Results 3,361-3,380 of 10,862 for speaker:Matt Carthy
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021) Matt Carthy: On the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, scheme, traditionally this has been oversubscribed. In most instances funds are drawn down within days. I learned from Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment officials at a recent meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts that there is undersubscription with regard to some of the loan schemes operated by that Department. Has...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021) Matt Carthy: I would like clarification on some of the figures provided. Subhead B5 references savings of €3.3 million against a budget of €59 million. This may have been addressed by the Minister in his opening statement, but I missed it. What precisely does that relate to?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021) Matt Carthy: On TAMS, I am dealing with a number of farmers who are currently in appeals. It is a very strange scheme in the sense that farmers will have outlaid a great deal of money in terms of building sheds or concrete pits and so on. For example, in a situation where a 100% penalty is applied, it would not be possible to return concrete. Some of the cases I am dealing with are in regard to...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021) Matt Carthy: It is vital for the existing scheme because we know that when there are negative experiences with one round, they can impact future applications coming through. I will not deal with the specifics of this case because it is subject to appeal in the coming weeks but I ask the Minister to urge all officials involved. Auditing is about ensuring there is no fraud. There has been an...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021) Matt Carthy: I am conscious of other speakers so I will not dwell on it. One thing we all agree on is that the Minister as the senior Minister needs to have a strong handle on the forestry section within his Department because none of the targets are being met. The rhetorical answers we get are very strong but the reality for people involved in the sector and communities, particularly the farming...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021) Matt Carthy: My next question concerns what the C11 underspend relates to.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021) Matt Carthy: Is there a particular reason for the underspend? Is it unique?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021) Matt Carthy: If Ms Chapman would, please.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021) Matt Carthy: No. I did not know to what it referred.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021) Matt Carthy: Less money for lawyers is always good. I will put two specific questions to the Minister. I understand that he plans to introduce a statutory instrument relating to the veterinary medicines regulation. I do not know where his deliberations on that are. The committee has met on the matter a number of times. The two main issues that have been raised with us are, first, the ability of...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021) Matt Carthy: I have two further questions, which I will ask together. They are distinct, but they impact on my constituency in particular. Unfortunately, there has been an avian flu outbreak in my county. It has affected the turkey flock, which could not have happened at a worse time. Does the Minister envisage a compensation scheme or is he confident that there are measures in place to contain the...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021) Matt Carthy: Sin mise. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: The numbers are limited and there will always be some outside the agri-environmental scheme. Does Mr. Callanan see any measures being put in place to prevent or at least dissuade the ripping out of existing hedgerows on non-participating farms? Will there be some supports for farmers who are in a position to expand hedgerows outside the scheme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: If Mr. Moore could provide that in writing, that would be great.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: That is very interesting stuff. I will concentrate on one area as I am conscious of the time. It is the point I raised with the other two sets of witnesses. Mr. Kennedy spoke about what Devenish has been doing with regard to measuring all the hedgerows and trees and quantifying the soil in respect of carbon storage. My first question is to clarify a point that was made. Is it correct...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: Answer the question.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: It is you who is playing politics.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: The Government is outsourcing health policy to Lidl.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (30 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: It is good to see you back, a Cheann Comhairle. The Taoiseach knows there is a crisis in the horticultural sector as a result of peat shortages. Successive Governments over recent years have allowed that crisis to fester by not preventing the export of peat, not investing in finding alternatives to peat and allowing and forcing companies to import peat from the far side of Europe. The...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (30 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: I am only asking the Taoiseach to publish the report.