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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: On page 93 of the report it states: "Other factors at play include the profile of workers in nursing homes and the interaction with other cluster risk situations such as family members, shared accommodation and contact with other high-risk areas such as the meat packing industry." However, it has been cited that there is a particularly high incidence rate in nursing homes located in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: I suggest to our secretariat that that be included for consideration in our report.

Climate Action: Statements (17 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: The programme for Government contains a commitment to ensure that the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable economy is fair. However, many communities are sceptical about the Government's intention to be fair in the transition process. Much of the scepticism comes from their experience of the last time that the Green Party was in government. The...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector (17 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the schemes under her Department that can allocate funding to community organisations, including clubs (details supplied) to develop ancillary services such as car parking; and her plans to provide additional schemes and funding in this regard. [24317/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Based on the Minister's utterances and his attitude on this issue, I can tell him that in ten years' time the North-South interconnector will not be built. Today I read transcripts from the previous time the Minister was in government when he then refused to listen to Deputies in this House, including Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and others, who pointed out to him that without the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: That is not how undergrounding works.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: The local community has zero confidence in EirGrid.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: The local community will not engage with it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: The Minister has a responsibility to engage with the local communities because otherwise this project simply will not happen and it will be his fault.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: No, she did not.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (22 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 689. To ask the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to the HSE decision to suspend Covid-19 testing at food processing plants made on 8 September 2020; the manner in which the decision was conveyed to him; the reason he did not convey this information to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24703/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Regarding health facilities, the Taoiseach will be aware of a situation in Carrickmacross involving a group home for young adults with severe physical and sensory disabilities. This building was promised by the HSE in 2006. It was completed in 2016.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach is aware of this because on 4 December last year, he wrote to the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, outlining the seriousness of the situation. I have a written reply from the current Minister for Health, the Taoiseach's party colleague, that has indicated he cannot even commit to funding to open the centre next year.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister for Health to ensure the families of these people with severe disabilities have the group home they were promised more than a decade and a half ago?

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: In my previous life not so long ago, although it seems like an awfully long time, I was in the European Parliament where the issue of Brexit and the concerns around a no-deal Brexit took up significant amount of our time and deliberations. During all those debates, I could not think of a worse prospect for our country than a no-deal Brexit scenario. Little could I have imagined that we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: This correspondence, dated 20 December 2019, outlines the practice this committee had previously highlighted whereby university staff need to make a claim to get paid holidays, which seems to be unusual. I suggest that we get a sense of any cost associated with that. Considering the length of time since that correspondence, we need to get clarification from the university as to whether it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Citizens have a right to liaise with Departments and statutory bodies through our native language if they so wish. I am simply requesting that we get an update on the position, not just in respect of Irish language posts specifically but also appointments where the successful applicant would be deemed to have a knowledge of the Irish language so we can get a sense of where we stand in terms...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Under the Disability Act, each Department has a responsibility to employ 2%-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: -----of people with disabilities within the ranks. People have been very fluid with what they deem to be a disability in that regard in order to fulfil the criteria. It is a separate, but important, question.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Members will recall this case and the severity of it and it would be appropriate that this committee is proactive in ensuring the answers in relation to the commission of investigation are made public as soon as possible. There is a huge public interest element in this and we need to ensure this committee is seen to hold to account those who need to be held to account and that answers are...