Results 821-840 of 10,843 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (6 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: 508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the disregard allowable in the capital formula for carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28238/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (6 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: 509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the carer’s support grant will be increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28239/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit (6 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: 510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend eligibility for carer’s benefit to include those who are self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28240/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (6 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: 511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for domiciliary care allowance will be extended to children residing in hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28241/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: 512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a report on proposals to enact a pension for family carers in recognition of their invaluable contribution to society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28242/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: 654. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a statutory homecare scheme that will provide for appropriate respite each year and a carer needs assessment for full-time carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28246/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (6 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: 655. To ask the Minister for Health if the carer general practitioner visit card will be extended to carers in receipt of the carer's support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28247/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (6 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: 656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were allocated home help support in County Monaghan for each year since 2015 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; the number of home help hours allocated in County Monaghan for the same periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28248/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme (6 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: 790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants per county per year since 2015 for the organic farming scheme; the number of successful applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28219/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Covid-19 on the Agriculture Sector and Priorities for CAP and Brexit: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: I apologise if some of my questions are repetitive. I congratulate the Chairman and Senator Lombard on their election to their respective roles. I also congratulate the Minister on his appointment. I am sure that this is probably a strange experience for him, as he was the lead spokesperson for the Opposition on this committee for many years. Part of the difficulty he may have is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Covid-19 on the Agriculture Sector and Priorities for CAP and Brexit: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive replies. I cannot say I am happy with all of them and if I closed my eyes, I might have thought I was listening to the former Minister, Deputy Creed, in a number of areas. I am incredibly disappointed with the Minister's response on Mercosur suggesting we need an assessment to tell us what will happen if we import an additional 100,000 tonnes of...

Pre-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: Next week, the Taoiseach will attend a European Council meeting which is, arguably, taking place in potentially one of the most pivotal periods for the future of our country for some time. Many have alluded to the fact that Brexit will loom large. Who knows but maybe between now and then, we will have seen some indication from the British Government that the theatrics will be put to one...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: EU Regulations (8 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue matter for debate. This matter is of great concern to tens of thousands of people. I am glad the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Noonan, is here. He will recall that we discussed this proposed EU regulation in a Topical Issue debate on 16 July. During that debate, I requested...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: EU Regulations (8 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: That is bizarre. The Minister of State spent the bulk of his contribution reiterating the exact comments that he made during our previous debate, which outlined the concerns and challenges involved, then said that we will face down those challenges at a different stage. He mentioned the consultation with some of the organisations that have an interest in this. He did not state that the...

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: I have a substantive question but I am somewhat perplexed by the Minister's apparent lack of understanding of exactly what happened across families and communities from Sunday night until Monday night after the news broke at 9 p.m. that NPHET proposed to move to level 5. The reaction, the briefing against NPHET that culminated in the outright attack on it by the Tánaiste on Monday...

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: I am asking about Sunday.

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: Please, answer the question.

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: I asked the Minister a specific question. Will he answer, please?

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: The Minister is not.

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Matt Carthy: That is fine.