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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 19 October 2022, the number of applicants for the school transport scheme in County Monaghan in 2022 who have yet to receive a bus ticket; the way that plans can be put in place to facilitate these students if this figure is not available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56275/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 562. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 679 of 25 October 2022, the specific reason that a person (details supplied) who contracted long-Covid during their work as a nurse in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital has not yet been provided with special leave with pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56497/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 587. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the low availability of GP provision in the Carrickmacross area; the steps that he is taking to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56649/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Sector Pensions (15 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements that he has had with the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the pensions of persons who were employed by Coillte having previously been employed as civil servants, in his role as a shareholder in Coillte; his position on reports that retirees have seen the purchasing power of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (23 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for a person (details supplied) to be admitted to a residential service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58251/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 19 October 2022, if the referenced field visit has been carried out in relation to the basic payment scheme application by a person (details supplied); if so, when it is scheduled to be carried out; the date that payment can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Forestry: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: We are back in this Chamber discussing forestry again. It would be useful to commend the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine which has ensured that this has become and remains a prevalent issue. We know that agriculture occupies a unique role in Irish society. It is our largest indigenous sector. It does not up and leave when recession hits. It is an integral part of and...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: I apologise for being late. I also apologise if I ask questions that have been asked. I have been coming in and out and I following the meeting on the monitor. What is the staff profile of the regulator’s office?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: How many members of staff are in that section?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is the regulator's role to recommend or direct the national lottery to do things differently? Is that correct terminology?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: For example, in 2021 and to date in 2022, how many directives has the regulator issued to the national lottery?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: The question I am asking is whether Ms Boate suggests or directs.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Has that power to direct been used this year so far?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: When was it last used?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: We deal with a lot of regulators at this committee. I am thinking of bodies like the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, and others. Many, if not all, in their annual reports highlight what they consider to be failures or lack of powers they have in order to do things differently or to improve practices. There has been a lot of debate on the issue of the unclaimed prizes and how...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: It is 2%. It is as minimal-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Ms Boate says she has released that through a freedom of information request. Why did she never highlight that as a problem in terms of the operation and what is clearly a failure of the legislation?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Of which parties?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, I presume, is here representing the State. Was it the intention of the State when we privatised the national lottery that unclaimed prizes would go to a marketing slush fund?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: If we take it at face value that the clause allows for it, does the regulator consider it appropriate for it to continue to operate in that way?