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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: In the first instance, we should welcome the fact that there has been some movement and that some of the money that was lost to the taxpayer has been recouped. The Comptroller and Auditor General should be commended on highlighting this issue, as well as the members of the previous committee and this current committee, who have been dogged in pursuing the issue. At the end of the day, there...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I support the proposal that the committee write to the HSE. The correspondent makes what I would consider to be very serious allegations that we, as a committee, must take seriously. The person states that it was known to the Department of Health that some section 38 and 39 organisations were insolvent. In the first instance, it is important that we get whatever evidence for that is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Any other business.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Yes. Like myself and others, I am sure that the Chair will have been surprised to read in this morning's Irish Independentabout the latest fiasco in which An Bord Pleanála has found itself. Ironically, delays in strategic housing development, SHD, applications are leading to fines being imposed on An Bord Pleanála. We are told that they are now in the region of €1 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I do not know whether we have decided to invite An Bord Pleanála to appear before us again. Is a meeting on our work programme?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: So many issues have arisen since it was last before us that we should try to expedite another meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: In the meantime, I suggest that we write to seek an explanation for the fines and to see whether an additional outlay is expected. In previous engagements, we have spoken about the amount of money that has been lost by An Bord Pleanála in terms of judicial reviews and other legal actions. Now we find that a further €1 million is being expended because of its failure to deal with...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Every time the board does not deal with an SHD application within the specified timeframe, the developer gets €10,000 from it. This situation is reaching the point where the entire process is insulting to the Irish people.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: In the meantime, may I propose that we write to An Bord Pleanála to ask for a written briefing on this issue?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 31. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the intended timeframe to introduce legislation underpinning the provision of pensions to carers. [50586/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to amend the income disregard, the eligibility criteria and the schemes which attract the disregard in the means test, for the farm assist scheme. [50587/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made in relation to implementing the report of the advisory group on the provision of support including accommodation to persons in the international protection process. [50589/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (13 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received to date in each county for essential needs payments in respect of new home kits; the number of applications that were successful and the average processing times per application per county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50827/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The finance Bill is set to be published next week. Will the concrete block levy be part of it? We have heard conflicting reports and briefings. I put it to the Minister that the proposal for this concrete block levy should be scrapped. It is a ludicrous notion to increase the cost of building homes at a time when we are facing an unprecedented housing and inflationary crisis. Incredibly,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: No, I did not. That is not-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Minister knows it is not.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Will the Minister answer the question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: With the Chair's indulgence, I will have a bit of a rant. We are in danger of this committee becoming a glorified group therapy support forum in that members are listening to problems we have heard many times and to concerns we all share, while the people and Departments that can assist in resolving those concerns are refusing to engage. It is absolutely scandalous. I stand to be corrected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I genuinely think this is a very serious matter. As I said to the Chair on countless occasions, my primary reason for having an interest in this matter is because the mushroom sector in particular has provided a lifeline to a part of my constituency that had virtually no other economic activity and had become a world leader in that sector. It is not without its faults. Nobody is suggesting...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (12 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 29 September 2022, if the EU VAT directive allows a member state to apply a reduced rate of VAT regarding the supply and installation of solar panels on agricultural buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50574/22]