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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme (28 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: 344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new places that will be provided on the organic farm scheme in 2021; the criteria that will apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4906/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority (27 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: 163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4447/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Provision (27 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: 868. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physician assistant hours that have been allocated to County Cavan in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the number of physician assistant hours that will be allocated in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4448/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Provision (27 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: 869. To ask the Minister for Health the allocated number of early intervention and school aged zero to 18 teams to counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4449/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Facilities (27 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: 870. To ask the Minister for Health the planned start date for construction on the endoscopy wing at Cavan General Hospital; the expected duration of construction works; the estimated overall costs of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (27 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: 919. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he plans to publish the statutory instrument to implement the EU unfair trading practices directive; the public consultation process that will be conducted before the adoption of the statutory instrument; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4445/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank Mr. Griffin and his colleagues for being with us this afternoon. I want to ask questions with respect to the Department's relationship with EirGrid. I note the Minister is a shareholder in EirGrid. Could Mr. Griffin give an outline of what that means in practice in terms of the engagements on the management and running of the company?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: Obviously, good financial management is important to the Department and the State because-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: Apologies. The point I was making was that there is a vested interest in the Department and the wider Government apparatus that EirGrid is financially successful and prudent because when it is successful it returns a dividend to the State. I understand that dividend has been around €4 million for a number of years. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: The advertising spend of EirGrid is a very unusual spend, as far as I am concerned, considering that EirGrid does not have any competitors and its customers have no choice but to engage with it. It would appear that advertising spend would be strange. Over the five years leading up to, I think, 2019, EirGrid spent €8.6 million on what is described as selling and advertising. That is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Griffin see any rationale as to why a company that has no competitors and whose customers have no choice but to use it would be spending multiples of millions on advertising campaigns? We have all seen it. One cannot go on social media without seeing promotion by EirGrid. It is the same when one watches a football match. Current affairs programmes on a number of local radio...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: On that point-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: To conclude on one brief point, EirGrid is not good at outreach, although it is apparently very good at spending millions of euro on advertising. My constituency is affected by one of its primary planned projects and its engagement has been very poor. Its advertising campaign has done the opposite of what the Department set out as the objective because it has antagonised people even more....

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: I want to go back to the issue of the relationship between the Department and EirGrid. As the Secretary General rightly said, EirGrid is involved in the development of some substantial infrastructure. I note from a previous freedom of information request, secured by the newspaper The Northern Standard, that the relationship seems to be a strange one, in that EirGrid was even consulted and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests and apologise for missing the first session. I had another meeting and it ran on. Without repeating what has been said, I contend Irish fisheries have been the poor relation in our relationship with the EU for too long. The core problem, as Deputy Mac Lochlainn said, is the notion of relative stability. It has been a burden that no Government has seriously tried to...

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister for his contribution. There are no two ways of looking at this. Whatever people's views on the overall Brexit package are, most if not all Members of this House would argue that, in the main, a good deal was negotiated, insofar as was possible, on behalf of Ireland. Putting that aside and looking at this from a fisheries perspective, this was an incredibly bad deal for...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: I have a number of questions which I will put together and the Minister can respond as best he can. I seek clarification on several points in the Minister's responses to Deputy Culliane. He mentioned that dentists are included in cohort 2 as front-line workers. They do not know this so there is a need for improvement. Will the Minister clarify exactly how the roll-out among this cohort of...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: The strength of our response to Covid-19 has been the concept of solidarity. It is a concept we have seen in every community throughout the country. However, it is a concept that appears alien to Government. We are in a situation now where Deputy David Cullinane has to bring a motion before the House. It is the second motion relating to the demand, request and plea that student nurses...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (20 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: 50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property (details supplied) will be connected to fibre broadband in view of the fact that other houses in the area are connected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2753/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (20 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driver licence will issue to a person (details supplied) who has exchanged a UK driver licence for an Irish licence and who requires a physical licence for employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2377/21]