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

Matt Carthy: Is the Minister planning to bring forward any proposal? Let us deal with Coillte. It is the biggest player in the sector. Is the Minister planning to do anything to increase the level of native broadleaf trees within the Coillte stock?

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

Matt Carthy: I have concerns with the scheme itself. As I mentioned in the Dáil earlier, the devil will be in the detail of the scheme. As I mentioned a number of times, there is significant distrust with the forestry section. What is the Minister's proposal to deal with that? Does he propose to bring it back to our committee and the Oireachtas for approval or will it be another instance where...

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

Matt Carthy: On community engagement, when we get to the crux of this and trees are being planted as part of this scheme, does the Minister see a mechanism being in place for community views or particular residents' views in an area? One hectare of woodland might not be much, but in some parts of the country, there may be a substantial amount of forestry already. If a number of farmers or landowners are...

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

Matt Carthy: On our afforestation targets and the licensing backlogs, would any of the licences currently in the system for processing fit the broad criteria outlined in this scheme, namely, native broadleaves between 0.1 ha and 1 ha?

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

Matt Carthy: I would like clarification of whether this new scheme is going to be outside the CAP. Will it be part of the agri-environmental scheme? How precisely is this going to fit in with the overall forestry measures within the CAP and the agri-environmental measures?

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

Matt Carthy: To finish, I have two broader questions on forestry. What will be the weekly output for licence processing will be next year? I think we have averaged about 100 per week over the recent period. As I said earlier today, that needs to increase. Is that the Minister's intention? Secondly, he previously mentioned that he will consider bringing forward legislation to provide a statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has been in contact with dental treatment services scheme dental contractors to confirm whether they are currently providing dental treatment to medical card holders; the number of current dental treatment services scheme contractors that have been contacted if this regard; the dates of those contacts; the number of contractors...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe within which the all-island strategic rail review is expected to deliver its conclusions. [61887/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the all-island strategic rail review will consider the proposal to develop a new rail line from Dublin to the north west servicing County Monaghan and other counties. [61886/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance if recommendations that arise from the proposed review into extending section 664A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, to include agricultural contractors for the purpose of providing them similar status as farmers regarding the carbon tax on green diesel, will be implemented prior to the relevant increase in carbon tax taking effect in May 2022. [61889/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward recommendations to address the high costs of insurance cover in the childcare sector. [61888/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: While we are talking about slurry and all the rest of it, the Minister has stated previously that the position in respect of the use of anaerobic digestion is very poor, even by European standards. I think we are 20th in terms of the development of that sector. How important will the development of anaerobic digestion be in terms of addressing the issues of storage and energy generation?...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: Good morning to our guests. I want to return to the issue of the national children’s hospital because it involves the most significant capital outlay currently being undertaken by the State. Could Mr. Watt confirm when he expects construction of the hospital to be finished and by what day the nine-month activation period is expected to have elapsed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: It is at any particular time in 2024?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: The term Mr. Watt used previously when asked about the final costs was that there is no point in speculating. Does he understand how even that phrase would lead to consternation among many considering that in 2016 we had an estimated cost from his Department of €800 million, which increased to €983 million in 2018 and to €1.43 billion in 2019? Since then the Department...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: What is the final estimated cost, as Mr. Watt sees it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: What is that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: Therefore, Mr. Watt is saying those final cost estimates as he has them have not changed since 2019.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: When was the €1.7 billion all incorporated estimate made?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: Regarding the report that has been subject to much discussion, I think the phrase Mr. Watt used in his letter to us on 19 May, was that it was "an analysis" by the NPHDB. Is that how he would describe this report?