Results 4,481-4,500 of 11,413 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: 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.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: The Minister and Minister of State tonight tell us a narrative that a deal engaged in by Coillte with a British investment fund is essentially something they can do nothing about. They say they cannot instruct Coillte to stop the deal even though they do not like it or, to use their term, it is not their preferred option. That is not true. The suggestion that the Government as the owner of...
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: This is not something the Minister was unaware of. He was absolutely aware of it throughout the process but he kept this House, the agriculture committee, the sector and the farmers of Ireland completely in the dark. Then he comes before us and tells us there is nothing he can do and the deal is already made. It is absolute cynicism. It is the reason we have a crisis in forestry. It is...
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: Why is the Minister of State supporting the motion, then?
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: None.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: Wake up now Charlie.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: The Chair is looking in the wrong direction.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — the Irish forestry sector supports an estimated 9,400 jobs directly and indirectly with economic value of over €2 billion per annum; — the forestry sector and afforestation must play a crucial role under the Climate Action Plan 2023 in support of Ireland's climate objectives, and that the continued failure to...
- Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: Answer the question.
- Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)
Matt Carthy: The Minister is trying to run down the clock.