Results 9,581-9,600 of 11,413 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to examine the feasibility of creating organic-only canteens and food provision within public services such as hospitals as proposed by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19108/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: School Meals Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that has been allocated to the school fruit and vegetable scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form; the funding amounts within each year that have been provided by EU funds; the estimated corresponding figures for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19109/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: School Meals Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proportion of foods provided under the school fruit and vegetable scheme in 2020 that are organic and sourced here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19110/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in each county that secured an extension in the GLAS scheme; the number by county that did not remain within the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19415/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has commissioned an analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on sheep wool markets; the financial impact this will have on the farmers affected and the domestic economy; his plans to provide financial supports to those affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19416/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 11 November 2020, the status of the review of the potential demand in domestic and international markets for wool based products; when the review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19417/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide additional financial supports to sheep farmers in consideration of the deterioration in wool prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19418/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce new supports or enhance existing supports for sheep farmers in response to ongoing depressed wool prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20277/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek to ensure that the next CAP will allow for a front-loaded payment per hectare basic farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19419/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average level of payment that would be paid on all remaining hectares in the event of a €400 per hectare basic farm payment being allocated for the first 30 hectares of each farm and in the event of a €60,000 upper limit for pillar 1 payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19420/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has examined recent reports of suppliers in the dairy industry using price mechanisms to limit the supply of milk; his views on whether this may be in contravention of EU regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20272/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of controlled finishing units by county in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20273/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of outbreaks of tuberculosis in controlled finishing units by county in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20274/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Medicines (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the types of broad spectrum antibiotics sold as veterinary medicinal products sold in Ireland; the volume of doses of each type sold in each of the years 2007 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20275/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the resources, such as the provision of registered foresters or ecologists, made available by his Department to public bodies to encourage their participation in the creation of woodland on public lands scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20278/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has examined the reasons for the significant beef price differential between the Irish and UK markets recently; his plans to implement measures to address the relatively poor prices secured by Irish farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: 2553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intended number of participants in the new agri-environment scheme post the CAP transition period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20280/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: I welcome Mr. Gleeson and his team and thank them for making themselves available this evening. In view of the limited time, I will go straight to discussing a pertinent issue. There are reports that the European Commission has made a ruling on the withdrawal of the derogation relating to fish weigh-ins at factories. This matter is being reported in terms that Ireland cannot be trusted...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: Can Mr. Gleeson indicate whether the Department will be challenging the findings? I take it that that is what he is saying in the context of the engagement with the Commission.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021)

Matt Carthy: I will touch on the TB eradication programme because the figures can appear stark when taken in a certain context. I looked through the figures for previous years and discovered that the spend on the TB eradication programme in 2014 was more than €86 million and that 16,000 cases of TB were detected. Last year, the spend was €98 million and 23,000 cases detected. Where this...