Results 1-20 of 4,087 for speaker:Martin Kenny

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 Jun 2025)

Martin Kenny: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide further funding for the ICT and minor works grants for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30081/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (12 Jun 2025)

Martin Kenny: 448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the application for the farm succession grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31408/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Martin Kenny: 145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will conduct a review of the SEAI home energy grants as there are a number of issues for people applying for the grants in relation to the time it takes to get approval and complete the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30080/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (10 Jun 2025)

Martin Kenny: 409. To ask the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the number of primary medical certificate appeals to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30137/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Martin Kenny: 540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide any information about the application of a person (details supplied) for a special education class at the school and the subsequent refusal of the special education class at the location. [29414/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (10 Jun 2025)

Martin Kenny: 1134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of an EU regulation that is affecting the export of ram lambs intended for fattening that requires testing for Brucella Ovis and is becoming an obstacle to live exports of lambs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30414/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Sector (10 Jun 2025)

Martin Kenny: 1135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the An Rialálaí Agraibhia (Agri-Food Regulator), can establish the true market value of the fifth quarter within beef processing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30536/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (10 Jun 2025)

Martin Kenny: 1376. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown, by regional health area, of the number and size, in weekly home support hours; her views on disparities in availability across regions, particularly in regional health areas covering Mayo, Galway and Roscommon; her further views in light of the commitments set out in the HSE National Service Plan 2025 (pages 24 and 77); and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

Martin Kenny: 1622. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of homebirth service provision, including any timelines or milestones the HSE in the north west has set for reintroducing these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30563/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Agreements (29 May 2025)

Martin Kenny: 174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason he or a representative from the Government did not attend the meeting organised by France of EU member states with concerns regarding the Mercosur trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25622/25]

Flood Relief: Statements (29 May 2025)

Martin Kenny: I congratulate the Minister of his State on his new role. He held it before in the Government before last and I worked well with him in the past. Sometimes, an old fiddle can play a very good tune and I hope he will be able to do that in this case. We look forward to more investment. My constituency of Sligo, Leitrim and south Donegal, like many parts of the country, has suffered...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (29 May 2025)

Martin Kenny: 677. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 610 of 29 November 2022 and No. 683 of 23 April 2024, to provide an update regarding the boarding out scheme; and if her Department has considered this model of care in the context of its overall commitment to enhancing opportunities for older people to stay in their homes and communities for longer. [28891/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister and all of his officials for attending our first meeting. I wish him well in his journey over the next number of years and with the negotiations on the upcoming CAP deal, which is what I wish to focus on first. One of the things that is of great concern is the notion that we could see a situation where we do not have Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 again but have amalgamation,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Martin Kenny: I appreciate that. I do not expect the Minister to commit Government funding to a future CAP or to fill the gap. At this point it would be premature to so and I absolutely understand-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Martin Kenny: Farmers out there would like to understand that the Government has their back in respect of what deal we get out there. They want to know that if the deal is not everything we want - usually there is a bit of compromise and it may not be everything we want in every area - the Government will at least have a commitment to make every effort to ensure the family farm is protected along with all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Martin Kenny: In the short time we have left, I wish to go back to GAEC 2. I know it has been discussed at length. The issue that farmers have - what they fear - is that we are looking at a situation where we are going in the direction of nature restoration, with rewetting and all of that. The fear they have is that this is the direction in which this is going. Why else would land be labelled in that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (28 May 2025)

Martin Kenny: 92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether Irish Rail will commence a train service for commuters to arrive in Sligo at 8 a.m. for work or college. [27782/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (28 May 2025)

Martin Kenny: 325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total spend and the number of recipients for the beef welfare scheme, in 2024. [27794/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (28 May 2025)

Martin Kenny: 326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total spend and the number of recipients for the suckler carbon efficiency programme scheme in 2024. [27795/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (28 May 2025)

Martin Kenny: 327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what would be the first and full-year cost of increasing the beef welfare scheme / suckler cow scheme by €75 per cow for the first 45 cows; and what would be the percentage cost increase in this scheme. [27796/25]