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Topical Issue Debate: Fish Farming (20 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: May I make a brief point?

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: The ability for people to buy and own their own homes as a general principle is something that I very much support. Societies in which people have home ownership are generally wealthier societies. In many other countries in which people rent for all their lives, much of the money a person makes in his or her lifetime is given to a landlord and is funnelled to the top of that society. There...

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: It is expensive.

Housing Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jul 2016)

Martin Kenny: I am sharing with Deputy Ellis. It seems, in fairness, that the Minister made some effort to tackle the housing crisis in this plan. While a strategic plan must be forward-looking and take a long-term view, we must realise that we are in the middle of a crisis and urgent action is needed for the thousands of homeless people around the country. What will this plan do for the person...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: All day, I have heard that we must defend the 12.5% corporation tax rate. While that is true, the only one on the pitch attacking the 12.5% rate is Apple, the largest corporation in the world, which did not pay its taxes in Ireland. The reputation of the country is the other major talking point of the day. For Ireland to appeal the European Commission's finding on Apple would be even more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (13 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the delegation. The IFA does tremendous work in supporting farmers across the country. I note an allocation of €50 million towards targeted agricultural modernisation schemes, TAMS, but many farmers find it difficult to get the existing allocation. Many have been approved for slatted houses and so on only for the specifications to be changed and their approvals withdrawn....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (13 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the witnesses and the work they do on behalf of dairy farmers. We are all very conscious of what has happened in the dairy sector over the past 12 months. Many people are struggling to produce milk on poorer land. Credit is the biggest problem. Some farmers had a problem with the super levy because they had increased production anticipating the end of the quota. We were told we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (13 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the Macra delegation here today. The issue, already been raised by a number of others, that I had in mind was the issue of the old young farmers. I come across many who are farming more than five years, who are under the age, and who want to try to qualify and cannot. It is a significant barrier to many young farmers around the country and it is something that needs to be dealt...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (13 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their contributions. What strikes me is that I disagree with very little of what they have put forward to the committee. On the issue that farmers have put in so much and that Harvest 2020 is about food production to feed the world and so on, the people I see making the most out of that are not farmers but corporations, processors and everyone...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies (16 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: 902. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the guidelines on contracts for CEOs in commercial semi-State bodies were last updated; and the number of times they have been breached since its introduction. [25170/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies (16 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: 903. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the maximum length of service for CEOs in commercial semi-State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25172/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies (16 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: 904. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the maximum salary for a CEO of a commercial semi-State body. [25175/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: 1044. To ask the Minister for Health when budgetary provision will be made available to meet the demand for home help hours (details supplied). [24495/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (16 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: 1126. To ask the Minister for Health the reason elderly persons on pensions who have been in receipt of a medical card for over ten years are having their medical cards renewed for only six months. [24867/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: 1241. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation where some persons claim that a vaccine (details supplied) has had an adverse affect on their health; if he received correspondence on this issue; if he or officials from his Department met with any of the persons affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25389/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (16 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: 1335. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are different terms set out for accepting or declining an expression of interest in positions in the HSE advertised by the National Recruitment Service; and the reason a decision to accept or decline a position will have different consequences as to whether a person remains on a panel or not, depending on which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: 1484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland is employed on a contract of Indefinite duration; and if so, the financial implications of this for the Exchequer. [25167/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: 1485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the business case presented to his Department by the chairman of Horse Racing Ireland in support of the reappointment of the CEO was approved by the board of HRI prior to his sanctioning a five-year extension of the CEO’s contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25169/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: 1486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State funding that has been provided to Horse Racing Ireland each year for the past five years. [25173/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Martin Kenny: 1487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current remuneration of the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland; the remuneration package that has been attributed to this position each year for the past 15 years; and if the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland has received any bonus, financial or material in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date. [25174/16]