Results 1-6 of 6 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Seán Kyne

Seanad: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Jun 2023)

Seán Kyne: The Minister is welcome. I acknowledge the work that has been done by the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. My colleague, Senator Lombard, cannot be here and has asked me to cover this Bill. I was first contacted about it almost two years ago by individuals at home who had concerns that - I will not say the Minister - the Department was trying to monopolise the market...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Seán Kyne: ..., Deputy Naughton, in to discuss this matter. The census is a hugely important time. Going back to the time of Herod, we heard about the census. It is important that people are counted. The data are used for each district electoral division for the country to plan in regard to healthcare, education and all aspects of society. Nobody should be abusing any public servant and census...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...considering there is so much of my area in Connemara that is designated? Would impacting on a small section of that area be beneficial in terms of gaining acceptance from a community in that case? On agriculture, will farmers be credited for carbon sequestration in respect of their hedgerows, hedgerow trees and groves of trees? When driving or travelling by train or by bus along the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Geological Survey of Ireland (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Kyne: ...and chemical maps. The outputs from this programme, which is now completed over more than half the country, help to update GSI’s geological mapping and also supports areas such as environmental planning, agricultural planning, plant and animal health and the national Radon Control Strategy. Updated Tellus data is also used by the mineral exploration industry and attracts foreign...

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Seán Kyne: I welcome this debate on the farming and the agriculture sector. It is an important sector to the Irish economy. I will begin with the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership because it has been in the news lately. Considerable work was done in recent years by a number of Oireachtas committees, including the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Joint Committee on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (7 Jul 2015)

Seán Kyne: 214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the beef data and genomics scheme if he supports the concerns of pedigree breeders that the rules limit the possibility of importation of foreign bulls to help improve the genetics of the Irish pedigree herd; his views on whether the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, in pursuing this policy, will cause stagnation in...