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Wed, 30 Nov 2016
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Live Exports
Martin Kenny
36. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to remove trade barriers to the live trade to Northern Ireland and Britain in the context of Brexit. [37697/16]
Tue, 22 Nov 2016
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Basic Payment Scheme Administration
Martin Kenny
499. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and value of basic payment scheme entitlements transferred in 2016 in a number of categories (details supplied), by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35902/16]
Tue, 22 Nov 2016
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Bus Services
Martin Kenny
547. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the bus service between Rosses Point and Strandhill, County Sligo and the Sligo town service which is in need of an extension of its timetable and greater frequency of service for growing population of Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36243/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Commonage Land Use
Martin Kenny
633. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Commonage Implementation Committee last met. [34494/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Appointments to State Boards
Martin Kenny
634. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a new chairperson will be appointed to the Commonage Implementation Committee. [34495/16]
Tue, 8 Nov 2016
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Health Services Staff
Martin Kenny
303. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the vacancies in the south Leitrim early intervention team have been filled; and if not, when he expects to have the south Leitrim early intervention team fully staffed. [33320/16]
Tue, 8 Nov 2016
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Health Services Staff
Martin Kenny
304. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if cover was provided earlier in 2016 while a person (details supplied) was on maternity leave. [33321/16]
Tue, 8 Nov 2016
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Speech and Language Therapy
Martin Kenny
305. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will consider approving the recruitment of an additional speech therapist to the Ballyshannon health centre (details supplied). [33322/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Garda Operations
Martin Kenny
57. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fishing vessels that were raided by various Departments and agencies and the port in which they were berthed on 5 October 2016 and for an unknown number of days thereafter. [32570/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Garda Operations
Martin Kenny
58. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of undocumented fishermen that were identified on fishing vessels which were raided by various Departments and agencies on 5 October 2016 and for an unknown number of days thereafter. [32571/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Garda Operations
Martin Kenny
59. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the planned follow-up actions she will take with regard to the employers concerned and the undocumented fishermen identified during raids on 5 October 2016 and for an unknown number of days thereafter. [32572/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Garda Operations
Martin Kenny
60. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that when fishing vessels were raided on 5 October 2016 by various Departments and agencies it was necessary to involve armed gardaí and dogs in the searches. [32573/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Garda Operations
Martin Kenny
61. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it was necessary to seal off the harbours at Castletownbere and Howth during raids on fishing vessels on 5 October 2016, and for an unknown number of days thereafter, by various Departments and agencies. [32574/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Agriculture Schemes
Martin Kenny
379. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider making a grant available to persons on marginal land for a drainage scheme to improve grass production and management which would help prevent a fodder crisis in the future. [32582/16]
Thu, 27 Oct 2016
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Horse Racing Ireland
Martin Kenny
2. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, considering the statements of the chairman of Horse Racing Ireland to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, admitting that proper procedure was not followed in the appointment of its CEO and calling into question the legality of that appointment and considering his approval of that appointment in those circumstances and the statement by the HRI chairman that he would make the same appointment in the same manner if given the opportunity, he plans to reconsider Government funding of €64 million to this semi-state body. [32348/16]
Thu, 27 Oct 2016
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Harness Racing Industry
Martin Kenny
11. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide funding to the Irish Harness Racing Association following its provision of a training course to encourage participants in the sport to come off-road and use safer regulated facilities. [32186/16]
Thu, 27 Oct 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Payments
Martin Kenny
12. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will take to include the group of farmers known as "old young farmers" who are excluded from entitlements due to their having been farming before 2009 but who are still under 40 years of age. [32185/16]
Thu, 27 Oct 2016
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Afforestation Programme
Martin Kenny
26. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale behind allowing the same level of grant aid and tax relief on forestry-related activity to non-farmers and farmers; if his attention has been drawn to the effect this is having on land prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32183/16]
Thu, 27 Oct 2016
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Fodder Crisis
Martin Kenny
37. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions that will be made, especially for farmers in the north west, in view of the pending fodder crisis in the area. [32187/16]
Wed, 26 Oct 2016
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Renewable Energy Incentives
Martin Kenny
49. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered grant-aiding agrifood enterprises, such as chicken farms and mushroom growers, to support them in switching to biomass sources of energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32184/16]