Results 141-160 of 11,888 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish a historical investigations unit to allow for independent police investigation into unresolved deaths and incidents of torture or ill treatment, as proposed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and the Committee on the Administration of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54042/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the changes he will introduce to the accommodation recognition scheme in view of its impact on the private rental market, and the fact that landlords are using this scheme to avoid tenancy obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54043/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for increasing the Garda training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54039/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Appointments (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process by which persons are nominated or appointed by the State to serve as members of the permanent court of arbitration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54400/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Appointments (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the eligibility criteria applied in the selection of persons nominated by the State to the permanent court of arbitration; and if such criteria was publicly available in advance of the most recent appointments on 4 April 2024 and 13 May 2025. [54401/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Appointments (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the body or persons responsible for assessing candidates for appointment to the permanent court of arbitration; and the measures in place to ensure impartiality and independence in that assessment. [54402/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Appointments (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the records or documentation relating to the consideration of candidates for nomination to the permanent court of arbitration; and if he will make such records available. [54403/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Appointments (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rationale provided for the most recent appointments to the permanent court of arbitration on 4 April 2024 and 13 May 2025; and the way in which the process ensured transparency and fairness in accordance with best practice for public appointments. [54404/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of IPAS centres and the number of IPAS residents associated with contracts for which the payment per bed per day are above €70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of IPAS centres and the number of IPAS residents associated with new or renewed contracts for each month in 2025; the numbers therein for which the payment per bed per day are now above €70, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54288/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average total time, from initial application to final appeal decision, for IPAS applications that were refused in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54289/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average period of time between a first instance refusal for an IPAS application and the submission of an appeal by applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54290/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of IPAS decisions issued in each month of 2025 to date; the numbers and percentage where applications were granted and refused; and the number and percentage of those decisions that were appealed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54291/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of IPAS decisions that were issued in each month of 2025 to date; the numbers and percentage were appeals were successful and unsuccessful, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54292/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has estimated the annual fines which Ireland would face under infringement proceedings should the State not be in a position to comply with the requirements which it has signed up to under the EU Asylum and Migration Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54359/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average duration of employment of staff in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process; and the current number of vacancies in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54360/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Common Travel Area (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline in detail the discussions he has had with representatives of the British government in relation to the impact on the Common Travel Area of the Irish Government’s decision to sign up to the EU Asylum and Migration Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54361/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list the powers and responsibilities that will transfer from the Irish State to the European Union once the EU Asylum and Migration Pact becomes operational in June 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54362/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54373/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: European Court of Justice (9 Oct 2025)

Matt Carthy: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take in response to the ruling by the European Court of Justice that the exclusion of compensation for pain and suffering under Ireland’s Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) is precluded by a 2004 EU directive that requires compensation to be fair, appropriate and take into account the...