Parliamentary questions

Foreign Policy

Gary Gannon

24. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that on 7 January 2024, in an interview with RTÉ radio, that the Taoiseach made explicit mention to the Armenian genocide, and if this reference marks a change of course by Ireland in officially recognising that the Armenian people suffered a genocide during the First World War. [5722/24]

Tax Credits

Gary Gannon

118. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance when the rent tax credit of €750 will be paid out to those who have listed the tax credit on their Revenue Commissioner's account on or before 1 January; and the length of time a person will have to wait to receive their payment if they were to list their rent tax credit now or on any given day. [5724/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Gary Gannon

216. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the amount the actors/ “edinfluencers” were paid to take part in a campaign (details supplied); and the amount that was spent to promote the campaign in general. [5723/24]

Climate Change Policy

Gary Gannon

142. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the Government’s plan to develop Ireland’s nationally determined contributions (details supplied); if a consultative and participatory process is to take place, and which stakeholders are proposed to be included. [3725/24]

Departmental Contracts

Gary Gannon

392. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice to list the current top ten earners who are contracted as a case processing panellist in the International Protection Office.
[3721/24]

Departmental Contracts

Gary Gannon

393. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice how many case processing panellists are currently contracted to the International Protection Office.
[3722/24]

Departmental Contracts

Gary Gannon

394. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice how much money a case processing panellist is paid per case in the International Protection Office. [3723/24]

Departmental Schemes

Gary Gannon

589. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she and her Department will consider the purchase of Rawlton House, Sherrard Street Lower, Dublin 1, as part of the community recognition fund to be repurposed as a community centre. [3724/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Gary Gannon

27. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a breakdown of the cost of facilitating Chinese Premier Li Qiang's visit to Ireland earlier this month. [3067/24]

Middle East

Gary Gannon

76. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs at what stage and in which conditions he would deem it appropriate to define Israel's killing of Palestinians as genocide. [3068/24]

Middle East

Gary Gannon

79. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline explicitly his reasons for not being in favour of backing South Africa's case accusing Israel of the genocide of Palestinians in the International Court of Justice. [3069/24]

Foreign Conflicts

Gary Gannon

81. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he or his Department is taking part in any form of diplomacy in relation to the conflict in the Red Sea. [3070/24]

School Admissions

Gary Gannon

108. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary school spaces that are allocated for students from Newcastle, Dublin 22 primary schools in local secondary schools or nearby secondary schools in other villages (details supplied). [3108/24]

School Admissions

Gary Gannon

109. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to develop a secondary school for Newcastle in Dublin 22; and if so, the status of such a plan (details supplied). [3109/24]

State Properties

Gary Gannon

77. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware that the original gates of the former Marlborough Barracks, now known as McKee Barracks off Blackhorse Avenue, are being kept in storage, that temporary gates were installed in the mid-1980s, and if he and his Department are willing to evaluate the condition of the original gates and reinstall them. [2776/24]

Defence Forces

Gary Gannon

81. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how many members of the Israeli Defence Forces have attended the Irish Military College since 2011; how many are currently attending the Military College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2777/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Gary Gannon

82. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence which overseas embassies are included in his Department’s plans to establish military attaches in overseas embassies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2778/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Gary Gannon

83. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the projected cost of his Department’s plans to establish military attaches in overseas embassies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2779/24]

Community Training Centres

Gary Gannon

91. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if 2024 will see increased funding for community training centres in Dublin's north inner city, Dublin 1 and Dublin 3. [1920/24]

Student Accommodation

Gary Gannon

95. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline his interactions with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in 2023 regarding the shortage of student accommodation. [1919/24]