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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 735. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address excessive waiting lists for access to childcare facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19065/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 736. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital funding schemes available for childcare services; his plans to provide for additional capital funding towards the development and expansion of community childcare centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19066/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 805. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an application by a person (details supplied) has taken an excessive length of time to process; the further reason they did not receive a leave to remain form for one year; the status of the person; the time frame for the matter to be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18829/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 806. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the issues arising as a result of a change of systems within legal aid; if her attention has been drawn to files being lost; if so, the number of cases involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18830/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 809. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects a person (details supplied) to complete the scoping review into the killing of another person; her plans to then initiate an independent enquiry into the killing and the management of same by the relevant statutory authorities as previously agreed by Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1031. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the group home for persons with disabilities constructed at Drummond Otra, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; if he will intervene to instruct the HSE to make the centre operational as a matter of urgency in view of the delays to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18847/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: As we are speaking about public transport, the Tánaiste might be aware there is an issue with public and private bus operators in counties like my own, which do not have a rail network at all. Is the Tánaiste aware some local authorities are now putting in place additional restrictions on bus operators with respect to pick-up spots along main roads? We are trying to promote the...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (22 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: It appears to me that the Taoiseach went to Brussels and his intention was to agree whatever transpired regardless of the cost. The big losers in the deal announced are farmers and rural communities not just in Ireland but across the European Union. I found the Taoiseach's defence of what is a 9% cut in the Common Agricultural Policy budget pathetic. To suggest that the overall CAP budget...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: As well as by the IFA.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: There is a 10% cut to the Common Agricultural Policy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach agreed to a 10% cut to the Common Agricultural Policy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: A 10% cut.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: But you failed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: A 10% cut is a failure.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach has returned from Brussels with a deal that could spell the end for many of our family farms. The new EU budget will see a 9% cut in the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, and this at a period when our farmers need more support, not less. It is at a time when farmers are under increasing pressures around prices. It is at a time when the detail we have on the Common Agricultural...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: Under the Order of Business, my point is that we need additional time under statements post the European Council meeting. I propose that we double the time allocated in order for these points to be made and for the House to have a detailed conversation and debate on what exactly is entailed in this agreement.

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Food Prices (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 65. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to ban below-cost selling for fresh foods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17092/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide figures as to the current eel population here; the number that are killed annually by county, in tabular form: if he will review the current outright ban on eel fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17170/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of eel fishing here; if he will provide details of the eel management plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17171/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 184. 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 that 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. [17027/20]