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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: That is agreed.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 10: In page 11, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “(6) The regulator shall, where details considered may be of a commercially sensitive nature, or which may not be in the public domain for the purposes of confidentiality throughout the agri-food supply chain, refrain from publishing such information without the consent of the party...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 11: In page 12, line 14, after “law” to insert “and anti-competitive actions in the agri-food supply chain”. The amendment seeks to broaden the scope of the Bill and to clarify and to introduce the ability of the regulator to consider competition issues and so-called cartel-like behaviour within certain sectors.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: This goes to the heart of our differences as to what the scope of the regulator could be. The difficulty is that, rather than duplicating any work, this body would be the first to engage proactively with anti-competitive actions in the agrifood sector because the CCPC has not done so to date, to be frank. This committee has heard a substantive amount of evidence in that regard from the farm...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I will press the amendment for the reasons I have outlined and for the purposes of addressing the deficiencies identified in the implementation of competition rules. In the beef sector, in particular, cartel-like practices have been going on for decades. One of the commitments we were given was that this new body would be in a position to address that. It cannot address it unless the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: On that note we had a lengthy conversation around the shareholder letter of expectation in June and what that might have meant or how Coillte might have interpreted that with regard to Gresham House. Has the Minister or his colleague, the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, commenced the process of reissuing a new shareholder letter of expectation to make it clear to Coillte that the option...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: How many of the 7,000 ha licensed were planted in January?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: That is of the 7,000 ha.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: On Report Stage.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ASD units in schools in County Monaghan, and the number of students attending each, in tabular form; if she will approve additional places at these units; if she intends to approve additional ASD units in other schools in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5709/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the establishment of an ASD unit at a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5710/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 418. To ask the Minister for Health the advice for persons resident in County Monaghan who have been informed by all GP practices in their locality that there are no spaces for new registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5877/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 430. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been excluded from weekend day-respite services at Galro Centre, Kilbixy Paddocks, County Westmeath; if this decision will be reversed or alternative weekend day-respite services will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5952/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 431. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been excluded from weekend day-respite services at Galro Centre, Kilbixy Paddocks, County Westmeath; if this decision will be reversed or alternative weekend day-respite services will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5953/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total hectarage of land affected by ash dieback within the State; if such affected hectares are included within national afforestation statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5860/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department was first provided with the draft guidelines and regulations to state aid in agriculture, forestry and fisheries for 2023 to 2027; if his Department made any submission to the process generally that would have facilitated Coillte accessing State supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5861/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the participation payment of the organic farming scheme will be paid; if the timing of such has been revised; if so, when; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5948/23]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: It is line (III) in administration.

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of new recruits to the Defence Forces; and the number of discharges in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive. [4694/23]