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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on the Social Welfare System: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Denis Naughten: ...test. They were knocked off a scheme wrongly because the Department of Social Protection inspector did not understand sheep farming. The difficulty is that more people are moving away from the land so when claimants go in, whether it is with regard to cattle or sheep farming or premia and so forth, there is a lack of understanding there that actually denies people access to some of these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Denis Naughten: ...income loss on those farms was interesting. We should not be considering two farms side by side with the exact same type of farming practice as generating the same income if one of them is on designated lands. Deputy Ó Cuív made the case very well with regard to what is happening on Inis Oírr, where it is not worth their while to go into some of these environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Apr 2024)

Denis Naughten: ...extending the closing date for the spreading of lime under the liming scheme beyond June 2024, given challenging weather and ground conditions due to the incessant rainfall and the need to close up lands for winter forage as soon as weather conditions improve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16125/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: ...for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have sought a review or appeal under the Shannon Callows flooding scheme because they have not been paid on the full acreage of lands flooded, subject to the 15 hectare cap; the number of these which have been determined by the Department; the number issued with a revised payment; if he will outline what additional measures he...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: ...John because they served with him in Cabinet when he was Taoiseach. I served on John's last Front Bench and what springs to mind for me when I think of John Bruton is a phrase we use in rural Ireland, which is that he was the salt of the earth. I say that for a number of reasons. First, for John, politics was about people and how it could make a real difference to their lives and make...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Denis Naughten: ...Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to Shannon Callows flooding scheme, if he is aware of farmers with ten hectares or more flooded but they have only been paid for a proportion of these lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3010/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Denis Naughten: ...with regard to Shannon Callows flooding scheme, the reason the farmers along the Suck Callows, Cross River and the little Brosna River have been excluded from the scheme despite the fact that the lands have been flooded due to the upstream flow of waters from the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3011/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Denis Naughten: ..., Food and the Marine with regard to Shannon Callows Flooding Scheme, if the Sentinel satellite data aerial monitoring system is incapable of picking up images of water in the middle of the Callow land if grass is growing 3/4 ft high; the reason other open source satellite data which could identify water in such circumstances was not used; if any on the ground checks were performed by his...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Supports (22 Nov 2023)

Denis Naughten: ...of State for her response and acknowledge her presence her but it is pitiful that none of the three Ministers could explain their absence from the House this morning. The extension to grazing lands, which was contained in the reply, is welcome. The difficulty is that farmers are being caught by a double whammy in terms of the loss of their fodder and the loss of the after grass because...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Supports (22 Nov 2023)

Denis Naughten: ...the right direction, but its execution and scope raise critical concerns. The situation on the ground is dire. Our farmers have lost approximately 7,000 acres of meadow and 7,000 acres of grazing land. This flood began on St. Patrick’s Day and continued well into the summer. It has not only destroyed crops, but also forced farmers to use their silage grounds for grazing,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roll-out and Delivery of Broadband in Rural Areas: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Denis Naughten: ...doable within ten days. The big problem is the other 20%. These are the people who are coming to Senator Wall and myself. What is happening in regard to those people who may be in never-never land?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Oct 2023)

Denis Naughten: 467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an extension to the grazing season under the ACRES scheme on geese and swan lands and breeding wader lands for one month to 1 November 2023 due to the dramatic impact of summer flooding in the Shannon and Suck Callows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42169/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Denis Naughten: ...are in the UK in this regard. Second, naturally enough, the costs involved vary depending on the work that Finders has to do and it has to be remunerated in regard to that. Has Finders used the Land Commission records to any great extent? I gave evidence in the House recently regarding a neighbour of mine, Pat Shine, who registered his own family plot of bog. He had to get 280 pages...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Denis Naughten: ...available. The difficulty is that because of what happened in the War of Independence and the Civil War – we had a commemoration last Sunday – a large number of other records are missing. The Land Commission records are probably the most intact records we have, yet they are not publicly available, even to sort through the dusty books or to have them digitised. This makes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Denis Naughten: ...that in mind, does the committee agree we should write to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on foot of the evidence we have heard this morning so efforts will be made to make the Land Registry records publicly accessible and so he can outline to us his plans to have them digitised and available online? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Denis Naughten: ...of local authorities is trying to track down the owners of properties. That is why, in recent times, local authorities have been engaging with organisations like Finders International Ireland. I acknowledge this important work because many town centres and villages have premises that are a blight on the community, bearing in mind that we are in the middle of a housing crisis. Tracking...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Programme for Government (20 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of programme for Government commitments to complete a land use review ahead of the drafting of a land use strategy and a national soil strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16916/23]

National Archives Act 1986 (Section 1(2)(d)) Order 2023: Motion (23 Feb 2023)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this legislation. I wish to discuss the Irish Land Commission. Mr. Pat Shine, a neighbour of mine, came to see me in Leinster House recently. In his retirement, he has, unfortunately, been involved in the registration of bogs in County Roscommon. In the case of his family, 280 pages of documentation, including 96 different documents that had to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister of State for his response. As he is aware, Project Ireland 2040 refers to a hub and spoke strategy. One of the towns identified in that regard is Athlone, which is doing very well and has become, in effect, the silicon heartland of northern Europe, with more tech jobs per capitathan anywhere else in our region. However, that is not spinning out to other towns such as...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (15 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will build a strategy in conjunction with the European Commission to fund and construct an Atlantic electricity interconnector which would land west-southwest coast renewable energy directly into the mainland European electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62958/22]