Parliamentary questions

Housing Provision

Matt Carthy

105. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable homes delivered in County Monaghan in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the number targeted to built in 2024. [6882/24]

Housing Policy

Matt Carthy

143. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the income thresholds that apply for social housing applicants in Monaghan and if he proposes to increase those thresholds. [6881/24]

Official Engagements

Matt Carthy

45. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the Colombian government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6922/24]

Foreign Conflicts

Matt Carthy

46. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagements and initiatives undertaken by his Department in support of the Colombian peace process, including those regarding land reform and inclusion of marginalised communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6923/24]

Foreign Conflicts

Matt Carthy

47. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the allocation within his Department in support of the Colombian peace process in the years 2020 to date; the initiatives supported through these allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6924/24]

Official Engagements

Matt Carthy

48. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, during his engagements with representatives of the Colombian government, they discussed the fossil-fuel non-proliferation coalition; the role of climate justice in the Colombian peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6925/24]

Official Engagements

Matt Carthy

49. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, during his engagements with representatives of the Colombian government, they discussed the labour reforms and the role of social justice in the Colombian peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6926/24]

Foreign Conflicts

Matt Carthy

50. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government’s view on the current status of the Colombian peace process; the immediate and longer term challenges and the proposed initiatives Ireland will take to assist overcome those challenges. [6927/24]

Official Engagements

Matt Carthy

51. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the government of Türkiye; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6933/24]

Election Monitoring Missions

Matt Carthy

52. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when election monitors from Ireland last attended a mission in Türkiye; if Irish election monitors will be taking part in a mission to Turkey regarding the 2024 local elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6934/24]

Human Rights

Matt Carthy

53. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has called upon the government of Türkiye to release a person (details supplied); if he has raised his prison conditions with the government of Türkiye, European partners or at the Council of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6935/24]

Human Rights

Matt Carthy

54. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has engaged with the government of Türkiye regarding the conditions of political prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6936/24]

Election Monitoring Missions

Matt Carthy

55. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the work of those on the Irish election monitoring roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6937/24]

EU Regulations

Matt Carthy

56. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the progress made regarding amending Regulation No 1/1958 to include Catalan, Basque and Galician in the EU’s language regime; if Ireland will continue to support such an amendment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6957/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Matt Carthy

57. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6958/24]

Human Rights

Matt Carthy

58. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with his European counterparts with regard to the ongoing civil strife in Myanmar; efforts to relieve the humanitarian situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6959/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Matt Carthy

59. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6960/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Matt Carthy

60. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if will report on his engagements with the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6961/24]

Repatriation Costs

Matt Carthy

61. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance available to Irish citizens who require repatriation via air ambulance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6969/24]

Official Engagements

Matt Carthy

62. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the government of the Republic of Türkiye; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6988/24]

Foreign Conflicts

Matt Carthy

63. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with his European counterparts and international partners regarding the ongoing occupation of part of northern Syria by the Republic of Türkiye; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6989/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

74. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Reserve Defence Forces; the establishment figure; the targeted number of recruits; the number of applications; the number inducted, by branch, in the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6940/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

75. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the establishment figure of each branch of the Defence Forces; the current number; the number targeted for recruitment, by branch, in tabular form; the number who left, for each of the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6941/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

76. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of women in the Defence Forces; the recruitment target; the number that have left, by branch and by year for the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6942/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

77. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the divisions and units that operate within his Department; the agencies that operate under its aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6964/24]

Departmental Data

Matt Carthy

78. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the states which have provided the Irish Defence Forces with assistance regarding air lift capacity since 2013; the detail thereof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6965/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

79. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the three United Nations missions which Ireland has pledged $469,000 in support of; the training pledges renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6966/24]

Bus Éireann

Matt Carthy

94. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the Bus Éireann routes that serve communities in County Monaghan; the total number of services scheduled to operate in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number delayed; the number cancelled, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6898/24]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Matt Carthy

95. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet with the N2/A5/Ten-T Cross Border Committee, which comprises of representatives from Derry City and Strabane District Council, Donegal County Council, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, Mid Ulster District Council and Monaghan County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6943/24]

Taxi Licences

Matt Carthy

96. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the actions he has taken to increase the number of taxi operators in regional towns and rural areas; if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6986/24]

Fiscal Data

Matt Carthy

107. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 1 February 2024, if he believes it would send a signal to the international market forces, in line with Irish Government policy and priorities, were he to instruct the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund to divest from companies which they are aware derive profit from activities in the illegal Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6899/24]

Insurance Coverage

Matt Carthy

108. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance if travel insurance policies are obliged to provide for the costs associated with medical care in the event that a person is in a critical condition in a medical facility in another jurisdiction covered by the policy, beyond the dates covered by the policy itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6972/24]

Export Controls

Matt Carthy

119. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of dual-use export licences issued in relation to Israel in 2023; the value in relation to such exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6928/24]

Export Controls

Matt Carthy

120. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of dual-use export licences applied for in relation to Israel since 1 January 2023; the number approved; if the Department of Foreign Affairs were consulted and if any concerns were expressed in relation to human rights; the value in relation to such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6929/24]

Export Controls

Matt Carthy

121. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the statements of the Chief Financial Officer of a Japanese company (details supplied) in relation to their suspension of a memorandum of understanding with an Israeli military manufacturer and such action being taken in consideration of the ruling of the International Court of Justice of 26 January 2024 in the case of South Africa v. Israel; if he has considered suspending the granting of exporting licences to Israel in light of the judgement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6930/24]

Export Controls

Matt Carthy

122. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if in light of suspension of two export licences in relation to the export of gunpowder to Israel by the government of Wallonia, he believes that the order for provisional measures of the International Court of Justice of 26 January 2024 in the case of South Africa v. Israel may have implications regarding the issuance of export licences for dual-use items to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6931/24]

Special Educational Needs

Matt Carthy

174. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the status of any proposal to establish a special school in County Monaghan. [7112/24]

Special Educational Needs

Matt Carthy

175. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the primary and post-primary schools in County Monaghan that she intends to deliver new special classes and/ or ASD units in 2024 and 2025. [7113/24]

Tourism Policy

Matt Carthy

187. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has received accommodation audits from the National Tourism Development Authority; the resulting action she has taken to ensure that there is sufficient hotel accommodation in rural communities in order to enhance the economic potential of every region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6916/24]

Tourism Industry

Matt Carthy

188. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of hotel rooms available in County Monaghan for the purpose of tourist visitor stays as of January 2019, January 2020, January 2021, January 2022, January 2023, and January 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6917/24]

Broadcasting Sector

Matt Carthy

189. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding allocated to public service broadcasting in the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6918/24]

Television Licence Fee

Matt Carthy

190. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of people prosecuted for TV licence fee evasion in the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6919/24]

Housing Policy

Matt Carthy

202. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his proposals to disincentivise the bulk purchase of newly built housing by institutional investors. [6914/24]

Energy Conservation

Matt Carthy

203. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports available for the refurbishment or conversion of agricultural buildings for the purpose of residential housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6946/24]

Horticulture Sector

Matt Carthy

204. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues in relation to the working paper to address challenges related to peat supply in the horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6947/24]

Grant Payments

Matt Carthy

205. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants for the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability, the mobility aids grant and the housing aid for older people grant in County Monaghan in each of the years 2018 to date; the number of people who received grants, and the allocation to County Monaghan, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6948/24]

Departmental Data

Matt Carthy

269. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licences applied for in County Monaghan in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number issued; the total hectares planted; by year; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6896/24]

Departmental Data

Matt Carthy

270. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that received a payment under an agri-environmental scheme, REPS, AEOS, GLAS, ACRES, in County Monaghan in the years 2018 through 2023; the average payment, by scheme, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6897/24]

Departmental Budgets

Matt Carthy

271. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget allocated to the unit within his Department with responsibility for oversight and implementation of the unfair trading practices; the amount expended and the purpose of expenditure, by year, since its establishment until the establishment of the agrifood regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6976/24]

Departmental Data

Matt Carthy

272. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints received by the unit within his Department with responsibility for oversight and implementation of the unfair trading practices; the outcome or current status of such complaints, by year, since its establishment until the establishment of the agrifood regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6977/24]

Public Sector Staff

Matt Carthy

273. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the FTE number of staff working in the unit within his Department with responsibility for oversight and implementation of the unfair trading practices, by year, since its establishment until the establishment of the agrifood regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6978/24]

Public Sector Staff

Matt Carthy

274. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the FTE number of staff currently employed by the agrifood regulator; the allocation provided to it in the year 2023 and under Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6979/24]

Agriculture Supports

Matt Carthy

275. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 13 December 2023, if the BISS/CRISS payment levels cited included or excluded greening payments/eco-schemes; the number of farmers in receipt of a greening/eco-scheme in Monaghan in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the average payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6980/24]

Primary Care Centres

Matt Carthy

320. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if he has considered ensuring that all future primary care centres have provision for the connection of an electricity generator to facilitate services at times when electricity is not available due to planned maintenance of ESB networks or fault in supply; if he has considered ensuring that existing centres be retrofitted to allow for such connections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6956/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

174. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the rational and basis upon which he intends to place restrictions on Defence Forces representative associations through the Defence Forces Amendment Bill 2023; his views on the prohibition of representative associations from making public statements or commenting concerning political matters; his intended definition of ‘political matter’ within the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6032/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

175. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline the findings of the Permanent Defence Force adjudication finding of 24 May 2023: RACO and Department of Defence: conditions of service of the Director of Military Prosecutions; and if subsection 2(2A) as outlined within the Defence Forces Amendment Bill 2023 is consistent with the finding of the adjudication finding. [6033/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

176. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the establishment figure of the Defence Forces; its strength as of December 2023; the number in full-time induction training, that is, recruits, two-star training, cadet training or apprenticeship, by Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6034/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

177. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 18 January 2024, if he considers the UNDOF peacekeeping mission an appropriate response to the situation in the Golan Heights; if the mission is in line with Irish foreign policy; his views on the level of risk involved; the latest analysis of his Department as to the level of risk involved; the extent to which the required skills or characteristics relate to Irish capabilities; if he believe the objectives and mandate of the mission is realistic, clear and has the potential to contribute to a political solution; if the operation is adequately resourced; and the number of Defence Forces personnel deployed on United Nations endorsed peacekeeping missions in the years 2019 to date, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6035/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

178. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 142 and 143 of 18 January 2024, the number of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates in the First Line Reserve; the number of applications to join the First Line Reserve received; the number within that have been enlisted in the years 2013 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6036/24]

Foreign Policy

Matt Carthy

179. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 23 January 2024, if he intends to conduct a public consultation regarding his proposal to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; if he intends to allow the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny; if he will give an undertaking not to guillotine the legislation in either Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6052/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

180. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 23 January 2024, if he has considered adopting a statutory ban on the training of military personnel in Ireland from states involved in illegal occupations, apartheid or genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6053/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

181. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on his engagements regarding a European Union mission to the Red Sea; the position of Ireland in relation to such a mission; if Ireland will be contributing in any way towards the mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6054/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

183. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of women in the Defence Forces; the recruitment target; the number who have left, by branch and by year, for the years 2020 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6462/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

184. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of women in the Reserve Defence Forces; the recruitment target; the number who have left, by branch and by year, for the years 2020 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6463/24]

Road Network

Matt Carthy

191. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the funding that has been provided to Monaghan County Council for the maintenance and upkeep of local and regional roads in each of the years 2016-2023, inclusive, and allocated in 2024, by year, by grant, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6055/24]

Road Network

Matt Carthy

192. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the length of local public roads eligible for maintenance funding within each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6056/24]

Health Services Staff

Matt Carthy

553. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical professionals employed by the HSE; the number of same in receipt of pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6051/24]

Trade Agreements

Matt Carthy

36. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur Trade Agreement. [5744/24]

Export Controls

Matt Carthy

74. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in light of the order of provisional measures of 26 January 2024 by the International Justice in the case of South Africa v. Israel, if he has conducted an analysis of Ireland’s legal obligations regarding the granting of export licences for dual use commercial items with military applications; if he has sought input from the Department of Foreign Affairs regarding human rights implications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5743/24]

Brexit Supports

Matt Carthy

114. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the allocations made by his Department under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve; the Departments to which funds were allocated; and the purpose of such allocations. [5755/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Matt Carthy

118. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the funding available to Monaghan County Council for flood relief projects under Budget 2024. [5754/24]

Home Help Service

Matt Carthy

336. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the reason approved home support was not delivered to a person (details supplied) in November 2023; if he will ensure that approved supports will be delivered; the steps he has taken to ensure such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5961/24]

EU Agreements

Matt Carthy

9. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the EU-Israel Association Agreement is due to be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5050/24]

Overseas Development Aid

Matt Carthy

10. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on his efforts to ensure that international funding to UNWRA is protected and increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5051/24]

EU Agreements

Matt Carthy

25. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when next the EU-Israel Association Agreement is due to be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5737/24]

Nuclear Safety

Matt Carthy

30. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 17 January 2024, if he will report on the findings of Department officials who visited the Sellafield site in July 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5048/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

44. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel stationed in each barracks/facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5047/24]

Legislative Measures

Matt Carthy

101. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 25 January 2024, if he will report on his engagements with the Minister for Foreign Affairs in relation to the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5049/24]

Visa Applications

Matt Carthy

381. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the visa which would be appropriate for family members of dependents of Irish citizens currently in Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5727/24]

Departmental Properties

Matt Carthy

559. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if the building utilised by Carrickmacross Social Services, located at Cloughvalley, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan was sold by the HSE to a third party organisation; the reason for such a sale; the details of such sale; the oversight involved and the individuals and structures that approved any such sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5542/24]

Departmental Properties

Matt Carthy

560. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if provision has been made to ensure that Carrickmacross Social Services can continue to use the building and facilities at Cloughvalley, Carrickmacross that is or was in the ownership of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5543/24]

Road Projects

Matt Carthy

35. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the funding provided in budget 2024 to progress the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney road project; the projected completion date of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4532/24]

Road Projects

Matt Carthy

50. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the funding provided in budget 2024 to progress the N2 Clontibret to the Border road project; the projected completion date of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4531/24]

Fiscal Data

Matt Carthy

89. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the total sum currently invested by the State in companies that derive profit from activities in illegal Israeli settlements, as defined by the database maintained by the United Nations Human Rights Council pursuant to Resolution 31/36; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4529/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

171. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of enlisted personnel and cadets targeted for recruitment in 2023; the number of each recruited; the increased recruitment target of each for 2024; the additional resources to be provided to facilitate this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4767/24]

Naval Service

Matt Carthy

16. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current status of the stated intention 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]

Departmental Schemes

Matt Carthy

111. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if there has been a specific review of the oversight of the Immigrant Investor Programme in respect of premises (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4525/24]

School Transport

Matt Carthy

287. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 27 September 2023, if she will establish if Bus Éireann has completed a review of the route in question, as the family has not received any contact from Bus Éireann or the school transport section in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4173/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

1. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made any effort to secure the suspension of the EU-Israel Association agreement considering the clear breach by Israel of the human rights clause within that agreement. [3227/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

3. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any interactions with the South African government in respect of the case against Israel under the Genocide Convention to the International Court of Justice and the circumstances in which he will propose that Ireland join that case. [3228/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

21. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his proposed timeframe to officially recognise the state of Palestine. [3221/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

28. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the instances since 2020 whereby the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment have sought his Department’s input in respect of the granting of export licences for dual-use products to Israel; if he raised human rights concerns in relation to such; and if he advised against the granting of such export licences in any case. [3219/24]

Consular Services

Matt Carthy

43. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will open a new consulate in Australia, in recognition of the growing Irish population in that country and the strengthening relationship between Ireland and Australia. [3218/24]

Passport Services

Matt Carthy

47. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures to ensure that all passports applications are processed as speedily as possible in the coming months. [3217/24]

Legislative Measures

Matt Carthy

72. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the Minister for Finance in relation to Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill. [3220/24]

North-South Interconnector

Matt Carthy

107. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 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]

North-South Interconnector

Matt Carthy

108. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will meet with representatives of landowners and communities affected by the proposed North-South Interconnector. [2728/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

50. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the Minister for Finance in relation to Irish State investment in companies which derive income from activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3271/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

51. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the undertakings secured from Israel during a meeting in October 2022 regarding the renewal of the EU-Israel Association agreement in relation to human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3272/24]

Ukraine War

Matt Carthy

52. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the aid provided by Ireland to Ukraine in 2023 and that allocated under Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/24]