Parliamentary questions

Harbours and Piers

Catherine Connolly

40. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 818 of 5 March 2024, for an update on the work of the steering committee tasked with monitoring progress on the development of the piers on Inis Oírr and Inis Meáin; the date of the next meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26519/24]

Departmental Programmes

Brendan Smith

41. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the outcome of the review into CLÁR areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26540/24]

Community Development Projects

David Stanton

42. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her Department’s plans, if any, to support the establishment and continued work of community councils across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26446/24]

Departmental Funding

David Stanton

43. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 26 September 2023, the amount of funding made available and drawn down to date under the rural regeneration and development fund on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26445/24]

Departmental Programmes

Brendan Smith

46. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is proposed to extend the CLÁR areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26539/24]

Departmental Funding

Bernard Durkan

52. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she proposes to assist urban and rural community groups throughout the country through the various schemes available to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26459/24]

Departmental Funding

Bernard Durkan

61. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she hopes to continue to assist rural and community groups directly and indirectly, with particular reference to areas with social or economic deficiency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26458/24]

Legislative Programme

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [25303/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Patricia Ryan

2. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Taoiseach the date for the commencement of the Covid enquiry; if it will be before the Dáil Éireann summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26411/24]

Cabinet Committees

Eoin Ó Broin

3. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing will meet again. [26359/24]

Passport Services

Fergus O'Dowd

4. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on proposals (details supplied) from a constituent in respect of what they believe are a double payment for passport documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26337/24]

Passport Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

5. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26351/24]

International Relations

Darren O'Rourke

6. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when he last spoke with the United Arab Emirates ambassador to Ireland. [26477/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Darren O'Rourke

7. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in the embassies of Ireland based in Seoul, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok as of 4 June 2024, in tabular form. [26478/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Michael Healy-Rae

8. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26367/24]

Inland Fisheries

Mairéad Farrell

9. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason there is a deliberate campaign by Inland Fisheries Ireland officers preventing anglers from removing dace, an invasive coarse fish, from the Shannon and Mulkear rivers (part of the Lower River Shannon SAC), given that dace are classed as highly invasive in Ireland under the European Communities - Birds and Natural Habitats Regulations 2011 (S. I. No. 477 of 2011) and their protection is contrary to Ireland’s legal obligations under the EU Habitats Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26390/24]

Inland Fisheries

Mairéad Farrell

10. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department’s officials in the inland fisheries division will continue to legislatively conserve invasive dace and invasive roach in the River Allow in County Cork (part of the Blackwater River SAC) under the Conservation and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006, to the detriment of native salmonids, which will severely impact any future rehabilitation of this SAC river, following the press release by Inland Fisheries Ireland on 10 June 2024 confirming a large fish kill of at least 5,000 mortalities in the River Allow, in which many native salmonids (trout and salmon) were killed plus invasive coarse fish such as dace and roach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26391/24]

Cybersecurity Policy

Darren O'Rourke

11. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the budget allocation for the National Cyber Security Centre in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [26482/24]

Defence Forces

Paul Donnelly

12. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent by the Defence Forces on purchasing military equipment from German-based companies in 2022, 2023 and for the first five months of 2024, in tabular form. [26318/24]

Defence Forces

Paul Donnelly

13. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent by the Defence Forces on purchasing military equipment from Japanese-based companies in 2022, 2023 and for the first five months of 2024, in tabular form. [26319/24]