We need to be clear. The previous Minister for Justice committed to ensuring that there would be at least one refuge in every county. In January, Cuan confirmed to me what the Minister has repeated here, namely that rather than delivering one refuge in both Cavan and Monaghan, the plan has changed to one centre between the two counties. That is not good enough, particularly when we consider the circumstances that wou…
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Matt Carthy
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1,949
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191,198
words spoken in the chamber
Across 883 contributions
389
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| May 2025 | 119 | 40 |
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| August 2026 | 0 | 1 |
| September 2026 | 84 | 33 |
| October 2026 | 29 | 19 |
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- constituency Cavan-Monaghan 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
The commitment was already given.
I welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate on international security and trade. Of course, there are very particular dangers facing Ireland in respect of the international trajectory of trade policy, ones we must be very cognisant of and ones we must be very committed to addressing head on in a way that protects the very important FDI sector and recognises that we have paid a price for the failures of succ…
The Government is not expanding our horizons; it is narrowing our horizons. The Government is narrowing our influence to scope that is entirely condensed within the European Union, failing to recognise that Ireland's reach has gone and should go much further. That issue and the difficulty with all of that is that this tying us in to an EU policy framework now extends to a militaristic agenda that I have huge fears of…
-----is that Fine Gael in particular has no principle left other than to oppose whatever position Sinn Féin takes.
Sinn Féin continue to use any real opportunity we have to say that the bombardment of Gaza and the occupation, annexation and apartheid regime must end because that is the only viable route to peace in the Middle East. Not only that, we will be consistent in our approach. It is the consistency of our ap…
The question which should be asked is what is in Ireland's interests. The route the Government is pursuing is absolutely not in Ireland's interests.
I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward the motion on this important issue. The truth is that this State fails carers. We do not give them the support they need and deserve. We do not truly recognise that carers are not only providing an essential service to their own loved ones; they are also providing society with an essential service. The truth is that far too many carers are struggling to survive. When you …
We know, regrettably, more severe weather events will hit our country in the time ahead and how the State responds to them, particularly in terms of how it supports people who are impacted, will be very important. During and immediately after Storm Éowyn, Ministers, including the Taoiseach, promised those people who were financially impacted and who were suffering as a result would be supported, and they were continu…
On the frozen foods, under the humanitarian assistance scheme-----
Will the Taoiseach intervene in respect of frozen foods under the humanitarian assistance scheme?
Will the Taoiseach take the opportunity to answer in respect of the humanitarian assistance scheme and frozen food?
I was not on the list. I came in when I came in.
15. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps that Monaghan County Council should take to secure funding for a swimming pool in Carrickmacross. [10204/25]
Was a quorum called?
Tá áthas orm go bhfuil deis agam labhairt sa Dáil inniu faoi shábháilteacht phobail agus ár gcóras ceartais. Ní mór dúinn dul i ngleic go práinneach leis an easpa gardaí ar ár sráideanna. Communities deserve to feel safe and protected. Our cities, towns and rural communities should be safe, day and night. When crimes are committed, victims of crime must be supported to get justice in a timely manner. There must be eq…
Maidir le Seachtain na Gaeilge, ní leor é ráitis sheanchaite a thabhairt don teanga; gaoth mhór gan aon chur leis. Tríd an rún seo a thabhairt chun tosaigh inniu, tá an méid a chaithfimid a dhéanamh chun cearta oideachais trí Ghaeilge a chur ar fáil leagtha amach go cruinn ag Sinn Féin. Mar thuismitheoir páistí a d’fhreastail ar Ghaelscoil agus ar Ghaelcholáiste, creidim go hiomlán go gcaithfidh an deis chéanna sin a…
What transpired at the meeting of the Dáil reform committee last evening confirms that the Tánaiste's Government is hell-bent on plunging the Dáil into chaos. The Government's proposal seeks to turn the democratic rules and functioning of the Parliament inside out and upside down. It is seriously pushing to allow Michael Lowry and his group of TDs to be part of Leaders' Questions. It is also trying to extend this rig…
The Tánaiste should not ask people to buy that rubbish. He might treat his own Fine Gael backbenchers as idiots but he will not take the Irish people for fools, because this has nothing-----
This has nothing to do with the rights of backbench-----
-----of the House, to withdraw those remarks.
Which remarks precisely?
I am sorry that the Tánaiste is treating his backbenchers in this way because this has nothing to do with the rights of backbench Government TDs.
This is about one man's demands, the demands of Michael Lowry.
We know that Fine Gael owes Michael Lowry one. Michael Lowry is the man who took Fine Gael from the verge of bankruptcy to a point-----
-----where there were millions in profits in a manner that has never fully been explained.