1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach for a list of all thematic units and programme offices administered by the Department of the Taoiseach (details supplied). [27826/25]
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2. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach the cost of establishing a research unit at the CSO consisting of four statisticians based on the starting-point salary of statistician. [28013/25]
3. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 215, 216, 217, 218 and 441 of 29 April 2025, if he is aware of the use of the IHRA definition of antisemitism as a tool by groups and colleges in other countries to ban and penalise events being organised in universities and other non-state bodies that promote and reference Palestine or P…
4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, the specific individuals or organisations that raised concerns with his Department or the Government ahead of the adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism (details supplied). [27887/25]
5. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland fully recognises the Islamic Republic of Iran as a democratic state, with free and fair elections; to outline its current status in terms of diplomatic relations held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27907/25]
6. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any plans for Ireland to refer Iran’s human rights abuses to the UN Security Council and request that the UN Human Rights Council establish a Special Tribunal for Iran, as requested by the UN Special Rapporteur in July 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27908/25]
7. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what efforts have been made to put pressure on Iran to cease torture, executions, to free political prisoners and detained protesters, whether more is planned in this regard at Irish or EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27909/25]
8. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has made or will make efforts to activate the snapback mechanism to reinstate the six UN security resolutions against Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27910/25]
9. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he will push collectively at EU level to ensure that Iran’s financing of terrorist groups and warring factions such as Hamas, Hezbollah, the Russian Military, and the Houthis can be halted or severely obstructed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27911/25]
10. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the statements he has he made regarding ongoing executions in Iran (details supplied); the further action that is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27912/25]
11. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland can formally designate an organisation (details supplied) as a terrorist organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27913/25]
12. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the full-year cost to employ a FTE climate action officer employed in a local authority, by year in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [28264/25]
13. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to employ climate action officers in local authorities in each of the years 2020 and 2025 to date in tabular form broken down by local authority and the total cost overall. [28272/25]
14. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to estimate the cost of including properties with HAP tenancies in the SEAI warmer homes scheme. [28274/25]
15. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade working in MARA and the estimated cost of increasing staffing by 50% at each grade. [28275/25]
16. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost of doubling the number of staff in MARA with expertise in climate action and biodiversity expertise for example ecologists, marine biologists and ornithologists. [28276/25]
17. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the first and full year cost to establish MARA, and the first and full year cost to double staff at MARA. [28278/25]
18. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of FTE and PTE staff at MARA at each staffing level; the cost to hire an additional staff member at each staffing level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28279/25]
19. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans in place to tackle the huge amount of litter and environmental damage caused by the practice of tossing cigarette butts given that these account for 50% of visible litter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27789/25]
20. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if any research has been carried out as to whether increased fines would help pay for additional litter wardens to deal with litter and illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27790/25]
21. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether his Department has applied for, or will apply for, EU social climate funding before the June 2025 deadline; the project/’s for which funding has or is being applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27835/25]
22. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on the preparation, including public consultation, for a new Social Climate Plan for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27836/25]
23. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a public consultation is planned in 2025 on the preparation of a new National Cyber Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27837/25]
24. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on the drafting of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024; if pre-legislative scrutiny is planned in relation to the general scheme already published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27838/25]
25. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 29 April 2025, if he has received a formal Ministerial consent request in relation to the sale of Bord na Móna Recycling Limited to an Irish recycling provider (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28031/25]