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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Official Engagements (15 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 715. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the international events and engagements she has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government delegation, since the formation of the Government; the media organisation they represented; the cost involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41608/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: I commend Deputy Connolly on submitting this question. The fact the occupied territories Bill has not been implemented is a ruse, as far as I am concerned. The Government has been hiding behind the Attorney General's advice, considering that Fine Gael opposed this. We are told that a Fine Gael Minister told an Israeli counterpart that it would not happen. People can dispute whether that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: That has been acknowledged.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Why do you keep looking for acknowledgement for things? We are looking for action.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Implement it here first.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Implement it here first is the ask. That is a genuine ask.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Over the past year, as the genocide in Gaza in particular has intensified and as a global boycott campaign has grown, the Israeli economy contracted quite an amount. Its credit rating has been downgraded multiple times and its economy has suffered across virtually every sector. Yet, one area that is apparently booming is its trade in dual-use items with a military purpose with Ireland in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Will the Minister explain precisely what human rights provisions are taken into account? To my knowledge, no such export licence has ever been denied.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: I am told there is a quote in respect of a number of licences and the fact that they have grown that they raise a higher or potentially more serious risk of misuse because they are going to state agencies or linked companies. That is in respect of dual-use items exported to Israel. To be clear, when a state, whether it be Russia, Israel or any other oppressive state, is currently engaged in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Does the Tánaiste agree that this process needs to be reviewed?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: They are not items that need a dual-use licence, in fairness.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the advice provided to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding the provision of dual-use export licences for commercial products or services with military applications to Israel. [40494/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Licences for the exportation of what are called dual-use items, which are items that have a potential military use, are sanctioned by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, but only after consultation with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, according to the regulations. I ask the Tánaiste to report on the advice his Department has given to the Department of enterprise where...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Navigation Orders (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues regarding the use of Irish airspace or airports for the illegal transport of weapons of war, bound for use by the Israeli military. [40496/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Navigation Orders (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Will the Tánaiste report on his engagements regarding the use of either Irish airspace or airports for the illegal transport of weapons of war, particularly those bound for use by the Israeli military?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Navigation Orders (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: I think everybody in the House will accept that applications have not been made and have not been given by Government, but for almost two months we have seen a drip feed of stories, particularly from The Ditch website, including one this week saying that our sovereign airspace is being used to transport weapons ultimately bound for use by the IDF in the ongoing slaughter taking place in Gaza,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Navigation Orders (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Part of the problem is that since the Minister for Transport declared once and loudly that there were no circumstances where Irish sovereign airspace was being used for this purpose, he has gone silent on the matter. To my knowledge, he has not commented publicly in any definitive way. The journalists writing about this have been forthcoming in providing their documentary evidence. I know...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts at the United Nations General Assembly to achieve a ceasefire and alleviate humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan. [40492/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the Republic of Maldives Article 63 declaration to intervene in the case of South Africa v Israel before the International Court of Justice, taken under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, if he will file such a declaration and support the efforts of South Africa to uphold international law....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (10 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland’s participation at the recent meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. [40491/24]