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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine held a number of informative hearings on these issues because it is an area in which we all will admit that we are still learning. I asked this specific question regarding the baseline studies as to whether it is possible to carry out a farm-by-farm analysis and audit so each farmer would have a clear view of what sequestration, storage...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Food Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will introduce legislation to establish an enforcement authority as per the unfair trading practices Directive; if the legislation will provide for a meat regulator; and the powers that will be within the remit of the authority.. [60436/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Food Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: When does the Minister intend to bring forward the long-promised legislation to create an enforcement authority, a food ombudsman or a meat regulator, as I would prefer, as per the unfair trading practices directive? Does he have a sense of the powers he intends to confer on that authority?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Food Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: The unfair trading practices legislation and the issue we referred to has been listed in the legislative agenda of the autumn, the spring, the summer and the autumn again, but it does not seem to have been prioritised to the same extent as other legislation that was announced much later but delivered much sooner. In May, in response to a question, the Minister told us the legislation would...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Food Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: It would be useful if the Minister could elaborate on the work that enforcement authority is doing. In May, the unit had three full-time equivalent posts, filled by four staff. Progress was being made on appointing a head of unit but by September and through October, it had only two full-time equivalent staff, again with the promise of a head of unit. It has not received, as far as I am...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new measures in his proposed CAP strategic plan that will specifically support young farmers; and the intended mechanism within or without the plan to support the group of young farmers known as the forgotten farmers. [60431/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to meet organic conversion targets; and the estimated number of farmers and new hectares that he expects to enter organics in 2022. [60428/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that all poultry farmers who cull flocks in response to outbreaks of avian influenza in 2021 and 2022 receive compensation in a timely manner. [60430/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated number of hectares of new afforestation in 2021; and his targets for licences for afforestation and felling in 2022. [60427/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support producers of hemp in the State. [60429/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unused vaccines that have been disposed of by the State by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: 302. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to collate to percentage of vaccine wastage and minimise same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60911/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: It is not working

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: Is giving away public land to private developers the solution?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: That is the cause of the housing crisis in the first place.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach has not recognised the role of Fianna Fáil policies in causing the housing crisis.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: The Government is giving away public land to its private developer friends.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: Fianna Fáil caused the housing crisis.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: They will not be affordable. That is the problem.

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