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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of reports regarding European states considering the direct deployment of personnel to Ukraine; if this has been discussed at a European level and his response to such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10962/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Presidential Elections (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the status of the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Elections) Bill 2019 which would extend voting rights in presidential elections to Irish citizens not resident in the State. [10963/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 25 January 2024, if he accepts that it is permissible for a State to seek permission to intervene prior to an applicant having filed their memorial, per paragraph 63 of the order of the International Court of Justice of June 2023 in the case of Ukraine v Russian Federation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 12 December 2023, if his Department assists other Departments, State agencies or private individuals with regard to similar campaigns to secure appointment or election to international bodies; the detail in relation to any thereof in the years 2013 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department played any role in the failed bid to have the EU anti-money laundering authority located in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10966/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has sought or assisted other departments or State agencies regarding competing or tendering for the locating of offices of international bodies or agencies in Ireland in the years 2013 to date; the detail thereof, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10967/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts to secure an interim agreement approaching the level of comprehensive trade agreement between the European Union and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10974/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 25 January 2024, if his Department has advised against or expressed reservations in relation to the granting of dual use export licence in relation to exports to Israel in the period 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10975/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to comments from An Taoiseach regarding the provision of assistance to Ukraine in relation to air defence, if he will outline the manner in which it is intended to provide such support. [10968/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on medical supports for Defence Forces personnel; if supports will continue post-retirement from the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10939/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report in relation to the current situation in South Lebanon and the Golan Heights; the activities of Irish Defence Forces personnel deployed on missions with UNDOF and UNIFIL in light of escalating kinetic activity in those regions; the measures taken to best ensure the safety and readiness of personnel; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the payment rates for members of the Army Ranger Wing; if he will report on discussions in relation to improving their pay and conditions; if it is intended that any agreement would be backdated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10942/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of peacekeeping missions Ireland participated in, and the average number of Defence Forces personnel deployed on each, in the years 2019 to date, including obligations in 2024, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10943/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the engagement of his Department with the Irish Defence and Security Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10944/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will urgently set a date on which Ireland will officially recognise the state of Palestine. [11047/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: Will the Tánaiste outline when Ireland will finally set a date to officially recognise the state of Palestine in line with the wishes of both Houses of the Oireachtas and the call from virtually all Palestinian political and civil organisations and in line with international law?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Tánaiste. The closing summary of his remarks have been read into the record of the Dáil hundreds of times over the past decade. When the Tánaiste says we have to look at recognition on the basis of what is the most optimal way possible for the benefit of the Palestinian people, I often wonder if those who cite this realise how patronising they sound. Every...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: I ask the Tánaiste to stop accusing every Opposition Member who asks a question on this issue or urges him to take action on this issue of being somehow disingenuous, and to accept that every one of us has a bona fide rationale for raising these matters. This rationale is that we want to see, in the first instance, an immediate ceasefire and, in the second instance, lasting peace. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: You used the term "performative". What was that about?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Union (7 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position regarding the proposed reappointment of Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission considering her interventions in respect of Israel's aggression against the people of Palestine. [11048/24]