Results 1-20 of 346 for long speaker:Matt Carthy

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Matt Carthy: ..., but these types of crises will happen more and more frequently. That is an acknowledged fact. It is an acknowledged consequence of climate change. In order to deal with that, we must put a long-term strategy in place based on a vision premised on the importance of the Irish family farm network. We know farmers will be asked to do much more in terms of reducing emissions and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Apr 2024)

Matt Carthy: ...public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid-19 infection; the supports available to front-line workers unable to work due to the impact of having contracted Covid-19, and particularly long-Covid, should the scheme not be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16010/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (11 Apr 2024)

Matt Carthy: 98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will review the awarding criteria for the Bonn Comórtha Céad Bliain medal (2016) to ensure that long-serving members of the Defence Forces that left service prior to Easter 2016 will receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15952/24]

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

Matt Carthy: ...failure to enforce the current system has increased pressure on accommodation for those seeking asylum. It has left some people, like those on Mount Street, on the streets. It is taking far too long to process applications for asylum. That has to change. If someone comes to Ireland to seek asylum, their application should be processed quickly and there are no excuses for an application...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: ...that could be taken, none of which has been taken despite the fact that each could be taken unilaterally by this Government. The Taoiseach referred to the EU-Israel Association Agreement and his letter, alongside Prime Minister Sánchez of Spain, to the European Commission requesting a review of that agreement. Essentially the answer from the Government is that they have made the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: I will pick up from that point. One of the first statements on the NTMA’s website is the boast that the ISIF is committed to being a long-term, sustainable and responsible investor. Do the witnesses consider it to be responsible investment to put Irish taxpayers’ money into companies that are profiting from what has clearly been defined as illegal activity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: I sincerely thank our guests for attending and again commend Deputy Brady on bringing forward a meaningful action in response to what has been a decades-long policy on the part of successive Israeli Governments to flagrantly breach international law without consequence. That is why legislation such as this is so important. Words matter, of course, and the words of the Irish Government in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2024)

Matt Carthy: ...the state of Palestine? No more excuses. Israel is attempting to bomb Palestine out of existence. If the world does not take a stand, there will be no Palestine left to recognise. Will the Tánaiste, at long last, simply do what international law requires of us all, and officially acknowledge that the Palestinian people are entitled to their state, their freedom and a future free...

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Matt Carthy: ...community is expected to deal with the outworking of Government's failed approach. The failure of the parties opposite to implement their plan to construct State-led accommodation centres is not acceptable. The longer they rely on a system that enriches a few and gives no consideration to any criteria other than the availability of a building, the worse the problem will get. Despite all...

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Matt Carthy: I join with everybody in welcoming the children in the Public Gallery along with their parents and siblings. To state the obvious, they should not have had to come to the Dáil this evening. I especially want to welcome a gorgeous little girl from my own county, Aoibh Rooney, along with her parents Eavan and Philly. Aoibh was born with arthrogryposis. I am pronouncing that...

Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Matt Carthy: ...House and, indeed, the wider Irish public aware of the realty of life in Ukraine. Also, on behalf of what are now my Ukrainian constituents, I thank her for the representation she provides to them alongside consular support. Two years ago, Vladimir Putin's Russia launched a brutal and criminal war on its peaceful neighbour, Ukraine. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (20 Feb 2024)

Matt Carthy: 93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in light of recent court judgments, she intends to provide State pension entitlements to the long-term non-married partners of deceased persons. [7885/24]

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

Matt Carthy: ...it will invest in the A5 – I believe it should – if it does not also invest in the stretches of the N2 south of the Border that allow adequate connectivity from north to south. For far too long the Border regions, both North and South, have both been seen as the end of something as opposed to gateways to an all-Ireland market that benefits everybody across this island. The...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

Matt Carthy: ...important infrastructural development. It is important at particular stretches to protect the people who have to drive on that route. Overall, this road can become a key economic driver for a region that has been neglected for far too long. I must say to the Tánaiste when he is here that it is absolutely imperative that the Irish Government funds the A5 because communities in...

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: ...Israel against the Palestinian people of Gaza. That is why the court outlined the enforceable provisional measures and the only way to fulfil the order of the court is through a full, immediate and permanent ceasefire. Israel has again refused to cease fire. The Irish Government can no longer deny it is aware of an imminent threat of genocide being committed. In fact, no government can....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (25 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current estimated timeframe for completion of the North-South Interconnector; how long that timeframe will be expanded if landowners affected refuse to provide consent for EirGrid or associated bodies to enter their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2727/24]

Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2024)

Matt Carthy: ...before the House. Imagine if we could pretend just for a moment that the past 100 days of bombardment of Gaza had not happened. Let us pretend we are living in a world where that bombardment has not occurred. We would still likely have very real cause to come to this House and debate motions in respect of Israeli actions. If 7 October had not happened and if things had continued along...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...system, contribute positively to our society. They make Ireland a better place and they should be treated with respect. If anyone breaches that respect by breaking the law, then he or she should no longer be entitled to remain in Ireland, and we should all be comfortable in saying that, knowing, as we do, that we are referring to a tiny minority of those involved. People have a right...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...I am being dishonest and I do not accept there is some kind of political motivation. The Irish people simply want the bombardment in Gaza to stop. There is a natural affinity with the people of Palestine that is long-standing and they want Ireland to take actions to help bring the bombardment to an end.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: ..., I want to raise a technical objection. Questions Nos. 144 and 146 are two distinct questions I had submitted for priority. Taking them together means that while the Tánaiste had twice as long to answer, there is not the same opportunity for me in terms of supplementary questions. The truth is there has not been an explicit condemnation by the Government of actions by Israel in...