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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Afforestation Programme (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: A good forestry policy, as I am sure the Minister of State will appreciate, should do three things. Obviously it should play a really important role in terms of protecting the environment and carbon emissions. It should also be of benefit to a local community. The forest is something that people should want to live close by to, as opposed to the current position whereby entire communities...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Meat Processing Plants (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a cross-departmental task force will be established to analyse the meat industry here in view of the role of the sector during the Covid-19 pandemic, the ongoing complaints by farmers regarding the prices offered to them, the allegations in relation to price-fixing and recent revelations regarding the conditions for workers in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Meat Processing Plants (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: This question was originally submitted to the Taoiseach. The issue pertaining to meat factories crosses a number of Departments. The role that meat factories have in our society, and especially our rural society, is profound. My question relates to the issues arising from meat factories during this Covid-19 period, the ongoing problems farmers have around getting a fair price, and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Meat Processing Plants (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: It appears that the balls always fall right for the meat factories in all of this, and I have said this to the Minister's predecessor. The Minister will recall during the Covid period that Deputy Naughten revealed the factories had received tests results of some of the workers before the workers themselves. The Minister asked if we are aware of any individual concerns around the workers....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Meat Processing Plants (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: If the Minister is looking for ideas, one is contained within this parliamentary question, which is that the Minster would set up a cross-departmental task force to look at all of these issues. I take the Minister's bona fides on this but the crucial test for the Minister and whatever third bodies are set up is whether his Department continues to see its role in all this as defenders and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Meat Processing Plants (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: I will give the Minister credit if he does it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: To go back to the point I made earlier and to support the point just made by Deputy Naughten, we are at a very funny stage now. Bord Bia has said that it cannot apply for a distinct PGI for Irish suckler beef, which is the best beef in the world as I said earlier, because naturally-bred Irish suckler beef is not widely recognised in the market. Whose job is it to make sure it is widely...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Who is our promotion body?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: It is none other than Bord Bia, which is also charged with seeking and securing the PGI status, so it is clear why there is a problem. I want all of our farmers who produce beef to get a good price for their product. However, there is a premium product that comes from a large number of farmers across this State, namely, our suckler farmers but they are not getting a premium. In fact, they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Herd Data (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: It is not an easy job to unite all of the farm organisations but they are all united in the belief that this was an insensitive and insane move. Notwithstanding Deputy Browne’s valid concerns, people are asking what exactly was the purpose of this, how much it cost and whether it was the case that when the cat is away, the mice will play, given the fluctuation in the ministerial post....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Herd Data (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: On that point, I challenge the Minister to set a date. I welcome the fact that he has committed to reconvening the forum, but I challenge him to get it done over the next week. This is an area where I happily admit that I do not have all the answers. I do not believe anybody does. The one thing I know is that the current set of policies and procedures is not working. The figures the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: The Minister referred to an aspiration that the transition period will only be one year. However, almost nobody in Europe believes that there will only be one year of transition. It will potentially be much longer and run into several years so it is important that we get this transition period right. I ask the Minister to quickly identify the schemes that will be available during the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 20. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the activities of the shared island unit in his Department. [22612/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 60. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the services provided at local hospitals, such as Monaghan hospital, in view of the additional pressures other centres will inevitably face in the coming period. [23657/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the transitionary period of the Common Agriculture Policy; the schemes that will remain operational; and his plans regarding convergence and other proposals for the period. [23967/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intended purpose of issuing bovine tuberculosis herd history herd risk letters to farmers; the cost involved in the process; and his plans to work with farmers to eliminate bovine tuberculosis. [23966/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the sheep welfare scheme. [23968/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Geological Survey of Ireland (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of a survey (details supplied); the details of the contractual basis on which the programme operates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23847/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to utilise the potential of anaerobic digestion; his further plans to consult with farmers, communities and other stakeholders in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23848/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Licence Applications (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the reasons for delays in issuing deer hunting licences in 2020; the number of applications received and granted at this stage; if he will provide the correspondence, briefings, reports or materials in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23496/20]