Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (2 December 2025)

Sorca Clarke:

496. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of agencies under her Department’s remit who currently receive training on recognising and responding to gender based violence; if this training is mandatory; the core competencies covered in existing training programs; and to provide a list of any agencies who don’t receive the latter. [67878/25]

Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 December 2025)

Paul Murphy:

368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and if he will instruct his Department to evaluate the matter and provide guidance for people facing similar issues in terms of visa applications. [68609/25]

Department of Health: Ambulance Service (27 November 2025)

Claire Kerrane:

511. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service are examining other possible air ambulance sites in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66912/25]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (2 December 2025)

Ann Graves:

64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to carry out a review of the dispatch operator licensing system; to introduce an amendment or regulation clearly prohibiting fares below the taximeter; and to introduce stronger rules ensuring fare parity, transparency, and protection of driver incomes. [67341/25]

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (27 November 2025)

Catherine Ardagh:

165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to ensure effective testing of suspected cases of HPAI H5N1. [66611/25]

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Library Services (4 December 2025)

Willie O'Dea:

40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the support his Department is providing to the public library network. [68345/25]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Insurance Coverage (2 December 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan:

94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering any legislation to tackle or increase sanctions on the issue of drivers without motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67491/25]

Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (2 December 2025)

Claire Kerrane:

266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the talks regarding school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67717/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (2 December 2025)

Joe Cooney:

371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the numbers of people who remain in receipt of the employment support scheme for people with disabilities, a predecessor of the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67623/25]

Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (27 November 2025)

John Connolly:

482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificates approved per county in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67192/25]

Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (3 December 2025)

Niall Collins:

272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the suggestions made in correspondence (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68351/25]

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety (27 November 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú:

136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the food safety standards which are in place to ensure the quality of South American beef entering the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66657/25]

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (27 November 2025)

Darren O'Rourke:

125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he will support tillage farmers given challenges in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65161/25]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (2 December 2025)

Emer Currie:

70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of services scheduled on a route per month (details supplied), the number of services cancelled, per month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67367/25]

Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (2 December 2025)

Barry Ward:

413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the campaign of an organisation (details supplied); the actions he will take to engage with this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67720/25]

Department of Health: Artificial Intelligence (2 December 2025)

Malcolm Byrne:

543. To ask the Minister for Health the type of training provided to staff within her Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme is planned for all staff on their obligations under the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67465/25]

Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 November 2025)

Tom Brabazon:

514. To ask the Minister for Health if hospitals record the number of spiking cases that present to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66940/25]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Funding (4 December 2025)

Ken O'Flynn:

490. To ask the Minister for Health the total monthly value of salary funding associated with unfilled HSE posts in 2024 in each hospital group and community health organisation. [68806/25]

Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 December 2025)

John Paul O'Shea:

236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review the decision to provide only an 8-classroom permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the reason her Department has not approved a 16-classroom school building, given that both current and projected enrolment figures on record with the Department clearly demonstrate sustained oversubscription for junior infant places year-after-year; whether her Department will now proceed with approval for a 16-classroom school as a Phase 2 development in order to meet the growing demographic needs of the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67511/25]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Reviews (4 December 2025)

Matt Carthy:

454. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 134 of 20 November 2025, and 943 of 25 November 2025, the current status of the review to assess the resources required to change the final check-in time at the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital to 8pm; when this review will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68697/25]