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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: But even on the sampling of soil-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: Devinish can then extrapolate that across the whole-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Hagan wish to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: In the context of the different measures farmers can take on an on-farm basis, are we at a point that with some reliability Devinish can assess the improvements in terms of storage over a period?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: I am coming to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: I do not know if our guests heard our earlier discussion with the Department and Teagasc. I refer to what I am trying to determine in the first instance. Is it possible? Absolutely, it is possible. If you can do it on one farm, you can do it on all farms. Is it practically possible and feasible to do it at such a cost that it can be carried out throughout the country? That would be a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: What is our guests best guess at the cost of that? Can it be extrapolated to cost per hectare or per farm?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: What is the cost of that in the North?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: That is why I am trying to extrapolate the cost. Clearly, if we are to make the case to the Department, we need to know how much it will cost.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: What is that cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: Can the data be shared with individual landowners?
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the home of a family (details supplied) will be connected under the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56413/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: 88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority homes by local authority area in which asbestos is present in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56338/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to address the presence of low-risk asbestos containing materials in local authority homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56339/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the presence of asbestos-containing materials at local authority homes in Mullaghmatt, County Monaghan; if so, if his Department has engaged with the local authority to ensure that these asbestos containing materials do not pose a danger to the public; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: 274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU legislation that prohibits the extension of TAMS funding at a 60% grant rate to women over 55 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56213/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: 275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 20 May 2021, the amount of funding provided to pillar 2 schemes from the Exchequer and the amount through funds from the European Union by scheme in 2021 to date; the expected spend and allocation for 2021-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56214/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: 276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to pillar 1 payments in 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56215/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: 277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to pillar 1 funds for 2021-2022; the amount allocated to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56216/21]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)
Matt Carthy: The numbers are limited and there will always be some outside the agri-environmental scheme. Does Mr. Callanan see any measures being put in place to prevent or at least dissuade the ripping out of existing hedgerows on non-participating farms? Will there be some supports for farmers who are in a position to expand hedgerows outside the scheme?