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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I welcome the additional information on CCTV, although it is difficult to fathom how we do not already have CCTV in place. This has been going on for far too long. CCTV is necessary if we are to maintain the integrity of, and public esteem in, the sector. A number of issues arise with the exit package of the former CEO. According to the correspondence, it is a standard feature of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I agree with that assessment. I must again say that I am often astounded by the number of regulatory bodies we have that will do anything to avoid regulating. What the committee shared with the ASAI was an anomaly that found that its previous finding was incorrect. We dispute the assertion, and I think most reasonable people would do so as well, that prize money and commissions paid to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: There are a couple of points to be added to the list based on what we agreed previously. We agreed the lottery regulator should been invited. Again, I think there may have been a change of personnel. I am not sure whether that will have an effect. The issues we have been dealing with concerning the HSE and Department of Health will also require re-examination by this committee as more...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: It is in respect of the immigrant investor programme. This is the programme whereby non-EU nationals can secure residency in Ireland and, therefore, the UK by becoming involved in investments or philanthropic endeavours. We are talking about substantial sums of money but, relatively speaking, there is an argument that it is a small amount of money for a big cost in terms of what the State...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: These are not allegations; these are statements of fact, and I can stand over them. The hotel is currently closed. It closed on 1 January. Staff were given a temporary layoff notice, ostensibly for the hotel to be renovated, but no renovation works have taken place. The immigrant investor programme is a public programme. There are many concerns. There are several bodies that I believe...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: The two parties who caused the housing crisis working together.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: The Nuremore Hotel and Country Club in Carrickmacross has been an important part of the south Monaghan economy and its regional tourism generation for several decades. The hotel was purchased in 2018 by Mr. Kai Dai, who is one of the biggest cash for visa brokers that has benefited from the immigrant investor programme. Serious issues have arisen at the hotel. On numerous occasions...

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: On 21 July 2011, the then Secretary General of the Department of Finance famously stated, "The Government of Ireland pays its debts, always has and plans to do so." Of course, he was talking about the use of billions of euro of Irish taxpayers' money being used to bail out unsecured bank bondholders, because the Government of Ireland does not always pay its debts and, certainly, not when it...

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: When a strategy comes to life years later, the new Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael Minister usually throws his or her predecessors under the bus, laments the historical practices and tells us that lessons have been learned. Not in this case, though. In this case, current members of the Government are implicated: the Tánaiste; the Taoiseach; the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris; and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Agriculture Schemes (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 27. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made in identifying additional agricultural schemes under the new CAP which will be disregarded with regard to farm assist. [5847/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 32. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the intended timeframe to introduce legislation underpinning the provision of pensions to carers. [5848/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 73. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons seeking international protection currently in emergency accommodation and-or direct provision centres within each local authority area. [5850/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 92. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagements he has had in respect of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme. [5849/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 226. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 1 February 2023, where he stated that “there may be instances where a session includes hours which a parent is paying for but does not avail of. In these instances, the subsidy would reduce with the sessional fee remaining unchanged”, if he will ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (9 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 269. To ask the Minister for Health the current timeframe for a person (details supplied) to receive the 7.5 hours per week home support they were approved for in October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6287/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ASD units in schools in County Monaghan, and the number of students attending each, in tabular form; if she will approve additional places at these units; if she intends to approve additional ASD units in other schools in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5709/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the establishment of an ASD unit at a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5710/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 418. To ask the Minister for Health the advice for persons resident in County Monaghan who have been informed by all GP practices in their locality that there are no spaces for new registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5877/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 430. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been excluded from weekend day-respite services at Galro Centre, Kilbixy Paddocks, County Westmeath; if this decision will be reversed or alternative weekend day-respite services will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5952/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 431. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been excluded from weekend day-respite services at Galro Centre, Kilbixy Paddocks, County Westmeath; if this decision will be reversed or alternative weekend day-respite services will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5953/23]