Results 1-20 of 26 for kerry speaker:Martin Heydon

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: ...forum was established in 2022. The forum manages referrals and respite service provision in the Cork area. Children up to the age of 18 years with a disability who are in receipt of services from a CDNT in Cork-Kerry Community Healthcare are eligible to apply for respite and-or home support services to the committee. This process will ensure there is equitable provision of service based...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2023)

Martin Heydon: ...from 28 to 21. Roll out of the model is underway, as the Deputy outlined in his contribution, with seven of the 21 divisions rolled out so far. The model is fully commenced in Dublin South Central, Cork city, Kerry, Galway, Limerick and Mayo-Roscommon-Longford, which were rolled out in 2022, and Clare-Tipperary, which was rolled out in August 2023. As we increase recruitment and as the...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Martin Heydon: ...many of these businesses. Tirlán's new plant in Belview will deliver 80 jobs and support 4,500 farm families who supply the cheese plant. Dairymaster's manufacturing headquarters in Causeway, County Kerry, employs almost 400 people. Driving across the beautiful hills of north Kerry, this amazing factory just appears before you. It is remarkable how the family who owns it has built...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

Martin Heydon: ...Senator Lombard. I know this is an issue that is particularly close to his heart which I have heard him raise and articulate on a number of occasions, particularly how much it impacts the Cork and Kerry area, the region he is from. It is timely that we get to discuss this here today and shine a light on it. The programme for government commits to improving all aspects of CAMHS in line...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

Martin Heydon: ...regarding CAMHS. I take the Senator’s point on board. Good practice has made serious inroads into waiting lists. We need to take that good practice and make sure it is implemented in Cork and Kerry. I thank Senator Lombard for raising this very important issue today.

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Martin Heydon: ...of exports in 2022. The best demonstration of the sheep sector’s importance is not in farm census or export figures but in our rural towns and villages. Whether it is mart day in Kenmare in Kerry, Tullow in Carlow or Ballinrobe in Mayo, these towns and more like them benefit hugely from a vibrant sheep sector. The money spent by farmers stays in the local economy and generates...

Emissions in the Transport Sector Report: Motion (16 Jun 2022)

Martin Heydon: ...was great merriment at the idea that we were putting on these buses in the evening. It was hugely successful, however. The Local Link companies adopted and embraced it. There were examples in Kildare South, County Kerry and different areas. Local groups like the Irish Countrywomen's Association put on events in the evening because they knew local people would be able to get a Local...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (30 Mar 2022)

Martin Heydon: ...and wastewater services by Irish Water, and for the scrutiny and oversight provisions that apply in respect of these arrangements. As the Deputy will understand, the provision of facilities in Kerry is a matter for Irish Water in the first instance. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (30 Mar 2022)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Deputy for the follow-on remarks on the provision of water treatment facilities in County Kerry. I assure him the Government is committed to ensuring substantial funding is provided to Irish Water, as I outlined in my response. The programme for Government commits to funding Irish Water's capital investment plan for water and wastewater infrastructure on a multi-annual basis....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Heydon: ...address for GPs, which I will furnish to the Senator.Claims that can be validated by the primary care reimbursement service as being in line with the GP contract will be paid. In the meantime, Cork Kerry Community Healthcare has recently been made aware of the non-payment of claims to GPs who are providing a Saturday morning service outside the SouthDoc group. It is looking into this...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Heydon: ...services. This helps to ensure that, to the greatest extent possible, urgent care needs are met in the primary care setting. SouthDoc provides a Saturday morning service in most areas in the Cork-Kerry region. This service has been advanced incrementally in recent years in response to requests from various local out-of-hours cells. The majority of areas are now included in the Saturday...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Safety (15 Jul 2021)

Martin Heydon: ...training elements to them such that in every involvement farmers have with CAP, farm safety will be central. I am really conscious of the fine weather coming this weekend and that farmers in Kerry, in Deputy Griffin's constituency, will be making hay, kids will be off school, and all the risks will be there. We need every farmer to identify the risks on their farm, mitigate them and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Heydon: ...growing-grass for dairy cows. There are now four different values to that. There is no reason wool cannot be the same. If the Deputy has specific examples from his constituency in County Kerry he would like me to analyse further with him, I am happy to do so. The bioeconomy, however, is about getting into biorefinery and identifying those additional opportunities to see how we can add...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages Provision (18 Sep 2018)

Martin Heydon: ...because those beds are very expensive for people who are in them, never mind the fact that they do not need or want to be there. If we compare the Kildare area of CHO 7 with CHO 4, which covers Kerry and Cork, we can see they have similar populations of over 650,000 if we include south Dublin in our area yet CHO 4's waiting list in June 2018 was less than a quarter of that of CHO 7. Did...

Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (22 Feb 2018)

Martin Heydon: ...around the country. In Kildare, we have two fantastic family resource centres, Newbridge and Curragh Pride. However, for a county with 220,000 people, Kildare only has the two centres. County Kerry, with a population of 147,000, has 12 centres while Donegal has nine and Mayo, seven. When compared to these counties, one can see the necessity for two new family resource centres in Kildare.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)

Martin Heydon: ...well, such as in south Kildare with the Athy-Newbridge route that goes through small rural areas such as Kildangan, Kilberry and Nurney. We should consider the very extensive list of routes in the Kerry area, with which I have become very familiar in recent times. I refer to Carmel Walsh and the great Local Link team down there. They offer such a wide array of services and access for...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Martin Heydon: ...has the country's fifth largest population with more than 240,000 people - including one of the country's largest youth populations - to have two family resource centres is way behind most counties. County Kerry has 12, while County Donegal has nine. We have a number of centres acting as family resource centres in everything except name and funding. I welcome the 11 new family resource...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2017)

Martin Heydon: ...centre because of more footfall. I think this is largely a planning decision. I would not say Naas is dying on its feet. Retailers are very negative, but there are many positives in Naas, and Kerry Group was a huge one. Naas basically fought off competition from Amsterdam and London to win that business, and Kildare County Council did very well in playing its part in helping to...

Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services Provision (30 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: ...? There are only two family resource centres in the whole county catering for more than 220,000 people. Counties with much lower populations have considerably more family resource centres. Kerry has 12, Donegal has nine and Mayo has seven, but the population in each of those counties is far smaller than that of Kildare. I know from engaging with our family resource centres the value...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: ...perception of affluence in our county. Sometimes, we are referred to as "K4" instead of "D4". This is a huge challenge in our county. We have a few big headline employers like Intel, Pfizer and Kerry Group, and we are delighted to have them, but we have pockets of serious deprivation, many of which are in my constituency. If the deprivation scale was the reason for doling out this...