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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: The point I am making is that this makes it unclear.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: It also states they cannot lobby.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: It then becomes-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: It comes down to an interpretation as to whether or not what they are saying relates to the purpose of an association in representing members. Does the Tánaiste get the point? I am making the point that there is ambiguity here and it is open to different interpretation.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: This is about the RACO and PDFORRA encouraging members. It relates to the purposes of associations. The Bill states that without prejudice to the purposes of representing their members, associations shall not encourage members to engage in public agitation and protest. We all have an understanding that the role of the representative organisations is not the same as other trade unions,...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: They can also encourage their members to do so, if necessary. I have given the example of media commentary. As the Tánaiste knows, when there are issues pertaining or developments happen, the media likes to talk to real people who are affected. Members of the media will approach trade unions, representative organisations and sectoral bodies and ask them to comment on what things might...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: That is not what the Bill states. It states "encourage members".

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: The amendments being brought forward are around the language of Government policy, which the Tánaiste has already conceded requires another look.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: That is not at all what I suggested.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: It is still possible, therefore, for the Government to appeal.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: It is page 28. It is in respect of amendments-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: May I make a couple of comments? The amendments to this section and our contributions come from the positions of the representative organisations themselves. They tell us they feel that this has created ambiguity. The Tánaiste mentioned a couple of times the issues around public agitation and protest. To be clear about my own position, if the section read "shall not encourage members...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 3: In page 9, line 11, to delete "or matter of Government policy".

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 5: In page 9, line 13, to delete "or matter of Government policy".

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 10: In page 14, line 37, to delete “and” where it secondly occurs. From our perspective, amendment No. 11 is the substantive one. It relates to an issue that was discussed widely, as the Tánaiste will be aware. I refer to the external oversight body. It is a concern that was widely relayed during the pre-legislative scrutiny that the external...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: Notwithstanding anything that has been said, I do not think we can look at this legislation or leave what many of us consider an anomaly in it the expectation that other legislation to address this matter will be brought forward in the future. In fact, the current position reinforces the problematic nature of what is being proposed because it is the Secretary General who is the Accounting...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: The announcement that Ireland will formally recognise the state of Palestine next Tuesday is an historic moment for both Ireland and Palestine. I want to commend today all those who have campaigned, marched, petitioned and stood up for international law and the reality that the only route to a lasting peace in the Middle East lies with a free, independent and sovereign Palestinian state....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (22 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include driver’s licences issued in the United States among those that can be exchanged for an Irish driver’s licence in order to facilitate the return of Irish emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23051/24]

Housing Situation: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: If I were to say "systemic failures, ineffective decision making, reactive policymaking, risk aversion, impacting supply, and undermining affordability", someone would think I was taking an excerpt from a speech Deputy Ó Broin had made in this House, but I am not. These are excerpts from the Housing Commission report, the Housing Commission that was set up and established by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Africa Day: Discussion with African Ambassadors to Ireland (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: Our guests are all very welcome and I thank them for coming before the committee. Those of us who get the opportunity to engage with ambassadors know that it is an extensive role and not quite the high life depicted in TV dramas. We know our guests are all very busy people and we appreciate their taking an afternoon out of their schedules to be with us. I have a number of fairly broad...