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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: The reality is that a vet will attend because vets get out and do their work. We complain about the health service and many people tell us that veterinary practitioners are often better than the health service in many places. that is because they respond and get out to farms in the middle of the night. The difficulty people have is where a company is in charge of a practice and may say to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: It is mentioned in the opening statement under the heading of independent statutory regulator that the Veterinary Council of Ireland is the statutory body responsible for the regulation and management of the veterinary professions, they being veterinary practitioners and veterinary nurses. Section 54 of the Act relates to offences in the practise of veterinary medicine and the use of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: Therefore, a practice is not regulated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: The point I am coming to - I concur with Deputy Penrose - is that when it comes to corporates taking over or being predominant within the sector, there seems to be a hole in the legislation such that a corporate, as the owner of a practice, will not be regulated by anyone. It is clear that there is a hole in the Act that needs to be filled.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: If a veterinary practitioner operates a mixed veterinary practice and a corporate body buys it and decides it will focus on small animals, what does the council do for the 50 farmers in that area who suddenly have no vet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025 (Resumed): Bord Bia (21 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. Again, I commend Bord Bia on a lot of its work. It is important that Irish agriculture has a structure to market its produce worldwide, and to bring into focus the quality of Irish food and unique way in which much of Irish food is produced. One of the downfalls, which I am sure Bord Bia is well aware of, is that the primary producer struggles...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025 (Resumed): Bord Bia (21 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: I forgot to mention during my initial contribution that the Department has a scheme for groups of farmers to come together as producer groups to work to market their products and share their inputs, etc. Does Bord Bia work with any of these producer groups to find markets for them? Does it have a sector that focuses on that specifically? What potential does it see there? If a group of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: As the House is aware, the programme for Government contains a specific recommendation on supporting tourism and walking tourism in particular. Ireland's Hidden Heartlands is the newest development in this regard. One of the main tourism attractions is the Beara-Breifne Way. Many tourists use this walkway but for the past couple of weeks the Melick Weir footbridge has been closed by the OPW.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: Last weekend, 12 tourists from New Zealand got as far as the weir but could not cross it. They were extremely disappointed. People in the tourism trade in the region are very annoyed that this is the case. We understand it will remain closed for a year, with no alternative put in place to keep the walkway open. If we are genuine about having a proper tourism resource in the regions, will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank Dr. O'Mara for his presentation. It was quite informative. I have a couple of questions. Regarding the suckler sector, I come from a part of the country where the farmers are nearly all small suckler farmers with an average of ten to 15 cows. The key thing is that the cow must be kept all year round, and the only thing the cow produces is the calf. This is one of the problems. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: Can the current suckler farming model work profitably into the future? Has it a future? That is the nub of the issue and many of us are beginning to doubt if it has one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: We are not, then giving up on the sector.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners (29 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: 27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the national indemnity scheme that he announced to indemnify private landowners in areas not covered by the approved trails in respect of the use of their lands for recreational purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22753/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners (29 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: The Minister is aware that many walkways around the country are under pressure due to difficulties with landowners and so on. The Minister announced earlier this year that he would put an indemnity scheme in place for the owners of land beside walkways so that, if someone wandered onto their land, it would not be an issue if that person got hurt and took a case. We have heard much about...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners (29 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: This is the end of May, when such a scheme should already be in place.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners (29 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: The Minister is saying that this must wait for legislation to be in place. That is a problem, though, as we all know how long it takes to get legislation through the Houses even when it is clear cut and easy. The Minister gave people a great deal of hope a few months ago when he stated that he would put a scheme in place. That was ill-thought out, given that there was no evidence that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners (29 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: I had a list of questions that I was going to ask the Minister about how the scheme would provide coverage and who it would cover, but if he is telling me that legislation will be needed, we are just wasting our time, as it will not happen.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners (29 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: Why did the Minister not say that six months ago?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners (29 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: I accept that, Minister, and I am not saying that it is not the intention. The difficulty is that, when the Minister announced the scheme, he did not say that it would need legislation. People believed the scheme would arrive sooner. However, that is as may be. The greater issue in many areas is the question of the controls that are in place in respect of walkers using lands. A man told...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Waterways Maintenance (29 May 2019)

Martin Kenny: Positive work is being done at Meelick weir. It was damaged by floods in 2009 which caused much damage. While the work being done is welcome, it was needed to be done long before now. The weir is a crossing point on the Shannon on an important walkway, the Beara-Breifne Way, which runs from Breifne in Leitrim to the Beara Peninsula, straight through Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands....