Written answers
Thursday, 6 February 2025
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is incarcerated in Cambodia and requires urgent medical...
- Artificial Intelligence
2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial...
- Middle East
3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will instruct his Department to work with an organisation (details supplied) on an order to deliver aid to Gaza in light of the dire...
- Foreign Policy
4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Government's policy on the independence of Somaliland; if any research or diplomatic efforts have been carried out...
- Diplomatic Representation
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates in 2024 the Irish Consul based in Austin, USA, has met with the Mayor of Dallas, Texas, in tabular form. [3764/25]
- Departmental Contracts
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and...
- Legislative Measures
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; the progress to date on any amendments or new...
- Student Visas
8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to engage with the new US Administration with a view to ensuring the continuation of the J1 USA visa programme for 2025 and...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Telecommunications Services
9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to address the lack of phone coverage for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Artificial Intelligence
10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his...
- Freedom of Information
11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount the ESB has paid each year since 2020 on external legal fees contesting appeals made to the Office of the...
- Departmental Contracts
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of...
- Weather Events
14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what steps are being taken to reduce the risk of power outages rurally in severe storms and other weather events; and if...
- Department of Defence
- Artificial Intelligence
15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial...
- Departmental Contracts
16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and...
- Departmental Meetings
17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide details of all meetings between Ministers and officials of his Department with the Irish Defence and Security Association from January...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions that are being taken to ensure that a private bus operator (details supplied) meets its obligations of providing a reliable...
- Electric Vehicles
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for increasing EV charging points nationwide; if he will encourage petrol stations to install EV charging points; and if he will...
- Driver Test
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average waiting times for driving test appointments in County Louth for each of the licence categories; and if he will make a...
- Bus Services
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will provide further funding for PSO services in Cork east to ensure bus routes can be expanded and more can be explored...
- Road Network
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reconsider how national funding on roads is distributed on a yearly basis; if his Department will review the method on how this...
- Electric Vehicles
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider re-establishing the e-bike roll out in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3682/25]
- Artificial Intelligence
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on...
- Departmental Properties
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacant properties owned by bodies under his Department's aegis; the number of derelict properties owned by bodies under his...
- Bus Services
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the delays and cancellations affecting bus services (details supplied); the way he will address this issue this issue;...
- Road Projects
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new Shannon Crossing will be opened. [3751/25]
- Taxi Regulations
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost to increase the number of WTE taxi enforcement officers employed by the NTA to 25. [3770/25]
- Departmental Contracts
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023...
- Road Projects
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress of four major infrastructure projects: the Northern Distributor Road, Cork to Limerick Road, Mallow Relief...
- Driver Test
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to expedite a driving test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3800/25]
- Bus Services
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider putting bus shelters on the 323 bus route that runs through north Tipperary. [3812/25]
- Road Projects
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress of a road project in Cork (details supplied); and the measures being taken to ensure that the project...
- Ferry Services
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if urgent action can be taken to improve the ferry service between locations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Illicit Trade
44. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to combat the sale of illegal tobacco products in Ireland, particularly in light of the increased black-market activity seen in other EU...
- Tax Reliefs
45. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to extend the help-to-buy scheme to second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Avoidance
46. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a full list of all specific anti-avoidance rules (SAARs) in Irish tax law, in tabular form; the number of actions taken under each of the SAAR...
- Tax Credits
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will prioritise the introduction of a new regional AV tax credit in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3645/25]
- Tax Yield
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if the revenue accruing from the issuance of excise licenses is ring-fenced for expenditure on measures specific to the sector subject to the licence; and if...
- Tax Code
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3674/25]
- Tax Avoidance
60. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding the transfer of occupational pensions to other EU jurisdictions under the IORP II Directive (Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision...
- Artificial Intelligence
63. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial intelligence...
- Tax Code
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if, following the changes to benefit in kind in January 2025, consideration can be given to reviewing cases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Contracts
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and 2024; the...
- Departmental Reports
66. To ask the Minister for Finance when the report ‘Funds Sector 2030: A Framework for Open, Resilient & Developing Markets’ will be published; and if he will make a...
- Flexible Work Practices
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons his Department has changed its policy on blended work for staff of his Department; the rationale for the change; what it will mean for staff; and...
- Fiscal Policy
68. To ask the Minister for Finance whether Irish sovereign wealth and investment funds have investments in illegally occupied territories in Palestine and the Golan Heights; and if he will make...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an urgent update on the work undertaken by the Office of Public Works to identify a permanent driving test centre site in...
- Infectious Diseases
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works was informed of the deaths from bubonic plague (also known as the Black Death) of monkeys at Dublin Zoo in...
- Artificial Intelligence
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on...
- Departmental Contracts
73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023...
- Planning Issues
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm when a project (details supplied), which has been granted planning permission can proceed; if this project has been advertised...
- National Development Plan
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the new national development plan will be announced. [3827/25]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Trade Data
76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of trade between Hong Kong and Ireland in 2023 and for the first half of 2024. [3763/25]
- Artificial Intelligence
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on...
- Workplace Relations Commission
78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year costs to double the number of Workplace Relation Commission inspectors. [3766/25]
- Departmental Contracts
79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Refurbishment
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on emergency works applications for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3617/25]
- Schools Building Projects
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3653/25]
- School Accommodation
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the successful application for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if there are any outstanding issues...
- Artificial Intelligence
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by her Department on artificial...
- Schools Building Projects
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the application for capital investment for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3724/25]
- Schools Refurbishment
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for the replacement of windows and doors in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant the application for immediate emergency, temporary accommodation to address the current overcrowded conditions in a school...
- Departmental Contracts
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and...
- School Curriculum
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to proceed with Senior Cycle reform as planned or, in light of significant concerns, if she will consult with teacher...
- Special Educational Needs
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special school spaces and special class spaces in the State, by county, in tabular form. [3829/25]
- Schools Building Projects
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give very serious consideration to the development of a new build school premises for a school (details supplied) to accommodate the...
- School Accommodation
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that due to an inability of her Department to provide certainty to the principal and board of management of a school (details...
- Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na pleananna atá aici chun dul i ngleic leis an ngéarchéim atá ann maidir le múinteoirí le Gaeilge a...
- Special Educational Needs
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of an autistic child (details supplied) urgently in need of a school place in a primary school. [3849/25]
- Schools Building Projects
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a progress update on a school building project (details supplied); to itemise the activities undertaken in 2024, and to outline the...
- School Accommodation
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional school accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
109. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé ar an eolas faoin easpa oifige poist i nGaeltacht na nDéise le nach mór bliain anuas – an...
- Foras na Gaeilge
110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé ar an eolas faoin gcruachás ina bhfuil Foras na Gaeilge de dheasca easpa maoinithe; an bhfuil aon phlean...
- Tourism Promotion
111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital budget allocation for Fáilte Ireland in the years of 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [3765/25]
- Tourism Policy
113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3913/25]
- Sports Funding
114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding schemes available to support soccer clubs (details supplied) to improve their facilities. [3610/25]
- Arts Council
115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proportion of An Chomhairle Ealaíon funding awarded to Irish language projects in 2024; and if he will make a statement...
- Media Sector
116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to act swiftly on the feasibility report of Coimisiún na Meán on the introduction of a content levy, as legislated for...
- Artificial Intelligence
117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on...
- Sports Facilities
118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether a large scale infrastructure investment in the National Basketball Arena is necessary considering the fact...
- Departmental Contracts
119. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants...
- Sports Facilities
120. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be made available to clubs (details supplied) whose facilities were seriously damaged as a result of Storm...
- Sports Funding
122. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of all direct funding given to the IRFU in each of the years 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and to detail all Co...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Sports Facilities
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the decision-making process concerning the retendering of the Cork event centre project, with particular...
- Weather Events
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Met Éireann will undertake to publish in full the high-level weather briefings issued to local authorities and other...
- Housing Schemes
126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the price, including the equity stake held by Waterford City and County Council, of three-bed and four-bed units in a...
- Rental Sector
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the rent pressure zone scheme to assess if it has succeeded in achieving any of its stated objectives; if...
- Tourist Accommodation
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure the adequate regulation of short-term letting operators by local authorities, including the provision of...
- Departmental Meetings
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement his Department has had with officials in Údarás na Gaeltachta, Waterford City and County Council, and...
- Housing Provision
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider enabling local authorities to acquire proportions greater than 20% for social and affordable housing under...
- Animal Diseases
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service was informed of the deaths from bubonic plague (also known as the...
- Artificial Intelligence
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department...
- Homeless Accommodation
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contingency plan available for those with complex needs who cannot access existing hostel accommodation in Cork city. [3720/25]
- Fire Service
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of requests his Department received from Tipperary County Council seeking funding to purchase additional fire...
- Departmental Contracts
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of...
- Housing Schemes
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount paid out in tenant-in-situ funds to local authorities for the year 2024; the date of the last allocation made...
- Planning Issues
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will bring forward amendments to section 254 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, for overground electronic...
- Approved Housing Bodies
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with an association (details supplied) that are owed an outstanding payment from Cavan County Council in...
- Departmental Properties
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 810 of 22 January 2025, to provide the full address and Eircode of each property that is...
- Weather Events
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether additional funding will be made available to local councils for the purposes of dealing with fallen trees and the...
- Homeless Accommodation
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children are now in emergency homeless accommodation; to provide details on the length of time children are...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding the transfer of occupational pensions to other EU jurisdictions under the IORP II Directive (Institutions for...
- Social Welfare Appeals
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the carer’s allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Payments
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a fuel allowance application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Appeals
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a domiciliary care allowance appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Artificial Intelligence
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his...
- Social Welfare Payments
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a person can receive domiciliary carer's allowance past a child's sixteenth birthday or whether the child is required...
- Departmental Staff
161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE quantity surveyors employed by his Department as of 30 January 2025; and if he provide same figures as of...
- Departmental Contracts
162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of...
- Flexible Work Practices
163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons his Department has changed its policy on blended work for staff of his Department; the rationale for the change;...
- Social Welfare Appeals
164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a domiciliary care allowance appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Payments
165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance review for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for...
- Pension Provisions
166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding advice sought, following a meeting with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Payments
167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has investigated the possibility of undertaking a review of the current means test for disability allowance to ensure...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3690/25]
- Stardust Fire
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update in respect of the Stardust redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3643/25]
- Citizenship Ceremonies
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will be called for a naturalisation ceremony. [3644/25]
- Visa Applications
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to address the significant delay in providing the appropriate paperwork to a person (details supplied) in respect to an...
- Immigration Support Services
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the poor reported systems availability of the new Immigration Service Delivery's Digital Contact Centre; the...
- Artificial Intelligence
177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department...
- Crime Prevention
178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the rollout of local community safety partnerships; their status as statutory bodies; if they have referral...
- Legislative Measures
179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to create a standalone offence to prevent sex-for-rent exploitation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Prison Service
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the number of people currently serving custodial sentences in the State, by prison location, the...
- Visa Applications
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeline for a decision to be made on a visa application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Legislative Measures
182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to progress the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) Bill 2024; what measures he plans to take to...
- Prison Service
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the criteria for transferring prisoners to open prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- An Garda Síochána
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of airport-style walk through detectors, beach metal detectors used for searching lands and underwater metal...
- Prison Service
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people currently employed within the Irish prison service, by role and by prison/office location, in tabular...
- Departmental Contracts
188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of...
- Prison Service
189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average annual cost of housing a prisoner within the Irish prison system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Immigration Policy
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will grant an amnesty period for a visa applicant (details supplied) as he has been attempting to make appointments to...
- An Garda Síochána
198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if concerns were raised with his Department in respect of the defective nature of leather pistol holsters procured from a...
- Immigration Policy
200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied) whose period of stay expires in March 2025; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Infectious Diseases
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department was informed of the deaths from bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, of monkeys at Dublin Zoo in 2024;...
- Artificial Intelligence
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on...
- Freedom of Information
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount Coillte has paid each year since 2020 on external legal fees contesting appeals made to the Office of the Commissioner for...
- Departmental Contracts
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in...
- Agriculture Industry
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for clarification on the Government's policy towards the farming of hemp, particularly in light of a number of cases of licensed hemp...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
206. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of all contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) for the provision of IPAS and/or Ukrainian...
- Youth Work Projects
208. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with regards to youth work as the new Programme for Government commits to a new Youth Services Action Plan,...
- International Protection
209. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants housed, respectively, in each local...
- Artificial Intelligence
210. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by...
- Childcare Services
211. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline her comprehensive plan to address this significant concern on the availability of childcare places...
- Disability Services
212. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many WTE therapist vacancies currently in CDNT teams within the CHO3 area. [3769/25]
- Departmental Contracts
213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the...
- Disability Services
214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline what steps that have been taken by Government to have the vacant post in CDNT filled; the steps that...
- Legislative Measures
216. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm when the review of the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 will commence, as it is due this...
- Industrial Disputes
217. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in light of the fact that section 39 workers are now balloting for industrial action, she will mandate her...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointments Status
218. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) who has been awaiting occupational therapy at Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin 10;...
- Hospital Services
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric occupational therapists allocated to Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin 10 and or its network; the current waiting list size for...
- Healthcare Policy
220. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification on the Government's policy towards the farming of hemp, particularly in light of a number of cases of licensed hemp farmers being monitored...
- Medicinal Products
221. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the roll-out of free HRT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3618/25]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
222. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the position of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3658/25]
- Primary Care Centres
223. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the position of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3659/25]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
224. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the position of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3660/25]
- Tobacco Control Measures
225. To ask the Minister for Health for a timeline on the drafting, publication and introduction of the general scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024; if...
- Health Services
229. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of a grant application for a centre (details supplied), which is currently with the property review group; when this grant will be available...
- Dental Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment for a person (details supplied). [3686/25]
- Hospital Appointments Status
231. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a pain clinic appointment (details supplied). [3688/25]
- Health Services
232. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the HSE's recommended schedule for post-natal developmental checks; whether the HSE is appropriately staffed to carry out the recommended schedule...
- Infectious Diseases
233. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE were informed of the deaths from bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, of monkeys at Dublin Zoo in 2024; the steps that...
- Artificial Intelligence
234. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial intelligence...
- Hospital Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the review into the surgical management of developmental dysplasia of the hip at Cappagh and Temple Street Children's Hospitals; and if...
- Medicinal Products
236. To ask the Minister for Health if any further consultation has taken place between her Department and the Health Products Regulatory Authority on the matter of uromune becoming available for...
- Health Service Executive
237. To ask the Minister for Health on what month this year the new HSE capital plan will be published. [3747/25]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Health when she will be in a position to make a decision on the provision of a new model 3 hospital in the mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Executive
240. To ask the Minister for Health for a full breakdown of the management teams down to local area management of all regional HSE heath division. [3750/25]
- Healthcare Policy
242. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to introduce regional rehabilitation services for amputees. [3761/25]
- Health Service Executive
243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of carers employed by the HSE in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [3762/25]
- Departmental Contracts
244. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and 2024; the...
- Medicinal Products
245. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can reapply for access to the medicines management programme reimbursement scheme for type 1 diabetics, following misdiagnoses,...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
246. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on any plans to provide a new dental hospital for Cork, given that significant investment in the provision of dental services in the Cork region...
- Health Service Executive
248. To ask the Minister for Health what directions were given by the Minister or her Department to the HSE regarding capital projects between 1 January 2024 to date in 2025. [3843/25]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
249. To ask the Minister for Health if all participants in the Covid inquiry are being directed to the protected disclosures commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3851/25]
- Health Service Executive
250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies by job title currently in the HSE national antimicrobial resistant team; the full-year cost of filling each of those vacancies; and...
- Medicinal Products
251. To ask the Minister for Health if clonidine will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons under 16 years suffering with ADHD; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Emergency Departments
252. To ask the Minister for Health when the final HIQA report into the review of accident and emergency services in the mid-west is due; whether action will be taken if additional facilities are...
- Medicinal Products
253. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the long-term illness scheme is limited to mental health conditions for persons under 16 years-of-age; whether she has plans to extend this beyond...
- Hospital Staff
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in a hospital (details supplied), by role, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3911/25]
- Hospital Services
256. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the average daily patient intake in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3912/25]
- Hospital Staff
259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff hired at a hospital in the last three years (details supplied), by role, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Ambulance Service
260. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of on-the-road/operational staff working on emergency ambulances and intermediate care vehicles across the State; and if she will make a...
- Industrial Disputes
263. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the fact that section 39 workers are now balloting for industrial action, she will mandate her officials to allow them to fully implement the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total capital investment by the Government in each of the technological universities in each of the past five years, per capita and by number...
- Artificial Intelligence
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial...
- Student Accommodation
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new national student accommodation strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3732/25]
- Third Level Education
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional capacity for the study of occupational therapy; and if he has engaged with the Minister for Health on the matter....
- Third Level Staff
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teachers required to reduce pupil to teacher ratio in Irish universities to 1:20. [3754/25]
- Departmental Contracts
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Artificial Intelligence
273. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on...
- Departmental Contracts
274. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in...
