Results 3,181-3,200 of 3,998 for speaker:Martin Kenny

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Young Farmers Scheme (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance the age limit for young farmers to qualify for 1% stamp duty relief. [54554/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Laboratory Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to the regional veterinary laboratory structure in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [54473/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to the BVD eradication scheme in each of the years 2012 to 2017. [54474/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Teagasc for the purpose of training farmers in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [54475/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons waiting for their 2016 applications for all relevant schemes to be processed; the monetary value of the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55110/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons waiting for their 2017 applications for all relevant schemes to be processed; the monetary value of the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55111/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes in his Department that were behind schedule on expenditure at the end of November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been recovered from persons in all relevant schemes in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the areas to which this money is then allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55115/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme Expenditure (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the 2017 sheep welfare budget allocation that was not required; his plans for this unused allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55112/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a communication channel for agricultural planners and advisors in order that they can contact the company that digitises maps for his Department in view of the fact that this could help to speed up the correction of issues with digitised maps in applications for agricultural schemes; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to retain the current definition of an active farmer from 2018 onwards after the approval of the omnibus rules by the European Parliament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55116/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of afforested land in County Leitrim; the percentage of this land that is agricultural; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1026/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Schemes (16 Jan 2018)

Martin Kenny: 1256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend grant aid from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to cover energy efficient re-equipment in poultry, pigs and horticulture not already covered by the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme. [54472/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: It is more the early departure of the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath.

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: I know that.

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: That is a very disappointing answer. The Minister of State is saying he will be able to respond on the specific operational matters raised when the consultant comes back to the hospital to deal with them. The issue is not about the consultant but the arrangement at the hospital. It is a management issue. There is no problem with what the consultants do or the clinical service they...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: This issue is in respect of the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire but there is no negative connotation in terms of its staff or the work they do. The National Rehabilitation Hospital has a strategic partnership with a private company, Ability Matters, which provides prosthetic limbs. The difficulty in that regard is that many people who acquire a prosthetic limb do not do so...

Topical Issue Debate (14 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: The Minister of State for disabilities has just left the Chamber.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: In the programme for Government, there is much commitment to people with disabilities. The National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire receives a vast amount of public funds and does tremendous work. However, there is an anomaly particularly for people who have prosthetic limbs, and there are such people in my constituency. If such a person gets a prosthetic limb from a private...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)

Martin Kenny: Under the programme for Government, there is a commitment to ensure that people with disabilities retain their rights.