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Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments Waiting Times (14 Nov 2018)

Martin Kenny: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting assessments for autism diagnosis in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the length of time they have being waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47311/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments Waiting Times (14 Nov 2018)

Martin Kenny: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the waiting list and reduce the waiting times for children waiting for an assessment for autism in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47313/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (14 Nov 2018)

Martin Kenny: 230. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department allowed CAMHS in counties Sligo and Leitrim to cease providing services in assessing children for autism and refer them to the service of a school age psychologist that does not exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47362/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements (14 Nov 2018)

Martin Kenny: 243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if entitlements will be returned to a person (details supplied) under the CAP 2015 regulations as advised by the Office of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47264/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Imports (14 Nov 2018)

Martin Kenny: 247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep imported from Northern Ireland for the purposes of breeding and slaughter in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47303/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implications of Brexit for Agriculture Sector: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their presentations which have been very useful. I also wonder about the landbridge going across Britain to continental Europe, across which much of our products travel. Has an arrangement or model been put in place whereby produce that is leaving Ireland to go to Europe or vice versawill not have to go through checks, for instance if they are in sealed containers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implications of Brexit for Agriculture Sector: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Martin Kenny: I have one query. Ms Gallagher said many small companies do not have the capacity to deal with this. Is there potential for something to happen on a collaborative basis? Could a scheme be introduced to assist those companies to work together through some of the problems? Obviously their problems will be uniform and the solutions will probably also be. Rather than each company having to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Policy (8 Nov 2018)

Martin Kenny: 2. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on whether adequate provisions have been made to protect rural Ireland from further decline in view of budget 2019; if budget 2019 was rural proofed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46356/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Martin Kenny: The programme for Government makes a clear commitment to reduce the waiting times for surgery in hospitals. A lady from my constituency contacted me yesterday. She has a blocked artery in her leg which was diagnosed over a year ago, and she is scheduled for surgery in University Hospital Galway. Her appointment was cancelled and has been cancelled five times since. The next time it was...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. The essence of the motion sets out the difficulties we have in many parts of the country with regard to the outcome in cases where we do not have an appropriate system or one that works and delivers properly. We see that in many areas. There are pollution problems and that must be acknowledged. There are restrictions on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (6 Nov 2018)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. We are all aware of the issues with Brexit and the difficulties it poses particularly for our agrifood and fisheries sectors. We need to get into some of the detail of that. I am concerned about the issue of veterinary standards, particularly between the North and the South. There is considerable movement of live animals and product across the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Martin Kenny: 810. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when phone lines will be upgraded for the roll-out of high-speed broadband in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44650/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Extension (25 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, will be extended; if not, if the GLAS scheme will be reopened for those farmers exiting AEOS in the next twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44245/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (25 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who are not on target to meet their 20% star rating under the beef data and genomics programme, BDGP, by the end of October 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44273/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (25 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the acreage of land planted for forestry for the public and private sector by county; the species of trees in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44291/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (25 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of water samples taken under the acid sensitivity protocol in each of the years 2008 to 2017 in acid sensitive areas such as County Leitrim and north County Roscommon which account for 700,000 acres of acid sensitive land or 10% of acid sensitive land here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44292/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Administration (25 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason meal bins are only funded under the targeted agricultural modernisation schemes, TAMS, grant for dairy farmers and not for suckler cow and sheep farmers; if meal bins will be covered by TAMS for all farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44319/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (25 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the water testing that has been done under the existing acid-sensitivity protocol developed by his Department, the EPA and COFORD to protect watercourses from acidification arising from Sitka spruce forests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44328/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (25 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that existing forests are appropriately restructured post clear fell to reflect water and other environmental sensitivities on the ground; and the number of sites in the policy as set out in the publication, Woodlands for Water, and in the felling and reforestation policy which have been implemented in each of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (25 Oct 2018)

Martin Kenny: 339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there is no contractual undertaker provided by her Department in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44244/18]