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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossessions (19 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: What happened in County Roscommon is evidence of what is seen in many parts of the country. People are very angry that the banks which bankrupted the country are sending in security firms to evict people from their homes in the most abusive manner. While the security firm in this case is based across the Border, many of the security firms involved in other places are based in Dublin, Carlow...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossessions (19 Dec 2018)

Martin Kenny: Repossession through the courts is one part of the issue but many repossessions occur when people agree to hand back their house under duress. They are put under huge pressure with which they are unable to cope. There is often a narrative that a person whose home is repossessed must be some type of scoundrel or be in terrible trouble. That implication is being made in this case....

Rural Crime: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: We support the motion. I thank its proposers for tabling it. The issue of rural crime affects people in practically every part of Ireland because Ireland is largely a rural country. In many of our towns and villages, even reasonably-sized towns, we have issues with crime, especially with burglary. That affects many people living in rural areas in a very negative way. When a house is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (15 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: 769. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to reduce waiting times for gynaecology in Sligo University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1512/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (15 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: 772. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1517/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: On the same matter, in Sligo University Hospital the diabetic dietician has at present been allocated to do other work in the hospital to cover maternity leave. There are type 1 diabetes patients waiting to do the Berger course, which they need to do in order to use the pump. One man contacted me who is waiting 18 months. The pump has been delivered to the hospital but he cannot do the...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this today because I represent a Border constituency which stretches right around the Border. One of the main areas is the central Border area region. A couple of weeks ago I visited the Irish Central Border Area Network, ICBAN, in Enniskillen and spoke to the CEO there about the difficulties it has at present with the funds available to try to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: Not enough of them.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: As the Taoiseach will be aware, there is a considerable problem in regard to recruitment and retention in the health services. In the past week or so, I was contacted by a family who have a child with autism who really need help. The child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, are dealing with them but they have not got a school-age psychologist, or even a school-age psychology...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: In this day and age, it is not good enough.

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: I live in rural Ireland and most people there have completely lost faith in the possibility that broadband will be delivered. It is a reality. That is not to say that many people do not have some service, as they might have broadband coming from a pylon or something that is grand during the day but when evening comes and children start doing their homework, the service goes to nothing. It...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments Waiting Times (22 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: 305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see a psychologist as part of the early intervention assessment in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2333/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank Mr. Hayes for his presentation. The clear purpose of the CAP is to support agriculture. It started as a cheap food policy but also had the objective of maintaining family farms. It has this dual role to play. We all agree that a cap of €60,000 on the maximum payment is needed. We must also acknowledge it will not be a windfall. It will put a little bit more money back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank Mr. Hayes for his presentation. The clear purpose of the CAP is to support agriculture. It started as a cheap food policy but also had the objective of maintaining family farms. It has this dual role to play. We all agree that a cap of €60,000 on the maximum payment is needed. We must also acknowledge it will not be a windfall. It will put a little bit more money back...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: 2. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the preparations or contingency planning being carried out to address a no-deal Brexit for rural communities especially in the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3142/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: My question regards the impact of Brexit, even if there is a deal but particularly if there is no deal, on the entire country and particularly rural Ireland, which will be most badly affected. That is particularly true of the Border corridor. The INTERREG programme recognises border corridors throughout Europe as areas of economic disadvantage by the very fact that they have a border...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: What I take from that answer is that the preparations the Minister has made is that he will allow greater flexibility to exist in respect of funds. While I understand we need flexibility, and we will be looking for flexibility in funding arrangements in any case, we really need a plan to seek additional funds particularly from Europe because this is a European problem, not just an Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: I acknowledge that the Minister's Department is prepared to be flexible but the issue here is about more than that. It is about the additional funds that will be needed. I would like to hear from the Minister that the Government is working, through all its Departments, to put together a package of anticipated needs and then go to Brussels and put it on the table and say that, as a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: We need to.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: The Minister is whistling past the graveyard.