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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: There was a second part to my question that did not make it onto the Question Paper, which was specifically about the Nuremore Hotel in Carrickmacross, which is and has been a crucial hub for tourism activity and generation. I would like the Minister also to reference that in her remarks.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: I agree with the Minister entirely that County Monaghan has a huge amount to offer tourists. One of the things we cannot offer them on many occasions is a place to stay, because the most renowned residence for tourists, a place that was used by Jack Charlton and the Italia 90 team and is one of the most esteemed hotels in the region, is shut down. The Minister is right. The question...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: 31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target for afforestation in 2023; the number of hectares of new afforestation to date; and if he intends to revise this target. [34735/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: 44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targeted number of forestry licences to be issued in 2023; the number of licences issued to date, by type; and if he intends to revise this target. [34736/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (13 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: 83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the national swimming strategy will be published; and if she intends to open a capital grant process for the development of public swimming pools in towns such as Carrickmacross. [34730/23]

European Council Meeting: Statements, Questions and Answers (12 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: At the outset, I apologise that I will have to leave the debate early to attend an engagement with the European Parliament. It has been 17 months now since Vladimir Putin's Russia launched a brutal and criminal war on its neighbouring sovereign state, Ukraine. In doing so, Russia unleashed the largest land conflict and the greatest displacement of people in Europe in more than eight decades....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach's response is completely unacceptable. We are talking about a Government report that has been laid before this House. The Members of the House deserve an opportunity to debate it. The implications of it are quite profound. The Taoiseach's response is disingenuous in the extreme.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: We are seeking a debate on a Government report that was laid before the House.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: Last week, the Government published a long-awaited report of the scoping exercise into the death of Shane O'Farrell. The Taoiseach will know that many aspects of that scoping report have been challenged by Shane O'Farrell's family. The crucial question that has not been answered is why the person who was solely responsible for Shane's death, a man by the name of Zigimantas Gridziuska, was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association (11 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: There has been a focus on all these issues as a result of the consultative forum on security. It appears that there is not a serious and credible defence force anywhere in the world that does not also have a serious and credible reserve defence force. In such circumstances, I would have thought that, prior to any discussions about what international military alliances we may potentially...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association (11 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: In fairness, nearly everything has been covered. In terms of the Chair's proposal, which I fully support, I suggest that perhaps the secretariat could pull together the transcript of this meeting, when it is available, and provide that to the Chief of Staff and the Department. This is in order that we get a substantive response in respect of each of the issues that has been raised in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (11 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she intends to take in response to the report from a scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied). [33958/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (11 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will now implement the decision of Dáil Éireann in 2018 to establish an independent public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) and the actions of State agencies in respect of this case before, and subsequent to, their death. [33738/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (11 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the respect engagements Government has had with the Australian government or Australian state; the proposals for upcoming engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34238/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (11 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: 119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic presence that Ireland has in Australia; any proposals to expand the Government's presence in Australia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34239/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (11 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: 259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the proposed EU-Australia trade agreement, the Irish government's position in this regard, whether he has commissioned an economic evaluation of the impact that the trade agreement will make to the Irish economy and sectors therein; whether it is proposed that the agreement will include an investor-state...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (11 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: 693. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a long-term illness card when an ADHD assessment was submitted with the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33596/23]

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's participation in four European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: Nobody said that yet.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's participation in four European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Matt Carthy: On a point of information, the Minister of State has spoken on two occasions. If he is going to vote against the amendment, then the least he could do is give the House the courtesy of explaining why the Government is voting against it.