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

Martin Kenny: The Dáil has just had a sitting in the Mansion House where we were talking about that.

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

Martin Kenny: That is not the point.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Enhancement Programme (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: 13. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason only €4 million was allocated to the community enhancement programme for 2019 in view of the fact that €13 million was spent on the programme in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3032/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Enhancement Programme (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: I raise the issue of the community enhancement programme, which as stated earlier was an amalgamation last year between RAPID and the previous scheme. A substantial amount of funding was made available last year which was very welcome and made a big difference in many areas throughout the country. This year, however, there is a much smaller pot. I would welcome the Minister telling us...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Enhancement Programme (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister. In the areas RAPID used to deal with, we do not see the impact of it as clearly as one would see it in a rural village or area. I stay in the north inner city when I am in Dublin and I notice there are major problems of deprivation and decline in the area. Entire streetscapes need a major amount of enhancement and other work to be done. The people in those...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Enhancement Programme (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: Last Tuesday morning I was in Bundoran, at the other end of my constituency, where the issue raised concerned the number of buildings in the town that are closed. Nobody is living in them and nothing is happening with them. That is another aspect of this. While this funding is for public and community works, there are many people who own buildings that are a liability rather than an asset....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: 34. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be allocated to local authorities for the local improvement scheme for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3034/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Imports (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: 179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 14 of November 2018, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3201/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Imports (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: 180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department records sheep that are imported at the point of entry; if not, the point at which they are recorded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Premium Payments (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: 181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of forestry premiums paid on forestry in County Leitrim under the categories of premiums paid to farmers and landowners that live in County Leitrim and premiums paid to others that do not live in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3209/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (23 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: 239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons that are in receipt of a pension from the UK or other EU states are not entitled to the living alone allowance or the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3199/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: Many of the questions have been dealt with but I am interested in the capacity issue. If 80,000 animals were to be shipped per month for 12 months, it would be a fourfold increase on the present figure. I believe 246,000 were exported last year, which shows there is already huge capacity. What is the number of calves being exported? I assume a lot go to feedlots. At what stage do they go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: It was suggested that exporters come together into a single representative organisation. How many exporters are there? Are there huge numbers or relatively few? I imagine there are relatively few and that we would easily get them all into this room. We have a small number of factories processing meat and they have a representative organisation. It may benefit the overall industry, but I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: For how long is it?

Juvenile Crime: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: There are a number of issues raised by this motion that spring straight to mind. I was contacted by email in late 2016 by a constituent about her daughter's situation. The latter travelled by bus with her friends to an underage disco, with some of them drinking on the bus. When she arrived, she was dragged down an alleyway by a number of boys and sexually assaulted. One of the boys in the...

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: This proposal in this Bill flies in the face of most people's logic. It is proposed that we would have a rainy day fund. When hearing about it initially the public will say it is a good idea to have savings and have something put by. However, when one studies it, while the money is to be put away, it cannot be spent under Stability and Growth Pact rules and all the other rules in place on...

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: That is not a criticism.

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: That is what the Bill says.

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: No.

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: Is it not-----