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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding (8 Nov 2017)

Martin Kenny: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the additional €25 million of ANC funding; the way in which it will be allocated; and the rationale behind the allocation. [46938/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (8 Nov 2017)

Martin Kenny: 216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an appeal for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) has not been addressed; if the appeal will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47323/17]

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Martin Kenny: Rather than giving them cash, a cheque should be posted to the person's address to ensure this is open and transparent.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Martin Kenny: This requires no resources.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Upcoming CAP Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (7 Nov 2017)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Chair, and I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their time and their contributions. CAP from its outset was meant to provide cheap food to the European market. It has changed its emphasis over the years and has now become more about providing a very high-quality product or high-quality food. It is now more focused on that and on issues of environmental sustainability....

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Martin Kenny: Page 98 of the programme for Government contains a commitment to building successful rural and community policing. At a recent meeting of the joint policing committee in Leitrim, we discussed the problem of burglaries. An issue came up at that meeting which has also been debated in this House and elsewhere. It was agreed by senior gardaí that there is an issue with cash for gold shops...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications Data (7 Nov 2017)

Martin Kenny: 521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been Garda vetted annually since the process of Garda vetting was established. [46324/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications Data (7 Nov 2017)

Martin Kenny: 522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have made multiple Garda vetting applications for different organisations in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017. [46325/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications Data (7 Nov 2017)

Martin Kenny: 523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost incurred by persons applying for Garda vetting since the process of Garda vetting was established. [46326/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications Data (7 Nov 2017)

Martin Kenny: 524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual costs incurred by the Exchequer in processing Garda vetting applications for each year to date since the process of Garda vetting was established. [46327/17]

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Martin Kenny: Ireland 2040 plans for where we will be about 22 years from now. As Deputy Connolly has said, there is much in the document to be welcomed. There is much in it that is very aspirational, that is very good and that we want to see happen. An awful lot of it is very vague, however. That is one of the problems I have with it. I am thinking of the sections on agriculture, forestry, tourism...

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Oct 2017)

Martin Kenny: The programme for Government states very clearly the Government wants to deal with the housing and homelessness crisis across the country. While homelessness in the city of Dublin in particular is very evident because we all see it in front of us, homelessness in rural counties such as Leitrim, where I come from, is equally as big a problem but is not so apparent. We have people coming into...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (26 Oct 2017)

Martin Kenny: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the slurry spreading deadline of 14 October 2017 to enable farmers to spread when conditions allow in view of the extremely wet weather conditions in parts of the country over the past six to eight weeks which has prevented the spread of slurry. [41893/17]

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2017)

Martin Kenny: That is obvious.

Other Questions: Stamp Duty (24 Oct 2017)

Martin Kenny: That was for commercial property, not agricultural land.

Other Questions: Stamp Duty (24 Oct 2017)

Martin Kenny: The Minister fails to accept the gravity of the situation. The average farm income in this country is half the average industrial wage, which is the issue here. Farmers are struggling to survive. In many cases and where they depend on the farm alone, the only way to survive is by expanding. To expand, they must buy land beside them. This aspect is recognised and the Minister for...

Other Questions: Stamp Duty (24 Oct 2017)

Martin Kenny: 10. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he will ensure that farmers are not affected by stamp duty increases aimed at commercial developers. [44729/17]

Other Questions: Stamp Duty (24 Oct 2017)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister for his reply. The issue raised is quite unusual. We had the announcement on budget day and the following day the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, informed us that the increase was not going to apply to farmland. We all said "Fine, great, it is not going to apply to farmland". It turns out that the Minister was mistaken and that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Directive: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)

Martin Kenny: I apologise for arriving late. I had a question in the Dáil. My understanding is that a lot of this is around change of land use. The officials will correct me if I am wrong. There is a kind of worldwide lobby suggesting that if I take Rwanda out of producing food and put it to producing energy, there will be people starving in the Horn of Africa. We had the Famine in Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Directive: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)

Martin Kenny: I have heard all those arguments before. Where I live, all I see are trees around me and no people. Every 1,000 acres of forestry employs only one full-time person. I absolutely agree with Dr. Hendrick on the climate change benefits, but it employs nobody. That is the reality when compared with any other sector of farming. I never saw trees having to go to the town to buy a gate or a bit...