2243. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total anticipated costs associated with his foreign travel for St Patricks Day; the delegation size; and if a breakdown can be provided on these costs including on accommodation and flights. [18893/26]
Topics / Official Travel
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsOfficial Travel
69 questions from 18 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 6 May 2026.
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| July 2025 | 0 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 2 |
| November 2025 | 6 |
| December 2025 | 6 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
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| March 2026 | 25 |
| April 2026 | 1 |
| May 2026 | 1 |
| June 2026 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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2286. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total anticipated costs associated with his foreign travel for St Patricks Day; the delegation size; and if a breakdown can be provided on these costs including on accommodation and flights. [18898/26]
112. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach to report on his visit to China on 4 to 8 January 2026. [1108/26]
113. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to China. [3769/26]
252. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence the policy or governance framework that applies when Ministers or officials undertake State travel to regions with identified health risks, including malaria; and the date on which this framework was last reviewed. [72513/25]
253. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether his Department conducted a search of its records, including briefing files, archival material and travel documentation, before confirming that no medical advice, briefing notes or risk assessments had been issued in the past twenty years in relation to anti-malaria medications, and to outline the scope of that search. [72514/25]
254. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence the duty-of-care standards applied by his Department when approving official overseas travel for Ministers or officials to malaria-risk regions, including any requirement to provide general travel-risk information or to reference external public-health guidance. [72515/25]
255. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence if his Department has ever issued, received or referenced general travel-risk information from other Government Departments or public-health bodies when preparing international travel for Ministers or officials, and the process for retaining such information within departmental records. [72516/25]
163. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence the medical advice, briefing notes or risk assessments which have been issued to Ministers and officials over the past twenty years in relation to anti-malaria medications used on State travel, including Lariam; and the procedures governing medical advice for Ministers undertaking travel to malaria risk regions. [69125/25]
868. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the national clinical guidance that applies to the prescription or recommendation of anti malaria medications for Ministers, civil servants and Defence Forces personnel travelling abroad on official State business; and the risk assessment protocols used for Lariam and other anti-malaria medications in these circumstances. [69126/25]
136. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach to estimate the total cost of the attendance of the Irish delegation at the "COP 30" conference in Brazil; and to state the estimated carbon footprint or carbon cost of the Irish delegation attending the conference. [65591/25]
137. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach to state the total cost of the attendance of the Irish delegation for the COP conference in each year in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and to state the estimated carbon footprint or carbon cost of the Irish delegation attending the conference each year in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [65594/25]
154. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to estimate the total cost of the attendance of the Irish delegation at the "COP 30" conference in Brazil; to state the estimated carbon footprint or carbon cost of the Irish delegation attending the conference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65592/25]
155. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to state the total cost of the attendance of the Irish delegation for the COP conference in each year in 2022, 2023 and 2024; to state the estimated carbon footprint or carbon cost of the Irish delegation attending the conference each year in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65595/25]
177. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to list the number of Ministers, ministerial special advisers and officials who attended all or part of the "COP" conferences held in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66798/25]
178. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to list the number of Ministers, ministerial special advisers and officials who are attending all or part of the "COP 30" conference in Brazil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66818/25]
203. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of trips he took part in during 2025; and the destinations of those trips. [57270/25]
4. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Taoiseach if he has used transport modes other than a car on the island of Ireland; and, if so, to outline what those modes are and the frequency of use since his appointment as Taoiseach, in tabular form. [53404/25]
200. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit Canada later this year. [30410/25]
147. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the members of the Irish delegation attending the 2025 UN Ocean Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27100/25]
165. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to visit the United States within the next six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26791/25]
188. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all dates on which he was outside of the State from 25 February 2025 to 7 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18524/25]
258. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the carbon emissions associated with all official air travel in tonnes; the value of these emissions; the amounts paid to the Climate Action Fund by each Department, agency and body required to do so under the procedures for offsetting the emissions associated with official air travel for 2024, in tab…
174. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit Italy during quarter 2 2025. [16501/25]
218. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of his St. Patrick’s Day missions and in particular the business and trade aspect of the missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15214/25]