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Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: The Senator queried the definition of “environmental criteria” as it relates to raised bog. This definition was not drafted by me, as I am sure the Senator will accept. It was drafted by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, OPC, in consultation with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS. I do not think the Senator can question its bona fides in respect of the...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: The definition is of the environmental criteria.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: The various attributes set out within the definition link to national conservation objectives, favourable conservation status for bog habitats and the selection criteria set out in annex III of the habitats directive regarding the degree of representativity of the natural habitat type, the area of the site covered by the natural habitat type, the degree of conservation of the structure and...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: This amendment relates to page 5, line 30-----

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: -----and the definition of "environmental criteria".

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: It relates to the topic of environmental criteria which is referenced prior to the line of the Bill the Senator seeks to amend.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: Any comparison must take into account the national conservation objective of the target SACs. It would be an overall review with regard to the 2014 review. The purpose of the NHA review includes contributing to the achievement of nature conservation objectives for the habitats. This is an overall aim; it is not just a bog-by-bog comparison. That is made clear in the definition.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: The Senator makes valid points on this. There has been a great deal of consultation between the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, and the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, OPC, on the drafting of this definition and the use of words. I cannot accept the Senator's amendment but I am happy to refer back to the OPC and engage again with the NPWS to see if there is a better phrase...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: No.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Data (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) estimates worker remittances paid from Ireland as a small component of the current account of the balance of payments. Remittance information is difficult to compile for National Statistics Offices and is usually based on administrative sources and modelling rather than direct collection. The current CSO data are estimated using Revenue data. Pay of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Island Communities (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: Under the measure: ÁRAINN Gaeltachta,to which the Deputy refers and which has been in place since 2007, up to 30 post-primary students in total can avail of the opportunity to attend one of the participating post-primary schools on the Aran Islands for an entire school-year while residing with a household registered under the Department's Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: The objective of Clár na gCluichí Gaelacha is to further support participating Gaeltacht schools in providing language acquisition and enrichment opportunities to school pupils. The measure is one of a suite of actions being currently implemented by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in support of the language planning process and the Policy on Gaeltacht Education...

Housing (Homeless Housing Assistance Payment) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: No.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Maoiniú Údarás na Gaeltachta (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: Mar is eol don Teachta, tá obair shuntasach ar siúl ag Údarás na Gaeltachta i réiteach na staidéir timpeallachta cuí don togra seo agus táthar ag súil iad sin a fhoilsiú don phobal sna seachtainí seo romhainn. Ag an am céanna, tuigim go bhfuil obair mhór déanta acu ar iarratas pleanála a réiteach don togra a...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, and pursuant to the Order of Business yesterday, that No. 21a, motion re Financial Resolution of the Social Welfare Bill 2019 [Seanad], and No. 3, Social Welfare Bill 2019 [Seanad], all Stages, shall be taken today on the conclusion of proceedings on all Stages of the Family Law Bill 2019. Any division demanded on No. 21ashall be...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Ranna (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: Athníonn an Rialtas an tábhacht a bhaineann leis na hÉalaíona, an Ghaeilge agus ár nOidhreacht togtha agus Nádúrtha mar nithe idirghaolmhara dár bhféinúlacht agus dár n-oidhreacht chultúrtha. Tá sé seo le feiceáil sna méadaithe sna hallúntais sna cláir sin le dhá bhliain anuas, ach go...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 12th December, 2017, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence:Minister for Employment Affairs and Social...

Standing Orders 23 and 140: Motion (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: I move:That, in accordance with the recommendation of the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform under Standing Order 107(1)(a), the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business be amended, with effect from 15th October, 2019, as follows: (a) in Standing Order 23, in paragraph (1), by the deletion of subparagraph (a) and the substitution of the following:'(a) every...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: The effect of this amendment would be to limit the provisions of the Bill to raised bog habitats only. The Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016, as initiated, has been amended in Dáil Éireann, following debate in committee. It provides for the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, at his or her discretion, to conduct a review or reviews of the blanket bog natural heritage...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: My amendment No. 11 provides that a review of natural heritage areas will take into account the carbon sequestration potential of bog habitats and the actions relevant to bog habitats contained in a national plan or plan for the island of Ireland concerning reversing pollinator decline. I am conscious of the benefits of the restoration of peatlands for Ireland's commitments under...