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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on vaccinating Irish poultry against avian influenza; if his Department has conducted an analysis with regard to the cost, impact or viability of such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16606/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 904. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of outbreaks of avian influenza in the State by year in each of the years 2012 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16607/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 905. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 8 March 2022, the year that Irish forestry would have become projected be a net emitter of carbon had afforestation rates of 8,000 hectares been achieved in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 8 March 2022, the number of blood, urine and hair samples tested for doping by the Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board by year in each of the years 2018 to date in 2022; the reason for a 28% reduction in cost expended in 2019 in contrast to 4% increase in the number of tests; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the BPS and organic farming scheme operate on separate mapping systems; the reason for such; if it is intended in the future to operate from a single system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16610/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 908. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to open a scheme for the group of farmers known as the so-called forgotten farmers in 2022; the payment rates at which the scheme will operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16611/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 909. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of horticultural peat imported to the State in tonnes, by year, in each of the years 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16612/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 910. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of horticultural peat imported to the State in tonnes, by month, from 2021 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16613/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I welcome the fact this meeting is taking place. I apologise because I am at the Committee of Public Accounts as well, so I will be in and out of both. I thank Mr. Savage for his opening statement. When we talk about greenhouse gas emissions, there are three strands to the discussion: the global targets and ambitions that are agreed; the national implementation of those targets; and,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: No, thank you. The Co-Chair knows that I like to be brief.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to ensure the unfair trading practices enforcement authority will have the necessary powers to improve and secure farmers' position in the market chain. [16812/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Tá fáilte roimh an Aire. I have long believed a strong regulator is required for the food sector, for the meat industry in particular. The Minister has advocated for a food ombudsman in the past. Recently, he announced instead he would establish an office for fairness and transparency. I ask him to inform the Dáil what the distinction is between the two. What powers does...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I hope the Minister will accept that, to date, his response to this matter has been minimal. If he does not accept that, I would be apprehensive about the authority that is coming down the line. I want the new authority to work. I want it to have powers of enforcement that go beyond the current section within the Department which, being frank, has received no complaints since it was...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: The difficulty is the Minister said the exact same thing about the timeframe this time last year. I followed the unfair trading practices regulation at an EU level throughout the entire process. I was a shadow rapporteur on the file and was part of the negotiations. I was disappointed with the final outcome because I feared the directive was far too minimal and member states would...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horticulture Sector (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made to implement the short and medium-term actions of the working paper to address challenges related to peat supply in the horticulture sector. [16813/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horticulture Sector (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Minister of State will know there are some horticultural sectors, and I am thinking of the mushroom industry in particular, that need peat to survive. I hope an alternative to peat can be found and I would urge that efforts be intensified in that regard. For years we had the scandalous situation in this State of hundreds and thousands of units of peat being extracted from Irish land and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horticulture Sector (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: On the Minister of State's final line, there is no evidence she is committed to supporting this sector. Every Minister that has responsibility, across three Departments, has run for cover. We have not even been in a position to get the relevant Ministers to come before the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine to discuss the issues. Who is the independent expert commissioned...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horticulture Sector (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I did not say it had. The Minister of State commissioned this working group that mentioned Bord na Móna six different times, yet she is here saying she has no responsibility for Bord na Móna. It is central to the working paper her Department produced. She has appointed an independent expert with a specific remit. The second action in the working paper specifies this independent...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horticulture Sector (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Because Bord na Móna was shipping it across.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Horticulture Sector (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: What about the short term?