Results 2,921-2,940 of 3,315 for speaker:Malcolm Byrne

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports reported lost or stolen to his Department for each year from 2015 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [46147/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency (8 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a programme of events for the Irish Presidency of the European Union in 2026 will be published. [46148/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (8 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of engagements that he has had with his Ukrainian counterpart since coming to office; the nature of those exchanges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46149/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (8 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's trading relationship with Canada; and the extent to which the CETA trade agreement is improving that relationship. [46150/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (8 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's trading relationship with Japan; and the moves that are being undertaken to improve that relationship. [46151/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (8 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's trading relationship with Poland; and the moves that are being undertaken to improve that relationship. [46152/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (8 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's trading relationship with Taiwan; and the moves that are being undertaken to improve that relationship. [46153/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's relationship with Iceland; if there are any plans to establish an embassy in Reykjavik; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46154/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (8 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his perspective of the impact on trade between Ireland and the UK since the UK formally left the European Union on 31 January, 2020; to provide relevant charts for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46155/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Civil Service (8 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 668. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any assessment has been carried out of the economic value of remote working to the economy; if so, the value determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44747/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Arts Funding (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Along with others, I congratulate the Minister of State on her recent wedding and wish her every success. I appreciate her being here to take this debate this evening. We are talking about the role of amateur theatre and musicals right around the State in all of our constituencies. In terms of the numbers who are actually involved in amateur theatre and musicals, it is estimated that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Arts Funding (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State very much. Like her, I encourage everybody to get involved in Culture Night. Many of the activities in Culture Night will be led by people who are involved in local community theatre groups and musical societies right around the country. There has been an enormous and very welcome commitment to significant increased funding for the Arts Council, and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Generation (18 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Will the Minister of State provide an update on the private wires policy?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nuclear Plants (18 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: The Minister of State can speak off the cuff.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nuclear Plants (18 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: In support of my colleague Deputy Ó Cearúil, I think we need to explore nuclear as a potential option. We are all very supportive, for instance, of the Celtic interconnector between Ireland and France, where there is the possibility that we will be obtaining some of our energy from France. Last year, up to 68% of all of France's energy was generated by nuclear power. If we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (18 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: This relates to the question of energy demand and how we meet it and the importance of progressing as quickly as possible with the private wires policy and indeed the private wires Bill. I welcome the commitment in July by the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, that he is going to progress on this. However, it is now of the essence that we move quickly. He did say it would be priority...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (18 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: The Minister of State knows how urgent this is. I am particularly thinking in terms of industrial demand and whether we can connect solar farms or wind farms into private industry or on the commercial side. In the development of our digital infrastructure, including data centres, it is critical that we move on this. I even suggest this in regard to housing because electricity supply is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (18 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: It is critical. When we have a number of companies that are ready to build that infrastructure, we need to facilitate them. We do not need them to be held up in the planning process for long periods. We need that private infrastructure to complement the State infrastructure as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 186. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the multirole frigate programme of the Naval Service. [49026/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 187. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the medium lift helicopter replacement programme. [49027/25]