Results 81-100 of 3,518 for speaker:Martin Kenny

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Policy (12 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 105. To ask the Minister for Health the research that is being conducted specifically on universal health care; if he is aware of research being undertaken by other groups outside his Department on universal health care; if he will bring these strands together to ensure co-operation, information exchange and economies of scale [20936/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Policy (12 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 106. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 2 June 2016, if the research being undertaken by his Department and the Economic and Social Research Institute three-year programme on health reform will be available to the new joint Oireachtas committee that has been established to develop cross-party consensus on the future of the health service over ten...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Staff (12 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 303. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason firemen are not being recruited in Bundoran and Ballyshannon, County Donegal. [20556/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements (12 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 707. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of transfer of entitlement cases that are not completed due to suspension; the reason for the suspension; the length of time of same and when it will be lifted. [21306/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (12 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 42% of our beef exports that go to the British market are under threat as a result of a British exit from the European Union; and his plans to combat losses in beef exports. [21307/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (12 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 709. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to actively pursue a voluntary all-Ireland agrifood label which would be of benefit to farmers North and South of the Border. [21308/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (12 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase live exports of cattle which are down 25% on 2015. [21309/16]

Priority Questions: Departmental Legal Cases (13 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take, in view of the High Court judgment of 2 June 2016, which found that his Department’s procedures in conducting farm inspections were lacking by not providing a control report, not applying the maxim of audi alteram partem, or fulfilling the onus on the decision-maker to comply with regulation, to give...

Priority Questions: Departmental Legal Cases (13 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: This case went through the courts on 2 June. The farmer in question lodged an appeal to the Department. When officials came out to his farm, they did not fulfil the regulations set out by the Department and the EU. If the shoe was on the other foot and the farmer had not fulfilled the regulations, we know what would have happened. As the court said, this farmer has to be compensated for...

Priority Questions: Departmental Legal Cases (13 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: It is disappointing that we are in this position. The judge stated, "The lack of respect for fair procedures was extended to the review when other penalties were imposed without any opportunity given to the applicant to make submissions in advance of the imposition of an extra penalty." In other words, when the appeal was lodged and the officials visited the farmer to conduct the review,...

Topical Issue Debate: Maritime Training (13 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: More than 400 people who have been trained by the National Maritime College of Ireland over the past year or so now find that they are not being certified. If this situation is not resolved, all of these people will be out of work from 1 January 2017. They will be unable to take up positions in Ireland or anywhere else in the world. It is intolerable that these people cannot be employed on...

Topical Issue Debate: Maritime Training (13 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: If a meeting has occurred between the Department and the two organisations, they have buried the hatchet to some extent at least and got things moving along, then that is very good news and a positive outcome. The issue, which has been going on for a considerable length of time between these two organisations, needs to be resolved permanently. I am sure that the Minister and his staff will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (13 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if electronic tagging will be introduced for all lambs as part of the proposed new sheep scheme. [21287/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Procurement Contracts (13 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the tendering process in his Department for the supply of electronic identification tags for bovine animals involves a technical specification for only one kind of anti-tamper device which is patented to one company; if the process is going ahead again in 2016 in these circumstances; the reason for postponement of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include a rolling reference year for young farmers and commonage farmers in the proposed sheep scheme to assist young farmers who are trying to build up their flock and also commonage farmers who may have to adjust their flock numbers due to new commonage framework plans. [21285/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (13 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if will he amend the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, application criteria for hill farmers who own their own parcel of land due to the fact under the current measures for accessing GLAS these farmers are prohibited because the land is owned and it is not eligible for any other schemes. [21286/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Fisheries Fund (19 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 753. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of the EU contribution to his Department under the European Fisheries Fund. [22636/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Fisheries Fund (19 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 754. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of unused European Fisheries Fund moneys by his Department. [22637/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Farming (19 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: 755. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of any land-based RAS fish farms which were funded by the European Fisheries Fund in any member state. [22638/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (20 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: The programme for Government includes a promise to increase the number of occupational and speech therapists. In fact, the promise is to increase the number of speech therapists by 25%, bringing the number to over 1,100. I raised this matter a couple of weeks ago with the Tánaiste. On that occasion, she informed me that a lot of money was being put into it and it was hoped to make...