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Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Horse Racing Ireland
Martin Kenny
1539. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received any correspondence opposing the reappointment of the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25168/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Horse Racing Ireland
Martin Kenny
1540. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedure in place for confidential disclosures within Horse Racing Ireland. [25171/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Forestry Sector
Martin Kenny
1564. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons employed in the forestry sector here; and the number of those persons employed by his Department. [25572/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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European Fisheries Fund
Martin Kenny
753. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of the EU contribution to his Department under the European Fisheries Fund. [22636/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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European Fisheries Fund
Martin Kenny
754. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of unused European Fisheries Fund moneys by his Department. [22637/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Fish Farming
Martin Kenny
755. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of any land-based RAS fish farms which were funded by the European Fisheries Fund in any member state. [22638/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Departmental Legal Cases
Martin Kenny
24. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take, in view of the High Court judgment of 2 June 2016, which found that his Department’s procedures in conducting farm inspections were lacking by not providing a control report, not applying the maxim of audi alteram partem, or fulfilling the onus on the decision-maker to comply with regulation, to give the applicant the opportunity to make the case before applying penalties. [21375/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Animal Identification Schemes
Martin Kenny
41. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if electronic tagging will be introduced for all lambs as part of the proposed new sheep scheme. [21287/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Public Procurement Contracts
Martin Kenny
49. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the tendering process in his Department for the supply of electronic identification tags for bovine animals involves a technical specification for only one kind of anti-tamper device which is patented to one company; if the process is going ahead again in 2016 in these circumstances; the reason for postponement of the process on two occasions; the reason the State uses only one supplier, as opposed to multiple suppliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21283/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Agriculture Schemes
Martin Kenny
58. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include a rolling reference year for young farmers and commonage farmers in the proposed sheep scheme to assist young farmers who are trying to build up their flock and also commonage farmers who may have to adjust their flock numbers due to new commonage framework plans. [21285/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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GLAS Eligibility
Martin Kenny
68. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if will he amend the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, application criteria for hill farmers who own their own parcel of land due to the fact under the current measures for accessing GLAS these farmers are prohibited because the land is owned and it is not eligible for any other schemes. [21286/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Health Care Policy
Martin Kenny
105. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the research that is being conducted specifically on universal health care; if he is aware of research being undertaken by other groups outside his Department on universal health care; if he will bring these strands together to ensure co-operation, information exchange and economies of scale. [20936/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Health Care Policy
Martin Kenny
106. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 2 June 2016, if the research being undertaken by his Department and the Economic and Social Research Institute three-year programme on health reform will be available to the new joint Oireachtas committee that has been established to develop cross-party consensus on the future of the health service over ten years, as per the programme for Government and Government approval; if he will make available the research undertaken to date to the committee; if he will designate a liaison officer within his Department in order that members of this committee may direct queries specific to the committee work to that person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20937/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Fire Service Staff
Martin Kenny
303. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason firemen are not being recruited in Bundoran and Ballyshannon, County Donegal. [20556/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Transfer of Entitlements
Martin Kenny
707. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of transfer of entitlement cases that are not completed due to suspension; the reason for the suspension; the length of time of same and when it will be lifted. [21306/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Beef Exports
Martin Kenny
708. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 42% of our beef exports that go to the British market are under threat as a result of a British exit from the European Union; and his plans to combat losses in beef exports. [21307/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Food Labelling
Martin Kenny
709. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to actively pursue a voluntary all-Ireland agrifood label which would be of benefit to farmers North and South of the Border. [21308/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Live Exports
Martin Kenny
710. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase live exports of cattle, which are down 25% on 2015. [21309/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Health Services Staff
Martin Kenny
243. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health to outline his views on the reason the national recruitment service national social worker professionally qualified panel removed a person (details supplied) from the panel because the person turned down a position because of an inability to take it up at that particular time for personal reasons; and if the person can now be reinstated to the panel. [20221/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Respite Care Services
Martin Kenny
261. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was charged for respite care. [20283/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Basic Payment Scheme
Martin Kenny
281. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of transfer of entitlement cases held up, not completed due to suspension; the reason there is a suspension; if it is the case that this suspension is in place since May 2016; and when the suspension will be lifted (details supplied). [20222/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Insurance Costs
Martin Kenny
9. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that returned emigrants and immigrants are not discriminated against in the provision of car insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17511/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Statute of Limitations
Martin Kenny
35. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Finance if he will act to remove the blanket six-year Statute of Limitations on financial complaints, which reportedly may hinder persons whose tracker mortgages were wrongly removed from them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17510/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Martin Kenny
129. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills to approve the July provision for a person (details supplied). [17567/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
Martin Kenny
484. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that contracts are being terminated where soil sample analyses are late even by a few days, even though soil sample analysis can take ten days to complete and weather conditions can cause delay under the agri-environment options scheme. [17024/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
Martin Kenny
485. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will apply a period of grace on the deadline for submission of soil analyses under the agri-environment options scheme or under the basic payment scheme. [17025/16]
Wed, 15 Jun 2016
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Library Services Provision
Martin Kenny
114. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for the amalgamation of library services in counties Leitrim, Sligo and Roscommon, which implies a drastic reduction in library services for those counties; the cost savings of this amalgamation; and the cost of necessary new builds to compensate for the closure of small local libraries. [16332/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Payments
Martin Kenny
502. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive pig sector crisis funding. [15497/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Basic Payment Scheme Applications
Martin Kenny
503. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has fined a person (details supplied) and reduced the person's payment under the basic payment scheme. [15498/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Garda Youth Diversion Projects
Martin Kenny
17. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered advocating for the services of the Garda youth diversion projects to be extended in north inner city Dublin, as part of a long-term plan to stem the flow of young persons becoming involved in crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14850/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Youth Services Funding
Martin Kenny
19. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase the funding to youth services nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14851/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Mortgage Book Sales
Martin Kenny
47. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consequences for Irish farming of the sale by a bank (details supplied) of €100 million of agricultural loans to vulture funds, thereby removing this land from the control of Irish farmers; if he has met the bank to discuss this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14833/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Fisheries Offences
Martin Kenny
54. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to annul SI No. 125 of 2016, which imposes penalty points on sea fishery licences. [14502/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Milk Quota
Martin Kenny
63. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to intercede and have the EU postpone superlevy fines and increase the intervention price to at least the cost of production, given that Irish farmers are experiencing a severe cashflow crisis due to the ongoing crisis in the dairy sector. [14501/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Home Help Service Provision
Martin Kenny
468. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on priority waiting lists for home help hours in the north Leitrim area; the number of hours which would be necessary to provide home help to these persons; the number of home helps employed by the HSE in the area; and the number of hours of home help they are providing now. [14756/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Home Help Service Provision
Martin Kenny
469. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the allocation of home help hours in the north Leitrim area is based on need and not on budgetary constraints. [14757/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Forestry Sector
Martin Kenny
806. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of County Leitrim under forestry. [13212/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Forestry Sector
Martin Kenny
807. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target for forestry planting in County Leitrim; and if his Department has a county by county or regional target for afforestation. [13213/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Rural Social Scheme
Martin Kenny
180. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of an additional 500 places on the rural social scheme. [12233/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Farm Assist Scheme
Martin Kenny
213. Deputy Martin Kenny asked 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]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Grassland Sheep Scheme Expenditure
Martin Kenny
333. Deputy Martin Kenny asked 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]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Grassland Sheep Scheme Expenditure
Martin Kenny
334. Deputy Martin Kenny asked 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]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Grassland Sheep Scheme Expenditure
Martin Kenny
335. Deputy Martin Kenny asked 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]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Sheep Census
Martin Kenny
336. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the national flock and the ratio of upland and lowland numbers. [12228/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Sugar Industry
Martin Kenny
337. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of the State enterprise bodies in the reinstatement of the sugar beet processing industry. [12230/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Sugar Industry
Martin Kenny
338. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the logistical and financial supports that will be available for the reinstatement of the sugar beet processing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12231/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Suckler Welfare Scheme
Martin Kenny
339. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the re-instatement of the animal welfare recording and breeding scheme for suckler herds at a rate of €200 per head, and at a rate of €80 per head. [12232/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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School Funding
Martin Kenny
199. Deputy Martin Kenny asked 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]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Martin Kenny
270. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills why the level 7 course in child care 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). [9673/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Ambulance Service
Martin Kenny
697. Deputy Martin Kenny asked 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; and if the Health Service Executive has considered or implemented any of the findings or proposals contained in the client draft that was published on 14 November 2014. [9736/16]