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Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 682. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to sign the statutory instrument required to reduce GMS prescription charges by 50c to €1.50 for all medical card holders as outlined in Budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16934/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 709. To ask the Minister for Health if women who donate breast milk for use by the health services are now required to undertake a blood test; if the cost of such blood tests is covered by the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17022/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 710. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a revision to the Covid-19 restrictive guidelines as they pertain to agriculture marts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17024/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: The submission and the evidence we have heard from the Irish Cancer Society is probably the most concerning that has come before the committee to date because, essentially, the premise of it is that in the efforts to save lives from Covid-19, other patients' lives have been put at risk. Following on from Ms Morrogh's previous responses, I think she indicated to my colleague, Deputy...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: I apologise for cutting across Ms Morrogh but the responses required are contained within her submission. Putting measures in place that will save the lives of those who go through the trauma of a cancer diagnosis will be a significant test for the new Government. I have a brief question for the IMO. It has outlined very effectively some of the deficiencies within our services, but I...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: I have one very short follow-up question. I come from County Monaghan, which had a very well-developed local hospital from which services were removed. Should those hospitals be utilised and some of those services be restored to ease the pressure on other centres?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: EU Regulations (16 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: Beidh nóiméad amháin agam agus nóiméad ag an Teachta Clarke. What the Minister of State has outlined would probably make sense were it the case that some consultation had taken place. The Government cannot take anything other than outright opposition to this regulation prior to consultation with those people who will be affected by it. As is the case with any...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: EU Regulations (16 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this item, which might be described as a niche issue but potentially affects tens of thousands of people across the country. As the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, may be aware, a vote was supposed to take place today at the European committee on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals, known as the REACH...

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: I am sharing time with a number of my colleagues. I commend Deputy Kerrane on putting this motion before the House. I support it entirely. I also commend all of the new mothers who led the campaign to extend maternity leave and those who supported them in their work, including the National Women's Council of Ireland and Members of this House, including Deputies McDonald, O'Reilly,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: This is my first opportunity to congratulate the Taoiseach and his family on his appointment. Go n-éirí an t-ádh libh. The Taoiseach was previously Minister for Health and his legacy in my county of Monaghan is that he was one of a successive line of Ministers who oversaw the removal of services from our local hospital. In view of the Covid-19-related restrictive measures...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (14 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the help-to-buy scheme for persons who build their own home in order that the reckonable limits apply to the cost of the home rather than the loan to value, LTV, rate in view of the fact that the current conditions discriminate against rural dwellers who build on their own land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15700/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (14 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 368. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will introduce a new grant scheme to support the renovation of old and derelict farmhouses or other buildings in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15701/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (14 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of lead connections as determined by the Environmental Protection Agency that require replacing by county and available smaller geographical unit in tabular form. [15709/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools are preparing for the continuation of partial remote learning in September 2020; the supports being put in place for children returning to schools that have little or no access to a reliable broadband service; if these children will have to undertake schoolwork at home using schoolbooks rather than remote learning; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (14 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 834. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department did not seek to introduce legislation to place those in industry currently responsible for the dispensing of medication from operating as a responsible person under the EU Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation 2019/6. [15711/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (14 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 835. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle culled in each of the years 2015 to 2019 due to tuberculosis for which compensation was payable under the eradication programme by county in tabular form. [15712/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Legislation (14 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for introducing legislation to appoint a national food ombudsman. [15713/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 837. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe to introduce legislation with regard to the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme. [15714/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (14 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 838. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the position of Ireland in negotiating the future of the CAP takes into consideration the need for local variance within individual states in CAP guidelines to help ensure biodiversity. [15715/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (14 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 839. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if upcoming tranches of TAMS will include provision for financial supports towards the restoration of derelict farmhouses and other buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15716/20]