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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: I am looking for a number between one and ten.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Apparently there are no records or audit trails for the €81 million in orders for ventilators from China. That is according to the internal audit, which could not find any. It seems it is the same with contracts and, in some cases, purchasing orders. How can that possibly happen?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Is Mr. Reid saying there are audit trails for all orders in respect of the ventilators?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: In terms of the €11.6 million Mr. Reid mentioned that will be repaid - "imminently" was the term used - who is that coming from?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Which one?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Finally, legal proceedings were mentioned in relation to four suppliers of ventilators. Is it true that no legal papers have been lodged yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Chairman for his indulgence and for arranging this meeting. I thank the guests for being here. I have a number of short questions because each of the organisations has set out its case very distinctly and raised the concerns of its members very clearly and comprehensively. I have a small number of clarifications or side questions. I refer to low emissions and slurry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Secretary General and his officials for attending. I refer to a point made by the cathaoirleach. When Department officials came before the committee on 29 January they cited several times the number of licences issued in the preceding two weeks. The figure given was 110 licences. We were given the impression that we could expect a similar number of licences to be issued in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Bearing that in mind, I refer to applications on hand that have not yet been approved. They include one from 2017; three from 2018; 26 from 2019; and 98 from 2020. What departmental resources go into those historical long-standing applications to provide either support or guidance so that discussions take place to ensure they are taken off the books?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Let us look at the approvals that were granted this year. The number of days applications that were in the system ranged from 21 days - which is three weeks and is obviously very effective - to 1,008 days. I have been scratching my head to think of any other legal or regulatory framework that would have such disparity of timescale but I cannot find any. What actions have been taken to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: These are approvals. I want to know if lessons are being learned from the approval that was granted after 1,008 days so that a similar type of application will not take that long in future. Are we learning lessons so that we can address whatever issues were with that particular application?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: On a slightly different point, is the Department still targeting 8,000 ha for afforestation this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: What about next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Will Mr. Gleeson accept that every year we do not reach that 8,000 ha means there is going to be a big burden placed on somebody in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: All right. I must ask this question because it is put to me by almost everybody who contacts me on this issue. Has the Department carried out any analysis? In other words, has it got its own dashboard in relation to approvals and files processed by individual inspectors and ecologists? Put differently, are there blockages at a HR level in terms of addressing these issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Okay. As I said, the question needed to be put because it is being put to us on a regular basis. Every system, even the best ones in the world, can have deficiencies and they must be monitored. I will finish with another question and come back at the end if time allows. Mr. Gleeson has mentioned the external independent review of the forestry licence process a number of times. I agree...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Okay. I thank Mr. Gleeson. As I said Chairman, I would appreciate an opportunity to come back in if one becomes available at the end.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Freedom of Information (9 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of freedom of information requests responded to by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of responses that included documents related to text messages and other phone message communications such as messages sent through an application (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Freedom of Information (9 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of freedom of information requests responded to by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of responses that included documents related to text messages and other phone message communications such as messages sent through an application (details supplied) in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Freedom of Information (9 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of freedom of information requests responded to by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of responses that included documents related to text messages and other phone message communications such as messages sent through an application (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he...