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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 956. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents in each county that have received their first and second vaccination against Covid-19, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13434/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 957. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices per county that have yet to receive the necessary allocation of vaccines to cover the first vaccination of their patients over 85 years of age as of 4 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 965. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that pregnant women can be joined by their partner during prenatal scans and childbirth; the current situation that applies in each maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13448/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1027. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken in response to reports of a rapid evolution of an aggressive strain of the neurological form of EHV-1 originating from Valencia that has resulted in outbreaks in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13200/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1028. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contacts he and his officials have had with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive with regard to EHV-1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13201/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1029. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quarantine and testing arrangements that have been put in place since his Department was notified of outbreaks of EHV-1 on the continent; when such measures were put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13202/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1030. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he sought the advice of the chief veterinary officer in relation to the recent outbreak of EHV-1; if details of the advice received will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13203/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Incidence (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1038. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number and the number by county of cattle condemned as TB reactors in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13456/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1039. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on the TB eradication programme in each of the years 2010 to 2020; the amount of EU funding received in relation to same for each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13457/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Incidence (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1040. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the significant increase in TB infection rates over the past year; the measures he will enact to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13458/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I concur with Deputy Catherine Murphy. I do not understand why an organisation such as Children's Health Ireland would be required to spend €90,000 in a year on a contract for a public relations company. We see this with a number of State agencies. While in the overall budgets these might seem like small amounts of money, why would a State agency that is charged with building a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: This is part of what is becoming an all-too familiar pattern in terms of investigations and inquiries, particularly as they relate to An Garda Síochána. What happens is that an investigation or complaint is passed on to GSOC and then, for whatever length of time GSOC is investigating the matter, the gardaí, the Minister responsible and anybody else involved can say they cannot...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I am sorry; I do not have a copy of that item of correspondence. Who is it from?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I concur with the Chairman and Deputies Munster and Catherine Murphy on the CCTV issue. As part of our work programme, have we not agreed that the IHRB will appear before the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: That meeting will be a useful exercise. I share Deputy Catherine Murphy's concerns that the racing authority and regulatory board seem to have an intertwined relationship. I am not sure that that is necessarily healthy. This is not to cast aspersions or undermine the successes that the Deputy and others have mentioned. I would like to be associated with the words of congratulation to Ms...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I have nothing to add.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: Our interaction with Caranua has been one of the more bizarre and unpleasant experiences of this committee. It was very surprising. Its approach to this committee leaves a lot to be desired. The tone of the interaction at the committee hearing and in Caranua's written correspondence is unlike anything we have received in my time on this committee. It is important for me to put that on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I welcome and thank Deputy Gould for raising this issue. It appears to be a perplexing situation. The HSE has outsourced the running of the doctor on call services to a private company. The HSE is under the impression that this company has an obligation to provide particular services in some parts of Cork. We are told that on 14 March last year SouthDoc closed 11 facilities across...