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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is fair enough and I appreciate the straight answer. Recommendation 11 covers an issue that come up often at the committee. It stated that full traceability of horses via an electronic system, like the AIM system for cattle, of which this committee is well aware, needs to be introduced by the Department immediately. Is that going to happen immediately?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank Mr. Sheahan. I will not go into the other recommendations. This is the committee at which our guests will get the best hearing in respect of horse racing. Uniquely and unanimously, the members of this committee have a keen interest in seeing horse racing in Ireland succeed. Our starting point for all of these interactions is to consider what is in the best interests of Irish horse...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have gone through the recommendations. I acknowledge that in line with recommendation 3, the IHRB has improved its system in respect of the transparency around pay scales. Other than that, none of the recommendations have been implemented in any meaningful way whatsoever.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I do not mean to come across as facetious, but I am more concerned about the independent members of the board. What criteria are being put in place?

Rising Food Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: The truth is that food is just the latest necessity to see substantial price hikes. That is not an accident. Farm input costs have been increasing dramatically for several months, indeed, for the past year, and the Government has failed to act adequately. It was warned that this would happen if it did not act. Costs of fuel, one very important input, have been rising. There are...

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: This is some farce. We are here to make statements on transport and the Minister for Transport is not even here. He has left. The Minister of State who is here is not even assigned to the Department of Transport. When the Minister did speak, he spoke for 20 minutes without reference to the one aspect of transport policy that the whole country is talking about, that is, the debacle at...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (31 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of PET plastic that was exported from Ireland for recycling in each year 2016 to 2021 inclusive and, to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27741/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (31 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount in subsidies that was provided in respect of PET plastic that was subsequently exported from Ireland for recycling in each year 2016 to 2021 inclusive and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27742/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (31 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of PET plastic that was imported into Ireland for recycling in each year 2016 to 2021 inclusive and to date in 202, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27743/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (31 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he intends to introduce a levy on the use of virgin plastic material as is the case in the United Kingdom and in a number of European Union states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27744/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (31 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a data breach within his Department whereby the home addresses of childcare providers were published on the Department’s website; the number of persons that were affected by such breaches; if all the of the persons concerned have been contacted and informed of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (31 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 771. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure an early surgery appointment for a person (details supplied). [28058/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (31 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to allocate funds from the European Crisis Reserve; the level of co-financing that will be provided by the Government; and the timeframe for delivery of emergency funding measures through the reserve. [27654/22]

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

Matt Carthy: 818. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to provide additional supports to farmers in respect of increased input costs, including in fuel, feed, fertiliser and energy. [27649/22]

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

Matt Carthy: 819. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of his proposals that are to increase participation in organic farming. [27650/22]

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

Matt Carthy: 820. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the group of farmers known as the forgotten farmers; and the timeframe for the delivery of same. [27651/22]

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

Matt Carthy: 821. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average number of afforestation licences that are targeted for issuance per week in 2022; and the average issued per week to date. [27653/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (31 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: 823. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has formally responded to the communication from the European Commission in respect of the CAP strategic plan; if he intends to re-engage farm stakeholders with regard to a revised CAP Strategic Plan; and if he intends to bring a revised CAP Strategic Plan before the Houses of the Oireachtas for debate and approval. [27655/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: Returning to the issue of special education, the language is not the problem. The problem is the policy and the scandalous fact that in late May there are 80 children in Dublin and many more across the State who do not yet have special classes assigned to them for next September. The problem is that the Government has not planned to put in place the measures that would fulfil the parents'...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: On the back of a piece of paper, I can think of rents, mortgage interest costs, childcare costs, insurance premiums and healthcare access. These are all areas where Irish workers and families were already paying among the highest rates in the world under the Tánaiste's Government, and all of that has been added to by the soaring cost of electricity and fuel prices that are quite simply...