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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank Mr. Watt. He will be aware that our committee, along with the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, has spent a lot of time discussing his salary. The allocated salary for the position he took up was €292,000 and he waived the increased portion of that. Has he continued to waive that salary increase? Does he believe the salary is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: Just to clarify, the question I asked related to the public statement that Mr. Watt made that he was waiving the increased salary. The only question I asked was whether that continues to be the case. Is he saying he will not answer that question?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: No, that is fine. Deputy Catherine Murphy can go on ahead.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I am okay for now.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I was looking for clarification, in the first instance, as to whether we have written to GSOC as well on this matter. The length of time, at the best of times, that GSOC investigations take can be quite frustrating for those who are dealing with the system. Separately, can we get confirmation GSOC is on our work plan for next year? It would be useful if we had it appear before the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I request that, in the interim, we send a letter to GSOC.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: My point can wait until the January meeting, if that is agreeable.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: Is there a reason we must deal separately with National Broadband Ireland and the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications? The timeframe for putting specific questions to each body will be very limited. If it is the case we will deal with each body separately, I propose that we waive the correspondence meeting in the afternoon and have National Broadband Ireland for the full...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe within which the all-island strategic rail review is expected to deliver its conclusions. [61887/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the all-island strategic rail review will consider the proposal to develop a new rail line from Dublin to the north west servicing County Monaghan and other counties. [61886/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance if recommendations that arise from the proposed review into extending section 664A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, to include agricultural contractors for the purpose of providing them similar status as farmers regarding the carbon tax on green diesel, will be implemented prior to the relevant increase in carbon tax taking effect in May 2022. [61889/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (16 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward recommendations to address the high costs of insurance cover in the childcare sector. [61888/21]

Appointment of Member and Chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I have not had an opportunity to formally welcome the Minister back. I congratulate her on her recent arrival. GSOC should be the route whereby families or victims who feel they have been ill served by Garda actions can find truth and justice. One family that sought this were the parents and siblings of Shane O'Farrell. This House will recall that Shane was a 23-year-old Carrickmacross...

Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Instruction to Committee (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I welcome any proposals aimed at increasing native tree-planting and encouraging smaller levels of afforestation among those who may not be willing or able, in the current climate, to take a leap towards greater levels of planting. Even so, the manner in which this proposal has been brought forward so late in the day, as an amendment to legislation that will ban fur-farming, is a matter of...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I had some trouble joining the meeting, so I apologise for being a few minutes late. Will the Minister give his rationale for not accepting the amendment, if that is his intention? Will he elaborate on the wording it is proposed not to amend, namely, "during the period commencing 6 months before"? There is a seasonal element to workers in this sector. Is the Minister satisfied all workers...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: I am talking specifically about employees as opposed to farmers, so-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: My supplementary question to that is in respect of the redundancy package, bearing in mind the Minister's and his officials' assertions that we cannot legislate for anything beyond the statutory redundancy provision and bearing in mind these are jobs that will be lost because of a decision the Houses of the Oireachtas make. This is a rare occurrence. Has the Minister considered provisions...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: That is too unclear in terms of the barometer that is set. The easiest way of giving assurance on the definition of a "serious or significant" error is to give us a ballpark figure of the costs that would be involved. The second part is to ask whether the Minister has received advice from the Attorney General on Deputy Michael Collins's proposed amendment regarding the word "material"....

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: The difficulty is that we have not elicited clearly from the Minister's remarks what would constitute a "serious or significant" error. Remember, this process deals with compensation for people's livelihoods ending as a result of legislation that is passed. The standard should be, therefore, that no errors are made when the compensation that is due to people is being assessed. I will put...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: It is not agreed.