Parliamentary questions

Ministerial Appointments

Carol Nolan

94. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the reasons for his decision to appoint two joint chiefs of staff to his office; the reason one chief of staff was not sufficient; and how decisions will be made on a day-to-day basis. [17234/24]

Office of Director of Public Prosecutions

Pa Daly

95. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach the increases that have been made to funding to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for the years 2020 to 2024. [17250/24]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

96. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach his views on the new Cabinet committee on disability; and if the Minister for Health will sit on the new committee. [17897/24]

Passport Services

James Lawless

97. 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. [17436/24]

Passport Services

Niamh Smyth

98. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied). [17467/24]

Passport Services

Robert Troy

99. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason that a recently naturalised applicant’s birth certificate (details supplied) cannot be accepted by his Department as part of their passport application when it was accepted by the Department of Justice as part of their approved naturalisation application. [17488/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Peadar Tóibín

100. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite an application for foreign birth registration from a parent who is an Irish citizen (details supplied); and provide a reason as to the delay in processing the registration. [17698/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Matt Carthy

101. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the embassies and missions within north Africa; the ambassadors accredited to north African states whereby no mission is present in a state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17770/24]

Departmental Meetings

Matt Carthy

102. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the government of Algeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17771/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Matt Carthy

103. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has considered opening an embassy in Algeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17772/24]

Humanitarian Aid

Matt Carthy

104. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the humanitarian assistance Ireland has provided to Algeria to support and assist refugees from Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17773/24]

Departmental Budgets

Paul Donnelly

105. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the budget allocation for the Emigrant Support Programme in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [17808/24]

Passport Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

106. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made in relation to a passport application (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17813/24]

Passport Services

James Lawless

107. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17959/24]

Passport Services

Paul McAuliffe

108. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be examined as the applicant did not receive the email despite the notification on the tracker for application. [17968/24]

Military Aircraft

Catherine Connolly

109. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 16 April 2024, to clarify the steps taken to ensure that US Air Force C17 Globemaster aircraft number 08-8021 was not carrying weapons or munitions when it travelled through Shannon Airport on 10 April 2024 and landed in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 11 April 2024, and was further tracked flying over Israel, Jordan and Egypt on 13 and 15 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17984/24]

European Court of Human Rights

Peadar Tóibín

110. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will include the murder of a person (details supplied) in the current case being taken against the British government in the European Court of Human Rights. [17994/24]

EU Membership

Michael Moynihan

111. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his position on Türkiye becoming a member of the European Union; his views on the human rights situation in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18045/24]

Inland Fisheries

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

112. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline what role Inland Fisheries Ireland plays regarding the by-catch in relation to bass, sea trout, salmon, kelts and salmon smolts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18012/24]

Waste Management

Richard Bruton

113. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a scheme has been established whereby persons with medical conditions that result in the generation of high volumes of waste can get relief on their waste charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17332/24]