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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy and Young Farmers: Engagement with Macra na Feirme (1 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: No. Everything else I was interested in was covered. I thank our guests from Macra na Feirme again. I am sure we will see them again soon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy and Young Farmers: Engagement with Macra na Feirme (1 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: The big issue is going to be around generation renewal and succession if we are going to do all that Mr. Keane said. He mentioned on-farm succession schemes previously. Could he give a view in terms of what an on-farm succession scheme would and should look like to Macra na Feirme?

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: Deputy Kerrane has set out the implications of the proposed tendering of local employment schemes. I commend her on bringing forward this motion. Rather than dealing with the situation State-wide, I will point the Minister to a service she knows very well, the Monaghan local employment service. This service has been in operation since 1998. It has secured the esteem and goodwill of the...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "20th October, 2021": "; that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shall: - conduct a full review of the Exchequer funding to the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund with a view to examining the social and economic impact of the fund, including the efficacy of the fund in supporting the development of both sectors, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: It is good to see you back, a Cheann Comhairle. The Taoiseach knows there is a crisis in the horticultural sector as a result of peat shortages. Successive Governments over recent years have allowed that crisis to fester by not preventing the export of peat, not investing in finding alternatives to peat and allowing and forcing companies to import peat from the far side of Europe. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: I am only asking the Taoiseach to publish the report.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: Absolutely. Will the Taoiseach publish the report?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: The Government is outsourcing health policy to Lidl.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: Answer the question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: It is you who is playing politics.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Horticulture Sector (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 133. To ask the Taoiseach the quantity of horticulture peat that was exported from Ireland in each of the years 2016-2020 and to date in 2021; the countries of destination and the quantity for each; the proportion of that quantity that was cultivated by Bord na Móna in tabular form. [58845/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the report by the Chairman of the Working Group on Horticulture Peat; his proposals to implement its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58844/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Tests (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the roll-out of Covid-19 antigen tests within the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59020/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current Covid-19 financial supports in place for the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59021/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Qualifications Recognition (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Baccalauréat Professionnel level 4 on the European Qualifications Framework is considered a comparable qualification to the Green Certificate level 5 Quality and Qualifications Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Childcare Services (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 497. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a Covid-19 test and trace facility is provided to the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59138/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department has in place to identify and eradicate Johne’s disease in cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58741/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 758. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of instances of Johne’s disease within the State for the years 2017 to date by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58742/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 759. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulatory approach to control or eradication of Johne’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58743/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (30 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on the vaccination of livestock against Johne’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58744/21]