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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 25 October 2022, the meeting of the TB Forum at which it was agreed that new requirements regarding TB Testing would be introduced; if these minutes at the said meeting are publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if following a judgement from the European Court of Justice prohibiting Coillte from receiving state supports; if any repayments were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12114/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 782 of 31 January 2023, if his Department has sought clarity from the European Commission as to if the revised State aid rules allow for the provision of afforestation grants and premiums to Coillte; the expected timeline in which he expects a response; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: 368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is intended that his application for State aid exemption for the incoming forestry programme will include indications that his Department intends to provide afforestation grants and premiums to Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12116/23]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: I apologise that I was not here earlier. I was launching a report with another committee. On the warmer homes scheme, a number of previous speakers may have referred to the backlog. What is the current backlog?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: When would the applications have been received?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Going by last year, there were approximately 10,000 applications.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: How many houses were retrofitted under the scheme last year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: We can see a bit of a problem there, can we not?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: In 2021, we were completing fewer retrofits than were applied for, and that is even though there was a very low number.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: That is not my understanding of the Covid restrictions. The Covid restrictions permitted construction activity.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: I understood it to mean that this scheme would have been eligible. Is Dr. Byrne suggesting that no warmer homes scheme work was done during those 18 months?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: How could some be done?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Dr. Byrne gave a couple of different answers there. Does he accept that it was not the Covid restrictions that prevented work from taking place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: This is important because it has been set down as a key objective for Dr. Byrne's organisation. We have a large backlog and we have not been meeting the demand, and Dr. Byrne's rationale for that is Covid.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: How big of an element is it, as a percentage?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Okay. Dr. Byrne is right that applications trebled and output doubled, but in both instances there were more applications than completions. I am trying to ascertain whether the difficulty was that the contractors were not doing enough, that we did not have enough of them or that it was Covid. Dr. Byrne front-loaded Covid as his explanation when I first asked the question. I want to get a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: We were talking about vulnerable-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Is there no capacity to add contractors?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Will this tender allow new applicants to come in over the scheme's lifetime?