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Standing Order 112 Select Committee: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Martin Kenny: As this is my first time to address the House, I congratulate the Ceann Comhairle on his election. He was the only Member who won an election today. All Members have great expectations. Mine is that, in a short time, I would be able to hold various Ministers to account. I know there will be a caretaker arrangement for the next period. However, between now and a Government being...

Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Martin Kenny: I add my voice to the voices of those who spoke about what happened in Brussels this morning. As the Minister stated, it is alarming that the death toll has risen greatly. To return to the issue of the EU agriculture Ministers meeting, to tell the truth, that seems a long way off from the place I come from, namely, the west, and especially the constituency of Sligo-Leitrim. Many farmers...

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Martin Kenny: Housing is an issue across every part of the State. We will go through the crisis in Dublin as well as the crises in every other city and in urban areas. I represent a rural constituency and yet these same problems exist in it. One of the main reasons for this is the recovery for landlords - unfortunately, one of the biggest recoveries we have experienced in this State. The only people...

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

Martin Kenny: 179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of unused funds from the 2015 National Reserve and from the clawback arising from the sale of entitlements without land in 2016 for the National Reserve to deal with the demand from young farmers in 2016; if this amount will be sufficient to meet the demands of young farmers in 2016; and if he will make a statement on...

EU-UK Relations: Statements (21 Apr 2016)

Martin Kenny: I want to start by reiterating that I am a republican and, as such, the first thought that comes to my head about Britain leaving the EU is that this vote will take place and, whatever the impact may be, it will reinforce Britain's hold on that part of Ireland. It is something that the vast majority of people across this island are opposed to. The unique circumstances of the North will not...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Martin Kenny: Under pressure. Unfortunately, there is not enough pressure on and that is the reality of this situation. I remember being in Carrick-on-Shannon three years ago when the water charge protests were going on. There were a couple of thousand people there, the vast majority of whom were on group schemes in Leitrim. While they were protesting about Irish Water, they were also protesting about...

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: It seems to me the attitude of the Government and of the Minister, Deputy Coveney, to farm families in the west, where I come from, is "live horse, get grass". We have been waiting a long time for things to improve, but the longer we wait the worse it seems to get for most of us. Many members of the Government will have realised during the general election campaign just how angry people...

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: I am also a rural Deputy from a rural area and I am aware of the impact of the closure of Garda stations. The effect of the near withdrawal of gardaí from rural areas is very much being felt. When canvassing in the general election, if one went after 7 p.m. in the evening to many houses on boreens in rural areas, many people, particularly the elderly, were afraid to answer the door...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: On a personal level, I congratulate all the members of the new Government and the Taoiseach. It is a special day for all of them, and I am sure everyone in the House wishes them well in future. We have a new Government at long last, and Fianna Fáil feels it has pulled the ultimate stroke, as it has designed the programme for Government, handed it to Fine Gael and opted to sit on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Care Education (17 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the level 7 course in childcare run by Carlow Institute of Technology which has been sanctioned by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs for the higher level of capitation under the early childhood care and education scheme in early March 2016 was removed from the higher capitation grant at the end of March 2016 (details supplied)....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (17 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: 697. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the Lightfoot report into the national ambulance service of Ireland emergency service baseline and capacity review which the Health Service Executive commissioned; if time will be set aside in Dáil Éireann to debate the report’s findings and recommendations into the delivery of ambulance response cover performance; if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (17 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: 1088. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on recent reports that the Government’s €275 million national broadband plan to connect 1.8 million citizens to a minimum of 30 MBps broadband by 2020 is to be delayed for a year until 2017 and that it could be 2022 by the time all homes here have high-speed broadband; and the status of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Infrastructure (17 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: 1089. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the body which has ownership of the copper telephone wiring and additional infrastructure that is used to connect residential properties to the fixed line telephone network. [9689/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (17 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: 1092. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the practicality and necessity of replacing the existing copper wiring connecting residential properties to the telephone network with fibre optic cabling as a way of providing high-speed broadband to rural communities. [9688/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to issue the final letter of terms and conditions to a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim to facilitate getting the works under way. [11792/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (25 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: 180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of an additional 500 places on the rural social scheme. [12233/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (25 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: 213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring farm assist to pre-2013 conditions of payment based on current numbers and allowances. [12229/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Expenditure (25 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: 333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of paying a ewe premium of €10 per head where stocking density is over six ewes per hectare and €20 where there is a stocking density of five ewes or fewer per hectare. [12225/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Expenditure (25 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: 335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of the re-introduction in 2017 of the sheep grassland scheme based on current stocking rates and numbers in the national flock. [12227/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Expenditure (25 May 2016)

Martin Kenny: 334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to the Exchequer of the sheep grassland scheme in 2012, 2013 and 2014. [12226/16]