596. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures that can be put in place, including some form of auto enrolment, to provide for pensions for foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46867/26]
597. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children aged 12 years or younger currently in special arrangement houses; the average length of their stay; and the way in which those figures compare to one year ago and two years ago. [46868/26]
598. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of foster carers in Ireland. [46869/26]
599. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in foster care in Ireland. [46870/26]
653. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the new Therapeutic Services Plan for the south-east. [46865/26]
742. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre Ferns, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47262/26]
9. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the wage subsidy scheme, and any incentives to support employers taking on employees with intellectual disabilities. [46367/26]
93. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which it can be ensured that work pays and that social protection supports do not disincentivise any individual to work. [46366/26]
258. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider the development of a procurement pact or outline joint procurement measures with the European Union or with other EU member states. [46432/26]
259. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider the development of a procurement pact or outline joint procurement measures with Canada. [46433/26]
335. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the current rate of youth unemployment; the strategies in place to address youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46512/26]
59. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline Ireland's position as a global leader in the stewardship of data; and the way in which Ireland promotes that position internationally. [46394/26]
67. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to outline Ireland's position regarding Irish and EU artificial intelligence and digital sovereignty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46392/26]
68. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to outline Ireland's position regarding Irish and EU data sovereignty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46393/26]
69. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to outline the measures in place in Ireland to support the development of venture capital to invest in Irish start-ups. [46397/26]
110. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if there are contingency plans in place to support the Irish economy and protection of data if one of the transatlantic cables are cut or damaged [46395/26]
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237. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline Ireland's level of investment in and policy on the use of quantum computing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46396/26]
1. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the most recent EU leaders’ meeting or Council. [12965/26]
24. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the revised national digital and AI strategy. [16306/26]
168. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the strategies to support the development of Ireland’s beaches to support sustainable tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45345/26]
175. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on plans for a possible replacement industry pending the announced closure of a company (details supplied). [45344/26]
240. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which a focus can be maintained on a conflict (details supplied) noting that there have been no statements during 2026 in Dáil Éireann on the war and increasingly limited media coverage of these events in Eastern Europe. [45874/26]
270. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Defence if any specific requests have been made to her, her Department or to Government in general, by any other States, or by the European Commission or any multilateral body, for Ireland to increase defence spending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45875/26]
341. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the development of the South Wicklow Greenway; the amount of the sum allocated by his Department to the project which has been drawn down to date; the actions taken on foot of that drawdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45868/26]
342. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 233 and 234 of 30 April 2026 and 182 of 21 May 2026, if he will advise on the policy on renewal of driving licences by non-Irish citizens; if his Department or the Road Safety Authority plan to make changes on this matter; and to clarify if a driving licence has been issued to a person (details supplied). [45871/26]