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Common Agricultural Policy and Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan: Statements (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: In response to the last Deputy, I know she is very passionate about these issues but it is important this House reminds itself that Irish and EU farmers adhere to the highest and strictest animal welfare and environmental water quality standards of any farmers anywhere in the world. That is not say that in all of those areas we do not need to go further but we must recognise that when we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: We can talk about statistics, but the reality is that there have been 55 retirements and 31 resignations from An Garda Síochána in the past two months alone. We know that 1,640 gardaí will be eligible to retire over the next five years. The Minister spoke about some more recent work, but we know that prior to the commencement of exit interviews within An Garda...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: I wish to ask a supplementary question to Deputy Moynihan's question. It is in respect of an issue that has arisen for many domestic violence survivors who are having difficulty in accessing civil legal aid, those who perhaps want to take out a barring order against an abuser. They have a civil legal aid certificate but are not able to secure representation because, quite frankly,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: I have to dispute virtually every single thing the Minister of State has just said. I know this area has just moved into his Department. The State has paid out billions of euro with virtually no transparency. There have been increasing reports of companies with no track record at all being awarded contracts to the tunes of millions of euro. A recent report concerned a company that had...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: Have any contracts been cancelled?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: Have any been cancelled? Will the Minister of State look into the case I asked about?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister. I join with him in expressing our condolences to the family, friends and Garda colleagues of Garda Kevin Flatley. The outpouring of grief we have seen from his local community points to the fact that Garda Flatley represented all that is good about An Garda Síochána and its membership. Regarding the new Garda Commissioner, I agree with the Minister that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: That is important, and it is regrettable that we have a situation where senior gardaí are saying - if not on the record, then letting it be known - that the position is not tenable for them. Those issues must be addressed. What the public at large wants to see is an improvement in Garda visibility in their communities. We need a clear plan for putting more gardaí, particularly...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount that was spent on IPAS accommodation in 2024; the projected spend on IPAS accommodation in 2025; the plans he has to initiate a value for money review into contracts for the provision of IPAS accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24688/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: The Minister of State knows there has been massive profiteering in the provision of accommodation for those seeking asylum. People have become millionaires overnight providing what is sometimes unsuitable accommodation in what I would call a deeply flawed system, while many communities have lost vital local amenities, including hotels. Will the Minister of State outline the total amount of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: I have been raising the issue of profiteering within the IPAS system since I was an MEP almost a decade ago. I raised it as a member of the Committee of Public Accounts. The Minister of State said we spent €1 billion on IPAS accommodation last year. What he did not say was that most of that money was paid to private operations. He did not answer the question as to whether he agreed...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the selection competition for identifying and recommending to the Government a person for appointment as Garda Commissioner has commenced; if he expects that a new Garda Commissioner will be in place when the extension of the current Commissioner's contract ends on 1 September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: The selection competition for identifying and recommending to the Government a person for appointment as Garda Commissioner has been delayed as a result of the Government's failure to enact the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act. This is a crucially important position in our society and particularly in our policing services. Will the Minister give an assurance to the Dáil that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of his recent meeting with a family (details supplied); if a public inquiry will be established, as mandated by the Dáil on two separate occasions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24760/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: 151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans to introduce a standard structured form of consultation with communities in relation to the location of IPAS centres; his plans for the introduction of criteria to ensure IPAS centres are not located in areas already lacking in services or experiencing deprivation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Provision (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: 166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of any reviews or reports into the impact of the accommodation recognition payment on the private rental sector that he has sought or received since the transfers of functions in relation to migration to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24762/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given there were only 700 community gardaí in the State at the end of 2024, compared with 1,113 at the end of 2011, despite an increase in the population over the same period, what plans are in place to increase the number of community gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24761/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (15 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: 175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on his Department’s consultations on the recommendation of the review group on the Offences Against the State Act 1939; when he will bring forward legislation based on the recommendations of that review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24764/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been rejected as a patient by CAMHS; if she will ensure they are admitted into the CAMHS system as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24756/25]

Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2025)

Matt Carthy: Decades of failures by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Governments to plan for the expansion of key water, wastewater and electricity infrastructure is part of the reason the same Governments have failed to get to grips with the housing crisis. I asked the then Minister for housing, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, about these issues in 2023. Typical to form, he denied there was a problem at all. He...