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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of any registered charity having been requested to make payments to third parties as a finders fee in relation to the Immigrant Investor Programme; the number of such instances brought to his attention; if related applicants to the programme were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12112/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how organisations may affiliate to the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12098/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to ensure an adequate supply of fencing is available to farmers in 2023 following the implementation of a ban on creosote timber at the end of March 2023; the impact he believes this will have on the TAMS and ACRES schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12099/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Priorities (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department accepts the recommendations of the Wool Feasibility Study; the progress made implementing any accepted recommendations; the projected timelines to achieve such, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12100/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of individuals who received payments from his Department in 2022 that were customers of a bank (details supplied) that have yet to provide his Department with alternative bank account details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12103/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 25 October 2022, the meeting of the TB Forum at which it was agreed that new requirements regarding TB Testing would be introduced; if these minutes at the said meeting are publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if following a judgement from the European Court of Justice prohibiting Coillte from receiving state supports; if any repayments were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12114/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 782 of 31 January 2023, if his Department has sought clarity from the European Commission as to if the revised State aid rules allow for the provision of afforestation grants and premiums to Coillte; the expected timeline in which he expects a response; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is intended that his application for State aid exemption for the incoming forestry programme will include indications that his Department intends to provide afforestation grants and premiums to Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12116/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: There was no assembly last year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: When Deputy Martin Browne first suggested that the committee talk about sheep milk, some of us might have been a bit sceptical but the presentation from Sheep Milk Ireland was really interesting. As a member of a committee that is keen on exploring avenues for farmers to diversify, I think this sector might need further work. Is a particular type of land very suitable or unsuitable? We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: What about Teagasc and Bord Bia?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: I would like to touch briefly on the challenges facing the sheep sector. Given we are dealing with a sector that was probably already operating on a marginal basis to start with in terms of numbers, we are in a very concerning time. It was said in the witnesses' opening statements that the impact sheep farming has on a lot of rural communities is disproportionate to the income of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: In respect of one of the potential avenues for that support, I would be very critical that the Government has not been utilising the Brexit adjustment reserve quickly enough to support sectors. If the witnesses could give us examples of how the sheep sector has been impacted by Brexit, that might be helpful. I thank the Cathaoirleach for his indulgence, as always.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budgets (7 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected contribution of and receipts to the Exchequer from the European Multi-annual Financial Framework in each of the years 2023 to 2027. [10334/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the staff of a nursing home (details supplied) will be awarded the pandemic bonus payment given they were frontline workers during the Covid pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11074/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (7 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made regarding costs associated with pre-movement and post-movement TB testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11504/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (2 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason local authorities can no longer install CCTV cameras in the vicinity of bottle banks and other waste collection locations; the measures he proposes to allow such monitoring to recommence; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10613/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Trade Data (1 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total tonnage of throughput at Dublin Port; the total of which was agricultural produce for the years 2017 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10339/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (1 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of Dublin Port having reduced the number of days for which product can be held at the port from ten to two; the reason for such; when the change was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10340/23]