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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: I apologise for cutting across Ms Duggan, but I am running out of time and there is a further question I want to ask. Will the witnesses outline the role of Tusla in monitoring the private companies' work? How does Tusla ensure that they are doing everything according to the same rules, regulations and standards as apply to Tusla's own carers? Can the witnesses quantify the cost of that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: I presume that Tusla has some mechanism in place to monitor the companies and how they are operating.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Notwithstanding the point made by Deputy Burke, I am just becoming aware of this issue. Deputy Buckley raised it with me in recent days. The report we have here is quite concerning. It appears to me the problem is as a result of a historical lack of investment. Time and again we see services are depleted to such an extent that the HSE then tells us they must be removed because they are in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Organic Farming (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister of State. The EU average was 7.5% about three years ago. Across the board, the EU has set a target of 25%. We are second to last, coming only ahead of Malta with regard to land under organic use. The question I posed was very specific. It was on the number of new organic farmers. While the amount of land under organic use is important, and the Minister of State's...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Organic Farming (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected number of new organic farmers for 2022; the additional funding that will be allocated to the organic farming scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50848/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Organic Farming (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: I ask the Minister of State the number of new farmers that she expects to join the organic farming scheme in 2022; the additional funding that will be allocated to the scheme; and her proposals for the sector.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Organic Farming (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: For the sake of clarity, I ask the Minister of State to outline what the current organic land area is and what proportion she expects that to reach by the end of 2022. I gather from her reply that the target remains 7.5% by 2030. That is absolutely pathetic. One of the reasons for the lack of ambition is apparent in the Minister of State's comment that she wants to align the organic...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new measures included in budget 2022 for suckler beef farmers, sheep farmers and farmers in areas of natural constraint. [50847/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: I ask the Minister to outline the new measures in budget 2022 for suckler beef farmers, sheep farmers and farmers operating in areas of natural constraint.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister. That was a long way of answering "There are none" to the question I asked him regarding new measures. Of course, the Minister can apply to implement new Exchequer-funded schemes next year. There is nothing stopping him from doing so. In the context of the CAP proposals he brought forward yesterday, and specifically in respect of the sectors to which I refer, will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: The Minister did not deal with the specific questions I asked in respect of those three schemes. Perhaps he will furnish me with a written response on that. The difficulty facing farming is that under the old CAP, Pillar 1 payments amounted to €5.975 billion in Exchequer and EU funding. Under the new CAP, for the entire programme, that figure is exactly the same. In real terms,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: We proposed a 12% increase-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: There is going to be a 10% cut under CAP----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: The problem is that the Government is not delivering; it is spinning.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: There is only a 1% increase next year-----

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the ongoing crisis in the horticulture and mushroom sectors due to peat shortages. [50712/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to advance proposals that will encourage the development of anaerobic digestion on Irish farms. [50716/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will carry out a comprehensive analysis of the impact of factory owned feedlots on the beef sector including their effect on prices and the environment as a result of record kills in such facilities in 2021. [50713/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the development of a hemp sector in Ireland on the basis of allowing farmers in that sector to utilise the entire crop produce. [50715/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new hectares entered into afforestation to date in 2021; the projected number for the full year; and the projected number for 2022. [50714/21]