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

Matt Carthy: Okay, it is 107,000, if we want to be very specific about it, and we are assuming on that basis that none of those 77,000 cars are going to be taken off the road for any reason.

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

Matt Carthy: They are immune from car crashes and write-offs.

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

Matt Carthy: I want to go back to Covid. Let us say an individual or household applied for the grant and that was approved. During the period of Covid, what would have been the general reason the work was not completed under the scheme?

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

Matt Carthy: Did SEAI make any payments during those 14 months?

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

Matt Carthy: Is the Department concerned about the trajectory of the numbers so far?

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

Matt Carthy: Has the Department been in contact with electricity suppliers with regard to the cost of energy for people to charge their electric vehicles at public charging points, which in some instances can be as expensive as putting fuel in the car?

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

Matt Carthy: What do they say?

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

Matt Carthy: You can control the price of petrol and diesel quite easily, because you are increasing it every chance you get.

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

Matt Carthy: Thank you.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: It would be a first step.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Where will the families go when they are evicted?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Where will the families go?

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: A frustration for me over many years was witnessing the policies of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael remove the prospect of home affordability and stability from increasing numbers of Irish workers and families. At the same time we saw representatives from those parties actually claiming to be working for those in need of housing. "I got them that house" was a familiar refrain from Fianna...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Homelessness is still going on.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: What about the families who are homeless?

Reform of Carer's Allowance Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: I commend the Independent Group for bringing this important motion to the House in support of our family carers. I commend in particular Deputy Marian Harkin for her advocacy and championing of family carers, not only in this House but also in the European Parliament, which I directly witnessed, and her ongoing efforts in that regard. Those efforts and the efforts of all of us are important...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: I will try to be as quick as I can. Will the witnesses provide an update on the protected geographical indication, PGI, application for grass-fed Irish beef?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: What about anything general?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Are we talking about this year or-----