Results 3,501-3,520 of 4,305 for speaker:Martin Kenny
- 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.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Martin Kenny: People with prosthetic limbs cannot get physiotherapy, and this needs to be dealt with.
- Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)
Martin Kenny: I commend the Rural Independents Alliance for putting down this motion this evening. All of us are conscious in all our constituencies of people who are waiting and trying to get home care packages, people waiting for home help hours and the fight and struggle that goes on. I am sure that it is the same everywhere, including for the Minister of State, that when one contacts whoever is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee and giving their rundown of Coillte's position. As has been said, Coillte is one of the largest landowners in the country. It has a vast resource there. I have a couple of questions around that. One question is in regard to the exports. Mr. Leamy says that Coillte is trying to enhance the value of the product through processing,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Martin Kenny: Does the farmer have a role in that? In a normal partnership, a decision is made by both parties to the partnership on whether they will thin the trees or accept the price they are getting, for example. Many farmers say they do not have a say and that they are just told what is happening. That is the issue. Will the review change that? Will farmers be given equal status within the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Martin Kenny: Can the partnership change? Is that what Mr. Leamy is saying? Can the conditions of the contract be changed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Martin Kenny: A point which comes up in my part of the country is monoculture and that the only tree planted is Sitka spruce. This is a poor quality timber which is not good enough for electricity poles. Farmers are always wary of a permanent change of land use. The sole use of land is an issue too. Nothing else can happen to forestry planted lands. However, in other countries, other types of...
- Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (7 Dec 2017)
Martin Kenny: PESCO is the beginning of the creation of a standing EU army. At the press conference after PESCO was agreed Frederica Mogherini said:[W]e are building the European Union of Security and Defence. It is not a plan anymore, it is not a dream anymore, it is reality coming true. It is disgraceful that this Government and its partners in Fianna Fáil have once again tried to sneak a motion...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Development (7 Dec 2017)
Martin Kenny: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a single boat payment to provide income support for sea fishermen related to their fishing boats. [52429/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Data (7 Dec 2017)
Martin Kenny: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sea fishermen; and the number of Irish-registered sea fishing boats in tabular form. [52430/17]
- Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2017: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Martin Kenny: The horse racing industry has been before us as a topic on many occasions, both here and in committees. The €80 million spent on these two industries is a huge revenue investment by society. We all understand we have to invest to reap a reward at a future date and plenty has been made of the return we get on it, but many feel the amount the industry receives is worth discussing. It...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)
Martin Kenny: On page 4 of the programme for Government, there is a reference to creating a social economy and a number of points are made. One of the first of these relates to sound public finances and a stable and broad tax base. Senior officials from the Revenue Commissioners appeared before the Committee of Public Accounts this morning. They informed it that eight out of ten of the highest earning...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)
Martin Kenny: Please deal with the point.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)
Martin Kenny: It is a loophole being exploited.