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Wed, 3 Apr 2019
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Brexit Preparations
Martin Kenny
55. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures he has put in place to offset the effects of Brexit for Border communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15547/19]
Wed, 3 Apr 2019
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Action Plan for Rural Development
Martin Kenny
91. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to provide for an incentive programme to regenerate and renovate housing stocks in rural areas and small towns and villages. [15476/19]
Wed, 3 Apr 2019
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Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
Martin Kenny
93. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund; and the amount allocated at the end of February 2019. [15475/19]
Wed, 3 Apr 2019
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Insurance Coverage
Martin Kenny
95. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to provide insurance cover for farmers on whose land there are greenways and other walkways. [15477/19]
Thu, 28 Mar 2019
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Beef Industry
Martin Kenny
141. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered here that qualify for the quality premium scheme; the percentage this represents of the overall number of cattle here in each of the years 2014 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14590/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Brexit Issues
Martin Kenny
55. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the results of negotiations with the European Commission regarding the threat by Britain to apply full WTO tariffs to agrifood products from Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13995/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Beef Industry
Martin Kenny
65. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives he plans to put in place to protect the future of the beef sector from Brexit and future trade deals such as the Mercosur deal in view of the decline in the beef sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13988/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Live Exports
Martin Kenny
79. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to deal with the issues relating to exporting dairy calves; his plans in order to ensure that Ireland does not have a similar problem in 2020 in view of the continued expansion of the dairy herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13987/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
Martin Kenny
82. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the comments made to the Oireachtas Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine that his Department is operating a tuberculosis containment programme rather than a tuberculosis eradication programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13986/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Protected Disclosures
Martin Kenny
605. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason a former section 39 employee (details supplied) had their request to make a protected disclosure dismissed without examining the details of the protected disclosure. [12791/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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GLAS Issues
Martin Kenny
965. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene with an organisation (details supplied) under the terms of GLAS that has failed to provide a certificate of membership to a person resulting in a suspension of GLAS and possible clawback of moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12803/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Voluntary Sector Funding
Martin Kenny
1233. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of his examination of funding criteria for volunteer centres that are in receipt of funding less than €121,016, which his Department identified as the minimum necessary for centres to operate; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that twelve centres received less than this amount in the 2019 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14139/19]
Tue, 12 Mar 2019
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Hospital Facilities
Martin Kenny
356. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the new diabetes treatment centre at Sligo University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11837/19]
Tue, 26 Feb 2019
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GLAS Administration
Martin Kenny
464. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to resolve the information technology issues with the processing of GLAS applications in order that a person (details supplied) can receive a 2018 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9520/19]
Tue, 26 Feb 2019
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Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
Martin Kenny
465. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a TAMS application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9539/19]
Tue, 12 Feb 2019
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Tourism Project Funding
Martin Kenny
85. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to providing funding for the creation of activity tourism hubs in which persons and groups in rural Ireland offering such activities could come together and provide a joint offer to tourists within an area. [52143/18]
Thu, 7 Feb 2019
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Insurance Coverage
Martin Kenny
59. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding farm insurance that farmers are unable to attain cover for livestock other than sheep that are worried or attacked by dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6091/19]
Thu, 7 Feb 2019
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Insurance Coverage
Martin Kenny
60. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding farm insurance by which farmers cannot obtain insurance cover for the theft of livestock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6095/19]
Thu, 7 Feb 2019
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Insurance Coverage
Martin Kenny
61. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding farm insurance by which insurance companies are refusing to provide cover for working dogs over five years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6097/19]
Thu, 7 Feb 2019
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Insurance Coverage
Martin Kenny
67. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that insurance companies are refusing to provide insurance cover to farmers for worrying of livestock other than sheep, for theft of livestock and for working dogs over five years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6096/19]