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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Will the review be published?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Services for Children with Disabilities (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister for her response. We are at one in respect of where we need to get to and I welcome that. However, for the family I am dealing with now, time is of the essence. I fear that childhood is being impacted and also the well being of the family. If one was to try and make this family's life more difficult, sometimes the responses of the agencies could not do a much better...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Services for Children with Disabilities (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am renowned for my brevity so I will try and keep it that way. I sincerely thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for taking this debate. It relates specifically to the issue of respite services in Cavan-Monaghan. She will agree that respite can make a huge difference for the family of a child with disabilities. It is good for the child, it is good for the parents and it is good...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 12: In page 12, line 17, after “inspections” to insert “, including unannounced inspections,”. This amendment is very simple. It is to ensure that unannounced inspections can be part of the regulator's remit.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: That is the way to do it.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 13: In page 13, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “(4) The regulator may at any time request comment from interested parties on any aspect of a code of practice submitted under this section.”. This is to insert the proposition that the regulator may at any time request comment from interested parties on any aspect of a code of...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: We can deal with it on Report Stage. The language used in the amendment is "may" so it does not impose any obligation for it to be shared with third parties. This will benefit all concerned. If a processor is going to the effort of engaging with the regulator on a proposed code of practice, it would make sense that the people who are intended to benefit from it would have some input before...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Amendment No. 14 not moved.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I will make the point again with respect to broadening the scope of the regulator to include consumers as well as buyers. We made the argument extensively at the last meeting, but I ask the Minister again to consider that we have as wide a scope in the powers and functions of the regulator as possible.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I welcome that. As it stands, while the section states "other persons", it also specifies buyers and suppliers. Clearly consumers are the third link of the chain and it would be helpful if they were specified.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 17: In page 16, line 13, to delete “two” and substitute “three”. The committee called for the size of the board to be increased. The Minister has done so and we welcome that has been included in the Bill. However, the proportionate representation of primary producers is therefore reduced as it has remained at two members. The...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: What amendments are being deleted?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 23: In page 17, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(7) a member of the board who is a primary producer will not be subject to a determination by lot should the representative who retired in the previous year also have been a primary producer.”. Our amendment was based on the assumption that two board members would be primary producers...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 25: In page 22, line 10, after “Minister” to insert “and the relevant Oireachtas Sectoral Committee”. This amendment concerns a new concept, and one that is almost uniquely new to Ireland, namely, that when appointments of this nature are being made, there should be a ratification process within the relevant parliamentary sectoral...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I have made the case. Just because something has not happened in the past is never a strong enough argument, in my view, as to why it should not happen in the future. As I have said, while it does not happen within the Irish system, there are several examples of the practice internationally. I have cited the European Parliament as an example. Many senior European roles that have the exact...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 29: In page 24, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(2) Prior to an appointment under section 33(1), a proposed candidate for Chief Executive shall attend the relevant Oireachtas Sectoral Committee to discuss his or her strategic priorities for the role.”.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 33: In page 28, line 25, after “chain” to insert the following: “including any recommendations made to the Minister regarding its own functions, or proposed or requested powers or functions”. Essentially, this seeks to bring the practice of the publication of the annual report of the new body in line with the practice of other bodies....

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: To my mind, amendment No. 33 was and is the important amendment in this regard, which the Minister has accepted. I welcome this. We will withdraw amendments Nos. 34 and 35 on the basis of what the Minister has said.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 42: In page 43, to delete lines 28 to 31 and substitute the following: “(ii) in the case of an undertaking that is not an individual, to a fine not exceeding the greater of €50,000,000, or 20 per cent of the turnover of the undertaking in the financial year ending in the 12 months prior to the conviction, or (iii) in the case of an individual, to a fine...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I accept and acknowledge that the committee had reached a consensus and brought forward a recommendation that was accepted by the Minister. I will not, therefore, press for a vote on this amendment. This is one area, though, where I ask the Minister and the Department to include a commitment to review it after some time. The truth with these levels of fines, where we are talking about...