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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Where GSOC issues findings or fines, in how many instances has the Commissioner revoked them?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have a report here from The Sunday Timesby the journalist Mr. Mark Tighe, which says that the Garda Commissioner "revoked fines and findings of negligence against two of the three gardaí who faced disciplinary sanctions over their handling of prosecutions against a Lithuanian driver who killed Shane O'Farrell.". Shane O'Farrell was a young man from my home town who was killed in a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I would welcome that. I accept that the Commissioner does not want to talk about specific cases but I want to use the case of Shane O'Farrell as an example-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Unfortunately, there is no current investigation because gardaí have completed their deliberations and GSOC has completed its deliberations. This event took place 11 years ago. The man who was driving the car that killed Shane O'Farrell should have been in prison at the time. He had been stopped in his car by gardaí about a half an hour before the incident. He was in breach of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Essentially what is being conducted by a former judge is a scoping inquiry, 11 years on. The scoping inquiry may give options but in the broadest terms, where questions need to be answered, there have been tribunals and independent inquiries and other mechanisms used in the past. Does Mr. Harris have a view on the most appropriate way to get answers when serious allegations of a failure to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: That goes back to my original point. If the gardaí concerned are able to assess that this does not form part of the Garda code and that their interactions with GSOC are not an integral part of their work, does Mr. Harris agree that there is scope for reform of GSOC to improve its ability to carry out investigations of this nature in a more timely and efficient manner?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I support the proposition that we write to InterTradeIreland. The Comptroller and Auditor General has explained this previously but how precisely does the audit process work when the body crosses two jurisdictions? Is he satisfied that the process is sufficiently streamlined and that there can be maximum public confidence in it? On the Royal Irish Academy and the deferred pension funding...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: We sought details to be included in the accounts of the remuneration associated with Accounting Officers. The reference to this was a request coming late in the timeframe for preparation and sign off on the accounts. This is information that is readily available within the Department and the letter and request from our committee was sent on 31 January so I do not accept that there would be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Deputy Murphy must be a very strict mother indeed. I propose we adopt a strategy my children use, which is to keep coming back until they get the answer they want. The reason I used the term "met"-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: The reason I used the term "met" in the context of remuneration is we know what the stated salary is. In one particular instance, the Accounting Officer in the Department of Health made a very public statement indicating he was waiving a portion of that salary. I want, and what I hope this committee is seeking, the figure relating to the remuneration when that waiver was included in that or...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support producers of hemp in the State. [16818/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the weekly target for the issuance of forestry licences; the weekly average to date in 2022; and the average number issued in each of the past four weeks. [16819/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional supports that will be available to Irish farmers arising from the increased prices in energy, feed and other inputs. [16815/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the pig sector. [16816/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated to his Department from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve in 2022; and the areas to which his Department has allocated this funding. [16817/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (31 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the guidance issued to State bodies or agencies encouraging the procurement of organic produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11298/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulations and Verification Systems of Online Sales of Pets: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I do not have many questions, since much has been covered already. I extend my apologies to my committee as I have to leave for the second session, which will be important. I commend Senator Boylan on bringing this matter to the committee. To get a better understanding of Fido, am I correct in saying that it is a private company?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulations and Verification Systems of Online Sales of Pets: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is it limited?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulations and Verification Systems of Online Sales of Pets: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: What is its structure? I see it is based in a veterinary clinic. Is it assigned to a specific vet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulations and Verification Systems of Online Sales of Pets: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Who are Fido's customers? Who does it liaise with? Is it other vets, individual owners or breeders and sellers?