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Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: Under the programme for Government we have a scheme called JobPath. It is being delivered in my constituency by a private company called Seetec. For people in rural Ireland this is a major difficulty because many of them have to travel long distances to make the appointments. Recently, I was contacted by a woman from west Cavan. She is 30 miles from Cavan town. She was told that she...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: It is part of promised legislation. If people do not attend these appointments, their money will be cut yet they cannot afford to attend them. Will some fund be put in place to compensate people who have to travel long distances, especially those in rural areas?

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: They get paid to go to work.

Report of the Fennelly Commission: Statements (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: I too welcome the report and express our gratitude to Mr. Justice Fennelly for the work he is doing. When part one of the Fennelly report was published in 2015, we in Sinn Féin said the Taoiseach's spin on it was not credible. We believed it was clear at the time that sending the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, Mr. Brian Purcell, to the home of the Garda...

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: The Garda Commissioner simply must stand down. That is the view both of many in the House and of the community and people outside the House who see what is going on. Time after time in recent years, we have had crisis after crisis and each time the Garda Commissioner has stood up to say either she did not know anything about it or it was not her fault and had nothing to do with her. Deputy...

Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: I know that the redress scheme for people who were born in mother and baby homes came before the Cabinet yesterday. We had a lot of fine words of compassion here a couple of weeks ago but for many people, what happened yesterday seems to be the opposite. Is the Taoiseach prepared to commit today regarding what he will do to look after these people who were the victims of an abusive...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Vessel Safety (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: 316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants available for safety schemes for persons; the amount allocated to them; and the participation rate for these schemes for the past 20 years. [18550/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: 319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of areas of natural constraint; when he envisages the completion of the review; and his plans to consult the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the farm organisations and other stakeholders before submitting maps and the results of the review to the European Union for approval....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland Expenditure (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: 332. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent in the past ten years, per annum, on the restocking of hatcheries and rivers; and the areas in which it has been spent. [18551/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Accidents (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: 338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of lives lost involving commercial fishing in the past 20 years, by location and year, in tabular form. [18549/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: Under the Programme for Government additional places were put in place for the rural social scheme. There were a whole lot of them, which was very welcome for many people in rural Ireland. However, there seems to be something hidden within that because many people in the area are now being told the rural social scheme is no longer an income support scheme, which it had always been, but a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: In the programme for Government there is a commitment to have access to capital for small businesses and also to assist businesses through the debt crisis. We have had huge problems over a number of years in this country. Today, in Buswell's hotel across the road, the IFA are launching a framework for negotiations with vulture funds. We have a situation today where there are hundreds of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Mackerel Quota Allocation: Iasc Mara Teoranta (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the witnesses from Iasc Mara Teoranta and thank them for their presentation. What is at issue is that the big guy should not be able to do this, if the rules are implemented in the way the rules are supposed to be. Clearly that is the problem. What the Department is saying in its mission statement is that this should not happen, that the rules state it should not happen. Yet it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Mackerel Quota Allocation: Iasc Mara Teoranta (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: The big contradiction here is between what the Department's policy document, Fisheries Quota Management in Ireland, states it has to do and free market enterprise, which flies in the face of it. The problem is that the bigger factories, which are also the bigger owners of boats - they are both the same thing - can create a monopoly and squeeze everybody else out. That flies in the face of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Mackerel Quota Allocation: Iasc Mara Teoranta (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: If the Department has not given a reply maybe we could invite some officials in and try to get that reply. That would probably be the way forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: I know that there are changes coming in regard to people getting on public boards as how they are interviewed, as opposed to being selected by the Minister. How will that come into play here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: Are there many laboratories approved at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: This would be a change-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: The question I am asking is whether it means the test can be carried out at other laboratories other than their own laboratories?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: If the person is there and has not paid the fine, would he or she not just be taken to court for non-payment of the fine anyway?