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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: To clarify matters again, is Ireland among the member states that have expressed a desire to amend EU legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am talking about products that are banned for the purposes of cultivation but which can be imported as products. I am talking about products that were produced using GMO technology that is banned here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is that the case regardless of the fact that their production involved methods that are banned in Europe:?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I know the witnesses cannot deal with policy, but this is quite telling. If something is harmful to the environment in Europe, it would also be harmful to the environment in the United States or Argentina, for example, but I accept that the officials cannot deal with that issue. I want to move on to Teagasc now. Professor O'Mara has been unequivocal in stating his belief that this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am sorry to interrupt but did it eliminate the need for pesticides entirely? When Dr. Mullins says ten sprays, what does he mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: It only went down to ten sprays?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: What is that in percentage increase?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Okay. I thank Ms Fleming. What is the position of the Department in respect of the issue I mentioned at the earlier hearing, that is, GM crops that are currently banned for cultivation in Ireland and Europe being permitted for importation? I suspect the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, above all Departments, has strong views on that. Is that a fair or sustainable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have a tangential question for Teagasc, in particular. Its representatives were invited in on a different pretext so are entitled not to answer it, but it concerns the debate this week on the ongoing emergency with regard to food production, potential food shortages, input costs and all of that. Teagasc will have a critical role in advising Government, farmers and all of us on meeting...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: The most frustrating and angering part of being a Deputy is when one is dealing with parents who are getting in touch in order to expedite getting healthcare for their children. It has to be said that no parents should have to contact any elected representative to tell that representative the most intimate details of the medical needs of their child to try to secure disability or...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered expanding those approved colleges that receive grants in relation to the student hardship fund to include agricultural colleges on the same basis as those colleges already supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12501/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role of his Department in facilitating the provision of green cert courses via the education and training board sector; the number of students enrolled in such a course in each of the years since 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12502/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Natural Resources (8 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding provided to local authorities regarding hedgerow surveys to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12569/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Natural Resources (8 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total length of hedgerows in the State, in kilometres and hectares by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12570/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 746. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the year that Irish forestry will become a net emitter of carbon due to the current afforestation rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12529/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (8 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 747. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated by Horse Racing Ireland to anti-doping measures in each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12549/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (8 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 748. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated by Horse Racing Ireland for the welfare of retired racehorses in each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12550/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (8 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 749. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended by the Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board on the testing of blood, urine and hair samples; the number of such tests carried out in each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12551/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the manner in which farmers can identify if the holding is within the boundaries for the cooperative projects of the agri-environment cooperative measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12552/22]