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Danny Healy-Rae Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Environment
165. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on the increase in funding for the PhD stipends (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6277/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Environment
166. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of grants issued by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to homeowners for external wall insulation, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6278/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Environment
167. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update as to when his Department will conclude consideration of the request by An Post for a 2% increase to pensions in payment and deferred pensions from 1 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6303/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Environment
168. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of his Department currently makes use of artificial intelligence; if he will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; if he has consulted wi…
Eoin Ó Broin Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Environment
169. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider establishing a rebalancing subvention, modelled on the large energy user rebalancing subvention introduced in 2009, with the purpose of funding repair and upgrade of the grid in the wake of storm Éowyn, by collecting a greater portion of network charges from large energy users and less from household consid…
Aindrias Moynihan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Environment
170. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to advance planning guidelines for biogas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6352/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Environment
171. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will engage with phone and broadband providers with a view to establishing a system for information on service outages, similar to the ESB’s PowerCheck, which can be accessed by the general public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6353/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Environment
172. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the efforts being made to restore broadband and phoneline services in areas currently affected by outages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6354/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
173. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the status of proposals outlined in the Programme for Government to remove the triple lock protection; when he plans to bring these proposals before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6401/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
174. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether progress has been made on Ireland's National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security regarding the protection and participation of women in the Defence Forces; to detail what progress has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6402/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
175. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the capital budget allocation for his Department in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [5478/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
176. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the numerical strength of the Army, Air Corps and the Naval Service in each year from 2015 to date in 2025; if he will indicate the numbers of personnel who are male and female; if will provide the establishment figure for each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5634/25]
Carol Nolan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
177. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International Development for the period 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5644/25]
Matt Carthy Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
178. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of persons in the Permanent Defence Forces, by the county of their primary residence in 2011, 2016, 2020, and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5705/25]
Matt Carthy Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
179. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of persons in the Reserve Defence Forces, by the county of their primary residence in 2011, 2016, 2020, and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5706/25]
Matt Carthy Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
180. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of premises operated by the Defence Forces which have been closed since 2011, by premises, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5707/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
181. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5848/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
182. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies for doctors, nurses, dentists and pharmacists currently within Defence Forces Medical Corps; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of the vacancies, in tabular form. [5972/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
183. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there are plans during 2025 to issue a tender for the provision of a replacement for the LÉ Róisín. [5973/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
184. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of persons, by gender currently in recruit training in each of the three branches of the Defence Forces, in tabular form. [5974/25]
Mark Ward Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
185. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the new maritime patrol CASA 295 aircraft to be purchased by the Irish Air Corps carries Helionix; if the Government have reneged on their commitment to stop buying military equipment from Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6122/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
186. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he could provide an update on progress with the recommendations from the report of the Commission on Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6138/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
187. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence what the benefits are of getting rid of the triple lock for military involvement in operations abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6139/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
188. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6226/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Defence
189. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6244/25]