Results 3,921-3,940 of 10,862 for speaker:Matt Carthy
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: More?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: Why would having 5% of something be better than having 100% of it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: What the Minister is saying is that Coillte has agreed to invest in a programme, that the deal is done and he cannot do anything about it but that it is not actually his preferred option. Why then, if it is not his preferred option, would he even consider putting-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: It will also encourage private investors to follow suit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: That would be the real reason.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: In respect of the letter of expectation-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: I am proposing to scupper the deal. Is the Minister going to issue the letter of expectation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: Will the Minister issue one in respect of what I have just outlined?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: Coillte is pursuing options that are not the Minister's preferred option. He needs to set Coillte straight and the way to do that is through a letter of expectation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: I have just given the Minister two ideas there-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: I asked a specific question and take it that the answer is "No". Coillte has an agreement with Gresham House for a €200 million investment, €25 million of which is coming from our own body. Coillte is apparently putting forward €10 million. What happens if Gresham House does not manage to get €200 million in investment? Can Coillte pull out of the deal?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: My objective is to scupper the deal. It should be the Minister's objective as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: I have given the Minister two but he is waffling and refusing to commit.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mortgage Resolution Processes (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the requirements of third parties and funds in possession of mortgage contracts with regards to the code of conduct on mortgage arrears; and his views regarding the refusal of third parties and funds to engage with borrowers, including with respect to alternative repayment arrangements under the mortgage arrears resolution process. [3095/23]
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: -----and a lack of vision on the part of the Department, we have seen the situation grow worse every year since to the point where we now have the lowest rate of afforestation since the Second World War.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: I know why. It is because we have incompetent Ministers, an incompetent forestry section and an incompetent-----
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: Now we have the cynicism-----
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: -----of the Minister of State speaking against a motion she intends to vote in favour of. That is cynicism of the highest order.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: That is the reason communities, farmers and landowners across the country have disengaged from the forestry programme.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: I thought the Minister was going to be enthusiastically in favour of the motion.