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Membership of Committee on Members' Interests: Motion (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, and for the purposes only of consideration of complaints made pursuant to the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995, as amended by the Standards in Public Office Act 2001, in relation to electronic voting in Dáil Éireann‒ (a) the Committee on Members’ Interests of Dáil Éireann established under...

Public Health (Electronic Cigarettes and Herbal Cigarettes) Bill 2019: First Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: No.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Tá sé mar chuspóir lárnach agam, agus ag mo Roinn, go leanfaidh pobail bhríomhara, inmharthana ag cur fúthu ar na hoileáin. Ag eascairt as Tuarascáil an Choiste Idir-Ranna deiridh a foilsíodh i 1996, tugadh tús áite do bhonneagar oileáin a fhorbairt agus seirbhísí iompair a fhóirdheonú. Is obair...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Maoiniú Údarás na Gaeltachta (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Mar is eol don Teachta, fógraíodh i mbuiséad 2020 go mbeidh ardú €1 milliún á chur ar fáil do chiste caipitil Údarás na Gaeltachta in 2020. Fágfaidh sé seo go mbeidh ciste €10 milliún ar fáil don eagraíocht, nó ardú de thart ar 11% ar an mhéid atá acu i mbliana. Chomh maith leis sin,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Maoiniú Údarás na Gaeltachta (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Aontaím leis an Teachta go bhfuil ról fíorthábhachtach ag Údarás na Gaeltachta ó thaobh poist a chruthú i gceantair iargúlta na Gaeltachta trasna na tíre. Bíonn mé ag lorg breis airgid don údarás i gcónaí. Le linn mo dhá thréimhse mar Aire Stáit na Gaeltachta, bhí sé ar mo chumas breis...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Maoiniú Údarás na Gaeltachta (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Ba cheart dúinn an chomhpháirtíocht idir Údarás na Gaeltachta agus - mar shampla - an Roinn Forbartha Pobail agus Tuaithe agus an Roinn Gnó, Fiontar agus Nuálaíochta a thógáil san áireamh freisin. Tá airgead caipitil curtha ar fáil le haghaidh Páirc na Mara i gCill Chiaráin i gConamara, mar shampla, ó chiste an...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Teanga Gaeilge (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Tá an ceart ag An Teachta go raibh buiséad caipitil ag Údarás na Gaeltachta de thart ar €25 milliún i 2008 ach laghdaíodh é sin go dtí €16 milliún i 2009 agus go dtí thart ar €6 milliún nó €7 milliún i 2010 sula tháinig an Rialtas seo isteach. Tá méadú ó shin ar na...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Teanga Gaeilge (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Is é an Plean Gníomhaíochta 2018-2022, a d'fhoilsigh mo Roinn i mí an Mheithimh 2018, an mapa bóithre ina ndéantar rianú ar cad a dhéanfar chun cúram a dhéanamh d'fheidhmiú na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030 sa tréimhse cúig bliana ó 2018 go dtí 2022. Os rud é go bhfuil comhfhreagracht agus...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Teanga Gaeilge (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Casaim le Conradh na Gaeilge gach uile bhliain maidir leis an gcáinaisnéis agus bhí sé ar a chumas méadú a dhéanamh ar a bhuiséad i mbliana le tacaíocht ón Aire, An Teachta Madigan, agus ón Roinn. Bhí €1 milliún breise de chaipiteal d'Údarás na Gaeltachta. Bhí Conradh na Gaeilge ag lorg an...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senator. We had a good discussion on this on a number of occasions insofar as it relates to the environmental criteria and blanket bogs under the Bill. The definition of "environmental criteria" has been carefully drafted in consultation with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and, of course, the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. The Bill was drafted taking into account...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senator for her comments. We commented on the previous occasion on how some of the carbon fund was being allocated towards peatlands restoration. The Senator mentioned what should be done from 2022. It would be for a future Government to decide the trajectory of the carbon fund as set out by the committee, and where that money will be focused. Whether that will be peatlands...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I understand the purpose of amendment No. 38a is to exclude “golf courses” from the “recreational and sporting needs (including greenways) appropriate to bog habitats” criterion that is proposed to be included among the criteria to be utilised in selecting the most suitable bog habitats to be designated or to cease to be designated as natural heritage areas. The...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: My understanding is that this amendment seeks to amend the definition of “restoration potential” within the Bill. This definition within the Bill has been carefully drafted and links to the methodology utilised for the 2014 raised bog natural heritage areas, NHA, review. I do not propose to accept this amendment to it. The 2014 raised bog NHA review proposes the...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: My understanding of this amendment is that it provides that the Minister shall lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas containing guidelines and recommended thresholds in relation to the exercise of turbary rights, including a definition, or definitions, of “household use”. The focus of the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and her Department, is and...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senators for these amendments. My understanding is that they provide that the cutting of turf within sites whose designation as NHAs is reversed shall be subject to regulations set by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in consultation with various bodies. This regulation is to concern the machinery to be used, limitations on quantities to be extracted and...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank Senator Daly for his amendment. In budget 2020, €5 million has been allocated to the carbon fund and €7 million has been allocated to an accelerated programme of peatlands restoration within the raised bog designated sites network. The injection of this funding is intended to restore more than 1,800 ha of protected raised bog in 2020. This programme will also...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: The 2014 review concluded that Ireland could more effectively achieve conservation of threatened raised bog habitat through focused protection and restoration of a reconfigured network, which, under the proposed new network, will be 765 ha, compared with an area of 694 ha in the current network. This restoration programme links with the peatland actions contained in the Government's climate...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senator for the amendment. I emphasise that the purposes of a review of NHAs would include contributing to the achievement of nature conservation objectives for bog habitats and selecting the most suitable bog habitats to be designated, or to cease to be designated, utilising the various criteria set out in the Bill. All of these considerations would be components of any review...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: As I have indicated, I understand the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government has advised that the development of a new regulatory framework for small-scale peat extraction will be initiated and progressed. I fail to see a reason the 2014 review of the raised bog NHAs cannot be continued and completed irrespective of the development of this new regulatory framework. It is...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: Senator Higgins has raised this point in previous discussions. I do not foresee that SACs would be used as comparators to justify the de-designation of NHAs. Any proposal to de-designate or to designate has to be done in a manner that ensures the contribution of the NHA network to national conservation status for bog habitats is achieved. In the 2014 NHA review, the SACs were included in...