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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education and Training Boards (8 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: The Minister of State may be aware that in Cavan and Monaghan ETB and in the other ETB areas, virtually at the last moment, a number of tutors of adult education courses were told those courses had been suspended. Students of some of those courses attended only to find out they had been cancelled. What are the Minister of State and the Government doing to resolve this situation?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (3 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 21. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the RCSI Hospitals Group to deliver MRI and CT scanners at Monaghan hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39364/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 29. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to ensure improved ambulance services in County Monaghan. [39365/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach made promises to this family.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 24. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has conducted a socio-economic impact assessment in relation to the accommodation recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39108/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 30. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on his efforts to make childcare accessible and affordable; the amount he believes it is affordable for parents to contribute to the cost of their childcare needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39109/24]

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: It is the Government, Deputy Smith.

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: He has 20 seconds.

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: Yes.

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: You can join us in the vote so, Deputy.

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: I know I am known for my brevity but-----

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: I will try not to. I want to speak to Financial Resolution No. 1 on the increase in the price of cigarettes and tobacco products. This is not a popular thing to say but I am completely opposed to such a hike in the cost of cigarettes. I believe it is vindictive. It will not deliver the stated ambition of the Government. Yes, rates of smoking dropped from 27% in 2024 to 17% in 2019. This...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements and efforts in relation to the treatment of women in Afghanistan by the Taliban government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39046/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the Minister for Transport regarding the illegal transfer of arms through Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39047/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the illegal transport of the weaponry of war through sovereign Irish airspace could damage or diminish Irish neutrality or credibility internationally; to outline, in order to prevent same, the steps he intends to take to vindicate Ireland’s policy of neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the Israeli government; if he has raised the illegal trafficking of arms through Ireland bound for Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39048/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 25 July 2023, and recent reports on the illegal trafficking of arms through Ireland, if he is fully confident Ireland has upheld its obligations under the Convention on Cluster Munitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39049/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Presidential Elections (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 6 March 2024, the Programme for Government commitment to hold a referendum on extending the franchise at presidential elections to Irish citizens living outside of the State, and further to his own recent remarks in relation to this, if he has abandoned this Programme for Government commitment;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39071/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Middle East (1 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: 62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are contingency plans in place to ensure the safety of Irish Defence Forces deployed with UNIFIL in Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38768/24]