Results 3,681-3,700 of 10,843 for speaker:Matt Carthy
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: We are talking about farmers here. They are not cods in the context of the budget-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: -----but the Minister is treating them as cods.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: He is trying to suggest there is a 50% increase in funding for Pillar 2 payments. That is not the case. I asked him specifically about ANC.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: He stated there will be no increase under his vision. I accepted that answer. He then tried to-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: -----disseminate what is actually untrue information in respect of-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: -----Pillar 2 schemes but I asked him a specific question in respect of ANCs. He would be better off, and people would have much more respect for him as Minister, if he were to clarify the question that was asked rather than try to diverge in a way that is not correct.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: The Minister should ask farmers in his constituency if they are better off. I can tell him what the answer would be.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: As regards TB, there is a decrease of 11% in the allocation of funding. Given that the numbers are remaining static, how is the decrease justified?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: It is subhead A4. I am reading here it is-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: It is subhead A4.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: Will there any EU funding for the scheme in 2023?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: The Minister has said the TB figures have improved. Did the figures for January 2023 not show an increase on the same month last year?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: I will double-check that. I seek clarification on some figures. In administration, the training and development and incidental expenses, there is an increase of 47%.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: Yes.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: Can we get a note on the breakdown on that? It is a significant percentage increase. I laughed to myself when I saw that the cost of value-for-money reviews increased by 120%. It includes consultancy and policy reviews as well. Is there any reason for that? That is line (VII) in administration.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: When will the mink farms close?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: Since when?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: Was that December?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: Do the farms affected have any outstanding claims or have they all been resolved?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023) Matt Carthy: My final question is on supplementary measures for EU, which is line (VIII) under administration. There has been an increase of a few hundred thousand euro there. What does that relate to?