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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Moroney have figures for how many of the FCI's 1,000 members have access to LESS equipment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: Mr. Moroney is saying that a significant number of FCI members have this equipment. Does he have a round percentage figure? Is he talking about half of the FCI's members or more?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is useful information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: While the FCI has not raised this issue today, I am trying to get an update. Deputy Doherty and I have frequently asked about the effects of the carbon tax on farm contractors. When I have raised this with the Minister for Finance, he has advised that a review is taking place. Has the FCI had any direct liaison with the Department of Finance or the Department of Agriculture, Food and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I agree with Mr. Moroney on that. I am trying to get a sense of whether he feels the Department is taking that call seriously.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: In previous correspondence, Mr. Moroney mentioned that the FCI hoped to be included in discussions of the nitrates expert group regarding the control of industrial sludges. Has it been included in any of those discussions to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: Who will make that call?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Chairman has put a clock on me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: It is useful to have that viewpoint and I hope we will be seeing Mr. Moroney again soon. I thank the Chairman for his indulgence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have one last question. Mr. Moroney set out in detail his criticism of the closed period for slurry spreading and even the proposed tightening of this. To summarise, he has called for an independent and technology-based decision-making process using the data available. I ask him to outline what that system would look like. Who would be responsible for it? How would it be overseen?

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for staying for the entirety of the debate. I commend Deputy Ó Laoghaire on bringing the motion to the House and on being a voice for leaving certificate students in the House and beyond over the past number of weeks. One of the key qualities attributed to the leaving certificate by its advocates is the fact that it is a great leveller and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Government was not worrying about a wage spiral when it appointing a Secretary General in the Department of Health.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review and increase income thresholds for inclusion on social housing waiting lists. [3201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families with a housing need currently in County Monaghan. [3200/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Measures (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 150. To ask the Taoiseach if he will propose legislation that will provide for the review and or appeal of decisions made by the Director of Public Prosecutions. [2897/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Horse Racing Industry (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the basis on which he determined that a new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland should be appointed at a salary of €137,356; the reason that the salary for the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland was set at a higher rate than that previously stipulated; if views were sought from NewERA of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Horse Racing Industry (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salary against which the salary of the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland was benchmarked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3232/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Horse Racing Industry (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a condition or mechanism exists within the contract of the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland which would see proposed salary increases in years two and three of the contract not implemented; if such a condition or mechanism exists which would see the salary reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to ensure that the public is informed of disciplinary findings concerning members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2894/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 559. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in creating the HSE grade of orthodontic therapist; the steps he has taken to expedite the creation of such a grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3033/22]