Questions

197. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade If she will raise at EU level concerns regarding the operation of the EU’s 50% duties on steel imports, particularly where a substantial proportion of the material concerned originates within the EU; whether she is satisfied that there is sufficient transparency in the manner in which the State can allocate steel import quotas; and if consider…

198. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade about the recent wave of arrests and detentions of LGBTQ+ persons and activists in Turkey, if she will raise her concerns directly with the Turkish Ambassador to Ireland, if the Irish Government would support considering those responsible for this anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown for inclusion under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime. [68167/26…

199. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the potential advantages and the operational nature of the proposed Associate Membership of the European Union for Canada. [68531/26]

200. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [68579/26]

201. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade If the passport application for a person (details supplied) can be expedited. [68574/26]

202. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade If the passport application for a person (details supplied) can be expedited. [68573/26]

203. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagements between her Department and the government of Indonesia in 2025, and to-date in 2026. [68655/26]

204. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport for a child (details supplied) that was applied for on 17 August 2026 will be processed in time for a travel date in October 2026. [68829/26]

205. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide an update on the recall of Irish passports issued between 23 December 2025 and 6 January 2026; the number of affected passport holders; the arrangements in place for the reissue of recalled passports; whether persons required to return recalled passports are being charged any additional fee for replacement passports; if so, …

206. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued in the past five years with a sex marker other than F or M, by year, in tabular form. [68916/26]

207. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment with regards to SEAI's warmer homes scheme, if there are plans to raise the year of construction and occupation from 2006 in order that it may closer align with SEAI's other grants which are available to homes built and occupied before 2011; if not, if he will consider this in the context of future budgets, particularly given the popu…

210. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 16 September 2026, to report on each of the dates his officials met with energy suppliers broken down by energy supplier and the dates on which the meetings were held; to outline if minutes were taken at the meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68294/26]

211. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the meeting of his departmental officials with four recognised trade unions concerning the employee share ownership plan promised in June (details supplied) will take place without further delay. [68187/26]

212. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which the findings of the independent analysis on repowering and lifetime extension will inform the forthcoming National Planning Statement on Wind Energy and the development of a policy framework for existing onshore wind farms; whether he accepts that delays in providing such a framework risk the loss of existing renewabl…

213. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department has considered recommendations (details supplied), including its recommendations on accelerating the repowering and lifetime extension of existing wind farms; whether these recommendations are being considered as part of the independent analysis; and his plans for policy change in this area in the context of Ire…

214. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the independent analysis being undertaken in relation to the repowering and lifetime extension of Ireland's existing onshore wind farms; the current status of this work; and when he expects the analysis to be completed. [68381/26]

215. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the publication of the communications strategy as part of the National Biomethane Strategy. [68520/26]

216. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department’s allocation in Budget 2027 will make provision for the estimated €220 million in national contributions to match the €663 million in funding under the EU Social Climate Fund which has been available to draw down since 2026; and the subheading, programme and vote this allocation will fall under. [68683/26]

217. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on his Department's input into the regulatory framework governing the biomethane sector in Ireland; to outline in detail the actions in that framework which his Department is responsible for; and if he will provide an update on the progress of same. [68682/26]

218. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 21 October 2025, whether his Department’s allocation in Budget 2026 made provision for the estimated €220 million in national contributions to match the €663 million in funding under the EU Social Climate Fund; and the subheading, programme and vote this allocation fell under in the Rev…

219. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the efforts his Department have made to encourage better take-up of the solar PV scheme by electricity providers. [68695/26]

220. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment If he will outline the current wait times for works through the SEAI warmer homes scheme; and the number of applications for this scheme at present. [68851/26]

221. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the actions taken since Storm Éowyn to improve the resilience of the electricity distribution network; and to provide a breakdown of works completed to date. [68834/26]

222. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of recyclable material collected in Ireland that was exported for recycling or reprocessing in each of the past five years, broken down by material type. [68876/26]

223. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of PET plastic was collected for recycling in Ireland for the latest year that figures are available; the amount that was reprocessed in Ireland; and the amount that was exported for reprocessing. [68875/26]