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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Procurement Contracts (6 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: 38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the tendering process for the recruitment of consultants for the development of the national CAP strategic plan and individual schemes his Department is designing; the budget and terms of reference of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5708/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Preparations (6 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: 44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to date to safeguard agriculture in the event of a deal or no-deal Brexit scenario; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5709/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consultancy Contracts Data (6 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: 57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of different information technology consultants providing services to his Department; the way in which they are sourced; the cost in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5710/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Governance (6 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: 153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the bodies, public or private, responsible for providing certification to Coillte to permit it to trade in timber; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5779/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Smart Community Initiative: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their interesting presentation. I wish to raise a couple of matters. The first is the chapters, how they are set up and what mechanism a community project or group goes through to engage with them. I am from south Leitrim. Carrick-on-Shannon has a good broadband service and is the place where everything is happening, but there is very little outside that. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Smart Community Initiative: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: I have an office in Manorhamilton and another in Carrick-on-Shannon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Smart Community Initiative: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: I do not see how the local libraries in my area would be suitable because there is public access in and out of them all of the time and there is not space, in general. Mohill is a town near to where I live. The old vocational school building in Mohill has lain idle for years. I approached the vocational education committee about allowing a community project to use the building but the VEC...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Smart Community Initiative: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: This is going to be a full-time job.

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: JobPath has been an abject failure for the people who have engaged with it, virtually throughout Ireland. In my constituency, everyone engaged in the JobPath process with whom I have spoken has said so. I am not just talking about those who have entered the scheme and found that it did not work for them because they did not find the kind of job they wanted. People who found jobs they...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments Waiting Times (5 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: 61. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see the school age psychologist in counties Sligo and Leitrim; when the school age psychologist will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5173/19]

Prohibition of Above-cost Ticket Touting Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: We welcome anything that resolves this issue and makes progress as the Bill attempts to do. I know that in the past Deputy Quinlivan has also made strides in that direction. In the past ten to 15 years as online booking has come increasingly into play we have had a problem. Prior to that people had to go to the local shop that had the agency for supplying tickets. They queued up there...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (31 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: Approximately ten days ago, I received an email from a constituent about her little boy, Patrick. Patrick is ten years old and he first engaged with the HSE services more than four years ago. The family feel they have been let down for all that time. In February of last year he was diagnosed with ADHD. At the time, CAMHS suggested an autism assessment. In June he was sent for an urgent...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: As the Tánaiste is aware, there is a clear commitment in the programme for Government to provide for health services. Sligo University Hospital has been awaiting the provision of a cath lab for many years. It has been an issue probably for the past two decades. It is also waiting on the provision of two 21-bed units. There are major problems with overcrowding in the hospital because...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Transactions (31 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Central Bank has ceased selling collector coin sets over the counter; if same is sold over the Internet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4805/19]

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: It is not allowed to bail them out.

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: That was because of the banking crisis.

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: That was because of the banking crisis.

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: Did the banking crisis not cause anything?

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: That is not a criticism.

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Martin Kenny: That is what the Bill says.