Parliamentary questions

51. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Taoiseach if he will detail the plans to develop a new foreign policy strategy, Global Ireland 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26854/25]

58. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the response to Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2024, published by his Department in November 2024. [27447/25]

59. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach if he plans on hosting another competitiveness summit. [27448/25]

136. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the President of the European Commission. [32275/25]

137. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline of services provided, indicating for which …

138. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Taoiseach the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited to cost categories (details supplied); the breakdown of the incurred or projected costs; and if a cost-benefit analysis or any assessment of public value was carried out prior to approving these changes. [31950/25]

139. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach the number of employees in the State earning minimum wage; the number of employees in the State earning €1 over minimum wage; the number of employees in the State earning €2 over minimum wage; and the number of employees in the State earning €4 over minimum wage. [31767/25]

140. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit within his Department. [32520/25]

141. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Taoiseach if the Carlingford Lough Commission is being considered for the shared island fund. [32616/25]

142. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Taoiseach the costs incurred by his Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case. [32648/25]

143. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years. [32850/25]

1. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach for a schedule of all cabinet sub-committees and the membership of each committee. [30740/25]

2. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings convened of the new National Security Forum, including the dates the forum met, and the date for the next meeting. [30766/25]

3. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30782/25]

4. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Taoiseach if he will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1million that failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30812/25]

5. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Taoiseach if he will provide, the list of capital projects, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5million, which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form. [30830/25]

6. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Taoiseach the date for the next planned census. [31013/25]

7. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. [31280/25]

1. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the European Council on 20 and 21 March. [16780/25]

2. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent European Council. [22206/25]

3. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the European Council on 20 and 21 March. [15145/25]

4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent European Council. [25527/25]

5. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent European Council. [26851/25]

6. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent European Council. [27215/25]

7. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent European Council. [27219/25]