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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 149. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the legislative basis for mandatory selection which would compel members of the Defence Forces to serve overseas as part of an EU battlegroup; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53457/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 150. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the occasions on which the Defence Forces have used a process of mandatory selection to enlist members to missions or operations in each of the years from 2000 to date in 2023; the number of members involved in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53485/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 151. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has any proposals for the Defence Forces to participate in overseas missions for which the triple-lock neutrality protection currently precludes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53486/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 152. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are proposals to deploy the German-led EU battlegroup to missions that Ireland is currently precluded due to the triple-lock neutrality protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53487/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Honours (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 154. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the review of the processes of awarding military medals; when he expects the review to be completed; if he intends to implement changes to the processes involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53791/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Honours (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 155. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he could utilise the same discretion that established the Independent Review Group on Jadotville to review the potential of awarding a military medal for gallantry to a person (details supplied); if he will ensure that such a review is completed before the 25th anniversary of the person's death in May 2024; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with Bus Éireann to address the situation where a child whose application has been sanctioned is still waiting to be assigned transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53689/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number, in tabular form, of gardaí in total, and of each rank, based in County Monaghan currently, and for the end of each year 2009-2022, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53482/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda and the stations that were operational in each Garda station in County Monaghan for each year 2009-2023 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53483/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 508. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 9 November 2023, which centre the two CT scanners and one MRI scanner are based in within the Cavan and Monaghan Hospital group; if a request has been made for additional MRI or CT scanners to be located at Monaghan Hospital; the status of any such request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53237/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am disappointed that the Tánaiste used the word "dishonest" to characterise Sinn Féin's interactions on this. He has obviously been selective in what Sinn Féin utterances or otherwise he has been reading. I have publicly commended, both nationally and internationally, the positions Ireland has taken. I have commended the Tánaiste's words specifically in this House and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am simply asking what those concrete actions will be that will impose sanction on Israel for what it has done.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I want to raise a technical objection. Questions Nos. 144 and 146 are two distinct questions I had submitted for priority. Taking them together means that while the Tánaiste had twice as long to answer, there is not the same opportunity for me in terms of supplementary questions. The truth is there has not been an explicit condemnation by the Government of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: No problem. I appreciate that. The recognition that Israel has breached international law has not been as explicit as I believe it should be, but I think there was an implicit recognition in the Tánaiste's remarks that Israel has, indeed, breached international law and continues to do so. I would argue strongly that it was in breach of international law long before the events of 7...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: 144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he condemns the actions of Israel in Gaza that have resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians. [53017/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: 146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he proposes to take any measures, such as diplomatic, economic, trade, legal or political, against the Israeli Government in response to the ongoing breaches of international law by the State of Israel. [53018/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: Will the Tánaiste condemn the actions of Israel in Gaza that have resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: 169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the relevant timelines regarding the initiation of a case to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of the so-called legacy Bill adopted by the British Parliament; if he has engaged with those individuals who have taken cases; and if Government intends to take an inter-state case on this issue. [52835/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: 188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent engagements with the Government of South Africa; and if he has sought to join its referral of the situation in Palestine to the International Criminal Court. [52836/23]