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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: Are we taking the whole thing in one go?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: I will put each question. The Cathaoirleach Gníomhach can decide when other members need to come in. I will start with Part 2 and the EOB. The general scheme does not currently mandate the body to report to the Oireachtas, which was one of the recommendations of the IRG. Would it not be appropriate, within this part, to include a head making provision for the body to attend the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: However, the Department is very clear the legislation will actually preclude somebody who has a relationship with military organisations for being the chair of this body.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: On head 25, I am not clear on the Department's position of barring two titles, the director of military prosecutions and military judges, and there is scope within the head of the Bill to include others, and bar them from membership of a representative association on the basis that they are required to be independent. The director of military prosecutions is free to be a member of a trade...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: I thank Ms Tiernan for that. I suggest that as part of our pre-legislative scrutiny we would invite all the representative organisations and ICTU to comment on that and other points. I agree with Deputy Berry that membership of ICTU and provision for it is an important step forward. It is important to allow the Defence Forces to have representation, in particular when key talks are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: Every day in this place we find legislation being used for something that the original drafters could never have envisaged. The fact is that if we provide a Minister with a power then we are providing them with the legislative basis for them to use that power at some point in the future. I understand that in the course of negotiations RACO and PDFORRA might have accepted this provision...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made any effort to secure the suspension of the EU-Israel Association agreement considering the clear breach by Israel of the human rights clause within that agreement. [3227/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any interactions with the South African government in respect of the case against Israel under the Genocide Convention to the International Court of Justice and the circumstances in which he will propose that Ireland join that case. [3228/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposed timeframe to officially recognise the state of Palestine. [3221/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the instances since 2020 whereby the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment have sought his Department’s input in respect of the granting of export licences for dual-use products to Israel; if he raised human rights concerns in relation to such; and if he advised against the granting of such export licences in any case. [3219/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures to ensure that all passports applications are processed as speedily as possible in the coming months. [3217/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (25 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will open a new consulate in Australia, in recognition of the growing Irish population in that country and the strengthening relationship between Ireland and Australia. [3218/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legislative Measures (25 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the Minister for Finance in relation to Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill. [3220/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (25 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current estimated timeframe for completion of the North-South Interconnector; how long that timeframe will be expanded if landowners affected refuse to provide consent for EirGrid or associated bodies to enter their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2727/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (25 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will meet with representatives of landowners and communities affected by the proposed North-South Interconnector. [2728/24]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Taoiseach for his update on the discussions at the European Council in December. I note that a considerable part of those discussions centred around the continued need for the EU to support Ukraine, particularly with the latter in the midst of another winter of brutal assault and aggression from Russia. I welcome that the Council recommitted to addressing the needs of the...

Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: A. In the paragraph beginning "expresses its deepest concern" Substitute: ‘killed’ for ‘dead’ B. to insert the following after "including educational facilities" ", as a result of the Israeli bombardment and airstrikes;"; C. After the words “condemns the ongoing bombardment of Gaza” to insert the following: “and demands an immediate and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (24 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the Minister for Finance in relation to Irish State investment in companies which derive income from activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3271/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (24 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the undertakings secured from Israel during a meeting in October 2022 regarding the renewal of the EU-Israel Association agreement in relation to human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3272/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (24 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the aid provided by Ireland to Ukraine in 2023 and that allocated under Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/24]