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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I welcome Mr. Mulvey and congratulate him on his new role. It is not the first time I have met him as he was in Offaly for a very engaging afternoon. It was a great opportunity for him to see at first hand what is going on there with the regional transition team led by Offaly County Council. I very much welcome the fact his office is going to be based there and it is great he is getting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I note Mr. Mulvey listed all of the various agencies he will be meeting in the course of his work. I look forward to engaging with him further in that regard and I know the regional transition team does as well. A point is how the regional transition team will fit with the regional enterprise team. At the minute, they seem to be merged to a degree and that could be something Mr. Mulvey...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: It was Pádraig Boland from the ETB's midlands skills centre.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I have one question on the steering group within the Department around looking at what is required for retrofitting. Will Mr. Mulvey engage with it in the near future, given it will be crucial to do so?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Conditions (17 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: It has been suggested to me that it takes nine years to be diagnosed here. I also wanted to highlight the difficulties that some patients are having in obtaining treatment abroad, and indeed payment when treatment has been obtained. This has been highlighted to me by a sufferer. I also urge the HSE to work with the Endometriosis Association of Ireland to devise a public awareness campaign...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Conditions (17 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Endometriosis is a condition unknown to most people but those suffering from this chronic inflammatory condition know all too well its debilitating impact on their quality of life. Affected women live with pain, fatigue and risks to fertility. They also experience challenges in maintaining good mental health. The Endometriosis Association of Ireland states one in ten women experiences the...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Will Deputy Martin let the Taoiseach reply?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (17 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the Women’s Caucus period poverty motion passed by Dáil Éireann recently. [53142/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Period Poverty (17 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 439. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the Women’s Caucus period poverty motion passed by Dáil Éireann recently. [53141/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Annual Report 2018: Discussion (17 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I appreciate the Chairman allowing me in because I might have to run to Topical Issue matters in the Dáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Annual Report 2018: Discussion (17 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I am watching proceedings in the Dáil like a hawk. I thank Professor Boyle and his colleagues for coming in this afternoon. How much is accrued from the industry levy? How is it imposed and collected? According to the numbers provided, there are 501 researchers in Teagasc. What is the breadth of the research they are doing and what is done with the outcome of that research? It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the witnesses for their contributions this morning. I must say the contributions over the last number of weeks have been very enlightening and will really help inform the recommendations of our report. With every document I read and every contribution I hear, I am thinking about what recommendations to make to ensure that witnesses' voices are heard and that there are actually...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Peatlands Strategy (12 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider the establishment of a peatlands national park and nature reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51971/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank everybody for their presentations. My first question is to the Department. I know we have an ambitious target of 8,000 ha per year for afforested land but what exactly is the target for the percentage of forestry to be covered and by when? I wish to ask Pro Silva about concerns people might have on planting forestry. We hear that it ties up the land but in what condition will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: If a person wants to engage in continuous cover forestry, it means exactly as it states; the land would continue to be under forestry forever.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his officials have examined the lack of space at second-level schools in Edenderry, County Offaly, for children in the town and in the catchment area who will require access to special classes at post-primary level from June 2020 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51378/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Similar to Deputy Pringle, I will speak to the environmental measures. During the hearings of the Joint Committee on Climate Action, the introduction of schemes that enhance the role that the farming community can play in regard to efforts to drive down emissions was flagged as significant. Are there proposals in the Government's climate action report or the committee's climate action...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I was wondering what has happened to the herring stock in the Celtic Sea. It is not that long ago that the Marine Institute was satisfied that the stocks were sustainable. I think that was only six or seven years ago. Has it been overfished? It is in big demand in some parts of northern Europe. My other question is about the impact on employment of the potential changes indicated in the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending. The level of recruitment has decreased across the various programmes. What was the reason for the delay in recruitment? In terms of the expenditure on some of the schemes, there seems to have been a low uptake. It was stated that the demand relating to the capital investment incentive scheme from food companies was low and that there...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmacy Services (3 Dec 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the Minister of State. It is welcome that the Minister is to meet the IPU this week. The conference was mentioned. The comments that the Minister made there have left pharmacists feeling let down and betrayed because they had the impression that the FEMPI measures would be unwound. They also believed that their submission to Sláintecare could save the State €90 million...