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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to incentivise and support poultry farmers to invest in and adopt best available technology in order to reduce ammonia emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61879/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 799. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 20 May 2021, the amount of funding provided to pillar 2 schemes from the Exchequer; the amount co-funded by scheme in 2020 to date; the allocated amounts in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61880/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding he plans to provide to pillar 2 schemes from the Exchequer; the amount co-funded from 2023 to 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61881/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 801. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed cap of €66,000 on the basic income support scheme will impact on eco-scheme payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61882/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 802. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid in pillar 1 payments to date in 2021; the total amount expected to be paid; the amount allocated in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61883/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 803. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep on which payments were made under the sheep welfare scheme; the payment rate in each of the years 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61906/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 804. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the indicative allocation for a sheep improvement scheme within the proposed CAP Strategic Plan intends an equal allocation of funds across all five years of the plan; the estimated number of individual breeding ewes this would support in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61907/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 805. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers receiving less than €10,000 in pillar 1 payments for the years 2016 to date by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61908/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 806. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers with a family farm income of less than €20,000, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 818. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 9, 15 and 21 of 14 April 2011 and 1267 of 2 November 2021, the funding for the LEADER programme during the 2007 to 2013 period; the reason for the discrepancy between the replies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61476/21]

Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Instruction to Committee (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I welcome any proposals aimed at increasing native tree-planting and encouraging smaller levels of afforestation among those who may not be willing or able, in the current climate, to take a leap towards greater levels of planting. Even so, the manner in which this proposal has been brought forward so late in the day, as an amendment to legislation that will ban fur-farming, is a matter of...

Appointment of Member and Chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I have not had an opportunity to formally welcome the Minister back. I congratulate her on her recent arrival. GSOC should be the route whereby families or victims who feel they have been ill served by Garda actions can find truth and justice. One family that sought this were the parents and siblings of Shane O'Farrell. This House will recall that Shane was a 23-year-old Carrickmacross...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I had some trouble joining the meeting, so I apologise for being a few minutes late. Will the Minister give his rationale for not accepting the amendment, if that is his intention? Will he elaborate on the wording it is proposed not to amend, namely, "during the period commencing 6 months before"? There is a seasonal element to workers in this sector. Is the Minister satisfied all workers...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I am talking specifically about employees as opposed to farmers, so-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: My supplementary question to that is in respect of the redundancy package, bearing in mind the Minister's and his officials' assertions that we cannot legislate for anything beyond the statutory redundancy provision and bearing in mind these are jobs that will be lost because of a decision the Houses of the Oireachtas make. This is a rare occurrence. Has the Minister considered provisions...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: That is too unclear in terms of the barometer that is set. The easiest way of giving assurance on the definition of a "serious or significant" error is to give us a ballpark figure of the costs that would be involved. The second part is to ask whether the Minister has received advice from the Attorney General on Deputy Michael Collins's proposed amendment regarding the word "material"....

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: The difficulty is that we have not elicited clearly from the Minister's remarks what would constitute a "serious or significant" error. Remember, this process deals with compensation for people's livelihoods ending as a result of legislation that is passed. The standard should be, therefore, that no errors are made when the compensation that is due to people is being assessed. I will put...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: It is not agreed.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: The principle here is incredibly good. I would have suggested it. I think everybody would have suggested that we need to make it easier for small plantations of native woodland to be planted across the country. It is a shame that we have not had this type of scheme in the past. The principle is not a point of debate. The Minister is correct about that. There are genuine concerns in what...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: We were nowhere close to reaching the 8,000 ha limit last year. It was about 2,400 ha. The latest parliamentary question response I have indicates that it will be about 2,000 ha for 2021. The Minister can understand the concerns that we are not coming close to reaching the 8,000 ha, so there is an attempt to make up figures through another scheme. It is good and laudable from a climate...