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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I will give my experience from dealing with quite a number of people. I have never seen earlier appointments for a four-day turnaround than when somebody first goes on. The date will generally move a day every day and is usually in the timeframe we are taking about, which is in two weeks' time. According to everything we have heard, if it is a renewal application, you are wasting your time...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: We get all that. Does Ms Byrne accept there is a difficulty in cases where people need to make on-the-day appointments? We all accept the online system, when it works, is much better than what was in place but I remember that, as a lad in my 20s, two days before I was supposed to fly out I realised my passport was out of date. I was able to walk into the building just up the road and walk...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Unfortunately, I have to take that as a "No". I have limited time and want to deal with the issue that has arisen, particularly in my office. I qualify everything I am saying by saying people should not have to visit or contact their politicians in order to get passports, but many people feel they must because of the experiences we have heard. People understand that politicians can ring and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: May I interject? There must be and must continue to be a mechanism whereby we can talk to humans. Most of the stuff can be dealt with online, but most of the time when we ring on behalf of people it is because they cannot get the full information and because the only way it can be found is by talking to a person. I appeal that, whatever happens, there is a system whereby people can make...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: The percentage should be similar to that for the South.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Has the Department been examining it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I ask the Department to look into it in greater detail because it is hugely important.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Department could employ some new staff and put them in a northern office.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants from County Monaghan for the school transport scheme in 2021 and 2022; the number of late applicants; and the steps that she has taken to ensure that a space is available for all students in September 2022. [34780/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken to ensure all children with special educational needs will have a school place this coming September. [34779/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: As the Minister is the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have to ask him if he is aware of the misuse of public transport funding that is discriminating against regions in this country? The N2 road alongside the A5 has been considered in several Government documents and plans to be a crucial artery and economic driver for both the central, Border and the north-western regions of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: There is no public transport in the region I am talking about.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (29 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual costs associated with the work of the Climate Change Advisory Council to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34744/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances since 2017 in which a gift clawback has arisen as a result of farmer who has inherited or been gifted land and has placed such land jointly in the name of their spouse; the average tax intake as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34732/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 27. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 370 and 371 of 14 June 2022, the total value of income deferred in relation to the 90 taxpayer units that declared exempt income from the leasing of agricultural land and also claimed consanguinity relief during 2019; if he intends to repeat the 2019 analysis on the basis of any other year; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific tax reliefs available to farmers which are due to expire in 2022/2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34734/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Surveys (29 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to commence a national hedgerow survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34747/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Surveys (29 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of carrying out a national hedgerow survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34748/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (29 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 29 March 2022, the total number of full-time and part-time students enrolled in the referenced educational institutions who could potentially avail of the student hardship fund in each of the years 2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34746/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (29 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of indicative allocations for Pillar 2 rural development measures that will be made up by co-financing; the maximum co-financing permissible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34731/22]