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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: The difficulty is we are dealing with farmers who do not have this type of money. They received this payment because it was recognised they were in exceptional difficulties. To give the Minister of State a sense of the amounts involved, in my constituency in County Cavan 133 farmers will be expected to pay back €157,000 and in Monaghan 138 farmers will be expected to pay back...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, for being in attendance. It is important to recall that the beef exceptional aid measure was put in place to provide farmers with temporary financial aid in response to a prolonged period of depressed beef prices. It was a recognition that farmers were on their knees. The difficulty with the scheme from the outset was that it included a...

Freedom of Information: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Freedom of information legislation has become a bedrock of democracy across the western world. It is in place to provide transparency, accountability and confidence in government. It is in place to allow citizens access the decisions made and the process that led to them. We have seen in recent weeks that, in Ireland, rather than providing such confidence, the actions of some Departments...

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: The Minister, Deputy Coveney, has brought an unbelievable story to this House. His narrative, essentially, is that the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, contacted him to tell him that Katherine Zappone was looking for a UN gig and he then made contact with her. He says she did not lobby him or ask him for a job. Almost immediately afterwards, however, he had a conversation with his Secretary...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Food Industry (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the labour shortage in the mushroom industry; if he plans to reintroduce the pilot labour permit scheme; and if he further plans to implement other supports in this regard. [43525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Issues (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the interactions he has had with his EU counterparts regarding the extension of Brexit grace periods. [43526/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 146. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests responded to by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of responses that included documents related to text messages and other phone message communications such as messages sent through an application (details supplied) in tabular form. [42973/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the labour shortage in the mushroom industry; if he plans to reintroduce the pilot labour permit scheme; if he further plans to implement other supports in this regard; the status of the referenced review in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 5 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the EPA regarding its guidelines which prevent the licensing or expansion of poultry within parts of counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43605/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his position on new EPA guidelines which prevent the licensing or expansion of any poultry within parts of counties Cavan and Monaghan; the length of time he expects this guidance will be in place; if a similar ban will put in place in other local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43602/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total funding allocated to compensate eel fishermen and women through a targeted support scheme announced in 2018; the person or body that administered the scheme; the amount of the fund spent on administration costs; the breakdown of administrative costs associated with the fund; the amount paid directly to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with Inland Fisheries Ireland regarding its decision to cease the education and outreach programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43604/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of an annual support towards the cost of pay by weight bin charges for households disposing of incontinence wear; when such a support will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43670/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that private bus operators will be permitted to stop at Reaghstown, County Louth for the purposes of collecting passengers as was previously the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44080/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed scheme to implement drinking water fountains per EU Directive 2020/2184; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43502/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Chairman for his indulgence and for arranging this meeting. I thank the guests for being here. I have a number of short questions because each of the organisations has set out its case very distinctly and raised the concerns of its members very clearly and comprehensively. I have a small number of clarifications or side questions. I refer to low emissions and slurry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Secretary General and his officials for attending. I refer to a point made by the cathaoirleach. When Department officials came before the committee on 29 January they cited several times the number of licences issued in the preceding two weeks. The figure given was 110 licences. We were given the impression that we could expect a similar number of licences to be issued in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Bearing that in mind, I refer to applications on hand that have not yet been approved. They include one from 2017; three from 2018; 26 from 2019; and 98 from 2020. What departmental resources go into those historical long-standing applications to provide either support or guidance so that discussions take place to ensure they are taken off the books?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: Let us look at the approvals that were granted this year. The number of days applications that were in the system ranged from 21 days - which is three weeks and is obviously very effective - to 1,008 days. I have been scratching my head to think of any other legal or regulatory framework that would have such disparity of timescale but I cannot find any. What actions have been taken to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: These are approvals. I want to know if lessons are being learned from the approval that was granted after 1,008 days so that a similar type of application will not take that long in future. Are we learning lessons so that we can address whatever issues were with that particular application?