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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagements between his Department and-or the Defence Forces with the Israeli Defence Forces or other Israeli bodies since January 2023; and if proposals for further engagements are currently under consideration or review. [13158/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: Further to that, a related matter is the services provided by Ireland to the Israel Defense Forces. Since 2018, six members of the IDF have trained at the United Nations Training School Ireland or under NATO's Partnership for Peace. It is abhorrent that Ireland has facilitated the training of members of the IDF over the past 13 years, throughout which Palestinians were subjected to brutal...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: It relates to Question No. 9.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: Would the Tánaiste do it with Russia? Would he have our troops training with Russian troops?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: I concur with Deputy Ó Snodaigh. There is an onus. It is not acceptable that we would hide behind either EU or UN rules and say that because these are the rules, we are just going to allow ourselves to become complicit in what is an elaborate and extensive Israeli war machine. It is imperative the Tánaiste give a commitment that he is doing everything he can to disentangle...
- Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: What we saw on Mount Street last week was a visualisation of the stark failures of the Government's immigration and asylum system. The Government has failed. The Minister is clearly out of his depth. Communities have been antagonised and vulnerable people left in atrocious and inhumane conditions. This should not be complicated. We need an asylum system that is fair, efficient and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: I will pick up from that point. One of the first statements on the NTMA’s website is the boast that the ISIF is committed to being a long-term, sustainable and responsible investor. Do the witnesses consider it to be responsible investment to put Irish taxpayers’ money into companies that are profiting from what has clearly been defined as illegal activity?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: I might move to the Department’s representatives quickly. There is a UN database that cites companies that are involved, invested or complicit in illegal activities of the Israeli state in the occupied territories. Is that disputed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Gilvarry accept the list?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Gilvarry accept that the companies listed in the UN database are involved in activities that have been defined-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: What does Mr. Gilvarry see as being the purpose of the database?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: Following investigations, the UN compiled this database. It has since been amended and some companies have been taken off it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: What is the purpose of the UN’s action in compiling this database in the first place? Is it so that member states of the UN will take appropriate action?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: I take it, therefore, that Mr. Gilvarry would consider it inappropriate for an Irish Government Department or agency to use this list to decide what companies it should deal with or invest in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: To clarify, firms can be taken off the UN list. That has already happened.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: It is important that the record reflect that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: Would Mr. Gilvarry be surprised to learn that an Irish Government agency not only uses the list, but cites it to provide cover for political charges? At one point, IDA Ireland was planning to employ a business development consultant in Israel, which rightly caused concern. In response, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment tried to ease concerns by stating that IDA Ireland would...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: Mr. Gilvarry keeps calling it the list. It is a database.