Results 21-40 of 9,400 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (5 Mar 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting period by county or district for oral hearings to be held and final decisions to be made in respect of appeals lodged with the Social Welfare Appeals Office, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2915/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (5 Mar 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the first 12 months of the tenant purchase incremental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3538/20]

Social Protection (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Matt Carthy: I thank the staff in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and in Revenue who are dealing with the unprecedented influx of applications for new schemes in difficult circumstances, and all our public servants working at this time. Those who have had reasons to claim for these new schemes, whether it is workers applying for the pandemic unemployment payment or businesses...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Matt Carthy: It would be generous to describe the supports given to Irish farmers during this crisis as pathetic. Today, the Minister referred to schemes from other Departments. He spoke about providing money to farmers to which they were entitled anyway but just that little bit sooner. He also spoke about the reliance on the EU package of €76 million. That package has been already described...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Matt Carthy: That is why I asked simple questions.

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Matt Carthy: On a point of order, if we are exporting 90% of our beef, how does it make sense for factories to import beef?

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Matt Carthy: How does it make sense?

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Throughout the debates on the provision of childcare it is natural that there has been an amount of discussion considering the impact it is having on parents and those involved in essential services. However, there seems to have been one glaring omission in the consultations, namely, with childcare workers themselves. Last week, the Taoiseach announced that childcare services would open on...

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I will conclude with two short questions, if I may. Will the Government underwrite and compensate the cost of insurance? Is the Minister satisfied that insurance companies will actually provide any cover? We all want our childcare services back up and running but we must ensure that it is done in a manner that is safe for childcare workers, children and their families.

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: It is deeply worrying that, as of this morning, workers in the sector did not have the answers to those questions. These workers, who will be pivotal to the success of the return to work in the economy, must be consulted and engaged with immediately.

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: A written response would be perfect.

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I hope to take less than two minutes in order to allow the Minister the same time to give a response. I understand that his officials are extremely busy dealing with some of the outworkings of the coronavirus crisis, but I want to use this opportunity, which is the first opportunity of the new Dáil to put questions to him, to raise the case of Shane O'Farrell, who was a young man from...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I have already spoken to the Minister and told him-----

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: -----that I would raise this issue.

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: The title of the debate is Questions to the Minister for Justice and Equality, and my question is one for the Minister. If we were to go through the Official Report of every debate we have had in these past weeks, we would see, on numerous occasions, instances where Deputies strayed-----

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: With due respect to the Ceann Comhairle, and I take his point on board, I spoke to Shane's mother today and on several other occasions, and one of the commitments I made was that at the very first opportunity I had to put questions to the Minister for Justice and Equality, regardless of who he or she might be, I would raise her son's case. As many Members know only too well, Shane was killed...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Enterprise Support Services (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the schemes and supports in place to assist returning emigrants that wish to establish new businesses here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4158/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5045/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 540. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) experienced a delay between providing a cervical screening sample on 22 November 2018 and receiving a positive cancer diagnosis based on that sample on 25 October 2019; the reason for the delay in commencement of treatment for the diagnosis until March 2020; the recourse that will be provided to them as a result of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 541. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be issued with a medical card without delay due to extenuating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4327/20]