Parliamentary questions

Bus Éireann Services

Martin Kenny

603. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that the Bus Éireann Expressway service stops at the Tullaghan Expressway stop in County Leitrim at all its scheduled times. [25770/17]

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Martin Kenny

553. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the seafood processing capital investment scheme; the number of applications that were not accepted to the scheme in increments (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; the amount that was allocated in each of these years [24206/17]

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Martin Kenny

554. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 471 of 28 March 2017, the reason much of the approved funding under the seafood processing capital investment scheme was not drawn down. [24207/17]

Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan

Martin Kenny

555. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount which has been allocated for payment to persons under the latest hen harrier scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2016 in tabular form; the projections for 2017 and 2018; the way in which the funding will be spent; and when persons will receive payment. [24208/17]

Beef Industry

Martin Kenny

556. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the establishment of an independent regulator to deal with allegations of price fixing relating to the beef industry could be carried out within the existing consumer protection agencies; and the expected annual cost of such a measure. [24209/17]

Energy Efficiency

Martin Kenny

585. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider making grant aid available from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to cover energy efficient re-equipment in poultry, pigs and horticulture not already covered by the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme. [24210/17]

Naval Service Vessels

Martin Kenny

679. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capacity of each of the Naval Service patrol vessels (details supplied) to board super trawlers to inspect their catch and methods and ensure their compliance with EU directives and quotas. [24205/17]

Fishing Industry

Martin Kenny

500. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Brexit negotiations include a request for increased quota and support funding for fishing in view of the fact Ireland will be the most affected EU member state when British waters and quota are removed from the EU; if the Common Fisheries Policy quota and supports to 2020 will be increased in these circumstances; if he envisages quota and supports increasing post-2020; and if he will allocate funding to fishers in the absence of an EU increase in quota and supports. [22861/17]

GLAS Issues

Martin Kenny

203. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an extension to the timeframe for planting hedgerows and coppicing hedgerows will be provided under the GLAS scheme in view of the fact there is a shortage of hedging plants here and farmers need more time to source them before planting. [22441/17]

Departmental Agencies Funding

Martin Kenny

509. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency in each the years 2013 to 2016; and the EU and Exchequer funding for the agency and projected spending from 2017 to 2019. [21427/17]

Fisheries Protection

Martin Kenny

510. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency funding under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund will be renegotiated at the end of the current Common Fisheries Policy; and if extra powers to deal with super-trawlers will be requested from the EU authorities. [21428/17]

Fisheries Protection

Martin Kenny

511. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the absence of the capability by the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency to board large foreign vessels, he will seek EU approval of the right to impound vessels while inspections take place. [21430/17]

Fishing Industry Development

Martin Kenny

512. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocations from his Department to support research and development in fisheries and seafood production in each of the years 2012 to 2016, in tabular form. [21431/17]

Fisheries Protection

Martin Kenny

513. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in Brexit negotiations there is a request for increased quota and support funding for fishing; if the Common Fisheries Policy quota and supports to 2020 will be increased in these circumstances; his views on whether quota and supports will increase after 2020; and if he will allocate funding from the Exchequer to fisheries in the absence of an EU increase in quota and supports. [21433/17]

Inland Fisheries Stocks

Martin Kenny

572. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the allocations of funding from his Department to promote hatcheries and spawning beds to facilitate restocking native fish species in each of the years from 2008 to 2016 in tabular form. [21432/17]

Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan

Martin Kenny

576. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the allocations from his Department to support research and development in renewable maritime energy such as wave and tidal power and offshore wind in each of the years 2012 to 2016 in tabular form. [21431/17]

Tourism Funding

Martin Kenny

602. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocations from his Department to support research and development in coastal tourism in each of the years 2012 to 2016, in tabular form. [21431/17]

Fisheries Protection

Martin Kenny

675. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to increase investment in naval surveillance to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing by foreign vessels, including having inspectors on board with access to all areas of these vessels in territorial waters. [21429/17]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Martin Kenny

2. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure there will be transparency regarding the outcome of the review of areas of natural constraint and that all farm organisations will be consulted before its final approval and prior to approval being sought from the European Union; and if the category of mountain type land will be retained after the review. [21382/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Martin Kenny

173. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if there are negotiations taking place with the relevant drug company for the supply of a drug (details supplied) which is licensed here but not reimbursed by the HSE and which is the treatment recommended for a person (details supplied); if not, the reason therefor; and if he will consider making the drug available to the person on a trial basis until a decision to approve reimbursement is made. [21196/17]