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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Sanctions (10 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he intends to take legal action in respect of the failure of the EU to implement sanctions against Israel for ongoing breeches of international law. [37568/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (10 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 120. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received per year in 2023 and 2024, per county, for funding under the Community Recognition Fund; the number therein that were successful and the number that were unsuccessful in each county; the allocation that will be provided to each county in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (10 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants currently waiting for their application to be processed at each stage in the asylum process; the average duration which they have been waiting at each stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38560/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (10 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of negative decisions in the international protection system; the number of those that received a negative decision who left voluntarily; the number who were subject to a deportation order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38561/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (10 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of those subjected to deportation orders whose departure from the State was confirmed; the number whose whereabouts is unknown, for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38562/25]

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Business of Select Committee (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: Apologies have been received from Deputy Butterly. I understand Deputy Boland will attend in substitution for her. I remind members to turn off their phones. As indicated, we are dealing with the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025. As I have submitted a number of amendments I propose to vacate the Chair and ask for a proposal for a temporary Chair.

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Business of Select Committee (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: Is that agreed? Agreed. We will suspend for a couple of moments while the Minister and his officials come in.

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act 2. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following new definitions: “ ‘crime against humanity’ means any of the acts specified in Article 7 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court;...

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: To be clear to the committee, as the Minister has touched on with regard to the purposes of the amendments, amendments Nos. 1 to 7, inclusive, in my name, are essentially a foundation for later amendments to define the circumstances of when it would be an offence to join, train or recruit for an armed force that is engaged in crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide. Amendment No. 2...

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I am not sure what the reference was to Arab states. I am sure the Minister was just being flippant because I would not be trying to follow the standards set by Arab states, quite frankly, particularly those who have remained either silent or complicit in what Israel has been doing in Palestine. The truth of the matter is that the term "governed by the rules of international law" is a...

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No.2: In page 3, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “ ‘organising or facilitating travel for the purpose of serving in the armed forces of a state engaged in war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide’ shall be construed in accordance with section 4F;”.

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “ ‘providing training in the armed forces of a state engaged in war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide’ shall be construed in accordance with section 4F;”.

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “ ‘receiving training in the armed forces of a state engaged in war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide’ shall be construed in accordance with section 4F;”.

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 5: In page 3, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “ ‘recruitment for purpose of serving in the armed forces of a state engaged in war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide’ shall be construed in accordance with section 4F;”.

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 6: In page 3, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “ ‘travel for purpose of serving in the armed forces of a state engaged in war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide’ shall be construed in accordance with section 4F;”.

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(f) organising or facilitating travel for the purpose of serving in the armed forces of a state engaged in war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, (g) providing training in the armed forces of a state engaged in war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, (h) receiving training...

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I support this amendment, which captures participation by state bodies, such as the IDF, in a different way to our own amendments but in a way that does not contravene them. All of this is necessitated by the fact that EU domestic law excludes armed forces from states, such as Israel, being designated as a terrorist group regardless of what they are involved in. It is deeply troubling that...

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: For clarity, to follow on from Deputy Gannon’s question, the Minister said aiding or abetting genocide would be considered a criminal act. Would he consider membership of the IDF as aiding or abetting genocide?