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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have lost count of the number of couples I have been working with who have been removed from the housing waiting lists because they exceeded limits by just a couple of hundred euro in some instances. The system as it applies to County Monaghan is designed so that any couple of which a single party is working will not make it onto the social housing waiting list. The income limit for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: 18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to publish and act upon the review completed in November 2021 into the current banding model and income limits applicable to local authorities regarding housing supports. [47347/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: The people who are on social housing waiting lists do not want to hear about reports or promises. They want to see the Government take action that has been long-promised in respect of income limit thresholds. The income limits were introduced, in my view, as a measure simply to reduce the waiting lists. In the interim, they have caused undue hardship to those people who are waiting for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: The witnesses have been comprehensive in their responses and, therefore, I do not have much to follow up on. We engaged with the witnesses in advance of the meeting about preparing a report on the approach the committee believed the Government should take. Following that and the heads of the Bill that we have seen, what is their analysis of the scope Government has to address concerns?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Department disputes that. It told us that its position is that legislation cannot be retrospectively amended to do precisely as Mr. Doyle said. It has been a bone of contention throughout this. The Department will cite advice from the Attorney General. How do we square that circle with what the Department is telling us compared with Mr. Doyle's position? I presume his position is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: The reason this is even a question is because there was a failure on the part of the Department, in the first instance, to ensure that the original legislation and its implementation was fit for purpose and that it would resolve this. Mr. Doyle knows that there has been a fierce dispute between those two countering positions. What is the basis for the resistance? Some would argue that even...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: I ask Mr. Doyle to deal with the question I asked. Why is that resistance there? What is the rationale for the reluctance to follow the ICOS legal advice as opposed to other advice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Department has indicated that mitigations have been put in place to resolve the issues. Mr Doyle spoke about a 90% reduction in sales of those products covered by the current regulations. If that were to be replicated in the new regulations which I believe are due to come into force on 1 January-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Apologies, 1 December. What would that mean for the co-ops? Could the Department's approach of mitigations be strengthened to resolve the large drift away from co-ops to vets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is that live at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: When is it likely to become live?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: The standout question relates to the lack of competition if we do not put some better mitigation measures in place. Has ICOS been in contact with Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, on this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: The witnesses' responses will be very useful in our further deliberations. I have some questions on the fertiliser register. Is ICOS opposed to people from one jurisdiction buying fertiliser in another?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Essentially a single database.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is Mr. Carroll in a position to estimate what the margin of error would be if this does not happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: I agree that seeking an all-Ireland solution makes eminent sense. Notwithstanding the example Mr. Carroll gave, in my county a farmer's nearest merchant might be across the Border. I share his view that it is difficult to see how this will serve the purpose for which it is intended without having an all-Ireland dimension to it. Based on his interactions with the Department, does he believe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: What is the ICOS position? Does it believe that this aspect of the legislation should not be enacted without that solution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: We are all united Irelanders tonight.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: I appreciate that Teagasc has allowed us to take the statement as read. I do not know whether the representatives had been paying to the previous session. We ended on the need for essentially an all-island approach to both the NVPS and the fertiliser register. ICOS was here before us and it indicated that neither will work effectively if there are two distinct systems and operations in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: I suppose the crux of the concerns we have relates to responsible persons and whether those who were previously designated as responsible persons within licensed merchants under the 2007 legislation should be able to continue to dispense these products. Does Teagasc have a position on that?