Parliamentary questions

Passport Services

John Brady

28. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicant’s travel date is imminent and the application has passed the target issue date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24630/24]

Passport Services

James Lawless

29. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24633/24]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

30. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in his Department during the period 2021 to date; the content of such training and presentations; the provider of any such training and presentations and the costs incurred for each event; if attendance at such training and presentations is mandatory or voluntary for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24670/24]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

31. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24702/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

32. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on Ireland’s participation in an initiative of shared commitments to UNRWA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24715/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

33. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government was advised in advance that Israel would record an engagement with the Irish Ambassador; his response to this occurrence; his response to the engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24716/24]

Passport Services

Matt Carthy

34. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications which were discarded having been in processing for six months, in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24717/24]

Passport Services

Paul McAuliffe

35. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport can be expedited for a child (details supplied). [24731/24]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

36. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the next recruitment intake of Third Secretaries will take place; the number of roles likely to be recruited for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24827/24]

Military Neutrality

Catherine Connolly

37. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 28 May 2024, if he will publish the non-paper and the text of the letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24834/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

38. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicant's travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24839/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

39. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicant's travel date is imminent and; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24840/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

40. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the application has passed the target issue date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24841/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

41. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the application has passed the target issue date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24842/24]

Passport Services

James Lawless

42. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24859/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Alan Kelly

43. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional staffing and personnel that will be based at the Irish Embassy in Paris during the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic games; and if a temporary emergency out-of-hours phone line will be setup during these games. [24869/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

44. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of females and males that applied for the post of consular officer and administrative officer at the Irish Consulate General Office in Boston. [24870/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Alan Kelly

45. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the civil service grades each Irish Ambassador and each consul general is at, in tabular form. [24871/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Alan Kelly

46. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Irish Ambassador or deputy Ambassador or equivalent based at the Irish Embassy in Rome have visited the city of Naples, Italy to date in 2024; and if so, the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [24872/24]

Foreign Policy

Seán Haughey

47. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the current diplomatic relationship between Ireland and Western Sahara, and between Ireland and the Polisario Front; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24909/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Duncan Smith

48. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a status update in respect of a foreign birth registration (details supplied); if he will expedite the application process for reasons (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24947/24]

Foreign Policy

Patrick Costello

49. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a list of all agreements, treaties and conventions Ireland has with Morocco, both bilateral and as a member of the European Union. [24973/24]

Passport Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

50. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what is being done to address the backlog in passport applications [25029/24]

Passport Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

51. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of passport target dates that have been exceeded. [25030/24]

Official Travel

Catherine Murphy

52. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is scheduled to visit the United States before the end of this year. [25100/24]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

53. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the government of the Philippines in the past 12 months. [25101/24]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

54. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish passports notified to his Department as stolen and lost in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25102/24]

Passport Services

Alan Dillon

55. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25115/24]

Middle East

Bríd Smith

56. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that at least 11 Palestinian graduates who came here to study on ICOS/Department of Foreign Affairs-/Irish Aid-sponsored scholarships have recently received a letter (details supplied); if he agrees that this is a poor choice of options, given the situation in Palestine; the reason the option to secure a two-year graduate work visa is not given to these Palestinian graduates as it is to their fellow overseas graduates; if he will commit to ensuring that this option is now extended to these graduates as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25120/24]

Foreign Policy

Leo Varadkar

57. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to make a statement on the crisis in Myanmar; to list the meeting he had which addressed the matter and what actions Ireland can take to help restore democracy in the country [25150/24]

Passport Services

Niamh Smyth

58. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs how a person (details supplied) can obtain a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25154/24]

Overseas Development Aid

Patrick Costello

59. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a breakdown of international development assistance funding provided to each country in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25162/24]

Overseas Development Aid

Patrick Costello

60. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the 2023 Irish Aid Climate and Environmental Finance Report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25163/24]

Overseas Development Aid

Patrick Costello

61. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the 2023 Irish Aid Annual Report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25164/24]

Overseas Development Aid

Patrick Costello

62. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on the commitment to providing at least €225 million per year in climate finance to developing countries by 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25165/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Alan Dillon

63. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 2 February 2024 when a person (details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25179/24]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if passports for siblings in County Donegal applied for on 22 March 2024 will issue on time for a travel date of 27 June 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25362/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

65. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) given that the applicant's date of travel is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25457/24]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

66. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost; the ultimate contract cost including extras, design changes, conciliation, claims etc; project name/title; and the name of the body responsible for the delivery of projects where responsibility has been devolved. [25475/24]

Passport Services

James Lawless

67. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to expedite the passport applications of (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25490/24]

Middle East

Holly Cairns

68. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to detail funding and resources provided by Ireland to organisations for the maintenance and establishment of field hospitals in Gaza; whether his department has been approached in regards to providing support for the establishment of a field hospital in Al Mawasi; and to detail what support the state can provide to medical professionals in Gaza seeking international assistance for the establishment and running of a field hospital. [25512/24]

International Sanctions

Catherine Connolly

69. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the value of frozen Russian assets in Ireland and in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25559/24]

EU Agreements

Catherine Connolly

70. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the ‘urgent review’ of the EU-Israel Association Agreement requested jointly by Ireland and Spain on 14 February 2024; the response from the Commission to that ‘urgent review’ request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25560/24]

Question Heading for question(s) 71

James Lawless

71. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25584/24]

Question Heading for question(s) 72

James Lawless

72. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25590/24]

Passport Services

Steven Matthews

73. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25617/24]

Ukraine War

Catherine Connolly

74. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what assessment he has made of the implications for Ireland of the Council decision to use the proceeds from immobilised Russian assets to support Ukraine’s military activities to defend itself and to boost its military capabilities; if he is satisfied that Russian assets immobilised by Ireland will not support or be used for such military activities; if so, how so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25634/24]

Energy Policy

Catherine Murphy

75. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the proposed investment for the national grid to support delivery on our renewable energy targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24618/24]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

76. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in his Department during the period 2021 to date; the content of such training and presentations; the provider of any such training and presentations and the costs incurred for each event; if attendance at such training and presentations is mandatory or voluntary for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24668/24]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

77. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24700/24]

Question Heading for question(s) 78

Ivana Bacik

78. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a decision will issue in relation to an appeal (details supplied) [24739/24]

Inland Fisheries

Mairéad Farrell

79. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason his officials in the inland fisheries division have failed to engage on an issue over an approximate ten-year period (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24771/24]

Inland Fisheries

Mairéad Farrell

80. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he and his officials in the inland fisheries division fully support the repugnant position of legislatively conserving non-native dace in all Irish freshwater catchments under the Conservation and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006, while the fish is concurrently classed as highly invasive in Ireland under the European Communities - Birds and Natural Habitats Regulations 2011 (S. I. No. 477 of 2011); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24772/24]

Inland Fisheries

Thomas Pringle

81. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the work of the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland (ACCI); if he will publish the minutes of ACCI meetings held since June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24828/24]

Inland Fisheries

Thomas Pringle

82. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason the option of having a person authorised as a nominee, due to illness or injury, is not available to holders of special local draft net licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24829/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Darren O'Rourke

83. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the Copper Switch Off Working Group established with the participation of ComReg and Eir; the membership of the group; the number of times the group has met; the work programme and expected outcomes of the group; if the latter will be made publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24910/24]

Energy Infrastructure

Jennifer Whitmore

84. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he can provide a record of brown out events, by county for the years 2019 to 2024; the number of events that were reported, by county; how the responsible agency detects these brown outs; the measures that are taken to rectify the faults to ensure no recurrence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24912/24]

Inland Fisheries

Pearse Doherty

85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount the State has spent or has committed to spend defending inland fisheries against anglers in regard to the Gweebara river in County Donegal, including all expenses not just legal fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24977/24]

National Broadband Plan

Pa Daly

86. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when fibre broadband will be connected to a residence (details supplied) give the person needs same for their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24994/24]

Haulage Industry

Carol Nolan

87. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm that the Irish road haulage sector will be impacted by a proposed €10 per tonne levy on the transportation of soil and stone within the next 14 weeks; if he will consider extending the introduction date to allow for the haulage sector time to transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25132/24]

National Broadband Plan

Martin Kenny

88. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the amount of his Department’s pre-committed capital expenditure under the National Development Plan that will be dedicated to the rollout of the National Broadband Plan in each of the years 2024 to 2030, in tabular form. [25192/24]

Energy Policy

Darren O'Rourke

89. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 14 May 2024, to provide a breakdown of how the figure of 16,600 heat pump installations in existing homes was arrived at; to provide a breakdown of installations per year of the period that the figure is accounting for, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown, per scheme, per year, that the figure is accounting for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25234/24]

Energy Policy

Darren O'Rourke

90. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if only heat pumps installed in existing buildings will be counted as contributing to the 2030 target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25236/24]

Inland Fisheries

Brendan Griffin

91. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on what scientific basis or rationale a two-trout bag limit was introduced on the River Clare, County Galway, and what the Minister’s intention is regarding other waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25249/24]

Inland Fisheries

Brendan Griffin

92. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will make progress on the commitment in the Programme for Government regarding designating our western lakes as salmonoid lakes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25250/24]

Inland Fisheries

Brendan Griffin

93. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether bye laws No. 806 of 2006 and No. 809 of 2006 under the Fisheries Act 1959 to 2006 are in compliance with the Habitats Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25251/24]

Inland Fisheries

Brendan Griffin

94. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications why electrofishing is not considered to remove invasive pike from Aughrusbeg Lough, Connemara, County Galway under the management plan being initiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25252/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Denis Naughten

95. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will detail the spending and outputs of €1.2m allocated to the UN Convention to combat desertification in 2018 towards the Great Green Wall project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25361/24]

Question Heading for question(s) 96

Paul Murphy

96. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Minister will ensure that a copy of this report (details supplied) is provided to the requestor, given point 4.6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25373/24]

National Broadband Plan

Duncan Smith

97. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the provision that has been made in the National Broadband Plan for issues known as direct buried ducting which can preclude premises or an entire estate from being connected to fibre broadband; and if he would direct the providers to investigate the issues affecting [details supplied]. [25396/24]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

98. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost; the ultimate contract cost including extras, design changes, conciliation, claims etc; project name/title; and the name of the body responsible for the delivery of projects where responsibility has been devolved. [25473/24]

Question Heading for question(s) 99

Michael Healy-Rae

99. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25498/24]

Defence Forces

Brendan Howlin

100. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 9 May 2023, if he will revisit the supports provided by his Department to family members of former Defence Forces personnel, including funeral costs for family members as an additional benefit, to aid recruitment and retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24628/24]

Defence Forces

Mairéad Farrell

101. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware of any military event that took place recently in the University of Galway, wherein uniformed foreign soldiers were seen walking around the campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24629/24]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

102. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in his Department during the period 2021 to date; the content of such training and presentations; the provider of any such training and presentations and the costs incurred for each event; if attendance at such training and presentations is mandatory or voluntary for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24665/24]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

103. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24697/24]

Defence Forces

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

104. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the status of a person’s application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24740/24]

Departmental Contracts

John Lahart

105. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if as some media reports suggest, Ireland pays an Israeli government owned weapons company (details supplied) €295,000 each year to maintain drones bought from it, which the same company supplying aerial vehicles and drones being used to kill Palestinian people in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24982/24]

Naval Service

Catherine Murphy

106. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if Haulbowline naval base has the capability to dock a military naval ship of 210 metres in length; and if not, the funding that would be required in order to be able to securely dock a military naval ship of this size. [25086/24]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

107. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost; the ultimate contract cost including extras, design changes, conciliation, claims etc; project name/title; and the name of the body responsible for the delivery of projects where responsibility has been devolved. [25470/24]

Naval Service

Alan Kelly

108. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if any of the Naval Service vessels currently have helicopter landing capabilities. [25573/24]

Defence Forces

Alan Kelly

109. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the recruitment budget allocated to the Defence Forces in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024; the percentage of that budget that was actually spent in 2022 and 2023 in tabular form. [25574/24]

Bus Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

110. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the recruitment and retention plans for mechanics, the lack of which is contributing to the crisis in respect of bus services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24602/24]

Active Travel

Catherine Murphy

111. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on expenditure on active travel programmes in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24619/24]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

112. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the expected cost of upgrading the public bus fleet to an electric fleet as part of the Pathfinder programme; the proposed timeline for town bus fleets and for regional bus fleets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24624/24]

Driver Test

Peadar Tóibín

113. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the options available for truck and bus driving test applicants who need to take a test urgently and are available for a cancellation (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24652/24]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

114. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in his Department during the period 2021 to date; the content of such training and presentations; the provider of any such training and presentations and the costs incurred for each event; if attendance at such training and presentations is mandatory or voluntary for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24680/24]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

115. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24711/24]

Air Services

Duncan Smith

116. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport to provide an outline of all flight paths out from Dublin Airport; if any new flight paths have commenced this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24745/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Eoin Ó Broin

117. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if, in relation to the CIÉ superannuation scheme 1951, he will take steps to ensure the benefits of the scheme will be protected and maintained; and if pensioners within the scheme will now be awarded the long-awaited pension increase. [24773/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Eoin Ó Broin

118. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if CIÉ will appoint CIÉ board-nominated members to the statutory CIÉ 1951 scheme pensions committee, pursuant to rule 12 of the scheme. [24774/24]

Greenways Provision

Pat Buckley

119. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the progress of the remaining stretch of the Midleton-Youghal Greenway project, including a timeline for completion. [24783/24]

Public Transport

Pat Buckley

120. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on measures being taken to improve public transport links in rural areas of east Cork, especially those routes which may not be financially advantageous but serve an important role in connecting more isolated and under-serviced communities. [24784/24]

Taxi Licences

Michael Healy-Rae

121. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to reintroduce the issuing of new taxi licences for sale for saloon cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24800/24]

Driver Licences

Cathal Crowe

122. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the reason the National Transport Authority will only accept payment for licence applications by postal order or bank draft; if the authority recognises that this creates difficulty for applicants in knowing when payments have been processed; and the plans in place to implement an online portal to facilitate payment. [24867/24]

Coast Guard Service

Alan Kelly

123. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the 2023 and 2024 capital budget allocation for the Irish Coast Guard, in tabular form [24880/24]

Bus Éireann

Alan Kelly

124. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of the Bus Éireann PSO fleet that have the capabilities of having one wheelchair space and one buggy space on board; and the estimated full-year cost of a double decker bus with capabilities to handle one wheelchair user onboard and one buggy at the same time. [24881/24]

Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Matt Carthy

125. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of proposed cuts to the spending programme of Transport Infrastructure Ireland; if he provided sanction for such expenditure cuts; the scale of the expenditure cuts; the locations/projects impacted by such expenditure cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24900/24]

Public Transport

Róisín Shortall

126. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 9 April 2024, the total cost of agreements reached between Transport Infrastructure Ireland and third parties in respect of the Metrolink Railway Order application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25009/24]

EU Directives

Gino Kenny

127. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if the EU directive 2012 HGV legislation (Unladen Weight to Gross Vehicle Weight) is being enforced since its proposed implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25026/24]