Results 5,201-5,220 of 10,862 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I hope the Minister of State will prove that my view of him is wrong. I have no doubt, on a personal level, that he is a lovely man but lately he has been used time and time again to read prepared statements on behalf of others. This is a serious issue. The Minister of State has been asked, instructed or whatever by the Minister to come to this House and move an amendment with no purpose...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am not talking to Deputy McAuliffe at all. I am raising very serious questions whereby if they were related to other parties, including my own, we would have a chorus of people putting those questions to us, and quite rightly. The questions have been put to the Minister of State. I sincerely hope he is willing to provide answers or that he has the decency, political courage and cop-on to...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: It has been established that the Minister of State is here as the representative of the Government this evening, because he has not disputed it. The charge was put that this amendment was being brought forward in order to facilitate Fianna Fáil to hold a draw which the party could not do in the autumn of last year. He did not dispute that and did not suggest there was another reason...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: No comment? Is the Minister of State serious?

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Will the Minister of State not answer any of the questions that were put?

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is scandalous.

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Minister of State is here to represent the Government. Several questions were put and the Minister of State will not answer them.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fuel Prices (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional measures he intends to introduce to support workers who are impacted by soaring motor fuel costs. [31308/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fuel Prices (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I apologise for missing the start of the question. The specific question to the Minister of State is on soaring fuel prices and the impact they are having on workers and families. The Government introduced minimal reductions in excise measures in March and it has done nothing since in respect of the huge cost and burden of fuel prices on workers and families. We are four weeks away from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fuel Prices (16 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Let us be clear that Sinn Féin has put forward a package of measures that are required to ease the burden of the cost-of-living crisis that so many are facing, including specific directed measures that would ensure social welfare recipients and people on lower incomes receive targeted supports. We also need to recognise the lived realities of hundreds of thousands of families. I will...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 141. To ask the Taoiseach if any former Secretary Generals are seconded from his Department; the locations of same; the purpose of the secondment; the remuneration they are in receipt of from his Department or additional allocation to the agency or institution to which they are seconded arising from the secondment. [29272/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any former Secretaries General are seconded from his Department; the locations of same; the purpose of the secondment; the remuneration they are in receipt of from his Department or additional allocation to the agency or institution to which they are seconded arising from the secondment; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the manner in which it is determined to add a sector to the critical skills list; if exceptions are made due to need; if he has considered adding any additional agriculture skills to the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29596/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Functions (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the divisions and units that operate within his Department; the agencies that operate under its aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29093/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he intends to broaden the scope of the inquiry into Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29113/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received the review into the north-south interconnector; when the findings of the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29115/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any former Secretary Generals are seconded from his Department; the locations of same; the purpose of the secondment; the remuneration they are in receipt of from his Department or additional allocation to the agency or institution to which they are seconded arising from the secondment; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been provided to Monaghan County Council for the maintenance and upkeep of local and regional roads in each of the years 2016-2022 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28906/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been provided to each local authority for the maintenance and upkeep of local and regional roads in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28907/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: 269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any former Secretary General is seconded from his Department; the location of same; the purpose of the secondment; the remuneration he or she is in receipt of from his Department or additional allocation to the agency or institution to which he or she is seconded, arising from the secondment; and if he will make a statement on the...