Parliamentary questions

87. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to the recent expressions of support within the European Union for Morocco's autonomy plan as a credible and pragmatic basis for resolving the Western Sahara dispute; whether the Government intends to consider the EU stance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50051/26]

88. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has considered the diplomatic efforts undertaken (details supplied) to facilitate negotiations aimed at advancing the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2797 concerning the Western Sahara issue; whether Ireland has engaged with these initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter…

89. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review a passport application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50121/26]

90. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on her position in relation to the human rights abuses by the Taliban in Afghanistan; the humanitarian aid measures she provided to people in Afghanistan; the assistance she has discussed at an EU level for those fleeing the regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50129/26]

91. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when system upgrade works will be completed in the Passport Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50131/26]

92. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it can be ensured that a one-day urgent passport service is available at the Cork office. [50166/26]

93. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware of difficulties experienced by passport applicants whereby photographs uploaded through the Online Passport Service are initially accepted by the system but subsequently fail biometric verification checks; if consideration is being given to improving the online photo-validation process so that non-compliant ph…

94. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the official website (details supplied) of the national litter pollution monitoring system that is no longer operational and that the domain is currently offered for sale by a third party, given that his Department's published material refers to the public; when his Depa…

95. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the extension of the solar PV scheme in October 2025. [50090/26]

96. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the re-examination of cigarette litter referred to in Dáil Éireann on 10 June 2026 will formally evaluate existing Irish citizen generated environmental evidence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50130/26]

97. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he is aware that a domain (details supplied) to which his Department's published material refers the public, is no longer operational and that the domain is currently offered for sale by a third party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50136/26]

98. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when his Department became aware that a domain (details supplied) was no longer operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50137/26]

99. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment who was responsible for maintaining a domain (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50138/26]

100. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason a domain (details supplied) was allowed to lapse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50139/26]

101. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the public data, reports, photographs or guidance that were lost when a domain (details supplied) ceased to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50140/26]

102. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps being taken to restore public access to the data previously available at a domain (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50141/26]

103. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the full operating methodology of the national litter pollution monitoring system will be published, including the sampling frame, the GIS site selection methodology, the calculation of the Litter Pollution Index, the quality assurance and audit protocol, and all changes to the methodology since 1999;…

104. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total annual cost of the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System since 2015, including the Litter Monitoring Body contract value, Departmental administration, software and GIS costs, and the estimated cost of local authority staff time in conducting, submitting and validating the surveys required annu…

105. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the underlying survey level data of the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System is published as open data in machine readable form, including GPS data, timestamp, survey type, litter pollution index score, litter categories, causative factors and audit status; and if he will make a statement on th…

106. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether any interactive map of the survey locations or results of the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System is publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50145/26]

107. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System records the brands or producers of littered items; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50146/26]

108. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether members of the public, TidyTowns groups, schools or citizen science platforms are permitted to contribute evidence to the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System; if not, the reason citizens are not able to contribute to a publicly funded environmental monitoring system; and if he will make a stat…

109. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the technologies, university research partnerships or citizen participation his Department or the Litter Monitoring Body has invited or evaluated since 2015 to broaden or modernise data collection under the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50148/26]

110. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures his Department has taken since 2015 to support innovation in citizen science, open data or public participation in environmental monitoring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50149/26]

111. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department, or any agency, body, programme, contractor or public funder under his remit, has ever formally evaluated, procured, funded, integrated or corresponded with a platform (details supplied) or its citizen generated litter data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50150/26]