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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (17 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to establish an independent public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) and the roles of the State agencies prior to and subsequent to their death, as previously agreed by Dáil and Seanad Éireann. [6708/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (17 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received the final report from a person (details supplied) in respect to the circumstances surrounding the death of a person; and if she plans to publish that report in full. [6707/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality last met and will next meet. [6690/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: There was already a crisis before Covid.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the appeal in respect of the jobseeker’s allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be decided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8588/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if expenditure was incurred by his Department in each of the years 2017 to date in 2022 with regard to a company (details supplied); the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8692/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank all our guests for being here. It is good to see them back in the committee room again. I have a number of questions. I will deal with them individually in case we run out of time. Thankfully, a couple have already been asked. The first is in respect of the TB forum and its subcommittees. Conscious that the Department has set it up in lights, in effect, as the source of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: Who is responsible for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is the delay a recruitment delay or a-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: Do any other representatives want to comment? Is that a fair reflection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: I will come to financing in a minute. One of the points Mr. McCabe made was the target to eradicate TB by 2030 is ambitious. Many farmers question the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: My point was not on finance, but go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: As we are on funding and because I do not think we will get away from it, are the representatives satisfied that the budget as it stands is being expended effectively? In other words, in respect of the Department element and what it is putting forward - we can argue about the breakdown - is it spending that in the most effective manner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am sorry. I get that point, which is an important one, but the question I am trying to get to the heart of is about the money being provided by the Department, specifically. References were made to the wildlife programme and other elements. Is that being spent as best it could, even if it remained static? Is there wastage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is an important point. I wish to address Mr. Keane on the broader question but also on a question that I was going to put to Mr. McCabe. Anyone can answer it, actually. Is anyone who is on this call or in the room confident that, on our current trajectory, the target of eliminating TB by 2030 will be achieved? Can it be achieved at all without a cattle vaccination programme that works?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank Mr. Keane. I will discuss the funding model as briefly as I can. The IFA's submission mentioned that the funding model must include those outside the farm gate who are beneficiaries of the programme. I presume that refers to the factories and, ultimately, all of us. Will Mr. Maher elaborate on how the IFA envisages that model working? The witnesses have been unanimous in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: Before other members contribute, I might ask a further question. Mr. Maher correctly referenced the value of the bovine herd and industry to Irish agrifood and the Irish economy more broadly. That value is predominantly based on the positive image of the Irish beef product. It is the image of a farmer standing in a field beside a cow and her calf, maybe with a dog as well. It is in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: It does. It is in the context of the TB eradication programme that the controlled finishing units are in place. At least, that is what the Deputy of Agriculture, Food and Marine has told me.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 125. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in addressing the backlog of audiology appointments in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [7835/22]