Questions

178. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Climate Action, Environment and Energy will next meet. [7613/25]

179. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the powers he has to promote, demote or dismiss permanent civil service staff within his Department, to transfer such staff to other Departments, or to make external appointments from outside the civil service to civil service positions, other than his special advisers and staff of his private office. [8978/25]

180. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Taoiseach the number of people on the live register in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in January of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by age, gender, occupation, nationality and duration, in tabular form. [8841/25]

181. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach when the next census of population will be carried out; and the preparations undertaken to date. [9634/25]

182. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to schools, or other bodies under the aegis of his Department, who are providing educational support to women and girls in Afghanistan suffering under the Taliban regime which limits females access to education; if this is an area where more can be done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9706…

183. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the agreement between the State and Hong Kong in relation to the surrender of fugitive offenders, which entered into force on 14 January 2009, was suspended by his Department on 15 October 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8973/25]

184. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason extradition treaties are required to be laid before Dáil Eireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8974/25]

185. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of a new law introduced in South Africa which allows the expropriation of land without compensation and due process; his views on this matter; if such a policy is in line with international human rights law; if he or his predecessor has had any interaction with the government of South Africa in this regard; and if he will make …

186. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of overseas development aid which was directed to South Africa in each year from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8976/25]

187. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to list any aid organisations, philanthropic organisations or governments that have liaised with the Department of Foreign Affairs Irish Aid programme and contributed financially to projects in Ireland, specifically regarding the provision of abortion and or advocacy for same in Ireland, for the years 2014 to 2024, including the precise amoun…

188. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite a passport for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9303/25]

189. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider a question posed by an Irish citizen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9399/25]

190. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the knock-on impact to Irish charities (details supplied) due to the cut in USAID; if he plans to meet with these groups to discuss the way to bridge this funding gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9462/25]

191. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite his Australian counterpart to Dublin for a bilateral meeting later this year. [9575/25]

192. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional humanitarian assistance the Government will provide to Burma/Myanmar in light of the impending risk of famine in Rakhine state, potentially affecting up to two million people and the broader worsening humanitarian situation across the country and the reduction of USAID to humanitarian programmes in Burma/Myanmar and the border…

193. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the EU plans to bring sanctions on the aviation fuel sector to prevent airstrikes on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Burma/Myanmar; if any other measures are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9578/25]

194. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland can take, acting unilaterally or in tandem with European partners, to support the democracy building work of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarussian opposition leader living in exile in Lithuania; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9698/25]

195. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the supports Ireland can give either unilaterally, or working with European partners, to help women and girls in Afghanistan who are suffering under the rule of the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9708/25]

196. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to the refusal of Israel to grant access to the sovereign State of Palestine to a delegation of the European Parliament to engage with the Palestinian prime minister, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expatriates, EU representatives and civil society, his response and the diplomatic sanctions he intends to introduce in r…

197. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if consideration is being given to the transposition of the EU Directive on fuel quality into Irish law, thereby making EN 590 an obligatory standard for all diesel by Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9348/25]

198. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will establish an independent regulatory body, similar to Belgium’s petroleum products analysis fund agency (details supplied), to oversee fuel sampling, laboratory testing, and compliance auditing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9349/25]

199. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the Commission for Regulation of Utilities’ (CRU) assertion that the provisions of section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 are insufficient to enable it to mandate explicit emissions reduction and offsetting measures for data centres; whether the decision to allow data centres to be po…

200. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he still plans to bring a memo to Cabinet recommending an LNG facility for Ireland given that the consultancy firm which originally recommended a facility is now reviewing its findings; when he expects the latest analysis to be complete; when it will be publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [900…

201. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on whether the importing of liquified natural gas is consistent with the Programme for Government commitment to take decisive action to radically reduce Ireland's reliance on fossil fuels; if he will ban the importation of liquified natural gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9001/25]

202. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Gas Networks Ireland report, as commissioned by his predecessor, that outlines the challenges and risks of bringing a floating storage regasification unit into Ireland, will be released for public consultation. [9004/25]