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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank the representatives for being here. I echo the Chairman's sentiments about the potentially extremely dangerous situation we are in. I have a number of questions for our guests. First, will they outline the immediate difficulties accessing horticultural peat? The challenges they are facing in the here and now due to the shortages we have been hearing about are being faced by a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank Mr. Lucas for joining us but anyone listening will note he has referred to the working group in almost every answer as where the solution will be found. Mr. Lucas has talked about the working group operating under what appear to be speedy circumstances. It does not reflect my experience of Government-appointed groups in terms of either interim or full reports. The Minister of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: This week the Committee of Public Accounts has asked the Government to stall the recruitment process for the new Secretary General of the Department of Health. If the process goes ahead, an additional €81,000 will be provided in remuneration for the position. The committee also dealt this week with the ever-increasing spiralling costs for the national children's hospital. We have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 255. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time and number of persons waiting for a primary care clinical psychology appointment nationally and by CHO region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical staff employed in primary care clinical psychology by CHO region in each of the years 2010 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7488/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (11 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the discrepancies affecting the category known as the forgotten farmers, that is, those young farmers who have been denied top-up financial supports due to the fact that they commenced farming before 2015, will be resolved in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7720/21]

Covid-19 (Transport and Travel): Statements (10 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: I am sure the Minister will agree that communities right across the country, as well as businesses, families and individuals, have gone above and beyond anything we could have imagined this time last year with the onset of the pandemic. The truth is there are some things that only the Government can address if they are to be addressed adequately. The first is an adequate testing, tracing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the Covid restrictions support scheme funding to allow coach tour operators to avail of much needed financial supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7077/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to provide additional funding to the Fáilte Ireland coach continuity scheme in recognition of the increased financial burden of coach tour operators as a result of the new prolonged restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7078/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 269. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will publish the list of companies that availed of the Fáilte Ireland coach continuity scheme; the amount of funding received by each company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7079/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of companies that received funding from the Fáilte Ireland coach continuity scheme; the average amount allocated to each company; if the entire allocation of funding has been expended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7080/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Culls (10 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 872. To ask the Minister for Health when public health advice from the CMO changed to no longer recommend a cull be carried out on farmed mink; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7055/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Culls (10 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 873. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which public health advice from the CMO changed to no longer recommend that a cull be carried out on farmed mink; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7056/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 874. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all NPHET recommendations conveyed to him in respect of meat processing plants and the food processing industry since 1 October 2020; the actions undertaken by his Department on foot of each of these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7057/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 875. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meat and food processing plants at which serial testing has occurred since 1 October 2020, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7058/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 878. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is aware of instances in which meat processing plants have not alerted public health if they are informed of, or suspect, cases of Covid-19 among their workforce since December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7061/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 879. To ask the Minister for Health the dates serial testing for Covid-19 occurred at locations (details supplied) from September 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7062/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 880. To ask the Minister for Health if the testing that occurred for Covid-19 at locations (details supplied) occurred as part of a scheduled serial testing programme or in response to an individual confirmed case. [7063/21]

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

Matt Carthy: 876. To ask the Minister for Health the environmental sampling that has been carried out in meat processing plants in which an outbreak of Covid-19 has occurred since 1 January 2020; the results of such sampling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7059/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Meat Processing Plants (10 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unannounced HIQA inspections carried out in meat processing plants since December 2020; the locations and dates of these inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7060/21]