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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (31 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the actions or measures that have been carried out to reduce waiting times in counties Sligo and Leitrim while vacancies exist in the early intervention team. [3782/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (31 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 457. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that extra resources are provided to recruit an additional autism therapist in the Sligo and Leitrim area in view of the fact that there are currently more than 35 families with children who have been diagnosed with autism on a waiting list for this vital specialist service. [3783/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (31 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: 531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of schoolchildren in south Leitrim that have received a routine dental check between 1 September 2016 and 31 December 2016; the number of schoolchildren in south Leitrim that have received a routine dental check between 1 September 2015 and 31 December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4028/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: On page 48 of the programme for Government there is section on protecting local services which specifically deals with post offices. Earlier this week the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten, went to Ballymahon and announced a whole lot of things to help rural Ireland. Yesterday, I discovered that the post office in my area, Aughavas in County...

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: We have serious problems in rural Ireland. The Government is talking about investing money in it while at the same time it is withdrawing these services.

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: It is outrageous. I want the Minister to indicate what he will do and do not tell me that An Post-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

Martin Kenny: -----is a separate entity. It is in the programme for Government. It is the responsibility-----

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...