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

Matt Carthy: 772. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he plans to engage with farmers that are engaged with forestry with regard to the ownership of carbon credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48114/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 773. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the prevalence of liver abscesses in cattle by county or smallest available geographic unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48115/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 774. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of controlled finishing units by county or smallest available geographic unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48116/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm partnerships; the number which name a woman as part of the partnership; the number of new farm partnerships registered since 2016; the number registered since 2016 on which a woman is a named partner, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48117/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases that have been raised with the unfair trading practices unit within his Department; the current status or resolution of those cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48118/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a head of unit will be appointed to the unfair trading practices unit within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48119/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure that has arisen from the unfair trading practices unit within his Department to date in 2021; the items the spending related to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48120/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure that has arisen from promoting, marketing or educating producers on the unfair trading practices unit within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48121/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 15 September 2021, his views on the labour shortages in the mushroom sector; the engagements he has had with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding this; the actions he plans to take in his ministerial capacity to ensure sufficient labour for the...

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

Matt Carthy: 781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentages and tonnage of Irish grain and imported grain used in the production of Irish whiskey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48135/21]

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...