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Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: -----of this Government to ensure services are maintained in rural Ireland.

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: Will the Government maintain what is there?

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: So you are going with the Government.

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: The Government is withdrawing the services.

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: In recent weeks, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been conducting a study into the operation of the various veterinary laboratories throughout the country. There are five regional veterinary laboratories in the country in Sligo, Kilkenny, Limerick, Cork and Athlone. In addition, there are three dairy science laboratories, as well as the central laboratory complex at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: I welcome all of the delegates. Ultimately, the 35% of the waters affected by the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union are such that we are almost setting ourselves up for a renegotiation of the Common Fisheries Policy rather than a review or tinkering with it. While Brexit presents very few opportunities, this may be one of them. The territorial waters of this nation, being an...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: The programme for Government contains a commitment to the reform of banking and financial services, particularly in regard to the repossession of houses. Many people have had their loans bought up by various institutions - these vulture funds, as they are described. The issue is that many of these people find their loans are sold in groups of perhaps 40 or 50. I have come across numerous...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 469. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an essential facility for the care of vulnerable persons with dementia (details supplied) run with the support of the Alzheimers' Society of Ireland, at Kilglass, Enniscrone, County Sligo for the past four years will cease to operate from 24 February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2865/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Imports (24 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that much of the seafood stocked in supermarkets is coming from Thailand, in particular from Samut Sakhon, which is known to use practices commonly termed modern day slavery; and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that a recent International Labour Organisation report...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Imports (24 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that no seafood stocked in supermarkets here from Thailand has been caught or processed using practices commonly termed modern day slavery; the safeguards in place to ensure that consumers are not unwittingly purchasing seafood that was caught or processed using such practices; and if he will make a statement on...

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: I will also raise the issue concerning the GLAS scheme. As the Minister stated, this affects up to 9,000 farmers who are waiting for their payments. When they come to us and we contact the Department, nine times out of ten we are told there is some stop on the payment but a day or two later it is removed. The issue is usually not on the farmer's side but something in the Department. Many...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: As stated, Sinn Féin does not support the Bill because, at the end of the day, rural Ireland matters. If rural Ireland matters, we must ensure the post office network is retained and grown. There have been many post offices closed throughout the country. The post office in the village of Cloone, which is in my constituency, closed a number of years ago following the death of the...

Tillage Farming: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: I am sharing my time with Deputies Carol Nolan and Martin Ferris. I acknowledge the motion tabled. It is a good one and we will certainly be supporting it. This is because there is no doubt that tillage farmers had a bad year due to the weather in many parts of the country. Between June and September, there were not three dry days in a row anywhere in the west. The bad year has had a huge...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: The programme for Government contains a commitment to bring investment and jobs to rural Ireland. One of the biggest impediments to that is our infrastructure. Chambers of commerce from across the north west came to Dublin before Christmas to campaign for investment in the roads infrastructure, in particular the N4 and N5 links to the north west. I am sure the Taoiseach is well aware of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: When will it be completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witness for the presentation. The witness raised a couple of issues in his presentation that I wish to return to. He mentioned the standards we have here and the standards in Britain. Many people are saying that when Britain leaves, if it wants to export its goods to the EU, it will also have to maintain the standards the EU have. The campaign for Brexit was very much based on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: I thank Professor Matthews for a comprehensive report into CAP reform. On the last points made by the professor, certainly for many farmers in Ireland, the intensification of agriculture has meant that fewer farmers are farming the land. I have always felt that the Irish model, and to some extent the British model, where there is the family farm and livestock are free to roam and are grass...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: Is it not the case that our unique selling point is that we do not produce beef from that type of system but that we produce grass-fed beef from family farms? We are not competing with the huge feedlots that they have in Latin America and other places. We are producing a much superior product from the perspective of what the consumer wants. It is a question of marketing more than anything...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: As the Taoiseach is aware, there is a huge crisis in rural Ireland with regard to ambulance services and long waiting times. Recently in Killeshandra Church of Ireland School a child fell ill. The local GP was called to attend to the child but he had to put the child in the back of his own car and drive to Cavan General Hospital because he was told that an ambulance would take 45 minutes....

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: The same is happening all over the country-----