Questions

176. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since 2010; and to confirm whether any projects have been subject to cost overruns, renegotiation or early termination since 2010. [40415/25]

177. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet connectivity, satellite communications, or associated technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40548/25]

178. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on Ireland's contributions at the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development which was held in Seville recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40568/25]

179. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's position on sovereign debt restructuring and debt forgiveness in the global south in the context of the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development which was held in Seville recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40569/25]

180. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has raised concerns at EU level over the cuts to aid and development funding and increased emphasis on military spending, and its potential impact on diplomatic relations with countries across the global south; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40570/25]

181. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has created contingency plans to help Irish citizens in the US should they be deported by the Trump administration to imprisonment in El Salvador. [40635/25]

182. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are response plans in place to assist Irish citizens in the US should they be deported by the Trump administration to a third country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40636/25]

183. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is aware of the number of Irish citizens are currently detained by ICE in the United States; if his Department is aware of where these citizens are being held; if they have been able to provide consular assistance to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40637/25]

184. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will conduct an impact assessment on the potential application of tariffs between the EU and US markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40672/25]

185. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the cause of the breakdown of negotiations between the EU and the US which has resulted in the imposition of tariffs on the EU by the current US administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40673/25]

186. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current and future engagements he has had in relation to Ukraine in terms of meetings here in Ireland or with European counterparts, planned visits and committed funding over the next six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40691/25]

187. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to review the sectoral emissions ceilings for carbon budgets 1 and 2 in view of the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent call that ‘sectoral ceilings must be revised to account for updated science in emissions inventory data’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40367/25]

188. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, which confirmed that responsibility for analysing collapsed or re-run procurement competitions rests with individual contracting authorities, if his Department has estima…

189. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since 2010; and to confirm whether any projects have been subject to cost overruns, renegotiation or early termination since 2010. [40409/25]

190. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet connectivity, satellite communications, or associated technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40546/25]

191. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, which confirmed that responsibility for analysing collapsed or re-run procurement competitions rests with individual contracting authorities, if his Department has estimated or recorded…

192. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since 2010; and to confirm whether any projects have been subject to cost overruns, renegotiation or early termination since 2010. [40411/25]

193. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet connectivity, satellite communications, or associated technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40543/25]

194. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service which are operational, and currently able to patrol Irish waters. [40639/25]

195. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the steps his Department is taking to ensure Ireland has adequate personnel to staff Naval Service ships and adequately patrol Irish waters. [40640/25]

196. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the length of time an applicant (details supplied) can expect to continue to wait for a retest for a driving licence and if he will outline the average maximum waiting times in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40216/25]

197. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider improving the frequencies of the Westport to Dublin train service to a two hourly service similar to Sligo and Galway train services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40222/25]

198. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider restoring the catering services across all railway networks, including Westport to Dublin, by Public Service Obligation funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40223/25]

199. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport the reason the previously implemented Covid-related extensions to taxi licence age limits, specifically for vehicles originally reaching their ten-year limit that were initially extended to 2025, were limited to taxi licences and not extended to hackney licences; if there are plans to extend the extensions to hackney licences; and if he will make a statement…

200. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the requirements for a limousine licence; if there are any plans to introduce an age limit for vehicles as is the case for taxi and hackney licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40227/25]