198. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the American Presidents trail which was proposed in 2025 by this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4091/26]
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199. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures he is taking to enhance online safety; his priorities for 2026; the way he plans to hold social media companies to account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4065/26]
200. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the actions being taken to increase participation in sport and physical activity across Cork, particularly among young people, women and disadvantaged communities; and if he will outline the funding and programme supports available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4074/26]
201. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund will open. [4075/26]
202. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Taoiseach the amount his Department, or agencies under its remit, spent on advertising on a social media platform (details supplied) in each of the years 2024 and 2025 respectively; to outline any expenditure on verification or premium accounts on the platform in those years. [3111/26]
203. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Taoiseach for an update on the Programme for Government. [3627/26]
204. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress his Department is making to address child poverty. [3628/26]
205. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Taoiseach to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas Members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3880/26]
206. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail the EU member states the Government considers to be “like-minded” in opposing the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement, as referenced in the Programme for Government; and to outline the basis on which each such state is deemed aligned with Ireland’s position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3779/26]
207. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Defence Forces will be reimbursed for equipment donations provided to Ukraine under the €100 million in bilateral funding for non-lethal military assistance; whether any such funding will be used to support National Development Plan 2026–2030 projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3807/26]
208. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagements with the government of Saudi Arabia and its embassy in Dublin regarding the arbitrary detention and torture of human rights defenders (details supplied). [3363/26]
209. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will undertake to individually visit the member states of the European Union, and meet with counterparts and parliamentarians in each, before the start of the Irish presidency of the European Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3381/26]
210. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Government's commitments under the new joint legacy framework; the up-to-date position on the establishment of the dedicated legacy unit within An Garda Síochána; the powers to be afforded to said unit to investigate legacy cases related to the Northern Ireland conflict; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
211. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given to appointing new special envoys, particularly in relation to recent international events or in the context of Irelands campaign for seat on the UN Human Rights Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3586/26]
212. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of EU Presidency policy and administrative officers now employed on temporary contracts; her plans being developed to retain or utilise these people once their contracts end, given at that stage they will have extensive and intimate knowledge of EU and Irish institutional operations; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
213. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the current situation in Iran; and the engagement her Department has had with the European Union in relation to the matter. [3599/26]
214. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list the roles within public or semi-State organisations under her Department that are excluded from the single public service pension scheme; the number of people employed in those roles, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3618/26]
215. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of post codes which she and her Department are giving consideration to prescribing under the terms of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025; and the total or estimated total geographical area of these post codes. [3706/26]
216. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail any joint letters, non-papers, position papers, or coordinated actions undertaken by Ireland in conjunction with other EU member states opposing the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement; and to specify the countries involved and dates on which such actions occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3784/26]
217. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department has taken to support the Programme for Government commitment to work with like-minded EU countries to oppose the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement; to list any meetings or correspondence with EU counterparts in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3786/26]
218. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline all engagements undertaken by him with other Heads of Government or senior EU officials in relation to opposition to the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement; and to provide the dates, countries involved, and nature of each engagement. [3787/26]
219. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he considers the Government to have fully complied with the Programme for Government commitment to work with like-minded EU countries to oppose the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement; and if so, to set out the evidence on which this assessment is based. [3788/26]
220. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Government will commit to publishing a consolidated account of all Ministerial engagements, meetings, and coordinated actions undertaken with other EU member states in opposition to the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement; and if not, the reasons for same. [3789/26]
221. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under her Department, in tabular form. [3872/26]
222. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out, in tabular form, the total amount of Exchequer funding provided by Ireland to programmes relating to Gaza and the West Bank from January 2023 to date, broken down by year, funding instrument, recipient organisation, and administering body, and to state the projected allocations to each recipient body to the end of 2026. [3950/26]