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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: There are still a couple of issues to be resolved, the first of which is the letter which formally requests approval to extend the contract beyond the current term. It states there are issues facing the organisation and that there is a new draft strategic plan covering a period of five years. Is that the basis on which the contract should be extended? The letter goes on to state Mr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: Mr. Keeling states the board has confidence in Mr. Kavanagh. It had little option but to have confidence in him. He was appointed and when it was put to the board, it was over. It had to accept it, or there may have been some on the board, many of them I assume-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: The issue is not whether Mr. Keeling has confidence in him; it is about legal responsibility. The legal responsibility to appoint a new chief executive officer was the board's, collectively, but it was not made by the board. It was made outside it. It was presented to it as a fait accompli.. That is the problem. There are also issues about the money. People have spoken about the salary...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: Yes, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: While I accept that, the issue is that inability of the board to deal with the appointment of a chief executive officer casts doubt on its ability to achieve any of its plans, particularly with regard to spending public money. Since the establishment of Horse Racing Ireland in 1999, more than €1 billion has gone into the horse racing industry. This is a serious amount of money in a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: All the other sports on which bets are placed do likewise, yet they do not receive money.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: 467. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the Gardasil vaccine is totally safe; and the reason the information from Gardasil is not included as part of the information to parents before vaccination (details supplied). [29772/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: 469. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that up until 2012, reporting of suspected vaccine reactions including Gardasil vaccine here depended on the voluntary submission of a report from a doctor, consultant or medical professional (details supplied); and his views on whether the incidence of adverse reactions is under-reported in view of the fact that most doctors will not...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: On page 100 of the programme for Government, there is a commitment to extending Garda oversight and accountability. The task of sorting out the problems in the Garda will require much more than the Government's stated intention of supporting the independent Policing Authority and enhancing the role of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. It is clear to me and many who...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: It is on promised legislation.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: I said at the beginning it relates to promised legislation.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: It is the Government's commitment on page 100 of the programme for Government to extend Garda oversight and accountability.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: The programme for Government is what the Government promises to do.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: The issue I raise is very simple. I was promised that the Garda Commissioner would fully investigate these allegations but nothing has happened. There has been no investigation or contact with the people who raised these issues.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: With respect to the House, I just want a moment to finish this.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: The issues I have raised have been discredited and ridiculed by some gardaí and other people in the community.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: The people who brought up these issues have been-----
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: First, I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. I welcome this Bill and its various provisions, which I believe are for the common good, especially those designed to combat tobacco smoking. I believe a progressive Legislature sometimes should be ahead of public opinion in enacting progressive measures that modify behaviour, eventually...
- Other Questions: Irish Water Funding (5 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: The first question asks the Minister the impact on the financing of the Irish Water capital programme up to 2021 from the expected reduction in water charges that may be the outcome of the independent commission and the Oireachtas committee on the future of water charges. The second linked question, Question No. 30 from Deputy Imelda Munster, looks for a breakdown of the capital programme...
- Other Questions: Irish Water Funding (5 Oct 2016)
Martin Kenny: In a sense, the Minister did not answer the question. I suppose it is impossible to answer it as the matter is all in flux. The concern many have is that when water charges go, and we all expect that is what will ultimately be the outcome of all this and it is certainly what the majority of Deputies in the House want, the Government should have a clear plan in place to support existing...