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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: Both the GRA and the AGSI have raised serious questions about the new Garda operating model. Clearly, that model is undermined by the fact there are far too few gardaí to operate it. That is particularly the case with community gardaí. There were only 700 community gardaí at the end of last year compared with over 1,100 at the end of 2011. The Garda has raised serious...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: It is cloud cuckoo land stuff.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: What momentum?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of any reviews carried out, sought or received by her Department, into contracts for international protection accommodation centres in the past five years; if any value for money reviews were carried out into contracts for the provision of IPAS centres in the past five years; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth given the HIQA overview report on the first year of inspecting international protection accommodation centres, published on 5 March 2025, found that 56% of centres inspected did not have effective governance and management arrangements in place, had poor, or no, reporting systems, and that 35% of staff across...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average turnaround time for a passport renewal, by paper and online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19942/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 226. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 2 of 9 April and 238 of 1 April 2025, if the European Commission requires the permission of the European Council to commission a review as to Israels compliance with its human rights obligations under the EU Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20416/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 227. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 3 and 5 of 9 April 2025, if the referenced United Nations General Assembly resolution, co-sponsored by Ireland, which seeks to implement the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, distinguished between the trade of goods and services with Israels illegal settlements in Palestine; and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 58, 3 and 5 of 9 April 2025, if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance regarding Irelands €9.4 million investments via the ISIF in eight companies, given the outline he provided of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Postcode System (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of new Eircodes sought within each county in respect of buildings for which another Eircode already existed in each of the years 2020-2024 and to-date 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19194/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Regulatory Bodies (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to review the efficacy of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) or if he intends to bring forward legislation that will enhance any powers of the CRU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19494/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 353. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 18 February 2025, if the Reserve Defence Forces (RDF) record the addresses of members of the RDF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20895/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Licences (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 1 April 2025, the criteria upon which applications to exchange driving licences from other states are adjudicated as to whether they are accepted or rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20158/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Inquiries (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 600. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 9 April 2025, if ISIF risk profile and investment parameters include any consideration as to whether a company derives profit from their economic activity in territories illegally occupied under international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20415/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 662. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 9 April 2025, the number of applications received to join an Garda Síochána from January 2024 to date in 2025, by month, by the jurisdiction in which the applicant is based, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20413/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 845. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of bespoke school transport contracts in place specifically for beneficiaries of temporary protection in each county; and the total cost of these contracts for the current academic year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19198/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 846. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department intends to renew bespoke school transport contracts in place specifically for beneficiaries of temporary protection for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19199/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 847. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will list each route in respect of bespoke school transport contracts in place specifically for beneficiaries of temporary protection; the number of children concerned on each route; the cost of each route, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19200/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2025)

Matt Carthy: 987. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 607 of 9 September 2024, the status of an application to build an extension to a school (details supplied) for the provision of two permanent ASD class units and classroom; the next steps to be completed in this project; the expected timeframe for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter....