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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 877. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government has relaxed or eased restrictions related to the importation of pets to the State since February 2020; if so, the manner in which restrictions were eased; the basis for same; if such easements are available to citizens in countries in which Covid-19 lockdowns remain in place; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (10 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 878. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if more stringent rules are to be introduced or come into effect regarding the days that an animal must be kept by a licensed livestock exporter prior to export; the reason for such rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23400/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (10 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 879. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cattle exported from Ireland are required to be TB tested in advance; if the Government intend to revise such requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23401/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 880. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to streamline the appeals process given that in 2020 the time it took for the office of agricultural appeals to receive documents from the Department in relation to the ANC scheme, basic payment scheme and organic farming scheme were on average respectively, 65, 33 and 92 days; the progress that was made in this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 881. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is necessary to increase the number of appeals officers on a pro-rata basis arising from agricultural appeals averaging 185 days to closure in 2021 against a target of 90 days; if not, his proposals to ensure that the target is achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23403/22]

Regulations for the Sale and Distribution of Turf: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: If we are to take the Minister's remarks on their own I am sure the vast majority of people would say they are all laudable aspirations. When people are in government they have to be judged on the results of their words and actions and here are the results of what the Minister, the Green Party and the Government managed to do in recent weeks. The amount of turf that will be extracted and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: I welcome Mr. Hogan and his colleagues. I thank them for attending. I wish to raise a number of issues and the first one concerns the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme. The long-standing, long reported and long complained about issues relating to the scheme came to a head in 2020 with the decision by the Supreme Court. However, we have since had, essentially, the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: May I ask a question? The new board will be appointed on exactly the same basis as the old board. In other words, its remit and terms of reference will be the same.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: To be clear, the rationale provided for the resignation of the board of appeal has not had a substantive impact on how the board will operate in future.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: Mr. Hogan mentioned that one of the reasons for the board to be reconstituted is that there are appeals outstanding or people who wish to make an appeal. Does he accept that the rate of successful appeals was incredibly low, to the point that it was-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: This is a scheme that has been operating under Mr. Hogan's Department for several years.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: Clear deficiencies have been identified, including through the court ruling, reports of the Ombudsman and the entire board of appeal tendering its resignation. Does Mr. Hogan accept that it is a failure on the part of his Department that another Department is now carrying out a review and he is waiting for that to be completed before corrective action is taken?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: It is being led by a Minister of State-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: Mr. Hogan accepts that amendments need to be made to the scheme-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: I want to touch on the EU budget. The Comptroller and Auditor General has told us that Ireland's contribution to the EU budget in 2020 amounted to just under €2.6 billion, which was a 5.6% increase on the amount in 2019. Does Mr. Hogan accept it is always incredibly difficult to get a clear sense of what the EU receipts were in order to compare and contrast that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: To what figure are they forecast to rise?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is a lot of money.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: Was that report on EU transactions?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020 (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: There is reference to it in the file provided for the meeting. It was published in 2020 in respect of 2018 figures.