Parliamentary questions

Road Network

Bernard Durkan

606. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline her ambitions to support the rural road network under the LIS schemes throughout County Kildare and the country in the current year and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4293/24]

Rural Schemes

Bernard Durkan

607. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the extent to which she hopes to continue to support recreational walk schemes throughout the country and in County Kildare over the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4294/24]

Flexible Work Practices

Bernard Durkan

608. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to encourage the build-up of state-of-the-art technology hubs at convenient locations throughout the country to enable many enterprises to have the benefits of an office setting without the necessity of travel to more distant locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4295/24]

Rural Schemes

Bernard Durkan

609. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department have targeted areas of social isolation with a view to improving the prospects for those currently living in such areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4296/24]

Middle East

Bernard Durkan

41. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he continues, unilaterally or through the aegis of the EU/UN, to influence the situation in the Middle East with particular reference to the setting up of a permanent peace process to which Israeli and Palestinians can refer their grievances on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3224/24]

Foreign Policy

Bernard Durkan

54. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which this country continues to respond to the needs of poorer communities, often beset by war, famine and national disasters; the extent to which our membership of the UN Security Council is being used as a means of accelerating help that is needed in such challenging situations; the extent to which Ireland continues to promote assistance through the bilateral aid or multilateral aid programmes; the extent to which such activity has increased in recent times given worldwide atrocities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3225/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Bernard Durkan

113. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the extent to which provision of broadband continues to meet targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3223/24]

Human Rights

Bernard Durkan

154. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether serious efforts can be made to ensure that those encouraging the use of human rights abuses against vulnerable men, women and children can be challenged in the international courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3688/24]

Foreign Conflicts

Bernard Durkan

155. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which the activities of Boko Haram are being or can be curtailed or restricted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3689/24]

Foreign Conflicts

Bernard Durkan

156. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which the activities of Al Shabaab are being restricted, curtailed or challenged with particular reference to the need to protect their victims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3690/24]

Foreign Policy

Bernard Durkan

157. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the degree to which at EU and UN level, he continues to focus on the vulnerability of women and children who continue to fall victims to physical and mental abuse; if he will indicate the steps being taken to address these issues and incarcerate the perpetrators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3692/24]

Irish Aid

Bernard Durkan

158. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which Irish aid continues to target the appropriate locations globally, with particular reference to ensuring that both multilateral and bilateral aid reaches those for whom it was intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3693/24]

Foreign Policy

Bernard Durkan

159. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he continues to raise at EU Security Council level the ongoing worldwide abuses of women and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3694/24]

Human Rights

Bernard Durkan

160. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what efforts are being made at international level to challenge the activities of international abuses of human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3695/24]

Human Rights

Bernard Durkan

161. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he, through the UN and the EU, can continue to highlight abuses of human rights at various locations throughout the globe, some in warzones and some not, where vulnerable people continue to be abused, trafficked and murdered; if any efforts have been made to bring the perpetrators to justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3696/24]

Passport Services

Bernard Durkan

162. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he can put in place an effective turn around for applications for passport renewals or new passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3697/24]

EU Enlargement

Bernard Durkan

163. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which candidate countries for EU membership continue to receive support for their cause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3698/24]

Human Rights

Bernard Durkan

164. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which the international community is aware of large-scale human rights abuses across the globe; if steps are being taken or proposed for the UN to get involved in such situations at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3699/24]

Climate Change Policy

Bernard Durkan

174. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the extent to which his Department continues to meet climate change targets in conjunction with the protection of the agri-food business; the main issues of conflict, if any; his proposals for a resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3676/24]

Climate Action Plan

Bernard Durkan

175. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to indicate the success to date in meeting carbon reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3677/24]