Departmental Consultations

856. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide details of public consultation processes undertaken in relation to infrastructure projects in Cork county since 2024, including the number of consultations, participation levels; the way in which feedback has influenced project outcomes; and if he will make a…

1064. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a detailed breakdown of spending on media training or strategic consultants by his Department and all bodies under his aegis’ in preparation for Oireachtas committees since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58641/26]

256. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his Department's expenditure on IT consultancy; to provide a breakdown of all IT consultants engaged by his Department; the dates of their engagement; the nature of their work and the costs associated with their services in each of the years 2015 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [54572/26]

257. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of his Department's expenditure on consultancy; to provide a breakdown of the consultants engaged by his Department; the dates of their engagement; the nature of their work and the costs associated with their services in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [54573/26]

133. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport whether further consultation will be carried out for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52987/26]

688. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the steering committee for the national data equality strategy will commence its work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53442/26]

225. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was discussed at the most recent EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting. [42346/26]

261. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline any public consultations that his Department expects to launch before the end of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41747/26]

532. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline any public consultations that his Department expects to launch before the end of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41742/26]

622. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline any public consultations that his Department expects to launch before the end of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41743/26]

633. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of plans to undertake a public consultation on the development of the National and Regional Partnership Plans; the expected timeline for commencement of the consultation; the manner in which the consultation process will address regional development, environme…

634. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the 'end-users' he intends to consult in relation to his ongoing work to update the ethics in public office legislation before he brings proposals to Government; whether he intends to engage in a public consultation in relation to any reforms; if this will take place before o…

679. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to outline any public consultations that his Department expects to launch before the end of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41745/26]

980. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline any public consultations that his Department expects to launch before the end of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41746/26]

225. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether drafting has commenced at a national level on the proposed EU National Regional Partnership Plans; the way he envisages that this process will take place, including scope for input at parliamentary and civil society level; and if he will make a statement on the matte…

331. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport given that Eir is not a designated body under NewERA, the reason he has ‘sought the advice of the New Economy and Recovery Authority (NewERA) on this pension increase’ which has been approved by the company and the pension trustees/managers, last July 2025. [36472/26]

514. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide an update on the public consultation on the Irish Furniture Fire Regulations; the timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34704/26]

759. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the consultation process in relation to a cost of disability payment. [29066/26]

867. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total spend on consultancy firms by each State agency under his Department's remit, broken down by the allocation to each named consultancy firm, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30817/26]

1017. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with the Department of Education and Youth or other education stakeholders in relation to the need to have a more co-ordinated approach to medical emergencies in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29676/26]

381. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has sought a formal security assessment from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration regarding the risk posed to children by groups gathering at a school (details supplied) or near the school gates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29442/26]

1. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach to elaborate on his discussions with the Palestinian Prime Minister Mustafa recently. [28610/26]

306. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on her engagement with the Nordic-Baltic Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25614/26]

307. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given Ireland has been working increasingly closely with the Nordic Baltic group in recent years, if Ireland will formally establish ties to this group, as observers or associate members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25615/26]

308. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on visits by her, her Junior Ministers or Department staff to members of the Nordic Baltic group in the past 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25616/26]