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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: I will ask this of Senator Black and her advisers. The Tánaiste said that those responsible for illegal settlements must be held to account. Obviously, nobody will disagree with that. The difficulty is where we lay the responsibility because any sanctions that have been applied have been applied on individual settlers, and rightly so. However, it is not individual settlers who are...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: To be honest, six years was plenty of time to get it over-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: Answer the questions that have been put to you.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: Will the Comptroller and Auditor General give further clarification in respect of the Fáilte Ireland audit and the qualified audit opinion he gave? Are there details on the particular issues with the pension scheme concerned? Is it an issue that affects other State bodies or is it particular to Fáilte Ireland? Does the Comptroller and Auditor General believe the organisation is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: I wish Deputy Catherine Murphy the best of luck in her retirement. She has the luxury the rest of us do not have in that she knows she will not be coming back, but it is her personal choice. I have no doubt that if she was seeking re-election, she would be back. I thank her particularly for her work on this committee. She did a very important job in holding public bodies to account. ...

Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: I commend the Social Democrats on using the last Private Members' business of this Dáil term to introduce yet another motion on the rights of the Palestinian people and the requirement on Ireland to show international leadership in responding to what has been an ongoing, systematic and decades-long flagrant violation of international law, international humanitarian law and the UN...

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

Matt Carthy: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe in which he intends to join the case the South Africa has taken under the Genocide Convention against Israel at the International Court of Justice; if Ireland is entitled to a copy of South Africa's memorial; if his Department has sought a copy of South Africa's recently filed memorial under Article 53 of the Rules of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (6 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: 12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts to alleviate the repression of people, and in particular women, in Afghanistan; the engagements he has had in support of such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45363/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (6 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: 13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the diplomatic and legal recourse available to the Government under the treaties of the European Union in circumstances whereby the European Commission has failed in its obligations to discharge its duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45364/24]

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

Matt Carthy: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade noting the obligations of contracting parties to the EU/Israel Association agreement arising from its necessitation of 'respect for human rights and democratic principles' as 'an essential element of the relationship', the letter of An Taoiseach of 14 February 2024 to the President of the European Commission outlining concerns in relation...

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

Matt Carthy: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of leaked Israeli emails and meeting notes published by a US-registered NGO (details supplied); if he has examined the files relating to the Government; their response to such; if the information contains therein in any way contradicts Government positions communicated between his Department and the Department of Finance;...

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

Matt Carthy: 16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the attacks on UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories; if he has engaged directly with the governments of those individuals making baseless attacks against the Special Rapporteur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45368/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Neutrality (6 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline his proposals to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45367/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: 37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that no artificial cap is placed on the number of students who can attend an ASD unit within a school (details supplied). [44995/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 607 of 9 September 2024, the reason for the reduction in availability of places within the autism unit in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44183/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 607 of 9 September 2024, if she will report on her engagements regarding the number of places available within the autism unit in a school (details supplied); if her Department or the NCSE has placed a cap on the number of children that can be accommodated in the unit; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: 388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 607 of 9 September 2024, if she will outline the reason a school (details supplied) has had an artificial cap placed on the number of spaces within its autism unit; if she is aware that teaching posts have been cut arising from the artificial cap placed on the school; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe and capacity of the proposed special school in County Monaghan. [44994/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (5 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with Israeli officials in relation to the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45256/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Nov 2024)

Matt Carthy: 176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 17 October 2024, if his Department has compiled a list of the functions formally provided by the Defence Forces that his Government has outsourced since 2020. [45251/24]