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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (2 Jul 2024)

Matt Carthy: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a support scheme for teachers and special needs assistants assaulted during their work, which would include the provision of financial assistance to cover expenses related to medical bills, therapy sessions and medication, provision of assault leave to teachers for the duration of the medically certified leave and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (2 Jul 2024)

Matt Carthy: 357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rules and legislation that apply to the transportation of dead horses; if his attention has been drawn to a recent instance of a dead horse being transported openly in a regional town; the actions his Department has taken in response to this and similar instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28340/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (2 Jul 2024)

Matt Carthy: 364. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 5 March 2024, if additional occupational therapy services have been allocated to a child (details supplied); if further additional occupational therapy hours can be delivered as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27903/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (2 Jul 2024)

Matt Carthy: 366. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the case of a child (details supplied) needing urgent care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27930/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: You have only wasted 13 years.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: It has been 13 years since Shane was killed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: It has some record of selling them off as well.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with European partners regarding the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Sudan. [27491/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Bodies (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: I welcome the Tánaiste's response. He will know that I have been somewhat sceptical and concerned about the apparent slowness of the ICC investigation into what has happened in Gaza in comparison with the apparent haste with which other investigations have proceeded, particularly to the point where arrest warrants were issued. I agree with the Tánaiste's remarks regarding the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Bodies (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: Do I need to clarify what I was about to say?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Bodies (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: Obviously, there are arrest warrants for individuals-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Bodies (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: -----but for those who are protecting those people, would there be implications from an Irish perspective?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Bodies (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: These are challenging times and the ICC faces a challenging situation. It also must be a challenging time for the European Union. I do not know if the EU has ever had a preferential association arrangement with a state whose civilian and military leadership are the subject of ICC arrest warrants. The question has to be asked of European and, indeed, Irish leaders as to how it came to pass...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: Has the Tánaiste tried to make an appointment?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Bodies (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions Ireland will take in the event that the International Criminal Court, ICC, issues arrest warrants for Israeli ministers or officials. [27474/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Bodies (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: It is phenomenal, but the chief prosecutor of the ICC has indicated that he is seeking arrest warrants for the Prime Minister and the defence minister of a state, namely Israel, with which we have preferential trading, economic and diplomatic relationships. What actions will Ireland take in the event that the court issues those arrest warrants for the aforementioned ministers?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: 3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications on hand for more than three, six, nine and 12 months, respectively; and the measures the Passport Office is enacting to ensure the speedy processing of all applications during peak summer months. [27473/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: I acknowledge the tremendous efforts of the Passport Office staff, particularly at this time of the year. Will the Minister tell me the number of passport applications on hand for various lengths of time? What measures are his Department and the Passport Office enacting to ensure there is a speedy processing of all applications during these peak summer months?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: I have put on the record of this House on a number of occasions that when the passport service works, it works incredibly well. We have all heard people describe their surprise with the speed at which a renewed passport in particular arrives through their letterbox. At the same time, we have to acknowledge that there are incidences where there are problems. The particular issue about which...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (27 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: Everybody values the Irish passport. It is one of many people's most prized possessions, particularly those who have had to leave our country and move elsewhere. It is a source of pride to display the passport with the harp anywhere in the world and see the value that is attached to it by others. It is also an entitlement of every Irish citizen to have a passport, and there is a...