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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: -----what we have learned from history is that the continued bombardments and blockades are not going to bring peace any closer. That is the point I am making.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I appreciate that, Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 489. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to return the C/T scanner to Monaghan Hospital; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44661/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: 490. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to deliver an MRI scanner to Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44662/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: Regardless of whatever spin might be put on this budget by the benches opposite, the truth is that housing remains the greatest challenge facing Irish society. The Government's message in budget 2024 is that the housing crisis is going to get worse, not better. We also have a crisis in our health services, and the message from Government is that the crisis is going to get worse, not better....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: Two weeks ago, a young boy was playing a football match in County Monaghan when he suffered a serious injury involving a complicated fracture. The medical advice was that he should not be moved until an ambulance arrived. It took three hours for the ambulance to arrive. In this week’s budget, the Government has underfunded our health service. How long will young children be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: That is the Government's new response to every crisis - throw in the towel.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: Well said.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (11 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I had some other questions-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (11 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I will go over and back with my questions because the answers to one question may negate the need for another. At the outset, I will state that what happened on Saturday and the actions of Hamas were absolutely deplorable, unjustifiable and should be condemned unequivocally by all right-thinking people. Hamas breached several international laws on Saturday and the primacy of international...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (11 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: What about the response of the European Commission in general, which has been to project a very partisan view, without any reference in a statement from it that I have heard, to international law and the need to adhere to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (11 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I accept that the Minister of State replied but my specific question related to the Commission President.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (11 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am asking specifically about the Irish Government's response to her actions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (11 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: I think this committee would be united in saying that we welcome the position the Irish Government consistently takes in vocalising the need for international law to be upheld and advocating for the rights of Palestinians, in particular in an international context where there does not seem to be too many western governments that are willing to do that. I am also struck by how much Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (11 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: Yes, it is, and welcome.