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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus ticket will be issued for a child (details supplied) whose sibling has a ticket and is on the bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35229/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 705. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a three and a half year waiting list for orthopaedic procedures in Sligo University Hospital; his plans to reduce this waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34829/20]

Education (Admission to Schools) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: I understand that. I will come back to it, but it is all part of the same point. The point is that all of these issues are related to where we are in society. From the end of society I am talking about, I am referring to my experience in my area but I am looking at another Bill coming through the House, which is about looking at the opposite end of it. I refer to the fee-paying schools,...

Education (Admission to Schools) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: I listened to the Minister's speech. She stated that her legislative measures would come into effect next September and that they would apply new regulations on school admissions, but I cannot understand why she said she needed a year for that to happen and that this Bill would somehow mess up what she was trying to do. There is nothing in it that contradicts the Act at all. Instead, it is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Services (5 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister. I was aware of most of what was in his statement and the proposals to upgrade and modernise the system to ensure that efficiencies can be brought in all seem well and good but we want to make sure that does not mean a reduction in the funding the veterinary services receive. Those kinds of terms are often a cover for a reduction in funding and we would be concerned...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Services (5 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: As I am sure the Minister of State is aware, there have been difficulties with the local authority veterinary service in recent years. The county veterinary officers do much of the veterinary work in the counties around the country. Until now, they have been funded by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, FSAI, through a service level agreement with each local authority. In the past three...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (4 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 1: To delete the words ‘9th day of June, 2021’ and to substitute the words ‘9th day of February, 2021’ therefor. I will be sharing time with Deputy Cullinane. Our amendment relates to the length of time for which the Minister seeks to extend these powers. We understand we are in the most unusual and unfortunate circumstances where extreme...

Flood Prevention Policies: Motion [Private Members] (4 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling this motion. That we had a similar debate last night reflects the importance of this issue for many people across the country. Yesterday, we spoke primarily about the difficulties in the Shannon region. The main issue is managing water levels on the Shannon and making sure that works are performed at the appropriate times and there is a body...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiries into Garda Activities (4 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an end date can be provided to persons (details supplied). [33954/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiries into Garda Activities (4 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an enquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) is continuing during lockdown [33955/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiries into Garda Activities (4 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of extensions of the end date made to an inquiry (details supplied); the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33956/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiries into Garda Activities (4 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet a family in relation to the death of a person (details supplied); and the inquiry into their death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33957/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (4 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it has been established the personal information in relation to the Hickson Commission was on a USB key as reported in the media recently;and if her Department has notified the survivors or their legal team of its loss and contents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34138/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (4 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason personal information relating to the investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by a person (details supplied) known as the Hickson Commission was stored on a USB key; the circumstances of the reported loss of this USB key; if the use of USB keys for the retention of sensitive data is common practice in her...

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Kenny: This Bill aims to come up with a solution that will work for communities along the length and breadth of the River Shannon. I live in County Leitrim, and if we were there tonight, it would be possible to see that Lough Allen is full to the brim with water because it has rained for the past couple of weeks. A dam there can be raised and lowered, and that regularly happens. There is always...

Forestry (Planning Permission) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: The Minister of State said that adding duplication or additions would further delay the process and make it more expensive. I am most interested in her notion that planning departments in local authorities throughout the country would be swamped and unable to cope. In my parish in County Leitrim, only two houses have been built in the past ten years. The planning units will have absolutely...

Forestry (Planning Permission) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: The issue we have here is with the definition of a development and what it means for the planning process. Large areas of planted land in forestry totally changes the landscape and is a permanent development that has a real impact on communities, the environment and local infrastructure, and it has a broader county and regional impact. Even the smallest development requires planning...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: It is important to point out that the vast majority of people want to comply with the guidelines and do the right thing and that they are doing their very best to do so. Sometimes people make mistakes and step over the line without realising it, often in rural areas where the distance of 5 km is an issue for many people. It is important that the Government is very clear with people that...

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: This motion and the preceding one deal with far-reaching laws that restrict people's liberty and freedoms in many ways. They would be totally inappropriate in normal times but are being introduced for very good reason because we are not living in normal times. These are very different times that nobody expected. Where we have legislation of this nature, it is important that it be reviewed...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Kenny: I wish to raise the issue of the local authority veterinary service. There is currently a dispute between the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and local authorities regarding the funding of the service. That has a significant knock-on effect, particularly for small food businesses around the country such as small abattoirs and other businesses that process food of animal origin. On 30...