Results 41-60 of 3,518 for speaker:Martin Kenny

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (8 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: 468. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on priority waiting lists for home help hours in the north Leitrim area; the number of hours which would be necessary to provide home help to these persons; the number of home helps employed by the HSE in the area; and the number of hours of home help they are providing now. [14756/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (8 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if the allocation of home help hours in the north Leitrim area is based on need and not on budgetary constraints. [14757/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (9 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: 17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered advocating for the services of the Garda youth diversion projects to be extended in north inner city Dublin, as part of a long-term plan to stem the flow of young persons becoming involved in crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14850/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (9 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: 19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase the funding to youth services nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14851/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (14 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: 502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive pig sector crisis funding. [15497/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (14 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: 503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has fined a person (details supplied) and reduced the person's payment under the basic payment scheme. [15498/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions (21 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: 484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that contracts are being terminated where soil sample analyses are late even by a few days, even though soil sample analysis can take ten days to complete and weather conditions can cause delay under the agri-environment options scheme. [17024/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions (21 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: 485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will apply a period of grace on the deadline for submission of soil analyses under the agri-environment options scheme or under the basic payment scheme. [17025/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (22 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: On page 47 of its programme, the Government states that there were will be no closure of small schools across the country. I am concerned about school transport and the system called the "nearest school rule". It has a negative impact, particularly on children in rural areas who cannot attend schools in their parishes. As a result of that and many other changes that were made under the...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (22 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: I want to know if the system will be reviewed in order to open it up so there is more flexibility. This affects not only rural schools but also schools in towns which are full and where children cannot get buses to schools that are farther away.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to approve the July provision for a person (details supplied). [17567/16]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Minister and congratulate him on his appointment. I congratulate also the Chairman on his appointment. I wish to raise a couple of small points. In his introduction, the Minister mentioned that in rural Ireland very few other jobs exist outside of agriculture which is one of the factors we are faced with all the time. I am conscious that the beef genomics scheme payments...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: Irish farming is generally considered to be in compliance with all of the relevant EU regulations and standards. Our milk and beef sectors are grass based which is unusual in the EU and yet we have one of the lowest milk prices of all member states. The price does not reflect the high standards we are expected to meet. That feeds into the whole issue about the very strict controls that we...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: There is frustration from the farmers’ point of view in that they work hard, but they are at the bottom of the price tables. There needs to be some acknowledgement of their frustration. When we send people to market our product, we need to know how we can move up the food chain to get a better return for the farmer. Farmers in Ireland see themselves as putting in all of the work but...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: One of the issues in my area with forestry is one I have raised before with the Minister and the Minister of State. In County Leitrim 17% of the land is under forestry. I believe the figure is probably closer to 20%, given the amount of land that has been planted recently. Afforestation, in itself, is fine. It is productive and generates an income for many people who plant their land....

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: I have two points based on my experience and that of most people I see around me. Farmers are planting their land. What we see is that a farmer with 100 acres decides to plant all of his land and so he or she ceases to farm. They give up farming their marginal and poor quality land as they can make more from the forestry grants than they will make from farming the land. That is the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: That is right. We would welcome a review of the consequences. I suggest that the communities who live in these areas should have an input into the review in order to build a consensus.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: I have a query about the areas of natural constraint and, in particular, what were traditionally known as the disadvantaged areas payments. There has been a certain amount of development over the years because much of this country has been designated as a disadvantaged area. I come from an place that has very marginal and mountain lands. The people there are very much of the view that...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: Spruce.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Martin Kenny: Will there be a special programme for that?