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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: Ms O'Shea does not know how much that payment was for, however.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: I have to say that is very unfortunate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: I apologise in advance, but I have a meeting clash. I thank the representatives of the HPRA for being here this evening. Could our guests outline the interactions that have taken place between their organisation and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of the implementation of the directive? Does the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, have a position on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: I apologise for interrupting. Can I get a clarification in relation to this directive? Has Dr. Beechinor engaged directly, as in sat around a table or in written form, with the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: Every three months. That is spot on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: I turn back to the North-South interconnector. As Mr. Foley and the Chair have indicated, it is a piece of infrastructure of critical importance. I have followed this since 2006, read every publication by EirGrid and engaged in numerous meetings with them. The assertion in Mr. Foley's opening statement that the engagement approach is underpinned by a real commitment to listening to all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: I will be brief on this. If we accept that this is a critical piece of infrastructure, accept on the other hand that there is unprecedented opposition from landowners, communities and farmers across the length of the route and consider that EirGrid has not yet got planning permission to enter these lands, what will EirGrid do and how far is it willing to go to enter these communities against...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: The report did not say "technically feasible"; it described it as "a credible option".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: That is all I wanted to know. Mr. Foley disagrees with the findings of the expert group.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: When I talk to people in rural communities and I ask them what climate change means to them and what climate action has meant to them, they tell me it means higher taxes, higher costs on products for which they have no alternatives, job losses and greater fear for their livelihoods, particularly in farming families. The climate crisis is real. The need for a climate action Bill is real but...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Capital Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if schools operating under educational training boards can apply to the Sports Capital Programme in a manner which would have scoring criteria applied independently of consideration to grants provided to other schools within the same educational training board region. [21828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (28 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electronic car charging points in County Monaghan; the locations of same; his plans to deliver new charging points in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21382/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (28 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and value of carbon tax raised in relation to green diesel in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21393/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in respect of its application for necessary additional accommodation works; the timeframe within which she expects these works to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22109/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (28 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 691. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider the relocation of a person (details supplied) to a Dublin centre given that they have secured employment in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22179/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 894. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to revise the restrictions for church services; if he plans to permit services with limited attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21313/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (28 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 987. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff based in speech and language therapy that are currently redeployed to other duties by each CHO; the corresponding figures for each month from March 2020 to March 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21685/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: I wish to be associated with the kind regards being sent to the Minister, Deputy McEntee, on the birth of her son. This week, we learned from RTÉ that a seven-year-old girl with autism has been informed that she will have to wait until 2026 for an appointment with school-age support services. Such a timeframe is, unfortunately, not unique, although it is atypical for the HSE to be...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Product Labelling (29 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contact there has been between her Department and the Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the issue of bilingual labelling of veterinary medicine. [22543/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a reckonable income figure is used to determine the payment rate of the pandemic unemployment payment to self-employed persons; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many self-employed salon owners are being paid less than their respective employees due to same; and if she will make a statement on the...