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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Navigation Orders (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: I think everybody in the House will accept that applications have not been made and have not been given by Government, but for almost two months we have seen a drip feed of stories, particularly from The Ditch website, including one this week saying that our sovereign airspace is being used to transport weapons ultimately bound for use by the IDF in the ongoing slaughter taking place in Gaza,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Navigation Orders (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Part of the problem is that since the Minister for Transport declared once and loudly that there were no circumstances where Irish sovereign airspace was being used for this purpose, he has gone silent on the matter. To my knowledge, he has not commented publicly in any definitive way. The journalists writing about this have been forthcoming in providing their documentary evidence. I know...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the advice provided to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding the provision of dual-use export licences for commercial products or services with military applications to Israel. [40494/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Licences for the exportation of what are called dual-use items, which are items that have a potential military use, are sanctioned by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, but only after consultation with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, according to the regulations. I ask the Tánaiste to report on the advice his Department has given to the Department of enterprise where...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Over the past year, as the genocide in Gaza in particular has intensified and as a global boycott campaign has grown, the Israeli economy contracted quite an amount. Its credit rating has been downgraded multiple times and its economy has suffered across virtually every sector. Yet, one area that is apparently booming is its trade in dual-use items with a military purpose with Ireland in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Will the Minister explain precisely what human rights provisions are taken into account? To my knowledge, no such export licence has ever been denied.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: I am told there is a quote in respect of a number of licences and the fact that they have grown that they raise a higher or potentially more serious risk of misuse because they are going to state agencies or linked companies. That is in respect of dual-use items exported to Israel. To be clear, when a state, whether it be Russia, Israel or any other oppressive state, is currently engaged in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Does the Tánaiste agree that this process needs to be reviewed?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: They are not items that need a dual-use licence, in fairness.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: I commend Deputy Connolly on submitting this question. The fact the occupied territories Bill has not been implemented is a ruse, as far as I am concerned. The Government has been hiding behind the Attorney General's advice, considering that Fine Gael opposed this. We are told that a Fine Gael Minister told an Israeli counterpart that it would not happen. People can dispute whether that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: That has been acknowledged.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Why do you keep looking for acknowledgement for things? We are looking for action.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Implement it here first.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Implement it here first is the ask. That is a genuine ask.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to Israel's attempted invasion of Lebanon, its deliberate targeting of civilians and healthcare workers; if Ireland has or will provide humanitarian assistance to the Lebanese government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40510/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (9 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts to bring about the implementation of United Nations resolutions regarding self-determination for the Sahrawi people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40511/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (9 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the Cuban government; his efforts to bring an end to the illegal blockade of Cuba; the efforts to have Cuba removed from the list of state sponsors of terror; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40512/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Force members in each year 2019-2024 inclusive that lost annual leave days because they were unable to carry over their full entitlement from the previous years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40499/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds currently being utilised in Monaghan Hospital; if any of the beds available in Monaghan are not being utilised and the reasons for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40487/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 210. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any unit or any beds in Monaghan Hospital which are, or at any stage since January 2021, not being used for their designated purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40488/24]