 31 December 2017 has been allocated, his views on whether allocation methods are failing and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19082/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: We have just finished talking about RAPID. I will tell the Minister one thing. The Leader scheme is far from rapid because there is nothing rapid about the pace at which people around the country are getting the money. It started in 2014. It is now May 2018 and in my county of Leitrim, not one community project and not one person who applied for funding has got a red cent. The statistic...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: We know that. In fairness, I am not blaming the Minister but he is the person who is now responsible. The truth is that communities the length and breadth of the country are at their wits' end. I come across community projects that tell me that they will never again apply for Leader and go through this process because the way they are being treated is scandalous. I spoke this morning to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: Was it not a bad sign when the Government had to do it?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: I am not denying that and I know that. I know many of these projects that have been approved. Some of them have been approved in Leitrim. However, many of them have not been approved and have been set aside on the flimsiest of criteria. If the smallest mistake is made, out they go. This is the problem. During the last programme, the LDCs worked with people and if there was a bit of a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: They are over the top.