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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Mr. Walsh is saying 2026, at the earliest, at this stage.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (8 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department or organisations and agencies related to his Department are taking with respect to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate and the Environment Report on Lady’s Island Lake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53529/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of challenges that public service bus companies are experiencing with regarding to the international recruitment of bus drivers and bus mechanics due to changes in visa requirements; if he has he raised these challenges with other Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on progress on each of the 12 spine routes for BusConnects in Dublin, indicating where each are in the planning process; which are in a judicial review process, and at what stage that judicial review process is at; if any have been tendered yet; if any are close to tender; an indication of the order in which these 12...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Safety (8 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the ‘Gen Free: Free to be Kids’ campaign; to outline the new measures his Department is proposing to enhance online safety for children;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54090/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Energy Rating (8 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of Government plans to introduce minimum building energy rating standards in the private rental sector from this year, as committed to in Housing for All, noting that the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has already completed an assessment on the investment required for the introduction of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (8 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1360 of 29 April 2025, if he will provide a further update on the timeline for the proposed revisions to Building Regulations Technical Guidance Document L (Conservation of Fuel and Energy) for Dwellings and Technical Guidance Document F (Ventilation); and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 315. To ask the Minister for Health whether the prescription drug Yselty/Linzagolix, used in the treatment of endometriosis, is being considered for inclusion in the drugs treatment scheme; when this process will conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54088/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Budget Statement 2026 (7 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Any government’s first budget is so important. It is a map for how it is going to act over the next five years. It allows the Government to take the initial steps in areas it says it is going to prioritise. What today’s budget tells us is that this Government has no sense of direction. The untargeted VAT cut will benefit the biggest food businesses but is delayed for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (7 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to consider the creation of a statutory offence or a defined sub-offence under sexual assault specifically addressing sibling sexual abuse, to reflect the unique betrayal and coercion dynamics present in intra-familial abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53067/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (7 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 that were active on the race management system between the dates of 14 August 2025 and 24 September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53070/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 566. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy with respect to the national screening of newborns for spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency; if her Department intends the full addition of testing for both conditions as part of the Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; the reason testing for spinal muscular atrophy in particular is not yet carried out...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is concerned that the new SNA review process guidelines for 2025-2026 published by the NCSE narrows the definition of 'complex needs' and excludes many behavioural needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52632/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is concerned that the new SNA review process guidelines for 2025-2026 published by the NCSE creates an overly limited application window of 15 September to 24 October for review thereby excluding mid-year needs assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52633/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a pause on the implementation of the new SNA review process guidelines for 2025-2026 published by the NCSE, until parents, schools, and SNAs are meaningfully consulted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52635/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is concerned that the new SNA review process guidelines for 2025-26 published by the NCSE contain a requirement to evidence use of the RELATE framework which is not realistic for schools to demonstrate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52634/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (2 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that, in relation to visa decisions, wait times for the spouse of an Irish citizen has grown from less than one year, in 2023, to over two years now; the steps being taken to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52643/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 386. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children registered for early years and school age childcare for the 2025-2026 programme year; the number which were registered for the previous three programme years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52627/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 387. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who are registered for ECCE for the years 2025-2026; the percentage of the total number of children registered for early years and school age childcare for the 2025-2026 programme year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52628/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 388. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who are registered for ECCE year two for the 2025-2026 programme; the percentage of the total number of children registered for early years and school age childcare for the 2025-2026 programme year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52629/25]