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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: I thank the Tánaiste and Minister for foreign affairs and his officials for coming here today. Most of the questions have been asked but I want to thank him and to agree with Deputies Smith and Bennett on the Passport Office and the work it is doing. It is excellent. We are in a busy period. For anyone who has their paperwork right, the passports are done very well. I agree with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is considering allocating further funding for the upgrade of the stretch of the N25 national road between Carrigtwohill and Youghal in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the proposed upgrade of the R624 access road to Cobh and the Great Island in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33944/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) for the establishment a new autism class ahead of the 2025-2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33541/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools that underwent a REPowerEU Energy Inventory Profile Survey as part of the second phase of the REPowerEU Pathfinder Programme will be notified as to whether they will be included in the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34501/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (24 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding and department supports are available under ‘Measure A8- Waste Water Collection and Treatment Needs for Villages and Settlements without Access to Public Waste Water Services’ of his Department’s Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2024-2026 and accompanying circular L1/22; the process for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vape Control Measures (24 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 915. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has fully examined the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024, which warns of the potential for smokers to relapse if vape flavours are banned; if she can provide any estimate of the number of smokers that are expected to relapse; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vape Control Measures (24 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 916. To ask the Minister for Health if she has considered the impact the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 will have on speciality vape shops, which will be forced to close if all vape flavours are banned; if she has quantified the burden that the point-of-sale display ban for vapes will have on small retailers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (19 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the current processing times for general employment permit and critical skills employment permit applications; the efforts being made by his Department to reduce application processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33136/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to extend the period of a social welfare payment following the death of a dependent from 6 to 12 weeks; the estimated cost of such an extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33139/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the number of families that have benefitted from the newborn baby grant since its introduction; his Department’s plans to revise the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33149/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current measures his Department is taking to support Defence Forces veterans; the further plans his Department is considering in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31261/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report on the progress of recruitment campaigns for school leavers considering a career in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31308/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to her Department’s announcement of 29 May 2025 regarding minor works and ICT funding for schools, when she expects these grant funding payments to issue to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31251/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (12 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her Department’s views on the need to provide a playing pitch for a school campus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31239/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (11 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ACRES payment to a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31257/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Jun 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 10 April 2025, to provide an update on his Department’s involvement in the accelerating renewable electricity taskforce and the development of an associated policy framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30266/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (29 May 2025)

Noel McCarthy: I welcome the Tánaiste's response. I acknowledge the important work of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the passport service in overseeing a considerable increase in the number of passports issued over the past five years. I also welcome the rise in staff numbers over the same period. As public representatives, we often see a large rise in the number of passport...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (29 May 2025)

Noel McCarthy: I wholeheartedly welcome the news about the possible move to a new building in Cork that will open next year. Are any efforts being made to increase the time period when an adult renewal application is instead considered on a first-time basis? Currently, a passport renewal is considered a first-time application if the previous passport was issued more than 15 years ago. I thank the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (29 May 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the increase, if any, in staff numbers in the Passport Office this year; the staff positions in the Passport Office that were filled as a result of any increase; his Department’s plans to further boost staff numbers in the Passport Office ahead of the busier summer holiday period; and if he will make a statement on the...