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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (12 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 761 of 4 October 2022, the total amount of co-financing provided by the State in relation to funding from the European Union multiannual financial framework, EUMFF, between 2014 and to date in 2022; the total amount of co-financing provided through the EUMFF; the total spend by year in tabular...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Tenants need support now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach said the homelessness issue goes to the heart of the type of society we want to be. What does it say about our society under his Government that homelessness figures are rising month on month and are now reaching what would be the horrendous scandal of a figure of 11,000? These are real people. They are people's sons, daughters, nieces, nephews and neighbours. The Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Every political issue is put into perspective by our previous conversation and contributions. Focus Ireland has published its annual report on homelessness and it makes for alarming reading. The report states that rising homelessness in Ireland is not inevitable but rather it is the result of the wrong political decisions and that the crisis will only get worse this winter unless the...

Creeslough Community: Expressions of Sympathy (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: When the Taoiseach and other political leaders stood together on Saturday night in Creeslough, with families and a community that had suffered a terrible loss, he was representing Irish people everywhere. There are no words that could properly express the heartbreak, pain and sorrow felt by so many. Ten precious lives are gone and a small community is devastated. The shock from this small...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: This Topical Issue matter deals specifically with the issue of the income limits in place for social housing applicants. Many people are surprised to learn that social housing income limits are a relatively new concept. They were introduced, to its shame, by a Labour Party Minister after the financial crash. In my view, and I have yet to be corrected on this, they were introduced with a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: We need to set some things out in order to avoid any confusion. Social housing tenants pay rent in direct proportion to their income. Despite the impression that is sometimes given of free houses, there is no incentive for wealthy people to apply for a council house because they will probably pay more rent than they would in the private sector and certainly more than they would for a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the suspension of an operator licence for a company (details supplied) will be delayed until February 2023 to give the owner time to fill the vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49932/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 14 September 2022, the number of applications received by the National Parks and Wildlife Service for a domestic dwelling derogation licence to exclude bats from premises in each year 2012 to 2022 inclusive, the number of derogations approved for same; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 757. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an outpatient appointment at the orthopaedic clinic in Cavan and Monaghan Hospital given the discomfort that they are currently experiencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50255/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to any potential impact on the price that Irish farmers receive for timber arising from Programme for the Endorsement of Forest or Forest Stewardship Council certification; the steps that he is taking to mitigate any impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49587/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the maximum allowable allocation for on-farm investments in the 2023 to 2027 period per his CAP Strategic Plan; the allocation in Budget 2023; the remaining maximum allowable allocation in 2024 to 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49588/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who received a payment from his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2022 that received their payment into an account in a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49945/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 792. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications under TAMS for solar equipment; the grant rate; the average grant amount by farm system in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49946/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for attending. I have not been a Member of this House for very long but I imagine this is a fairly unique scenario in that a Minister of State is saying to a committee that it should proceed with pre-legislative scrutiny of a Bill whose precise outcome we do not know. As both members who spoke before me indicated, one very pertinent point has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I respectfully disagree it is a moot point. Rather, I think it is a central point in how we have come to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: -----where we are. One of two things has happened. I might outline a scenario for the Minister of State. A derogation was provided for in the regulations and that derogation, we are now told, is null and void because it was not implemented properly, if it is the case responsible persons were not prescribing. In my view, however, they were, and I think anybody who has knowledge of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Before the officials come in on this, this is a political charge but it is against the Department in terms of the structure because the criteria changed because we allowed it to change. Therein lies the problem. Nobody seemed to see it or, if they did, they kept it to themselves. I would like to know which it is. I do not know if I will ever be able to find the answer to that. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Yes. I refer to the regulations that are currently being applied.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Okay, forget the comparison between the two. In respect of the products to which the regulations apply and that previously did not, within three of the four sectors that dispensed them we are told that sales have reduced by between 60% and 90%. Do we have information as to whether the overall sales have reduced to anything close to that?