Results 601-620 of 10,843 for speaker:Matt Carthy
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)
Matt Carthy: I do not want quick comments. I just want a "Yes" or "No" from the CEO.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)
Matt Carthy: I apologise to the CEO because my time is running short. As well as asking whether Mr. Reid considers it important to inform the public, I will also ask him why testing is being carried out at the plants I mentioned by private companies. Why is the HSE paying for it? Did the meat factories request that the public would pick up the bill for that?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)
Matt Carthy: Can I ask-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)
Matt Carthy: Can I have a response in writing on the funding aspect of all of this-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)
Matt Carthy: -----and the language used. All of the information we are getting in respect of the meat plants is coming from the meat factories themselves and I do not trust them, to be quite frank about it. They are saying that testing has been carried out by private companies in conjunction with the HSE. I want to know who is actually paying for that and if it is the public purse, why is the public...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)
Matt Carthy: One can see where the language-----
- Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus leis an Aire. As Deputy Kenny has said Sinn Féin will be supporting this legislation in order to give gardaí temporary powers to ensure compliance with regulations designed to manage the Covid-19 pandemic. These regulations must remain temporary in nature and be used not only to tackle that very small minority of rogue...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: I wish to revert to the assessment of need and other issues. Previous speakers spoke about the complications presented by Covid, but it is my experience that this issue was prevalent long before the arrival of Covid. I have a letter I received from the HSE on 13 July this year concerning a constituent of mine. The case concerns a ten-year old boy who was referred to the child development...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: The reason I ask the question, a Chathaoirligh, is the inference has been made that the delay in providing the services is due to Covid-19.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: I am just providing an example of where that is not always the case.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: If we accept that there are going to be additional problems as a result of Covid, then that is really of concern.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: Do the witnesses from Inclusion Ireland have an indication of how many children are likely to be affected by waiting times of that nature?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: Not agreed. We object to the sitting on Thursday moving back to the Convention Centre. It undermines the credibility of the House that we cannot come up with a solution that allows us to do our business here. As parents send their children on school buses and people go back to work in meat factories and other settings, the suggestion that we cannot come up with a working proposal that...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: Deputy McGrath is just making things up.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: He is.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: A Cheann Comhairle-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: Can I make a point, please?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: Nobody is suggesting that we ignore the public health advice. As has been the case with the pubs today, for example, the public health advice can be reflective of what is a requirement. In our case, this House is required to meet in this place. In my view, public opinion demands it. This has been Sinn Féin's consistent position. I hope it can be clarified to the House that when the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: That is factually the position that would allow us to sit here.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)
Matt Carthy: What I suggest is that the Business Committee meet this evening to find a way, in line with public health advice, that we can do our business in this House.