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

Donna McGettigan: The Government has been caught napping when it comes to vapes. We all knew this was coming down the line and yet the Government failed to take adequate action to prevent the problems we are now witnessing. I am even after hearing the Minister of State’s Government colleagues calling this out. The rate of vape use among 15 to 16-year-olds is at 18%, with 39% of them having tried it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Sep 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I thank the witnesses for this opportunity. I have met some of them, and actually visited some. The sense that I got when I came away from meeting them was that we are not just talking about buildings here but also about the people within them, and how the universities are trying their best to enhance the student experience. That comes across very clearly, particularly from the talk about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Sep 2025)

Donna McGettigan: On the student accommodation and dual use, having visited other universities that have accommodation one thing they state clearly is they rent out those units and the money that brings in gets passed on to students again, which means accommodation is cheaper for them. That is what these universities use it for. In the new strategy, where it could be looking like shared accommodation, I am...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Sep 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the purpose built student complexes that are now additionally charging for utilities on top of rent; if he is aware that this is becoming commonplace with a university (details supplied) and other institutes being charged unaffordable service charges as well as rent, putting another financial burden on students and their families; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Sep 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that students will be offered a tiered system as silver, gold and platinum, with each tier reflecting a price increase at accommodation (details supplied); to explain the second phase of the village project that is supported by €67.7 million of taxpayer money, which will, once completed cost students €250,000 per...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Sep 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a tiered accommodation model at a location (details supplied) was not identified as a compliance concern within the State-sponsored accommodation framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50667/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Sep 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will provide detailed information on the number of unoccupied purpose-built student complexes currently in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50668/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 388. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that will be taken to prevent rideshare drivers from soliciting passengers who have not contacted them through the App, at Shannon International Airport which has a taxi rank and paid staff who are booking passengers into taxis, but rideshares are collecting them from outside the terminal; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 442. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving testers moved from testing drivers of articulated lorries, buses and trucks to drivers of cars, each month, in 2025, for each county, in tabular form; the number transferred in the other direction; the number of drivers on the driving test waiting lists for cars and for articulated lorries, buses and trucks, for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Park-and-Ride Facilities (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans the NTA has to increase the number of park and ride facilities within Clare. [42800/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is expected that a new permanent chief executive officer for the National Transport Authority will be appointed. [42801/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Rights (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 899. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to confirm that there are two-year warranties on electrical products on the European continent compared with one-year warranties here for the same product; the measures he will take to increase the duration of warranties on electrical products to bring them into line with Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41652/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 2069. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the ages currently of the boats within the Garda water unit; the average lifespan of each category of boat in use within the Garda water unit; and if funding is available for the replacement of the oldest boats in use. [42806/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 2070. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines that the Garda National Immigration Bureau issued to airlines and or ferry companies who permitted a non-national to travel here without the necessary entry or transit visa in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [42807/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 2071. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mountain bikes training courses held for gardaí within Clare-Tipperary Division in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, and the number of Gardai that attended each course, in tabular form. [42808/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 2072. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to the Garda dog unit as of 22 July 2025. [42809/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Children in Care (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 2350. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will introduce measures (details supplied) in Budget 2026, to support foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41907/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 2435. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE play therapist posts that were filled at east Clare Children's disability network team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [42797/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 2436. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologist posts that were filled at west Clare Children's disability network team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [42798/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 2437. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE clinical nurse specialist in intellectual disabilities posts that were filled within CHO3 children's disability network teams in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [42799/25]