Matt Carthy

75. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline his plans for managing work and education visas to ensure immigration numbers are sustainable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35607/26]

80. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions he is taking to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35609/26]

95. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the bovine TB incidence rates in 2019 and 2025, and the related new obligations that have been introduced since 2019. [35780/26]

139. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his and his Department’s response to the provisional application of the Mercosur trade agreement. [35745/26]

287. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will outline Ireland's position at recent meetings of the EU REACH Committee regarding restrictions on use of lead ammunition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35953/26]

347. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his engagements with representatives countryside, conservation and rural stakeholder organisations, farming organisations, hunting associations and game management groups, regarding proposed EU restrictions on lead ammunition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35951/26]

153. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has plans to establish a formal cross-Border mechanism with the Department of Justice in the North of Ireland to provide for the mutual recognition and enforcement of domestic violence protection orders, including restraining orders and safety orders, in order to ensure that such orders remain effective when a victim or perpetrator crosses the Border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35600/26]

158. 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; the number of places available for international students in those courses, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34562/26]

218. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science given his comments (details supplied), the steps he is taking to ensure enforcement of regulations in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34561/26]

424. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the Irish- US Drivers Licence Exchange Campaign Report examining the barriers faced by thousands of Irish Emigrants returning home and American citizens working in Ireland as they seek to acquire an Irish Licence, his plans to engage with the three major recommendations contained therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35203/26]

784. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of residential properties (that would be described as family homes) in the ownership of his Department, in each local authority area; and the purposes for which these properties are used, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34133/26]

785. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of properties that have been transferred or purchased from the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency to his Department in each month since January 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34134/26]

786. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department owns a residential property (details supplied), as reported in a media outlet; the circumstances in which the property was purchased; and the intended purpose for which his Department will utilise the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34135/26]

787. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS applicants that are housed by his Department in residential properties (that would be described as family homes) currently, and for each month since January 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34136/26]

809. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the guidelines that are in place with regard to the entitlements under the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 to inform victims and survivors of significant developments relating to their abuser; if a review has been carried out into the way these guidelines operate in practice; the findings of any such review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34356/26]

829. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 7 October 2025, if he will provide an update on guidelines from the Judicial Committee established in July 2024, further to a review of the role of expert reports in the family law process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34524/26]

830. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No’s. 421 and 422 of 7 October 2025, the status of the six recommendations to address the issues linked to actions within the Family Justice Strategy; the status of recommendations with the Parental Alienation Research Report and Policy Paper, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34525/26]

842. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 7 October 2025, if he will report on the work of the Family Justice Strategy 2022 - 2025, a Family Justice Training Working Group; the status of the review into existing training needs for those working within family justice; the timeframe in which he intends effective and relevant training programmes will be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34870/26]

843. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 7 October 2025, if he will report on the work of the Voice of the Child working group; the timeframe in which he expects Voice of the Child guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34871/26]

959. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the CDNTs within which there are family representatives adopted and in place; those for which there is a vacancy; the CDNTs in which any family representatives have stood down since January 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34388/26]

14. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the supports available through his Department and bodies under its aegis, such as Sport Ireland, to support darts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33096/26]

42. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps that Monaghan County Council should take to secure funding for a swimming pool in Carrickmacross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33095/26]

105. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Defence the current total number of members of the Reserve Defence Forces, based in each county, and the corresponding figures for 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021. [33099/26]

127. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Defence the functions formerly performed by the Defence Forces that the Government has outsourced since 2020. [33100/26]

630. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the citizenship status of children born in Ireland to parents who are living in the State under the Temporary Protection Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32241/26]