Results 3,301-3,320 of 11,320 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with the members of Monaghan County Council to discuss the need for additional funding in 2023 for the N2 road schemes. [30079/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Budgets (21 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funds allocated for the purpose of climate finance in the years 2020 to date; the subhead they are allocated under; if it is his intention to allocate and account for climate finance separately from overseas development aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30061/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: 55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is currently giving consideration to Irish participation in any further common security and defence mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30062/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Security and Defence Policy: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: I will try to be brief. I thank our guests for being here. The debate would be added to if we had a third perspective that was coming from the position of Ireland's role traditionally and also a broader view of what Ireland's role in the world could and should be, and what we are best placed to be. That is the fundamental question we need to focus on. Quite frankly, it was missing from...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: 68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline his intentions regarding the acquisition of primary radar; if the Office of Government Procurement or contracts branch of the Defence Forces are actively working on such; and the process by which locations for related installations will be decided. [29858/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: 66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the establishment figure for the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; the current number in each; and the number in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [29857/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: That is not true.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: I wish to raise a point of order, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach is misrepresenting the position. There is a distinction between being invited-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: -----to sit in the audience and listen to government representatives, as opposed to being invited to participate in the debate.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: That is the case for both members of the European Union and for members of the Opposition.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: I think the Taoiseach should be clear in outlining the position-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: -----that many voices of those who value Irish neutrality are actually being excluded from the debates.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: He should not misrepresent it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: It is not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: It is not agreed. There is growing recognition that the consultative forum on security and defence is less about public debate and more about an attempt to reshape public opinion. Along with the legitimate concerns about the balance of panellists, the Taoiseach needs to provide an answer on why there is no formal role for the Opposition in this process. The Government will have no less...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission: Dóchas (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: I thank the witnesses and welcome those in the packed Visitors Gallery. It is not often, at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, that we have so large an audience. Tá fáilte romhaibh go léir.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission: Dóchas (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: There was me thinking it was just a group of random people who had collectively decided our committee was the one they wanted to hear from. I thank the witnesses for the presentation. As the Leas-Chathaoirleach said, some of the case studies are sobering, to put it mildly, not least in the case of the recollections from Sudan, Kenya and Uganda, which were harrowing. The truth is we will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission: Dóchas (20 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: Can I interject there? It was a question I meant to ask. When Ms Ní Chéilleachair refers to the number of donors, is she talking about state donors?