Results 1-20 of 22 for cork speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of appointments available for urgent passport renewal in Cork, Dublin and London, by month, in each of the years 2019, 2023 and 2024, by month; the number of which were availed of, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19730/24]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (16 Apr 2024)

Matt Carthy: There is a Cork bias going on there, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (1 Feb 2024)

Matt Carthy: ...people living in the Border region. We acknowledge that there is less reason for people to physically go to the Passport Office, but it may sometimes still be necessary. They can do so in Dublin and Cork but cannot do that anywhere north of Dublin. It would be very appropriate to have a Passport Office in the North and to make provision for it in the budget.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (31 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: ...to scrap the LÉ Eithne; if he will review the decision to scrap the vessel and instead put it to alternative uses, considering that this was the last such vessel built at Verolme dockyard in Cork and the other historical roles that this vessel was involved in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4354/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Maritime Jurisdiction (17 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the presence of a Russian submarine positioned directly outside the entrance of Cork harbour; how he was alerted to the presence of same; the engagements he had on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56420/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am very disappointed with that response. We spoke of the urgent appointment service which operates both in Dublin and in Cork. In fact, a person can get an urgent appointment service in London but not in the North of our own country. This has a particular real impact for people who are obliged to travel to either Dublin or Cork. I know that my colleague Deputy Pearse Doherty regularly...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...and put forward in the Tánaiste's response in respect of this office, then I regret to inform him that the next logical step is that somebody is going to propose closing the Passport Office in Cork. I would not support that and I do not know whether the Tánaiste would.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023)

Matt Carthy: ..., published an article in a national newspaper. A pertinent paragraph outlined why the Government had launched a new Croí Conaithe Cities scheme aimed at providing 5,000 apartments in Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Galway by 2026 through financially supporting the construction of apartment developments that will have planning permission but are not financially viable. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023)

Matt Carthy: .... Okay. We will try to move on. In terms of the significant interest, has there been a regional breakdown or disparity between the areas that Mr. Jordan cited in his article, namely, Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Galway? Have there been expressions of interest from all of those areas, for example?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...already been moved - included placements in shared rooms and on long-stay wards? I am told that alternative accommodations included St. Stephen's hospital in Glanmire and St. Finbarr's hospital in Cork. The Mental Health Commission has raised the same concerns about both of those hospitals that were raised about the centre from which these residents were moved in the first place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...more farmers would go down. As Mr. Connolly will know coming from the good part of the country, as I would describe it, we in the north of the country might not have as many summer days as they do in Cork so is it a feasible option in all parts of the country in terms of the return that might be there?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pay (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 9 March 2022, the manner in which the remuneration of the CEO of the Port of Cork diverged from the range that applied in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16169/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Of that 63%, how many are in Cork?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021)

Matt Carthy: There is the metro, the Luas and the Cork line.

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: ..., for want of a better word. In that context, it is very important to reiterate our appreciation and esteem for the families who have told their stories this week in respect of what happened in Cork. I welcome the fact a review is taking place and I encourage the Minister to ensure that it is timeframed so that we get the answers that are required as quickly as possible. Those answers...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: 472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to the Longtown Farm and laboratory network facilities in Backweston, Cork, Sligo, Athlone, Kilkenny and Limerick in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38538/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Harbours and Piers (11 May 2021)

Matt Carthy: 947. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the study into the Dinish Wharf construction site investigation works at Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre, County Cork is due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23732/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: ...on a full-time basis for a prolonged period. I refer to one case that I am aware of. I have a report here from a person who won a case. This person was working for a meat processing plant in Cork. The report states that the person is a line worker for a specific employer so he regards himself as an employee of an agency. He works for eight to ten hours a day. He was subject to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Matt Carthy: ...has outsourced the running of the doctor on call services to a private company. The HSE is under the impression that this company has an obligation to provide particular services in some parts of Cork. We are told that on 14 March last year SouthDoc closed 11 facilities across counties Cork and Kerry. On 18 and 29 September and on 1 October the HSE wrote to SouthDoc requesting the...