Results 341-360 of 1,100,008 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Marc MacSharry OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Pat Buckley OR speaker:Pa Daly OR speaker:Catherine Connolly)
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Services (10 Jul 2025)
Library Services
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Services (10 Jul 2025)
Mark Wall: 80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide the amount of funding allocated to local libraries, in each county, for the past four years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38310/25]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Services (10 Jul 2025)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Deputy for his continuing support for our national library programme. When we served together in the Seanad, he was a strong advocate for library services. The Minister, Deputy Calleary, and I, as Minister of State with responsibility for libraries, are investing in our library services. They are a key priority for both of us and for the Department and that is reflected in the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 Jul 2025)
John Paul O'Shea: I thank the Tánaiste. I compliment the passport staff. The many passport service staff I have dealt with in my role as a TD for the Cork North-West constituency have been very helpful at all times. It is great to see that a new passport office in opening in Cork in the autumn and that there will be additional staff in that office. I know this matter has been brought up locally in my...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: I hear the Deputy. We are continuing to do everything we can to reduce the number of people who ever need to travel for an in-person appointment. I am really encouraged to see that that is less than 2% of people. It is quite incredible. We have spare capacity for the appointments in Cork today. Only about 26% of the slots in Cork are being used. I join with the Deputy in saying that is...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Middle East
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his position in relation to the EU-Israel association agreement. [38030/25]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: 23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the steps he has taken, in conjunction with other EU governments, to have the Israel-EU trade arrangements suspended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37865/25]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Tom Brabazon: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the EU review of the EU-Israel association agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38058/25]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Peter Cleere: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his discussions with his EU counterparts on the EU-Israel association agreement. [38053/25]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the course of action he plans to take should the suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement continue to be blocked at EU Council level, despite clear evidence of the breach of the human rights provisions of the agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38292/25]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Barry Ward: 73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the EU-Israel association agreement; the actions our Government is taking in talks with our EU partners related to Israel's compliance with Article 2 of this agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37246/25]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Barry Ward: Question No. 73 relates to the work the Tánaiste is doing relating to the EU-Israel association agreement. I respect hugely the work that we have done in the European Union, that the Tánaiste has done in the European Union and the respect for the rule of law. Given that there is ample evidence to suggest that Israel is outside the terms of that agreement and that it is not...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all know what we want to see with the EU-Israel association agreement. We know the pieces we want to see here and I see there are questions tabled about the occupied territories Bill. I would like to think we are moving closer to delivering on services. I think everybody who is in this room would also like to think that there will be follow-through by the Tánaiste's Department and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 16, 23, 46, 48, 55 and 73 together. I thank Deputies Ward and Ó Murchú. As the House is aware, as far back as 14 February 2024, the then Taoiseach and the Prime Minister of Spain wrote to the President of the European Commission, requesting an urgent review of whether Israel was compliant with its human rights obligations under the EU-Israel...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Barry Ward: I put on record my admiration for the fact that the Tánaiste has put together a coalition among our European colleagues. It is no small feat. Given what he has said and given the inconsistency of the strength of action that Europe has taken on Russia, and the lack of action taken regarding Israel, how can we continue to have faith in the operation of the rule of law if this is not an...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Louise O'Reilly: The Tánaiste said, "Israel is not living up to its human rights obligations." That is a massive understatement and I think he would acknowledge that himself.