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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Perhaps Mr. Breen will provide us with a written response on the years in which the peat was extracted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Indeed. Bord na Móna has been diminishing its stockpile. It was exporting over 250 kilotonnes per year up to 2020. How much of this peat would have gone to its subsidiaries in the UK or elsewhere?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I know that, but that does not answer the question I asked. How much of the 250,000 tonnes per annum went to Bord na Móna’s subsidiaries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am referring to the letter we received from Mr. Breen. I cannot see a date on it. It states the horticultural peat exported amounted to 252,000 tonnes per annum in the years up to 2020. Mr. Breen is saying additional lower-grade peat was also exported by Bord na Móna in those years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: What was the tonnage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: So the figure is 327,000 tonnes. With regard to the stockpile that has been in place for up to five years, I am trying to get my head around the nature of the mound. Mr. Breen mentioned the peat is in a single location. Is it in windrows side by side or is it a big pile of dung? Is it stored in a particular way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I presume diggers are required.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: For the uninitiated, what is the difference between an excavator and a digger?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I presume that as the pile gets smaller, the excavator gets to the point where it would be sitting in the same position that a digger would be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am sorry I am repeating myself on this but it is important. Is Mr. Breen absolutely satisfied that planning permission will not be required for the extraction of the stock?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of outstanding passport applications that were submitted more than one, two, three, four, five and six months ago; and the envisaged timeframe to clear the backlog in passport applications. [15472/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the period during which the impact of Brexit must be felt for use of the Brexit adjustment reserve, BAR, to mitigate impacts; the amount allocated from the fund to date; the purpose of each allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15749/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Farm Inspections (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is proposed to have in place a State-wide local authority agricultural inspection programme in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15755/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Agriculture Industry (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for farm assist received by quarter; the number declined; the reason for such by quarter in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15756/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for farm assist received by month in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number declined; the reasons for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15757/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any additional flexibility is being shown to applicants of farm assist with regard to the period for which income is calculated, due to likely future earnings having degraded in the past 12 months arising from dramatically increasing input costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15758/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 402. To ask the Minister for Health when he and his Ministers of State were first informed by the HSE of concerns investigated in the Maskey report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15750/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of responses received to a survey of primary producers related to the unfair trading practices; the number of telephone surveys of agri-food suppliers undertaken; if he plans to publish the analysis of the survey findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15751/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 17 November 2021, the reason for the upper age limit associated with enhanced TAMS for women in his proposed CAP strategic plan; if he will consider revising the limit and removing it entirely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15752/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fuel Prices (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged the Minister for Finance in response to rising fuel prices regarding the provision of a fuel subsidy akin to that to be received by hauliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15753/22]