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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...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Agreements (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on negotiations at a European level regarding the Capital Markets Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22781/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of non-domiciled individuals taxed on a remittance basis; the number of individuals who have self-assessed with Revenue as non-domiciled in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if his Department is considering changes to the non-domicile regime to restrict the remittance basis of taxation that applies to the regime. [22782/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of international protection and Ukrainian refugees currently being accommodated at a location (details supplied); whether any residents have been moved or are proposed to be moved to alternative accommodation, the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22430/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 576. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 2 May 2024, if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) will be offered treatment to urgently complete their orthodontal treatment at another hospital in the event that an urgent appointment cannot be provided in the orthodontal clinic in Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 599. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 8 May 2024, the actions he intends to take to ensure children have adequate access to orthodontic treatment in situations whereby their clinician retires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22631/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeframe in which he intends to publish a draft scheme in relation to his proposals to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; and if he intends to conduct both a public consultation and pre-legislative scrutiny. [22044/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service (16 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the establishment figure of the Naval Service; the strength as of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the current strength of the service; the number of personnel required under level of ambition 2; and the current number of ships that can simultaneously be put to sea. [22124/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence where he intends to deploy Irish troops in the event that he is successful in progressing legislation that would remove the triple lock neutrality protection, considering the Government has withdrawn from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF, peacekeeping mission due to capacity constraints. [22123/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Legislative Measures (16 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the further consultation he intends to carry out regarding the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024. [22043/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress he has made on ending the blanket exclusion of members of the Defence Forces from the protections of the working time directive. [22046/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of volunteers secured to participate in an EU battle group. [22047/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Legislative Measures (16 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeframe in which he expects to conclude considerations regarding the need for further legislation to strengthen safeguards in relation to former members of the Defence Forces selling their expertise. [22045/24]

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: Today marks the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, which saw 15,000 Palestinians killed and some three quarters of a million more expelled. The seven and a half decades since then have been marked, on the one hand, by the repeated breach by Israel of international laws and, on the other, by the failure of the international community to hold that state accountable for those breaches. The world,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: I welcome the Palestine women's national soccer team to Ireland and commend Bohemian Football Club on hosting the squad for their match this evening. What does it say about the Minister's party's record that after 13 years in government, families are forced to go onto the media to beg for the services to which their children with disabilities are legally entitled. Recently, another...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: All of that would count for something if this problem had just emerged in the past number of weeks or months.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: This problem has been getting steadily worse under this Government. For all of the task forces and all of the reviews proposed by the Minister, there are immediate solutions that need to be implemented. Deputies Cullinane and Tully and other members of the Opposition have told the Government what they are. Most importantly, the families of the children involved and the professionals...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the passport service contacting witnesses to passport applications on weekends when the persons commonly used as witnesses, such as GPs, may be inaccessible; his proposals to ensure this does not unnecessarily result in new witness forms being sought, thereby unduly delaying the processing of applications; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the new Garda roster resulting in members who witness passport applications being unavailable over multiple subsequent days and that this is leading to applicants being obliged to submit new witness forms and unduly delaying the processing of applications; his proposals to address the matter; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (15 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 14 February 2024, if Irish election monitors observed the 2023 Turkish general election; the related findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22059/24]