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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Many of us would be dealing with smaller contracts at a local level and there has been quite an amount of discussion on social housing units and things like that. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has made a provision whereby inflated costs will be borne between the developer and the awarding body to the tune of 70:30, where the developer takes 70% of the increased costs and...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I will allow others in. I call Deputy Verona Murphy.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I do not see anybody.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: As no other Deputies are indicating, I wish to make some comments. Deputy Verona Murphy indicated that huge lessons will be learned. No lessons are being learned whatsoever. The attitude and approach by everybody who is involved to this committee and in turn to Irish taxpayers is nothing short of scandalous. I say that with a heavy heart. The Department of Health, the HSE and hospital...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Deputy Hourigan has no further questions and I have made my own closing remarks already. I thank our witnesses for joining us today, along with staff of the board, the Department and the HSE for the work involved in preparing for the meeting. I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for attending and assisting the committee today. Is it agreed that the clerk to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (23 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe in which he intends to introduce new regulations to provide exemptions from the requirement to obtain planning permission with regard to the installation of solar panels on farms; and the intended timeframe with regard to supplementary regulations intended to reduce proposed restriction zones. [33081/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (23 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [33097/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of outstanding backlog in passport applications; the number of which originate from County Monaghan; the total number of applications processed in May 2022 and the current number of staff in the Passport Office. [33096/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I concur with the Cathaoirleach in respect of the reputation Ornua, in particular the Kerrygold brand, has internationally. It is something we should be very proud of. When I was in Brussels I was at a European event showcasing some of the major European brands that have an international impact and one of the gifts we received was Kerrygold. I joked at the time I was probably the first...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am referring specifically to the 7% that relates to the fixed price contract.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: When Ornua is purchasing in this 7% and then selling it out, am I correct in saying that is all sold out on a fixed price?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: In some instances, Ornua is purchasing in at a fixed price but is selling out at the prevailing market price. I am trying to put this in layman's terms as much as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I will try to put this simply. Is Ornua also selling out 7%? In terms of what Ornua is selling out at a fixed price, would it equate to 7% of the output?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I imagine the people who are purchasing from Ornua at a fixed price are doing fairly well in the current climate. They have got a good deal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: At the end of the day somebody is benefiting. I am not sure anybody who has been in a supermarket right across Europe has seen any reduction, or certainly not in terms of dairy products. Does Mr Jordan accept or believe that those farmers who are selling on a fixed price contact are losing money on the proportion of their product that has fallen under fixed price? They are selling at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: They are operating at a loss. In regard to what we just talked about, namely, the origins and the reputation of Irish dairy products, does Mr. Jordan think that is fair at a time when the overall milk price is so distorted in terms of that fixed price contract?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Yes, we accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I appreciate that. We have a situation, however, where essentially we have a market chain. As Mr Jordan said, the fixed price contracts model benefited everyone on that chain for about a decade and in normal circumstances because everybody has the assurance of knowing how much they are going to be purchasing and how much they are going to be selling their product for. It gives an assurance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Mr. Jordan has acknowledged that everybody who is selling under a fixed price contract at the moment is losing money, that is, the farmers. Everybody else in the market chain, including the co-ops, Ornua and their purchasers, have quite an amount of security. The only people who are taking a hit in this instance are the primary producers, the people who, I would argue, are the most...