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Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he had requested to visit any part of Palestine or Israel during his recent visit to the Middle East for which permission was not granted; if so, the authority that refused the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a report in the media (details supplied) that he had requested to visit Palestinian towns in Area C of the West Bank and that he was denied access. [43804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive approval to proceed with the proposed permanent extension comprising of three classroom SEN base, five additional classrooms, two special education tuition rooms, one music room, one textiles room, one science laboratory and preparation room, associated circulation and WC, and ancillary areas; the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the modular building proposal for a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43993/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am sure the Tánaiste will join me in welcoming the imminent announcement that the British and Irish bid to host the UEFA Euro 2028 competition is set to be successful. We all look forward to seeing fans from across Europe attending games in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin and Casement Park in Belfast. First, however, we need to ensure that the redevelopment of Casement Park is completed...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: They are linked, as I am sure the Ceann Comhairle will agree.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am just giving the Government the opportunity to do more-----

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that sufficient funding is allocated to allow the N2 Clontibret-to-the-Border and the N2 Ardee-to-Castleblayney bypass road schemes to progress to the next respective stages without further delay. [43043/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport (5 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that Local Link services can accept school transport tickets when those services provide the most effective arrangements for pupils. [43042/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance when the disabled drivers medical board of appeal will again begin to hear appeals. [43046/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (5 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged with the NTMA regarding the ISIF investments in companies that are listed on the UN Human Rights Council database of business enterprises involved in certain activities related to the Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, published by the UN Human Rights Council in February 2020, A/HRC/43/71; if so, the...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I welcome the progression of this Bill, which contains a number of important provisions with regard to both sexual offences and human trafficking. New national referral mechanisms for victims of human trafficking will be a very positive and important step and stand as the type of additional human trafficking measures for which Sinn Féin and many others have long advocated. Likewise,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I revert to RACO's appearance before the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence earlier. It made a very powerful presentation. One of the criticisms that was set out was that the organisation, that is, the Defence Forces, continues to prioritise costly labour-intensive recruitment policies in favour of tangible retention initiatives. We know there is a need for recruitment...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I think I heard the Tánaiste correctly when he outlined the figures indicating that so far this year there have been 20 new members of the Reserve. He said there is room for improvement. I would suggest that is the understatement of the year. The first problem we have, as we have with the Defence Forces overall, is that there is a retention crisis. It was put very eloquently at the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: There are huge swathes of the country now where there is no visible evidence of a Reserve being in place at all. That is systematic and I would argue it is getting to the point where it is existential in terms of the crisis that is being faced. The representative body the Tánaiste mentioned told a previous member of the Oireachtas committee that the next few years may see the last...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the establishment figure of the Reserve Defence Force and its current strength; the number of applicants in 2022 and 2023 and the number inducted; his proposals to introduce employment protection measures for Reserve Defence Force members who deploy on a voluntary basis in support of the Permanent Defence Force; and his proposals to reverse...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: Today, the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, RACO, was before the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence. In outlining the changes that have occurred during this Government's time in office, one speaker said, "The only thing that really has changed is the strength of the organisation, and not for the better". Nowhere is that more true than in the numbers of...