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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: The legislation does not reflect the housing need in any county because we are talking about thousands of people who are in precarious accommodation, whatever way one looks at it, and it is not a long-term solution to their housing needs. To even suggest that it is a solution is spurious. The Chairman spoke of-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: The legislation is an ass, if Mr. Doyle does not mind me saying so.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: The Chairman referred to social mix in areas, be they geographical or otherwise. I remember a time when local authority housing estates had a great mix. There was the single parent, the person who was unemployed, and in some cases the local small business owner such as a builder or whatever. We do not get that any more. Those people cannot even apply because of the income threshold...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: It is €30,000. For that family to be able to get a mortgage of any description, their income collectively between the two parents would need to be in and around €120,000 or €130,000. Between €30,000 and the higher figure mentioned, what solution would Mr. Doyle’s Department see for a family in that situation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: If I may, I will give a sense of what I am talking about. We will take a married couple, where the husband is one of the hardest workers one could ever meet and who bursts himself and is out day and night trying to look after his family. His wife is a carer for one of the children and is at home. They are crippled by rent. Every single year their rent goes up. I have lost count of the...

Greyhound Industry: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: I am sharing time with Deputy Martin Browne. At the outset, I want to disassociate myself from those who have attacked the fact that this debate is even taking place. No organisation, body or sector can receive tens of millions of euro in public money without expecting public debate on the expenditure of that money. Having said that, we know that the greyhound sector plays an important...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 248. To ask the Minister for Health the investigations that have been carried out regarding outbreaks of Covid-19 in meat processing plants since August 2020; if he will provide all documentation associated with the investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39099/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 249. To ask the Minister for Health if options have been explored for the capturing of place of work information from all positive cases of Covid-19 in meat processing plants; if a decision has been made on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39100/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 250. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been instances whereby meat processing plants have not alerted public health if they are informed of or suspect cases of Covid-19 among the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39101/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 251. To ask the Minister for Health if occupational health and translation services have been contracted by all meat processing plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39102/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Veterinary Inspection Service (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 252. To ask the Minister for Health the role Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine veterinary officials play in meat processing plants with regard to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39103/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 253. To ask the Minister for Health if updates requested by the National Outbreak Control Team, NOCT, from the Netherlands and Germany regarding their Covid-19 outbreak investigations have been received; if he will provide such updates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39106/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 254. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources taken since July 2020 to ensure it is always possible to convene an outbreak control team for each individual outbreak of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39107/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 255. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been changes to the composition of outbreak control teams since July 2020 to ensure a broader multi-agency membership; the detail of such changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39108/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Information and Quality Authority (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unannounced HIQA inspections carried out in meat processing plants since July 2020; the locations and dates of these inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39109/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the environmental sampling carried out in meat processing plants in which an outbreak of Covid-19 has occurred since July 2020; the results of such sampling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39104/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the retrospective environmental investigation that has been carried out to further explore the potential underlying reasons for outbreaks of Covid-19 associated with meat processing plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39105/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the application for protected geographical indication, PGI, status of Irish grass-fed beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39110/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (25 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct An Bord Bia to ensure that any PGI status application for beef includes criteria that are applicable on an all-Ireland basis, given recent developments with regard to the PGI application for Irish grass-fed beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39111/20]

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: On 8 February, when voters went to the polls, a large proportion of them voted for a new direction. They voted for a new direction in housing policy. They voted for universal healthcare. They voted for the age of retirement to be maintained at 65. Above all, they voted for change. Part of that change undoubtedly meant a break from the old, stale insider politics that defined successive...