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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: It is page 28. It is in respect of amendments-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: May I make a couple of comments? The amendments to this section and our contributions come from the positions of the representative organisations themselves. They tell us they feel that this has created ambiguity. The Tánaiste mentioned a couple of times the issues around public agitation and protest. To be clear about my own position, if the section read "shall not encourage members...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 3: In page 9, line 11, to delete "or matter of Government policy".

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 5: In page 9, line 13, to delete "or matter of Government policy".

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: I move amendment No. 10: In page 14, line 37, to delete “and” where it secondly occurs. From our perspective, amendment No. 11 is the substantive one. It relates to an issue that was discussed widely, as the Tánaiste will be aware. I refer to the external oversight body. It is a concern that was widely relayed during the pre-legislative scrutiny that the external...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: Notwithstanding anything that has been said, I do not think we can look at this legislation or leave what many of us consider an anomaly in it the expectation that other legislation to address this matter will be brought forward in the future. In fact, the current position reinforces the problematic nature of what is being proposed because it is the Secretary General who is the Accounting...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: The announcement that Ireland will formally recognise the state of Palestine next Tuesday is an historic moment for both Ireland and Palestine. I want to commend today all those who have campaigned, marched, petitioned and stood up for international law and the reality that the only route to a lasting peace in the Middle East lies with a free, independent and sovereign Palestinian state....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (22 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include driver’s licences issued in the United States among those that can be exchanged for an Irish driver’s licence in order to facilitate the return of Irish emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23051/24]

Housing Situation: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: If I were to say "systemic failures, ineffective decision making, reactive policymaking, risk aversion, impacting supply, and undermining affordability", someone would think I was taking an excerpt from a speech Deputy Ó Broin had made in this House, but I am not. These are excerpts from the Housing Commission report, the Housing Commission that was set up and established by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Africa Day: Discussion with African Ambassadors to Ireland (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: Our guests are all very welcome and I thank them for coming before the committee. Those of us who get the opportunity to engage with ambassadors know that it is an extensive role and not quite the high life depicted in TV dramas. We know our guests are all very busy people and we appreciate their taking an afternoon out of their schedules to be with us. I have a number of fairly broad...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Agreements (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on negotiations at a European level regarding the Capital Markets Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22781/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of non-domiciled individuals taxed on a remittance basis; the number of individuals who have self-assessed with Revenue as non-domiciled in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if his Department is considering changes to the non-domicile regime to restrict the remittance basis of taxation that applies to the regime. [22782/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of international protection and Ukrainian refugees currently being accommodated at a location (details supplied); whether any residents have been moved or are proposed to be moved to alternative accommodation, the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22430/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 576. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 2 May 2024, if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) will be offered treatment to urgently complete their orthodontal treatment at another hospital in the event that an urgent appointment cannot be provided in the orthodontal clinic in Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 599. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 8 May 2024, the actions he intends to take to ensure children have adequate access to orthodontic treatment in situations whereby their clinician retires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22631/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeframe in which he intends to publish a draft scheme in relation to his proposals to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; and if he intends to conduct both a public consultation and pre-legislative scrutiny. [22044/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service (16 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the establishment figure of the Naval Service; the strength as of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the current strength of the service; the number of personnel required under level of ambition 2; and the current number of ships that can simultaneously be put to sea. [22124/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence where he intends to deploy Irish troops in the event that he is successful in progressing legislation that would remove the triple lock neutrality protection, considering the Government has withdrawn from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF, peacekeeping mission due to capacity constraints. [22123/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Legislative Measures (16 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the further consultation he intends to carry out regarding the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024. [22043/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress he has made on ending the blanket exclusion of members of the Defence Forces from the protections of the working time directive. [22046/24]