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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: They are over the top.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: 33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason the newly announced local improvement scheme has had a funding reduction of €7 million from the 2017 allocation in view of the fact weather events in 2018 have had a detrimental effect on rural infrastructure. [19077/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Scheme (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: 40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to increase the number of rural recreation officers employed by his Department by appointing one in each county. [19079/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Brexit Issues (2 May 2018)

Martin Kenny: 56. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has requested an economic impact report on the potential effect of Brexit on the Border counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19078/18]

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: Exactly.

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I compliment the Chairman and committee members on the work done on the report. I also compliment the staff and the various organisations that sent in witnesses who gave us their knowledge and expertise on the issue. I also acknowledge the others who made submissions on it. As has been said, the tillage sector has been under pressure. The Teagasc report for the period 2007 to 2016...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Engagement with EU Commissioner Mr. Phil Hogan (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Commissioner and his staff. CAP is the big issue facing us for the next few years. The budget is vital. We must ensure the largest possible budget for Irish farmers and farm families. I welcome the announcement this morning of the €60,000 cap. That is appropriate at this point. We must find some way of capping that budget. This brings me to Pillar 1 in particular....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Engagement with EU Commissioner Mr. Phil Hogan (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Commissioner and his staff. CAP is the big issue facing us for the next few years. The budget is vital. We must ensure the largest possible budget for Irish farmers and farm families. I welcome the announcement this morning of the €60,000 cap. That is appropriate at this point. We must find some way of capping that budget. This brings me to Pillar 1 in particular....

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: The housing crisis is something that is hitting us throughout the country, particularly here in the city of Dublin. One of the agencies of the State which receives a vast amount of money every year is Horse Racing Ireland. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has a piece of land near Leopardstown racecourse, 20% of which is waste ground, in the ownership of Horse Racing Ireland, which...

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: That is the other side of the road.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: If it were front-loaded-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: There is a little bit of change-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a flat-rate basic payments system based on a payment per hectare rather than the almost 20-year old system based on a historical reference year. [18344/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: As the Minister is aware, Commissioner Hogan this morning mentioned that the new CAP is going to be more made in Dublin than Brussels. Specifically, in the context of the basic payments under Pillar 1, the traditional method of referring to 2000 or 2001 to decide the amount of payment farmers will receive is almost 20 years old. Most farmers understand that it does not work anymore and a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: It is welcome that the Minister is considering the distribution of CAP payments and what options are available in that regard. We have had this discussion many times in the House and at committee. The current situation whereby entitlements are bought, sold, leased and used as commodities of a sort is inappropriate. We must have a flat-rate payment across the board in order that a farmer...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: The opposite.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Basic Payment Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I am trying not only to protect the farmers whose case I am putting forward but also to enhance their position. Many farmers on smaller holdings have not gotten a fair crack of the whip. Going back to 2001 or 2002, farmers in the west of Ireland who had a few suckling cows discovered that their farms were not intensive enough to be able to receive the entitlements they deserved, whereas...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the rules regarding the start and end dates for grazing and cutting of traditional hay meadow under GLAS will be relaxed to accommodate farmers in areas in which grass is only starting to grow and in areas in which hay meadow may be ready to cut before 1 July 2018 should good weather allow; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of Mercosur negotiations in the context of the delisting of 20 Brazilian meat plants from the European Commission’s list of suppliers due to food safety concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18211/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (26 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is justifiable to penalise farmers whose land was burned in 2017 through no fault of their own by removing burned land from their 2018 BPS applications. [18214/18]