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Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: I wish to speak to amendment No. 1 in respect of applications to the EPA for licences. I highlight to the Minister of State an anomaly of which I am sure he has been made aware. It relates to polyethylene terephthalate, PET, plastics and the ludicrous situation whereby we have the facilities to recycle those plastics in this State, but according to information Deputies and Senators have...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, told the Dáil last week that, out of respect for the House, he planned to publish before the summer break the regulations banning the sale of turf. We still have not seen those regulations. We are told the Cabinet has approved the new restrictions. Are we going to see them before the break? Will we have...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: I asked a question.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: I asked about alternatives. Why is the Taoiseach not putting alternatives in place?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: The way to resolve that is to provide people who use solid fuel with an alternative.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach should provide alternatives.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: Before the summer break?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: 46. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [34776/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: 587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations that exist with regard to the importation of animal manure into the State; if his attention has been drawn to an increased demand for same; the reason for such demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38797/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests for joining us today. I do not know if they have been following the debates that we have had on the legislation to date. So much of what this committee and the Department do is locked into the CAP. This is one of the few areas in which the Government can bring measures through the House that will potentially make a substantive difference to the relationship of farmers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am just conscious that we could get called for divisions so I will let others in. I will come back in if there is time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: I want to raise a couple of the technical aspects of the Bill. My first question relates to the language about who can make complaints. The IFA's submission suggested that language needs to be clearer. Do the organisations see a role for themselves in providing a service to members to make complaints? We have had quite a lot of debate about confidentiality for those making complaints....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is a good point that we might look at with regard to amendments. Dealing with the Government and Department, this is the best time to secure changes to legislation. They do not like to accept amendments from anybody else, since they would have to acknowledge it was someone else's idea. One can achieve anything if one lets someone else take the credit for it. We have to entice the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: To be fair to the Minister, if I recall correctly, he said that he did not believe there was any evidence to suggest the groceries order delivered on its stated objective. Has the IFA, as a farm organisation, noticed a deterioration in price levels since the order was lifted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is that the agreed position of both organisations? It stands in direct contradiction of what the Minister indicated, which was that many farmers wanted to see the option of being able to continue with the grey list.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: Does the ICMSA share that view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests from the INHFA and Macra na Feirme for their engagement on this issue. Both organisations have a long track record of seeking UTP enforcement and a body that can ensure fairness within the market chain for fresh food product. Macra has long called for a national food ombudsman. The INHFA might have argued that a regulator is necessary. We are getting close to the end of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: On the make-up of the board, I want to ask both organisations if they have a view as to what changes should be made to it as currently proposed. There has been a great deal of discussion in that regard. We discussed the so-called grey list of frowned-upon activities, as opposed to the black of list of prohibited activities, with witnesses in our earlier session. The IFA representative was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have no more questions. I again thank both organisations. As part of the committee's engagement, the input from the farm organisations has been incredibly helpful. In my time on this committee and at all the hearings we have had, we have not had a more informed contribution than the submission, opening statement and responses we have received from Macra. I sincerely hope those, along...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is not true.