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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: I wonder if the Taoiseach would give his opinion on whether he believes there is an inherent unfairness in the way that CAP funds are distributed in Ireland. Some beef barons, sheikhs and others can draw down hundreds of thousands of euro in CAP funds while most family farmers are expected to meet the same criteria on fractions of that funding. I ask that because it would be helpful for us...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Anglo-Irish Relations (30 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: Perhaps the Taoiseach will have time to address the issue I raised earlier regarding the Covid passport. Just over 47 years ago in May 1974, 33 innocent people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Those bombings were carried out by the Glenanne gang which included members of the Ulster Volunteer Force, UVF, MI5, the RUC and the Ulster Defence...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: I also wish to raise the EU digital Covid certificate. In particular, I ask the Taoiseach to provide some much-needed clarity with regard to Irish citizens who were vaccinated in the North and to provide an assurance, if he can, that those people will be able to avail of the EU digital Covid certificate. Before this morning, I understood that there was clarity on this matter. I made...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance in place for third-level institutions and students in respect of arrangements for international student exchanges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28074/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 264. To ask the Minister for Health if it is considered essential travel for a student to travel to the United States to participate in an International student exchange; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28073/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of successful and unsuccessful applicants by county for the REAP pilot scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (29 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 275. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered allowing retrospective posthumous registration on the foreign birth register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 588. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is committed to ensure that the upper limit pillar 1 CAP payment allowable for any single applicant should be set at €60,000 is an absolute figure and that there should not be loopholes or disregards applicable to such a figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34362/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 589. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the proposals he has made at EU level in relation to the upper limit pillar 1 CAP payment allowable for any single applicant should be set at €60,000; if he has sought to ensure that the final CAP will have the flexibility for this limit to be enacted at a national level should it not be enacted EU-wide; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 590. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that the CAP Strategic Plan is brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas for approval and amendment prior to being submitted to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34364/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: Littleton charges €38 per tonne?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: That seems very cheap considering the price at bring centres. The IFFPG charge is €50 and then there is a €100 for on farm collection. Am I correct on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: The Chairman mentioned 3.5 tonnes. Is that the tonnage per hour?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: I noted in the Department's opening statement a reference to the Littleton plant taking in 523 tonnes. I presumed that was per annum.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: I am not disputing that. I asked the question only for the purposes of follow-up questions. According to the table-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: The 2020 figures indicate that the Walker Recycling Services Limited, with which we will engage later, was, by far, the most substantial collector of 18,500 tonnes of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: That facility is potentially no longer going to be there, which leaves many tonnes of recycling waste that has to go somewhere. I am trying to ascertain the capacity of the sector to deal with it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests for coming in. I wish to clarify the point in my own mind. As I understand it, all of the waste that is collected is collected by contractors rather than by the IFFPG directly. Is that what Mr. Moloney has indicated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: I assume that fee increases if the contractor has to store the waste for a lengthy period of time.