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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Engagement with UNRWA Deputy Director John Whyte (23 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: What about the fabulously wealthy neighbours, namely the Arab states in the region?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Engagement with UNRWA Deputy Director John Whyte (23 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: Why is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Engagement with UNRWA Deputy Director John Whyte (23 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: We will go to a second round. I call Deputy Brennan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Engagement with UNRWA Deputy Director John Whyte (23 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Engagement with UNRWA Deputy Director John Whyte (23 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: Mr. Whyte, you mentioned recalibrating, resilience and being there for 70 years. I can only speak for myself, but I am sure it is mirrored by other people, that the sense of disillusionment, helplessness, hopelessness and doom I would feel when reading reactions or seeing a chink of light get shut off means my heart literally and physically sinks, and I am not within a micro-distance of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Engagement with UNRWA Deputy Director John Whyte (23 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: Who is the pressure from, Mr. Whyte?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Engagement with UNRWA Deputy Director John Whyte (23 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: It seems appropriate that we let the clock tick to 3 minutes 30 seconds and silently reflect on what Mr. Whyte has said to us. That was a very powerful statement.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (23 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider tax relief on school voluntary contributions; the estimated total sum in monetary terms made in terms of such contributions by the public on an annual basis; and what the possible implications of such a relief are. [49698/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (23 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: 343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a formal protocol or process in place to facilitate home-schooled students, particularly those with additional educational needs such as ADHD, to sit the Leaving Certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50442/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (23 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: 427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 9 July 2025, how the progress in reduced probate processing times outlined (and any more up-to-date figures) have been achieved; if he has any information on the minimum and maximum probate processing times; if the Government restarted accepting probate applications from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: 686. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the funding approved for an organisation (details supplied) given key commitments outlined in Budget 2025 by the Minister for Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50389/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Housing Provision (18 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to set up the residential property price register; the estimated costs on a monthly or annual basis to maintain the register; to outline the process of maintaining the register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49327/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (18 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: 302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the secured funding for the courts service to facilitate the development and delivery of the eProbate project, which is expected to lead to a faster process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49325/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Prices (17 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: 127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to protect consumers from rising energy costs, to reduce wasted renewable energy, to build a grid that can stand up to ever-larger storms and to connect more of the clean energy needed to invest in Irelands future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48317/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on progress, the timeline and commencement of works at a proposed new school (details supplied). [47830/25]

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

John Lahart: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to recognise school assistance dogs within the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People’s implementation framework; and to support the expansion of this evidence-based pilot to more schools nationwide. [48311/25]

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

John Lahart: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to recognise school assistance dogs within the National Human Rights Strategy For Disabled People’s implementation framework; and to support the expansion of this evidence-based pilot to more schools nationwide. [48421/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Artists' Remuneration (17 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: 609. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is positively considering the continuation and expansion of the basic income for the arts scheme in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48313/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Artists' Remuneration (17 Sep 2025)

John Lahart: 610. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider continuation and expansion of the basic income for the arts scheme in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48315/25]