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Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: The groceries order was in place.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: As I mentioned, I was in the European Parliament when the originating law, the unfair trading practices directive, went through. I followed it at every stage during that process and I was proud at one stage because I got the European Parliament to adopt a position of supporting a ban on below-cost selling across the EU. That is the pivotal measure required and it would answer the Minister's...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: I support this amendment. The Minister will be aware that below-cost selling or a ban on the sale or purchase, depending on what angle you are coming from, of goods below the cost of production has been one of the biggest sources of debate throughout the discussion. The most important amendment in respect of the regulator and the easiest one for the Minister to accept is amendment No. 10...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate. As the Minister will know, we have engaged extensively with him on these matters since probably before the last General Election when we debated the need to protect, in the first instance, primary producers, as well as consumers, from what is an ongoing difficulty with our food supply chain. That difficulty arises from that fact that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: I return to the issue of the A5 road. As the Taoiseach will know, regrettably recently there was another tragedy on that road in County Tyrone. The A5 along with the N2 in this State is the most dangerous road in Ireland. In recognition of this, the need for improved transport links to the north west and, as the Taoiseach has acknowledged, the all-Ireland economic opportunities generated...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will work with the Passport Office to ensure that original documentation, supplied by applicants in respect of first-time passports, is returned with or as close to the issuance of the passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21986/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the delay by the Passport Office to return original documentation supplied by applicants in respect of first-time passports; his proposals to reduce those delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21987/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Maritime Jurisdiction (10 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: 40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures currently in place to monitor and protect subsea infrastructure, including communications infrastructure, under Irish-controlled waters; the proposals to improve the capacity in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21966/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Maritime Jurisdiction (10 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of instances in 2020, 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023 when it is suspected that foreign-owned vessels have engaged in monitoring or mapping of subsea infrastructure in Irish controlled waters; the specific dates of such events; the nationalities involved in each instance; the response of Irish authorities in each instance; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Maritime Jurisdiction (10 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the air patrols that have been deployed to monitor subsea infrastructure in Irish waters in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the specific dates of such patrols; the aircraft and resources deployed in each instance; whether there are plans to increase air patrols near subsea infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Maritime Jurisdiction (10 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the naval patrols that have been deployed to monitor subsea infrastructure in Irish waters in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the specific dates of such patrols; the vessels and resources deployed in each instance; whether there are plans to increase naval patrols near subsea infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Correspondence (10 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: 73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his engagements or the correspondence that his Department has had with the owners or management of a hotel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21996/23]

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am sure that on hearing that the Government will bring the big retailers around the table, many watching this debate will wonder where they had heard that before, because there is a record of the Irish people being fleeced. We saw it with the insurance companies when we heard strong words from the Government but very little action. In fact, it took Deputy Doherty, who made several...

Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: The Irish people firmly believe that this country's place is in the European Union. That position has been reaffirmed repeatedly over the past 50 years, notably and most recently by the vast majority of people in the North, who voted to remain and who utterly rejected Brexit. I join in the commendation of the European Union institutions on their role in supporting that majority of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: On a point of clarification, is the Taoiseach accepting that there will be a debate in respect of the agreement with the RAF or are we to take his word that it is legally compliant and in line with the constitutional obligation of the Government to bring international agreements before this House?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: It is not agreed. The Government's refusal to provide any clarity on reports that there has been a long-standing agreement with the British Government that allows the RAF to operate in Irish airspace simply is not good enough. Such a dependency on a foreign Government to monitor and protect our skies against hostile aircraft is a scandalous exposure of the failure of successive governments...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Hybrid Threats and Threats to the National Infrastructure: Institute of International and European Affairs (9 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: I might have to pop out for a few minutes for EU statements in the Dáil. I thank the gentlemen for their presentation. I have a couple of follow-on questions in respect of the report. One of the recommendations is that Ireland develops its intelligence capabilities to counter hybrid threats. The IIEA representatives stated that we are not in line with comparator countries. Could...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (4 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide sufficient funding in 2023 to permit the N2 Ardee-to-Castleblayney road project to proceed to the next stage. [20523/23]