Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Equipment

Matt Carthy

642. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost involved to deliver a CT scanner at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16067/24]

Hospital Equipment

Matt Carthy

643. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the need for CT and MRI scanners at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16068/24]

Commemorative Medals

Matt Carthy

98. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste 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]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

44. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the efforts of Palestine to secure full membership of the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15542/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

12. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ireland’s position regarding reform the P5 veto on the United Nations Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13646/24]

Passport Services

Matt Carthy

35. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of emergency appointments available with the passport service; by location, by month in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14848/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

36. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the points of law under which he intends to intervene in the case taken by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention; by when he intends to bring his draft Declaration of Intervention under Article 63 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice to Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14849/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

37. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs in view of his commitment to intervene in the case taken by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention, the sanctions he proposes introducing against Israel arising from their commissioning and prosecution of genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14850/24]

Passport Services

Matt Carthy

38. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications on hand; the number of which have been on hand for longer than 1, 3, 6, 9 or 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14851/24]

Passport Services

Matt Carthy

39. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff in the passport service; by role, by year, for the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14852/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

46. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the bombing by Israel of a World Central Kitchen team that were travelling in a deconflicted zone in two armoured cars branded with the WCK logo; if he will initiate any sanction against Israel for this attack which killed seven aid workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15159/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

47. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, following the lodging of a Declaration of Intervention by Ireland in the case of South Africa v Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice, it is his intention that Ireland would submit written observations or seek an oral hearing from the court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15169/24]

Land Issues

Matt Carthy

125. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 697 of 19 February 2008 and 123 of 5 March 2024, the current position regarding the ownership of the site on which the GPO stands; if ground rent is being paid for that site and to who; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14988/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

133. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 28 February 2024, if he will report on the work of the Implementation Group established to implement the 12 recommendations intended to ensure that the Defence Forces medical policies and practices continually develop in light of best practice; the status of each of the 12 recommendations in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13645/24]

Naval Service

Matt Carthy

151. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report the participation of the Naval Service in Operation Irini; the component aspects of the mission and those which Ireland has taken part in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14524/24]

Air Corps

Matt Carthy

155. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware of a recent incident resulting in the emergency landing of an Air Corps aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14961/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

156. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his intentions to alter recruitment and retirement ages regarding the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14962/24]

Defence Forces

Matt Carthy

157. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his proposals to address delays regarding administration and medical testing which are unduly slowing down the recruitment of Reserve Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14963/24]

Naval Service

Matt Carthy

158. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount that will be expended on a third party contract to maintain Naval Service vessels; his proposals to ensure that the Naval Service has an adequate complement of expertise that such a contract is not necessary in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14964/24]

Naval Service

Matt Carthy

159. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current maintenance arrangements regarding the LÉ Niamh and LÉ Róisín; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14965/24]