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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: Of course, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: I appreciate that. A gender balance is everybody's responsibility not just the Minister's and it needs to be considered across the board. We have not made much progress because we are not getting to what has to happen, which is the bottom line. What has to happen to change this?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: 155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the income threshold for fuel allowance in order that those in receipt of public service pensions are eligible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39461/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (1 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: 241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has any plans to introduce targeted regional supports for the TV and film production sector, particularly in the northwest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38704/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Co-operation (1 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: 496. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish citizens working in the north of Ireland and living in the south of Ireland are entitled to a medical card as a frontline worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38869/24]

Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: Deputy Doherty is not here just yet.

Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: We will share the time as we go along. I appreciate that. I thank the Minister for his opening statement. Access to cash and the right of people to use cash is vital. That is the nub of this. People have a right to use cash as well as to access it. Since Covid and even before that, people have spoken of restrictions on the use of cash. People used cards more and more during that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: I have a brief supplementary to support Deputy Harkin on that. I also come from County Leitrim and boxty is something we grew up with from when we were children coming home from school. There was boxty dumpling, boxty loaf and pan boxty. In many parts of country they have not even heard of it but it is a staple diet for many people in that part of the world. It is a tremendous and a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: How long does that take?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: A year? Five years?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: As the Minister is aware my colleagues, Deputies Kerrane and Carthy, put forward a proposal earlier this year with regard to having a commission on the future of the family farm. It is about more than generational renewal. In our view, what needs to happen is we need to look at the family farm in the whole to see what the future of it will be. That is for the suckler, sheep, pig and every...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: A major issue is that the price the farmers get for their produce is dominated by processors and the big players. Often, they do not get an opportunity, because they are basically price takers. That is the key problem, along with how to organise and how to form production groups and so on to ensure we get a fair price for farmers. I was speaking to the grain growers at the ploughing last...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: 54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has plans to extend the slurry spreading deadline by at least two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38402/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: I want to ask the Minister about the plans he hopefully has to extend the slurry season. As he will be aware, we have had a difficult and wet summer. The harvest was late and farmers in many parts of the country have had difficulty getting fodder saved, particularly in areas where there are wetter, heavier soils. As a result, many farmers are letting their cattle graze later in order to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: All of us recognise that both the quality of water and our waterways have to be protected. I suppose overuse of fertilisers, etc., can be a problem and is an issue in many cases. However, we also have to recognise that we were at the ploughing championships last week and it was more like a day in July than one in September. That can often happen. This is the problem when one farms by the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: I appreciate and understand all of that, but a particular situation obtains in many parts of the country at present. Many farmers have been in contact with me - I am sure they have been in contact with the Minister's office - regarding the difficulties they have had in getting their slurry out because of the particularly wet summer and as a result of the situation they find themselves in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: 55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the engagement his commission on generational renewal in farming has undertaken since its establishment. [38403/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: I want to get an update from the Minister in regard to the engagement he has had regarding the commission on generational renewal in farming that, I understand, he has established or is about to establish. We all recognise that many farmers are ageing and are looking around to see who will take over their farms and what will happen. There was talk recently of some kind of a retirement...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: 53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payments, including the number of farms which have been scored so far. [38401/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: This is my first opportunity to be here for Question Time as my party's spokesperson on agriculture. I am delighted to hold the brief. The way was well ploughed by Deputy Kerrane, who was spokesperson before me. I am delighted to be here this morning. I want to ask the Minister about ACRES payments and get information on the number of farmers who have been scored for the scheme so far,...