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Topical Issue Debate: Brexit Issues (25 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I live in a Border county. My constituency stretches from Belturbet in County Cavan right around to Pettigo in County Donegal and it takes up almost a third of the Border. It is ironic that today, Mrs. Theresa Villiers, MP, is introducing a Bill in the House of Commons to prevent live imports from outside the UK after Brexit. If a person from County Leitrim or County Cavan bought a couple...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: This morning, in Buswells Hotel, the Irish Farmers' Association held a briefing on vulture funds which are selling many farms around the country. It is a terrible situation. The Irish Farmers' Association, IFA, says it has become increasingly frustrated by the tactics of the vulture funds, which are forcing quick farm sales without the agreement of the farmer. The IFA is really saying it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (25 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the advance payment for the sheep welfare scheme 2017 will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18301/18]

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: Again, we will be supporting the motion tonight. The reality is that we should not be here at all. That is very clear. There should not have been a Labour Court recommendation. The Government should have dealt with this in the very beginning. From the very outset, when the CE schemes were set up and the whole process was put in place, the supervisors and the people who worked on those...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: In the north west, the diabetic services in Sligo University Hospital are housed in a small portakabin. I met people there a couple of weeks ago. Proposals to build a new facility for them are in place. These patients are mainly people with type 1 diabetes and they urgently need this to be put in place as quickly as possible. The services there are totally inadequate. They are meeting in...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Pollution (19 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Minister's contribution. Sometimes when a Topical Issue is raised the question can be short and it may not spontaneously produce the right answer. I note that the scripted reply of the Minister states that the primary responsibility for the monitoring and management of water quality is the local authority under the Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts. While that is the...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Pollution (19 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: My colleagues and I met with the society earlier this week and it is very clear that it has genuine concerns about the situation. The River Barrow is a major river in the south east and the second longest in Ireland. It is an excellent salmon river but the society is very concerned that its stocks are being depleted. The construction debris dumped in the river and other pollution issues...

Fodder Shortage: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I move amendment No. 1:(a) to insert the following after "as is currently permitted; and":"— that this fodder crisis started last September 2017, when land became so waterlogged due to the severe weather that farmers, particularly in the north west, were unable to operate machinery on the land and failed to get a second cut of silage or hay;" and(b) to insert the following after "2018...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Duel Divestment Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (19 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: Deputy Pearse Doherty has supplied some notes on the legislation to me. I welcome the Bill and the work done by Deputy Pringle. We support amendment No. 1. I also welcome the words from the Minister of State that, in general, he would be supportive of it. However, when he went into the detail, I felt there was a bit of a drawback from that. One thing that strikes me immediately is when...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (19 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the balancing payment of the 2017 sheep welfare scheme will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17152/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: As the Taoiseach is aware, there is a commitment in the programme for Government on children with autism. Autism units were put in place in many primary and secondary schools. An issue arises in regard to the primary sector in Sligo and Leitrim in that there are not enough such units in place and many schools are hesitant about putting them in place because they do not receive adequate...

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: I will be sharing time with my two colleagues. We will be supporting the motion put forward by Fianna Fáil in regard to the fodder crisis. The crisis has been going on for a very long time. In October of last year, I first raised with the Minister that a fodder crisis was looming in the north west. The Minister had at that time a very bland attitude to the matter and insisted that...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: It is clear that everyone, including the Taoiseach, is very conscious of the situation farmers are in but, unfortunately, nothing has been done for them. That is the problem. Some 15% of low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, payments are due to be paid to farmers from the middle of May onwards. I ask that those payments be brought forward and paid now. That would amount to €500...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the report on costings of pay equality and the timeframe to achieve it as called for in an amendment to section 11 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15127/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1047. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons waiting for GLAS payments; the number of part payments issued; and his plans to have the outstanding payments processed. [15061/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Licences (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the categories of licence issued for eel fishing. [16225/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Licences (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the difference between the licences issued for salmon fishing and licences issued for eel fishing. [16226/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed independent review into the western rail corridor will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16126/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority’s national rail review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16127/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (17 Apr 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1349. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be sourced for a centre (details supplied) in County Leitrim which provides essential community services to older persons and which has had a cut of almost 50% of its funding through Pobal. [15286/18]