Questions

1. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach to provide an update, including the publication date, of the National Security Strategy. [74563/26]

2. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether she met, communicated with or corresponded with former Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in respect to protected disclosure matters; if her staff did so; and if she will detail the files that were discussed. [74624/26]

3. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total value of Irish Aid funding directed to sexual and reproductive health and rights in each of the past five years; whether sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) funding has been maintained or increased in Budget 2027; and the proportion of Ireland's ODA is directed to local women's rights organisations working on SRHR. [74644…

4. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assessment her Department has undertaken of the disproportionate impact of global cuts in official development assistance on women's rights organisations and programmes advancing gender equality, including sexual and reproductive health and rights; and the strategic measures Ireland intends to take through its foreign policy to address thes…

5. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific actions Ireland has taken, and intends to take during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union, to deliver on its stated commitment to shepherd an ambitious European agenda on gender equality and the rights and empowerment of all women and girls, strengthening the Union’s role as a principled global actor. [74641/26]

6. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to a proposed reduction of €2.5 billion, or 30%, to AgoraEU compared with the Commission’s proposed €8.6 billion allocation; and the actions she is taking to address this issue. [74589/26]

7. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures her Department is taking, through its foreign policy and Irish aid programme, to respond to the growing influence of anti-rights movements globally, particularly those seeking to undermine gender equality and women's rights; and whether additional policy or funding measures are being considered to support women's rights organisatio…

8. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the pathways that exist for students at relevant third level courses in Ireland to secure an internship with her Department or related agency in order to gain experience in diplomacy, international relations and Irish foreign policy; the positions are advertised and where, if there is an email address or a point of contact to make applic…

9. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she can detail any step that has been taken by Ireland in its position of EU Presidency to try to facilitate peace between Ukraine and Russia. [74582/26]

10. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on an individual's citizenship status (details supplied); if any further documentation or information is required; and when a determination can be expected. [74610/26]

16. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Defence if she would consider the use of EU SAFE loans to amortise the costs of defence investment over the 30-year life of the equipment, as is done in other EU states, including France and Spain. [74566/26]

17. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Defence if she will provide an update on the application process for a person (details supplied), who recently undertook his interview and fitness assessment at the Curragh; when the applicant can expect to receive their official results and notification of the next steps in the recruitment process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74878/26]

18. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding that has been allocated by Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority towards the current phase of the project approval process for the Poolbeg Luas extension, including for the procurement of design engineers and route drafting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74532/26]

19. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Transport the current eligibility rules for the use of TFI LEAP cards on commercial bus services operated by companies licensed and registered in the Republic of Ireland travelling through Northern Ireland; and whether he is taking steps to ensure that all coach operators registered and licenced through the NTA will be approved for the TFI Leap card scheme on an all isla…

20. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the reason provisions for the regulation of rickshaws have not been fully implemented; the regulations that currently govern the operation of rickshaws and similar passenger vehicles; the passenger safety requirements, insurance obligations and enforcement mechanisms that are presently in place; whether his Department intends to introduce a comprehensive licensing a…

21. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the timeline for the long awaited restoration of the Derry to Dublin airlink; and when the tender will be released. [74570/26]

22. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of road deaths that have occurred in each county for each of the last ten years. [74586/26]

23. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport whether businesses that were eligible for, but did not apply to, the initial round of the road transport support scheme will be eligible to apply under the recently announced extension of the scheme; if not, the rationale for excluding otherwise eligible operators who did not submit an application during the original application window; whether consideration i…

24. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered for the road transport support scheme. [74639/26]

25. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the roll-out of next-generation ticketing infrastructure, specifically swipe card readers, across bus services operating in Galway city in light of their rollout in Cork and their positive effect on dwell times when buses stop; the timeline for the installation of swipe card readers on all Bus Éireann and other public transport services o…

26. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Transport the increase in wait time for a driving test at the Killester test centre since the closure of the Raheny test centre; and if he plans to allocate additional staff to the Killester test centre to alleviate pressure on the test centre since the closure of the Raheny test centre. [74834/26]

27. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Transport if additional driving testers have been allocated to the Killester test centre since the closure of the Raheny test centre. [74831/26]

28. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the wait times for a driving test, for an applicant who has failed a test and reapplied, in each test centre, in tabular form. [74826/26]

29. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the number of driving test appointment slots that are not being filled due to cancellations or no shows, by test centre, in tabular form. [74843/26]

30. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the wait times for a driving test for first-time applicants, in each test centre, in tabular form. [74823/26]