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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (26 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: I ask the Minister to outline the results of negotiations with the European Commission regarding the threat by Britain to apply full WTO tariffs to agrifood products from Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. I particularly want to focus on the tariff issue because it will have the biggest impact on the whole agrifood sector, in particular...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (26 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: The core issue is that mentioned by the Minister, that of exceptional measures. Everyone is aware of intervention and the various other market disruption measures that can be taken at any time when we have disruption somewhere in the market. Brexit is unique and is something we have not encountered at any time in the history of the EU. The exceptional measures are what we need to get to....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (26 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: We are all aware of the huge amounts of Irish beef that cross the channel to Britain. I have been speaking to people in the industry, in particular those working in the processing factories, so I know the same processors that own factories here own factories in the UK. Is there a situation where, rather than bringing meat across, they will bring the cattle across and do the processing over...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (26 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: 79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to deal with the issues relating to exporting dairy calves; his plans in order to ensure that Ireland does not have a similar problem in 2020 in view of the continued expansion of the dairy herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13987/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (26 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: 82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the comments made to the Oireachtas Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine that his Department is operating a tuberculosis containment programme rather than a tuberculosis eradication programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13986/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (26 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: 605. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a former section 39 employee (details supplied) had their request to make a protected disclosure dismissed without examining the details of the protected disclosure. [12791/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (26 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: 965. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene with an organisation (details supplied) under the terms of GLAS that has failed to provide a certificate of membership to a person resulting in a suspension of GLAS and possible clawback of moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12803/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector Funding (26 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: 1233. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of his examination of funding criteria for volunteer centres that are in receipt of funding less than €121,016, which his Department identified as the minimum necessary for centres to operate; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that twelve centres received less than this amount in the 2019 allocation; and...

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank Deputy McGrath for introducing the motion. I also acknowledge the role of the Minister of State, Deputy Michael D'Arcy. I have had many conversations with him about insurance over the past year or more, and in my view he has always done his best to resolve this matter. The difficulty is that, by and large, the insurance companies are in the driving seat. There seems to be nothing...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: This morning, the British Government announced tariffs relating to a range of agricultural produce. Although most Members recognise that much of this is play-acting and that the British Government is not really serious about this, with it being regarded as a temporary tariff situation, if there is a crash-out at some point, as is likely in the coming three or four months if not within the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (12 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: 356. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the new diabetes treatment centre at Sligo University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11837/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Banking Legislation: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank the delegates for their contributions and, in particular, Mr. Jim Connolly for initiating this process. He has done a great public good in initiating this conversation. Having listened to this and previous discussions at this committee, this is property that cannot simply be left there. We have the choice of leaving it alone, but that would not be appropriate, particularly when we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank Dr. Beamish for his presentation. Basically, the requirement we have here relates to the compensation of fishermen who would be negatively affected due to Brexit if they are frozen out of a large section of water where they traditionally fish and catch a large portion of their catch. In that regard, is the Department getting any indication from the negotiations in regard to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: If the UK crashes out without a deal and agrees to maintain quota levels and to keep the terms of the Common Fisheries Policy on an ad hocbasis for the time being, which is what Dr. Beamish is saying it will probably do, what reporting obligations will it have? It is clear from earlier discussions that fisheries arrangements between neighbouring countries apply all over the world. Obviously...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: A lot of the fish that British vessels catch is exported. The British are a bit like us. Although they are an island nation, they do not eat a lot of fish. Their main export market is clearly the EU. The UK will face a tariff on these exports whereas we will not. One would imagine that when the UK Government negotiates, it will have to bear this in mind as well. People talk about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Mar 2019)

Martin Kenny: I have a question about the Scottish farmed salmon sector, which is very large and has many exports. I imagine that many of its exports go to the EU. Have we any indication of how it is viewing Brexit and what situation it will be in? Are the tariffs for that sector high? Will it be difficult for that sector to cope after Brexit if it comes?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: We are all here because of the major impact Brexit will have. I listened to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, speak earlier about the issues facing the agricultural sector and the agrifood industry. While the Bill is quite technical as to the areas it has to amend, there is little or no mention of those issues because they are mainly covered under aspects of...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: That needs to be said loudly and clearly because the next morning when I woke up in a little room in Belfast, I listened for a few minutes and all I could hear was a helicopter in the sky because for the British Government and the British military presence at that time, while some people thought the helicopter was about looking at people like insects under a microscope, it was actually about...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (26 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: 464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to resolve the information technology issues with the processing of GLAS applications in order that a person (details supplied) can receive a 2018 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9520/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (26 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: 465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a TAMS application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9539/19]