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Cost of Motoring: Motion [Private Members] (12 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: It is so disappointing that when people are under such pressure that the Government does so little to try to help them out. People who are driving in rural areas - I represent a rural constituency - have little option but to drive wherever they need to go, whether it is to a hospital appointment, to work or to bring their children to school. Everything else in rural Ireland has been cut...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. I suppose a lot of this has been teased through. There are basically five contractors doing the work. If you have a situation where those contractors are not able to get rid of the product they have and it builds up, what happens then? Where do they reach capacity and what mechanism can kick in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: Have they had instances where that has not happened?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: Those permits are generally issued by local authorities in most cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: Is it a slow process to get additional contractors and yards if needed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: In respect of exports, it has been alluded to that there is a difficulty in one of the main facilities in Europe at the moment and where the additional level of plastic will go. The amount of plastic that has to be exported is substantial because we do not have the capacity here to deal with it. Are we in a situation where Mr. Moloney could foresee a difficulty in the future if that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: A lot of this comes down to the money collected from the farmer, because the farmer ultimately pays for all of this. There is the money collected from the farmer and the money in this system. I respect Mr. Moloney's attempt to be clear about this but there are lots of hazy areas. Certainly, many farmers feel that they are not sure what is happening, where it is all going and how it is all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: On the amount of illegal plastic, I live in the Border county of Leitrim and I am aware it is something that happens. There may be many farmers who may not purchase all their film north of the Border, but would get a proportion of it there. How hard is it to trace that? The farmer might have a receipt and a code for plastic. Sometimes there is a guy who arrives in a truck to pick it or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: Obviously the Department has a role here in the oversight. I am sure the officials are aware that a lot of people in the farming community have a lot of questions and have raised eyebrows about the finances of this operation. What level of oversight do the officials have at present? At what level do they feel they need to have an additional role in respect of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: Is there an issue that it is basically a closed shop?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: Going back to the bigger picture, we expect additional levels of recyclables being required to be taken care of. Are there plans to expand the capacity in the country to do that so we have less of a dependence on export?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: Are there technological advances that are improving the prospect of that?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (5 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will make changes to the farm assist scheme to allow credit contributions for the purposes of the contributory pension for those who received no credits while on the farm assist scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60221/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (4 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: 970. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has replied to queries from the Shared Environmental Services in the North of Ireland in relation to air modelling for the spreading of imported manure and organic fertiliser from the North of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58151/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (4 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: 1104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has responded to the request by Leitrim County Council for funding support to deal with historic structural issues around an unfinished estate (details supplied); and if his will Department provide funding support for this unfinished housing estate. [59336/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (4 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: 1395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the number of dairy calves and suckler calves registered with his Department from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57697/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (4 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: 1396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the number of dairy cattle and suckler cattle on farms for the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57698/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (4 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: 1397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the number of male and female dairy and suckler cattle on farms for the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57699/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (4 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: 1398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of the increase in funding for ACRES in 2026, to provide a breakdown of the ACRES budget for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, to include money allocated to the scheme in each year, and total spend for each year. [57700/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (4 Nov 2025)

Martin Kenny: 1399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the number of landscape actions as part of ACRES that have been applied for, approved, claim submitted and paid for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. [57701/25]