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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: As we are speaking about public transport, the Tánaiste might be aware there is an issue with public and private bus operators in counties like my own, which do not have a rail network at all. Is the Tánaiste aware some local authorities are now putting in place additional restrictions on bus operators with respect to pick-up spots along main roads? We are trying to promote the...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (22 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: It appears to me that the Taoiseach went to Brussels and his intention was to agree whatever transpired regardless of the cost. The big losers in the deal announced are farmers and rural communities not just in Ireland but across the European Union. I found the Taoiseach's defence of what is a 9% cut in the Common Agricultural Policy budget pathetic. To suggest that the overall CAP budget...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: As well as by the IFA.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: There is a 10% cut to the Common Agricultural Policy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach agreed to a 10% cut to the Common Agricultural Policy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: A 10% cut.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: But you failed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: A 10% cut is a failure.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach has returned from Brussels with a deal that could spell the end for many of our family farms. The new EU budget will see a 9% cut in the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, and this at a period when our farmers need more support, not less. It is at a time when farmers are under increasing pressures around prices. It is at a time when the detail we have on the Common Agricultural...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: Under the Order of Business, my point is that we need additional time under statements post the European Council meeting. I propose that we double the time allocated in order for these points to be made and for the House to have a detailed conversation and debate on what exactly is entailed in this agreement.

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Food Prices (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 65. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to ban below-cost selling for fresh foods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17092/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide figures as to the current eel population here; the number that are killed annually by county, in tabular form: if he will review the current outright ban on eel fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17170/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of eel fishing here; if he will provide details of the eel management plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17171/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the help-to-buy scheme for persons who build their own home in order that the reckonable limits apply to the cost of the home rather than that LTV rate in view of the fact that the current conditions discriminate against rural dwellers who build on their own land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17027/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds available to schools for emergency works such as the removal of trees that present health and safety concerns and that may prevent a school from reopening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16931/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to providing financial support to recent graduates who plan on entering the workforce at this time having completed their education and who cannot do so due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16933/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each official engagement and meeting he attended during the period 27 June 2020 to 14 July 2020. [17009/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of late applicants to the BEEP-S scheme by county, in tabular form; the number within these applications that have been accepted, rejected or are outstanding, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17166/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans with to enact unfair trading practices legislation as per EU Directive 2019/633 of the European Parliament; if he plans to implement additional measures in line with the flexibility provided for in the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17167/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next tranche of TAMS will be open for application; if the tranche will facilitate applications for the purchase of machinery for the purpose of cutting vegetation as an alternative to the use of chemical sprays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17168/20]