51. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of relations and engagement between the State and Western Sahara’s Polisario Front; if the Government recognises the Polisario Front as interlocutors for the Sahrawi people; and if this Government will commit to recognising a sovereign Sahrawi state. [3417/25]
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52. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what engagement, if any, his Department has had with Spain regarding the status and conditions of political prisoners in that country, in particular the status of Basque political prisoners and the campaign for their repatriation to their homeland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3418/25]
53. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will call on the Iranian government to intervene to save the life of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3419/25]
54. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the urgent diplomatic actions the Government is taking to prevent the execution of a person (details supplied), a Kurdish humanitarian worker and civil society activist sentenced to death in Iran; and whether he will publicly condemn this sentence while engaging with his Department to apply diplomatic pressure on the Iranian government to…
55. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures his Department is taking to encourage civil servants in his Department to take or avail of special leave or career breaks or other forms of leave to encourage and facilitate Ireland's 2026 EU Presidency, the Government "Career for EU" jobs strategy, and the Department's Gaeilge-Irish language policy and promotion; an…
56. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of requests to his Department that have been granted for various matters (details supplied); the number of such requests that were refused; and the grounds on which they were refused. [2499/25]
57. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to examine a fibre broadband case in Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3146/25]
58. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will expedite the provision of a liquefied natural gas terminal in north Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2172/25]
59. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if owners of thatched homes are eligible to apply for retrofitting grants such as solar panel grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2202/25]
60. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applicants to the warmer homes scheme in Louth; and the number of these applications outstanding in the years 2020 to 2024. [2267/25]
61. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a public consultation will be held on the proposed carbon budgets to 2040; the timeframe for a consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2280/25]
62. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the expected timeline for the publication of the Climate Action Plan 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2281/25]
63. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to address a by-law issue (details supplied) in place in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2311/25]
64. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will expedite the provision of fibre broadband to a property (details supplied) in County Sligo. [2431/25]
65. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will expedite the provision of fibre broadband to an area (details supplied) in County Sligo. [2452/25]
66. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a renewable heat obligation will be established in the context of the National Biomethane Strategy to reduce reliance on fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2465/25]
67. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if consideration has been given to the widespread undergrounding of the national electricity cable network, in view of the many interruptions to services during the regular storms and the dangers that follow for repair crews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2565/25]
68. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address the significant delays in the approval and payment of pension increases for retired An Post pensioners, which require ministerial approval and have led to unacceptable delays in 2022 and 2023; the measures being taken to rectify this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2586/25]
69. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that individuals in County Galway were unable to make emergency 999 calls during Storm Éowyn; if his Department will be investigating this to ensure people have access to emergency services during adverse weather events in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
70. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the Government's stance on expanding mining activities in protected areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2686/25]
71. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has, or intends to, communicate with his Northern Ireland counterpart in relation to the proposed gold mine in the Sperrin Mountains in County Tyrone, or whether there has been any Departmental discussions related to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2687/25]
72. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department made a submission to the Tyrone gold mine plans; and if the Department had any concerns about its development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2688/25]
73. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there has been any analysis of transboundary environmental impacts for the Republic of Ireland from the proposed gold mine in the Sperrin Mountains in Tyrone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2689/25]
74. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an environmental impact assessment has been conducted for special areas of conservation in the Republic of Ireland in response to the proposed gold mine in County Tyrone in the Sperrins area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2690/25]
75. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a broadband connection will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2748/25]