Parliamentary questions

Straitéisí Ranna

Cian O'Callaghan

94. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the publication of the Treoirlínte Pleanála Gaeltachta; the reasons behind the delay in the publication of the same, given the original commitment to publish them by Autumn 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25832/24]

Allotments Provision

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

95. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 18 April 2024, for an update on the publication date for a guide to the provision of allotments and community gardens by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25851/24]

Local Government Reform

Brendan Smith

96. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proposals, if any, he has to establish town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25884/24]

Pension Provisions

Rose Conway-Walsh

97. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of reducing the retirement age to 65 and increased cost out to 2029 or for each year projections are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25804/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Catherine Connolly

98. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the options open to school staff who have to sign on for job seekers benefit during the school holidays, in the context that the payments often arrive after the holiday, making it impossible for them to pay bills, buy food, and so on, with particular reference to the reason the payment is so reduced and delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25849/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

99. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment can be made available to a person (details supplied), both of whose parents passed away in the past year leaving them with exceptionally high bereavement costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25854/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

100. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25857/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

101. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if household benefit is payable (details supplied). [25858/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

102. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25859/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

103. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25860/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

104. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25861/24]

Legislative Measures

Thomas Pringle

105. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the resources that have been allocated to ensure appropriate enforcement of the provisions of the Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25800/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

106. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to honour her commitment to the survivors and the families of victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings to release all files relating to the bombings, including the reports furnished by the officers of the special detective unit which was tasked with monitoring those campaigners for justice and truth in relation to the bombings, most particularly, such reports for the year 1993; to disclose the orders issued to the Special Detective Unit sanctioning this surveillance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25815/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

107. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice to release the files which were created on foot of the surveillance of Dublin and Monaghan bombing campaigners; to explain the justification for the deployment of State resources to undertake surveillance of the families and campaigners; to provide the identities of those who ordered the surveillance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25816/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

108. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice to release all Garda files furnished to her Department and the relevant Government subcommittee that dealt with security matters relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974. [25817/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

109. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline, in light of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings taking place within 14 months of the closure of the investigations into the Sackville Place bombings of 1972/1973, the reason the Garda investigations into the Sackville Place bombings of 1972/1973 were closed down after seven weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25819/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice to release all the Garda files and all files relating to the Sackville Place bombings of 1972/1973. [25820/24]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the reason the investigative files related to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings that were provided to the McEntee report were never released to the families of the victims of the bombings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25821/24]

Legislative Measures

Pa Daly

112. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to make a statement outlining the laws and regulations currently covering covert human intelligence sources; and the plans, if any, she has for changes in same. [25850/24]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

113. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25856/24]