Parliamentary questions

Departmental Data

Matt Carthy

531. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of respite care places for children with disabilities in each county or for the lowest available geographic unit; the number on waiting lists for same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60211/22]

Housing Policy

Matt Carthy

41. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will announce new income limits for social housing applications; if he will provide for discretion on compassionate grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59758/22]

Housing Provision

Matt Carthy

71. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses that will be completed by the local authority and by approved housing bodies; the number of affordable housing units that will be completed in County Monaghan in 2023; the corresponding figures for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59757/22]

Student Accommodation

Matt Carthy

114. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his proposed timeline to implement proposals relating to a new model whereby the State would assist in relation to the provision of student accommodation. [59759/22]

Further and Higher Education

Matt Carthy

156. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has a target with regard to increasing the number of students enrolled in veterinary medicine. [59760/22]

Housing Policy

Matt Carthy

202. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the intended timeframe in which he intends to bring forward proposals to extend the eligibility applicable to local authorities regarding housing supports. [56643/22]

Horticulture Sector

Matt Carthy

371. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to ensure the availability of horticultural peat for use in the domestic horticultural sector. [56644/22]

School Transport

Matt Carthy

112. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be allocated a school bus ticket as per previous years, in line with Government commitments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59742/22]

School Transport

Matt Carthy

113. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be allocated a school bus ticket as per previous years, in line with Government commitments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59744/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Matt Carthy

86. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection when she intends to announce the agricultural schemes which will be disregarded with regard to farm assist scheme under the new CAP; and the basis upon which the decision to include or exclude schemes will be determined. [59130/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Matt Carthy

103. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has examined the potential for introducing paid maternity and pension benefits for women working on farms. [59129/22]

School Transport

Matt Carthy

374. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if her Department has received an application for a new school bus service in respect of a person (details supplied); if she will ensure a speedy and positive consideration of the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59470/22]

School Transport

Matt Carthy

376. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that school transport is provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59497/22]

School Transport

Matt Carthy

377. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be allocated school bus tickets as per previous years in line with Government commitments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59498/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Matt Carthy

458. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person applying for fuel allowance has to meet all four conditions in relation to who they reside with, or if satisfying any one out of the four conditions is sufficient in order to qualify; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59478/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Matt Carthy

459. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) has been refused fuel allowance given that they only live with their spouse who is a person in receipt of carer's allowance as per the qualifying criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59479/22]

Dental Services

Matt Carthy

621. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of dental treatments that are covered under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58817/22]

Dental Services

Matt Carthy

622. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if dental treatments under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme have to be carried out in an acute hospital setting, as opposed to a dental clinic, in order to qualify for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58818/22]

Health Services

Matt Carthy

628. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for an ASD assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58842/22]

Health Services

Matt Carthy

629. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if funding is in place for children's non-complex needs ASD assessments through the children's disability network service at St. Davnet's Complex in Rooskey, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58843/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Matt Carthy

630. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who contracted long-Covid during their work as a nurse in Cavan General Hospital will continue be provided with special leave with pay; if cases of HSE employers deeming those suffering with long-Covid as fit-for-work have been drawn to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58844/22]

Forestry Sector

Matt Carthy

786. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who afforested land in each of the years 2014 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of hectares planted; the total number of persons who afforested land; the total hectares planted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59185/22]

Departmental Bodies

Matt Carthy

787. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) received severance-related remuneration upon their resignation from an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59186/22]

Forestry Sector

Matt Carthy

788. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of hectares of afforestation in the State; the percentage of land cover this comprises; if these figures are inclusive of forestry impacted by ash dieback; the total number of hectares impacted by ash dieback within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59187/22]

School Transport

Matt Carthy

122. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the number of applicants from County Monaghan for the school transport scheme who have yet to receive a bus ticket. [57720/22]

School Funding

Matt Carthy

143. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will allocate funding to provide for the envisaged increase in student numbers at a school (details supplied) in time for the 2023-2024 academic year. [57721/22]

Care Services

Matt Carthy

174. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for a person (details supplied) to be admitted to a residential service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58251/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Matt Carthy

222. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 19 October 2022, if the referenced field visit has been carried out in relation to the basic payment scheme application by a person (details supplied); if so, when it is scheduled to be carried out; the date that payment can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58179/22]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

100. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [57718/22]

Passport Services

Matt Carthy

106. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has conducted an assessment on the feasibility of opening a Passport Office in Northern Ireland. [57719/22]

Agriculture Supports

Matt Carthy

241. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance if the Government intends to extend stock relief for young, trained farmers beyond mid-2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57809/22]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Matt Carthy

299. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will instruct An Bord Pleanála to review the appeal from an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the 19.5 telecommunications mast at Glaslough village; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57805/22]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Matt Carthy

300. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the intervention of a person (details supplied) to grant permission to a 19.5 telecommunications mast at Glaslough Village [57806/22]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Matt Carthy

301. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the decision of Monaghan County Council and the recommendation of An Bord Pleanála Planning Inspector to refuse the 19.5 telecommunications mast at Glasough village will be restored, given the resignation of senior members of An Bord Pleanála [57807/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Matt Carthy

788. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intended timeline to make payments to those affected by the landslide at Shass mountain in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57808/22]

Veterinary Services

Matt Carthy

789. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if veterinary medicinal products are covered by the Irish Protocol of the UK Withdrawal Agreement; if not, the time at which any grace periods relating to them will expire; the position on the impact of such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57851/22]

Brexit Issues

Matt Carthy

790. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to any issue that may arise in relation to the importation of veterinary medicinal products from the EU via Britain, or in relation to the cross-Border trade of livestock in instances whereby regulatory alignment is not in place regarding such medicines, following Brexit-related grace periods elapsing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57852/22]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Matt Carthy

5. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will report on her engagements with RTÉ with regard to pay parity for Irish language workers within the broadcaster. [56642/22]

Sports Funding

Matt Carthy

15. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 1 October 2020, if the referenced review of the largescale sports infrastructure fund has been completed and the intended timeframe in which she intends to reopen the fund to facilitate new applications from local authorities for funds in support of constructing new swimming pools. [56641/22]

Schools Building Projects

Matt Carthy

102. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that an application from Cavan Monaghan ETB in respect of urgently needed additional accommodation for a college (details supplied) is processed speedily to allow for the new modular buildings to be available at the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56772/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Matt Carthy

291. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of participants in the National Parks and Wildlife Service farm plan scheme by farm system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56645/22]

School Transport

Matt Carthy

329. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 19 October 2022, the number of applicants for the school transport scheme in County Monaghan in 2022 who have yet to receive a bus ticket; the way that plans can be put in place to facilitate these students if this figure is not available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56275/22]

Health Services Staff

Matt Carthy

562. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 679 of 25 October 2022, the specific reason that a person (details supplied) who contracted long-Covid during their work as a nurse in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital has not yet been provided with special leave with pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56497/22]

General Practitioner Services

Matt Carthy

587. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the low availability of GP provision in the Carrickmacross area; the steps that he is taking to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56649/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Matt Carthy

623. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements that he has had with the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the pensions of persons who were employed by Coillte having previously been employed as civil servants, in his role as a shareholder in Coillte; his position on reports that retirees have seen the purchasing power of their pensions substantially decrease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56646/22]

Transport Costs

Matt Carthy

75. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to extend youth fare reductions to commercial operators. [55402/22]

Road Projects

Matt Carthy

81. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the funding provided under budget 2023 for the N2 Clontibret to the Border road scheme. [55403/22]

Tax Code

Matt Carthy

123. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the results of the review into the status of farm contractors regarding the carbon tax. [55400/22]

Tax Code

Matt Carthy

125. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the taxation policies of his Department which are intended to encourage farmers to adopt rooftop solar PV. [55713/22]

North-South Interconnector

Matt Carthy

6. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has received a review of the North-South interconnector; when it will be published; and if he will commission a full independent assessment of the potential undergrounding of the project. [55410/22]

Export Controls

Matt Carthy

52. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his proposals to reduce the amount of polyethylene terephthalate, PET, plastic exported from Ireland; if he has considered introducing a levy on the use of virgin plastics; and if his Department will collate data on the quantities of PET plastic that are recycled domestically and exported. [55411/22]

Post Office Network

Matt Carthy

150. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that he has taken to ensure the financial sustainability of the current post office network, especially in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55592/22]

Health Services Staff

Matt Carthy

959. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be allocated a transfer to the National Remedial Hospital for psychology and vocational training that they urgently require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54370/22]

Hospital Services

Matt Carthy

960. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the current capacity of the National Remedial Hospital; the plans, if any, to expand same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54371/22]

Hospital Services

Matt Carthy

961. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list per county or lowest available geographic unit for places at the National Remedial Hospital; the corresponding figures for each of the years 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54372/22]

Hospital Services

Matt Carthy

1090. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital will be open at weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54869/22]

Hospital Services

Matt Carthy

1091. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the services that are currently delivered at the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital; if there are proposals to expand these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54870/22]

Hospital Staff

Matt Carthy

1092. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and their respective titles currently employed at the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54871/22]

Hospital Services

Matt Carthy

1093. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients to date in 2022 that presented at the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital who were instructed to attend another service such as an emergency department, before meeting a medical professional at the MIU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54872/22]

Hospital Services

Matt Carthy

1094. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the role of administrative staff at the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital; if administrative staff can direct patients to attend another healthcare setting, such as an emergency department, before the patient meets a medical professional at the MIU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54873/22]

Home Help Service

Matt Carthy

1240. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 12 October 2022, the current timeframe for person (details supplied) to receive their full allocation of 15 hours per week home support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55595/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Matt Carthy

1314. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in agri-environmental schemes (details supplied) for each of the years 2014 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the total allocation by scheme and by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55577/22]

Trade Agreements

Matt Carthy

28. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53596/22]

Job Creation

Matt Carthy

59. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the targets for delivery of IDA supported jobs in County Monaghan for 2023. [53597/22]

Departmental Policies

Matt Carthy

99. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her intended timeframe to implement an effective rural proofing model. [53599/22]

Derelict Sites

Matt Carthy

112. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will establish a grant scheme towards the renovation of derelict rural properties for the purposes of providing tourism accommodation. [53598/22]

Hospital Services

Matt Carthy

298. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the reason that speech and language therapy has not been available for in-patients at Monaghan Hospital in recent weeks; when such therapy services will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54029/22]

Hospital Staff

Matt Carthy

299. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent number of speech and language therapists for in-patients that have been available at Monaghan Hospital on the first day of each month from January 2020 to October 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54030/22]

Land Issues

Matt Carthy

65. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements that he has had regarding proposals of the European Union on the change of land designation currently in agricultural use. [53260/22]

Animal Diseases

Matt Carthy

67. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support farmers in complying with new tuberculosis, TB, regulations. [53261/22]

Trade Agreements

Matt Carthy

102. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements that he has had with his ministerial colleagues regarding the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. [53095/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Matt Carthy

125. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to increase the adoption of rooftop solar energy generation on farms. [53094/22]

Horticulture Sector

Matt Carthy

127. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in implementing the working paper to address challenges related to peat supply in the horticultural sector; and his proposals to ensure an adequate supply of horticultural peat to the mushroom sector. [53091/22]

Forestry Sector

Matt Carthy

133. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that the targets relating to the issuance of forestry licences have been missed by over 62.5% in the first half of 2022; and his proposals to ensure that yearly targets are met. [53093/22]

Agriculture Industry

Matt Carthy

135. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to resolve the unfair situation regarding the group of farmers known as the so-called ‘forgotten farmers’. [53092/22]

Tax Code

Matt Carthy

254. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered altering the 50% limit of agricultural land which may be leased for the purposes of generating solar energy while maintaining access to capital acquisitions tax relief; if he has considered doing so specifically with a view to increasing the limit, in line with the position of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the single farm payment, or specifically with a view to seeing the calculation of land reflective of the resulting reduction in agricultural production, rather than the amount of land which is leased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53133/22]

Animal Diseases

Matt Carthy

337. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 12 October 2022, if information regarding the investigation of swan mortalities at a location (details supplied) other than that relating to the avian influenza has been shared with the National Parks and Wildlife Service by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; the nature of such information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53506/22]

School Transport

Matt Carthy

384. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be allocated a school bus ticket to attend a school in Carrickmacross as was the case in previous years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52942/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Matt Carthy

679. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who contracted long-Covid during their work as a nurse in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital will be provided with special leave with pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53375/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Matt Carthy

774. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's position on the payments in relation to the basic payment scheme in cases in which land has been leased for the installation of solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53503/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Matt Carthy

775. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have leased land for solar power and continue to draw down a partial basic payment in relation to the leased land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53504/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Matt Carthy

776. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have leased land since 2020 and no longer draw down a basic payment in respect of the leased land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53505/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Matt Carthy

777. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to the dairy beef calf programme in 2021-2022; the number of applicants; the number of participants; the average payment by year and by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53507/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Matt Carthy

778. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation to beef sustainability schemes in each of the years 2019 to 2023, by scheme and by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53508/22]

Animal Diseases

Matt Carthy

779. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 12 October 2022, if officials in his Department conducted any tests or examinations in relation to swan mortalities at a location (details supplied) which may provide insight with regard the cause of mortality, other than ruling out avian influenza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53509/22]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Matt Carthy

33. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if she has received the scoping report into the death of a person (details supplied); and the actions that she intends to take on foot of that report. [51969/22]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Matt Carthy

59. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if she intends to establish an independent public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied), as previously agreed by both Houses of the Oireachtas. [51968/22]

Hospital Services

Matt Carthy

116. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with the RCSI Hospital Group with regard to expanding the operational opening times of the minor injuries' unit at Monaghan Hospital. [52117/22]

General Practitioner Services

Matt Carthy

170. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the actions that he has taken to address the shortfall in GP provision, including out-of-hours services, within the north-east region. [52118/22]

Animal Diseases

Matt Carthy

83. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions and processes that are taken and followed in the event that remains of unhealthy swans are discovered by the National Parks and Wildlife Service whereby there is not a suspicion of avian influenza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52146/22]

School Transport

Matt Carthy

116. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 12 October 2022, the number of applicants from County Monaghan for the school transport scheme in 2022 who have yet to receive a bus ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52317/22]

EU Regulations

Matt Carthy

275. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns from farmers that the implementation of the EU Animal Health Law Regulations 2016/429 may distort competition by disincentivising the sale of cattle farm-to-farm or via marts in favour of directly to meat processing plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52124/22]

EU Regulations

Matt Carthy

276. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects the finance working group of the bovine TB stakeholder forum to report regarding the payment for any additional testing required arising from the implementation of the EU Animal Health Law Regulations 2016/429; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52125/22]

EU Regulations

Matt Carthy

277. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the aim and clause within the EU Animal Health Law Regulations 2016/429 requiring the new regulations applying specifically to males over the age of 36 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52126/22]

EU Regulations

Matt Carthy

278. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements with farmers regarding the phase two implementation of the EU Animal Health Law Regulations 2016/429; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52127/22]

EU Regulations

Matt Carthy

279. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed requirements of phase two of the implementation of EU Animal Health Law Regulations 2016/429; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52128/22]

EU Regulations

Matt Carthy

280. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date of the meeting where the bovine TB stakeholders’ forum agreed to the introduction of mandatory requirements in relation to the EU Animal Health Law Regulations 2016/429; if agreement was forthcoming from the forum as a whole or by one of the working groups; and if so, which working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52129/22]

EU Regulations

Matt Carthy

281. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the phase 1 requirements of the EU Animal Health Law Regulations 2016/429 implemented by his Department allow any discretion regarding a herd being restricted if an animal does not meet the requirements and is not tested within 30 days, in the case of force majeure or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52130/22]

EU Regulations

Matt Carthy

282. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the work of the bovine TB stakeholders’ forum and the implementation, finance and scientific working groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52131/22]

EU Regulations

Matt Carthy

283. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the organisations that have representation on the bovine TB stakeholders’ forum; the members of each of the working groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52132/22]