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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: No, that is fine. Deputy Catherine Murphy can go on ahead.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I am okay for now.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I was looking for clarification, in the first instance, as to whether we have written to GSOC as well on this matter. The length of time, at the best of times, that GSOC investigations take can be quite frustrating for those who are dealing with the system. Separately, can we get confirmation GSOC is on our work plan for next year? It would be useful if we had it appear before the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I request that, in the interim, we send a letter to GSOC.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: My point can wait until the January meeting, if that is agreeable.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: Is there a reason we must deal separately with National Broadband Ireland and the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications? The timeframe for putting specific questions to each body will be very limited. If it is the case we will deal with each body separately, I propose that we waive the correspondence meeting in the afternoon and have National Broadband Ireland for the full...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: If it is a lottery, then it is the taxpayer who pays for all of the tickets. As a result, we need to ensure that taxpayers get the best value for money. Every time I have raised this issue with the Minister, I have been struck by what has been said people in the industry who contacted me. They have stated that there has to be a better way to ensure that all parts of the industry receive...

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

Matt Carthy: That is the point I am trying to make in terms of the requirement, per se, in terms of how imaginative it is possible to be in its framing. If people are not in compliance by the end of this period, incentives will be needed to get them there. To return to the point made by Deputy Fitzmaurice in respect of farm contractors, I find it bizarre that there is no problem grant-aiding people in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy and Young Farmers: Engagement with Macra na Feirme (1 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: The big issue is going to be around generation renewal and succession if we are going to do all that Mr. Keane said. He mentioned on-farm succession schemes previously. Could he give a view in terms of what an on-farm succession scheme would and should look like to Macra na Feirme?

Gender-based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I want to add my voice to the hundreds of thousands of messages of condolences to the loved ones of Ashling Murphy on her tragic death. The outpouring of grief that has followed Ashling's murder has been phenomenal. The spontaneous organisation of vigils across our cities, towns and villages, as well as the huge numbers of men, children but especially women who turned up in sympathy,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when allocations under the 2020 the sports capital and equipment programme will be made. [1746/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made to ensure that customers of non-PSO routes will be able to avail of decreased fares as outlined in Budget 2022; when such reduced fares are due to come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2134/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of officials in each Department that waived a portion of their salary in 2021; the amount of funding saved by the Exchequer for these returns in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1117/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 378. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full cost of salary remuneration provided to the secretary general of each Department for each month in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1118/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that sought funding to provide for asbestos removal in council homes in each of the years since 2000; the amount of funding sought in each case; the funding allocated for this purpose for each local authority in each of the years since 2000, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 745. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will abandon the proposed changes to the leaving certificate Irish curriculum considering that it would discriminate against students who attend Irish language medium education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63566/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: It was taken from a response to Mr. MacManus MEP that the Commission intended to carry out a review to see how reducing the tariffs on non-EU imports could operate. Does Mr. Santini know the status of that review, has it commenced and is there a timeframe for completion of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is in relation to anti-dumping duties. Mr. Santini mentioned tariffs and the request of a number of member states. Has the Irish Government made that request?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: The anti-dumping is under review and we do not have a timeframe and it the same case for tariff duties.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I accept that. We do not have the timeframe for that either.