126. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the local improvement scheme will next open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14621/25]
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127. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount budgeted for the local improvement scheme in 2025 for County Cork; to provide details of the demand for this scheme in County Cork and the financial allocation for 2025 to Cork local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14617/25]
128. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to community groups in Cork by his Department in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14531/25]
129. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason a community centre (details supplied) was not selected for funding under the recent tranche of the community centres investment fund; if specific feedback will be made available to the committee to support future applications; if there is an appeals mechanism in place under this funding scheme; if further funding opportuniti…
130. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an expanded range of technologies will be considered for inclusion in the seniors alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14574/25]
131. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be another round of funding for a new tranche of the community recognition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14539/25]
132. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide an additional allocation to Monaghan County Council for the local improvement scheme in 2025. [13719/25]
133. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress of the disbursement of funding by his Department under the dormant accounts action plan for this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14370/25]
134. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will consider an initiative to enhance skill building in communities without a community association or centre. [14507/25]
135. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the local enhancement programme will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14378/25]
136. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 22 January 2025, if he will provide a list of acceptable test providers for the examination of DNA evidence in support of a passport application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14665/25]
137. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on Ireland’s obligations to comply with international law with regard to the ongoing genocide in Palestine, particularly with regard to the Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 and the use of Shannon Airport for transporting military aid for Israel; the steps he is taking to meet these obligations; and if he will make a stateme…
138. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of actual and attempted cyberattacks on his Department during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, the countries of origin of those attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14691/25]
139. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total sum spent on cybersecurity measures within his Department during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [14673/25]
140. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 would include a ban on trade in services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14759/25]
141. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the role his Department takes on ensuring access to broadband and telecommunication services in rural communities; if he has plans to address the lack of coverage for both broadband and mobile signal in many areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14932/25]
142. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of actual and attempted cyberattacks on his Department during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, the countries of origin of those attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14689/25]
143. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the total expenditure by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) on external consultancy services over the past five years, by year, by SEAI business unit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14742/25]
144. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total sum spent on cybersecurity measures within his Department during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [14671/25]
145. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 4 March 2025, the potential legislative solutions being considered; the timeframe for their evaluation; and when proposed legislation to address this issue is likely to be published. [14814/25]
146. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the actions his Department has taken to regulate and provide for the creation of SMS scam text filters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14845/25]
147. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on the Gas Network Ireland plans to split the station at Brighouse Bay.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14872/25]
148. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications considering the large unexplained mortalities of 1,079+ sexually mature adult Atlantic salmon in the Ballysadare River, County Sligo in July 2024, how the rod angling harvestable quota can increase by nearly 300% for this calendar year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14887/25]
149. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications under the Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout (Bag Limits) Bye-Law No. 1013 of 2024, the number of salmon licences, either local or national, that a recreational angler may be in possession of in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14888/25]
150. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to his Department producing a publication titled 'Towards a Policy Framework for Inland Fisheries in Ireland - A Roadmap' on 27 January 2021, why this policy initiative was a complete failure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14889/25]