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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: The Tánaiste is aware of the situation with the Be On Call for Ireland programme through which an awful lot of people volunteered to go back to work and assist. It is something that everybody thought was a wonderful idea but, unfortunately, the experience of many people called up has been very negative. A healthcare professional in my constituency signed a contract for a number of...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: I absolutely understand and appreciate, as all of us do, that this budget comes at a time of crisis in the country. It comes at a time when governments, not just in Ireland but in most countries in Europe and around the world, must become an income provider of last resort. That is absolutely appropriate and it needs to happen. The European Central Bank is providing the funds for this to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide guidelines for schools, parents and children in which the parents of a schoolgoing child are considered high risk in terms of Covid-19 and by sending their children to school they are putting their own health at risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30085/20]

Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: I represent the Border constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, including south Donegal and north Roscommon. Business in that area is always somewhat hampered by the Border. In every area across Europe, it is recognised that a border corridor is a disadvantage and problem. Particular disadvantages exist when the border in question is totally unnatural, as is the case in Ireland. Much of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Government Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: I noted the Minister of State indicated the Department was working closely with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to face up to these financial challenges. I understand the pressure that always has to be put on to try get the money in place for the local authorities. However, the reality for many people, as well as the workers and executives in the local authorities, is that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Government Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: As the Minister of State will be aware, my constituency is a very rural one. In recent years, even Sligo County Council has been unable to help people out and pay housing grants that are normally supplied in most councils because it has no discretionary fund in place. Leitrim County Council is in a similar position and is under serious pressure, as are all rural local authorities. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: The Judicial Council Bill 2019 was passed through the Houses of the Oireachtas. One of the major parts of the Bill was to establish a judicial conduct committee and that has been set up. In its most recent report of 29 September the drafting of guidelines on ethics and conduct were only in place and the drafting of procedures for making complaints about the Judiciary was only being put in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: I was simply going to suggest that the Taoiseach write-----

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: I thank the sponsors of this motion for bringing it forward. This is a serious issue for people across the whole country. Everywhere we went we came across families, even before there was a pandemic, who were living on the verge of poverty. They are the working poor and they got up every day early in the morning, went to work and worked hard. Yet, the level of remuneration they received...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (7 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: 203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the amendment to the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015 necessitated by the Chenchooliah judgment of the European Court of Justice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28982/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Engagement with the Minister for Justice (6 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Minister and I thank her for her opening statement. The issues of immigration, family law, etc., are complex within one state and even more so when taken into a separate state. I come across many people living in the Border area where we have situations in which children are separated between parents. In other words, they are living in separate jurisdictions and different...

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: There are many amendments to this legislation. It is quite unusual to see them running into the hundreds, and many of them are sensible and are trying to improve the Bill. The forestry appeals committee does not just deal with clear felling and it also deals with the issues of plantation of timber. Many of the objections come from people in my community who have a problem with so much...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: This statutory instrument has been debated in this House many times and we are back here again. The reality is this Government is doing exactly the same as the last Government did. It is ignoring rural and coastal communities and it is destroying them. People often wonder what fishermen stand for and when ordinary workers from all over the country look at fishermen they see people who risk...

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: I bring apologies from Deputy Carthy, who is unable to attend. I commend the Minister and Minister of State. This is the first time that I have spoken in their presence and I congratulate them on their appointments. Sinn Féin recognises the importance of this legislation and welcomes that the Government is seeking to address the existential crisis facing the forestry industry. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: The school bus transport problems in rural Ireland are diabolical. Constituents based in various parts of the country have contacted me because they cannot go to work as they must bring their children to school. Many other people have been keeping their children home from school because there is no school bus available. There was a lack of organisation to deal with the problems caused by...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister of State and compliment him because it is the first time we have had him before the House as a new junior Minister in the Department of Justice and Equality. I wish him all the very best in that post. This legislation emanates from a 2018 European Parliament directive, which I understand we are a little late in bringing into vogue in Ireland. However, better late...

Restoration of Private Members’ Bills: Motion (17 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 198, the Bills which lapsed on the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil, and are set out in the Schedule to this motion, shall be restored to the Order Paper at the stage specified in the Schedule below.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Investigation (16 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: I submitted a similar Topical Issue matter on anti-mask protestors this morning but it was not selected. The truth is that these people are not protestors but agitators. They are Ireland's version of the National Front. What took place on the streets of Dublin last Saturday and on previous occasions is very disturbing. I know Izzy Kamikaze very well. She lives near to me. She is a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regional Development (15 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: 308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish his Department's review of European regional development funding, that is, the Crowe report; the position on the management of these funds; his plans to remove the administration of the fund from the regional assemblies and centralise it in a Department or agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24129/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regional Development (15 Sep 2020)

Martin Kenny: 309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address the regional inequalities and facilitate the administration of regional funds by regional assemblies and not centralise this administration in a Department or agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24130/20]