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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: No. The question put to the Ministers was how many meat plants had been inspected by the HSA. We got that information from Dr. McGuinness today. On 21 May, two Ministers told us they could not provide it, and the HSA could not provide it to them, because it was confidential. Why was that and how did that change?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: Is Dr. McGuinness aware of any situation where a Minister, prior to 21 May, had asked the HSA for that information?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: We will come back to that issue. It is pertinent because information was given to the Dáil that appears to be suggestible, at least. Who does Meat Industry Ireland expect to pay for testing its members' workers?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: Did Meat Industry Ireland make any submission, either verbally or in writing, to any Government agency suggesting that the State should bear the cost of this testing?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: Mr. Healy is reported in media outlets last Monday stating that the issue of cost was one that still had to be resolved.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: Mr. Healy is answering a different question from the one I asked.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: In terms of the locations, is the workforce and the employers in that instance expected to pay for that testing?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: I will ask a different question because I am running out of time. This morning, lack of transparency in the meat sector was cited as an issue with regard to addressing Covid-19 concerns. I raised one particular case. Mr. Healy might know why his members establish unlimited companies, as opposed to limited companies, and operate via companies registered in other jurisdictions? What would...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: It is relevant to Covid cases arising in the sector. Is it not true that many companies use unlimited structures and operate through funnels in other jurisdictions largely in order to avoid public scrutiny and, in some instances, avoid paying taxes? Does Mr. Healy accept that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: Let me ask a question of the wider panel of witnesses.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: Reference is made in Meat Industry Ireland's submission to a research paper. It reads: "I would like you to know that, in association with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and public health authorities, we have commenced a pilot research project that will examine [factors relating to Covid]". Does any of our panellists see that herein lies the problem, namely, the cosy...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: There should be an examination, but no other industry examines itself-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: -----in the way that Meat Industry Ireland suggests in this submission.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Matt Carthy: That is not what the submission stated.

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Ó Laoghaire. I thank the Minister for being here so late or so early on Friday morning. She will appreciate that issues with returning to school are prevalent in the concerns that have been raised with us. Many people who are at the coalface do not yet have confidence that the Minister's plan will be sufficient to address their particular needs....

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: Please give me a "Yes" or "No".

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: A Cheann Comhairle, I must give way to my colleague.

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: I asked her to give me a specific answer.

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: Deputy Andrews has time, a Cheann Comhairle

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for the restart scheme by county; the number of applications granted and refused in each county; and the allocation to each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20259/20]