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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: Yes.

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: The question is not necessarily product specific. It is about antimicrobial resistance legislation. I know it will keep coming at European level because the Commission is under pressure from some member states and from some elements within the European Parliament to continue to review and strengthen any provisions that are in place. I am saying that the starting point should be that we...

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 have to go Chair.

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: Unfortunately, that is the problem. It is not in Stormont, and the Minister is not in too much of a harmonising form either. Do the witnesses see a route by which we can address it? I am from County Monaghan, and this is an issue. We can talk about all the protections that are in place or whatever is the case. It will not be Monaghan farmers, by the way, and I wish to clarify that....

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: There was no reference to seeking a derogation.

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: At the Council level, was it a qualified majority vote?

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: I apologise in advance to the Minister that I will not be here to hear his contribution. However, having seen the Government amendment, I am disappointed because Deputy Funchion has provided a route that will ensure we can deliver affordable childcare. This is crucially important in a State in which many families are already facing a cost-of-living crisis and we are dealing with the highest...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: Many families are facing a cost of living crisis. They are burdened with the highest mortgage rates in the eurozone and among the highest rents, childcare, insurance and utility costs in the world. On top of this, there have been more than 30 price-hike announcements from Irish energy suppliers this year. The Government's proposed response is to add to the cost of living by increasing the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: So you are pushing ahead with the carbon tax.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a review into the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund; and the steps required by Monaghan County Council on foot of the review to secure funding towards the provision of a public swimming pool in Carrickmacross. [47948/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Farm Safety (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding available to the Farm Safety Partnership Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48102/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT raised through the sale of bovine sexed semen in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48054/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT raised in each of the years 2016 to date with regard to forage and lab analysis and faecal egg lab testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48058/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT raised on farm disinfectants and hygiene products in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48059/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of exempting from VAT all non-oral animal health medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48062/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance the current VAT rate on low emissions slurry spreading technology; the estimated cost of reducing that rate to 13% and to 0%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48063/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of VAT registered farmers within the State; the amount of tax relief claimed to date on farm safety equipment by VAT registered farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48065/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of non-VAT registered farmers within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48095/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of allowing non-VAT registered farmers claim tax relief against farm safety equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48096/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (5 Oct 2021)

Matt Carthy: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of farmers who claimed €70,000 in young farmer reliefs 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. [48055/21]