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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I want to raise a technical objection. Questions Nos. 144 and 146 are two distinct questions I had submitted for priority. Taking them together means that while the Tánaiste had twice as long to answer, there is not the same opportunity for me in terms of supplementary questions. The truth is there has not been an explicit condemnation by the Government of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: No problem. I appreciate that. The recognition that Israel has breached international law has not been as explicit as I believe it should be, but I think there was an implicit recognition in the Tánaiste's remarks that Israel has, indeed, breached international law and continues to do so. I would argue strongly that it was in breach of international law long before the events of 7...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am disappointed that the Tánaiste used the word "dishonest" to characterise Sinn Féin's interactions on this. He has obviously been selective in what Sinn Féin utterances or otherwise he has been reading. I have publicly commended, both nationally and internationally, the positions Ireland has taken. I have commended the Tánaiste's words specifically in this House and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am simply asking what those concrete actions will be that will impose sanction on Israel for what it has done.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: 169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the relevant timelines regarding the initiation of a case to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of the so-called legacy Bill adopted by the British Parliament; if he has engaged with those individuals who have taken cases; and if Government intends to take an inter-state case on this issue. [52835/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: 188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent engagements with the Government of South Africa; and if he has sought to join its referral of the situation in Palestine to the International Criminal Court. [52836/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: 208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he proposes to open a new consulate in Australia. [52838/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: 214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements he has had with his European counterparts in relation to the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in Sudan. [52834/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: 224. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposed timeline to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [52837/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: 246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade about Ireland’s diplomatic relationship with the state of Qatar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52939/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: 247. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the meetings and engagements that he and his Department have had with the state of Qatar in 2023; any proposals for further meetings or engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52940/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: 396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the supports available for the refurbishment of vacant agricultural buildings with a view to bringing them into residential use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52954/23]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: We have learned one thing very clearly today. It is that this Government does not like being held to account, most of all, by Sinn Féin.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: What we have seen are snobbery and condescension, which are the hallmarks of a century-old cosy cartel that does not like to be challenged on its failures, especially by those it looks down on, that is, those who broke its golden circle which tolerated and, in fact, often rewarded incompetence. However, the Government has failed and it will be challenged on its failures. Confronted by its...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: -----and from what we have heard this evening, they will not get it. This Government and this Minister are completely out of touch with how crime and antisocial behaviour have affected communities. We know the impact of these failures. We have heard of the incidences of crime on our streets; the random attacks; the workers afraid of leaving late in the evening; the no-go areas in our...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: When that does not happen, somebody must be held to account. When riots erupted, the Minister allowed gardaí to be sent out unprepared and under-resourced. We all saw the footage of gardaí isolated trying to fend off attackers.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: They deserve better than that. That is a political failure and that failure is on the Minister. In the immediate aftermath of those failures-----

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: -----the Minister tried to tell us that control was not lost in the city, just as for months before that, she had told us that Dublin city centre was safe. No amount of mud-slinging by the Government will take away from the facts of its failure. There are fewer gardaí on our streets and fewer Garda stations in our communities than there were when Fine Gael came to power 12 year ago.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: Coupled with that, the Government has fundamentally changed how our communities are policed. When I was growing up, everyone knew the local gardaí and the local gardaí knew everyone.