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]
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All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,764 | 145 | 27,619 |
| Education | 14,148 | 145 | 14,003 |
| Transport | 11,178 | 139 | 11,039 |
| Justice | 9,962 | 135 | 9,827 |
| Housing | 9,139 | 160 | 8,979 |
| Children | 8,691 | 142 | 8,549 |
| Social | 5,914 | 135 | 5,779 |
| Finance | 5,884 | 153 | 5,731 |
| Agriculture | 4,894 | 136 | 4,758 |
| Enterprise | 3,942 | 139 | 3,803 |
| Climate | 3,915 | 130 | 3,785 |
| Foreign | 3,868 | 190 | 3,678 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,737 | 167 | 3,570 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,437 | 140 | 3,297 |
| Taoiseach | 2,649 | 1,479 | 1,170 |
| Defence | 2,599 | 179 | 2,420 |
| Culture | 2,492 | 147 | 2,345 |
| Rural | 2,361 | 140 | 2,221 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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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 photographs are identi…
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 Department became aware …
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; and if he will make…
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 annually; and if he will…
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 the matter. [50144/26]
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 statement on the matter.…
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]
112. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Defence if the holder of a Stamp 4 visa is eligible to serve in Óglaigh na hÉireann; if not, the plans to change this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50159/26]
113. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Transport to engage with Louth County Council and allocate the necessary funding required to repair the 81 road locations in Louth, damaged by storm Chandra, with an estimated overall reinstatement requirement of approximately €3.681 million, of which Louth County Council have allocated €750 thousand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49915/26]
114. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has had with his Department regarding an amendment to a Statutory Instrument to allow renewal of an expired Irish driver’s licence with the classes and categories previously approved by Ireland, if that person holds a current licence from elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49917/26]
115. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Transport to provide a full breakdown of all planned bus route enhancements and new routes that have not yet gone live in 2026 due to lack of funding, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49921/26]
116. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the total value of funding sought under Round one of the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant scheme 2026; the total funding available under that round; the number of applicants who would have qualified for grant support had sufficient funding been available; whether consideration is being given to increasing the annual funding allocation to the scheme; and if h…