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

Matt Carthy: I have to say, that was the most non-answer answer I have ever heard in this Chamber. It is not good enough. To suggest the ETBs are fiefdoms making decisions independent of the Government is simply ludicrous. It is the Government that sets policy and allocates budgets, so for the Minister of State to say he is aware of funding constraints within the ETB and further education sector,...

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

Matt Carthy: The Minister of State is now blaming the members of the board of the ETB, who, I can tell him, were not aware of this decision until after it had been made at an executive level. It was made at an executive level because there is clearly a funding gap, and we know about the funding gap because tutors and students were initially told their courses would be delayed. They were later told they...

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

Matt Carthy: 6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that adult education classes proceed this term through Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40073/24]

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

Matt Carthy: 12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on reports that adult education tutors with Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board were informed at minimal notice that their contracts were suspended and that classes would not commence as planned this September. [40072/24]

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]