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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to President of the European Commission burdening NGOs with bureaucracy in an attempt to stem aid to Palestine, in the spirit of an announced cessation of aid to Palestinian rebuked by Ireland and other member states, and despite a recent review having concluded that existing safeguards ‘work well’ and that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts to secure the release of Palestinian people interned by Israel in administrative detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53481/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland abstained on the UN General Assembly resolution which called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights in accordance with previous Security Council resolutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53733/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the UN General Assembly resolutions and UN Security Council resolutions that Ireland has voted on that called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights, the dates of each resolution and the position taken by Ireland in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53734/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service operations and patrols scheduled and cancelled in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53455/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Travel (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 148. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of instances where a Minister has had to make alternative travel arrangements due to an Air Corps plane being unavailable due to mechanical or staffing issues in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date, by year, in tabular form; the cost associated with the alternative arrangements in each instance; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 149. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the legislative basis for mandatory selection which would compel members of the Defence Forces to serve overseas as part of an EU battlegroup; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53457/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 150. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the occasions on which the Defence Forces have used a process of mandatory selection to enlist members to missions or operations in each of the years from 2000 to date in 2023; the number of members involved in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53485/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 151. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has any proposals for the Defence Forces to participate in overseas missions for which the triple-lock neutrality protection currently precludes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53486/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 152. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are proposals to deploy the German-led EU battlegroup to missions that Ireland is currently precluded due to the triple-lock neutrality protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53487/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Honours (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 154. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the review of the processes of awarding military medals; when he expects the review to be completed; if he intends to implement changes to the processes involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53791/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Honours (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 155. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he could utilise the same discretion that established the Independent Review Group on Jadotville to review the potential of awarding a military medal for gallantry to a person (details supplied); if he will ensure that such a review is completed before the 25th anniversary of the person's death in May 2024; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with Bus Éireann to address the situation where a child whose application has been sanctioned is still waiting to be assigned transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53689/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number, in tabular form, of gardaí in total, and of each rank, based in County Monaghan currently, and for the end of each year 2009-2022, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53482/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda and the stations that were operational in each Garda station in County Monaghan for each year 2009-2023 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53483/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 508. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 9 November 2023, which centre the two CT scanners and one MRI scanner are based in within the Cavan and Monaghan Hospital group; if a request has been made for additional MRI or CT scanners to be located at Monaghan Hospital; the status of any such request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53237/23]

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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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...