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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Pig Industry: Discussion. (13 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: My next three questions are interlinked, so I will ask them together. Slaughter capacity was the starting point of us being made aware of the potential crisis in the pig sector. I first became aware of the crisis when factories in the North indicated that they could not take southern stock due to labour shortages. Has the issue of capacity been addressed in the intervening period? I also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Pig Industry: Discussion. (13 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have a broader question, which I also put to the IFA, on the heads of the Minister's Bill on an office of transparency and fairness for the sector. What might the impact of that office be on the meat industry and has Mr. Healy concerns that it could lead to greater regulation of his sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Pig Industry: Discussion. (13 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank Mr. Healy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank ICOS for being here and I agree with Deputy Fitzmaurice's suggestion. I want to elaborate on the point he has made because ICOS's opening statement states: "It is important to clearly state, that these are agreed contracts, which unfortunately cannot be renegotiated." That is not how contracts work. A contract means it cannot be amended unilaterally. Contracts are changed all the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: We know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: We all agree on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is it the retailer or is it a step back from the retailer? Somebody is paying 25% below the market cost for a product. I have been around SuperValu, Aldi and Lidl I have not seen specials for 25% off milk on any of the shelves.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: We are here today because farmers have come to us to say they are under serious pressure. We are going to ICOS because its members are the people who the farmers are selling the milk to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: -----so what is ICOS planning to do for the people it is in contract with? Would there be merit in a round-table conversation with the entire chain? People are making money on the backs of the livelihoods of others. Mr. O'Gorman has rightly said that the co-operatives will not be served well if some of these farmers are forced out of business because that will have a bigger impact in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: But they can be changed. That was the emphasis of the point I made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: Mr. O'Gorman touched on the following point. The first interaction I ever had with ICOS was when I was in Brussels in 2014 and the problem then was price depression and a lot of these measures became much more popular as a result of trying to protect against volatility. The entire European milk strategy is based on the expectation that there will be periods of extreme volatility. The one...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: Stop introducing-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: For the avoidance of any doubt, I want to see the development of the North-South interconnector but I want it to happen in a way that has public acceptance. Here is the irony of the situation: had the Minister listened to the communities and to the expert advice the last time he was in government, I believe the North-South interconnector would be completed by now. Instead, we have had a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: I would suggest, in the first instance, that the Minister does not have the audacity to talk about economic development in the Border region considering his actions in regard to the N2 in an area where we have no public transport. This is not just about what Sinn Féin says. The independent review that the Minister has cited described undergrounding the North-South interconnector as a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: Because of the Minister's actions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: It has been held up for 20 years.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Minister will not engage.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects to receive the findings of a review into the north-south interconnector; and when such findings will be published. [17911/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: My question relates to the review into the north-south interconnector. When will the review be completed and when will the report be provided and published? That is not to say that I have any confidence that the review is going to deliver the type of assessment that is required, because the terms of reference have been so narrow. However, I would like an update from the Minister in respect...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests for attending. We have a remit over value for money and ensuring adequate expenditure of the public moneys allocated to our guests' organisation. It goes beyond general checks and balances and, as Deputy Murphy alluded to, involves a consideration of the length of time investigations take and the results that follow on from them. We cannot do that without reflecting on...