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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (3 Jul 2019)

Martin Kenny: 45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the underspend in the beef data genomics scheme; his plans for the funds; the number of farmers who have withdrawn from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28197/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (3 Jul 2019)

Martin Kenny: Many farmers went into the beef data genomics programme, or BDGP, and will remember that when it came out first, there was a statement in red ink on the form that if they breached the scheme, all funding would be clawed back. It worried a lot of farmers at the time. Recent reports suggest that up to 22 farmers a week are dropping out of the scheme and in the first four months of 2019, 322...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (3 Jul 2019)

Martin Kenny: The Minister is clearly acknowledging that there will be an underspend in this programme. Much of that is due to its onerous nature. That is what farmers are telling us on the ground. Does the underspend open the possibility of new applicants being able to enter the scheme? There are some farmers who want to get back into the scheme or who did not apply in the first place and want to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (3 Jul 2019)

Martin Kenny: 90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he plans to take following the revelations of a programme (details supplied) on the subject of the greyhound industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28228/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (3 Jul 2019)

Martin Kenny: 98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the Mercosur deal; if support for the deal and other such trade deals that threaten the Irish agriculture sector will be withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28158/19]

Mental Health Services Reports: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2019)

Martin Kenny: Over the past couple of years, I have raised many issues with the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, in regard to mental health services in the north west, in particular CAMHS. He is well aware of the situation there. It is probably at 50% capacity and has been that way for a long time. This is having a major impact on families and young people who run into difficulties. The service is,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)

Martin Kenny: I raised this matter with the Minister, Deputy Bruton, two weeks ago. This Friday, 5 July, is the closing date for submissions to the Department of the Economy in Northern Ireland in regard to an application for a fracking licence by a company called Tamboran. As Minister with responsibility for the environment, Deputy Bruton must recognise that this is an environmental issue which will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health Levies (Pigs) Regulations 2019: Motion (2 Jul 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister and his officials for this briefing on the proposed animal heath levy on the pig industry. The levy will be 4 cent per animal. I read in other documentation that a larger levy of 10 cent or 12 cent per animal was mentioned. Was that a previous proposal? With respect to the proposed levy before us, I assume the key objective in introducing it to ensure the sector...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Jul 2019)

Martin Kenny: I have few questions, as I missed the presentation. I thank the witnesses for attending. I note that the Department has concerns with the new flexibility that will be built into the CAP, in that it will have more work to do on managing the situation. Will the issue be with resources to be able to do that? What were traditionally called "greening measures" were part of Pillar 1, which will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Jul 2019)

Martin Kenny: I am always struck by the contradiction in which, in Pillar 1, the farmer sends in an application, which is done according to plots. A mapping process takes place but the biggest problem I have in my constituency office at the moment, which I am sure is the case for most Deputies, is where farmers are penalised because in the photograph taken from outer space, the ditch has grown a metre...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Martin Kenny: At approximately this time yesterday the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine launched a report on the status of beef production in Ireland and related issues. The report makes a number of recommendations, one of which relates to a serious threat to the beef industry in Ireland - the Mercosur trade deal. This deal will have damaging implications for the beef sector if it goes...

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Martin Kenny: I commend Deputy O'Reilly on tabling the motion before the House. I also commend the healthcare workers who do such Trojan work for so many people. Unfortunately I cannot commend the Minister of State's efforts in this area. While he may say that there are increased hours, the lived experience of the people who contact me and every other Deputy in this House is that they cannot get these...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018: Leave to Withdraw [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Martin Kenny: I move:That the Order of the Dáil of 29th May, 2018, referring the Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018 to the Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government, be discharged, and leave be granted to withdraw the Bill.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (25 Jun 2019)

Martin Kenny: 697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) was entitled to an arrears payment for invalidity pension in 2013 from the date of application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26068/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mayoral Election (25 Jun 2019)

Martin Kenny: 729. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a plebiscite to allow for a directly elected mayor in Sligo town. [26053/19]

Community Policing and Rural Crime: Motion (20 Jun 2019)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the report and congratulate the justice committee on its work. The issue of community policing and rural crime affects most constituencies and counties. In the rural constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, we are all conscious of the fear that often exists in isolated rural communities, not least in respect of crime against older people, farm theft and so on. Sometimes, we can quote...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the opportunity to present this Bill for detailed scrutiny. When I was elected, I promised the people in my constituency that I would try to address their needs in the Oireachtas. The issue of depopulation in the north west is a long-term and insidious blight on my county of Leitrim and other parts of the region. There are many reasons for this. We need jobs, infrastructure and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Martin Kenny: Yes, that work is being done at TCD.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Martin Kenny: As I said, the work the school has done on the ET system has been examined for a number of years. One of its objectives was to achieve a zero discharge. That was its logic. It found that, as of yet, it was virtually impossible to achieve a zero discharge, mainly because of rainfall rather than effluent entering it. In a standard house, less than 1,000 l of wastewater enters the system...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Martin Kenny: It is a similar situation. In Leitrim approximately 80% of the soil is dense. Anyone who goes to a funeral in County Leitrim and looks into a graveyard can see that six inches down we have good soil but when we look below that we have dog heavy soil. That is what we find in much of County Leitrim. In west Cavan we have a similar situation, but west Cavan has considerable mountainous areas...