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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (26 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 74. To ask the Minister for Health if she will acknowledge that the exclusion of inflammatory bowel disease IBD from the long-term illness scheme is a policy decision rather than a legal requirement, given that section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 does not list specific qualifying conditions but permits the provision of supports to those with a permanent or long-term illness; if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 110. To ask the Minister for Health the date by which the long-Covid payments for health care workers will cease; her plans in relation to the closure of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33617/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Artists' Remuneration (26 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the basic income for the arts scheme; if he plans to extend or amend the scheme when the pilot programme ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33757/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Arts Policy (26 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports available for an art house cinema in Galway, following the recent closure of a cinema (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33618/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fishing Industry (25 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether the board and or senior management team of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has given notice to Departmental officials that the Cong Salmon Hatchery in County Galway will cease operations imminently, considering that IFI operates under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34944/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (25 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the par value of loans acquired by NAMA from each associated bank; the value of securities/funds provided to each bank in return; and the number of loans received by NAMA from each bank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34596/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a license was issued (details supplied) in spite of not all the requirements being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (24 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on plans to improve rail capacity in County Galway, in particular adding a double track between Athenry and Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33756/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (24 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his Department’s steps to improve road safety in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33755/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the NTA in relation to either establishing a new bus stop or moving the current Citylink stop in Newcastle to the outpatients entrance at the Hospital (details supplied). [33512/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies (24 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide, in relation to commercial semi-State bodies which are permitted to undertake their own borrowing, a list of those semi-State bodies, along with their current borrowing limits, their current total borrowings and the source of these borrowings, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33795/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school and it's emergency works scheme application (details supplied) following extensive damage caused by storm Éowyn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33754/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (24 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of individuals in receipt of the State contributory pension, paid on a monthly basis only, in Quarter 4 of 2024 and Quarter 1 of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34307/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (24 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 771. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display Act (2024), to outline the guarantees in place that participants will only have their organ and tissue used for transplantation purposes, and not, for example, used as part of any commercially driven research; are there any sanctions are in place in the event that any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (24 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 918. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if the case will be re-examined and expedited. [34512/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Harbours and Piers (24 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 960. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the development of Inis Oírr pier; if his Department has received the final business case from Galway County Council; when approval will be given; when works are expected to begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33606/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to give an update on work his Department is doing to decrease social welfare appeal waiting times; the current average time it takes for an appeal to be decided on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32277/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 10 June 2025, to outline, given the five tests set by Karshan in 2023 and given that the wages of home tutors are paid by her Department, the teaching hours are set by her Department and her Department is the one who exercises control, and the home tutors are not allowed to subcontract their work, whether the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Schools Building Projects (17 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 91. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding the application for a block extension grant by a school (details supplied), if she will confirm receipt of my letter seeking a review; if such a review will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31960/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: School Accommodation (17 Jun 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding the recent refusal of a block extension grant for a school (details supplied), if she has plans to review the qualifying criteria when it comes to the issue of lands being held in trust; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31961/25]