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Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing time with Deputy Martin Ferris. The Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017 is designed to put in place a licence specifically for those fishermen who live on our offshore islands and who gain their incomes from island fishing. It is a small number of people in the context of the overall fishing fleet. Small-scale...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: There is a commitment to afforestation in the programme for Government and the Government has supported afforestation. There is currently a critical situation where there are 700 farmers around the country who have contracts or partnerships with Coillte and are being treated abysmally by a semi-State company. They are not being paid. There is no communication. It is a scandalous...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (1 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: 228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5004/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (1 Feb 2018)

Martin Kenny: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments to a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5010/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: Is the Taoiseach aware that the European Union is completing the Mercosur trade deal at the moment? In the Programme for a Partnership Government there is a commitment to the farming sector and to the beef sector, in particular. Many beef farmers in Ireland are extremely concerned that this deal will open up the export of 100,000 tonnes of beef from Latin America to Europe. That will be a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (31 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 219. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Vimizim has being approved by the HSE for those suffering from Morquio syndrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4797/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (31 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals and reviews waiting to be processed by the appeals section of his Department; the year the appeal or review was lodged; the scheme it relates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4775/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harrier Programme: Discussion (30 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: Thank you Chairman. I welcome Mr. Fitzgerald again here today and the farmers and others in the audience. Deputy Cahill summed a lot of it up there. The issue is very clear as far as I am concerned. What we have is designation without any compensation, and that is a problem that we have in many parts of the country for various things. The EU comes in - we had it with our bogs and various...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harrier Programme: Discussion (30 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: I thank all the witnesses for coming in today and making their presentations. Reading through them, the issue of GLAS has been well aired. The reality is that while the majority of farmers in GLAS could earn approximately €5,000 from the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, the average is €4,000. I expect it is similar for people in the hen harrier situation. The witness also...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (30 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of new forestry that were planted in County Leitrim in each of the years 2013 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3968/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (30 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing an application for a GLAS payment by a person (details supplied); and if the process will be expedited. [4005/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision (23 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 310. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to allow IVF treatment be made available to persons with a medical card that are unable to afford it; when this treatment will be covered by the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2790/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (23 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals and reviews with his Department by year in which the appeal or review was lodged and the scheme to which it relates, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2823/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (23 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding is set aside for appeals and reviews that are with his Department's appeals office should they be successful; if so, the monetary value of these appeals and reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2824/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (17 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 117. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed regarding speech and language therapy services in south County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2226/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (17 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by the speech and language therapist in the south County Leitrim area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2227/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (17 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 119. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the appointment of a second speech and language therapist for the south County Leitrim area to reduce the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2228/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (17 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cows with four and five star rating that were born during or before 2013 and are moved from one herd to another for winter feeding and then back to their original herd after the winter months will be eligible for the beef data and genomics scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2206/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (17 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will notify all persons in the beef data and genomics scheme of the cows that are and are not eligible for the scheme when sending the BDGP Eurostar report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2230/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Review of Irish Harness Racing Sector: Irish Harness Racing Association (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: I thank both of the witnesses for their very comprehensive presentation on the issues facing harness racing. We have met many times, and to cut to the nub of it, I am a firm believer in priming the pump. If we want any industry to start and to function, we have to invest in it during the initial stages and get it to the stage where it can continue on its own, hopefully generating a return....