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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: I take it that figure does not include emergency accommodation for people seeking international asylum.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: It comes from a different Department. I refer to the estimated outturns of €585 million for HAP and €133 million for RAS. I will assume rent supplement will remain static in the context of the upward trajectory we have seen, giving a figure of €123 million. The amount for emergency accommodation is €194 million. If we also take into account the figures Mr....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: Essentially, what we are talking about here is people who are availing of schemes that involve subsidies to private interests. In most instances, those people would be better served by, and much prefer to be housed in, a direct social housing scheme, as was traditionally the case.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rights of Way (17 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 31. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress that has been made with regard the provision of indemnification for farmers with land that is accessible to the public for hill walking. [7838/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (17 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the intended timeline for introducing an effective rural proofing model as committed to in Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025. [7837/22]

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?