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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed requirements of phase two of the implementation of EU Animal Health Law Regulations 2016/429; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52128/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date of the meeting where the bovine TB stakeholders’ forum agreed to the introduction of mandatory requirements in relation to the EU Animal Health Law Regulations 2016/429; if agreement was forthcoming from the forum as a whole or by one of the working groups; and if so, which working group; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the phase 1 requirements of the EU Animal Health Law Regulations 2016/429 implemented by his Department allow any discretion regarding a herd being restricted if an animal does not meet the requirements and is not tested within 30 days, in the case of force majeure or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the work of the bovine TB stakeholders’ forum and the implementation, finance and scientific working groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52131/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the organisations that have representation on the bovine TB stakeholders’ forum; the members of each of the working groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current requirements regarding the testing of cattle for bovine TB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new bTB regulations that have come into effect to date in 2022; those scheduled to come into effect in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52140/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment under the ANC scheme for a person (details supplied); when they expect the cause of any delay to be resolved and payment to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52135/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 12 October 2022, the total amount of co-financing provided by the State in relation to funding from the European Multiannual Financial Framework through Budget 2023; the total amount of co-financing provided through the EUMFF and the total spend in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares under or in conversion to organic production for the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number targeted until 2030 by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52141/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes that will be available for beef farmers in 2023; the financial allocation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52142/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the progress made in implementing the actions of the working paper to address challenges related to peat supply in the horticulture sector by timeframe, short, medium and long-term in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52143/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I welcome our guests and thank them for their opening statements which are incredibly enlightening and comprehensive. Taken together they outline the array of concerns the organisations have about the EU nature restoration regulations. I have a number of questions. I will ask them all and perhaps each of the organisations can respond to whichever questions are most pertinent to them. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am conscious of the time and I am conscious that every conceivable question has probably been asked. In respect of the fertiliser regulation, we have had the interactions previously. While I cannot speak for everyone, the view of this committee is that while the principle of the regulation is good, it is unworkable because of the Border. The witnesses have outlined the challenges that...

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: A text message that I received yesterday asked me to raise an issue in the House in the discussion on pay-as-you-go meters. It states: Can you bring it up in the Dail, when they are discussing the Pay as you go meters, that the emergency credit with esb is only €5 which comes off when you put another voucher in? It takes the €5 which cuts off after the €5 credit is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Did the Taoiseach get advice?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Did the Taoiseach get any advice on the levy and what did it say?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Government got no advice.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The leaks from today's Cabinet meeting suggest that the concrete levy will be reduced from 10% to 5% and introduced next September rather than in April. This was clearly a decision made in response to the correct assertions from the Opposition in this House and every expert outside it that the levy would increase the cost of building homes in the midst of a housing and inflationary crisis....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for green cert places available through education and training boards in the academic years beginning in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51335/22]