Results 1-20 of 314 for sligo speaker:Martin Kenny

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: Yesterday, we had a meeting in the north west, CHO 1, with the HSE. There were a lot of Members there from across the counties of Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan. One of the points that came through it more than anything else was staffing shortages. I raised podiatry services in County Leitrim. The issue is that many elderly people, in particular those with diabetes, have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: The week before last there was an incident on the rail line between Dublin and Sligo, when a person had to be taken off. These incidents should be rare. They should be outliers and not common. That is the problem. They have become common.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (11 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide a breakdown of the number of Croí Cónaithe grants (including the vacant property refurbishment grant) paid out across Sligo and Leitrim since the beginning of the scheme. [15675/24]

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...campaign, and in my view a more urgent campaign, to see the rail line fully reopened. It would do more for the area. It would provide something that is crucial to link economic centres such as Sligo to Galway and down to Limerick. It would do more to integrate communities and rebalance the imbalance there has been between the west and east of the country. We would be putting in place...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide a breakdown of the number of units across Sligo and Leitrim available under the cost rental scheme and affordable purchase scheme; if he can outline any plans to add units in the coming 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15676/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Mar 2024)

Martin Kenny: 1446. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical scans on patients that require a scan on their kidney, bladder and urethra are being cancelled because of a lack of funding in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12656/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (5 Mar 2024)

Martin Kenny: 575. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will provide funding to reinstate a hydrotherapy swimming pool in Sligo for people with disabilities in the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10384/24]

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...money forward. This is basically what it comes down to. This is about binding to it and this is what it is doing. It is making sure that it actually happens. This is the problem we have. In Sligo recently, I was sitting in the front room of a man that looks out on the road where a woman was killed some months ago. From his front room he pointed out to me different parts of the road...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Martin Kenny: .... However, the problem is that when people go looking for those services, they are not there. That is a really serious issue across every constituency, and particularly across my constituency of Sligo-Leitrim and south Donegal. We need to recognise that if the Government is going to be able to provide these services, it must invest in them. The Minister of State mentioned in her...

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...as regards students. The absence of student accommodation and the difficulties with it in many areas have caused real angst among much of our student population. Last year, a housing estate in Sligo was set up for student accommodation. It got planning permission but then was used to house people from Ukraine. That is fine but it should not involve pushing out people who need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: .... Starting locally, on 10 December Iarnród Éireann announced increases to services across the country. Unfortunately, living in the north west, we did not seem to get any such increases. The Sligo-Dublin line did not get any additional services or investment. I would like an explanation. What plans are there to set that particular discrepancy right? I would also like to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister of State. First, we have learned nothing new. We are aware that this has happened and that on 26 September, Sligo County Council engaged with the Housing Agency and commenced its investigations. According to the last letter I got in early December, the report was in draft form. We now need to see the report being brought forward. I am concerned about the use of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: As the Minister of State is aware, County Sligo is one of the few counties in the western seaboard that has been left out of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme. Counties Mayo, Donegal and Clare are in the scheme. Over the decades, many people in west County Sligo bought their aggregate and concrete blocks from County Mayo. We know there was a particular quarry in County Mayo that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Weather Events (13 Dec 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...had somebody been seriously hurt. There was no ambulance available in Carrick-on-Shannon, Boyle, Loughglynn or anywhere else in the area. The nearest ambulance would have had to come from either Sligo town or Longford. There is an ongoing situation in south Leitrim in this regard. We have a serious problem with the ambulance service. We need investment in that service because when...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (7 Dec 2023)

Martin Kenny: ..., and Local Government if he can outline what measures his Department will be putting in place with Uisce Éireann to reduce the levels of raw sewage entering into local waterways across the Sligo and Leitrim area. [54234/23]

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Martin Kenny: The reality is that across the whole State, rents are rising all the time. The latest report from last week shows us that even in my counties of Leitrim and Sligo, rents are up again; they are up everywhere. People cannot afford to continue this and the only solution we can come up with that will solve this issue is to have a freeze on rents. The Minister says that would put people out of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...is done, it will connect to Ireland West Airport Knock and Galway. It makes sense that if people fly into Ireland West Airport Knock and get off the plane, they can get a train to either go north towards Sligo or south towards Galway. That is not there at the moment. Strategically, it is vital that we put the investment in place to develop the rail line along the entire western rail...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...lives in the west. There was an announcement recently regarding rail in different areas and additional services being put in place. One of the places where there were no services added in was the Sligo to Dublin service. If I wanted to go home now, the last train went 15 minutes ago. That is the same for many people from the west working in Dublin. It is an issue that needs to be...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: I want to come back in on one issue. The Minister mentioned bypasses and particularly some of our road networks that need work in that regard. I am conscious that the Minister was in County Sligo a number of months ago. We were disappointed on that day when he told us there would not be funding for the N17. I would like an update on that. The Minister mentioned that there would be...