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Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Pigmeat Sector
Matt Carthy
606. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports in place for the pig sector; his plans to increase supports to the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12402/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Common Agricultural Policy
Matt Carthy
607. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide financial supports to the cohort of younger farmers known as the forgotten farmers under the new Common Agriculture Policy; his views on the measures required to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12403/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Departmental Surveys
Matt Carthy
608. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the body that will have responsibility for conducting a baseline biodiversity survey on each farm; the estimated timeframe to conduct such a survey; the estimated cost of such a survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12404/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Departmental Surveys
Matt Carthy
609. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the body that will have responsibility for conducting a national hedgerow survey; the estimated timeframe to conduct such a survey; the estimated cost of such a survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12405/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Land Issues
Matt Carthy
610. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the body that will have responsibility for conducting a national land use review; the estimated timeframe to conduct such a review; the estimated cost of such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12406/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Matt Carthy
611. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms that are carbon neutral by county; his plans to increase the number of carbon neutral farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12407/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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National Broadband Plan
Matt Carthy
645. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan for County Monaghan; the number of dwellings and businesses that will be facilitated by the scheme in 2020 and in each of the coming years; when each dwelling and business in the county will be provided with adequate broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12408/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Departmental Expenditure
Matt Carthy
715. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average cost of preparing a light or heavy rail feasibility study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12427/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Library Projects
Matt Carthy
786. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated amount it would cost in 2021 if the capital budget for library developments within his Department increased by 12%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12426/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Matt Carthy
846. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an interim payment will be provided for the self-employed who have claimed the pandemic unemployment payment in order to provide certainty so they can return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12411/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Community Employment Schemes
Matt Carthy
847. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the issues regarding the pension and gratuity status of community employment supervisors; her further plans to implement the Labour Court recommendation issued in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12412/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Defence Forces Data
Matt Carthy
12. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of full-time personnel employed across the Defence Forces for each of the years 2008 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by branch in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11341/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Defence Forces Data
Matt Carthy
13. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 20 May 2020, the date on which each of the current vacancies across the Defence Forces first arose in tabular form; the efforts taken to recruit to fill these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11342/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Matt Carthy
440. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the exclusion of commercially rated businesses within community and sports centres from the business restart grant scheme; her plans to provide supports to assist these businesses to reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11320/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Matt Carthy
441. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide details of the total number of applications received to date in the Covid-19 business loan scheme administered by Microfinance Ireland; the number of applications which have been made by businesses in the agrifood sector; the number of same that have been approved and refused, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11321/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Health and Safety Inspections
Matt Carthy
442. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Health and Safety Authority inspections that have been carried out at meat processing plants in each month of 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11322/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Health and Safety Inspections
Matt Carthy
443. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of complaints received by the Health and Safety Authority regarding meat processing plants and the issue of compliance with Covid-19 safety measures in the workplace; the number of inspections which have been carried out following these complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11323/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Health and Safety Authority
Matt Carthy
444. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the additional resources that will be provided to the HSA to assist the agency to carry out its functions, including workplace inspections, in order to ensure business compliance with public health and safety guidelines as workplaces set to reopen following the Covid-19 pandemic; if she has received a formal request from the HSA for additional resourcing to coincide with the Covid-19 reopening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11324/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Health and Safety Inspections
Matt Carthy
445. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to her contribution in Dáil Éireann on 21 May 2020 regarding the number of HSA inspections that had taken place at meat plants, the reason this information was subsequently released to the media when it was considered confidential; if she considers this to be a breach of confidentiality; the actions that she plans to take in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11325/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Company Closures
Matt Carthy
446. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has examined reasons for the proposed closure of a business (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if her Department can assist in addressing the causes for closure in order to protect the jobs there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11326/20]