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Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a request made in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [41097/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I welcome the remarks from Deputy Róisín Shortall. She pointed out that the major conglomerates such as the GAA with Croke Park, and the Aviva Stadium, have worked together with regard to the reduction of alcohol advertising. I am not talking about the alcohol brands in the local papers; I am talking about public houses themselves. Deputy O'Reilly proposed that publicans...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I would like further clarification. In many villages in the area I come from where there are sports clubs, the only vibrant sponsorship available is from the local publican. They have been given a few years grace but the way things are going in rural Ireland, they will not need it because many of them will have shut down, especially if we have more draconian laws coming out of this House. ...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The Deputy should stop playing to the Gallery.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: On a point of order-----

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: On a point of clarification, going forward-----

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Yes. I apologise. Much has been made of marketing initiatives and so forth. If an individual in south Tipperary comes up with the brand name "Galtee" tomorrow morning and opens up the Galtee distillery, can he use directional signage which uses the name "Galtee"? This is going to come down the road when new companies form.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It was interesting to note that not once in his deliberation on the effects of alcohol did the Minister mention the cancerous effects. It was announced a few times today that it is the sixth most significant cause of alcohol related death. I raise the issue of the exemption of visitor centres. While I appreciate the Minister's response, further clarification is needed. The Minister said...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Airport Noise Regulation Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The big question is whether the witnesses are confident that the programme will be brought in at the end of the year as promised. Will the EPA have a role to play or has it been scratched from the entire process? Can it be used as a reference body for any issues that arise?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I support my colleague on the same issue. He referred to St. Joseph's Foundation in Charleville which provides an invaluable service throughout north Cork, including in my back yard of Mitchelstown and Fermoy. It has sent a message to all guardians of family members who avail of services to start collecting €30 a week. It is a downright disgrace that it has to do this. It is one of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (3 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance if the exemption threshold for children on inheritance tax will be increased in budget 2019. [40131/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (3 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the housing aid for older people scheme will include grant aid to upgrade an existing heating system, particularly the central heating boiler, in view of the fact that this work is no longer grant aided by the SEAI (details supplied). [40152/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I will very much so, Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: At the last meeting I attended here we discussed the fodder crisis and I asked how the take up on the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes, TAMS, investment programme was going. I was told there were no problems yet recently the Department released figures showing that a substantial number of applicants were in fear of not meeting the deadline on completing the work. Would the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: We do not have it either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: As I said the last time I was here, the cash flows of farmers who signed up for TAMS have been affected by the events of the past six months. All of that is feeding into the calls for a TAMS extension. The Minister cannot tell farmers to go away and apply again. They probably have to come in under new specifications.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for Budget 2019: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I know. The guidelines change for each round of TAMS. There are different guidelines.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (2 Oct 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) submitted in July 2018. [39869/18]