Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Contracts

Paul Murphy

611. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in the world which is owned or part-owned by any Israeli state agency or by any Israeli-based company; and if so, the value of those contracts. [51051/23]

Departmental Contracts

Paul Murphy

612. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes involvement by any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in the world which is owned or part-owned by any Israeli state agency or by any Israeli-based company. [51069/23]

Waste Management

Paul Murphy

13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether he supports taking waste collection back into public ownership to ensure better environmental management of waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50236/23]

Climate Change Policy

Paul Murphy

26. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has engaged with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Taoiseach in relation to their promotion of beef exports to South Korea and to state whether he thinks prompting beef exports to South Korea is compatible with reducing emissions from agriculture under the Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50235/23]

Climate Action Plan

Paul Murphy

84. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline what increases in emissions reduction targets will be included in the next Climate Action Plan, given the failure to reach previous years' targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50289/23]

Climate Change Policy

Paul Murphy

85. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline he and his Department's engagement with the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform regarding the Climate, Infrastructure and Nature Fund announced in Budget 2024; how that fund could be used to ramp up annual climate adaptation projects nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50290/23]

Climate Change Negotiations

Paul Murphy

86. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline his Government's aims, goals and targets for the upcoming COP28 negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50291/23]

Climate Change Negotiations

Paul Murphy

87. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on Ireland's position on the Loss and Damage Fund, which will be discussed at COP28; if Ireland will commit at least €500 million in new money, in the form of grants, to a Loss and Damage Fund at COP28; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50292/23]

Climate Change Negotiations

Paul Murphy

88. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on his engagement with his counterparts in the EU and other international governments ahead of the COP28 negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50294/23]

Air Quality

Paul Murphy

89. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what measures he proposes to reduce the impact of air pollution on the high levels of asthma and COPD in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50295/23]

Departmental Strategies

Paul Murphy

129. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline his Department's road map for assisting the recovery in communities such as Midleton, County Cork, regarding flood relief and climate adaptation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50293/23]

Water Supply

Paul Murphy

158. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether there should be full transparency in relation to the data on water abstraction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50296/23]

Shannon Airport Facilities

Paul Murphy

15. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to give a complete overview of the process that the US military must follow when moving personnel through Irish Airports on US Military aircraft transiting through Irish airports since January 2022. [50105/23]

Shannon Airport Facilities

Paul Murphy

16. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a record of all US Military flights that have passed through Shannon Airport since the beginning of October 2023. [50106/23]

Shannon Airport Facilities

Paul Murphy

18. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to give a detailed account of all oversight procedures implemented by his Department, other Government Departments and/or the Irish Aviation Authority on flights granted exemptions for the carriage of munitions of war, weapons and dangerous goods through Irish airports (inspections of aircraft, inspections of manifests, Garda deployment, etc.). [50103/23]

Departmental Data

Paul Murphy

35. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to provide a record of all exemptions provided to carry weapons and munitions of war through Irish ports and airports since January 2022. [50104/23]

Military Aircraft

Paul Murphy

44. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to give a complete overview of the process that the US military must follow when moving personnel through Irish Airports on US Military chartered flights and to provide any/all records of US personnel transiting through Irish airports since January 2022 [50105/23]

Departmental Data

Paul Murphy

45. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to provide a record of all US Military contracted flights that have passed through Shannon Airport since the beginning of October 2023 [50106/23]

National Educational Psychological Service

Paul Murphy

75. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education to outline, in tabular form, the NEPS areas across the country, and the number of psychologists appointed to each. [50043/23]

Foreign Conflicts

Paul Murphy

65. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take immediate action to stop the fighting in Sudan; if he will commit to delivering food and medical aid to the Sudanese people through organisations such as the UN World Food Programme and the Red Crescent; if he will strongly condemn the shipments of weapons into Sudan from countries that are opponents of peace, including but not limited to, the United Arab Emirates; and if he will urge military leaders (details supplied) to stop the conflict immediately and advocate for peace. [49787/23]