Malcolm Byrne

364. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and in what contexts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55704/25]

1. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will next meet. [46519/25]

13. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [46520/25]

164. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the diplomatic and trading relationship between Ireland and Estonia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55184/25]

165. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the diplomatic and trading relationship between Ireland and Latvia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55185/25]

166. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the diplomatic and trading relationship between Ireland and Lithuania; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55186/25]

247. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider naming Dublin airport after a person (details supplied); if he will request Dublin airport authority to consider such an action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54761/25]

277. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the possible development of direct air links between Ireland and India; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55187/25]

278. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the possible development of direct air links between Ireland and Japan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55188/25]

279. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the possible development of direct air links between Ireland and Brazil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55189/25]

362. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Finance the measures his Department is putting in place to monitor the reduction in VAT on certain services from 13.5% to 9.5%; and whether it will be passed on to the consumer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55196/25]

363. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Finance the measures his Department is putting in place to monitor the reduction in VAT on new apartments from 13.5% to 9.5%; whether it will be passed on to the purchaser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55197/25]

406. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if under the small schools scheme or an extension of such a scheme, the fourth teacher at a school (details supplied) can be maintained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54591/25]

476. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the application by a school (details supplied). [55200/25]

477. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the capital programmes that may be available to youth projects (details supplied), to expand their operations. [55201/25]

540. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the government plans to mark the bicentennial anniversary of Catholic emancipation in 2029. [54760/25]

581. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will afford protection or recognition to the coastal Éire signs that were put in place during the Second World War; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54762/25]

619. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding streams that may be open to construct the planned northern relief road at Gorey, County Wexford, in order to open up the St. Waleran’s area for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55194/25]

620. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are guidelines around the provision of pre-planning meetings by local authorities; if he will urge local authorities to make provision for such pre-planning meetings to help those considering making an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55202/25]

665. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the research that his Department has undertaken to ensure that it is always more financially advantageous to take up employment rather than jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55277/25]

666. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports available and taxes/levies charged from the State from 1 January 2026 to a single person where they are, in receipt of jobseekers' allowance and not working, working 19 hours-per-week at the new minimum wage rate, working 39 hours-per-week at the new minimum wage rate, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55278/25]

711. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of projects seeking funding through the International Investor Programme when the programme was discontinued; the approach of his Department to these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55192/25]

712. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update of the review of the management and oversight of the International Investor Programme within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55193/25]

727. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he envisions the possible return of a sugar beet industry for feed purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54731/25]

728. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations in the Report of the Commission on Generational Renewal in Farming. [54732/25]