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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 12: In page 12, line 17, after “inspections” to insert “, including unannounced inspections,”. This amendment is very simple. It is to ensure that unannounced inspections can be part of the regulator's remit.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: That is the way to do it.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 13: In page 13, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “(4) The regulator may at any time request comment from interested parties on any aspect of a code of practice submitted under this section.”. This is to insert the proposition that the regulator may at any time request comment from interested parties on any aspect of a code of...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: We can deal with it on Report Stage. The language used in the amendment is "may" so it does not impose any obligation for it to be shared with third parties. This will benefit all concerned. If a processor is going to the effort of engaging with the regulator on a proposed code of practice, it would make sense that the people who are intended to benefit from it would have some input before...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Amendment No. 14 not moved.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I will make the point again with respect to broadening the scope of the regulator to include consumers as well as buyers. We made the argument extensively at the last meeting, but I ask the Minister again to consider that we have as wide a scope in the powers and functions of the regulator as possible.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I welcome that. As it stands, while the section states "other persons", it also specifies buyers and suppliers. Clearly consumers are the third link of the chain and it would be helpful if they were specified.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 17: In page 16, line 13, to delete “two” and substitute “three”. The committee called for the size of the board to be increased. The Minister has done so and we welcome that has been included in the Bill. However, the proportionate representation of primary producers is therefore reduced as it has remained at two members. The...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: What amendments are being deleted?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 23: In page 17, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(7) a member of the board who is a primary producer will not be subject to a determination by lot should the representative who retired in the previous year also have been a primary producer.”. Our amendment was based on the assumption that two board members would be primary producers...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 25: In page 22, line 10, after “Minister” to insert “and the relevant Oireachtas Sectoral Committee”. This amendment concerns a new concept, and one that is almost uniquely new to Ireland, namely, that when appointments of this nature are being made, there should be a ratification process within the relevant parliamentary sectoral...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I have made the case. Just because something has not happened in the past is never a strong enough argument, in my view, as to why it should not happen in the future. As I have said, while it does not happen within the Irish system, there are several examples of the practice internationally. I have cited the European Parliament as an example. Many senior European roles that have the exact...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 29: In page 24, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(2) Prior to an appointment under section 33(1), a proposed candidate for Chief Executive shall attend the relevant Oireachtas Sectoral Committee to discuss his or her strategic priorities for the role.”.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 33: In page 28, line 25, after “chain” to insert the following: “including any recommendations made to the Minister regarding its own functions, or proposed or requested powers or functions”. Essentially, this seeks to bring the practice of the publication of the annual report of the new body in line with the practice of other bodies....

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: To my mind, amendment No. 33 was and is the important amendment in this regard, which the Minister has accepted. I welcome this. We will withdraw amendments Nos. 34 and 35 on the basis of what the Minister has said.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Inquiries (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has concluded his deliberations in relation to the report into the death of a person (details supplied) and if he will publish this report. [6869/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Inquiries (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: In an earlier response to Deputy Gino Kenny, the Minister said that the appointment by the then Government of former Judge Haughton was in direct response to votes that were taken in this House and the Upper House. I must contradict that. Those votes explicitly called for a public inquiry into the circumstances that led to the death of Shane O'Farrell and the actions of State agencies...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Inquiries (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: The reason I say the decision of the Government to initiate a scoping exercise was in contravention of the wishes of the Dáil is because the Dáil made it clear that there is a need for a public inquiry and yet the Government decided to extend this process even further. The person who was responsible for the death of Shane O'Farrell is a man named Zigimantas Gridziuska. Nobody...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Inquiries (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Under the European Convention on Human Rights, the State is obliged to ensure an effective investigation into the wider circumstances surrounding the death of a citizen. In Mr. O'Farrell's case, that has not happened. There has never been a proper inquiry that is thorough, comprehensive and transparent. This House has determined that the only way that can be done is through a public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference with regard to the consideration of a location for a new veterinary school; and if he is confident that any newly established courses will be internationally accredited [6867/23]