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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Library (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 617. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the redevelopment of the National Library. [49032/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Cultural Institutions (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 618. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre. [49033/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on plans to make above the shop development easier, including through changes to fire regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48895/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 863. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is mandatory that when an individual is brought to a Garda station for questioning that they are entitled to be presented with a list of solicitors that they may choose to represent them; if there are plans to introduce a duty list system of solicitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48104/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 864. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the dispute concerning criminal barrister fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48105/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 884. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his position on the Protection of Private Residences (Against Targeted Picketing) Bill 2021; if he is minded to adopt the legislation or introduce similar legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48374/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 931. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the long-awaited review of Garda vetting will finally be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48893/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 1322. To ask the Minister for Health the current uptake rates on the HPV vaccine programme, by county and or region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48899/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 1415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures his Department have in place to promote the DiscoverEU travel programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48373/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 1427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students studying graduate education medicine by institution for each year from 2015-2016 to 2024-2025; if statistics on progression and non-completion as well as the socio-economic profile of students on the programme are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48897/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (17 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 1428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full economic cost of the graduate education medicine programme; the fees charged to students; the financial supports available to those students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48898/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on his announcement to support the procurement of Jet capability for the State, what developments have occurred in providing the State with its own Air Policing Capability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49036/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number in the Reserve Defence Forces at present; the way in which that compares with five years ago and ten years ago; the measures in place to encourage recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49037/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (18 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the implementation of the relevant sections of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 that provide for the use by local authorities of CCTV and other technologies to tackle illegal dumping; the extent to which these sections are being used; and if he will make a statement on...

School Transport: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I know the Minister of State is personally invested in improving the school transport system. It should be acknowledged that we have seen a significant increase in the number of school transport places. I want to put on record my thanks to officials in the Department, to people in Bus Éireann and to the bus companies and drivers around the country who carry tens of thousands of...

Use of Vapes and Nicotine Products by Young People and Adolescents: Statements (24 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I welcome that the Minister of State is here to take this debate. However, why are we having statements on this issue and not a debate on the legislation? During my time in the Seanad when we debated the legislation on the prohibition of sales to under-18s, there was promise at that time that we would move on legislation to deal with the issue of flavoured nicotine-inhaling products and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: It is not an exaggeration to say that the tillage sector in Ireland is facing an enormous crisis. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Heydon, is very aware of this. As part of the Government's climate action plan, it is intended that we will have 400,000 ha in tillage by 2030. We are not going to achieve that, particularly given that, since 2022, 1,400 farmers have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Artificial Intelligence (25 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for being here to address the question of a national office on artificial intelligence. It is very much within her brief. I welcome the commitments she has made to open a national office on artificial intelligence, establish an AI observatory in order that we will have evidence-based research on the social and economic impact and potential of and the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Artificial Intelligence (25 Sep 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State very much. I very much welcome the fact that the general scheme is going to be coming before Government, that we will see legislation in place to underpin this office by next summer and that the office will be in place by August 2026. As the Minister of State knows, resourcing is critical to this. During debate on the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act,...