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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]

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

Matt Carthy: 885. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an obligation on home care providers to inform the families when the carers of patients are found to have contracted Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13074/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 948. To ask the Minister for Health if all necessary remedial works have been completed at the group home for persons with physical and sensory disabilities at Drummond Otra, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; the date this home will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13388/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 956. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents in each county that have received their first and second vaccination against Covid-19, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13434/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 957. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices per county that have yet to receive the necessary allocation of vaccines to cover the first vaccination of their patients over 85 years of age as of 4 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 965. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that pregnant women can be joined by their partner during prenatal scans and childbirth; the current situation that applies in each maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13448/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1027. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken in response to reports of a rapid evolution of an aggressive strain of the neurological form of EHV-1 originating from Valencia that has resulted in outbreaks in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13200/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1028. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contacts he and his officials have had with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive with regard to EHV-1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13201/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1029. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quarantine and testing arrangements that have been put in place since his Department was notified of outbreaks of EHV-1 on the continent; when such measures were put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13202/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (10 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1030. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he sought the advice of the chief veterinary officer in relation to the recent outbreak of EHV-1; if details of the advice received will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13203/21]