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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided to each local authority related to equine matters , by year from 2015 to date; the purpose of the funding, for example, control of horses, training courses or otherwise, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48136/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided to animal welfare charities regarding equine welfare ,by year from 2015 to date; the purpose of the funding, for example, control of horses, training course or otherwise, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48137/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Health and Safety (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to establish an Oireachtas inquiry into the meat processing sector in view of a resolution by Dáil Éireann and the recommendation of the Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 Response. [48185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Insurance Coverage (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 788. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when public liability insurance was first secured from her Department for the two existing mountain access project areas, that is, the MacGillycuddy Reeks, County Kerry and Binn Sléibhe, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47573/21]

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Most people will agree there is very little that is more traumatic than for a parent to lose a child. There is something very particular about the loss of a child through stillbirth or at the very early stages of infancy. We would all know, either through family members or friends, people who have had to go through that devastating experience. I was struck by somebody who once told me that...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Debates in this House on the climate crisis take a familiar course. Almost every speaker accepts the need for urgent action and almost every speaker talks about a just transition. The truth is the term "just transition" means nothing in this country any longer. It is supposed to mean decisions are made in consultation with those who will be impacted and that measures are deployed to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: It is now over ten years since 23-year-old Shane O'Farrell was killed in a hit-and-run by a known criminal who should have been in prison at the time. The litany of State failures in this case have been well rehearsed in this House and both Houses have supported calls for an independent public inquiry. In February 2019, rather than establish that public inquiry, the Government established a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current backlog for processing passport applications; the backlog in County Monaghan; and the actions his department has taken to address the backlog of passport applications related to the pandemic. [46476/21]

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank the witnesses for being here. I will follow up some of the questions asked by Deputy Munster. It was stated that 7,093 residential properties were identified by NAMA that would be of potential use for social housing. What was the total number of residential properties in the portfolio? In other words, what was the number of which the 7,000-odd properties was a portion?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Okay. Of that, 4,359 are no longer under consideration. It was indicated that a little under 1,900 were sold to either an approved housing body or a local authority getting its act together, for want of a better term. Approximately 2,500 were deemed unsuitable or as being low demand but I am interested in finding out the part of our country that had no demand for social housing. Will the...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Considering the crisis we are in now, it appears that such a decision warrants further investigation. Of the 7,000 properties identified by NAMA - and some might argue that this figure is too low - it seems 4,500 were not considered in any great way. It was indicated that 2,629 properties were delivered for social units and that a little under 1,400 were social houses to begin with,...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Is the witness saying that when Housing for All indicates 1,400 homes will be delivered via NAMA, it is actually pointing to homes already in the social housing stock?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: There is one and this is it.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: I have a final and very brief question. Am I right in saying that with the 2,629 units - there may be an additional 100 - NAMA is providing no more social houses?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: No, the Part V element relates to the legislative requirements for developers. I am talking about NAMA providing additional social housing directly to the State.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: I take this opportunity to return to work this committee did following our engagement with NAMA with regard to the Project Nantes loan portfolio, which resulted, according to our findings, in a loss of approximately €10 million to the taxpayer. Following our previous engagements, the NAMA board, essentially, refused to accept the figures or engage with us, and put all this down to a...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank Mr. McDonagh for that. The committee has always acknowledged that the National Asset Management Agency Act was not necessarily breached, but we had indicated we believe NAMA should have done more to investigate the connections between companies managing assets on its behalf and the companies seeking to purchase NAMA loan portfolios. Mr. McDonagh will recall that was a matter of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [46477/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reviews (28 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Many people are surprised to learn that income thresholds are a relatively new phenomenon. It was a Labour Party Minister, to its shame, that introduced them in order, I contend, to simply reduce the housing lists. Rather than build houses, mechanisms were found to cut the lists. Prior to that, housing lists were determined on a raft of criteria, including income. It was taken into...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reviews (28 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: The Government is still deluded.