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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Issues: Discussion (29 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: To reiterate, I asked about the reform of the office, a process in which farmers have been involved. Did the delegates receive any indication that progress is being made on that and has the engagement thus far been useful?

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] - Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: I am disappointed but not surprised that Fine Gael and its partners in government, Fianna Fáil, are rejecting the Bill. In doing so, they remain true to form. In the past, they have denied citizens the opportunity to vote in a referendum that would enshrine our neutrality in Bunreacht na hÉireann. The Minister's comments are not far removed from those of past and current Fine...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (22 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: I understand that. I am not referring to those cases.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (22 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to deal with the waiting lists in many HSE services across the country, particularly for orthodontic services for young teenagers. In my constituency of Sligo-Leitrim there is a waiting list of over two years and, in some cases, three years, for young teenagers awaiting orthodontic services. Many young teenagers will finish secondary...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (22 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: 499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and value of basic payment scheme entitlements transferred in 2016 in a number of categories (details supplied), by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35902/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: 547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the bus service between Rosses Point and Strandhill, County Sligo and the Sligo town service which is in need of an extension of its timetable and greater frequency of service for growing population of Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36243/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Fish Quotas (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: The research work going on in the north-west Atlantic on the catch, tag and release of bluefin tuna is welcome. It may help to establish what the stocks are like there. It is disappointing to say we do not expect to get anything out of it. We should be going into this in a much more forceful manner to try to ensure that our fishermen get a fair share. I said at the outset that nine tenths...

Topical Issue Debate: Fish Quotas (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: It included a conclusion of science.

Topical Issue Debate: Fish Quotas (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: The bluefin tuna is not a fish that many people in the Chamber or throughout the country would have come across. It is quite a rare, but valuable, fish. Only one tenth of Irish territory is made up of the island of Ireland, with nine tenths of it lying out in the ocean and affording many possibilities for Irish fishermen to make money. The bluefin tuna is a fish that offers huge...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: I have raised the issue of speech therapists and occupational therapists previously and the programme for Government contains a very ambitious agenda in the context of increasing numbers in this regard. In my constituency and in many places throughout the country, there is a serious crisis. Families and children - particularly children on the autism spectrum - cannot access adequate speech...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: There are 400 people on the panels.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: On the issue of whether the Parliament has the final say, the reason it is an attack on democracy and the Parliament is because if the agreement goes through, it will mean that multinational corporations will be able to sue national governments that put in place something to protect their environmental or business interests. For example, a company called Vattenfall is currently suing the...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: That is a simplistic argument.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: Will the Minister answer the question?

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: Does the Minister support CETA or not?

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: Will the Minister support Irish business and farmers?

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: Up to 50,000 kg of Canadian beef will be imported into the EU.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, was signed by the EU and Canada on 30 October. CETA will be referred to national parliaments and the European Parliament for ratification. This week, the European Commission has published its report on the cumulative effects of trade agreements. The fact is that these agreements are not good for agriculture across Europe or for...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: I want to raise the issue of the direct provision system being used across the country. We have a case only this week in Globe House in Sligo where a Kurdish man, Mr. Amjad Rosstami, has spent 35 days on hunger strike. That particular case may be dealt with but it certainly highlights the fact there are 5,000 people in this country in direct provision centres, many of them for many years....

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Martin Kenny: Is the Taoiseach committing to abolish the system?