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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I raise the issue of newborn screening for SMA. During the week, I was contacted by SMA Ireland regarding the continued delay in expanding the heel prick test. The national rare disease strategy recently published by the Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, provides a welcome and comprehensive framework to enhance diagnosis, treatment and support for people living with rare diseases with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned in each district of Cork north central constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53636/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration would be given to reviewing the mechanism by which individuals with coeliac disease claim tax relief on gluten free products, in light of concerns that the present system is unnecessarily cumbersome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54283/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the 1% government levy on life cover policies, mortgage protection policies and on specified illness/disability (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54421/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance the income generated from the 1% insurance levy on life cover policies, mortgage protection policies and on a specified illness/disability for the past ten years (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54425/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2026 (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the investment reforms being considered in advance of Budget 2026; if consideration will be given to cutting the rate of tax on certain investment funds from 41% bringing Ireland more in line with other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54426/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if in advance of the next round of LSSIF funding, consideration would be given to introducing a time limit for drawing down funds in order to ensure the most effective use of spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54278/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being taken to reduce the level of waste under the hot school meals programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54282/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to pension security for foster carers to recognise the years spent caring for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54335/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Funding (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the back to school allowance to all children in state care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54336/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Inquiries (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the merger of the ISPCA and DSPCA into a national SPCA; if he will address concerns (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54237/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Inquiries (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the interim measures he intends to put in place to ensure national inspectorate coverage during the transition period to a national SPCA and ensure that enforcement capacity is not weakened by the focus on organisational restructuring; if he can provide clarity on timelines, resources and governance for the new national body; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Inquiries (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the merger of the ISPCA and the DSPCA signals a shift in Department policy toward centralisation of animal welfare services; if so, the rationale; how national coverage will be maintained or improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54241/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Inquiries (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department plans to support or issue specific charities that play critical roles in local animal welfare but may lack the scale of the newly merged SPCA organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54242/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Inquiries (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how his Department will evaluate whether the merger of the ISPCA and the DSPCA results in improved animal welfare outcomes nationally, not just improved administration within the merged charity; if there will be a review of the overall funding model to ensure it reflects evolving needs, especially with over 100 registered animal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Inquiries (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that the merged ISPCA–DSPCA entity will now receive approximately one-third of all national animal welfare funding, the way in which his Department will ensure that smaller, regional and grassroots charities are not further marginalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54245/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Inquiries (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will review its grant allocation to ensure fairness, transparency and proportionality, particularly in light of the consolidation between the ISPCA-DSCPA; the safeguards that will be put in place to ensure this concentration of funding does not reduce services or support in areas not directly served by the merged...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently review the allocation of funding under the animal welfare grant programme and the designation of authorised officers under Section 37 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54239/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will appoint designated inspectors to an organisation (details supplied) as authorised officers to close current enforcement gaps for at least ten counties, to provide legal certainty in ongoing investigations and support Gardaí during the transition to a national SPCA; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department was consulted in advance of the ISPCA and DSPCA merger; whether an impact assessment was conducted on implications for public funding distribution; if increased oversight and performance metrics will apply to the newly merged organisation given the significant increase in public funds it will control; and if he...