Results 241-260 of 9,400 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Carthy: 1153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with a crèche (details supplied) which has been informed by the private bus operator that provided collection and drop-off service with local schools intends to cease this service on 12 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14912/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Carthy: 1220. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) will receive the treatment they need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13667/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Repatriation Costs (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Carthy: 1295. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 14 February 2024, the assistance available to Irish citizens who require repatriation via air ambulance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13944/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Carthy: 1296. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent consultation with CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13948/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (9 Apr 2024)

Matt Carthy: 1541. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the agencies under his aegis; and the appropriate email address for Oireachtas liaison. [14992/24]

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: What we saw on Mount Street last week was a visualisation of the stark failures of the Government's immigration and asylum system. The Government has failed. The Minister is clearly out of his depth. Communities have been antagonised and vulnerable people left in atrocious and inhumane conditions. This should not be complicated. We need an asylum system that is fair, efficient and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: Further to that, a related matter is the services provided by Ireland to the Israel Defense Forces. Since 2018, six members of the IDF have trained at the United Nations Training School Ireland or under NATO's Partnership for Peace. It is abhorrent that Ireland has facilitated the training of members of the IDF over the past 13 years, throughout which Palestinians were subjected to brutal...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: It relates to Question No. 9.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: Would the Tánaiste do it with Russia? Would he have our troops training with Russian troops?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: I concur with Deputy Ó Snodaigh. There is an onus. It is not acceptable that we would hide behind either EU or UN rules and say that because these are the rules, we are just going to allow ourselves to become complicit in what is an elaborate and extensive Israeli war machine. It is imperative the Tánaiste give a commitment that he is doing everything he can to disentangle...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagements between his Department and-or the Defence Forces with the Israeli Defence Forces or other Israeli bodies since January 2023; and if proposals for further engagements are currently under consideration or review. [13158/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: That commitment might count for more if the Tánaiste had not just spent the preceding two minutes defending the positions as they currently stand. In respect of the external oversight body, if the Secretary General of the Department of Defence can sit on that body in an ex officio capacity, it makes now sense that there would be a reluctance to allow representative bodies to also be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: The Tánaiste is correct that RACO does not agree with him; neither do any of the other representative organisations. Crucially, neither does the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, whose representatives gave evidence to the joint committee that they are unaware of a single other individual in the State who is precluded by legislation from joining a representative organisation. That...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will ensure that proposed amendments to the Defence Acts provide for a role for representative associations on the external oversight body, do not infringe on the rights of any Defence Forces personnel to be a member of a representative association and do not excessively prohibit the freedom of expression of members of the Defence Forces....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: My question relates to the Defence Acts. The Tánaiste will be aware that we engaged in pre-legislative scrutiny of the defence (amendment) Bill in committee. The representative organisations and members of the committee from across the political spectrum were concerned about suggestions that the Bill would not include a role for representative organisations on the external oversight...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Council (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: 1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his position on the adoption of qualified majority voting rather than the current requirement of unanimity on matters relating to defence at the European Council. [13142/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Council (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: Will the Tánaiste outline the Government's position on the increasing calls for qualified majority voting, in other words, moving away from the unanimity principle, on matters of defence at European Council level?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Council (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: Many people will be concerned by that response. The removal of unanimity would itself require unanimity, but once that decision was made, it could only be reversed by the Council. A Government decision that fundamentally undermined Ireland’s position on defence matters could not be overturned by the will of the Irish people at a subsequent election. Therefore, it is crucial that all...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Council (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: The difficulty is that competences within the EU have been cited as the reason Ireland cannot act on matters of foreign affairs and defence. For example, how many times have propositions been laid before this House for Ireland to take meaningful action only for the response from the Tánaiste or his colleagues to be that we cannot do so because such would require movement at EU level?...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Council (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: You are running down the clock.