76. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she or her Department is aware of the abduction of a number of children from a school in Nigeria (details supplied) twinned to a school in County Down; if she will provide an update on the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69036/25]
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77. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of two applications by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69432/25]
78. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will offer diplomatic assistance to support efforts to secure the safe return of those who remain missing following the abduction of students and staff from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria. [69910/25]
79. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether contributions from the State or from employers towards the My Future Fund pension scheme will be reckonable as income for the purposes of assessing the eligibility of an individual or household for any means-tested services or schemes operated by her Department. [70022/25]
80. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average time over the past six years it has taken to produce a stamped final bill in her Department from the time when her Department has received government approval for the general scheme and the heads of a bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70273/25]
81. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a schedule of all funding and grant aid it has provided by heading and subhead to Kildare, Wicklow and Meath local authorities in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the amount returned and or not expended over the same period. [70309/25]
82. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a schedule by Irish embassy and consulate, to include the amounts expended by event in respect of venue hire, food, drinks and alcohol in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will provide same for events hosted within this jurisdiction to include event. [70349/25]
83. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a schedule by Irish embassy and consulate to include the amount expended by event in respect of the engagement of an external events management company. [70350/25]
84. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding Ireland will provide to UNFPA in 2026, in support of Ireland's commitments to gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights as part of our development cooperation agenda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70375/25]
85. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding that will be provided to UNFPA supplies, the agency's thematic programme dedicated to expanding access to family planning, in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70376/25]
86. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will acknowledge that salmon stocks have not recovered in the twenty years since the compulsory drift net buyout, despite assurances given to fishermen in Cong, County Mayo and nationally that rivers would become abundant with fish; if he will commission an independent review into the reason those promises have failed and whether…
87. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason that twenty years after the compulsory drift net buyout in Mayo and nationally, salmon stocks have not recovered to the levels promised by Inland Fisheries Ireland and Government scientific advisers at the time; and if he will account for the economic and social damage caused to fishing families and local shops in communitie…
88. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if those on a disability pension, who are often excluded from grant schemes are included for example in the warmer homes scheme. [70072/25]
89. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the European Energy Investment Treaty; Ireland’s position in relation to this treaty; if it is a matter that can be addressed in the context of our upcoming EU presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70154/25]
90. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline and provide detailed information on the grants available for community organisations for energy upgrades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70164/25]
92. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment her views in relation to the European Union’s emissions trading system; the way in which Ireland operates within that system; the effects it will have on Ireland in the event that Ireland does not make our targets within the statutory timeframes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70245/25]
93. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the findings of the Joint Research Centre that single-use packaging, particularly cartonboard, performs better than reusable packaging in several environmental impact categories; and whether this evidence, which influenced changes to the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation regarding mandatory reuse targets will be …
94. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment given the current regulatory impact analysis exploring measures to reduce the consumption of single-use cups for beverages, if he has considered a case study (details supplied) where the implementation of such a levy has not been successful in reducing the consumption of single-use cups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
95. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will extend the statutory notice period by which the ESB must notify affected parties of scheduled works taking place that will result in disruption to service from one week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69102/25]
96. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the dates on which his Department received market monitoring data from the CRU on the number of customers in arrears on their energy bills over the past six months, in tabular form. [69228/25]
97. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if funding will be provided to Galway County Council to progress the Gort civic amenity site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69291/25]
98. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to invest in Ireland’s energy system following a review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69336/25]
99. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures his Department is taking to build a stronger and more resilient energy system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69337/25]
100. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures his Department is taking to protect consumers from rising energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69338/25]
101. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to give consideration to introducing a pay-on-behalf model for online marketplaces to ensure that all distance sellers contribute fairly to recycling and producer-responsibility obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69496/25]