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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: People might argue that it is not a huge amount of money in the overall scheme of things, but it is €25,000 of public money. The employment of media monitoring services by Departments is a bugbear of mine. In addition to its in-house press operations, the Department is asking a private company essentially to monitor the media. The public deserve to know the exact service that is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: It is a €25,000 contract with a limited supplier. The justification given in the response from the Department of Education and Skills is that there is a restricted market for this service. I would argue that a couple of transition year students would be able to let it know what the newspapers are reporting or what is on other media. Apparently, the Department of Justice and Equality...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: Yes, it is as simple as that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: It dates back to March and I am seeking an update on it.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: Regarding health facilities, the Taoiseach will be aware of a situation in Carrickmacross involving a group home for young adults with severe physical and sensory disabilities. This building was promised by the HSE in 2006. It was completed in 2016.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach is aware of this because on 4 December last year, he wrote to the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, outlining the seriousness of the situation. I have a written reply from the current Minister for Health, the Taoiseach's party colleague, that has indicated he cannot even commit to funding to open the centre next year.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister for Health to ensure the families of these people with severe disabilities have the group home they were promised more than a decade and a half ago?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: Based on the Minister's utterances and his attitude on this issue, I can tell him that in ten years' time the North-South interconnector will not be built. Today I read transcripts from the previous time the Minister was in government when he then refused to listen to Deputies in this House, including Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and others, who pointed out to him that without the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: That is not how undergrounding works.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: The local community has zero confidence in EirGrid.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: The local community will not engage with it.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: The Minister has a responsibility to engage with the local communities because otherwise this project simply will not happen and it will be his fault.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: No, she did not.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (22 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: 689. To ask the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to the HSE decision to suspend Covid-19 testing at food processing plants made on 8 September 2020; the manner in which the decision was conveyed to him; the reason he did not convey this information to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24703/20]
- Climate Action: Statements (17 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: The programme for Government contains a commitment to ensure that the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable economy is fair. However, many communities are sceptical about the Government's intention to be fair in the transition process. Much of the scepticism comes from their experience of the last time that the Green Party was in government. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector (17 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: 38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the schemes under her Department that can allocate funding to community organisations, including clubs (details supplied) to develop ancillary services such as car parking; and her plans to provide additional schemes and funding in this regard. [24317/20]
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: Once again, I thank the expert panel for their work and their comprehensive report. To reiterate the headline figures, which are stark, 56% of total deaths as a result of Covid-19 occurred in nursing homes. That must point to a systemic failure of the highest degree because behind each of those deaths was a grieving family and the real life of a person who, undoubtedly, had come through...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: How much time do I have?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: On page 93 of the report it states: "Other factors at play include the profile of workers in nursing homes and the interaction with other cluster risk situations such as family members, shared accommodation and contact with other high-risk areas such as the meat packing industry." However, it has been cited that there is a particularly high incidence rate in nursing homes located in...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: I suggest to our secretariat that that be included for consideration in our report.