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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: You have asked a number of the questions, Chairman. We were informed, if I recall correctly, that the target of 60,000 premises to be passed by March was still in place at the time of our hearing. My understanding is that the most up-to-date figures we have received are that 41,000 premises or thereabouts were passed. I think that those figures relate to last month and that only a little...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: We are leasing it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach is not answering.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to increase eligibility for fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24563/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants in the farm assist scheme; the number of farmers that will benefit from reforms to the farm assist scheme; the average increase in payment; when she intends to publish a report into the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24564/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Sales (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is intended that proposed regulations regarding the sale of coal will provide for an exemption for the use in steam engine vehicles in the hobby and recreational tourism sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24662/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding that was allocated to Inland Fisheries Ireland in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the expenditure incurred on refurbishment or installation of new facilities for each of the years by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24873/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fuel Sales (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagements that she has had with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications and the steamer groups regarding the impact of a proposed ban on the sale of coal on the use of steam engine vehicles on tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24661/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends, either by amendment to section 42 (1B) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 or by other means, to provide for further extensions of planning permissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24751/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 8 March 2022, if data in relation to the number of students enrolled in green certs via education and training boards is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24657/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for SUSI refusing a grant under article 14(2) of the student grant scheme 2022 in cases in which the additional income has not pushed the applicant over the income threshold by SUSI’s own measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24664/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is within the remit of SUSI to grant funding for a person (details supplied) considering the circumstances of the bursary that was granted and that they are under the reckonable income threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24665/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the remit of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission will be expanded to provide for investigations and findings in respect of those who have retired from An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24857/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (17 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 726. To ask the Minister for Health when the primary care centre in Carrickmacross will become operational; the services that will be available in the centre at that date; the services that will become available at a later stage; the number of professionals and grades that will be based in the centre associated with each service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: I add my voice to the calls of Deputy Paul Murphy and others for a full review of what could only be described as the very dodgy dealings at Askeaton, County Limerick. I am new to this case and have been reading up on it only over recent days, and it is clear the public interest has not been served by the investigations into the missing samples, the freedom of information documentation that...

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: From what the Minister of State said, it is clear that the phrase "just transition" has virtually no meaning under this Government. There is nothing just about the course it is pursuing, nor is there much evidence that Government policies are leading to a transition at the pace required. In the area I follow closest, agriculture, Government policy has been exposed as a fallacy. While...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (18 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to bring forward legislation to address the issue of parental legislation; the timeframe for the delivery of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25022/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (18 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases by county brought before the courts in respect of coercive control in 2020 and 2021. [25023/22]

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: I want to use this opportunity to express my condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Pierre Zakrzewski on his awful killing in Ukraine. I want to reference the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh in Palestine. The murder of Shireen makes me fearful. Whatever Israel gets away with, it always goes further. The Minister referred to the recent attempt by a European Parliament delegation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (24 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Acting Chairman for allowing me in, although I would have preferred if my question, which is almost identical to that of Deputy Bríd Smith, was grouped with it, as that would have allowed for more interaction. The Minister said her Department is not opposed to a public inquiry or other types of inquiries. I do not buy that. The reason there has been a scoping exercise is...