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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I am struggling to find the point of the Office of Government Procurement in terms of the information we have learned. While I see the potential in such an office, I would have thought its remit would include all the things we have heard today that the OGP does not do, including providing direction on indemnification or in respect of assessing previous winners of State contracts for their...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I will give two examples which this committee has been dealing with peripherally over the last year, or which at least have been brought to our attention, and ask some further questions. Mr. Quinn will be aware that the Department of Education used this negotiated procedure to procure the services of an individual vendor, which provided the basis of the leaving certificate for 60,000...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests for attending. They were described by one of the previous speakers as the most important voice in the debate and it is in that vein that I ask the three organisations to give an evaluation on the consultation that has taken place to date, including in respect of Bord na Móna's engagement with Mr. Butler's organisation and the adjoining landowners, and the departmental...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: Perhaps Mr. Rushe, Mr. Cullinane or some of the representatives from the ICMSA might be able to answer. This committee discussed the issue of horticultural peat, access to it and, in the context of the working group, the potential challenges if the cultivation of horticultural peat ceases in the next number of years. Have the farming organisation representatives assessed the implications of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: In recognition of the time limit I will ask just one of my questions and perhaps we could be facilitated with the option of submitting written questions. Dr. Wilson noted that rewetting of bogs on the scale we are talking about has not been widely implemented in this jurisdiction, although it has been carried out in other jurisdictions. Reviewing his citations, it appears that all of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests. To follow on from Senator Daly's point, I ask for a comprehensive view of the level of engagement Bord na Móna has had with landowners and other affected parties, including the organisations we met before this. A number of questions have been raised by farming organisations about farm safety and other potential outworkings of the rewetting of their land. I would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: It would only require a very quick response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has confirmed that people do not need to worry about smaller-scale turf cutting on private bogs. I would like to get the view of Bord na Móna on an issue. Does a bog under 30 ha relate to a single congruent bog or could it be part of another bog 10 km or more away?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: Could we make it a little later? I have a standing Monday meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: Any time after 12 noon, if possible.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: Does the Minister hear himself? We are importing peat.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: This is clear evidence of tokenism rather than real environmental action. An ideological pursuit by some of the Minister's colleagues to try to eliminate the use of peat for horticultural activities has resulted in a situation where peat is being imported. We also face the very real prospect of jobs, such as those in the mushroom sector, being exported. We could lose a vibrant part of the...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: I have never met so many frustrated and angry people. I have received correspondence and have spoken to people on the telephone who are exasperated. They are exasperated because it has been a year since the first case of Covid-19 entered our shores, yet today we are talking about at some point in the near future putting in place mandatory quarantine for international visitors. Even then, it...

New Decade, New Approach Agreement: Statements (24 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: On 5 February, a group of survivors and families of victims of the Ormeau Road massacre gathered at the Sean Graham bookmakers, where on that day in 1992, five innocent men were slaughtered by loyalists with the assistance of British state agents. In what subsequently became notorious scenes, the PSNI disrupted the small dignified ceremony and arrested Mark Sykes, one of those who was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (24 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process that will be used to determine membership of the working group on the review on the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry; if expressions of interest will be sought; the criteria that will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10383/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vaccination Programme (24 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 17 February 2021, if it is the advice of his Department that Irish citizens abroad partake in local vaccination programmes in which the vaccines in question have not been approved by the European Medicines Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10411/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that the issues that have resulted in students at Dundalk Institute of Technology not receiving exam results will be resolved as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9578/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 984. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will implement the new Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10207/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: 1016. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the situation in which a person (details supplied) in need of a psychology appointment was advised there is currently a 75-week waiting time for primary care clinical psychology appointments; the steps he will take to address the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10412/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: I welcome Ms Eade and Mr Kavanagh. It is good to see them again. Unfortunately, we are in restricted conditions. To clarify, Chair, no member of the board is with us today.