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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Like my colleagues, I acknowledge that the greyhound industry is damaged. Perhaps supporters should be let out of their traps soon, for damage limitation purposes. No one condones what was shown on the television, but there was a touch of "Reeling in the Years" to many of the clips. I came into the Dáil in 2016 and the greyhound industry has been under attack from day one. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017. [28863/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeships developed since 2017. [28864/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017. [28865/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if equality of allowances will be sought for all apprenticeships in Budget 2020; and the estimated cost in this regard. [28866/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (3 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 227. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement of the cost of Respreeza to patients will be reconsidered. [28329/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Administration (3 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new paperwork is in place to export surplus power to the national grid in relation to TAMS 3 solar applications. [28379/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: In the Government's defence, the Ministers state that the trade-off will mean we will get more value out of our dairy sector. The Government must remember that the dairy sector survives on the basis of new born calves, which go into the beef sector. One cannot lose sight of that. The economic impact will affect the dairy sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health Levies (Pigs) Regulations 2019: Motion (2 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I was following the discussion on the monitor. I will be brief. I have a few simple questions. Obviously anything that enhances the welfare of the pig industry must be welcomed. There will be the levy going to the Department and the pig industry also subscribes to Bord Bia. How do we utilise this money? Animal Health Ireland, AHI, has some schemes in the cattle sector. One scheme...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health Levies (Pigs) Regulations 2019: Motion (2 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: To make sure everyone pays, what about the export of the fat pig into the North? How will that be collected? Will it be collected at source?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (26 Jun 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I remind members and those in the Visitors Gallery to turn off their mobile phones completely as they interfere with the recording and broadcasting equipment, even when left in silent mode. As there are no matters members wish to discuss in private session, we will move on. I remind members and those in the Gallery to turn off their mobile phones completely. I wish to address some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (26 Jun 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Sport Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (26 Jun 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It is agreed. Correspondence, dated 24 June 2019, has been received from Mr. Michael Sheary, company secretary at Dublin Port, replying to an invitation to the chief executive officer of Dublin Port to appear before the joint committee. Further emails between Mr. Sheary and the clerk to the committee seeking further clarity on the proposed Mazars review were also received. The reply from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (26 Jun 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: They will not appear before the committee until after the review.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (26 Jun 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The terms of reference were circulated by email yesterday to members. It involves a forensic analysis of the expenditure undertaken on company credit cards from 2017 to 2018 and this year to date. It is disappointing that we had to decline an invitation to Dublin Port two weeks ago because not enough members wanted to go. Correspondence has been received from the office of Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (26 Jun 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (26 Jun 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. I welcome the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, and his officials, Ms Eilis O'Connor and Mr. Dermot Murphy. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (26 Jun 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It is when we see the fruits of this work on the ground that we will see that progress has been made. I have one major question for the Minister before I open it to the floor. Given the past week and a half we have had when the Cabinet met on climate action, climate change and the fast-tracking of public transport, can this programme be incorporated into those plans to keep pace with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (26 Jun 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Before I call-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (26 Jun 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Before I call Senator Dolan, I thank him and his assistant, Ciarán Delaney, for facilitating us in having this report compiled.