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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: Good.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have an issue to raise.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: Deputy Munster came in ahead of me.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I would like our committee to get in touch with the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Public Expenditure and Reform to ask for the rationale behind the decision to award a salary package to the new CEO of Horse Racing Ireland, HRI, that is worth more than €52,000 above the agreed rate. The CEO's starting salary was initially set at €137,356. Reportedly, the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: And the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. My understanding is that a request was made by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and signed off on by the other Department.

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 will make a few comments at the outset. Family farmers - it is a family-farm model that operates predominately in Ireland - operate on an extremely tight margin basis and increases in input prices can put considerable pressure on family farms. However, the sharp hikes that we have seen in fertiliser prices have gone beyond anything that can be managed at an on-farm level. Urea fertiliser...

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: To cut across Mr. Santini, is Ireland one of the member states that has requested the suspension of the tariff duties? In relation to the exercise that Mr. Santini describes, my understanding is that it is the same exercise. What timeframe for a response is anticipated?

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: These are its own stated -----

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salary costs associated with the secretary general of each Department in 2021. [1748/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 39. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Government employees by Department that waived a portion of their salary in 2021; and the cost savings delivered in each Department by this means. [1747/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects the review into the large-scale sport infrastructure fund to be completed; and when new applications from local authorities for swimming pools will be accepted. [1745/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 15 September 2021, the status of the €100,000 report on the development of a woollen industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2770/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalent Departmental veterinary inspectors to meat processing plants by quarter, weekday and weekend for the years 2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2771/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-time equivalent of Departmental veterinary inspectors to meat processing plants by month from September 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2772/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the pig sector in response to the decreased prices received by farmers, increased feed costs and issues relating to processing capacity at meat factories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2773/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of connections made in each county and in each month of 2021 under the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2136/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 831. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of those eligible for school transport that had or have not yet secured a place on a bus due to late payment of fees by county and month from September 2021 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2135/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 892. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of days in each month that a community welfare officer was in the office in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan to meet members of the public in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63532/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 893. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of days in each month that a community welfare officer was in the office in Castleblayney, County Monaghan to meet members of the public in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63533/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 894. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of days in each month that a community welfare officer was in the office in Clones, County Monaghan to meet members of the public in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63534/21]