Results 4,921-4,940 of 11,413 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: The way An Bord Pleanála is at the moment-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: It should only be for a few weeks. I would not like to give the board any impression. Perhaps we could move into early February. Regardless of whether the accounts are signed off, we should tell the representatives of the board we will have them in. I do not want to provide them with a rationale not to submit their accounts to avoid appearing. I am sure they would never be so cynical.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: It is down below there that we could-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Should we have the engagement with the Department first?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Then we have the Housing Agency and the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is the Chairman proposing we move the Housing Agency and the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority to 19 January and the Department to 26 January, and then An Bord Pleanála?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: I agree with that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: I would be happy to do that and maybe request the HSE to attend the meeting I was suggesting regarding disability services, if that was possible.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Yes, with the proviso on the changes that we have made. It would be useful to bring in officials from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to discuss accommodation for asylum seekers some time in March or April. That would be an appropriate time.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: If it is in respect of the committee waiting for replies to our correspondence, yes, absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Absolutely.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants from County Monaghan for the school transport scheme who have yet to receive a bus ticket. [57720/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate funding to provide for the envisaged increase in student numbers at a school (details supplied) in time for the 2023-2024 academic year. [57721/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (23 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for a person (details supplied) to be admitted to a residential service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58251/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 19 October 2022, if the referenced field visit has been carried out in relation to the basic payment scheme application by a person (details supplied); if so, when it is scheduled to be carried out; the date that payment can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: I welcome the Minister. We have discussed this fund before. It is unique as it is the only line in the budget that must be distinctly approved by the Oireachtas and it is distinct as the split between horse racing and greyhound racing is enforced in accordance with the Act. Following the approval by the Dáil - assuming it is received - the Minister allocates the funding via parameter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: My specific question is whether the Minister will direct that a proportion of the funding to either organisation will be ring-fenced for specific purposes, such as animal welfare, social inclusion measures, retirement supports for animals or any other provision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: When he says "build on that", will the Minister expand any of the percentage figures across any of the bands?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: I do not dispute the fact that the sectors are important to rural economies or that both are deserving of public funding. However, that funding must be subject to the highest levels of accountability and transparency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: An issue that is a bugbear of mine and of many people is the 80-20 split. That split is enshrined in the legislation. Has the Minister given any consideration to amending the legislation?