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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have one last question. Mr. Moroney set out in detail his criticism of the closed period for slurry spreading and even the proposed tightening of this. To summarise, he has called for an independent and technology-based decision-making process using the data available. I ask him to outline what that system would look like. Who would be responsible for it? How would it be overseen?

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for staying for the entirety of the debate. I commend Deputy Ó Laoghaire on bringing the motion to the House and on being a voice for leaving certificate students in the House and beyond over the past number of weeks. One of the key qualities attributed to the leaving certificate by its advocates is the fact that it is a great leveller and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Government was not worrying about a wage spiral when it appointing a Secretary General in the Department of Health.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review and increase income thresholds for inclusion on social housing waiting lists. [3201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families with a housing need currently in County Monaghan. [3200/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Measures (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 150. To ask the Taoiseach if he will propose legislation that will provide for the review and or appeal of decisions made by the Director of Public Prosecutions. [2897/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Horse Racing Industry (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the basis on which he determined that a new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland should be appointed at a salary of €137,356; the reason that the salary for the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland was set at a higher rate than that previously stipulated; if views were sought from NewERA of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Horse Racing Industry (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salary against which the salary of the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland was benchmarked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3232/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Horse Racing Industry (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a condition or mechanism exists within the contract of the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland which would see proposed salary increases in years two and three of the contract not implemented; if such a condition or mechanism exists which would see the salary reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to ensure that the public is informed of disciplinary findings concerning members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2894/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 559. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in creating the HSE grade of orthodontic therapist; the steps he has taken to expedite the creation of such a grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent tissue viability nurses in position within each primary care area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3565/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent tissue viability nurses in position in the Cavan and Monaghan region in which those nurses are based; if there are plans to increase this number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3566/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 687. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the salary for the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland was set at a higher rate than that previously stipulated; if the decision originated within his Department or Horse Racing Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3227/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of pension entitlements that will be accrued, by year, by the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland; the performance related bonuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3228/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 689. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the salary against which the salary of the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland was benchmarked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3229/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 690. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a condition or mechanism exists within the contract for the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland, which would see proposed salary increases in years two and three of the contract not implemented; if such a condition or mechanism exists that would see the salary reduced; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 704. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1172 of 2 November 2021, the location in the terms and conditions of the basic payment scheme in which reference is made to force majeure being accepted as a reason for compliance not being achieved as opposed to an application not being submitted on time or an on-farm inspection not having...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when allocations under the 2020 the sports capital and equipment programme will be made. [1746/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank Ms Forbes and her team for joining us today. I want to return to the employment status issue, and particularly the difference between the self-employed contractually and directly employed that has been the matter of some controversy. The Eversheds Sutherland report, which has been discussed, identified 157 people who had what were described as "attributes akin to employment" or...