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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: We are in the middle of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: A total of 40% of those who secure licences for afforestation do not proceed to planting. That is a significant level. There is not another scheme I am aware of where that number of people go to the effort of making an application and, by the time it comes round, decide not to proceed. Is there any sense that will change as a result of the new forestry programme? If it does not, it means...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: My final question will go off-topic, but it concerns an issue this committee considers quite a bit because we get representations from communities and environmental organisations. The fact we can grow trees twice as fast as other European countries has been mentioned twice now, but that is specifically Sitka spruce. Does the ITC see scope for diversification into new forestry in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Does the ITC see any other route where farmers would move to different types of tree planting and wood production, in a sustainable way, both environmentally and financially?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I welcome our guests. They have made their case incredibly well and have answered a number of the obvious questions. We have been talking about a crisis in forestry for a number of years, certainly in my time in national politics. We have called it an emergency more recently. I do not know what word we are supposed to use when we have gone beyond an emergency. The situation we are in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I must go to the Chamber. We will be meeting Coillte next week, which will be an important discussion. I suggest that we invite our two ministerial colleagues back as soon as feasible. It is not that I have any confidence in any response we might receive, but either through naivety or incompetence within the Department, they believe that they overcame a storm in January in the form of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (22 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to Iarnród Éireann proposals to charge holders of free travel passes a fee when booking journeys online to Newry, Belfast and other locations; how his Department communicates its expectations in relation to how the free travel pass scheme should operate with Iarnród Eireann; if such a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I thank the gentlemen for coming in. The Irish Timber Council is an important voice that needs to be heard in our wider debates around afforestation. I want to pick up on the last point in respect of the Coillte-Gresham House joint venture deal. The witnesses probably feel the need to be more diplomatic than many of us do but it is an important point they raise. The rationale for this...

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

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising (21 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 127. To ask the Taoiseach the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department and all agencies under the remit of his Department in 2022 and in January 2023. [8694/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (21 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 128. To ask the Taoiseach the number of communications staff currently employed in his Department; the cost of these staff for 2022; and the expected cost for 2023. [8712/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (21 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department and all agencies under the remit of his Department in 2022 and in January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8683/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (21 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of communications staff currently employed in his Department; the cost of these staff for 2022; the expected cost for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8701/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (21 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on any engagements or correspondence his Department has had with the owners or management of a hotel (details supplied) since January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8784/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (21 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports that employees at a hotel (details supplied) have remained unpaid for significant periods in 2022 and 2023; if his Department will intervene to ensure that all employees are paid salaries and entitlements owed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8785/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Advertising (21 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department and all agencies under the remit of his Department in 2022 and in January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8684/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (21 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of communications staff currently employed in his Department; the cost of these staff for 2022; the expected cost for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8702/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Advertising (21 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department and all agencies under the remit of his Department in 2022 and in January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8696/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (21 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of communications staff currently employed in his Department; the cost of these staff for 2022; the expected cost for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8714/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Advertising (21 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department and all agencies under the remit of his Department in 2022 and in January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8685/23]