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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: My other question was whether the sanction in place at the moment is criminal or administrative, and what the witnesses' views are on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: I understand that. In respect of this Bill, I am asking whether the sanction should be criminal or administrative. That is what we have to decide now.

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: The interception legislation needs to be amended.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (16 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: 500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Brexit negotiations include a request for increased quota and support funding for fishing in view of the fact Ireland will be the most affected EU member state when British waters and quota are removed from the EU; if the Common Fisheries Policy quota and supports to 2020 will be increased in these circumstances; if he...

Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: I congratulate Deputy Quinlivan on bringing forward the Bill. This area has been in the minds of many young people. If a computer is on in my house late at night, it means someone is trying to buy tickets for something. Broadband comes to mind as an issue because the people in rural Ireland can never seem to get the tickets and we often blame broadband. There is also a tendency to believe...

Questions on Promised Legislation (11 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: The fracking Bill was brought through by my constituency colleague, Deputy Tony McLoughlin. It is a magnificent Bill and there is progress being made steadily as it moves through the Oireachtas. I seek an assurance. The Bill has been changed or adjusted slightly to become an amendment to the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960. Will the Government set time aside to have it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (11 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: 203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an extension to the timeframe for planting hedgerows and coppicing hedgerows will be provided under the GLAS scheme in view of the fact there is a shortage of hedging plants here and farmers need more time to source them before planting. [22441/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: The witnesses are all very welcome. With regard to the number of litters, what is the norm at present? I would like to know this for my own expertise, if nothing else. With regard to sanctions, it was stated a person convicted of any animal welfare offence should not serve on the board. Surely such people should not own greyhounds or be involved in the industry at all, never mind be on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: Is doping considered to be an animal welfare offence? To me, it is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: Would an offence in that category carry a greater sanction than a doping offence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: Therefore, could there be both a criminal sanction and an administrative sanction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Discussion (9 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: The witnesses are all very welcome. I thank them for attending and making their presentations. A couple of issues arise immediately for me. The advantage of the scheme was that the money was available without security being required. It was sold on that basis. However, everyone I speak to in the farming community went to the banks with which they deal generally and with which they all...

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: On a point of order, between the first question and answering the first question, it took seven minutes.

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: We all are waiting to get in. It is unfair to Deputies who are waiting.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Agencies Funding (9 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: 509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency in each the years 2013 to 2016; and the EU and Exchequer funding for the agency and projected spending to 2017 to 2019. [21427/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (9 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: 510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency funding under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund will be renegotiated at the end of the current Common Fisheries Policy; and if extra powers to deal with super trawlers will be requested from the EU authorities. [21428/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (9 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: 513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in Brexit negotiations there is a request for increased quota and support funding for fishing; if the Common Fisheries Policy quota and supports to 2020 will be increased in these circumstances; his views on whether quota and supports will increase post 2020; and if he will allocate funding from the Exchequer to fishers in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (9 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: 511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the absence of the capability by the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency to board large foreign vessels, he will seek EU approval of the right to impound vessels while inspections take place. [21430/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Development (9 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: 512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocations from his Department to support research and development in fisheries and seafood production in each of the years 2012 to 2016, in tabular form. [21431/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (9 May 2017)

Martin Kenny: 572. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the allocations of funding from his Department to promote hatcheries and spawning beds to facilitate restocking native fish species in each of the years from 2008 to 2016 in tabular form. [21432/17]