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Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Medical Card Reviews
Martin Kenny
1126. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason elderly persons on pensions who have been in receipt of a medical card for over ten years are having their medical cards renewed for only six months. [24867/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Vaccination Programme
Martin Kenny
1241. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation where some persons claim that a vaccine (details supplied) has had an adverse affect on their health; if he received correspondence on this issue; if he or officials from his Department met with any of the persons affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25389/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Health Services Staff Recruitment
Martin Kenny
1335. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason there are different terms set out for accepting or declining an expression of interest in positions in the HSE advertised by the National Recruitment Service; and the reason a decision to accept or decline a position will have different consequences as to whether a person remains on a panel or not, depending on which panel the positions are for as can be seen from a notification (details supplied). [25760/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Horse Racing Ireland Staff
Martin Kenny
1484. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland is employed on a contract of Indefinite duration; and if so, the financial implications of this for the Exchequer. [25167/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Horse Racing Ireland Staff
Martin Kenny
1485. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the business case presented to his Department by the chairman of Horse Racing Ireland in support of the reappointment of the CEO was approved by the board of HRI prior to his sanctioning a five-year extension of the CEO’s contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25169/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Horse Racing Ireland Funding
Martin Kenny
1486. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State funding that has been provided to Horse Racing Ireland each year for the past five years. [25173/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Horse Racing Ireland Staff
Martin Kenny
1487. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current remuneration of the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland; the remuneration package that has been attributed to this position each year for the past 15 years; and if the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland has received any bonus, financial or material in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date. [25174/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Horse Racing Ireland
Martin Kenny
1536. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current length of service of the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland; if there is regulation concerning the maximum length of service of a CEO in a commercial semi-State body; the number of occasions during the past 15 years the position of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland has been advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25164/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Horse Racing Ireland
Martin Kenny
1537. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the roles and responsibilities of the Board of Horse Racing Ireland regarding succession planning for the position of CEO. [25165/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Horse Racing Ireland
Martin Kenny
1538. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the board of Horse Racing Ireland has carried out its statutory function having regard to best practice of corporate governance in regard to the reappointment of the CEO of HRI. [25166/16]
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]