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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 393. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued in Ireland from 1 January to date in 2025, by nationality, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider increasing capitation funding for primary schools per pupil ahead of budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51498/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for emergency works for a school (details supplied) was refused an increase in funding; if additional funding will be allocated to cover the cost of these works given the significant financial strain the works will put on the school and to acknowledge the increase in construction inflation; if the school has an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 723. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for employment based visa applications, by different categories such as short stay visit, short stay business and long stay employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51946/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 803. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to restructuring the core funding model for childcare services with a view to providing additional funding to the scheme, to increase the cap on funding of €750,000 for larger childcare providers, to encourage them to remain in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51957/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 804. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to restructuring the core funding model for childcare services with a view to removing the cap on funding for childcare providers, which has been reduced from €500,000 to €450,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51958/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 871. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding was removed from the existing health research board funded national clinical trials office (details supplied) before an alternative was put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51471/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 872. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations from the national clinical trials oversight group she plans to progress; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51472/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 922. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to allocate funding in Budget 2026 for post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds in the southwest in line with the Programme for Government Commitment to develop more specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51947/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 923. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital for Cork as of the end of September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51948/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 949. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) in Budget 2026, that are experiencing a significant increase in demand for services nationally, particularly in community based care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52141/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 962. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for significantly reduced numbers allocated to the vocational training opportunities scheme programme for 2025/2026, when there is huge numbers of applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51378/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Library Projects (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1002. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 10 July 2025, for a further update on the works to a library (details supplied) as of the end of September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51991/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (25 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the current processing times for critical skills employment permit applications and for general employment application; the average processing times for both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50746/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (25 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the appeals process for the increased cost of business grant and power up grant for those businesses that were miscategorised; the number of businesses in Cork city and Cork county that submitted appeals; the number that were successful; if he will provide a timeframe for when businesses will receive their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on plans in the Programme for Government to introduce a permanent annual cost of disability support payment, which will be increased incrementally over the lifetime of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50432/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (25 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the voucher scheme run by the Irish Sign Language (ISL) Interpreting Service and Citizens Information Board to persons under the age of 18, as the scheme is presently only available to ISL users over the age of 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50431/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (24 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for being here this morning to take the question. I want to discuss the delays businesses and employees are experiencing when applying for work permits, particularly permits for haulage companies. I am under no illusion as to the gravity of the situation. I understand there has been an unprecedented volume of applications for these permits over recent years....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (24 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State. I know it is not his direct remit, and I appreciate him coming in and delivering the script, but there is very little information in relation to how many applications people are currently waiting for, and there is no information in relation to numbers waiting in excess of three, six and 12 months. I ask the Minister if State to bring that back in order that...