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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Yes. I am okay with the approach the Chairman outlined.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am sure the Chair is aware of the commentary and public discourse arising from last night's "RTÉ Investigates" programme about activities, for want of a better term, on local authorities. The Dáil's lack of ability to hold to account the substantial Exchequer expenditure that goes into our local authorities is something that arises regularly. This committee does not have a remit....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: The local government auditor.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Can I come back in briefly?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank Deputy O'Connor, Deputy Catherine Murphy and the Chairman for agreeing to the suggestion. It is helpful that all of us are former members of local authorities because it will send out a signal that this is not about putting additional pressure on local authorities. This is about ensuring there is full accountability and transparency. I understand what the Chairman has said. I...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Farmers across all sectors have been struggling with increasing input costs. The Government response has been far too slow and underwhelming. For pig farmers, those escalating input costs have been compounded by depressed prices. They are in a battle for the survival of the sector. They are protesting at Kildare Street today and pleading with Government to intervene further. This is...

Services for Children with Disabilities: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I commend Deputy Tully on her tenacity on this issue and representation of those tens of thousands of families who want nothing more than what their child is entitled to. The High Court has ruled that the HSE's AON process is operating outside the law and denying children with disabilities their rights, as set out in the Disability Act. Let it sink in for us all that an Opposition party is...

Services for Children with Disabilities: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pigmeat Sector (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I welcome the Minister and thank him for being here. I also thank Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan for raising this issue. His doing so probably increased the chance that it would be dealt with tonight. It is an important issue, as I am sure the Minister will agree. It is exactly eight weeks since we had a discussion on the pigmeat sector. At that time, there were very evident challenges...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pigmeat Sector (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister for his response. As he indicated, this is part of a cycle. I have no doubt that if pig farmers are provided with the supports necessary to get through this crisis, they will see more profitable times ahead. The difficulty is that many of the people I spoke to today on Kildare Street feel they may not be able to survive this period. To be specific in terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to receive the final report of a scoping exercise in relation to the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will publish it in full immediately upon receipt. [16102/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she proposes to establish an independent inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) and the actions of State agencies in respect of this case before and subsequent to their death. [16103/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Official Engagements (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of all official engagements and meetings attended by him and Ministers of State within his Department during the period 3 March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16603/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of houses passed under the national broadband plan to date per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16604/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pay (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 9 March 2022, the manner in which the remuneration of the CEO of the Port of Cork diverged from the range that applied in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16169/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 on 9 March 2022, if the Revenue Commissioners intend to update to section 5 of part 23-01-36 in order that the example provided brings clarity to farmers regarding their own calculations of the available rebate in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16170/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 268. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised through the carbon tax to date by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16172/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 28 July 2020, if he plans to amend the tenant purchase scheme to allow for tenants residing in dwellings acquired under Part 5 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to purchase their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16590/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to grant a derogation from the closed season for the hunting of wood pigeons in order to ensure that crops are not damaged, prior to the current derogation elapsing at the end of the April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16591/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of the external reports commissioned in 2021; the cost of each; the external reports that were received by his Department in 2021; when such reports were or are expected to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16592/22]