Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Teagasc Funding

Martin Kenny

1139. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Teagasc for the purpose of training farmers in each of the years from 2008 to 2017. [54475/17]

Departmental Schemes

Martin Kenny

1155. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons waiting for their 2016 applications for all relevant schemes to be processed; the monetary value of the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55110/17]

Departmental Schemes

Martin Kenny

1156. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons waiting for their 2017 applications for all relevant schemes to be processed; the monetary value of the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55111/17]

Sheep Welfare Scheme Expenditure

Martin Kenny

1157. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the 2017 sheep welfare budget allocation that was not required; his plans for this unused allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55112/17]

Departmental Schemes

Martin Kenny

1158. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes in his Department that were behind schedule on expenditure at the end of November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55113/17]

Land Parcel Identification System

Martin Kenny

1159. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a communication channel for agricultural planners and advisors in order that they can contact the company that digitises maps for his Department in view of the fact that this could help to speed up the correction of issues with digitised maps in applications for agricultural schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55114/17]

Departmental Schemes

Martin Kenny

1160. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been recovered from persons in all relevant schemes in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the areas to which this money is then allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55115/17]

Basic Payment Scheme

Martin Kenny

1161. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to retain the current definition of an active farmer from 2018 onwards after the approval of the omnibus rules by the European Parliament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55116/17]

Forestry Data

Martin Kenny

1174. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of afforested land in County Leitrim; the percentage of this land that is agricultural; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1026/18]

Energy Schemes

Martin Kenny

1256. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend grant aid 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. [54472/17]

Fishing Industry Development

Martin Kenny

176. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a single boat payment to provide income support for sea fishermen related to their fishing boats. [52429/17]

Fishing Industry Data

Martin Kenny

177. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sea fishermen; and the number of Irish-registered sea fishing boats in tabular form. [52430/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Martin Kenny

448. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for an appointment for surgery for over six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50544/17]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data

Martin Kenny

485. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who received funds under the ANC scheme for fulfilling the mountain-type land criterion in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017. [50079/17]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Martin Kenny

486. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the number of persons receiving ANC payments for mountain-type lands is an indication of the percentage of persons farming on hill land here; and if these farms are bigger or smaller than the average farm size here. [50080/17]

Stocking Densities

Martin Kenny

488. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the statistics on the average stocking rate of farms located on mountain land here, including those that have qualified for ANC payments for meeting the mountain type criterion in each of the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017. [50227/17]

Hospital Services

Martin Kenny

159. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health when a club (details supplied) in Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton, will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49750/17]

Community Services Programme

Martin Kenny

584. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of community services programmes generating traded income of 30% or more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49184/17]

Community Services Programme

Martin Kenny

585. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is policy to remove services and support from community services programmes which are unable to generate traded income of 30%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49185/17]

Community Services Programme

Martin Kenny

586. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the socio-economic factors taken into consideration when granting or removing service and support for community services programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49186/17]

Fodder Crisis

Martin Kenny

39. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a fodder aid package to farmers affected by extreme weather conditions over the past two months. [47189/17]

Common Agricultural Policy Reform

Martin Kenny

50. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the context of CAP reform the Government sought a reduction in the amounts of the basic payment scheme; if so, the level to which it was requested to be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46939/17]

Beef Industry

Martin Kenny

54. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to block the Mercosur deal as it currently stands to protect Irish farm livelihoods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46942/17]

TAMS Expenditure

Martin Kenny

68. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the amount of unspent funding in TAMS indicates scope for the inclusion of standby generators for dairy farmers affected by power outages. [46940/17]

Veterinary Regimes Harmonisation

Martin Kenny

71. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the findings of the review of regional veterinary laboratories; if the Sligo laboratory will remain functioning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46941/17]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding

Martin Kenny

74. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the additional €25 million of ANC funding; the way in which it will be allocated; and the rationale behind the allocation. [46938/17]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Martin Kenny

216. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an appeal for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) has not been addressed; if the appeal will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47323/17]

Garda Vetting Applications Data

Martin Kenny

521. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been Garda vetted annually since the process of Garda vetting was established. [46324/17]

Garda Vetting Applications Data

Martin Kenny

522. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have made multiple Garda vetting applications for different organisations in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017. [46325/17]

Garda Vetting Applications Data

Martin Kenny

523. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost incurred by persons applying for Garda vetting since the process of Garda vetting was established. [46326/17]

Garda Vetting Applications Data

Martin Kenny

524. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual costs incurred by the Exchequer in processing Garda vetting applications for each year to date since the process of Garda vetting was established. [46327/17]

Nitrates Usage

Martin Kenny

53. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will extend the slurry spreading deadline of 14 October 2017 to enable farmers to spread when conditions allow in view of the extremely wet weather conditions in parts of the country over the past six to eight weeks which has prevented the spread of slurry. [41893/17]

Stamp Duty

Martin Kenny

10. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Finance the way in which he will ensure that farmers are not affected by stamp duty increases aimed at commercial developers. [44729/17]

Commonage Framework Plans

Martin Kenny

139. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of current or pending green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, applications that must include commonage framework plans. [43222/17]

Commonage Framework Plans

Martin Kenny

140. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS applications to date that have included commonage framework plans. [43223/17]

Commonage Framework Plans

Martin Kenny

141. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consequences for farmers who do not have their commonage framework plans completed by the deadline of 31 October 2017 in view of the fact that applications opened on 2 October 2017. [43224/17]

Ambulance Service Staff

Martin Kenny

416. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who have been recruited by the national ambulance service in regions (details supplied) in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [42245/17]

Fodder Crisis

Martin Kenny

33. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a fodder aid package to assist farmers in difficulty in view of the heavy rain in recent weeks. [41621/17]

Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility

Martin Kenny

56. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to introduce income averaging over three years when calculating income eligibility for farm assist. [41624/17]

Bovine Disease Controls

Martin Kenny

62. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persistently infected bovines with BVD here; his plans for same; the number of herds currently restricted due to BVD; and the length of time he plans for the eradication programme to continue in view of the fact that it was initially indicated in 2013 to last for three years of tissue tagging and three years lower-intensity surveillance. [41668/17]

TB Eradication Scheme

Martin Kenny

63. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the bovine TB eradication, badger vaccine trial which was reported to have taken place in County Kilkenny; and the expected date of the publication of the report of the trial. [41626/17]

Sheep Welfare Scheme

Martin Kenny

71. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers in receipt of Sheep Welfare Scheme payments will receive their next due payments. [41625/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Martin Kenny

337. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of CAMHS services in Sligo region CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40472/17]

Mental Health Services Staff

Martin Kenny

338. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the job titles and details of contract for all employees on the CAMHS team in Sligo area CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40473/17]

Mental Health Services Staff

Martin Kenny

339. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the full-time senior psychologist position has been filled in the CAMHS service in Sligo area CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40474/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Martin Kenny

340. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the CAMHS waiting list at the end of August 2017 for Sligo area CHO1 by periods (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40475/17]

Farm Safety Scheme

Martin Kenny

1370. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation for farm safety initiatives in each of the years 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [38486/17]

Bord Bia Expenditure

Martin Kenny

1371. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation for promoting Irish food abroad by Bord Bia in each of the years 2011 to 2016; and the allocation for 2017 in tabular form. [38487/17]

Bord Bia Expenditure

Martin Kenny

1372. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation for promoting Irish seafood abroad by Bord Bia in each of the years 2011 to 2016; and the allocation for 2017 in tabular form. [38488/17]

Sheep Welfare Scheme Data

Martin Kenny

1373. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of an enhanced sheep welfare scheme that would include additional environmental and climate change measures resulting in an increased payment of €5 per ewe in circumstances in which such actions were undertaken. [38489/17]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Martin Kenny

1374. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of increasing funding for the beef data genomics programme to allocate an additional €10, €20, €30, €40 and €50 per suckler cow. [38490/17]

Aquaculture Data

Martin Kenny

1375. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the implementation of recommendation 10 of the independent aquaculture licence review report. [38491/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Martin Kenny

1376. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of establishing and running a new department within the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission that would perform the function of a regulator to deal with allegations of price fixing in the sale of meat and other agricultural produce (details supplied). [38493/17]

Inland Fisheries Stocks

Martin Kenny

1420. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the allocation in each of the past ten years per annum for the restocking of hatcheries and rivers; and the areas in current and capital expenditure in which it has been spent. [38492/17]

Occupational Therapy

Martin Kenny

681. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapists providing services in counties Leitrim and Sligo in 2016 and to date in 2017. [35049/17]

Occupational Therapy

Martin Kenny

682. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of part-time occupational therapists providing services in counties Leitrim and Sligo; and the number of hours per week they worked in 2016 and to date in 2017. [35050/17]

Occupational Therapy

Martin Kenny

683. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapists in counties Leitrim and Sligo who are on leave; the length of time they have been on leave; and the date they are due to return to work. [35051/17]

Occupational Therapy

Martin Kenny

684. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of part-time occupational therapists in counties Leitrim and Sligo who are on leave; the type of leave; the length of time they have been on leave; and the date they are due to return to work [35052/17]

Occupational Therapy

Martin Kenny

685. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide adequate cover for occupational therapists in counties Leitrim and Sligo to go on leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35053/17]

Occupational Therapy

Martin Kenny

763. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by an occupational therapist in counties Leitrim and in Sligo for more than one month, two months and three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35311/17]

Live Exports

Martin Kenny

1199. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that new regulations introduced in January 2017 mean that cattle presented at a mart but not sold are not eligible for export for 30 days and that this is having a detrimental effect on the cattle trade and on exporters' ability to fulfil their contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35915/17]

Youth Services Funding

Martin Kenny

1438. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the criteria have changed for the local youth club grant scheme to prioritising groups in which 75% of the youth members are between ten and 21 years of age and requiring 75% to be between ten to 21 years of age. [35822/17]

Youth Services Funding

Martin Kenny

1439. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether scout groups could be disadvantaged by the change to the local youth club grant scheme which requires groups to have 75% of youth members between ten and 21 years of age (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35823/17]

Sheep Welfare Scheme Expenditure

Martin Kenny

547. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on the sheep welfare scheme; if there has been underexpenditure on this scheme; and if he has considered a top-up payment to successful applications. [32083/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Martin Kenny

552. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the total funds that will become available within his Department's expenditure profile in 2018 due to changes in demand for goods and services and or changes to costs within his Department and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32227/17]

Teagasc Courses

Martin Kenny

214. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated in each of the years 2010 to 2016 for the provision of green certificate education for farmers; and his views on whether this allocation was sufficient for the provision of courses to meet the demand during those years. [30372/17]

Bovine Disease Controls

Martin Kenny

215. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the establishment of an infectious bovine rhinotracheitis eradication scheme; and the estimated cost of such a scheme. [30373/17]

Veterinary Inspection Service

Martin Kenny

216. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of running the regional veterinary laboratory network by year in each of the years 2010 to 2016; and the expected allocation for 2017 for the maintenance and improvement of the network. [30374/17]

Farm Household Incomes

Martin Kenny

2. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase farm income for those sectors, the income of which according to the Teagasc farm survey is below €10,000, with 19% of persons with an income below €5,000. [28469/17]

Nitrates Usage

Martin Kenny

25. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures which will be put in place by his Department in order to assist farmers due to the new EU rules governing slurry spreading and the use of splash plates. [29244/17]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Martin Kenny

38. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total sum of money retained from farmers in the beef data genomics scheme in 2016 and to date in 2017; the reason for the retention of these moneys; and the measures taken by his Department to ensure that farmers are fully informed as to the reason the retentions are taking place and the way to avoid them in future. [27961/17]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Martin Kenny

44. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that although there was a commitment to put a ceiling on direct CAP payments of €150,000 and a commitment to lower that ceiling to €100,000, a small group of farmers were in receipt of payments of over €200,000 in 2016; and the way in which this happened in view of his commitment. [27959/17]

Fish Quotas

Martin Kenny

47. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he plans to distribute the extra mackerel quota which has been allocated. [29245/17]

Direct Payment Scheme

Martin Kenny

53. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the objective of his Department in performing a new round of land eligibility inspections with stricter criteria which may result in hill farmers receiving reduced direct payments; the details of the new criteria; and the implications of each. [27958/17]

Fish Quotas

Martin Kenny

238. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he plans to make a decision regarding the allocation of spurdog quota to the Irish fleet. [29246/17]

Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan

Martin Kenny

107. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published. [27960/17]

Hospital Procedures

Martin Kenny

1469. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of days per year full capacity protocol has been implemented at University Hospital Galway in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [28681/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Martin Kenny

1608. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of spending by his Department on health and safety equipment and training for fishers over the past five years in tabular form. [26872/17]

Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan

Martin Kenny

1742. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure by his Department on research and development in the maritime energy sector including tidal, wave and wind energy in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [26934/17]

Bus Éireann Services

Martin Kenny

602. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Bus Éireann Expressway service does not stop at the Expressway stop in Tullaghan, County Leitrim. [25769/17]

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]