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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]