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Written Answers — Department of Health: Meat Processing Plants (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 813. To ask the Minister for Health the dates on which and the centres at which testing has taking place since 1 June 2020 in respect of serial Covid-19 testing at food processing plants; the number tested at each site on each date; the number of confirmed cases identified per testing cycle at each individual site; the average time for delivery of results per testing cycle at each confirmed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Public Health Emergency Team (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 814. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all NPHET recommendations conveyed to him and his Department in respect of meat processing plants and the food processing industry; the actions undertaken by his Department on foot of each of these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26478/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 815. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 740 of 15 September 2020, the number of protected disclosures made by HIQA staff directly to HIQA management in each of the years 2015 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020; the number of staff concerned in each year who are currently working on a full-time basis with HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 816. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the legal opinion obtained by his Department in 1996 regarding the reason dental technicians cannot register with the Dental Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26480/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 817. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to facilitate the registration of dental technicians with the Dental Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26481/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 996. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken on foot of the inclusion within the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, correspondence of 7 August 2020 of the point that NPHET agreed the interim recommendations of the report Investigation into a Series Of Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants in Ireland and further recommend that the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1004. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of instances to date in 2020 in which mechanical grading in meat factories has been suspended and reverted to manual grading; the factories concerned; the length of time for the suspension in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26460/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1005. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he plans to put in place in accordance with the commitments made in the programme for Government to ensure it will still be possible to purchase mushrooms, lettuce and herbs grown here in shops and garden centres at a reasonable cost when stocks of horticultural peat produced here are exhausted in the near future and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1006. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to protect the mushroom industry here, which has a farmgate value of €119 million and relies on horticulture peat, in view of the potential depletion of peat reserves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26462/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1007. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of temporary veterinary inspectors who have been employed at each relevant food processing plant; the number of temporary veterinary inspectors who signed the waiver at each plant in cases where they were over 70 years of age or otherwise extremely medically vulnerable to Covid-19, by each month in 2020, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1008. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the sheep welfare scheme into 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26464/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1009. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of submissions received in respect of the proposal for a protected geographical indication, PGI, application for beef; the number of submissions that were opposed to the PGI proposal; his plans to publish the submissions or a synopsis of same; his further plans for consideration of the submissions and to reflect the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 23. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; and if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services. [27572/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Trade Agreements (30 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 26. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a report by researchers from the University of Oxford pertaining to the EU-Mercosur trade deal that concluded that mechanisms within the trade agreement to include and protect local communities, track goods and enforce sustainability standards are lacking throughout the proposed terms of the deal;...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 33. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27555/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (30 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the areas in County Monaghan that will be serviced by the national broadband plan in 2020 and 2021; the number of dwellings that will be encompassed in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27539/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27556/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27557/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27558/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27559/20]