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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]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank Professor More for this document, which as others have said is very detailed. It goes to the core of the problem. I was looking up a few things and I noticed a delegation from Animal Health New Zealand visited Ireland and Britain in 2008 to speak about how successful New Zealand had been in this area and the measures that could be taken. The paper mentions the possum that was the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: Do different TB strains make a difference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank Mr. Murphy for his presentation. I wish to ask about the TB eradication programme. The questions are somewhat similar but from a slightly different perspective, given that the witnesses are very much the foot soldiers on the ground in regard to TB eradication. One issue concerns the average length of time for a reactor to be removed from a farm, which is about four weeks. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: I think Mr. Geraghty said that the test was approximately 70% accurate. Suckler farmers have an average of 15 to 18 cows. Those are small numbers so if the tests are not as accurate as we would like them to be and there are smaller numbers in the herd, does that mean there is more of a possibility of herds not being identified? Does Mr. Geraghty understand what I mean? He mentioned a herd...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: In theory, the witnesses are saying a lay corporation can buy a veterinary practice and run it. This has been done in a number of cases and in other cases people are preparing to do it. These practices are then outside the regulations. In theory, the way we could get around this is if the witnesses came together and went to the people with all of the money and told them they would front...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: After a young vet has practised for a while, he or she normally proceeds to take a share in a practice when an older vet retires. Will this measure inhibit that possibility for them?

Fourth Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: The issue is close to me because I know a number of women who were residents of the homes and who raised various issues with me. Their lives, as well as those of their families and others around them, were traumatised and they feel aggrieved that the situation has been pushed back again. They had expected and looked forward to the conclusion of the issue, not now but sooner. In the case of...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: Do we not do so?

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: Both.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: My colleagues have adequately outlined the many reasons Deputy Harris should be removed as Minister for Health. Unless some Fianna Fáil Deputies manage to grow a spine in the next half an hour, the Minister will stay in position with their blessing and under Deputy Micheál Martin’s instruction. Why would Deputy Micheál Martin want to keep Deputy Harris in the position?...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: The comparisons with recent scandals involving the Minister, Deputy Harris, do not need to be expanded on. In each case, Deputy Micheál Martin blamed others. He blamed officials, civil servants and advisers-----

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: -----but he never took responsibility for these scandals as Minister. The simple reality is Deputy Micheál Martin does not believe in accountability in public life nor does Fianna Fáil. His primary legacy is the HSE itself, a body he established, in which he managed to translate his personal failings into an institution with systemic failings. This body continues to affect every...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Martin Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Harris, should go but so too should Deputy Micheál Martin. It is time for accountability and it is time to realise that the people deserve better.