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- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Council (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: Many people will be concerned by that response. The removal of unanimity would itself require unanimity, but once that decision was made, it could only be reversed by the Council. A Government decision that fundamentally undermined Ireland’s position on defence matters could not be overturned by the will of the Irish people at a subsequent election. Therefore, it is crucial that all...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Council (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: The difficulty is that competences within the EU have been cited as the reason Ireland cannot act on matters of foreign affairs and defence. For example, how many times have propositions been laid before this House for Ireland to take meaningful action only for the response from the Tánaiste or his colleagues to be that we cannot do so because such would require movement at EU level?...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Council (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: You are running down the clock.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Council (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: You can talk about the investor court if you want to. I am asking about defence.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Council (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: I am asking about the areas of foreign affairs and defence where you would concede the principle of-----
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: 25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount allocated under Budget 2024 in relation to the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles; the amount expended in 2023, by quarter; and the purpose of such expenditure. [13157/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the capacity of the Air Corps to contribute to efforts providing humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. [13154/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the implementation of the Working Time Directive in the Defence Forces; and the timeframe in which he intends it be operationalised within the Defence Forces. [13156/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Neutrality (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: 51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeframe in which he intends to bring forward proposals to remove the triple-lock neutrality protection; and if he will put these proposals before the people a referendum. [13155/24]
- General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: The crisis we are encountering is staggering. We see it every day when dealing with constituents who are just seeking to access the most basic healthcare services. What we are discussing first hit home with me a number of years ago when Fine Gael's health policies really started to impact. A family returned home to County Monaghan and contacted me to say they could not get a GP to take...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: On a personal level, I will take this opportunity to wish the Taoiseach well following his announcement earlier. As the European Council prepares to meet tomorrow, the people of Gaza face horrifying levels of hunger and an imminent famine. A report compiled by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification describes this chapter of an ever-escalating human catastrophe as a man-made...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: I will pick up from that point. One of the first statements on the NTMA’s website is the boast that the ISIF is committed to being a long-term, sustainable and responsible investor. Do the witnesses consider it to be responsible investment to put Irish taxpayers’ money into companies that are profiting from what has clearly been defined as illegal activity?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: I might move to the Department’s representatives quickly. There is a UN database that cites companies that are involved, invested or complicit in illegal activities of the Israeli state in the occupied territories. Is that disputed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Gilvarry accept the list?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Gilvarry accept that the companies listed in the UN database are involved in activities that have been defined-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: What does Mr. Gilvarry see as being the purpose of the database?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: Following investigations, the UN compiled this database. It has since been amended and some companies have been taken off it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: What is the purpose of the UN’s action in compiling this database in the first place? Is it so that member states of the UN will take appropriate action?