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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: Our health services are an embarrassment and within that our mental health services are a humiliation. I say that not as a criticism of those on the front line but to recognise that systemic failures have happened too often and are too prevalent. In this Chamber and in this debate, we hear all of the correct things being said by Government representatives. It has ever been so. On...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pigmeat Sector (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: I welcome the fact that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is here. It is good to see a senior Minister taking a Topical Issue matter. I hope his presence is a recognition of the importance of the pig sector and the crisis it faces. The pig sector in Ireland is a vital component of our rural economy, albeit one that is often under-recognised. Almost 10,000 jobs are directly...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pigmeat Sector (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: I saw reported in one media outlet that in 1986, what pig farmers were receiving equated to €1.40 per kilo. Today, 36 years later, they get €1.42, which puts in very stark terms the broader challenge faced by this sector, like many of our other agricultural sectors. I welcome the initiatives the Minister has taken to date, but we now require clear resolve in terms of how we...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on her efforts to ensure that all students who have been deemed eligible for school transport, including those that missed the original payment deadline will be facilitated with places on school buses. [4622/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 177. 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 education through the Irish language medium; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4623/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Demographic Data (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 185. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who live in County Monaghan whose place of employment is in another county. [4378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA supported companies based in County Monaghan; the year that each was established in County Monaghan; the number of employees employed in each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4369/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 191. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits in each county in each of the years 2012 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4372/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of new premises available to order and passed under the national broadband plan; the number of new premises available to pre-order; the number of connections to date, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4495/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the intended timelines with regard to the publication of expert guidance on the regulation of peat extraction in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4496/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had engagements with Bord na Móna on the provision of access to extraction equipment or mixing plant to the commercial peat extraction for the horticultural use sector in the State; the timeline for implementing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4497/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 286. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of voluntary salary and pension surrenders for 2020 and 2021, by Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4539/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected timeframe for a panel transfer to counties Cavan and Monaghan for a person (details supplied); the steps taken to ensure the appropriate recruitment sequencing has been followed at phase 1 level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4915/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans regarding the €3 million funding for the development of specialist palliative care inpatient units in north east Drogheda and Cavan and Tullamore, County Offaly that was announced by his Department in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4446/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the status of €1 million funding announced in Budget 2022 to be assigned to Tullamore, County Offaly, the north east, Drogheda, County Louth and County Cavan to allow for work to begin on the design and build of specialist palliative care inpatient units. [4498/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 678. To ask the Minister for Health the policy on the minimum number of specialist palliative care inpatient units by smallest geographic unit or CHO area; if any such area does not currently meet this threshold; the timelines to resolve such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4499/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 705. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for audiology appointments per CHO and former LHO by quarter during 2021 and to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4540/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 706. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the backlog in audiology appointments in counties Cavan and Monaghan; when he expects the backlog to be cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4541/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board has published reports to date with regard to equine anti-doping further to the report of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on Horse Racing in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4491/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 833. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board plans to publish the commissioned audit of Irish racing’s anti-doping procedures further to the report of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on Horse Racing in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4492/22]