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Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Humanitarian Aid
Matt Carthy
104. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the humanitarian assistance Ireland has provided to Algeria to support and assist refugees from Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17773/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Defence Forces
Matt Carthy
148. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the mechanisms by which a person who is court martialled may have their rank reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17756/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Defence Forces
Matt Carthy
149. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if authorisation from the Department if necessary for serving members of the Defence Forces to sit on the board of security organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17757/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Matt Carthy
159. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if the contract to a company (details supplied) to deliver driver theory tests has been extended; the mechanism under which the contract was extended; if it was open to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17435/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Road Projects
Matt Carthy
160. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he will allocate Monaghan County Council the additional €5.9 million necessary to restore local roads to an acceptable level of condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17438/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Road Projects
Matt Carthy
161. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he will allocate TII with additional funding to progress the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney road scheme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17439/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Matt Carthy
305. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the reason the special education teaching hours allocated to a school (details supplied) have been reduced by ten hours; if she will reallocate these hours without imposing the burden of a full school review as proposed by the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17759/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Matt Carthy
306. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will examine the process for schools to appeal their allocation of special education teaching hours considering the current burden on schools of completing a comprehensive appeal form, followed by a school visit and a full school review places an excessive pressure on school staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17760/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Departmental Funding
Matt Carthy
357. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider making an increased allocation to Castleblayney care group through the capital assistance scheme in order to provide a community centre or facility in conjunction with the housing development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17496/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Social Insurance
Matt Carthy
420. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person on class D contribution within a State agency is unable to change to class A contributions; if she has considered implementing changes to facilitate same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18020/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Matt Carthy
529. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider making a financial allocation to Castleblayney care group in order to provide a community centre or facility in conjunction with the housing development for people with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17497/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Tourism Industry
Matt Carthy
6. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her engagement with other Departments and State agencies to support hotels in rural communities. [10407/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Middle East
Matt Carthy
131. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs following the International Court of Justice setting 28 October 2024 as the deadline by which South Africa must submit its memorial in the case of South Africa v Israel taken under the Genocide Convention, if it is still the intention of the Government to refrain from submitting a declaration of intervention until after that point; if so, the timeframe thereafter in which he intends to submit such a declaration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17155/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Matt Carthy
83. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 20 March 2024, in respect of the stated objective of delivering a ‘reasonable level of school transport’, what this means regarding the maximum timeframe that it is considered appropriate for any child to spend on a school bus to travel to and from a special school. [16301/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Matt Carthy
105. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will deliver a special school in County Monaghan; if so, the proposed location of any such proposal; and the timeframe for delivery of same. [16300/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Artificial Intelligence
Matt Carthy
133. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in light of reports of extensive usage with flagrantly inadequate oversight of artificial intelligence systems by the Israeli Defence Forces, which has significantly contributed to the killing of in excess of 33,000 civilians, he will engage with international partners with a view to establishing a treaty prohibiting or regulating the use of artificial intelligence systems in warfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15971/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Departmental Data
Matt Carthy
136. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the total investment the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund holds in companies which operate within illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, by portfolio and company, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16057/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Diplomatic Representation
Matt Carthy
143. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the recent violations of the inviolability of diplomatic missions in breach of the Vienna Convention by the government of Ecuador; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16550/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Diplomatic Representation
Matt Carthy
144. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the recent violations of the inviolability of diplomatic missions in breach of the Vienna Convention by the government of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16551/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Foreign Conflicts
Matt Carthy
146. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on Ireland’s contribution to the EU Mission in Armenia; if, given the announced expansion of the observer mission, he will commit to seeking a greater role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16735/24]