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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 587. To ask the Minister for Health when the group home for persons with physical and sensory disabilities in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56986/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 588. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital will be expanded to operate on a 24 hour seven days per week basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56987/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 589. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent nurses in each hospital, former LHO or smallest geographic unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56997/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent nurses in Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2009 to 2020, inclusive, and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56998/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the deadline for the submission of dung samples for faecal egg count testing as a part of the BEEP scheme is one month earlier in 2021 compared with 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56988/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered extending by one month the deadline for the submission of dung samples for faecal egg count testing as a part of the BEEP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56989/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has given consideration to reducing the number of dung samples for faecal egg count testing as a part of the BEEP scheme in order to prevent unnecessary duplicate sampling and testing for farmers who have fewer than ten cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56990/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 723. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of penalty interest that has been applied to farmers who did not avail of a deferral for the beef exceptional aid measure, BEAM, scheme; the number of such farmers, by county; the average penalty incurred, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56991/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 724. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all official engagements and meetings that he has attended with specific regard to farm safety since assuming office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56999/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all official engagements and meetings attended by the Minister of State with responsibility for farm safety at his Department since assuming office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57000/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the heading and subheadings in the Revised Estimates that deal with the allocation of funding for fisheries; the purpose of each allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 727. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the heading and subheadings in the Revised Estimates which regard the allocation of funding for land use and biodiversity; the purpose of each allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57002/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: 728. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to Parliamentary Question No. 774 of 5 October, the counties that have more than eight controlled finishing units; the number of controlled finishing units in those counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57003/21]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: Are we dealing with the Supplementary Estimates programme by programme or across the board?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: What would suit the Minister?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: I have a number questions. I thank the Minister for being here and for his comprehensive opening statement. On animal welfare and the sheep welfare scheme, the original allocation was approximately €20 million per annum. The new Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, strategic plan provides a similar allocation. This allocation has never been fully spent. There has been an historical...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: In regard to the World Food Programme, a Supplementary Estimate is introduced for this every year because, essentially, we are paying it in advance. We had a debate on this last year as well. Would it not make more sense to move this into the normal budgetary process?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: On the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, scheme, traditionally this has been oversubscribed. In most instances funds are drawn down within days. I learned from Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment officials at a recent meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts that there is undersubscription with regard to some of the loan schemes operated by that Department. Has...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: I would like clarification on some of the figures provided. Subhead B5 references savings of €3.3 million against a budget of €59 million. This may have been addressed by the Minister in his opening statement, but I missed it. What precisely does that relate to?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: On TAMS, I am dealing with a number of farmers who are currently in appeals. It is a very strange scheme in the sense that farmers will have outlaid a great deal of money in terms of building sheds or concrete pits and so on. For example, in a situation where a 100% penalty is applied, it would not be possible to return concrete. Some of the cases I am dealing with are in regard to...