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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I am sorry; I do not have a copy of that item of correspondence. Who is it from?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I concur with the Chairman and Deputies Munster and Catherine Murphy on the CCTV issue. As part of our work programme, have we not agreed that the IHRB will appear before the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: That meeting will be a useful exercise. I share Deputy Catherine Murphy's concerns that the racing authority and regulatory board seem to have an intertwined relationship. I am not sure that that is necessarily healthy. This is not to cast aspersions or undermine the successes that the Deputy and others have mentioned. I would like to be associated with the words of congratulation to Ms...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I have nothing to add.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: Our interaction with Caranua has been one of the more bizarre and unpleasant experiences of this committee. It was very surprising. Its approach to this committee leaves a lot to be desired. The tone of the interaction at the committee hearing and in Caranua's written correspondence is unlike anything we have received in my time on this committee. It is important for me to put that on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I welcome and thank Deputy Gould for raising this issue. It appears to be a perplexing situation. The HSE has outsourced the running of the doctor on call services to a private company. The HSE is under the impression that this company has an obligation to provide particular services in some parts of Cork. We are told that on 14 March last year SouthDoc closed 11 facilities across...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I recognise Deputy Catherine Murphy's concerns but I believe this to be well within the remit of the Committee of Public Accounts. It goes to the heart of how public funds are often spent in our health services. This is a situation I do not fully appreciate as I do not know the geography as well as Deputy Burke in relation to what the optimum operation of this service will be. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests for their very comprehensive statement. They compare Ireland with Denmark and the Netherlands in some detail. I take it that is because those two countries would be considered to be operating best practice. At several points in the submission, they mention that Ireland is many years behind both countries. The table provided is very useful. Some of the stewardship...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests and reiterate the Chair's thanks for the work vets do across the country alongside our farming community. As Deputy Kehoe said, I am sure the witnesses are aware that some interpret the witnesses' position on the EU regulation on veterinary medical products as a money grabbing exercise to concentrate wealth in the hands of vets at the expense of the licensed merchants and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will reconsider commissioning an independent report incorporating international industry expertise to examine the technical feasibility and cost of undergrounding the North-South interconnector in line with the resolution of Dáil Éireann on 16 February 2017. [13090/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I firmly believe that the proposed North-South interconnector can be undergrounded and that the technology is available internationally in order for that to happen. I would go so far as to say I believe it will happen only if the Government changes tack and instructs EirGrid and SONI to pursue that route. In 2017 a motion was passed in this House calling on the Government to commission an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I hope the Minister does not believe what he is saying because if he does, it means he is completely out of sync with his role and his responsibilities. The Government does have a role. EirGrid itself has been on the record on a number of occasions telling the Government that if Government policy directs it to underground the interconnector, it will be forced to oblige. The Government has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: Does the Minister wonder why it is 18 years later and there has not been a single move to erect a single pylon in the intervening period? It is because, crucially, in all the objectives and all the parameters EirGrid set itself, it is missing a crucial component that is at the heart of projects such as the ALEGrO interconnector, a very similar project happening between Belgium and Germany,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will meet with representatives of community groups (details supplied) that are seeking a revision of the North-South interconnector to ensure that the project is undergrounded in order to appraise himself of the concerns of those communities that will be affected by the current proposals. [13089/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be ensured those local authority staff members currently seconded to Irish Water will not have to transfer permanently to Irish Water without their agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 768. To ask the Minister for Health when indoor visits will be permitted in nursing homes which have been covered in the vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12623/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 769. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which decisions relating to the number of guests at weddings will be revisited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12624/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 813. To ask the Minister for Health if aesthetic clinics are permitted to open during level 5 restrictions; the guidelines in place for the operation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12815/21]