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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: I ask the Minister of State to relay the importance of this issue to his Cabinet colleagues. I cannot emphasise strongly enough the importance of this issue and how difficult it is for all the families concerned in Kerry. I have no doubt it is similar in other counties and throughout the country. I am pleading again. It is an opportune site and an opportune location for the Department of...

Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: I again raise the Presidency of the European Union. The Heads of State will be coming to Ireland next year, and I specifically mention Killarney as a destination for meetings and a place to stay. We have the best of hotels. There are 42 hotels in Killarney. We have the best of hotels and the best of restaurants. We have the national park, the Lakes of Killarney, the Ring of Kerry, the...

Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: It would be a great boost to the local economy as well.

Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: I want to emphasise that.

Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: I ask about visas for siblings of children in Gaza who require urgent surgery. Will the Government do everything possible to expedite the processing of those?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: Iveragh in south Kerry is remote to many of the people who live elsewhere on this island. It is a main attraction for many. For many of those living there, its remoteness is neither an attraction nor an advantage when it comes to health services, be they physical or mental. A proposal to move mental health services from Caherciveen Community Hospital to Killorglin would be a detrimental...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance to support the hospitality sector by reintroducing the 9% VAT rate as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (9 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to investigate the delay in the signing of a lease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38015/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently address an important issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37951/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (9 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently address concerns (details supplied) and ensure that multi-grade classroom teacher pupil ratio will be given favourable consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38013/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 181. To ask the Minister for Health if the shingles vaccination will be included in the national immunisation programme, similar to Northern Ireland and throughout the UK (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38022/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite work on a site (details supplied) in Killarney, County Kerry, by developing a state-of-the-art campus focusing on skills development in hospitality training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37610/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a strong case to Cabinet to retain the cost-of-living reduction of €1,000 for student fees in budget 2026, and to making this welcome initiative a permanent feature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37570/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite the introduction of taxi wheelchair accessible grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37778/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the introduction of a limousine wheelchair-accessible grant to cater for disabled clients who visit our country and have the resources to tour the Ring of Kerry or, for example, the Dingle peninsula, in comfort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37779/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 334. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the anomaly that exists in regard to inheritance tax in respect of childless couples (details supplied) and bring an end to this very obvious discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37564/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently review the DEIS categorisation thresholds and ensure that DEIS rural schools are no longer punished for geography rather than need (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37550/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 1 July 2025, the way in which she can justify 22 early intervention classes in Cork and only two in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37759/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the position in regard to the vacant and derelict property grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37840/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a detailed list of the supports available to a group in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37557/25]