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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (7 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: I support Deputy Sherlock. An Taisce is the national trust and fulfils an important role in our society. Nevertheless, and like every other organisation in receipt of public funding, there must be full transparency and accountability. To support Deputy Sherlock's point, there should be two specific questions to the Departments of Transport and Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (7 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 19. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review into the farm assist scheme. [47521/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 20. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific actions her Department will be taking to address low-income farmers being locked out of State pension schemes. [47522/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: International Protection (7 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made implementing the Report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process. [47520/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (7 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider redrafting the draft nitrates plan for further consultation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48859/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (7 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the point at which his attention was drawn to the fact that the report of the working group on horticultural peat would not be furnishing the Minister of State with a completed report by the end of September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48862/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (7 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had regarding the draft nitrates action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48857/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (7 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of areas of specific constraint (islands) payments by county; the average payment by county; the number of persons receiving payments up to and including 20ha, 34ha and 40ha for the each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided to knowledge transfer schemes for each year from 2016 to date in tabular form; the individual schemes involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48864/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of equine related funding that has been provided under TAMS in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48865/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (7 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Horse Sport Ireland from 2016 to date in tabular form; the purpose of the allocation by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48866/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered a ban on polyflurinated alkyl substances in food packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48711/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 865 of 28 September 2021, if he has conveyed to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment that there are shortages of labour in specific agricultural sectors; the sectors in this regard; if his Department did so in the context of a particular review; if his Department proposed a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: I welcome our guests. It is good to have guests in the same room as us. This is the first occasion that has happened for a long time. Tá fáilte romhat go léir. I thank Dr. Corkery for his opening statement. In it he welcomed the committee's report on this issue. Which of the recommendations has the Department accepted and plans to implement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Really?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Dr. Corkery is referring to recommendation No. 6.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Recommendation No. 1 was: "... that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine ensures the continuation of the existing network, which includes Licensed Merchants and Veterinary Pharmacists ...".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: It continues: "... as a recognised route of supply ...".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Okay. Recommendation No. 3 was that the Department's legal advice "should be shared with all stakeholders impacted."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Okay. In his opening statement, Dr. Corkery states: "... the main objectives of these new Regulations [include freeing] ... up availability of veterinary medicines across the EU ...". What is meant by that?