Matt Carthy

761. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí employed in the Garda National Immigration Bureau in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7620/26]

762. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the qualification or language competencies a cultural mediator will be required to have under the International Protection Bill 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7622/26]

822. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has carried out an assessment as to 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 qualified majority voting (details supplied); to outline the Government’s view of the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8157/26]

826. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to list the measures under protocol 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which Ireland opted out of in each year since the introduction of the protocol, to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8237/26]

827. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration following the review of protocol 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union published in 2025, to list the measures which Ireland previously opted out of where opting in is now under consideration, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8238/26]

864. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7758/26]

899. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that the recently implemented Tusla structural reform will not alter the national programme status, ring-fenced programme budget, local governance and autonomy, and cradle to grave community development approach by family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7565/26]

909. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Circular 25/2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7759/26]

1054. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; the contact information of each available to Members of the Oireachtas, as per Department of public expenditure and reform Circular 25/2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7768/26]

1206. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7767/26]

1220. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; the contact information of each available to members of the Oireachtas as per the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7772/26]

47. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his role in appointing members to the board of Bord Bia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6548/26]

81. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new hectares of forestry planted in 2025 and the target for 2026. [6547/26]

93. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the actions he is taking to ensure enforcement of regulations in a sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6535/26]

149. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has carried out any analysis of university courses in which maximum leaving certificate points did not guarantee admission due to demand; if he will list the courses where this applied, alongside the number of places available through the CAO for these courses and the number of places available for international students in those courses, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6536/26]

248. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of work visas which were issued for healthcare assistants in each of the past four years, including a breakdown of country of origin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7199/26]

249. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of those on Stamp 2 visas who have worked as healthcare assistance in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7200/26]

250. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of those on Stamp 2 visas who were employed in jobs listed in the ineligible list for employment permits in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7201/26]

263. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has commenced any preparatory work to ensure that school secretaries and caretakers will be in a position to be paid pension entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7195/26]

361. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of EU citizens subject to re-entry bans to the State in each of the past ten years; the average duration of the bans imposed in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7321/26]

62. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 12 November 2025, if the new DEIS strategy has been published; the options now available to a school (details supplied) in order for the school’s application to be allocated DEIS band 1 status to be re-considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6724/26]

124. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of stamp 2 student visas issued in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6824/26]

122. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will next meet. [1249/26]

141. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he proposes to introduce new legislation in relation to the interpretation and translation in legal proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6115/26]

143. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of English language schools that were subject to inspection by immigration officials in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6116/26]