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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: -----is having bombs rain on top of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: That is what it has meant in practice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: Then say so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: Genuinely, the point I am making here is that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: -----what we have learned from history is that the continued bombardments and blockades are not going to bring peace any closer. That is the point I am making.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I appreciate that, Chair.

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: Let us be very clear. Hamas breached international law on 7 October. It targeted innocent civilians in the most callous and inhumane manner and its actions have been rightly condemned by right-thinking people around the world. We should also be very clear, however, that Israel has breached international law, not just every day since 7 October, but virtually every single day for decades....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 489. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to return the C/T scanner to Monaghan Hospital; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44661/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 490. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to deliver an MRI scanner to Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44662/23]

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Motion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 6: After "utterly condemns the hospital bombing that occurred last evening;" to insert the following: "— calls for full and unequivocal ceasefires by all involved;".

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Motion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 7: After "aspirations for statehood and sovereignty, ends the", to insert "illegal".

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (19 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she engages with other Government Departments and/or State agencies to ensure that there is sufficient hotel accommodation in rural communities in order to enhance the economic potential of every region. [41279/23]

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I have outlined before that Sinn Féin's vision is for Ireland to play a constructive role in the wider world and to be committed to diplomacy, humanitarianism, peacebuilding and co-operation with other states on the global challenges we face, including poverty, world hunger, climate change, conflict resolution and migration. They are laudable goals. An independent foreign policy and...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: "At a crucial moment like this, it is vital to be clear on principles - starting with the fundamental principle of respecting and protecting civilians." Those were the remarks of the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, yesterday, and I want to put on record further words of his: Nothing can justify the deliberate killing, injuring and kidnapping of civilians – or the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (25 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the request by a school (details supplied) that the modular unit works at the school include direction to complete a yard in order that this surface can later accommodate an astro-turf pitch; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46817/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (25 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the current development of modular units at a school (details supplied) will make it very difficult, perhaps impossible, to gain sufficient access to a back field in order to carry out future works on the field; if she has received contrary advice to that position; if so, by whom; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (7 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: This House has roundly condemned on a number of occasions the British Government's so-called legacy Bill recognising that the Bill and the approach of the British Government has been cruel, callous, and contrary to the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement and the words of the Stormont House Agreement, which both governments recommitted to as recently as 2020. For our part, we have been very...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (7 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: The Attorney General's advice in respect of the legacy Bill.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: One would not know it from the Minister of State's speech but Fine Gael has been in government for 12 years and Fianna Fáil has been propping it up for seven years. Their record is a housing crisis which has gone from bad to worse. Since this particular coalition with the Green Party was cobbled together the facts speak for themselves: house prices have increased by 28% and rents have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am sure the Ceann Comhairle will agree that it is not every day a Topical Issue is submitted by people from three different political parties. Three out of the four of us do not come from the constituency of Dan Brennan but I know we have the support of all Members of the Oireachtas from Carlow-Kilkenny, including my colleague Deputy Funchion. Anybody who has heard Dan Brennan give...