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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: As somebody who is involved in a local authority, perhaps Ms Clerkin is well placed to answer the following general question. In terms of State-owned lands, including local authority lands, is she satisfied there are adequate strategies in place to use those lands for these type of projects? I am often struck by land that is serving no purpose and is not used by the public but is perfectly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: The one thing that will be thrown back at anybody who is engaging with farmers is the assertion that the farmers received State money to take out hedges and they are now being asked to put them back in. I suppose it is an example of the long-term damage done by ill thought-out policies. It has been outlined fairly well, but in terms of the actual mechanics of paying people for sequestering...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: Sincere apologies but I missed quite an amount of the meeting. I will try not to repeat what others have said already. I will start by sincerely thanking our guests for being here and for the work they do. It is important that the need for conservation, biodiversity and alternative ways of doing things is articulated at committees like this and in society at large, regardless of whether...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: It is great to have our guests here. They are very welcome. Dr. Moore has scrubbed up well since we last met on a wet, miserable day in the Chairman's constituency. It is good to see Ms Clerkin as passionate as ever about her areas of interest. I am excited about this conversation because I think there is great potential to address many of the challenges the committee deals with if we get...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gorse Burning (8 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he sought a derogation with regard to the burning of agricultural waste in 2022; if so, the result of such a request; when the result of the request was communicated to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6660/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (8 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports he can provide for vulnerable current account customers who may not be in a position to switch accounts prior to the closure of said accounts by a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5883/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 25 January 2022, the date that the review income eligibility for social housing was completed; if he plans to publish the review; if so, the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6723/22]

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

Matt Carthy: 836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 835 of 1 February 2022, if he or his colleagues in have had engagements with Bord na Móna with regard to provision of access to extraction equipment or mixing plant to the commercial peat extraction for horticultural use sector in the State; the timeline for implementing same; and if he...

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

Matt Carthy: 837. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 833 of 1 February 2022, the terms of reference of the Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board commissioned audit of anti-doping procedures in Irish racing further to the report of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on Horse Racing in Ireland; the intended timeline to...

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

Matt Carthy: 838. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 841 of 1 February 2022, the circumstances under which potato seed may be imported into the State without the State from which it was imported being specified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6659/22]

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

Matt Carthy: 839. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the updated forestry licensing target by licence type for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6720/22]

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

Matt Carthy: 840. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation in 2022 for a new system facilitating a pre-application engagement between the forester and his Department; the number of individual licences the pilot applies to; the types of licences the pilot applies to; when the pilot is due to conclude; if successful, when it is intended to roll-out the scheme more broadly; and...

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

Matt Carthy: 841. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is planned to provide a financial contribution to afforestation applicants towards the cost of environmental reports; the intended allocation for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6722/22]

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

Matt Carthy: 842. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated to the pilot soil sampling scheme; the number of places within the scheme this was intended to facilitate; the number of successful and unsuccessful candidates by county; the basis on which applicants were selected or refused; the number of successful applicants affected by reported delays by county; and if he...

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

Matt Carthy: 843. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to delays within the pilot soil sampling scheme; the consequences for farmers spreading lime, fertiliser or slurry prior to sampling taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6725/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (8 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 844. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to publish the CAP Strategic Plan given the 16 other European Union member states have done so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6726/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Code (8 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 845. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position of his Department, the expected impact and mitigation measures his Department intends to introduce with regard to privately owned farmland being within the remit of the zoned residential land tax from 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6727/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Minister's commitment to the sector will be judged on two measures, namely, the conditions experienced by those working in it and the costs borne by those people bringing their children to childcare facilities. Neither of those two areas has seen any improvement since this Government took office or since those thousands of people came onto the streets two years ago. We must, therefore,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: I take it from the Minister's response that those childcare providers I referred to will have the full information by March. I welcome that he expects the JLC process to be complete by then and that the Department will have published the breakdown of how this process will work in future. The next point, then, concerns those people working today in stressful conditions, because childcare...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: 120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to improve the pay and conditions of professionals in the childcare sector. [4894/22]