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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: What did the tender ask for?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: Did it ask for someone to commission a report or legal advice?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am trying to clarify what, precisely, it was. Public bodies, especially those that hold other bodies to account, should be transparent-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: -----and there should be definitive reasons as to why a document is not published. I do not hear that today.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: I welcome that. It would be useful.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: A very high standard is needed for the maintenance of a document that is confidential. That would need to be clear because, as I understand it and as Ms Hall has said, the Policing Authority has shared it with the Garda Commissioner. I expect that is in the expectation that the Garda will then adhere to the advice, as it pertains in the document. There needs to be a way for the public to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: 70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagements he has had with his European Union counterparts regarding the European Union-Mercosur trade agreement. [17909/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the recent engagements he has had with Bord na Móna with regard to peatlands. [17912/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the non-carbon component on mineral oil tax on gas oil regarding motor fuel for agricultural, horticultural or piscicultural works and in forestry to 0% until the end of August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19009/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Labelling (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the labelling requirements under Irish law in relation to food products that contain GMO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19010/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: 436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in receipt of a basic payment; the average number of hectares for which they are in receipt of payment by county, by farm system in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19011/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: 437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if unspent monies allocated for BEAM scheme funding can be reallocated within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19012/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: 438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to ensure an adequate supply of clover seed is available to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19013/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to participate the committee for this section. I have a particular interest in the taxes on agri-diesel and how they impact on our farming families and others in the agriculture sector. As somebody who is probably not as au faitwith these matters as everybody else, will the Minister confirm to me, in the context of this Schedule, that agri-diesel is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: Prior to the Government decision of 10 March, if I read this correctly, the rate of mineral oil tax that applied to agri-diesel then would have been €138.17 per 1,000 l.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: As part of the package of measures on fuels, the Minister introduced a two cent reduction, which means that the current rate is, I believe, €120.55.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: That has been described by a number of farm organisations including farm and forestry contractors as an insult. A number of other farming organisations described it as insufficient. Does the Minister believe this reduction has made a meaningful impact on farming families given the pressures they are under and given the increasing costs of agri-fuel diesel and its impact on their operations?