Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Forestry Sector

Brendan Howlin

447. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2518 of 21 April 2021, if he could update the table provided to include 2021 and 2022 figures and, using the same methods as before, to calculate the CO2 missed capture due to failed afforestation targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41471/23]

Forestry Sector

Brendan Howlin

448. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if officials from his Department have carried out analyses on the afforestation files on hand that will be affected by new restrictions relating to peat, high nature value farmlands and extended bird exclusion zones; to detail the overall number of applications affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41472/23]

Forestry Sector

Brendan Howlin

449. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is accommodating all forestry stakeholder groups equally in terms of facilitating meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41474/23]

Forestry Sector

Brendan Howlin

450. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there have been any changes within his Department at Assistant Secretary-level with responsibility for forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41475/23]

Bus Services

Brendan Howlin

85. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Transport if he will set out his proposals to increase LocalLink bus services to facilitate access to Wexford town from adjoining rural areas; if there are any plans, in particular, to provide disabled persons access from the Curracloe area into services in Wexford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39763/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Brendan Howlin

190. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he proposes to approve the Labour Court recommended increase in pension entitlements for An Post pensioners who have been due pension increases from 1 January 2022 and further increases from January 2023 and July 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39621/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Howlin

605. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 698 of 25 July 2023, if she will accept that a great injustice has been done in requiring the repayment to her Department of monies caused by the extraordinary requirements of the Covid crisis whereby a person (details supplied) exceeded their allowed working hours to facilitate the national response to maintain nursing care at this critical time; if she will review the decisions made by her Department in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39480/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Brendan Howlin

623. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is her intention that foster carers be allowed to maintain a social protection stamp/credit while continuing their foster caring and not be required to fulfil the signing-on requirements for jobseeker's credits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39770/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Brendan Howlin

630. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to include fibromyalgia as a recognised long-term illness condition for social protection purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39894/23]

Grant Payments

Brendan Howlin

1049. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will facilitate an appeal in relation to the awarding of a SUSI grant to a person (details supplied) who, due to their being abroad during the allowed appeal period, in line with Teaching Council requirements, has been unable to forward an appeal under the statutory provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39486/23]

Military Exports

Brendan Howlin

39. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will set out the measures he has taken to ensure that Ireland does not facilitate the transit of cluster munitions through Irish airports, ports or airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36000/23]

Passport Services

Brendan Howlin

41. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure that a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36055/23]

Consular Services

Brendan Howlin

43. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to previous Parliamentary Questions, the engagement to date with the Togolese authorities in relation to the treatment of a person (details supplied) who has been detained in Togo for four and a half years in horrific conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36125/23]

Overseas Development Aid

Brendan Howlin

49. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 12 July 2023, if he will provide a detailed breakdown as originally requested of the various programmes under which ODA is spent; the amount assigned to each for 2022 (€1.045 billion and €1.446 billion) and for 2023; to provide a breakdown of the details and the components of the total submitted to the OECD for 2022 of the €1.233 billion in 2023, of which €716 million was allocated to Irish Aid; to provide a breakdown of the remainder that totals up to €517 million, in tabular form; the sources of each and under which programme, that allows the State to arrive at a total ODA commitment of €1.233 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36434/23]

Ukraine War

Brendan Howlin

50. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a breakdown of the assistance Ireland provided to Ukraine in 2022 and to date in 2023; the expected outturn for 2023; whether this assistance was provided through the EU or directly; to describe what the programme was; the purpose of the aid or financial assistance; if the full outturn for 2022 has been confirmed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36435/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Brendan Howlin

51. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a list of the membership fees, subscriptions or other contributions paid to international bodies by his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on behalf of his Department, other Departments or agencies, or the State itself, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36436/23]

Diplomatic Representation

Brendan Howlin

52. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a list of his plans for new embassies or consulates over the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36437/23]

Diaspora Issues

Brendan Howlin

53. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide the details of the various programmes for supporting the diaspora; the funding committed to each in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36438/23]

Passport Services

Brendan Howlin

54. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure the urgent processing of a passport card for a person (details supplied) by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36439/23]

Defence Forces

Brendan Howlin

157. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline the capital allocations in 2023 for the Defence Forces; the breakdown, by project, of expenditure that has been or will be incurred in 2023; the projected capital budget in 2024; when the Equipment Development Plan was last updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36260/23]