Matt Carthy

622. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and external communications companies or consultants in 2025 and the expected costs for 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11353/26]

624. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and external communications companies or consultants in 2025 and the expected costs for 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11358/26]

210. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount by which he proposes to raise the price of petrol, diesel and home heating oil through increases to the carbon tax, in each year until 2030. [10074/26]

213. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount raised through the carbon tax in the years 2019 to 2024; and the amount projected to be raised in the years 2025 to 2030, by year. [10073/26]

610. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the second classroom in the ASD unit at a school (details supplied) has been sanctioned; when it is expected that this classroom will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10050/26]

633. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the NCSE supported special schools which are located in permanent buildings; those which are in interim accommodation; those which have modular buildings adjoining permanent buildings, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10282/26]

634. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children currently enrolled in each NCSE supported special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10283/26]

657. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application from a school (details supplied) to establish a second ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10405/26]

847. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of inspections, unannounced inspections, random spot checks or otherwise, carried out in relation to English language schools, by category in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10214/26]

848. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his proposals to regulate the use of covert human intelligence sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10215/26]

849. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the composition of the high-level review group which evaluated a proposal from the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland in relation to the use of Garda resources prosecuting court cases; his response to their findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10216/26]

850. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his response to the cases of Veseloy and Others V Russia, Application nos. 23200/10 and 556/10 (ECHR, 2 January 2013), para 51, suggesting that there should be a public, identifiable code of practice regarding the use of covert human intelligence sources; the actions he intends to take arising from such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10217/26]

851. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his response to the ECHR case of Veseloy and Others v Russia, para 105, which highlighted that Ireland was an anomaly in Europe in terms of the lack of a legal framework regarding the use of covert human intelligence sources; the actions he intends to take arising from such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10218/26]

852. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline the independent oversight mechanisms and complaints procedure regarding the use of covert human intelligence sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10219/26]

853. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the mobility framework associated with the EU-India Free Trade Agreement, upon which negotiations concluded on 27 January 2026, will form part of the trade proposal that the Commission will bring to the Council, and therefore be subject to QMV, or whether the mobility agreement between the EU and India will come under the pillar of freedom, security and justice, and be subject to Protocol 21, giving Ireland the facility to either opt-in or remain outside the mobility agreement; and to outline the Government’s view of the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10220/26]

854. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline any current contracts his Department, or bodies under its aegis, have with a corporation or any of its subsidiaries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10224/26]

1255. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount held in the learner protection fund for English language schools in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10039/26]

1256. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount paid out to students from the learner protection fund for English language schools in each of the past ten years; the average paid out per student in each of those years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10040/26]

1257. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of English language schools that suddenly collapsed in each of the past ten years; the number of students impacted in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10041/26]

1258. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of English language schools paying into the learner protection fund in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10042/26]

28. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the average yearly allocation to the Leader Programme since 2007, by programme. [8633/26]

30. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received per year 2023-2024, and per county, for funding under the Community Recognition Fund; the number therein that were successful, the number that were unsuccessful, in each county; the allocation that will be provided to each county in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8632/26]

88. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on Ireland's implementation of, and adherence to, the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, which Ireland co-sponsored, arising from the ruling of the International Court of Justice in the case of the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. [8626/26]

137. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she intends to open a passport office in the north [8627/26]

255. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the capitation grant for a school (details supplied) which has seen significant increases in costs of heating the school following a substantial energy retrofit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9045/26]