Written answers
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Staff
1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024, by month and grade, and by...
- Departmental Reports
4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish the report of the interdepartmental group established to examine the Dublin City Taskforce’s recommendations. [46610/24]
- Departmental Data
6. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Irish citizens who have emigrated from Ireland in 2023 and 2024. [46727/24]
- Ministerial Appointments
7. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the need to appoint a standalone Minister of State for older people. [46905/24]
- Appointments to State Boards
8. To ask the Taoiseach if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State- or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024. [46936/24]
- Departmental Projects
9. To ask the Taoiseach to provide details of all projects, including research projects, funded to date by his Department’s shared island initiative. [1529/25]
- Artificial Intelligence
10. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department and those agencies;...
- Departmental Properties
11. To ask the Taoiseach the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular form. [1772/25]
- Official Travel
12. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous...
- Departmental Contracts
13. To ask the Taoiseach to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor,...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Staff
15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024,...
- Departmental Contracts
18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of contracts to provide services and or consultancy to his Department that have been granted without having to go to public...
- Official Engagements
19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to US Vice President Elect JD Vance since his election. [46376/24]
- Diplomatic Representation
20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the staffing budget allocation to each Irish embassy and consulate general office in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [46377/24]
- Consular Services
21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to open a new Irish consulate general office in Luxor city, Egypt, during 2025. [46393/24]
- Human Rights
22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures Ireland is taking to support women’s rights internationally, particularly in countries that face extreme discrimination...
- Departmental Policies
23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will consider introducing a foreign travel advice warning of the harm caused by orphanage volunteering. [46516/24]
- Electoral Process
24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider extending voting rights to Irish citizens living abroad. [46523/24]
- Departmental Policies
25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparations to date his Department has undertaken for a united Ireland, or a united Ireland referendum. [46524/24]
- Diplomatic Representation
27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the process by which it was agreed that the Irish embassy in Britain would host a book launch for a person (details supplied);...
- Passport Services
28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied); if the application will be expedited as the applicants travel date is...
- Foreign Birth Registration
31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign births registration application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46759/24]
- Human Rights
32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the release from prison of a prominent Tibetan environmental rights defender (details supplied) after...
- Foreign Policy
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the continued detention of the political prisoner (details supplied) in Hong Kong, on efforts made by his Department to raise...
- Ukraine War
34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions taken during 2024 at international level by Ireland in support of Ukraine and against the illegal invasion by Russia; the number...
- United Nations
35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland’s continued support for the United Nations 1967 Outer Space Treaty and Ireland’s opposition to proposed...
- Departmental Data
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has undertaken an examination of Project 2025, the transition plan developed by the United States Heritage Foundation, and...
- Artificial Intelligence
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence within his Department;...
- Foreign Birth Registration
38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application to the foreign birth register for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Appointments to State Boards
39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024. [46928/24]
- Passport Services
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be issued for a person (details supplied). [1034/25]
- Departmental Data
41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who have sought permission pursuant to Article 40.2.2 of the Constitution to receive titles of nobility or other...
- Shannon Airport Facilities
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason four US military aircraft landed at Shannon Airport on 6 January 2025 (details supplied); if steps were taken to investigate...
- Middle East
45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions that have taken place at EU Council level regarding an arms embargo on Israel; the positions Ireland has taken in any such...
- Foreign Birth Registration
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 24 October 2024, for an update on the processing of an application (details supplied); and if he...
- Foreign Policy
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will seek another round of tough EU sanctions to be applied to Belarus. [1417/25]
- Foreign Birth Registration
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application for foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the...
- Artificial Intelligence
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the...
- Departmental Policies
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of a policy document relating to the use of DNA results in respect of applying for an Irish passport; to provide a copy of...
- Human Rights
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the death sentence against a person (details supplied) by the Iranian government; if he will work to apply diplomatic...
- Passport Services
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to examine the case of a person (details supplied) awaiting issuance of a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1729/25]
- Departmental Properties
57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular...
- EU Meetings
58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparations that are being put in place for Ireland’s hosting of a meeting of the European political community during...
- Foreign Policy
59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government’s approach to Tibet; if he is concerned regarding ongoing human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party in Tibet;...
- Legislative Measures
61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeline he is working towards in progressing the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 through Dáil...
- Official Travel
62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel,...
- Departmental Contracts
64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including...
- Foreign Policy
66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current situation in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2079/25]
- Diplomatic Representation
67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the number of current and planned global Irish diplomatic missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2081/25]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Staff
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career...
- Departmental Schemes
71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment of those in fuel poverty, how many people got boiler and/or full heating upgrades out of the total number who applied...
- Energy Conservation
73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the protections that are in place for the use of public money as part of Ireland's ambitious retrofitting programme...
- Electricity Grid
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what provisions are made for those who are unable to avail of the electricity credit allowance due to the meter being...
- Recycling Policy
75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment on behalf of a transition year student at a school (details supplied), who is part of the Young Social Innovators...
- Broadband Infrastructure
76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans for current and future upgrading of the broadband infrastructure in rural parts of Cork, in particular the...
- Departmental Schemes
77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline any scheme administered by his Department whereby recipients of fuel allowance can have solar panels...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when full telephone and broadband reception will be available at Dromid, Waterville and at Ballycleave, Glenbeigh on the...
- Energy Infrastructure
79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what plans are in place to progress the Shannon LNG storage facility at Ballylongford in Kerry, now that planning...
- Bord na Móna
80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what interaction he has had with Bord na Móna on its decision to dispose of AES recycling; his views on the impact...
- Post Office Network
81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if further consideration will be given to the issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Illegal Dumping
82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether provisions under the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 that allow for the use of CCTV to...
- Inland Fisheries
83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a representative of Inland Fisheries Ireland will inspect damage being caused on the land of a person (details...
- Appointments to State Boards
84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024....
- Departmental Schemes
85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to publish the renewable heat obligation scheme; the reason for the delay in publishing same; and if he...
- Environmental Policy
86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the National Waste Action Plan 2020-2025, and the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive, the status of Ireland's...
- Electricity Generation
88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on analysis being undertaken to assess the security of the electricity supply in the event of...
- Energy Policy
89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether there has been any change to national policy as regards the commercial import of liquid natural gas as a result...
- Environmental Policy
90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on proposals for a scheme of legal aid for environmental litigation. [1153/25]
- Departmental Schemes
92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to consider providing an additional €125 payment for pensioners and those with disabilities under the Government...
- Air Quality
93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what protections exist for people experiencing air pollution from neighbouring properties in the form of wood burning...
- Environmental Policy
94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is in favour of a law that aims to discourage the production and consumption of polyester-heavy fashion items by...
- Air Quality
95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce public air quality monitors in Galway, as some constituents with consumer grade devices are...
- Food Waste
96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that food waste is second-biggest contributor to climate breakdown and is responsible for 8-10% of global...
- Artificial Intelligence
97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence...
- National Broadband Plan
98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of National Broadband Ireland in the Ballintogher area of County Sligo; and if he will make a...
- Cybersecurity Policy
100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of reports of serious cybersecurity incidents to his Department impacting on any Government Department or...
- Renewable Energy Generation
101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the progress on meeting Ireland’s planned target of 80% of energy being generated by renewable...
- Air Quality
102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being taken to address poor air quality in breach of World Health Organisation guidelines, to identify...
- Renewable Energy Generation
103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if solar farm developers receive grants or subsidies to develop solar farms; if the electricity they generate on solar...
- Departmental Properties
104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located...
- Official Travel
105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024,...
- Energy Conservation
106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households that availed of the grant as part of the SEAI’s warmer home scheme in Kerry, broken...
- Wind Energy Generation
107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to accelerate approval for offshore wind infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Electricity Generation
108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the incentives he will put in place to improve and increase domestic electricity micro-generation; and if he will make...
- Renewable Energy Generation
109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to increase provision of solar farming in otherwise unusable open space like airports and...
- Departmental Contracts
111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Staff
113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024, by...
- Naval Service
117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to purchase dock landing ships for the Naval Service. [46388/24]
- Defence Forces
118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel, by rank, required to fully crew LÉ George Bernard Shaw, LÉ Gobnait and LÉ Aoibhinn naval...
- United Nations
120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on any recent interaction there has been between the Government and the United Nations in relation to the death of...
- Appointments to State Boards
122. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024. [46923/24]
- Defence Forces
123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific steps he has taken to ensure the total prevention of illegal encampments taking place across the Curragh Plains in 2025 (details...
- Air Corps
124. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of females currently qualified as pilots within the Air Corps; and the number of females currently in training to become qualified...
- Artificial Intelligence
125. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department...
- National Security
126. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he, or any officials in his Department, have received any official reports or briefings from agencies of the State since 2015, outlining...
- Defence Forces
127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a newspaper article (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1686/25]
- Departmental Properties
129. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular...
- Official Travel
130. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel,...
- Defence Forces
131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a timeline for the implementation of LDA 2 of the Recommendations of the Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces; and if he...
- Departmental Contracts
132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the...
- Defence Forces
134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current serving force in the Irish Defence Forces by rank; the total number serving; the number serving by rank in January 2024;in tabular...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Network
137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the roll out of "average speed zones" on national roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1825/25]
- Active Travel
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans of his Department to support Cork City and County Councils to investigate, repair and upgrade footpaths in mature areas and...
- Departmental Staff
139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023 or...
- Bus Services
142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the current weight limits for buses will be reviewed given the additional weight of batteries in new electric vehicles which will...
- Electric Vehicles
144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider additional financial support for costs related to electric vehicle conversions especially in the case of community...
- Road Projects
148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a timeline for the completion of the Castlemartyr bypass; and if additional resources will be allocated to accelerate this...
- Rail Network
149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if plans are being developed for a train line between Youghal and Midleton; and if so, when construction will commence. [46247/24]
- Public Transport
150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will consider introducing a shuttle bus service between Youghal and the Midleton train station to improve connectivity....
- Bus Services
151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to expand and improve bus services in east Cork, particularly in under-served areas such as Youghal. [46249/24]
- Active Travel
152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the plans to assess and improve the safety of walking routes to schools in rural areas such as Youghal. [46251/24]
- Transport Policy
153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address east Cork's infrastructure needs, such as roads and public transport, in the coming years. [46252/24]
- Electric Vehicles
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing a grant to incentivise people to purchase second-hand electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement...
- Rail Network
156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail and break down the latest projected costs made by the NTA for the construction of the Navan to Dublin rail line. [46262/24]
- Dublin Bus
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will provide a new Dublin Bus PSO route (details supplied). [46298/24]
- Departmental Expenditure
159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of expenditure in maritime transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46316/24]
- Bus Services
160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NTA to reconsider a decision in relation to a bus route given the negative impacts for people in an area (details...
- Driver Test
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA plans to relocate the driving test centre in Galway city away from the existing location at the Westside Shopping Centre to an...
- Road Safety
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of front of school projects on the safe routes to school scheme across the country that have been fully completed since the...
- Transport Policy
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the publication of the Galway Metropolitan Area Transport Plan. [46333/24]
- Bus Services
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the implementation of the new proposed Galway city bus network. [46336/24]
- National Transport Authority
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details on six matters at the National Transport Authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated WTE cost to recruit two additional ship surveyors for his Department's allocation in 2023. [46374/24]
- Dublin Bus
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV charging points currently available for use in each Dublin Bus depot; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Éireann
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV charging points currently available for use in each Bus Éireann depot. [46395/24]
- Departmental Expenditure
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the capital budget allocation of his Department that was spent in the first 11 months of 2024; and if he will provide...
- Rail Network
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport If Iarnród Éireann plans during 2025 to increase the frequency from three times daily to four times daily at the weekends for...
- National Car Test
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason civilian cars with registration number plates dating from 2010 to 142 remain operational on the road after being granted a...
- Road Projects
172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress of the Mallow relief road; the plans for funding from Transport Infrastructure Ireland to progress the...
- Bus Services
173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Finglas/Ballymun core bus corridor is expected to go to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46554/24]
- Antisocial Behaviour
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the ongoing anti-social behaviour and criminal damage taking place at Pelletstown train station and surrounding areas;...
- Road Network
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an independent road maintenance crew can be provided for the Ring of Kerry N70 route, given its importance to Ireland’s and...
- Road Projects
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Killarney to Farranfore bypass can now be expedited due to the chronic traffic situation in Killarney; and if he will make a...
- Greenways Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans by the Government to extend the South Kerry Greenway through Killorglin to Farranfore and on to both Killarney and...
- Road Network
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address the dangerous condition of footpaths and streets in Cahersiveen town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46631/24]
- Taxi Regulations
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing free public calibration and sealing of taxi meters after prices are adjusted by the NTA, to avoid a...
- Electric Vehicles
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a plan to address the complications that many people who have shared parking bays face in charging electric vehicles,...
- Córas Iompair Éireann
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason CIÉ pensioners who are members of the 1951 scheme received no increase in their pension since 2008 (details supplied)....
- Road Projects
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on a suggested bypass of Killorglin, County Kerry, including an additional bridge crossing over the River...
- Road Network
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will arrange to invest in the many single-lane bridges throughout Kerry that are too narrow and have deteriorated with age (details...
- Greenways Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further resources can be provided to Kerry County Council to help expedite the long awaited Bealach Uíbh Ráthaigh/south...
- Rail Network
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to request Iarnród Éireann to provide the long-awaited footbridge between the train and bus stations in Killarney (details...
- Road Network
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to request Transport Infrastructure Ireland to get "greenway ready" for the south Kerry greenway by carrying out a major road overlay in...
- Bus Éireann
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann can divert one of the morning Longford Mullingar routes into Multyfarnham village. [46716/24]
- Rail Network
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times that DART services have been delayed by operational difficulties since July 2024; a breakdown of what these...
- Local Authorities
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of universal design audits undertaken by local authorities in 2024. [46810/24]
- Bus Services
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the last meetings he held with the NTA and Bus Éireann on the current bus crisis in Cork; the date of these meetings;...
- Road Network
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the M20. [46816/24]
- Cycling Facilities
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to expanding the public bike scheme in a location (details supplied). [46869/24]
- Bus Services
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm when next gen ticketing will be rolled out on the Cork fleet for bus services. [46870/24]
- Rail Network
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to prioritise the incoming railway Order for the next phase of the Cork commuter rail project. [46871/24]
- Active Travel
203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for the retrofitting of footpaths in areas of high walking commuter activity. [46872/24]
- Taxi Regulations
204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether there are any plans to introduce a ‘buy-back scheme’ for taxi plates. [46883/24]
- Driver Licences
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason it is not possible to exchange a driving licence issued by the Canadian province of Nova Scotia for an Irish driving licence;...
- Appointments to State Boards
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024. [46938/24]
- Bus Services
207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that Newport does not have a bus service between 2:30 PM and 5:10 PM from Limerick (details supplied); if he will seek to...
- Park-and-Ride Facilities
208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an updated brief on any proposed future park and ride facilities for County Louth and east Meath; and if he will make a...
- Road Projects
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a full detailed update on the current status of the Ardee bypass project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1020/25]
- Driver Test
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a full update on the current status on the search for a driver test centre in Drogheda, considering the unacceptable waiting...
- Rail Network
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the details on the expected commencement date for the DART expansion to Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Transport Policy
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the proposed East-West Dundalk-to-Sligo route corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1029/25]
- National Car Test
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options available to a person (details supplied) who purchased a second hand vehicle with a fresh NCT obtained in September 2024,...
- Driver Test
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1076/25]
- Bus Éireann
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of delayed departure and arrival times for the Bus Éireann Expressway routes (details supplied) for each month in 2024;...
- Grant Payments
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the wheelchair-accessible taxi grant scheme portal’s technical failure which left many applicants unable to...
- Road Safety
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the regulations in relation to headlight glare; if his Department has undertaken studies on LED headlight glare; and if he...
- Bus Services
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that Bus Eireann does not accept the official United Kingdom government criminal record check when vetting applications for...
- Road Safety
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding his Department's safe routes to school funding, if he will outline the grounds on which a school (details supplied) was turned...
- Electric Vehicles
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken, or are under consideration, for making use of public sector car parking areas for electric vehicle charging. [1149/25]
- Active Travel
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that will be taken to ensure that all transport authorities prioritise active travel modes in developing, providing and...
- Aviation Industry
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions in place to seek compensation from an airline where a person had to travel for serious family reasons at short notice,...
- Rail Network
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on a railway crossing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1205/25]
- Road Projects
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a roundabout will be installed at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1241/25]
- Grant Payments
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the pre-determined number of applications for the January 2025 round of the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant 2025; the time the portal...
- Ambulance Service
235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether private ambulances are permitted to enter the tarmac at Dublin Airport to collect patients from air ambulances; if not, why this...
- Road Traffic Offences
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a report in relation to progress on camera enforcement of road traffic laws; if not, if such a report has been...
- Electric Vehicles
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options available to residents with shared parking facilities to obtain an electric vehicle charging point; the grants available from...
- Taxi Regulations
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department is taking to curb the problem of illegal taxis operating throughout Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
- Aviation Industry
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has had any engagement with a company (details supplied) regarding the recent announcement of new routes to Dakhla in...
- Road Safety
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the number of landowners nationwide who have trees which are non-commercial plantations impacted by ash dieback...
- Córas Iompair Éireann
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when retired CIÉ workers will receive the payment due to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1396/25]
- Road Network
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria for installation of ‘cat’s eyes’ on rural roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1402/25]
- Road Safety
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has concerns related to difficulties caused by high-intensity LED headlights on new cars for oncoming drivers; if this...
- Bus Services
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers are needed to reach a full complement in both Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus; and the number of mechanics needed...
- School Transport
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with Bus Éireann regarding that company’s rule that prevents drivers over 70 years of age from driving...
- Road Traffic Accidents
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of collisions involving e-scooters in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Éireann
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review correspondence regarding the new Bus Eireann route 30 timetable (details supplied); if he will have the changes to the new...
- Driver Test
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the delays for those waiting to take their driving test (details supplied); the reason for these delays; and if his...
- Driver Licences
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding a person who had a full Irish driving licence which became lost (details supplied), if he agrees that this person should...
- Bus Éireann
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers currently in training; and the current deficit in Bus Éireann in Cork. [1502/25]
- Bus Services
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether reduced timetables in Cork have increased reliability of buses; and when full timetables will return. [1503/25]
- Coast Guard Service
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of all capital projects currently progressing under the Irish Coast Guard building programme. [1508/25]
- Active Travel
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if active travel funding has been sought for enhanced pedestrian facilities along the R336 at locations (details supplied). [1512/25]
- Bus Services
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, as part of the bus shelter enhancement programme, suitable locations had been agreed and funding provided for the provision of bus...
- Noise Pollution
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that noise level limits for car exhausts are adhered to; to outline the current process for monitoring...
- Road Safety
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if adequate additional resources will be provided to local authorities to enable them carry out essential road gritting works on all...
- Road Projects
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the phase 3 design and preliminary business case for the M20 Cork to Limerick motorway has been submitted; and the timeframe for the...
- Planning Issues
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support Galway County Council in making a formal request to An Bord Pleanála to modify the planning consent conditions in...
- Road Projects
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the improvement works on the N84 Galway to Curraghmore have progressed to phase 2 options [1556/25]
- Haulage Industry
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide financial support to the road haulage sector to compensate for significant losses occasioned by storm damage to...
- Bus Services
266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement his Department or the National Transport Authority has had with the residents of Ayrfield, Dublin 13, in relation to the...
- Artificial Intelligence
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the...
- Bus Services
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine issues with a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1598/25]
- Road Projects
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the upgrade of a road (details supplied); the steps that can be taken to accelerate this at a national level; and if he...
- National Transport Authority
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the National Transport Authority's one-off grant scheme for rural transport; and if he will reinstate the scheme,...
- Road Projects
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the extension to the Kilkenny northern ring road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1641/25]
- Bus Éireann
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will work with Bus Éireann to amend the rules to allow those over 70 years-of-age continue to drive school busses, subject to...
- Road Safety Authority
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the significant delays with the RSA waiting list since 2024 for both practical bus and walkaround test; if he is aware...
- Road Projects
274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with TII regarding the Dunkettle interchange upgrade; if metrics are available to ascertain whether the upgrade has...
- Departmental Properties
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in...
- Road Projects
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a full update on the M28 Road project, Rochestown to Ringaskiddy motorway; the estimated timeline for the appointment of the main...
- Driver Test
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting time for a driving test in each driving test centre in each county; and the plans that are in place to reduce the...
- Park-and-Ride Facilities
279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the development of park and ride facilities at strategic locations around Galway city as part of the existing Galway...
- Coast Guard Service
280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the number and location of designated sites across the country in which the Coast Guard helicopter or emergency search and rescue...
- Rail Network
281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on an underground metro for Dublin. [1826/25]
- Public Transport
282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposal to bring the Luas Green Line across the M50 near Finglas, and therefore closer to Dublin Airport. [1827/25]
- Road Signage
285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review will be conducted of the Signs Manual with a view to reducing the proliferation of unnecessary signage on roads; and if he...
- Road Network
286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to allowing a left turn on red for road traffic in certain circumstances; and if he will make a statement...
- Rail Network
287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure greater accessibility to DART and other rail stations through multiple access points, to reduce the need for rail users...
- Cycling Policy
288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will set minimum standards for the installation of cycling infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1834/25]
- Rail Network
289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will invite Iarnród Éireann to revise its ban on electric scooters on its services; and if he will make a statement on...
- Bus Services
290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take steps to ensure that bicycles can be carried on public buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1841/25]
- Public Transport
291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take steps to ensure that bicycles may be carried on the Luas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1842/25]
- Rail Network
292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase railway provision to all parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1843/25]
- Transport Policy
293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will implement strict rules for the protection of mobility devices, including wheelchairs by passenger airlines, requiring a...
- Electric Vehicles
294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the provision of electric car charging infrastructure. [1845/25]
- Active Travel
296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give urgent consideration to the realisation of the Sutton to Sandycove coastal promenade and cycleway (S2S); and if he will...
- Road Network
297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will safeguard trees in Shankill village that are under threat from BusConnects; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rail Network
298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make a statement on the extension of the Luas Green Line to link to the DART line in Shankill. [1850/25]
- Official Travel
299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and their accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel,...
- Bus Services
300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will carry out a review of the Swinford to Sligo 922 bus route following the withdrawal for the route during the response to Covid;...
- Rail Network
301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has identified a depot to support the DART+ programme; and if he will provide an update on the sites being considered. [1980/25]
- Bus Services
303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the bus service to and from Cork city to Cork Airport, and on an increased frequency, extended to cover later...
- Departmental Contracts
304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland,...
- Departmental Expenditure
306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the annual allocation of capital and current spend and the annual drawdown of capital and current spend by each...
- Bus Services
307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the provision of 24-hour bus services in Dublin, including a timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Traffic Management
308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on Dublin being one of the most congested cities in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2104/25]
- Bus Services
309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the retention of the No. 4 bus route in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2105/25]
- Cycling Policy
310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the provision of cycle infrastructure, such as cycle lanes, alongside rail lines; if he will ensure that all future rail...
- Active Travel
311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will retrofit the Luas Green Line with adjacent cycle lanes from the Grand Canal to Bride's Glen; and if he will make a statement...
- School Transport
312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a private company providing school transport can use an NTA bus stop in south Kildare, given the importance of safety at the location;...
- Rail Network
313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position on the roll-out of the new train fares under the Dublin commuting zone, the current timeframe involved; and if he...
- Road Safety
315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can arrange to have an urgent safety audit carried out at the junction of the M9/M7 motorway in County Kildare, in both directions,...
- Road Network
316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position regarding the proposal by Roscommon County Council to upgrade the N61 from Roscommon town to Boyle to national road status;...
- Department of Finance
- An Garda Síochána
317. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to a tax incentive for new gardaí to support recruitment efforts. [1822/25]
- Departmental Staff
318. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024, by month and...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
321. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider whether voluntary and charitable organisations purchasing electric vehicles should be exempt from or eligible for reduced VRT. [46244/24]
- Tax Code
323. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline any plans to increase the thresholds for favourite nephew and niece rules in terms of inheritance. [46257/24]
- Revenue Commissioners
325. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of WTE forensic accountants employed by the Revenue Commissioners as of 9 December 2024, in tabular form. [46385/24]
- Tax Code
327. To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year cost if the group A rate of capital acquisition tax increased to €475,000, group B rate increased to €47,500 and group C rate...
- State Assets
329. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund’s shareholdings in a company (details supplied); the date it commenced and ended, if...
- Banking Sector
331. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine a matter affecting Irish mortgage holders (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46779/24]
- Financial Services
332. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to financial institutions requesting customers credit card details verbally over the phone, if he will implement legislation to ensure companies...
- Tax Code
333. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to a Dublin-based windows and doors company that went into liquidation (details supplied), if he will consider a rule change whereby revenue...
- Appointments to State Boards
334. To ask the Minister for Finance if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024. [46927/24]
- Tax Code
335. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters in relation to inheritance tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1028/25]
- Banking Sector
337. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will advise of the duties and obligations of financial institutions where a property in need of remediation work is repossessed by the lender bank,...
- Tax Code
338. To ask the Minister for Finance if commercial rates are still tax deductible if the commercial unit is vacant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1207/25]
- Departmental Policies
339. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available to individuals who require wheelchair-modified vehicles for personal use. [1289/25]
- Tax Code
340. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the inheritance tax thresholds for 2025 and any planned changes to same in subsequent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1397/25]
- Artificial Intelligence
342. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department and those...
- Housing Schemes
343. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of persons who have applied for the help-to-buy scheme in each county in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [1614/25]
- Tax Code
346. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the planned increases to the carbon tax over the next five years, per fuel, in tabular form; if halting the carbon tax increases was considered as...
- Departmental Properties
347. To ask the Minister for Finance the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular form; and if he...
- Official Travel
348. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other...
- Tax Code
349. To ask the Minister for Finance if he would consider lowering the VAT rate for domestically and sustainably produced wood pellet products, firewood stove, pellet stove and pellet boilers....
- Departmental Contracts
351. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the...
- Tax Code
353. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider providing tax deductibility at the lower rate for any person employing staff on a full-time basis, for whatever purpose but particularly...
- Universal Social Charge
356. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the elimination of the universal social charge, including a timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2078/25]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Coast Guard Service
357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if discussions with the respective landowner regarding the acquisition of a site, for the development of the Cleggan Coast Guard station...
- An Garda Síochána
358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an urgent update on the new Garda community headquarters for south Tipperary to be located in Clonmel (details supplied); the status...
- Departmental Staff
361. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023 or...
- Public Sector Pensions
364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he proposes to make any changes to the public sector’s pensions scheme that prevents the payment of a spousal pension...
- Office of Public Works
365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of companies that applied to the OPW for approval to hold commercial events in the Iveagh Gardens during summer 2025; and the...
- An Garda Síochána
366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Dublin Metropolitan Region that are scheduled to be refurbished by the OPW in the first half of 2025 where...
- Flood Risk Management
367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will respond to a number of matters linked to the flooding in Killocrim, Listowel (details supplied). [46321/24]
- Departmental Staff
368. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacancies, by grade, currently within his Department; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of the vacancies, in...
- Coastal Erosion
369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration the OPW has given to installing coastal erosion defences at Quilty, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Sector Staff
370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that persons are not denied the opportunity to apply for some jobs in the public service because they do not have a...
- Active Travel
371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in which month the Office of Public Works is planning to submit a planning application for segregated cycle lanes and pedestrian...
- Office of Public Works
372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of costs involved in the various public consultations held in relation to the Phoenix Park in the past ten years,...
- Road Network
376. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to introduce a scheme with immediate effect whereby the arches of bridges are kept clear (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Coastal Erosion
377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans in place to invest in coastal erosion works at Rossbeigh Beach, Glenbeigh, County Kerry, where massive erosion continues to...
- Flood Risk Management
378. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform now that the Castlemaine Harbour pilot study is complete, the plans in place to invest and protect homes and properties, bearing in mind...
- Public Appointments Service
379. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the case of a person (details provided); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46849/24]
- An Garda Síochána
380. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46859/24]
- Appointments to State Boards
381. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024. [46933/24]
- An Garda Síochána
382. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on any potential property searches for the much-needed new Garda station for east Meath, to include details on any...
- Office of Public Works
383. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 8 October 2024 (details supplied), if he is in a position to provide the answer; and if he...
- Flood Risk Management
384. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on proposed funding and works for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1113/25]
- An Garda Síochána
387. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on any work his Department has undertaken to review the reopening of Lusk Garda station; and if he will make a statement...
- Flood Risk Management
388. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of works on the weir at Ballincollig regional park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1336/25]
- Flood Relief Schemes
389. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of a project (details supplied); when he expects planning permission to be submitted for the project; and if he will...
- Public Sector Pay
390. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will allow previous years of payment increments to be counted towards a current salary scale when an individual is offered a...
- Flood Relief Schemes
391. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1388/25]
- Flood Risk Management
392. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will commit to a one metre reduction in the water levels of Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg. [1429/25]
- Office of Public Works
394. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE qualified archaeologists employed by OPW as of 2 January 2025, in tabular form. [1469/25]
- Flood Relief Schemes
397. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the capital budget remains in place to complete the Clifden flood relief scheme; and the details of the level of funding that is...
- Artificial Intelligence
398. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the...
- Civil Service
399. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Public Appointments Service will launch Irish-language recruitment campaigns for the civil service in 2025; and if he will make a...
- Office of Public Works
400. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a site (details supplied) is under the ownership of the OPW; the plans the OPW has for this site; and if he will make a statement on...
- An Garda Síochána
402. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the new Clonmel Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1694/25]
- Departmental Properties
403. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in...
- Public Procurement Contracts
404. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a complete list of public bodies, including Government Departments, agencies, local authorities, and education and...
- Official Travel
406. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel,...
- Heritage Sites
407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the lands at Castletown House are included in those designated in the programme For Government as being of key national heritage, and...
- Departmental Contracts
408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland,...
- Employment Rights
410. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether any consideration is given to the treatment of staff when accepting bids for public tenders, such as the presence of clear pay...
- National Lottery
411. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will support restrictions on the use of the National Lottery infrastructure by other organisations, particularly for gambling...
- Rights of Way
412. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify its understanding of the lack of a right of way to the public at a location (details supplied), in light of copious evidence...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Artificial Intelligence
413. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures the incoming Government plans to introduce to regulate the use of artificial intelligence; and if he will make a...
- International Agreements
414. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has outlined clearly at the EU Agriculture Council his opposition to the proposed Mercosur trade deal; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
415. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023...
- Business Supports
418. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding can be sourced to support a not-for-profit group (details supplied) to construct a new build extension; and if he will...
- International Agreements
419. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his position on the EU Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement; when it is intended that Ireland will ratify the agreement; and...
- EU Bodies
420. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans to hold a referendum on Ireland’s membership of the European Unified Patent Court System; the level of current...
- Business Supports
421. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of enterprises who have registered for Power Up grants, by local authority area, to date; the number that have been...
- Artificial Intelligence
422. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence within his...
- Consumer Protection
423. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to a Dublin-based windows and doors company that went into liquidation (details supplied), if he will implement...
- Appointments to State Boards
427. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024. [46925/24]
- Dairy Sector
428. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagements that he, or any representative of his Department or associated State agencies, have had with management of a company...
- Business Supports
429. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a small business (details supplied) that was unaware of the first two small grants that were available to it, cannot avail...
- Visa Applications
430. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a critical skills visa application will be expedited (details supplied). [1137/25]
- Enterprise Policy
431. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits to County Wexford made in the past 18 months; the specific locations of these visits; the results to...
- International Agreements
433. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to review the position on the Mercosur trade agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1208/25]
- Employment Rights
435. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he can advise on a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1326/25]
- International Agreements
436. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government intends to oppose the EU-Mercosur Political Agreement and further negotiations on a trade deal; and if he will make...
- United Nations
438. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when Ireland plans to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration...
- International Agreements
439. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government has notified the European Commission of Ireland's opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade agreement since negotiations...
- Employment Rights
440. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1376/25]
- Corporate Governance
441. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE enforcement lawyers and forensic accountants employed by Corporate Enforcement Authority as of 1 January 2023 and 9...
- Semi-State Bodies
442. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant WTE posts, by job title at Enterprise Ireland as of 9 January 2025; the estimated full year costs of filling...
- Business Supports
443. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants available for a business start-up (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1455/25]
- Company Closures
444. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the work his Department is engaging in regarding the planned closure of a facility (details supplied); if he or any...
- Financial Services
445. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department can intervene in issues with the governance of friendly societies; and whether his Department can compel the...
- Business Supports
446. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to confirm when an appeals system for the power-up scheme will be established with businesses able to lodge appeals; and if he will...
- Work Permits
447. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an employment permit will be granted to a person (details supplied). [1675/25]
- Business Supports
448. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to re-open the Power Up grant; the number of businesses who were awarded funds under the scheme; if the number of...
- Industrial Development
451. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA-supported jobs in each county at the end of 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Employment Schemes
452. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland-supported jobs in each county at the end of 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Properties
454. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in...
- Business Supports
455. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is intended to review the qualifying criteria for the power up grant and consider allowing some unsuccessful applicants to be...
- Agriculture Supports
456. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the status of payments made by Microfinance Ireland to farmers, detailing the number, value and...
- Official Travel
457. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight,...
- Business Supports
459. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a business (details supplied) was refused a business support grant; if he will review this decision; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Contracts
460. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland,...
- Trade Relations
462. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the balance of trade with China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2080/25]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Irish Language
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase provision to improve Gaeloideachas, including possible tax incentives for teachers who teach through Irish only in all-Irish...
- School Staff
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on civil servant status for all current school secretaries. [46180/24]
- Departmental Staff
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servants in her Department, and in agencies under the aegis of her Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024, by...
- School Transport
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what immediate measures her Department will implement to ensure that all children in Youghal have access to reliable school bus services. [46250/24]
- Schools Building Projects
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the urgent need for the building project at a school (details supplied); the reasons for the delay in progressing past stage 2A, apply...
- School Transport
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will receive school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46281/24]
- Special Educational Needs
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider a special class or unit for ASD for a school (details supplied). [46282/24]
- School Staff
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected costs of reducing the staffing schedule for DEIS urban band 1 vertical schools to 16:1, DEIS urban band junior schools to 15:1, and...
- School Accommodation
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the project for the transfer of a special school (details supplied); when funding will be made available; when the project will...
- Schools Building Projects
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position in respect of a building project; when it is likely that a response will issue in relation to a revised stage 1 report...
- School Accommodation
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an additional accommodation project application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Enrolments
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces available for incoming first year students in mainstream secondary schools within the school planning area of Galway city;...
- School Accommodation
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline, in light of the long-standing delays since 2003 in providing a permanent building for a school (details supplied), the steps her...
- Schools Building Projects
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage with a school (details supplied) regarding the need to progress phase 2 of the building programme; and if she will...
- School Staff
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a teacher (details supplied) who has been refused an application for incremental credits will be examined; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the start date of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46360/24]
- School Accommodation
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works will be completed at a school (details supplied). [46364/24]
- School Transport
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that applied for a school transport ticket for the 2024-2025 school term in County Kerry, broken down into standard,...
- School Accommodation
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to construction phase of works; and the expected timeframe for these works to...
- School Transport
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered aligning school bus escorts' holiday pay rights with those of teachers and special needs assistants; and if she will make a...
- School Staff
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that all school secretaries and caretakers have access to the pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Funding
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that has been provided in Budget 2025 towards the provision of a special school in County Monaghan; and if she will make a...
- School Staff
493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the estimated cost of the award of incremental credit to teachers returning to Ireland with this service each year at €1.3 million,...
- School Enrolments
494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide guidance for the parents of a child living in an area (details supplied), in relation to applications for enrolment to primary schools...
- School Accommodation
495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the shortage of space at a school (details supplied) in County Meath; her plans to address this; the timelines for same; and...
- School Staff
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies for SENOs in the Wexford area; and when these posts will be filled, in tabular form. [46444/24]
- School Enrolments
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider centralising applications for first-year places in an area (details supplied) given the high number of students placed on...
- Special Educational Needs
501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and to outline the next steps. [46449/24]
- Teaching Council of Ireland
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of barriers created by the Teaching Council’s registration process (details supplied); if she will instruct the Teaching...
- School Facilities
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an appeal for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46473/24]
- School Discipline
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to address gender-based violence and harassment in educational institutions such as schools. [46494/24]
- Special Educational Needs
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish sTen outcomes for deaf and hard of hearing students. [46507/24]
- Schools Building Projects
510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to accelerate the planning process for school buildings and ensure high-quality facilities for all children...
- Education Policy
512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a date for the establishment of the Citizens' Assembly on the Future of Education and its terms of reference. [46514/24]
- Schools Administration
513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered investing in a comprehensive schools reconfiguration programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46515/24]
- Education Policy
514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will develop child-safe guidelines for oversea trips, including guidance to not visit or volunteer in orphanages. [46517/24]
- School Staff
515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school secretaries do not have an entitlement to a Public Service pension; if extending such an entitlement to this cohort is being...
- School Accommodation
516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide extra accommodation for a school (details supplied) where an application went in 12 months ago for further accommodation. [46529/24]
- Special Educational Needs
517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on an application for a school (details supplied) to open a fifth class for students with autism; and if she will make a...
- School Facilities
518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if urgent attention will be given to an issue in relation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46540/24]
- Schools Building Projects
519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify details of the new special school to be located in Lucan (details supplied); the site that will be considered for this school; the...
- Special Educational Needs
520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school places in the new special school announced for Lucan (details supplied); the class years that will be available; when...
- Schools Building Projects
522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the future of a school (details supplied); the consultation her Department carried out with the school and parents; where...
- School Staff
524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the changes made to school secretaries' pay in the last Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46551/24]
- Special Educational Needs
527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on timings for the new special class in a school (details supplied) as children and staff are currently using an inappropriate...
- Schools Building Projects
528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delays to the construction of a school extension (details supplied) for new SEN classrooms; the reason for the four month...
- School Accommodation
529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the overcrowding and expedite the accommodation works in respect of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- School Funding
530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for 2025 for seeking funding through the summer works programme for school maintenance; and the relevant dates for application and...
- National Educational Psychological Service
531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason NEPS psychology services are unable to diagnose autism. [46667/24]
- Special Educational Needs
532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a sensory chair for a student to assist in their learning, recommended by the assigned HSE occupational therapist for a school...
- School Staff
533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to extend the period of time an SNA can apply for leave following an incident in school as provided for under Circular 0062/2017 which currently...
- School Funding
534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance that will be given to a school (details supplied) that is significantly under resourced, with difficulties for parents...
- Schools Building Projects
535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of delivery of a new building for a school (details supplied) that has faced over a decade of delays; and if she will make a statement...
- School Funding
536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a funding issue for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46693/24]
- Schools Building Projects
537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an urgent update on an appeal for emergency works submitted by a school (details supplied). [46695/24]
- Public Sector Pensions
538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 493 of 9 April, if the processing of the T1 form submitted to HSE recently will be expedited in order to...
- School Enrolments
539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the issue of school places in Kill, County Kildare for the next academic year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46721/24]
- School Accommodation
541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive a modular unit for a special class, which is needed as a matter of urgency; and if she will contact...
- School Curriculum
542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that are being taken to ensure that the children of foreign nationals in counties Longford and Westmeath receive a fair education...
- School Accommodation
543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the type of modular additional accommodation that has been approved for a primary school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Child Abuse
544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration was given to expanding the scope of the investigation relating to abuse in religious schools to involve all schools; if she...
- School Accommodation
545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the planned development of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46742/24]
- School Transport
546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the pilot school bus schemes envisioned under School Transport 2030 published in 2024 and, in particular, on the planned...
- School Accommodation
547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the planned development of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46744/24]
- School Facilities
548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the approved summer works scheme to repair the roof at a school (details supplied); her Department's approach to the...
- School Accommodation
549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the planned development of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46746/24]
- School Facilities
550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on planned repairs to the recreational facilities at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation
551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school classrooms of 30 pupils or more and their locations around Ireland. [46748/24]
- School Curriculum
552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have indicated that they will offer classes in Foreign languages from September 2025; and the languages...
- Artificial Intelligence
553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department and agencies under the aegis of her Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence within her Department; if...
- School Accommodation
554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to arrange for a school (details supplied) to be insulated. [46754/24]
- School Enrolments
555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to give urgent attention to a serious issue with a shortage school places (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the application for private school transportation for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation
558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is considering the provision of a multi-gendered, multi-denomination second level option in the Dublin 15/Dublin 7 area; and if she...
- Special Educational Needs
559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the special education taskforce in Dublin 15 will report and make proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46887/24]
- Schools Building Projects
560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project by a school (details supplied) under the ADAPT 3 Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Facilities
562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46893/24]
- School Accommodation
564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of provision of additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) to open an ASD Class; the timeframe for delivery; and if she...
- Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Programme for Government will commit to legislation which enables future generations of children to attend a Gaelscoil or a...
- Child Abuse
566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if redress is available for people who suffered physical and mental abuse in school; if so, the conditions of this redress; and if not, when...
- Appointments to State Boards
567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under her remit since 1 November 2024. [46924/24]
- School Accommodation
568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the Drogheda educate together secondary school project on the Mill Road in east Meath, which has been delayed for a considerable...
- Schools Building Projects
570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) was first notified formally or informally of proposals to move to a premises off Thomas Omer Way; and if she...
- School Transport
573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport service (details supplied) will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1042/25]
- School Facilities
574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding or grants are available for all weather play areas, such as astro turf facilities for primary schools in Kerry; if so, when...
- Special Educational Needs
577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the refusal of an assistant technology grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Data
578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of the schools in counties Dublin, Wicklow, Carlow, Laois, Offaly, Kildare and Meath undertaking the transition year programme in the...
- Schools Building Projects
579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction is likely to commence on a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1069/25]
- Special Educational Needs
580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific steps that are being taken by her to ensure that children on the autistic spectrum and other children with special educational needs...
- School Facilities
581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency application for a school (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1073/25]
- School Staff
582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher (details supplied) is not recognised at the correct salary scale despite having a recognised masters and the relevant...
- School Transport
583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1099/25]
- Schools Building Projects
584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 5 November 2024, with the report in relation to the extra funding requested for the foundations...
- School Facilities
585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in place to repair the roof of a school (details supplied); if so, when these repairs will commence; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of any forthcoming ASD units; the units under development in planning for any primary schools in Howth or surrounding areas;...
- School Accommodation
587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing a new school building for a school (details supplied), given current capacity issues and the lack of facilities;...
- Education and Training Boards
588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on funding to Education and Training Boards; and if she will make a statement on recruitment and teaching hours....
- State Examinations
589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details on the exemptions from sitting examinations in Irish (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation
590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the construction of the sanctioned autism classes for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a timeline for opening of a school (details supplied) as planning permission has been granted by Fingal County Council; and if she...
- School Accommodation
592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what planning her Department has undertaken or will be undertaking to meet the schooling needs of the Balbriggan community given the plans for...
- Schools Building Projects
594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress her Department has made to progress the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will...
- School Transport
597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can engage with the school transport section to help liaise with Bus Éireann to re-locate the Ballyboughal school bus stop as the...
- Special Educational Needs
598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what supports exist for children who use braille in schools; if there are plans to increase support for children using braille; the number of...
- School Admissions
599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the catchment area of a school can extend past the border of its school planning area; if she will consider amending a school planning area...
- School Staff
600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to guarantee an immediate implementation of pensions for school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Data
601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of all primary schools located in Cork north central, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1276/25]
- School Facilities
604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to introduce funding streams or grants, of approximately €50,000, for schools for medium-to-large-scale projects, such...
- Schools Building Projects
606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding her Department’s direction for the relocation of a primary school (details supplied), if there has been engagement with the...
- Special Educational Needs
609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding has yet to be provided to a school (details supplied) to provide ASD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Facilities
612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reports requested, commissioned, or otherwise received by her Department relating to building defects at a school (details supplied); if...
- Schools Building Projects
615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details of the status and timelines for all school building projects in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1384/25]
- School Transport
616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the number of school bus routes still not in operation, including details of the areas and schools serviced by these routes and...
- Special Educational Needs
618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a special class (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1463/25]
- School Facilities
620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) will be able to proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1504/25]
- Teaching Qualifications
621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration she has given to the condensing of the Professional Masters in Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1522/25]
- School Accommodation
622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the ongoing delays to the construction and opening of a new ASD unit in a school (details supplied); the timeline for completion...
- School Funding
623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the overall costs associated with the purchase and installation of prefabricated classrooms at a school (details supplied); associated...
- Schools Building Projects
624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in providing permanent school buildings for a school (details supplied); to outline where the process currently stands;...
- Artificial Intelligence
625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department and agencies under the aegis of her Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department...
- Special Educational Needs
626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1633/25]
- School Transport
627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will work with Bus Éireann to amend the rules to allow those over 70 years-of-age continue to drive school busses, subject to annual...
- School Accommodation
628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can provide an update on the need for an ASD unit in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Facilities
629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on local authorities not gritting outside schools during cold weather spells; if she will examine the matter; if she will examine the...
- Schools Building Projects
630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the plan and timeline for moving a school (details supplied) to its new location in Stillorgan. [1702/25]
- School Curriculum
632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the introduction of the two new pilot subjects for the Leaving Certificate (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned development of a school (details supplied); and the timetable for completion of this project. [1706/25]
- School Staff
634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an issue with regard to sick leave will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1707/25]
- Special Educational Needs
635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further resources will be provided to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1708/25]
- Schools Refurbishment
636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a rural school (details supplied) would be eligible for a whole school building upgrade rather than relying on constant emergency works...
- Special Educational Needs
638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the capacity to cater for children with special needs in the education system in Kerry; the number of special needs classes...
- Departmental Properties
640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by her Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular...
- Schools Building Projects
641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a full update on the proposed new school building as part of the amalgamation of schools (details supplied); when a planning application will...
- School Staff
642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on school secretary pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1796/25]
- Schools Building Projects
643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the provision of two classrooms at a school (details supplied). [1804/25]
- State Examinations
648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to move the marking scheme for the Junior Certificate to grades at a 10% interval, similar to what currently applies for the Leaving...
- Official Travel
649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by her and her accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers...
- Schools Building Projects
650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional accommodation project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1875/25]
- School Staff
651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the number of primary school teachers employed in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; the number...
- School Enrolments
654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school students enrolled in Kerry schools in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1894/25]
- Schools Building Projects
656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated timeline for the new permanent school buildings for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- School Management
658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has issued any guidance to secondary schools on students access to bathrooms during class periods; and her views on the...
- Special Educational Needs
659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special classes in mainstream primary and secondary schools in each county, for the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form;...
- Schools Building Projects
660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a design team has been appointed for a school; the next steps in advancing a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- School Accommodation
661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will issue in respect of a proposal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1988/25]
- Site Acquisitions
662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that DEIS status will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1989/25]
- School Accommodation
663. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (detailed supplied) will be better supported in improving its facilities; if they are noted as requiring funding for the replacement...
- State Examinations
664. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will work with the State Examinations Commission on introducing extra time for students with dyslexia in their Junior and Leaving...
- Educational Disadvantage
665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be considered for DEIS due to the financially difficulties that a number of students face; and if she will...
- School Transport
666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school transport places available in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1999/25]
- Education Policy
667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will change to the manner in which her Department assesses the demand for Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí, widening the...
- Irish Language
668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a Gaelcholáiste in Cherrywood, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2012/25]
- Departmental Contracts
669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the...
- Housing Provision
671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider provision of accommodation for younger/newer teachers, particularly in Dublin and areas where the cost of accommodation is...
- School Facilities
672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a scheme for the acquisition, over time, of the school buildings of non-fee paying schools so that they can be made...
- Schools Building Projects
673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an extension project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2086/25]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tourist Accommodation
677. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current number of registered short-term lets (details supplied), by local area, in tabular form. [1962/25]
- Departmental Funding
678. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants available to a community group to assist with the cost of a yearly musical festival; the terms involved; and if she...
- Departmental Staff
679. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of civil servants in her Department, and in agencies under the aegis of her Department, who were on career break in...
- Tourism Promotion
683. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Tourism Ireland will run an advertisement campaign early in 2025 at the subway stations throughout New York. [46400/24]
- State Bodies
684. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of WTE social media executives employed by Fáilte Ireland in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [46401/24]
- Just Transition
685. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an extension beyond 13 January will be applied to submissions for the Just Transition applications through Fáilte Ireland....
- Sports Funding
686. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to give favourable consideration to a review of an appeal by a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Sports Facilities
687. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to give favourable consideration to an appeal by a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46642/24]
- Departmental Funding
688. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants that are available for arts collectives; and if officials in her Department could contact an organisation (details...
- Irish Language
689. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the requirements for having State identification documents, for example, passport, public services card, driver's...
- State Bodies
690. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under her remit since 1 November 2024. [46937/24]
- Sports Funding
691. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the scoring criteria applied when allocating funding in the most recent tranche of the Large-Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund....
- Tourism Industry
694. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update with regard to the Books of Innisfallen potentially being relocated to Ireland (details supplied); and if she...
- Sports Funding
695. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether her Department provides any grant aid or funding to assist a sports club in acquisition of land; and if she will make a...
- Tourism Promotion
696. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount that Failte Ireland spent on the most recent Winter in Dublin advertisement campaign. [1412/25]
- Artificial Intelligence
697. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department and agencies under the aegis of her Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within...
- Sports Funding
698. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline any grants available through her Department to assist a sports club in developing a five-year development plan. [1642/25]
- Departmental Properties
699. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by her Department where that address is located in Dublin,...
- Departmental Funding
700. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to urgently address the lack of available funding for dancers who have made it to the World Cup, but who have to forfeit their...
- Official Travel
701. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by her and their accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight,...
- Sports Facilities
702. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline what measures have been taken to improve sporting facilities in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Contracts
703. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland,...
- Sports Funding
705. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans for another round of sports capital grants this year; the possible timeframe involved; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Staff
706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in...
- Defective Building Materials
709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider an expansion to the mica redress scheme to allow for non-principal primary residences to be included...
- Housing Policy
710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the decision of a local authority to withdraw the one adult and one child rate of HAP from separated parents with part...
- Local Authorities
711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the budgeted level of funding provided to each local authority through the Local Government Fund for 2025. [46335/24]
- Departmental Reports
712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Q3 social and affordable housing delivery report will be published. [46343/24]
- Departmental Funding
713. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status the interim fire safety defects funding; if funding has now been approved; the amount and for what projects; and...
- Departmental Reviews
715. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to conduct a review of the financing and delivery of cost rental schemes and the rent setting of these schemes in light of the...
- Housing Schemes
716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants is currently suspended (i.e., for December); if so, the reason...
- State Bodies
717. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total of new positions sanctioned by An Bord Pleanála in the past six months; the positions granted; the cost...
- Insurance Industry
718. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he agrees that Uisce Éireann should be held accountable for the claims it is responsible for, to ensure that people...
- Fire Service
719. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Dublin Fire Brigade teams will start carrying naloxone with them; if they will replicate the training programme for Cork...
- Interest Rates
720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine the case of the Housing Finance Agency interest rate adjustments (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Local Authorities
721. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to reinstate the town councils to places such as Tralee, Killarney and Listowel in Kerry; if he will...
- Housing Schemes
722. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide additional funding for affordable and social housing in County Kerry; if he will introduce a scheme of low-cost...
- Local Area Plans
723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the engagement with Dublin City Council in relation to Martin Savage Park and the cessation of a Part 8...
- Commercial Rates
724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine the massive increase in commercial rates whereby, in a large number of cases, they have doubled, trebled and...
- Defective Building Materials
725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if refunds through the multi-unit development defects remediation scheme will be made available to residents who are unable to...
- Postal Voting
728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will update the voting process to make it easier for people to register for a postal vote; if he will extend the list of...
- Departmental Funding
730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be made available in 2025 to Uisce Éireann in order for the utility to provide new connections...
- Departmental Data
732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people listed as homeless in Westmeath in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [46723/24]
- Derelict Sites
734. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of derelict properties in Westmeath in 2023 and 2024. [46725/24]
- Homeless Persons Supports
736. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any new programmes being implemented in Longford-Westmeath to address the level of homelessness. [46728/24]
- Housing Provision
737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new homes built in Westmeath in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [46730/24]
- Housing Policy
739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is currently a limit on the amount of surplus funds housing cooperatives may have at the end of a financial year; and...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on plans that the National Parks and Wildlife Service have to open new offices in Corofin, County...
- Rental Sector
741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the ending of tenant in situ scheme funding to local authorities, like Galway City Council; if he will...
- International Agreements
742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his position with regard to Ireland’s membership of the Antarctic Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vacant Sites
743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant sites on registers, by local authority, in 2023; the amount levied; the amount collected; and the amount...
- Homeless Accommodation
744. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children who entered homeless accommodation in Cork in 2024. [46811/24]
- Departmental Data
745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people who passed away while rough sleeping in 2024, by county. [46812/24]
- Housing Provision
746. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the delivery of homes at St. Kevin’s Hospital. [46818/24]
- Referendum Campaigns
747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the referendum on water. [46820/24]
- Housing Schemes
748. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review a Croí Cónaithe grant application (details supplied) and provide clarity or direction in relation to it;...
- Housing Policy
749. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to increase the targets for affordable housing for Cork city and Cork County Council. [46844/24]
- Housing Provision
750. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider funding the regeneration of the flats at Togher (Cherry Tree Road, Clashduv Road, Maple Place, Sycamore...
- Defective Building Materials
753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the per unit cost provided to local authorities for retrofitting of local authority housing. [46848/24]
- Local Area Plans
755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the documents he has personally reviewed regarding the Cork Event Centre in relation to potential land acquisition...
- Departmental Schemes
757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made in relation to an NPWS farm plan scheme application submitted by a person in County Mayo (details...
- Departmental Data
759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024. [46931/24]
- Urban Development
760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a full update on the Westgate Vision application for Drogheda, which will revitalise the centre of Drogheda; and if he...
- Housing Schemes
761. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the new incentives or grants that been introduced for those building passive or log cabin homes; the schemes that are...
- Fire Stations
762. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a full update on the progress made to deliver a new state-of-the-art fire station in Dunleer; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Data
764. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the nationality of each person currently registered as homeless in Ireland today. [1063/25]
- Development Contributions
765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans, if any, to extend further the development contribution fees waiver, following the extension that was made to 31...
- National Monuments
766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide all the information in relation to the recording of a standing stone (details supplied); the date it was notified...
- Wildlife Regulations
767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans that are in place to eliminate wandering deer from roads in Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Energy Policy
768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options that are available to older people who can no longer use the housing aid for older people grant to buy a new...
- Local Authorities
769. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of additional powers granted to local authorities and the number of powers removed from local authorities over the...
- Planning Issues
770. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on planned revisions to the Rural Planning Guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Schemes
771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the factors used to determine the property price ceilings for the first home scheme by local authority area; if he would...
- Housing Policy
772. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to provide for a new local infrastructure housing activation fund or similar measure; and if he will make a...
- Cybersecurity Policy
774. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures taken by his Department and by local authorities to address cybersecurity; if he is satisfied as to the level of...
- Artificial Intelligence
775. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence within...
- Invasive Species Policy
776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details on plans to ensure that cherry laurel which has been removed from the Glen of the Downs does not regrow in...
- Urban Development
778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the regeneration of Pearse House, Pearse Street, Dublin 2, will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Schemes
779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide assurances that the issues impacting the Oscar Traynor Woods developments will not be mirrored in housing...
- Rental Sector
781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties acquired under the cost rental and tenant-in-situ schemes, in each local authority; the number of...
- Waterways Issues
786. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish one agency to manage the river Shannon. [1428/25]
- National Parks
788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to deliver a national park in County Meath; the progress made in this regard since lands were purchased at...
- Wind Energy Generation
789. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the development of new windfarm development guidelines; the reason for the ongoing delay in publishing same;...
- Housing Schemes
792. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of housing units delivered under the affordable purchase scheme in each county in each of the past five...
- Vacant Properties
797. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of persons who have applied for the vacant property refurbishment grant in each local authority in each of...
- Housing Schemes
803. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants available to convert a town centre premises to a residential unit. [1640/25]
- Local Authorities
805. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing maintenance workers that currently work for Cork County Council; the measures his Department is taking...
- Departmental Properties
810. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in...
- Housing Schemes
811. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider increasing the income thresholds for applicants for social housing supports (details supplied). [1793/25]
- National Cultural Institutions
812. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposal to reinter on Omey Island a number of skeletal remains removed from the island and understood...
- Official Travel
813. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and their accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including...
- National Monuments
814. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the position in respect of Chapter 4 (188) of the Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous...
- Housing Provision
816. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the social housing waiting list in Kerry, in tabular form; how many children are on the list; and if...
- Housing Schemes
817. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of the HAP payment in county Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a...
- Derelict Sites
818. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his intention to address the issue of dereliction in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1898/25]
- Vacant Properties
819. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to address the issue of vacancy in County Kerry; the measures he is taking to encourage increased registration of vacant...
- Local Authorities
820. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE vacant homes officers employed, by local authority, in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1901/25]
- Housing Provision
822. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of targets for Kerry for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and for each year out to 2030, in tabular...
- Departmental Data
824. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who are homeless in County Kerry; to provide a breakdown of the number of homeless persons in County...
- Departmental Contracts
825. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in...
- Defective Building Materials
827. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to address a number of issues in relation to the defective concrete block scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Housing Schemes
830. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority mortgages approved in 2024 and drawn down in 2024; the average amount approved; and the average...
- Housing Provision
831. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Q4 2024 social and affordable housing delivery figures will be published; and to provide a breakdown of these figures...
- Traveller Accommodation
832. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new accommodation units provided in 2024 through the Traveller accommodation programme funding, with a breakdown...
- Defective Building Materials
833. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the increases to the cap and square foot rates of the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme have been fully...
- Housing Provision
834. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position with a new housing scheme in Kildare south (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Schemes
835. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position with a new housing scheme in Kildare south (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Waterways Issues
836. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current option with a project in south Kildare (details supplied); the expected opening date; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
837. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the financial assistance available to a local authority to develop a project (details supplied) in Kildare south; and if he...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Appeals
838. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting times for applications for disability allowance, carer's allowance and appeals; the work her Department...
- Departmental Staff
839. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of civil servants in her Department, and in agencies under the aegis of her Department, who were on career break...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
842. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46264/24]
- Pension Provisions
843. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who is 25% short on reckonable contributions, should experience a significant...
- Tax Data
844. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional revenue that would be generated if the 11.05% employer's PRSI rate was increased to 13.5% on the...
- School Meals Programme
845. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the rates for breakfast increased from 75c to €1 per person, cold lunch increased from...
- Tax Data
846. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employers paying employee's PRSI with more than 380 employees. [46372/24]
- Departmental Expenditure
847. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount carried over by her Department's allocation in 2023. [46373/24]
- Departmental Staff
848. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed by her Department at each grade of executive officer and above, by gender, in tabular form....
- Social Welfare Payments
849. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of disability allowance and State pension (contributory) as of November 2024; and the total spent on...
- Social Welfare Appeals
850. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46461/24]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
851. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review correspondence (details supplied); if she has any plans review the assessment when it comes to fuel allowance based...
- Social Welfare Appeals
852. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a jobseeker's allowance appeal for a person (details supplied). [46538/24]
- Pension Provisions
853. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the contributory pension case of a person (details supplied). [46550/24]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
855. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered extending a stamp to foster carers to allow them to have PRSI benefits; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Properties
856. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of premises her Department rents in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal; if all premises are currently in use by her...
- Social Welfare Appeals
857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures her Department is taking to shorten the waiting times for appeals for carer’s allowance and other...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
858. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will abolish the requirement of a means test for Irish citizens in order that they may qualify for a carer’s...
- Flood Relief Schemes
859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance will be provided to the flood victims in Listowel and Killocrim, County Kerry, as a matter of extreme urgency,...
- Social Welfare Appeals
860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of the appeal; and if she will make a statement on...
- Community Employment Schemes
861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Community Employment participants who earn over €20,000 per year due to dependent status are to be included the new...
- Pension Provisions
862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she agrees that those who have been paid a carer's allowance by the State should qualify for the contributory State...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
864. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to abolish the means test for the carer’s allowance; the timeline for same; and whether this will include...
- Gender Recognition
865. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the annual report under section 6 of the Gender Recognition Act for 2023 will be published. [46843/24]
- Departmental Staff
866. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to details how much training is provided to Departmental staff answering phone calls from the public; what that training...
- Social Welfare Payments
867. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has in place a time limit for the carrying out of investigations into overpayments; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
868. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for fuel allowance given they are 82 years of age and require the support. [46909/24]
- Appointments to State Boards
869. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under her remit since 1 November 2024....
- Social Welfare Eligibility
870. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps being taken to ensure that individuals facing life-limiting illnesses are not burdened by unnecessary bureaucratic...
- Social Welfare Appeals
872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied). [1043/25]
- Fuel Poverty
877. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied). [1251/25]
- School Meals Programme
878. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review an aspect of the school meals scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Widow's Pension
879. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasoning behind excluding people under the age of 66 years from receiving the living alone increase when they are...
- Social Welfare Appeals
880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer’s allowance will be approved as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [1377/25]
- Grant Payments
882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the payment of the grant that covers the provision of hair wigs for cancer and alopecia suffers, with a...
- Pension Provisions
886. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the rules around residency for the State pension (non-contributory); the minimum number of days that a person must...
- Social Welfare Appeals
887. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Employment Schemes
889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to urgently address the criteria for qualifying to participate in community employment schemes (details supplied); and if she...
- School Meals Programme
890. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a recent article (details supplied) which raises a number of concerns about the operation...
- Social Welfare Appeals
892. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer’s allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
894. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that recipients of partial capacity benefit who have transitioned from invalidity pension are excluded from the...
- Artificial Intelligence
895. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department and agencies under the aegis of her Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI)...
- Pension Provisions
897. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1654/25]
- Grant Payments
898. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether there are any rental stipulations for a community organisation seeking to apply for the workplace adaptation grant;...
- Poverty Data
900. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the tools or metrics her Department uses to measure poverty in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1717/25]
- Departmental Properties
902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by her Department where that address is located in...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
903. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a copy of the findings and costings produced by her Department officials in respect of abolishing the...
- Social Welfare Rates
904. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to explain the Government’s intentions in respect of its draft Programme for Government commitment to progressively...
- Official Travel
905. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by her and her accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including...
- Social Welfare Payments
906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each county in receipt of the carer’s support grant in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to...
- Departmental Contracts
907. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in...
- Community Welfare Services
909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that adequate personnel are assigned at local level to administer community welfare services and ensure as...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
910. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will also outline to the person directly...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Immigration Support Services
911. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has been made aware of access issues with the new online immigration application system; if there are plans to address...
- Departmental Staff
912. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil servants in her Department, and in agencies under the aegis of her Department, who were on career break in...
- An Garda Síochána
915. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of metal detectors currently owned by An Garda Síochána. [46291/24]
- Visa Applications
921. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46313/24]
- Citizenship Applications
922. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to change the fees charged for citizenship through naturalisation. [46314/24]
- An Garda Síochána
924. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 790 of 5 November 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
- Road Traffic Offences
929. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge notices that have been issued to people using e-scooters inappropriately since the new laws on...
- An Garda Síochána
930. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the age profile of the Garda vehicle fleet in the Westmeath division. [46375/24]
- Policing Authority
934. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to publish the Policing Authority report on Garda public order policing arising from the serious public order...
- An Garda Síochána
935. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to Meath roads policing unit as of 6 December 2024. [46407/24]
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
946. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women’s refuges, per county; the capacity of these refuges; if there are enough spaces in them for women...
- Prison Service
951. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently incarcerated due to drug-related offences or addiction-related issues, per prison, in tabular...
- Departmental Funding
955. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason funding was refused for the child development centre in Kildare; whether this can be funded in another way; and if...
- Domestic Violence
957. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of emergency calls to An Garda Síochána reporting domestic abuse during 2024. [46534/24]
- Prison Service
958. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1156 of 9 September 2024, to provide an update on each of the 12 actions and works she...
- European Union
959. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of her engagement with the European Union Home Affairs Committee in December 2024; and if she will make a...
- Asylum Applications
960. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will be supporting at European Union level the processing of asylum and international protection applications in a safe...
- An Garda Síochána
961. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to County Offaly for each year from 2021 to date in 2024, by rank, in tabular form; and if...
- Visa Applications
962. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46575/24]
- An Garda Síochána
963. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide Garda numbers for the K district versus other districts in DMR West per 10,000 population. [46612/24]
- Departmental Data
964. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide crime statistics for the K district versus other districts in DMR West in 2024. [46613/24]
- An Garda Síochána
966. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures An Garda Síochána are taking to curb the increase in robberies involving rifling through cars or...
- International Protection
967. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details on the pausing of international protection applications and associated family reunification applications...
- Visa Applications
968. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a family reunification visa applications of two persons (details supplied). [46672/24]
- Departmental Administrative Arrangements
972. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the removal of security clearance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Prison Service
973. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on future plans for the old Cork Prison site. [46817/24]
- Racial Profiling
974. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the case of a person (details supplied), the actions that will be taken to tackle homophobic and xenophobic...
- Visa Applications
975. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will instruct her Department to provide support to people from Gaza who have lost almost all their immediate families...
- Citizenship Applications
976. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to ensure that citizenship applications are not facing disproportionate delays based on the...
- Family Reunification
978. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the review of the family reunion policy, including timelines and salary thresholds. [46902/24]
- Departmental Staff
979. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under her remit since 1 November 2024. [46932/24]
- An Garda Síochána
980. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by An Garda Síochána on consultancy services, in total, for each of the past ten years and on what...
- Visa Applications
982. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the visa application for a person (details supplied) regarding family reunification; and if she will make a...
- National Security
984. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons listed on the Register of Specified Information, maintained by the Chief Bureau Officer of the National...
- Visa Applications
987. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether she has engaged with her ministerial counterparts, or other relevant authorities, in the United Kingdom and in Northern...
- An Garda Síochána
988. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has received a completed report from a judge (details supplied) into the operation of the Garda Youth...
- Family Reunification
989. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a family reunification application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [1112/25]
- Citizenship Applications
990. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the citizenship entitlements of a person (details supplied) and the alternatives to citizenship if that is not...
- Work Permits
991. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the permit for a person (details supplied) will be issued. [1130/25]
- Naturalisation Applications
992. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the naturalisation of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1155/25]
- Citizenship Applications
993. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of two citizenship applications (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1178/25]
- Legislative Reviews
994. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any review of the Courts of Justice Act 1924 will address the outdated language used in section 88(3)(d) of that Act; and if...
- Visa Agreements
995. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify any regulations surrounding an individual who has overstayed a visa in Ireland but has subsequently left the...
- Travel Documents
996. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals who have arrived in Ireland at any port of entry, including Dublin Airport, without valid travel...
- Asylum Seekers
997. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the work her Department is conducting with respect to implementing the EU Asylum and Migration Pact;...
- Immigration Policy
998. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of her Department’s engagements in 2024 on the issue of reducing the numbers of persons entering...
- International Protection
1000. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times gardaí have been called to the International Protection Office in Mount Street, Dublin in 2023 and...
- An Garda Síochána
1001. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank attached to Limerick Divisional Protective Services Unit as 3 January 2025; and if she will...
- Domestic Violence
1002. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the proposed development of a domestic violence refuge in County Monaghan; the proposed location for...
- Family Reunification
1003. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of applications for family reunification by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
1004. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to Rosslare Europort at year end for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and...
- Immigration Policy
1005. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of projects with which her Department is currently engaged under the immigrant investor programme; and if she will...
- Visa Applications
1007. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an urgent update on the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- An Garda Síochána
1008. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána currently assigned to the F and W districts in the Dublin Metropolitan...
- Family Reunification
1009. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any plans to change the rules in relation to family reunification applications; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Staff
1010. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will approve for the post of police liaison support officer to be based at the Irish embassy in Canberra. [1418/25]
- An Garda Síochána
1012. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been made available in 2025 to purchase additional larger horsebox vehicles for the Garda mounted unit. [1420/25]
- Gambling Sector
1013. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the licensing regulations regarding poker tournaments with prize money in excess of €50,000; and if there are any plans...
- Legislative Measures
1014. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to introducing legislation to restrict and control the supply of materials that can be used...
- An Garda Síochána
1015. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the strength of the Garda traffic unit in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Citizenship Ceremonies
1017. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next citizenship ceremony will take place; and the location where this ceremony will be held. [1472/25]
- An Garda Síochána
1018. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new recruitment campaign to join An Garda Síochána will be launched before the end of Q1, 2025; the number of...
- Departmental Investigations
1019. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if calls from the survivors of and the families impacted by the Stardust tragedy, including the calls to open a fresh...
- An Garda Síochána
1020. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in each of the Cork stations, by rank, in tabular form. [1488/25]
- Citizenship Applications
1021. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether she can guarantee that all documentation has been submitted in respect of an application for citizenship by a person...
- Residency Permits
1022. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a PLC course can be attended by a person (details supplied) in the Institute of Further and Higher Education in Carlow,...
- Artificial Intelligence
1023. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department and agencies under the aegis of her Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI)...
- DNA Database
1024. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 926 of 20 March 2024, to provide an update as the person’s solicitor has not been...
- Independent Review Mechanism
1025. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 27 and 44 of 26 September 2024, the status of the letter she wrote to the Oireachtas...
- Visa Applications
1026. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to consider measures to facilitate emergency visitor visas for grieving non-EU family members in the event of the death of a...
- National Security
1027. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she, or any officials in her Department, have received any official reports or briefings from agencies of the State since...
- International Protection
1028. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for international protection before April given...
- Residency Permits
1029. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a stamp 1G extension application can be approved for a person (details supplied). [1666/25]
- An Garda Síochána
1030. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of Gardaí for Cork city and county in January 2024; the number of Gardaí in Cork city and county...
- Legislative Measures
1034. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her proposal to ban face coverings at protests will be an outright ban, as per the proposal in the draft Programme for...
- Freedom of Speech
1035. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the proposal contained within the draft Programme for Government to ‘consider’ a ban on...
- Drug Dealing
1036. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the proposal contained within the draft Programme for Government to “review the sentences for those...
- Prison Service
1037. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the proposal contained within the draft Programme for Government to “expand existing prison capacity...
- Coroners Service
1038. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the proposal contained within the draft Programme for Government to enact legislation to establish a modern,...
- An Garda Síochána
1039. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a timeframe for the recruitment of additional reservists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1743/25]
- Departmental Properties
1041. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by her Department where that address is located in...
- An Garda Síochána
1042. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Laois Garda Division as of 9 January 2025; and a comparable figure...
- Courts Service
1043. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will take steps to create a dedicated court for serious sexual trials so that trials can be "specially fixed", thereby...
- Legal Aid
1044. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will give a timeline for the full reinstatement of criminal legal aid fees; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Official Travel
1045. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by her and her accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including...
- Visa Applications
1046. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [1879/25]
- Domestic Violence
1047. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality number of domestic abuse refuge beds in Kerry in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [1884/25]
- An Garda Síochána
1048. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile liaison officers, by rank, attached to the Kerry Garda division in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to...
- Restorative Justice
1053. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures taken to roll out the voluntary restorative justice programme; what additional measures, if any, will be taken as...
- Legislative Measures
1054. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details on the Government's proposals to legislate for the removal of guardianship rights from guardians who have...
- Legal Aid
1056. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an updated timeline for the Civil Legal Aid Review; and when she expects it to be concluded and the report...
- An Garda Síochána
1058. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current level of gardaí and Civil Service staff in each Garda station, by rank, in tabular form. [2027/25]
- Departmental Contracts
1059. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in...
- Work Permits
1061. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who is on Stamp 1G critical skills permit is allowed a grace period if made redundant or dismissed after six...
- Citizenship Applications
1062. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting times for citizenship applications in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Human Trafficking
1063. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons trafficked into Ireland in each year for which figures are available since 2015; her views on whether...
- Misuse of Drugs
1064. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the estimation by An Garda Síochána of the market value of the most commonly found substances...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
1066. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the acquisition of large tracts of mountain land, by the State, with a view to afforesting them, particularly...
- Agriculture Schemes
1067. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to connect the schemes of payment between ACRES and organic subsidy schemes, as some farmers are having...
- Departmental Staff
1068. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department ran new technical agricultural officer competitions in 2024, when there were existing candidates on the...
- Agriculture Schemes
1072. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if allowances are available to a person (details supplied); if allowances are given in such circumstances for minor discrepancies;...
- Departmental Staff
1074. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated WTE costs to recruit two additional senior archaeologists grade 1 to his Department. [46295/24]
- Forestry Sector
1075. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications made to the climate action performance payment (CAPP) scheme; the number of disallowed or refused...
- Departmental Staff
1077. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff employed by his Department at each grade of executive officer and above, by gender, in tabular form. [46402/24]
- Harbours and Piers
1078. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to prioritise funding for the slipway at Renard Pier, County Kerry, to facilitate a larger ferry and the increasing number of...
- Fishing Industry
1079. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will bring to an immediate end the practice of pair trawling; if the six-mile limit will be reinstated (details supplied); and...
- Agriculture Schemes
1080. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the processing of various agriculture schemes considering that, currently, where applicants that are approved...
- Animal Breeding
1081. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the grants awarded and paid to an organisation (details supplied). [46877/24]
- Weather Events
1082. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether there is a compensation scheme available for farmers who suffered losses during the recent storms, including loss of stock,...
- Agriculture Schemes
1083. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next ACRES payment run for the year 2023 will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46891/24]
- Appointments to State Boards
1084. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024. [46921/24]
- Control of Horses
1085. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to address the issue of unchipped horses wandering in urban settings; and if he will make a...
- Wildlife Regulations
1089. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans that are in place to eliminate wandering deer from roads in Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Fishing Industry
1090. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on the public consultation on trawling activity inside the six-nautical-mile zone is due; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Sector
1091. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on a compensation scheme for forestry affected by a disease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Greyhound Industry
1093. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing and trials in 2024 and to date in 2025, with a breakdown into type of injury; the date...
- Horse Racing Industry
1095. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out by Horse Racing Ireland in 2024 to hunts in point-to-point racing grants, by name of hunt and exact amounts....
- Animal Slaughtering
1096. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of thoroughbred horses slaughtered in 2024; the reasons for the slaughters; and the locations of the killings. [1315/25]
- Greyhound Industry
1097. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will follow the example of New Zealand and phase out greyhound racing in Ireland in light of the ongoing injuries and deaths...
- Fishing Industry
1099. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected publication date for the results of the public consultation on trawling activity inside the six nautical mile zone and...
- Agriculture Supports
1100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding or schemes available to deal with cutting and clearing ash dieback from a residential premises; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Sector
1101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 323 of 17 November 2022 and 601 of 22 November 2022, the additional measures that have been...
- Agriculture Industry
1103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the age profile of those employed in agriculture; the measures he has put in place to encourage younger people into farming and the...
- Common Agricultural Policy
1104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the priorities of the Government in relation to negotiations on the next Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement...
- Animal Culls
1105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 24 October 2024, to provide an update on the appointment of a deer management programme...
- Animal Welfare
1106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will carry out a welfare check on horses at a location (details supplied). [1380/25]
- Departmental Schemes
1107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme to support farmers who have suffered non-residential property damage during the storm period in early...
- Agriculture Schemes
1108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1390/25]
- Animal Diseases
1110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the TB supports in place for farmers affected when the higher rates of compensation will come into effect; and if he will make a...
- Artificial Intelligence
1111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the...
- Agriculture Schemes
1112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on farm payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1648/25]
- Departmental Properties
1114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin,...
- Agriculture Supports
1115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment of the €100 per ha tillage assistance payment to tillage farmers. [1805/25]
- Agriculture Schemes
1116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider reinstating the grant aid for dribble bar technology under TAMS. [1806/25]
- Official Travel
1117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight,...
- Forestry Sector
1118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1252 of 9 September 2024, if a further update will be provided on the matter (details...
- Education Schemes
1119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support for the three-year MX101 (Marine Experience101) "Island of Ireland" pilot programme with the Atlantic Youth Trust...
- Agriculture Supports
1120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department suspended payments to farmers in early December 2024; if payments to farmers have commenced in 2025; and...
- Nitrates Usage
1121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken to date, and proposals advanced, regarding the need to retain the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes
1122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that all valid 2023/2024 applications for ACRES are finalised, and payments issued without delay; and if he will...
- Departmental Contracts
1123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland,...
- Horse Racing Industry
1125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses from the horse racing industry were sent to slaughter in 2024; to outline where horses are now being sent to...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Housing Schemes
1127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total cost of the rapid-build homes at Haywood Road, Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
- Ukraine War
1128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is intended to extend the accommodation recognition payment for hosting refugees from Ukraine beyond 31...
- Foreign Conflicts
1129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth given that Ireland currently does not have an agreement to internationally adopt children from Palestine, if he...
- Disability Services
1130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the vacant positions in all the CDNTs around the State; the efforts being made to fill these...
- Third Level Education
1131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the Funding Our Future policy, published by the Government in May 2022; the current...
- International Protection
1132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will take urgent action in relation to the international protection applicants temporarily...
- Departmental Staff
1133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on...
- Childcare Services
1136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps a parent can take when there are no childcare places for children under two years in Mullingar even...
- Disabilities Assessments
1137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine a matter regarding a delay in an assessment of needs assessment for a child (details supplied); what...
- Departmental Funding
1138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of Government funding received by an organisation (details supplied) in 2024; the remit of the...
- Disabilities Assessments
1139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Juvenile Offenders
1140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the issues caused by a lack of beds available in youth detention centres (details supplied);...
- International Protection
1141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an inventory of buildings currently being used in County Clare for the provision of...
- Departmental Staff
1143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies, by grade, currently within his Department; and the estimated timeframe for filling...
- Disabilities Assessments
1144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for an assessment of needs in Tipperary in 2023 and up to November 2024, in...
- Child and Family Agency
1146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the services that are being provided by Tusla at a HSE facility at Garranes, Carrigtwohill, County Cork. [46424/24]
- Disability Services
1147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children aged 0 to 18 years who are waiting for first-time intervention in all areas of early...
- Family Resource Centres
1151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a number of matters related to funding for a support centre (details supplied) will be examined. [46463/24]
- Parental Leave
1152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending paternity leave to longer than two weeks. [46464/24]
- Emergency Accommodation
1153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will urgently provide appropriate accommodation for a pregnant mother and her daughter...
- International Protection
1154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will allow the residents of Dolcain House, Dublin 22, to remain there rather than being sent to...
- Gender Equality
1155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth besides gender pay gap reporting, what steps his Department is taking to close the gender pay gap; and how his...
- Childcare Services
1156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures Government is taking to support single mothers in balancing work and caregiving responsibilities,...
- Gender Equality
1157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s top priorities for advancing women’s rights in the next five years. [46497/24]
- Disability Services
1165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the pilots for enhanced in-school therapy supports in the 16 special schools in...
- Childcare Services
1169. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what supports his Department can provide to a group (details supplied) in County Galway in its efforts to...
- Disability Services
1170. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans he has in place to address the shocking respite care services in County Kerry, especially for those...
- Legislative Reviews
1171. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has undertaken a formal review of the operation of section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and...
- Human Rights
1172. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has approved the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Code of Practice on the Public Sector...
- Disability Services
1173. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child in Donegal (details supplied) will receive an appointment for speech and language therapy and an...
- Disabilities Assessments
1175. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on a waiting list for assessment of need in County Waterford; and the average length of...
- Disability Services
1177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing levels and vacancies for relevant children’s disability network teams covering County...
- Disabilities Assessments
1179. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assessment of needs for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services
1180. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if speech therapy will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Programmes
1182. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the targeted measures that are in place in Westmeath and Longford to support foreign nationals who are facing...
- Health Services
1186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current provision of occupational therapy available in County Monaghan for, separately, adult and children...
- Public Sector Pay
1188. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the organisation confirmed it has...
- Public Inquiries
1189. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the need to hold a public inquiry into the circumstances of the tragic death of a 14-year-old girl...
- Assisted Decision-Making
1190. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review matters (details supplied) regarding the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; to provide...
- Health Services
1191. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite requests refused, by month and county, in adult disability, older persons’ and...
- Disability Services
1194. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons accessing disability services in the community in County Meath. [46824/24]
- Health Services
1195. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and name of services that are dedicated to persons living with neurological disabilities in County...
- Disability Services
1196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the respite services available to persons with neurological disabilities in County Meath. [46826/24]
- Psychological Assessments
1198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a psychology session tailored for a 14-year-old ASD student (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he...
- Departmental Funding
1199. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the funding available under the play and recreation scheme for 2025; and if consideration will be...
- Health Services Staff
1200. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing composition of HSE speech and language services, including the number of managers and therapists,...
- Departmental Data
1201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in Dublin West that are eligible for core funding; the number signed up for...
- Appointments to State Boards
1202. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1...
- Departmental Regulations
1203. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any regulation around crèches asking for deposits or holding fees from parents who require...
- Health Services
1204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assessment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Projects
1205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 15 October 2024 (details supplied), to provide an update on the...
- Departmental Data
1207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of the Children's Disability Network Teams, CDNTs, in...
- Disabilities Assessments
1208. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the number of children awaiting an assessment of needs in County Offaly in 2024 and to date...
- Departmental Programmes
1209. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the targets set out in Work streams 8, 9 and 10 within the Action Plan for Disability...
- Departmental Data
1210. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home support staff and personal assistants; the number of recipients of home support services and...
- Departmental Projects
1212. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will act to excavate the site at Sean Ross Abbey and fully investigate the burial grounds. [1142/25]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
1213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 91 of 15 May 2024 and 372 and 374 of 24 September 2024, when the Pobal...
- Childcare Services
1214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when all available parent statements dating back to programme year 2022-2023 will be made available online, in...
- Home Care Packages
1216. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of any instances where home care agencies outsourced from the HSE are requesting that persons...
- Emergency Accommodation
1217. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps are being taken to ensure that people (including asylum seekers) are not forced out of temporary...
- Departmental Data
1218. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times gardaí have been called to the City West accommodation facility in 2023 and 2024 in...
- Disability Services
1219. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently waiting for their initial appointment assigned to the Balbriggan Children's...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
1226. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the age eligibility for children starting the ECCE scheme can be reviewed to prevent some families from...
- Mother and Baby Homes
1227. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the mother and baby institutions payment...
- Disability Services
1228. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to give attention to a serious issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1274/25]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
1229. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to individuals in receipt of an invalidity pension who require wheelchair-modified...
- Housing Provision
1230. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if urgent action will be taken to ensure that a family (details supplied) is moved to appropriate...
- International Protection
1235. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will provide IPAS accommodation to a person (details supplied). [1311/25]
- Childcare Services
1236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to correspondence received by a childcare service in Dublin 11 regarding damage to its premises...
- Health Services
1237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an appointment for a child (details supplied). [1330/25]
- Childcare Services
1240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he is taking to urgently tackle the childcare crisis, particularly the shortage of places available...
- Departmental Data
1241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people awaiting a fist appointment in the CDNTs across County Galway; the number who have been...
- Disability Services
1242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the locations of each assistive technology and specialised seating department within the State; if they are...
- Mother and Baby Homes
1243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 40% of survivors have been excluded from full mother and baby...
- Magdalen Laundries
1245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department retains the number of former Magdalen laundry residents who are still resident in convents in...
- Health Services
1246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of people currently waiting for speech and language therapy in Mayo; the number of whom have...
- Health Services Staff
1247. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of vacancies in the speech and language therapy in Mayo; and the steps his Department is...
- Disabilities Assessments
1250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether a full assessment of needs for a child (details supplied) will be scheduled. [1456/25]
- Child and Family Agency
1251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether the Tusla Child and Family Agency has not being compliant with EU public procurement law...
- Health Services Staff
1254. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE clinical psychologist based in the children's disability network team based in north Kildare...
- Mother and Baby Homes
1255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) who made an application under the mother and baby...
- Departmental Regulations
1256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the regulations that are in place for after school clubs for child to childcare worker ratio; and if he will...
- Protected Disclosures
1257. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the lessons that have been learnt by his Department and Tusla from protected disclosure in relation to an...
- Childcare Services
1258. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the national childcare scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Artificial Intelligence
1260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial...
- Mother and Baby Homes
1261. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) for redress through the mother and baby institutions...
- Departmental Data
1266. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of foster parents and the number of children in foster care in the State in each of the years 2020,...
- Cybersecurity Policy
1268. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures taken to address cybersecurity by section 38 and section 39 organisations funded by his...
- Disabilities Assessments
1269. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a letter to the editor of a national newspaper regarding assessment of need...
- Childcare Services
1270. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the intended launch of a capital fund for childcare providers [1644/25]
- Ukraine War
1271. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will reconsider the decision to move the women and children currently staying at a location (details...
- Asylum Seekers
1272. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an issue (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1647/25]
- Gender Equality
1273. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasons for the large gender pay gap in services and sales employment identified in the latest Eurostat...
- After-School Support Services
1274. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding or grants available for the establishment of an after-school programme for primary school children...
- Ukraine War
1275. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the beneficiaries of temporary protection contract his Department has with a hotel (details supplied) will...
- Employment Rights
1276. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to expanding statutory leave entitlements to those who experience pregnancy loss under 24...
- Child Care Law Reporting Project
1277. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 24 October 2024, when reporting will return; and when the...
- Childcare Services
1278. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the context of the draft Programme for Government commitment to review and increase core funding for...
- Departmental Properties
1279. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is...
- Official Travel
1280. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024,...
- Disabilities Assessments
1281. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if assessments of need in CHO 4 are carried out by HSE staff or are outsourced to private clinicians; and, if...
- Disability Services
1282. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by...
- Youth Services
1285. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding can be restored for an organisation (details supplied) where it is looking to have a post reinstated...
- Social Media
1286. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will put in place a ban on smart phones for children under 16 years of age; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Contracts
1288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not...
- Direct Provision System
1290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details on the progress and location of the establishment of the six State reception centres which...
- Ukraine War
1291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on State-supported accommodation for those fleeing the war in Ukraine; the measures to...
- International Protection
1292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a decision will be made on the next steps following on from An Bord Pleanála's findings on an...
- Disability Services
1293. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who are on the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy services in the Tralee...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Waiting Lists
1295. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people currently waiting for speech and language therapy in Mayo; the number who have been waiting three months, six months, one year and...
- Health Services Staff
1296. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacancies in the speech and language therapy in Mayo; and the steps his Department is taking to recruit more SLT professionals in the Mayo...
- National Maternity Hospital
1299. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new national maternity hospital project; and if the project has navigated the various decision gates in order to proceed....
- Health Services Waiting Lists
1300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy services in the Tralee and west Kerry area; the number of staff available to...
- Health Services Staff
1302. To ask the Minister for Health if the situation of only one part-time palliative care social worker covering all of counties Laois and Offaly will be rectified, given other counties with a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1303. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred by University Hospital Limerick to the neurology department at University...
- Healthcare Policy
1304. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide pay and conditions parity for section 39 healthcare workers. [46181/24]
- Departmental Staff
1305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024, by month and...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1308. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [46260/24]
- Primary Care Centres
1309. To ask the Minister for Health the way a healthcare professional can open a clinic at the new primary care centre, Tullamore Road, Kilbeggan; if such facilities are available to private...
- Medicinal Products
1310. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE’s recent EU tender for a platform to develop a national medicinal product catalogue; when it is expected to be delivered; if its...
- Departmental Funding
1311. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated to the lymphoedema model of care to date; if so, the amount of funding that has been allocated, and in what years; and if he...
- Health Services
1312. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand services for lymphoedema patients; to provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46269/24]
- Health Services Staff
1315. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46272/24]
- Health Services
1316. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE supplies free bowel cancer test kits to the public; the criteria to receive one; if there are plans to introduce them for persons in their 50s; and...
- Health Services Staff
1317. To ask the Minister for Health is he aware of a situation in Linn Dara, Cherry Orchard, CHO7, that has occurred so newly qualified staff nurses who received their registration pin in...
- Medicinal Products
1318. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46277/24]
- Hospital Facilities
1319. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to develop an overflow carpark for Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46278/24]
- Health Services
1320. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing three extra postnatal hubs. [46286/24]
- Mental Health Services
1321. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to CAMHS teams to carry out electrocardiograms, blood tests and other necessary tests for people with eating disorders. [46287/24]
- General Practitioner Services
1322. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the rural practice allowance for GPs by 33%. [46288/24]
- Departmental Budgets
1323. To ask the Minister for Health how the €2 million additional funding for the National Maternity Strategy in Budget 2025 will be spent. [46289/24]
- Health Services
1324. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing three extra menopause clinics. [46290/24]
- Primary Care Services
1326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant optometry and ophthalmology roles in primary care services in CHO7. [46303/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
1327. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46309/24]
- Nursing Homes
1328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to immediate action on the fair deal pricing review, releasing the review within 100 days of Government formation; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services
1330. To ask the Minister for Health the monitoring, support and evaluation efforts that are put in place when a person is released from the National Forensic Mental Health Service. [46324/24]
- Departmental Bodies
1331. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made by his Department with regard to the inclusion of certified athletic therapists within the CORU register; and if he will make...
- Hospital Equipment
1332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct his Department to increase funding for urology (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46359/24]
- Medicinal Products
1333. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns regarding the lack of supply for a certain medicine (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46362/24]
- Hospital Staff
1334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of international recruitment fairs to the UK where officials from Mullingar Regional Hospital were present seeking to recruit additional doctors,...
- Primary Care Centres
1335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all primary care centres within CHO8 specifying whether a GP is operation out of the centre, in tabular form. [46368/24]
- Mental Health Services
1336. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an out-of-hours CAMHS for children in County Longford. [46369/24]
- Hospital Staff
1337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists with a special interest in skin fragility at St. James's Hospital in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [46370/24]
- Primary Care Services
1338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO8 awaiting podiatry within primary care services as of 4 December 2024. [46371/24]
- Hospital Staff
1339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons with a special interest in back and spinal reconstruction at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and...
- Hospital Services
1340. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of three additional "see and treat" gynaecology clinics. [46410/24]
- Hospital Staff
1341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior physiotherapists in neonatology at Rotunda Maternity Hospital in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [46411/24]
- Eating Disorders
1342. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully staffing three new eating disorder teams. [46412/24]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
1343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for vascular surgery with addresses in Meath; and the average waiting times, in tabular form. [46413/24]
- Dental Services
1344. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children referred for four or more dental extractions under general anaesthetics in CHO8 area in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1345. To ask the Minister for Health when a neurology appointment will be made for a person in Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46420/24]
- Healthcare Policy
1346. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the National Traveller Mental Health Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46421/24]
- Medicinal Products
1347. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1002 of 5 November 2024, given that Melatonin has not been reviewed since 2008, if he will instruct the NCPE to review...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
1348. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46435/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
1349. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [46436/24]
- Hospital Facilities
1350. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the severe shortage of parking spaces at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46437/24]
- Hospital Staff
1351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants in emergency medicine based at Wexford General Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [46443/24]
- Mental Health Services
1353. To ask the Minister for Health if a number of issues pertaining to a day centre (details supplied) in Dingle will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46462/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
1354. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update from the HSE as to how much longer a person (details supplied) will be waiting for an appointment with the ENT consultant in Crumlin; and...
- Addiction Treatment Services
1355. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of funding allocated to addiction services. [46474/24]
- Medical Cards
1362. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans on reviewing the medical card application process for cancer patients where a household sees a loss of one wage due to illness but cannot obtain a...
- Hospital Facilities
1363. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the consideration of a draft report (details supplied) by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46506/24]
- Insurance Coverage
1364. To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with health insurance providers to remove policy upgrade waiting periods before accessing higher levels of cover; and if he will make a...
- Health Service Executive
1365. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that the HSE store for disabled aids equipment in Mountmellick, County Laois is made safe and reopened, given the current unacceptable situation...
- Domestic Violence
1366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pregnant victims of domestic violence reported in each hospital, per county, in 2023 and to date in 2024. [46533/24]
- Medicinal Products
1367. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a drug shortage (details supplied); the steps that will be taken to address this shortage; and if he will make a statement...
- Home Help Service
1370. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure home help hours are put in place for a person (details supplied). [46549/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
1371. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite hip surgery (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46552/24]
- Clinical Trials
1373. To ask the Minister for Health what can be done to increase Ireland’s participation rate in cancer related clinical trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46559/24]
- Health Services
1374. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken, and the current situation in respect of his commitment, to provide free HRT in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Primary Care Centres
1376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of staff for the new primary care centre in Clondalkin on the Boot Road; the levels of staff recruited, per...
- National Children's Hospital
1377. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the CAMHS unit in the new national children’s hospital; the size and capacity of the unit; the number and type of staff to be...
- Mental Health Services
1379. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on waiting lists for CAMHS for the month of December, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46578/24]
- Medicinal Products
1380. To ask the Minister for Health the consequences for the rollout of free HRT with the shortages of the drug estradot in Irish pharmacies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46580/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
1381. To ask the Minister for Health if an MRI appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied) who, having been referred to University Hospital Limerick to address knee swelling, has...
- Health Services
1384. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the efforts to ensure that a child (details supplied) will receive the treatment they need; his proposals for other children with the same...
- Hospital Facilities
1386. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff accommodation units currently provided by Children’s Health Ireland, by location; the number once the new Children’s...
- Primary Care Centres
1387. To ask the Minister for Health what progress has been made in plans to provide a primary care centre in Cahersiveen, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46592/24]
- Health Services
1388. To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment facility can be set up, staffed and funded at University Hospital Kerry, adjacent to Killarney National...
- Primary Care Centres
1389. To ask the Minister for Health what progress has been made in plans to provide a primary care centre in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46606/24]
- Health Services
1390. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons lose their long-term illness card for ADHD at 16 years when it is a lifelong condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Primary Care Services
1391. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the provision of a minor injuries and diagnostic clinic on the grounds of the old District Hospital/Killarney Community Hospital, along with a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
1392. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address the chronic waiting times, especially for our senior citizens, who have been left waiting on chairs and trolleys for 24, 48 hours and...
- Care of the Elderly
1393. To ask the Minister for Health to consider the urgent need for additional nursing staff/home carers to cater for our elderly loved ones, as there is a huge shortfall of required caring...
- Medicinal Products
1394. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are in place for patients who have come off the drug methadone and who now deal with tooth decay (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Home Care Packages
1395. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and a homecare package expedited for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46657/24]
- Data Protection
1396. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to allegations of potential data regulation breaches at a location (details supplied) due to certain remote work arrangements;...
- Mental Health Services
1397. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels and vacancies for relevant child and adolescent mental health teams covering County Waterford. [46668/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
1398. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [46675/24]
- Eating Disorders
1399. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the cost barriers that exist for those who are looking for help with an eating disorder; if he will ensure that support is...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1400. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46678/24]
- Health Services
1401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a patient with renal failure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46690/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
1402. To ask the Minister for Health to review case of a person (detail supplied); if a procedure will be expedited; if he will provide clarity on this issue; and if he will make a statement on...
- Primary Care Centres
1403. To ask the Minister for Health when a speech and language therapist will be appointed at a primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46703/24]
- Primary Care Services
1404. To ask the Minister for Health the stage of the development of a minor injuries clinic for Killarney to improve health services, including accident and emergency in Kerry as a whole; and if...
- Hospital Overcrowding
1405. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent investment will be made to improve waiting lists and bed accommodation numbers/availability and accident and emergency overcrowding and waiting...
- Health Services
1406. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of crisis resolution services; the provisions in place to provide services within County Wexford; and if he will make...
- Hospital Staff
1407. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade working in University Hospital Kerry, in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
1408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time public health nurse posts within CHO4, in 2023 and 2024; the specific geographic area within CHO4 that currently has no public health...
- Dental Services
1409. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a school dental screening service waiting list, by age in CHO in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46720/24]
- Health Services Staff
1410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse posts per CHO; and the number of posts filled and the number of vacancies, in tabular form. [46737/24]
- Departmental Expenditure
1411. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the resource allocation and spending to date by his Department on implementation of the National Traveller Health Action...
- Nursing Homes
1413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-term nursing home beds in the system for both private and public facilities in County Meath for each of the past ten years to date; if...
- Departmental Data
1416. To ask the Minister for Health the step-down facilities that exist in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46767/24]
- Disability Services
1417. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct his Department to urgently reinstate the speech therapy department and recruit a speech therapist for the Kilnamanagh/Tymon primary care...
- Departmental Strategies
1418. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the lack of official recognition for babies who do not meet the criteria of a stillbirth as set out in the Civil Registration Act 2004, if the...
- Care Services
1419. To ask the Minister for Health the turnover of medical staff for each of the past five years to date at CAMHS Ashbourne, County Meath. [46780/24]
- Ambulance Service
1421. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update, including a timetable for delivery, for the planned new ambulance base for Gorey, County Wexford. [46793/24]
- Care Services
1422. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the range of services provided at Arklow primary care centre, County Wicklow; the proposals, if any, to expand the range of services available; and...
- Healthcare Policy
1424. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to increase the number of doctors operating in general practice nationally, and also specifically in both counties Wicklow and Wexford;...
- Departmental Expenditure
1425. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to date of work relating to the construction of the National Children’s Hospital; to indicate a timetable for opening; and if he will make a...
- Cybersecurity Policy
1428. To ask the Minister for Health to outline supports provided by his Department and/or the Health Service Executive to section 38 and section 39 organisations to address cybersecurity; if he...
- Artificial Intelligence
1429. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence within the Department; whether training...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1430. To ask the Minister for Health for Health if a CAMHS appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied). [46802/24]
- Pharmacy Services
1431. To ask the Minister for Health what Teva pharmaceutical products, if any, are being used in Irish hospitals; if he has plans to use substitute products from other companies; and if he will...
- Care Services
1432. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on primary care centres in Blarney, Glanmire and Mayfield. [46805/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
1433. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children awaiting a CAMHS appointment, by wait time, in tabular form. [46806/24]
- Departmental Investigations
1434. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the taskforce handbook review. [46807/24]
- Hospital Facilities
1435. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork. [46814/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
1436. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery can be expedited for a person (details supplied). [46828/24]
- Departmental Data
1437. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to psychiatric hospitals or units, and child and adolescent units, in 2024. [46830/24]
- Departmental Policies
1439. To ask the Minister for Health how the 600 pmol/L maximum concentration for oestrogen therapy in the "Recommendations for Endocrine Care in the National Gender Service" version 3.0 was...
- Departmental Investigations
1440. To ask the Minister for Health for details of the studies showing that puberty blockers lead to bone fractures, as indicated by National Gender Service staff in a recent interview (details...
- Departmental Data
1441. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service can provide the number of lay activists who were promoted into senior policy development positions related to transgender...
- Departmental Policies
1443. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 24 September 2024, if the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda's gender clinic can explain how cessation of...
- Departmental Reviews
1444. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 492 of 24 September 2024, when the HSE is expected to complete its current review of the Cass review. [46842/24]
- Pharmacy Services
1445. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct his Department to make melatonin available for children with autism diagnosis under the hardship scheme for medication, and not part of...
- Departmental Schemes
1446. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any financial assistance towards the of oxygen cylinders for people dependant on same, specifically those with a diagnosis of COPD; and if no...
- Nursing Homes
1447. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds in each county, for each of the past ten years. [46857/24]
- Departmental Properties
1449. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the number of properties owned by the HSE in an area (details supplied) that are in use or are vacant, with the length of time of vacancy, in...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1450. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite referral for a person (details supplied) to the step-down unit in Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46875/24]
- Disability Services
1451. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of facilities for people with disabilities in Tallaght Hospital (details supplied); if he will instruct the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1452. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46895/24]
- Hospital Staff
1453. To ask the Minister for Health the current and planned future arrangements for healthcare workers with long covid. [46900/24]
- Ambulance Service
1454. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the National Ambulance Service issued a NASCAP Level 2, 3, and 4 notice, for each relevant day for the period 2022 to 2024, inclusive....
- Healthcare Policy
1455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to establishing an independent commissioner for ageing and older people, similar to that which is in place in both Northern Ireland and...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1456. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46906/24]
- Departmental Data
1458. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric intensive care beds at each CHI hospital; the number and medical categories of scheduled surgeries cancelled due to lack of...
- Medical Cards
1459. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders waiting to be assigned a GP by the HSE; the current wait times for these assignments, by county, in tabular form; and if he...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
1460. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting times of up to one hour for response on the Caredoc phone line in Arklow; if so, the measures he is putting in...
- Medicinal Products
1461. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to overrule the recent recommendation from the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics and make pluvicto available for reimbursement...
- Nursing Homes
1462. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a nursing home bed in Ballina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46920/24]
- Appointments to State Boards
1463. To ask the Minister for Health if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024. [46930/24]
- Hospital Overcrowding
1464. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to respond to calls from an organisation (details supplied) to improve the chronic and dangerous overcrowding issues in hospitals here; and if he...
- Care Services
1466. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to provide compassionate and expedited support for terminally ill patients and their families, particularly in cases where the...
- Mental Health Services
1467. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a staffing matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1009/25]
- Hospital Staff
1469. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of open posts currently unfilled as of 25 January 2025 in the Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, across all departments, including the...
- Departmental Expenditure
1470. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the total funding investment in the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, over the past eight years; the future expansion plans to help deal...
- Hospital Facilities
1471. To ask the Minister for Health if a canopy can be erected to the rear of a hospital (details supplied) to protect patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1027/25]
- Disease Management
1478. To ask the Minister for Health if the treatment and management of a rare disease (details supplied) is still being facilitated under the treatment abroad scheme for adults, and if not, the...
- Departmental Policies
1479. To ask the Minister for Health to provide his policy regarding transvaginal tape sling procedure to treat urinary incontinence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1054/25]
- Departmental Data
1481. To ask the Minister for Health the level of excess deaths that occurred in Ireland in each of the past ten years; and the details of the cases of the excess deaths for each year. [1059/25]
- Hospital Staff
1484. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologist posts the HSE intends to recruit in 2025; and the location and estimated recruitment date of each post, in tabular form....
- Mental Health Services
1485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make urgent representations for a child with the child and adolescent mental health services (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Education and Training Provision
1487. To ask the Minister for Health the reason students in fourth year children's and general integrated training courses are not receiving the €500 subsistence payment (details...
- Healthcare Policy
1489. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the ban of on the sale of single-use disposable and flavoured vapes. [1095/25]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1491. To ask the Minister for Health if and when the recognition payment for health care workers, agency workers in Covid testing laboratories and many others working throughout the pandemic will...
- Home Help Service
1494. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support staff, personal assistants; the number of recipients of home support services and personal assistance services; the number of...
- Emergency Departments
1496. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1260 of 5 November 2024, if the response provided is an interpretation of the criteria by the National Ambulance Service...
- Ambulance Service
1497. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1260 of 5 November 2024, if he will further examine the request for information (details supplied); and if he will refer...
- Healthcare Policy
1498. To ask the Minister for Health further to the enactment of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023, to provide an update on plans to fully ban the sale...
- Disabilities Assessments
1499. To ask the Minister for Health further to correspondence received regarding the National Clinical Program for Adults with ADHD (details supplied), the steps being taken to address regional...
- Primary Care Centres
1500. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary healthcare centre for Gorey; the timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1136/25]
- Healthcare Policy
1501. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including organ transplant recipients in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1143/25]
- Disability Services
1502. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the roll out of the national clinical program for adults with ADHD, in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1147/25]
- Hospital Appointments Status
1504. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied). [1158/25]
- Health Services Staff
1505. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recruitment of a HSE community dietitian manager in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1159/25]
- Hospital Appointments Status
1506. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the urgent case of a person (details supplied); if a hip replacement will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1161/25]
- Health Services Staff
1507. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment campaign for HSE home care workers in the Sligo Leitrim area; the number of home care workers recruited since January 2024 to...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1508. To ask the Minister for Health if hip surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1171/25]
- Hospital Services
1512. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to further resource the complex menopause clinic in University Hospital Galway (details supplied); if a review has been carried out in relation to...
- Healthcare Policy
1513. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering adding Crohn's disease to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1192/25]
- General Practitioner Services
1514. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the funding provided by the Government to the joint Irish College of General Practitioners/Health Service Executive non-EU rural GP...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
1515. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1206/25]
- General Practitioner Services
1517. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on any work his Department has undertaken to increase the number of general practitioners in communities; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Primary Care Centres
1518. To ask the Minister for Health what plans his Department have undertaken to ensure Balbriggan primary care centre is fully occupied by the medical and administration teams assigned to the...
- Hospital Staff
1520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant haematologists attached to University Hospital Limerick in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Ambulance Service
1521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE rapid response vehicles available on a 24-7 basis in Limerick as of 6 January 2025; if this number will be further increased during 2025;...
- Emergency Services
1522. To ask the Minister for Health the locations within CHO3 where rapid access stabilisation units are located; the opening hours of each of these units, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1523. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1237/25]
- Dental Services
1525. To ask the Minister for Health how many dentists are currently part of the dental treatment service scheme in Cork north central, and in Mallow, County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services
1526. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the current weight management services in operation across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1252/25]
- Health Services Staff
1527. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of staff working in weight management services broken down, by location and service, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
1530. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of people on waiting lists, detailing times, area, and service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1532. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for brain surgery in Beaumont Hospital to remove a tumour; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff
1533. To ask the Minister for Health to give urgent attention to an ongoing issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1272/25]
- Medical Cards
1534. To ask the Minister for Health what percentage of medical card reassessments are successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1282/25]
- Medicinal Products
1535. To ask the Minister for Health if he can reinstate the position whereby gluten-free products are reimbursable items under the general medical services (scheme) as the additional cost of...
- Healthcare Policy
1536. To ask the Minister for Health if polycystic ovary syndrome will be recognised under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1305/25]
- Medicinal Products
1537. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to covering medications like Ozempic under the drug payment scheme for polycystic ovary syndrome; and if he will make a...
- Home Care Packages
1538. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a recruitment campaign for HSE home care workers in the Sligo-Leitrim area; how many home care workers have been recruited since January 2024...
- Cancer Services
1539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently eligible for BreastCheck screening who are waiting for their first mammogram in the Dublin northwest HSE area of Dublin 7, 11,...
- Coroners Service
1541. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government provides postmortem services for babies who have died just before birth or after they have been born; if so, the location; and if he will...
- Cancer Services
1542. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that a treatment (details supplied) is available for prostate cancer patients in Ireland for whom it is deemed medically...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
1543. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list time for the complex menopause clinic in Galway University Hospital; if there are plans to expand this clinic and reduce waiting...
- Dental Services
1544. To ask the Minister for Health the dental services available to persons with disabilities in County Monaghan; the reason such dental services are no longer available in Monaghan Hospital;...
- Mental Health Services
1546. To ask the Minister for Health for details of wait times for CAMHS services in Wicklow for Q3 and Q4 of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1387/25]
- Health Services
1547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1399/25]
- Hospital Services
1548. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated current costs that would be required to extend the opening hours of the urgent care centre at CHI in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from...
- General Practitioner Services
1549. To ask the Minister for Health the number of house calls that were carried out by doctors from each treatment centre of D-Doc services during each day of the recent Christmas-New Year...
- Medical Cards
1550. To ask the Minister for Health the position on medical cards for individuals with a diagnosed lifelong condition, that will not improve or change (details supplied); the reason new GP...
- Primary Medical Certificates
1551. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [1425/25]
- Healthcare Policy
1553. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy in relation to mixed-sex wards in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1448/25]
- Hospital Appointments Status
1554. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment in Beaumont for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1451/25]
- General Practitioner Services
1556. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) needing advice on obtaining a GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1458/25]
- Home Help Service
1557. To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended on home help and home care, by month in 2024; the amount paid to private agencies for the provision of these services; and if he will...
- Mental Health Services
1558. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of referrals for support services to Kildare CAMHS service currently awaiting assessment. [1474/25]
- Eating Disorders
1559. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation towards National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [1475/25]
- Hospital Staff
1560. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologist attached to Naas General Hospital in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [1476/25]
- Ambulance Service
1561. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable to wait on an ambulance for almost six hours, especially for an 84-year-old person; if he will address the matters...
- Emergency Departments
1562. To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays in the accident and emergency department of St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Home Care Packages
1563. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the value of contracts awarded to companies for the provision of home care services in each of the past three years and the names of the...
- Dental Services
1565. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS-registered dentists based in Carlow in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Status
1567. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have knee surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1501/25]
- General Practitioner Services
1569. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is correct for Caredoc in Carlow to refuse to see patients, who are under general practitioners outside the county, as they were...
- Hospital Staff
1570. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the post of primary care dietitian in St. Luke’s Hospital to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1524/25]
- Hospital Appointments Status
1571. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1527/25]
- Health Services
1576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of international protection applicants who were offered a public health screening in 2022-2024; the number who were not offered a public health...
- Medical Cards
1577. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) where a discretionary medical card has been refused will be reviewed; the criteria used when deciding if a...
- Health Services
1579. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the care policy (details supplied); the reason for any difference in policy by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1572/25]
- Health Promotion
1581. To ask the Minister for Health for the costs incurred to date in the development and rollout a public awareness campaign (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Status
1582. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting on an operation so long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1604/25]
- Mental Health Services
1583. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter with the HSE/CAMHS (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1605/25]
- Hospital Transfers
1584. To ask the Minister for Health when an urgent patient (details supplied) transfer from Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal to St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin will take place; the...
- Care Services
1585. To ask the Minister for Health if respite will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1608/25]
- Hospital Staff
1586. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to introducing a tiered payments scheme for all student nurses and midwives (details supplied); if any similar proposals are...
- Medicinal Products
1587. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 564 of 15 November 2022, the way a person can be reimbursed for a therapy if no alternative product exists (details...
- Disabilities Assessments
1589. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the appropriate pathway to secure a diagnosis of autism and ADHD in adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1628/25]
- Dental Services
1590. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a child (details supplied) on the dental waiting list; if an appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1592. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will be offered an appointment in Belfast again for hip surgery; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disability Services
1593. To ask the Minister for Health the alternate pathways being provided to therapies for a person (details supplied) and others like them, having been told that there is no speech and language...
- Cancer Services
1594. To ask the Minister for Health to request the HSE to address a serious matter (details supplied) in relation to diagnostic failures and the treatment implications for a person; the steps...
- Health Services Staff
1595. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the financial toll that long-Covid has on healthcare workers with the disease, given that the long-Covid payment scheme is due to end in...
- Primary Care Centres
1596. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre for Mayfield, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1669/25]
- Hospital Facilities
1598. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new elective hospital for Cork; the progress that has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1671/25]
- Mental Health Services
1599. To ask the Minister for Health the psychology waiting list numbers and wait times in months for children and adolescents in Cork North Lee, in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1600. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Crumlin Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1689/25]
- Hospice Services
1602. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-consider the re-opening Of St. Brigid’s palliative care unit in Carrick on Suir, County Tipperary; the current position on the matter;...
- Home Care Packages
1603. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours for older people provided in each LHO area in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1735/25]
- Mental Health Services
1604. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the north Kerry CAMHS review; the timeline for delivery; the progress to date; the reasons for the delay; if consideration has been given...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
1605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on hospital waiting lists in Kerry; to provide a breakdown, per hospital of the number on the waiting list; to provide a breakdown of the...
- Dental Services
1606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on adult dental waiting lists in Kerry; to provide a breakdown of the number on the waiting list; to provide a breakdown of the average...
- Mental Health Services
1608. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on CAMHS waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by the number of months they have been waiting, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Dental Services
1609. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment on the school dental programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1753/25]
- Departmental Properties
1610. To ask the Minister for Health the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular form; and if he...
- Dental Services
1611. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people currently waiting for public dental appointments in Mayo; the number whom have been waiting 3, 6, 12 months, 1 and 2 years, in...
- Mental Health Services
1618. To ask the Minister for Health the progress achieved in 2024 in the recruitment of additional personnel for CAMHS teams in County Laois. [1800/25]
- Nursing Homes
1619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for a public nursing home placement in County Laois. [1801/25]
- Medicinal Products
1620. To ask the Minister for Health to guarantee reimbursement of spinraza by the HSE for patients over 18 years of age with SMA Types I, II or III. [1802/25]
- Mental Health Services
1621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS services throughout the country with specialist ADHD clinics with specific specialist defined pathway for children and adolescents...
- Primary Care Services
1623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff based at the primary care centre in Baltinglass, County Wicklow, both part-time and full-time; and what their roles are. [1836/25]
- Ambulance Service
1624. To ask the Minister for Health if advanced paramedics courses are being run by the National Ambulance Service at present in County Wicklow; and if not, if there are plans to do so. [1840/25]
- Home Care Packages
1625. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a home support package is put in place for a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [1851/25]
- Official Travel
1627. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and their accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other...
- Medicinal Products
1628. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to make the medication lumateperone available via the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1872/25]
- Hospital Services
1629. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the future of a service (details supplied); and details of the staff who have been employed in this service. [1873/25]
- Medicinal Products
1630. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of Palforzia; and the current availability of same and timeline for acceptance under the drugs repayment scheme. [1878/25]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
1631. To ask the Minister for Health the current inpatient waiting lists in University Hospital Kerry, by specialty, in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1885/25]
- Health Services Staff
1632. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists, per grade and per LHO; the population size they serve, employed in the CHO 4 primary care child and adolescent psychology...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
1634. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children and adolescents waiting for an appointment with the CHO 4 primary care psychology service in each of the years 2019 to date, in...
- Health Services Staff
1635. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of HSE vacancies in Kerry, broken down by location and specialism, in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form;...
- Hospital Admissions
1636. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for each quarter of each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, Statewide...
- Emergency Departments
1637. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who were waiting zero to six hours, zero to nine hours, nine to 24 hours, and 24-plus hours for admission to an...
- Hospital Services
1639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each quarter of each year 2022 to 2024, inclusive, by hospital group...
- Health Services Staff
1642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Ambulance Service
1643. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department in each quarter between 2020 and 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
1644. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, in each quarter of each year from 2019 to 2024; the...
- Dental Services
1648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each quarter for each year 2019 to 2024, by LHO; the number of dentists who...
- Health Services Staff
1651. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE spend on agency staffing for each quarter for each year 2019 to 2024 to date, in tabular form; the services to which the expenditure relates; the...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
1652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with complex orthopaedic conditions on waiting lists with Children's Health Ireland; his plans for making treatment abroad accessible...
- Nursing Homes
1653. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in the State in each of the years since 2020, broken down by HSE-provided and HSE-funded under sections 38 and 39 of the...
- Home Care Packages
1654. To ask the Minister for Health the current hourly direct cost and indirect cost of delivering home care; the total cost of direct and indirect delivery of home care in each of the years...
- General Practitioner Services
1655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GP training places on offer in each of the years from 2018 to 2024; the planned increases in training places; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Service Executive
1656. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed update on implementation of the new HSE health regions; if the hospital groups and CHOs have been stood down; and if he will make a...
- General Practitioner Services
1657. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who undertook specialist training for general practice in each of the years from 2018 to 2024; the number who completed the training...
- Dental Services
1659. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons within CHO 4 on a waiting list for dental service in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1940/25]
- Mental Health Services
1660. To ask the Minister for Health the budgetary allocations to CAMHS psychology in CHO 4 in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [1941/25]
- Medical Records
1662. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the digitisation of patient and medical records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1950/25]
- General Practitioner Services
1663. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the provision of improved, grouped, local services for general practice patients, including X-ray facilities and ancillary services to avoid the...
- Emergency Departments
1664. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that emergency department staff are empowered to accept the assessment of a referring general practitioner on admitting a patient, in order...
- Health Services Staff
1665. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to removing any recruitment embargo for front-line medical staff, whether in name or in practice; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1667. To ask the Minister for Health the status of, and future plans for, St. Michael's Hospital in Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1956/25]
- Eating Disorders
1668. To ask the Minister for Health to provide detail on proposals to increase the number of adults inpatient beds for eating disorder treatments; and to detail where it is expected to place...
- Dental Services
1669. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the current number of public dentists and the current waiting lists for public dentistry, by local area, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
1670. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the expansion of State-funded IVF treatment, as announced in budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1974/25]
- Hospital Facilities
1672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient residential beds available in each county, for the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1674. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress being made on the construction of a ten-bed extension to the department of psychiatry, Drogheda, County Louth; the...
- Mental Health Services
1675. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress being made to return the CAMHS in Dundalk and north Louth to full operation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products
1676. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the efforts being made to ensure Ozempic is available to all those with a prescription for it; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Primary Care Centres
1677. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1985/25]
- Emergency Departments
1678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the average emergency department waiting times, broken down by hospital, in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1994/25]
- Disability Services
1681. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the life plan for intellectually disabled or autistic children of parents who are now older and want to put services in place for...
- Homeless Persons Supports
1682. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a day care facility in Cork city to cater for homeless people who exit night-time accommodation and have nowhere to access support or...
- Abortion Services
1683. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is proposed to accept the recommendations of the Marie O'Shea report into abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2026/25]
- Departmental Contracts
1684. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
1686. To ask the Minister for Health if an MRI appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2091/25]
- Healthcare Policy
1687. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish an all-Ireland approach to rehabilitative medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2111/25]
- Care Services
1689. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with a day care centre in Kildare South (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2121/25]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Staff
1691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024, by...
- Education and Training Boards
1694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that Cork ETB tutors receive proper employment contracts with guaranteed hours and improved conditions. [46254/24]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
1695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the major capital building projects that are being part-funded by the Higher Education Authority and or his Department in 2024; the amount of...
- Departmental Consultations
1696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in 2024; the cost of same; and the company involved and publication...
- Education and Training Provision
1697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current surplus in the National Training Fund; the impediments to its spend; the spending that was applied in 2023 and 2024; and if he will...
- Education and Training Boards
1698. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how much funding was allocated to each ETB in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [46319/24]
- Student Accommodation
1699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for his plans to deliver a stand-alone strategy for the delivery of purpose-built student accommodation in Ireland; and if he will...
- Third Level Fees
1700. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €1,000 reimbursement for third level students applies to those doing their master's degree; and, if not, whether there are...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
1701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department is taking to address gender-based violence and harassment in educational institutions such as universities. [46494/24]
- Third Level Costs
1702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the scholarships available for a prospective university student who experienced homelessness as an adolescent and was not under the...
- Research Funding
1703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that Taighde Éireann will be maintaining the existing level of funding for research programmes of 80% for those...
- Third Level Costs
1704. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the case of a child (details supplied); if he will confirm her entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46692/24]
- Education Schemes
1705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level schools that have exchange programmes with other EU countries that are supported through the Erasmus programme; the...
- Education and Training Provision
1706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a detailed up-to-date report on a site in Killarney (details supplied) earmarked for development as a training college for the hospitality...
- Appointments to State Boards
1707. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024. [46929/24]
- Third Level Fees
1708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a scholarship for a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1011/25]
- Education and Training Provision
1709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of surplus in the SOLAS national training fund. [1165/25]
- Further and Higher Education
1710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of all further education institutions located in Cork North Central, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Education
1711. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount higher education institutions (details supplied) spent on their graduation ceremonies; the number of students that graduated in each...
- Third Level Admissions
1712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who withdrew from their programmes in institutions (details supplied), in tabular form. [1438/25]
- Institutes of Technology
1713. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the nature of the commercial relationship between a company (details supplied) and TU Dublin; and if there are no conflicts of...
- Education Policy
1714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the Funding Our Future policy, published by Government in May, 2022; the current estimate for the shortfall in core...
- Research Funding
1715. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans, if any, to fund improvements in basic research equipment in our higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Staff
1716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the establishment of professorships at the Technological Universities. [1481/25]
- Third Level Education
1717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the development of the Wexford campus of South East Technological University. [1482/25]
- Third Level Costs
1718. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures available to students to assist with the financial costs of pursuing the graduate education in medicine programmes; and if he will...
- Third Level Education
1719. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to state his policy on the development of Confucius Institutes at Irish universities; the role that will be played in these institutes by the...
- Construction Industry
1720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline measures being put in place by his Department to address skills shortages in the construction industry; and if he will make a...
- Artificial Intelligence
1721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence within the Department and...
- Third Level Admissions
1722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a PLC course can be attended by a person (details supplied) in the Institute of Further and Higher Education in Carlow, based on her...
- Departmental Funding
1723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has applied for funding under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers to support workers in a facility (details...
- Departmental Data
1725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications made to date to the student support scheme by eligible school leavers who are in the international protection system;...
- Grant Payments
1726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the recent and scheduled payment rise for PhD students (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1568/25]
- Departmental Properties
1729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular...
- Official Travel
1730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and her accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel,...
- Grant Payments
1731. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the guidelines for SUSI grants in order that all mature students are treated as independent, even if they live with a parent;...
- Student Accommodation
1733. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of purpose-built student accommodation units available in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
1734. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans his Department has to provide paid apprenticeships to those working in the culinary arts while being trained in a business setting....
- Departmental Contracts
1735. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Staff
1737. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of civil servants in her Department, and in agencies under the aegis of her Department, who were on career break in 2023...
- Community Development Projects
1740. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the empowering communities programme project is intended to continue and expand; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Library Projects
1741. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if invitations remain open for local authorities to seek capital funding for libraries under the Libraries Capital Programme...
- Departmental Staff
1743. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacancies, by grade, currently within her Department; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of the vacancies, in...
- Road Network
1744. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will allocate a major increase in local improvement scheme funding to County Kerry and indeed all other Local Authorities who...
- Library Projects
1745. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for a long-awaited library project (details supplied). [46868/24]
- Appointments to State Boards
1746. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under her remit since 1 November 2024. [46934/24]
- Rural Schemes
1747. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a full detailed update on the current status of the Ardee Castle project; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Development Projects
1748. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects to announce the awards for the community centres investment fund 2024; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Care
1749. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the senior's alert scheme; when a decision will be made on the inclusion for new technology for the next iteration...
- Departmental Expenditure
1750. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total funding made available to a project (details supplied); the amount of funding drawn down to date; the current status of the...
- Community Development Projects
1751. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of two grants applied for by a club (details supplied); the timeframe for a decision on both; and if she will make a...
- Artificial Intelligence
1753. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department and agencies under the aegis of her Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the...
- Community Development Projects
1754. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason the €1,150,000 funding scheme specifically allocated for Men’s Sheds, enabling each shed to apply for grants...
- Departmental Properties
1755. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by her Department where that address is located in Dublin, in...
- Official Travel
1756. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by her and their accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight,...
- Departmental Funding
1757. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding provided for the present Leader programme; the funding provided for the previous programme; and if she will make...
- Departmental Contracts
1762. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland,...
- Departmental Funding
1764. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date in finalising the review of the CLÁR areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2071/25]