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

Matt Carthy: I thank Deputy O'Connor, Deputy Catherine Murphy and the Chairman for agreeing to the suggestion. It is helpful that all of us are former members of local authorities because it will send out a signal that this is not about putting additional pressure on local authorities. This is about ensuring there is full accountability and transparency. I understand what the Chairman has said. I...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of outstanding passport applications that were submitted more than one, two, three, four, five and six months ago; and the envisaged timeframe to clear the backlog in passport applications. [15472/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the period during which the impact of Brexit must be felt for use of the Brexit adjustment reserve, BAR, to mitigate impacts; the amount allocated from the fund to date; the purpose of each allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15749/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Farm Inspections (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is proposed to have in place a State-wide local authority agricultural inspection programme in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15755/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Agriculture Industry (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for farm assist received by quarter; the number declined; the reason for such by quarter in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15756/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for farm assist received by month in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number declined; the reasons for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15757/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any additional flexibility is being shown to applicants of farm assist with regard to the period for which income is calculated, due to likely future earnings having degraded in the past 12 months arising from dramatically increasing input costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15758/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 402. To ask the Minister for Health when he and his Ministers of State were first informed by the HSE of concerns investigated in the Maskey report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15750/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of responses received to a survey of primary producers related to the unfair trading practices; the number of telephone surveys of agri-food suppliers undertaken; if he plans to publish the analysis of the survey findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15751/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 17 November 2021, the reason for the upper age limit associated with enhanced TAMS for women in his proposed CAP strategic plan; if he will consider revising the limit and removing it entirely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15752/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fuel Prices (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged the Minister for Finance in response to rising fuel prices regarding the provision of a fuel subsidy akin to that to be received by hauliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15753/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Records (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 2 June 2021, the progress made with digitising key search aids with regard to the Land Commission; the projected timeline of this project; the result of the initial scoping of the pre-1922 records; the timeline associated with such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15754/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I welcome the fact this meeting is taking place. I apologise because I am at the Committee of Public Accounts as well, so I will be in and out of both. I thank Mr. Savage for his opening statement. When we talk about greenhouse gas emissions, there are three strands to the discussion: the global targets and ambitions that are agreed; the national implementation of those targets; and,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: No, thank you. The Co-Chair knows that I like to be brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am brief for the other Chairman. I will also be brief now because I have to run to the Chamber. My apologies to Mr. Price if I am not here for his full response but I will look back on it. I have found the meeting very interesting and I thank Mr. Price for taking the time to speak to us. The subject of this meeting is exploring technological opportunities to reduce emissions. Am I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank the representatives from Bord na Móna - Mr. Breen and his colleagues - for being here. For the record, it is good that Bord na Móna, a semi-State company, was willing to attend this committee. I record my disappointment again that we have not been able to have a hearing with the three Ministers responsible because one is refusing to come and the others will not come unless...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have a number of questions to ask. While I appreciate that level of detail, Mr. Breen might try to be briefer. He has dealt with the mixing plant, and I will come back to that later. Does Bord na Móna still have extraction equipment? Has it been made available to players in the industry? If so, who?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: It will go to the highest bidder. Will it be a public auction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: The working group report indicated that Bord na Móna may have up to 2,000 tonnes of high-grade horticultural peat available. According to correspondence that we have received from Bord na Móna, there may be substantial amounts of other peat. Have the exact amounts been audited and determined yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: The answer is that Mr. Breen does not have specific figures. Regarding high-grade horticultural peat, he used the term "around 2,000 tonnes". Is there a percentage figure?