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Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I wish to share time with Deputy Clarke. The Sinn Féin motion recognises the pressures facing Irish workers and families. It recognises, in particular, that those who depend on social welfare payments, who include the elderly and people with disabilities as well as those who are seeking work, are worse off today than they were last year. It recognises the reality of the significant...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: EU Regulation No. 2019/6 on veterinary medicinal products had been due to come into effect in January 2022. I first raised concerns about the transposition of that regulation with a predecessor of the Minister in July 2020 after some concerns had been raised with me and other Deputies by stakeholders. At that time, a response to a parliamentary question from the then Minister stated that: ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference with regard to the consideration of a location for a new veterinary school; and if he is confident that any newly established courses will be internationally accredited [6867/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the tonnage of salt available for use on the regional and local roads network; the total amount used over this winter to date; the total amount available and used in the years 2017 to date; if he will provide any associated funding provided to local authorities in this regard, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to local authorities to ensure that the roads leading to all schools are gritted during adverse weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6833/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) had their fuel allowance payment stopped, without prior notification, once their dependent student turned 22 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6808/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly that exists whereby a person aged 22 years and over can be deemed a dependent for SUSI grant purposes, but is no longer a qualified child dependent for social welfare purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6809/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 860. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists WTEs currently based at each relevant centre in County Monaghan; the corresponding numbers for February 2022, February 2021 and February 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7363/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 861. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting appointments with occupational therapy in County Monaghan; and the numbers waiting over 1 month, over 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 months, over 1 year, over 18 months and over 2 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7364/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults awaiting appointments with occupational therapy in County Monaghan; and the numbers waiting over 1 month, over 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 months, over 1 year, over 18 months and over 2 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7365/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 863. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting period for occupational therapy services in County Monaghan; the proposals to reduce this timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7366/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 902. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of salmonella outbreaks in each relevant county detected in 2023 to date; his Department’s response to these outbreaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6826/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has identified the cause of salmonella outbreaks on poultry farms; the measures he proposes to reduce the risk of further outbreaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6827/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 904. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he provides to poultry farms that are subject to salmonella outbreaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6828/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 905. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish in full the shareholder letter of expectation issued to Coillte on 2 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6829/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the dividend policy of Coillte was last reviewed; the outcome of such review; when the next review is likely to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6830/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 278, 280 and 281 of 11 May 2022, if the Government has sought a further derogation this year in relation to the use of non-organic wheat in organic diets up to a threshold of 5%, given the underlying conditions in relation to the invasion of Ukraine have not abated; and if he will make a...

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: When a strategy comes to life years later, the new Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael Minister usually throws his or her predecessors under the bus, laments the historical practices and tells us that lessons have been learned. Not in this case, though. In this case, current members of the Government are implicated: the Tánaiste; the Taoiseach; the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris; and...