Matt Carthy

1686. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the risk assessment process undertaken by the Irish Prison Service in advance of requiring prisoners to share cells with one another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46959/25]

1687. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoner-on-prisoner assaults that occurred in 2024 and to date in 2025, by prison and location of assault in each prison for example, cell, yard, landing, workshop and so on, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46960/25]

1688. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of recruit prison officers who completed training in communication and de-escalation skills in the years 2022 to date in 2025; the number of prison officers who completed training in communication and de-escalation skills as part of their continuous practice development in each of the years 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46961/25]

1689. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of recruit prison officers who completed control and restraint training in the years 2022 to date in 2025; the number of prison officers who completed control and restraint training as part of their continuous practice development in each of the years 2022 to date in 2025, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46962/25]

1690. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of planned physical interventions that is, incidents of planned use of force that took place in the years 2022 to date, by prison and location of the intervention in each prison for example, cell, yard, landing, workshop and so on; the number of spontaneous physical interventions that is, incidents of spontaneous use of force that took place in the years 2022 to date, broken down by prison and location of the intervention in each prison for example, cell, yard, landing, workshop and so on, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46963/25]

1691. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidents successfully de-escalated by prison officers without the use of physical force in each of the years 2022 to date, by prison, in tabular form; his views on the collection of data in this circumstance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46964/25]

1692. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of sick days taken by prison officers in the years 2022 to date; the average days lost per employee each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46965/25]

1788. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any operational horse abattoirs within the State; if so, the locations of same; the regulatory and animal welfare frameworks that govern them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46508/25]

1789. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process whereby an application of interest to establish a horse abattoir can be made; if this process will be revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46509/25]

1790. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses exported from the State destined for horse abattoirs in other states in each year since 2015; the number exported to each relevant state, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46510/25]

1791. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of his Department to ensure that regulatory and animal welfare standards are adhered to in respect of horses exported from the State destined for horse abattoirs in other states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46511/25]

1864. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions his Department will take in advance of Ireland ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; the mechanisms he intends to utilise to meet these obligations; the timeframe in which he intends to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44487/25]

1981. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports available for the establishment of new independent living centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46306/25]

1982. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for the establishment of new independent living centres in Cavan or Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46305/25]

2500. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2101 of 29 July 2025, if the information is now available regarding the number of prisoners transferred to the central mental hospital from each prison in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the average wait time for transfer each year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46407/25]

2532. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see a consultation at National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46597/25]

378. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the establishment figure for each branch of the Permanent Defence Forces; the actual number for each year 2019 to date; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43832/25]

379. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the establishment figure for each branch of the Reserve Defence Forces; the actual number for each year 2019 to date; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43833/25]

380. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who served overseas on a United Nations mandated mission in the years 2019 to date; by year; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43834/25]

394. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if facilities are available for those that have literacy or computer difficulties to avail of adequate assistance with the driver theory test; if such are a requirement of the service provider; if they are available at all test centres; the criteria by which it is determined if a person can avail of such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41015/25]

587. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport to outline the earliest construction start and end dates regarding the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney road scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43851/25]

588. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport to outline the funding provided to Monaghan County Council for road maintenance and improvement in the years 2019 to 2024 and date in 2025, by year; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43852/25]

763. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the number of times he intends to increase the cost of petrol, diesel and home heating oil until 2030; the cost to consumers of each increase; the compounded total cost of the increase, by increase and by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43927/25]

882. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the current number of work permits allocated for motor-auto mechanics; the number therein of the car mechanic quota and of the HGV-bus mechanic quota that have been issued; if he has any plans to review those quotas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41020/25]

912. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reviews and inspections that have been carried out in relation to employment practices in the English language teaching sector in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42333/25]