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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: One of the main arguments traditionally made against GMO relates to corporate influences, as Dr. Doyle Prestwich mentioned in her opening remarks. We have all heard stories of the power of companies such as Monsanto and the control they have over farmers in particular. Farmers are penalised for seed leakage, for example, and there is a significant level of control whereby farmers and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests for being here. I thank Mr. Deegan for his opening statement. I have a couple of questions on it. I am trying to get my head around where the Department and the Government currently stand. He mentioned the Government decision in respect of GMOs, whereby Ireland's voting stance has moved from abstention to voting against the cultivation of GMO. Leaving aside the ECJ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: A better way of putting it is to ask whether, prior to the ECJ ruling, it was the Irish position that NGTs were incorporated in our stance on GMOs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Before Ms Fleming comes in, Mr. Deegan mentioned in his opening statement that several member states have expressed a desire to amend EU legislation to facilitate the registration of NGTs for possible cultivation and use in the EU. Is Ireland one of those states?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am not sure whether Mr. Deegan answered my question on whether Ireland was one of the states that has expressed a desire to amend EU legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: To clarify matters again, is Ireland among the member states that have expressed a desire to amend EU legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am talking about products that are banned for the purposes of cultivation but which can be imported as products. I am talking about products that were produced using GMO technology that is banned here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is that the case regardless of the fact that their production involved methods that are banned in Europe:?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I know the witnesses cannot deal with policy, but this is quite telling. If something is harmful to the environment in Europe, it would also be harmful to the environment in the United States or Argentina, for example, but I accept that the officials cannot deal with that issue. I want to move on to Teagasc now. Professor O'Mara has been unequivocal in stating his belief that this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am sorry to interrupt but did it eliminate the need for pesticides entirely? When Dr. Mullins says ten sprays, what does he mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: It only went down to ten sprays?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: What is that in percentage increase?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Okay. I thank Ms Fleming. What is the position of the Department in respect of the issue I mentioned at the earlier hearing, that is, GM crops that are currently banned for cultivation in Ireland and Europe being permitted for importation? I suspect the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, above all Departments, has strong views on that. Is that a fair or sustainable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have a tangential question for Teagasc, in particular. Its representatives were invited in on a different pretext so are entitled not to answer it, but it concerns the debate this week on the ongoing emergency with regard to food production, potential food shortages, input costs and all of that. Teagasc will have a critical role in advising Government, farmers and all of us on meeting...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: There are two.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I want to be associated with all the words of solidarity with the people of Ukraine. I want to use my limited time here today to talk about the challenges that are facing the food supply chains, not only in Ireland but across Europe. I welcome indications from the EU agriculture Commissioner that the Commission is set to deploy the €500 million crisis reserve. These funds must be...

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Deputy Ó Broin rightly described the Minister's remarks as disingenuous. I would go further and say, if anything, they came across as disinterested in the realities that face many of the people we all represent. Unfortunately, it is not surprising because from time to time we have heard the real inclinations of a Government that is quite simply out of touch: from a Fianna Fáil...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when considerations of the report into farm assist will be concluded; when the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14862/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the aspects of farm assist that may be reformed arising from the report into the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14861/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected timeline to complete the N2 Clontibret to the border road scheme; the funds that have been allocated and expended to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14295/22]