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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: I am glad that RTÉ journalists are better at getting answers than their management is at giving them. Otherwise, the "Six One News" in the evening would last for about four minutes. It is unacceptable for a public service broadcaster, which is largely funded through the compulsory contributions of households, to evade benign and understandable questions from this committee. As Deputy...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: The Chairman made a number of points I wanted to make. The most recent figure I have to hand is €1.7 billion and rising in terms of the development of this hospital so when Mr. Watt says that this is about ensuring the delivery of a world-class healthcare facility, I would say by Christ, I hope so for that type of money. It is also becoming more evident by the month that the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: First, it seems strange that GSOC has indicated it furnished its annual report to the Minister on 31 March and that the Minister, for one reason or another, has not yet decided to publish it. GSOC outlined the main aspects of the report in its correspondence, which is welcome, but it would be useful for the committee to write to the Department seeking clarification on when GSOC's annual...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: I think it would be useful if the Comptroller and Auditor General's office could indicate when the 2020 financial statements will have been audited. If it is any time soon then I suggest that we include GSOC on the committee's work plan shortly after that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: Not now, no.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of tourism funding provided to County Monaghan in 2020; and the allocation for 2021. [33194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps required by Monaghan County Council to secure funding under the large-scale sports infrastructure fund towards the provision of a public swimming pool in Carrickmacross. [33193/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 11 November 2020, if the Office of Public Works was involved in renting office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary; the number of employees who work out of such office space; the length of time they have been working from the offices; the cost to date of renting...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will liaise with the National Museum of Ireland with a view to securing a permanent exhibition on the Great Hunger - An Gorta Mór; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the development of log cabins should form part of the overall housing stock; his plans to remove the barriers to the development of this type of housing, including the difficulties in securing mortgage finance for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 629. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding appropriated in 2021 related to Covid-19 measures in programmes A, B, C and D by sub-heading in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33149/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 630. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding appropriated in 2020 related to Covid-19 measures in programmes A, B, C and D by sub-heading in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33150/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 631. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding appropriated in 2021 related to Brexit measures in programmes A, B, C and D by sub-heading in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33151/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 632. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding appropriated in 2020 related to Brexit measures in programmes A, B, C and D by sub-heading in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33152/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 633. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered extending the GLAS scheme for existing participants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33153/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 634. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants to the REAP scheme; the number of successful applicants; the last agri-environmental scheme that successful and unsuccessful in which applicants took part in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33154/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 635. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the minimum and maximum stocking rate for participation in the organic farming scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33155/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: 636. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered revising the National Organic Strategy 2019-2025 to align it with the EU Organic Action Plan of March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33156/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: This is one of the more disappointing hearings I have attended in my time as a member of the committee. The reason is that organics have to form a big part of the solution to the challenges facing Irish farming. We know that as a country we cannot compete on price. If we try to pursue a policy that is based on quantity and price, we will always be beaten by countries such as Brazil, so we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Matt Carthy: Sorry, Professor Boyle, the question I asked was how much was spent on organic-specific schemes over the past three years and what proportion does that make up of the overall budget?