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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: That is not true.
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (23 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: 58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of dual-use items or military goods approved for export to Israel in each of the years 2019 to date; and if he will direct the trade licensing and control unit within his Department to refuse export licence applications for dual-use items and military goods to Israel, given the ongoing breaches of international...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (23 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: 62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he has engaged with the management of a company (detail supplied) in respect of their announced intention to close facilities at Monaghan and Lough Egish; and whether he has made any efforts to protect these sites from closure. [51441/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (23 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the guidance provided to the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund regarding industries, sectors or otherwise, which it is prohibited from investing in. [51425/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (23 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will facilitate the progress of the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023 to Committee Stage as a matter of priority. [51424/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: 162. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel of each rank who have signed up to participate in the EU Battlegroup; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51694/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: 163. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will review the decision to withdraw Defence Forces troops from the UNDOF UN peace keeping mission in Golan Heights, considering the increased tensions in that region and the poor sign-up of Defence Forces personnel in the EU Battlegroup; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51695/23]
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: -----the same parties who want to undermine our neutrality have overseen the systemic underfunding of our Defence Forces, bringing us to the position we are in where there are only about 7,600 members across all sections of the Defence Forces. That is against an establishment need of 9,500 members and a level of ambition 2 target of 11,500. The Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces...
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: -----at which there is no veto. The Tánaiste has not answered the question of what mission he wants the Defence Forces to participate in that the triple lock has prevented. He has not given us an outline of what impact it would have on the reputation of Ireland and Irish troops were we to participate in a military mission that does not have UN approval. That has not been answered and...
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: The Government would not dare put it to the people because it knows what the response would be.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: What he has outlined today is a proposal in respect of fundamentally changing Irish foreign policy that he knows does not have the support of the people. If he is so clear-----
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: -----what he is doing is in the best interests of the people he should give a commitment today-----
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: -----he will put it to them. Finally, I will talk about the ongoing, slow shift we have seen. I have mentioned on a number of occasions that the shift can be seen very starkly in the response the Government has made in respect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a response we wholeheartedly supported at every single step.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: We can compare that with the response to the Israeli actions in Gaza. I have put forward an amendment to the Government's amendment that simply adds two words on condemning the killing of children and civilians "by Israel" because the Tánaiste has not uttered the words that he condemns Israel. Why not?
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: No. The Tánaiste is the man----
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: -----who has made a career out of pointing-----
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: -----to the fact of whether people condemn or do not condemn. We unequivocally condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We unequivocally condemn Hamas's actions on 7 October. We unequivocally condemn Israeli actions that have led to the deaths of thousands of innocent children. Will the Tánaiste do the same? It is a fair ask. It is "Yes" or "No". Will he condemn Israel?
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: You are on the mic-----
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Matt Carthy: Do you condemn the actions of Israel?