Results 441-460 of 11,888 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 946. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for each of the past five years, the number of employers who undertook a Labour Market Needs Test to see if there was anyone in the State/EEA who could fill a vacancy and, having found there was no one suitable, applied for a visa; and the number of such occasions where a visa was subsequently granted, in tabular form; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 947. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the review of the critical skills occupations list and the ineligible occupations list will take into consideration issues related to low pay, downward pressures on wages and the availability of housing, in addition to the needs of the labour market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43357/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 948. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the list of occupations currently subject to quotas for work visas; the number of visas issued for each of these occupations in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43358/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Organisations (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 1325. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are any grant supports within his Department that would apply to an organisation (details supplied) which operates on an 32 county basis and is registered in the North for accounting purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40997/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 1550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assessments his Department has carried out on the impact of students studying English language courses on housing pressures in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42335/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 1551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his Department’s strategy in relation to the housing needs of students studying on English language courses in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42336/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 1552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of students studying on English language courses who were housed in the private rented sector, who were housed in designated student accommodation, who were staying with host families and who were in other types of accommodation, in the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 1947. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the absence of a harmonised EU-wide approach to exiting temporary protection, under existing domestic legislative/administrative arrangements the period of continuous residence in the State exercised by temporary protection beneficiaries that would qualify as part of the duration of reckonable residence required for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 1948. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has sought any legal advice or guidance concerning the period of continuous residence in the State exercised by temporary protection beneficiaries as to whether this may qualify as part of the duration of reckonable residence required for the purposes of eligibility to apply for long-term residency in the State; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 2101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners transferred to the Central Mental Hospital from each prison in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in tabular form; the average wait time for transfer each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43332/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Language Schools (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 2041. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inspections carried out of English language schools by immigration officials in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42326/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Language Schools (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 2042. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of all reviews and assessments that have been carried out by his Department into the quality and standard of courses provided by English language schools in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42327/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Language Schools (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 2045. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inspections carried out by immigration inspectors of compliance with minimum standards of English for students applying for Irish immigration residence permissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42330/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 2043. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidences of students holding an immigration stamp 2 permission that have been found to be in breach of the restrictions on working hours (20 hours per week during term time) for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42328/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 2044. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish immigration residence permissions issued to students pursuing educational courses in the State in 2025 in each of the last five years by type of educational course university or English language school; by country of origin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42329/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 2046. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish immigration residence permissions issued to students pursuing educational courses which have been terminated in each of the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42331/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 2084. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of IPAS accommodation contracts that were terminated in 2025 and in each of the past five years; the reason for termination, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43130/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 2099. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to place the Irish Prison Service on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43330/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mental Health Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 2100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the high level task force to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of those who come into contact with the criminal justice sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43331/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 2102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of category ‘A’ complaints made by prisoners in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date that were withdrawn, outside scope, upheld, part upheld, not upheld, unable to determine or incomplete, respectively, in tabular form; the length of time it took to complete and communicate the outcomes of complaints to...