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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: The question was asked.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: I came in here-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: It is too late.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: I will waive it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: The difficulty and reality, which I think the Tánaiste acknowledged in his earlier remarks, is that Israeli actions in breaching international law, engaging in an apartheid regime and committing war crimes are becoming more blatant and glaring by the day. I think he also acknowledged that the EU, because of the position some of the governments, to their shame, have taken in respect of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: My fear is that the longer we delay these types of measures, the less likely it is that there will be a Palestinian state in a two-state solution to actually recognise. I welcome that the Tánaiste indicated the Government will make a submission to the International Court of Justice about the clarification it is preparing in respect of the commission I referenced earlier. Will that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has given consideration to the opening of a passport office in Northern Ireland. [28848/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: Will the Tánaiste outline if he is willing to progress plans to open a passport office in the North?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am very disappointed with that response. We spoke of the urgent appointment service which operates both in Dublin and in Cork. In fact, a person can get an urgent appointment service in London but not in the North of our own country. This has a particular real impact for people who are obliged to travel to either Dublin or Cork. I know that my colleague Deputy Pearse Doherty regularly...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: On that issue, that is not the same service that was being offered to Oireachtas Members who have a phone line and there is a difference. I have used both and nothing beats actually talking to a human being sometimes when dealing with a specific case. If we use the business logic which has been prepared and put forward in the Tánaiste's response in respect of this office, then I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: Yes, and I am sure he would be aghast to hear-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: -----of such a prospect because this is more than business. It is about a service being provided to citizens. Yes, the vast bulk people apply online, wherever they are applying from. Urgent and emergency cases and appointments are usually made by people who have previously made their application online. It is because an urgency or an emergency emerges that they need access. It is a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposed timeline to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [28846/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: In the context of the Tánaiste's conversation with the Leas-Cheann Comhairle in respect of tangible things the Irish Government can do to support the Palestinian people as they face Israeli aggression and apartheid, one of the practical things the Government could do is to enact the agreed position of this House and to recognise the state of Palestine. Will the Tánaiste give the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: It is not available through a telephone.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: They can email but do not have telephone access.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Official Engagements (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his recent engagements with representatives of the British Government. [29062/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Official Engagements (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: I ask the Tánaiste if he will report on his recent engagement with representatives of the British Government, particularly his engagements in response to the inadequate amendments made to the so-called legacy Bill.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Official Engagements (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Tánaiste for that. The legacy Bill has been well debated in this House and elsewhere. There is unanimous political opposition on this island to the British Government’s proposals. It is not simply something we oppose but also something that breaches unilaterally an agreement reached between the two Governments and the political parties at Stormont House on dealing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Official Engagements (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: I was at Talbot Street on the anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings again this year. I commend the Justice for the Forgotten group on ensuring the story of those bombings is more clear and evident, though it is not yet fully transparent because the British Government has refused to accede to wishes expressed on a number of occasions by this House for it to release all its...