Written answers

Tuesday, 11 February 2025

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights
      14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the national security law trial of a person (details supplied); the further action Ireland can take; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Policy
      17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the recent election in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4522/25]
    • European Council
      18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council last month; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Middle East
      19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is planning any engagements with his counterparts in the USA or the EU administrations in relation to Donald Trump's proposal to...
    • Trade Relations
      21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his proposals for the establishment of a consultative group on international trade policy; and if he will make a...
    • Northern Ireland
      22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on challenging the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 in the context of the European Convention on...
    • EU Agreements
      24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to ensure the suspension of the EU Israel Association Agreement given the multiple violations of human rights and...
    • Foreign Policy
      28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take to build on the strong, enduring and dynamic relationship between Ireland and the United States; and if he will make...
    • Passport Services
      34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport books and cards issued to Tipperary applicants in 2024; the number expected to be issued for Tipperary in 2025; and if...
    • Trade Promotion
      35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will be taking to protect Ireland’s trade interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4239/25]
    • Ukraine War
      36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of developments in Ukraine as we approach the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion this month; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Services
      38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average turnaround for online renewal of adult passport applications for January 2024; the average turnaround for these type of passport...
    • Middle East
      39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues regarding Ireland's obligations arising from the advisory opinion of the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the humanitarian situation in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4386/25]
    • Official Engagements
      41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will boycott the traditional St. Patrick's Day visit to the White House in light of President Trump's advocacy for ethnic cleansing and...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an overview of the emigrant support services provided by his Department; the budget allocated for them in 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements regarding the escalating situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [4503/25]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Artificial Intelligence
      46. To ask the Taoiseach 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 systems or...
    • Departmental Contracts
      47. To ask the Taoiseach 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; and the purpose, value...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      48. To ask the Taoiseach the progress and current status of the Covid-19 evaluation; and when a point of contact will be established for the public. [3968/25]
    • Legislative Process
      49. To ask the Taoiseach in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      54. To ask the Taoiseach the salary scale that appli to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; and whether there are proposals to change this...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      55. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company name and amount expended...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      56. To ask the Taoiseach to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for each of these functions;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement his Department has had with the United States and Israel regarding the statements from the US President on the ethnic...
    • Passport Services
      58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4020/25]
    • International Bodies
      59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he or his Department has had with regard to the establishment of The Hague Group comprising Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba,...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4092/25]
    • EU Regulations
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the fines his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department are paying to the EU for breaches of EU guidance, requirements,...
    • Legislative Process
      62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify...
    • Middle East
      63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts to ensure that international journalists will have access to Gaza, Palestine; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Pay
      64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there are...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external managed services provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including...
    • Passport Services
      66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether same-day-turnaround services will be provided through the Cork Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4484/25]
    • Northern Ireland
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his engagement to date with his UK counterparts on Northern Ireland legacy issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4486/25]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) for the foreign birth registry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4545/25]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading...
    • European Court of Justice
      71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government’s position with respect to Ireland joining case C-829/24 at the Court of Justice of the European Union (details...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current status of a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4754/25]
    • Foreign Policy
      73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has engaged with the Moroccan government regarding the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people in the past 12...
    • Middle East
      74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Israel and/or the United States have engaged with him or his Department in the past three months regarding the potential enactment of the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of his...
    • Foreign Policy
      76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on all communications he has had with the Trump administration at Ministerial and governmental level; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Services
      77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average turnaround time for first-time and renewal passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4849/25]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any plans in the lifetime of this Government to open new embassies and permanent missions; where these would be located; and if...
    • Foreign Policy
      79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on all communications he has had with the new British government at ministerial and governmental level; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Climate Change Policy
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a progress update on the development of the social climate plan. [4562/25]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a fixed price for a feed-in tariff for biomethane. [3976/25]
    • Departmental Meetings
      85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to meet with an organisation (details supplied). [3981/25]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published....
    • Telecommunications Services
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to address as a matter of priority the very serious issue of extremely poor or non-existent mobile phone reception along...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the risk assessment and management strategies for mobile communication infrastructure in the...
    • Recycling Policy
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how deposits that are not reclaimed are used; what oversight he has over these funds; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bord na Móna
      91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on reported plans that Bord na Móna is considering selling off the part of its company that deals with...
    • Legislative Process
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted...
    • Waste Management
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide local authorities with additional resources to help address the growing problem of dog waste,...
    • National Broadband Plan
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to examine the case of a person (details supplied) regarding broadband coverage; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish the ministerial brief he received following the recent formation of the Government; if he will...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to accelerate the delivery of renewable offshore wind. [4411/25]
    • Weather Events
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if all those who came from other countries to assist following Storm Éowyn had to complete a safety course before...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the Celtic Interconnector; the progress made on this project; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for details on the establishment of a regulatory system for district heating that ensures consumer protection; when he...
    • Recycling Policy
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on measures to improve recycling rates of glass bottles; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Defence
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4087/25]
    • Departmental Properties
      106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the up-to-date position of a facility (details supplied); the plans for the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4232/25]
    • Air Corps
      107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, following an investment of €230 million on two Airbus 295 Maritime surveillance aircraft delivered in June and October 2023, he will...
    • Legislative Process
      109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he intends to continue to exclude Israel from tenders for military equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4266/25]
    • Defence Forces
      111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the establishment figure, size, and numbers recruited and who left each branch of the Permanent and Reserve Defence Forces in the years 2019 to...
    • Naval Service
      112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of ships the Naval Service can currently simultaneously put to sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4268/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the basis on which engagements with lobbyists for international arms manufacturers are reportedly kept confidential; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces
      117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the Defence Forces purchase orders for 2024, by quarter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4273/25]
    • Public Sector Pay
      118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there are...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company...
    • Weather Events
      120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or any of his officials or Army officers received a request or discussed with ESB Networks managers the option or possibility of...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      121. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for...
    • Weather Events
      122. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if consideration was given to calling in the Defence Forces in the aftermath of storm Éowyn; if the Defence Forces are trained for this;...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Electric Vehicles
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to facilitate home charging of electric vehicles where a property fronts onto a public footpath (details supplied). [3962/25]
    • Maritime Safety
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the issue of recognising qualifications, including the radio operators certificate, awarded by an organisation...
    • Electric Vehicles
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to encourage the colocation of electric vehicle charging points with vehicle service stations that provide petrol,...
    • Commissioners of Irish Lights
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status and nature of funding to the Commissioners of Irish Lights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4770/25]
    • Traffic Management
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans, if any, to tackle congestion in Cork city which is now the 38th most congested city in the world; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve public transport in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3958/25]
    • Transport Policy
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on all transport upgrades planned under the revised NDP in Kerry; which projects are prioritised for commencement;...
    • Bus Services
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason so many buses, in particular the S4, S6 and S8, are regularly cancelled last minute or just don't show up at bus stops; and if...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to publish the Ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4101/25]
    • Greenways Provision
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a detailed up-to-date progress report on the Tralee-to-Listowel greenway in County Kerry; if this hugely important project for north...
    • Air Safety
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether Ireland has a full complement of required air traffic control staff in all airports; and the number of such staff in each...
    • Bus Services
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the proposed extension to the Letterkenny town bus service; the anticipated timeline for implementation; and if...
    • EU Regulations
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the fines his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department are paying to the EU for breaches of EU guidance, requirements,...
    • Legislative Process
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to...
    • Public Sector Pay
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there...
    • Road Network
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the 12-month review due in relation to the performance of the new Dunkettle Interchange; what plans are in place for the...
    • Rail Network
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what advancements have been made in progressing the new train stations in Dunkettle, Tivoli, Blackpool, and Blarney; if there is a...
    • Greenways Provision
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress being made on completing the Dunkettle length of the Glanmire greenway project; if a tender...
    • Transport Costs
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would outline any further proposals to reduce public transport fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4356/25]
    • Road Projects
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on major infrastructural projects in Cork city and county, including the Cork to Limerick motorway project,...
    • Rail Network
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on his plans for a light rail system for Cork city, and the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Bus Services
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an overview of the progress made under Bus Connects plans for the Cork area, and an update in relation to future progress and...
    • Rail Network
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the schedule and service on the Ballybrophy rail line. [4404/25]
    • Bus Services
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress of the bus network redesign; to expand upon the reasons for its delays; the timeline for delivery;...
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on any new proposals for future park-and-ride facilities in Galway city and county; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the...
    • Bus Services
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the role of the National Transport Authority regarding Bus Éireann expressway routes; any service obligations...
    • National Transport Authority
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid to date by the NTA for rental of office space in Penrose Quay in Cork. [4585/25]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget...
    • Transport Policy
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recent studies, if any, carried out in Ireland, the UK or EU in relation to the benefits and or challenges of permitting private...
    • Ports Policy
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider planned developments of port infrastructure by a company (details supplied), which are not well considered and may...
    • Road Safety
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the remaining local road speed limit reductions to come into effect nationally; if it is envisaged that urban routes will...
    • Driver Test
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current total service volume of each driving test centre, in tabular form. [4687/25]
    • Road Safety Authority
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date by which he expects the Road Safety Authority to resume publishing its annual road casualties and collisions report; and if a...
    • Transport Policy
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date by which he expects to publish the underpinning legislation for the proposed transport security force; the expected personnel...
    • Electric Vehicles
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for increasing EV charging points in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4706/25]
    • Driver Licences
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the establishment of reciprocal driver’s licence arrangements with any US states; if discussions have taken...
    • Haulage Industry
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with representatives of hauliers in respect of the challenges presented by the mandating, through EU regulation, of...
    • Bus Services
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the approval of the BusConnects project as it relates to Shankill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dublin Bus
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding any plans to use or research carried out into using the space at or over, Bus Átha Cliath garages, for...
    • Public Transport
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review the Government policy of privatising public transport; to review the contract with GoAhead with a view to returning these...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of exemptions granted under Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 to...
    • Legislative Measures
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to bringing forward primary legislation to require the regulation of the commercial operation of airborne drones by...
    • Coast Guard Service
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new contractor for the Coast Guard Rescue service based at a location (details supplied) will commence its operations; if there...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Exemptions
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline any plans to make pension bonus payments tax free for individuals who are in receipt of a contributory State pension and a private pension; and if...
    • Tax Reliefs
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider raising the cap on the help-to-buy scheme to increase the number of eligible applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the excise on HVO. [3974/25]
    • Tax Yield
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty that was paid on alcohol in each year from 2014 to 2024; and the percentage of this excise duty as a total of the tax taken in by...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all of the Israeli Government bonds held by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, including the date on which they were issued, the date...
    • Tax Code
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding inheritance tax, if the income from solar panels and-or wind turbines is part of the transfer of a family farm to a son or daughter; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4091/25]
    • Insurance Coverage
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to engage with an organisation (details supplied) in respect of insurance cover for households and areas affected by Storm Éowyn. [4162/25]
    • Tax Yield
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the current rate of excise duty; the amount of revenue raised, by category, in each month since January 2024 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance to address the long delay in processing a DD1 application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4191/25]
    • EU Regulations
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the fines his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department are paying to the EU for breaches of EU guidance, requirements, regulations, directives...
    • Tax Rebates
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance the up-to-date position with a VAT repayment from a grant for a person in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; if he is aware of investments made in companies that are operating and-or involved in illegal Israeli...
    • Legislative Process
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason his Department seeks to amend the remote-hybrid working arrangements for staff; the evidence that the proposed changes will lead to improved...
    • Tax Data
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy claims approved since 1 July 2020, by county, along with the number of applicants associated with these claims; and the number of...
    • Public Sector Pay
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there are proposals to...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance for the full list of NAMA project sales to date; the date of each sale; the value of each sale; the corresponding par value of each loan portfolio sold; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company name and...
    • Tax Exemptions
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the case for reviewing the 0% VAT treatment of solar power ancillary equipment (details supplied), to ensure that homeowners who face financial...
    • Interest Rates
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to reduce extremely high interest rates being charged to mortgagees whose mortgages were sold to investment funds; and if he will make...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for each of these...
    • Tax Data
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 5 February 2025, which of those treaties contain a limitation of benefits clause; and if he will make a statement...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [4793/25]
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has given instructions on the investing strategy of the Irish sovereign wealth funds; if so, if will he provide those instructions; and if...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coastal Erosion
      211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline what support his Department has, and can, make available to address coastal erosion and also beach renourishment at the beach...
    • National Monuments
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the current situation regarding restoration works at Durrow Abbey, Durrow, Tullamore, County Offaly; when...
    • Public Sector Pay
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the FEMPI-era reduction in the daily rate of payment for former members of the public service appointed for their expertise...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the progression of the Clifden flood relief scheme; and to confirm a date for when the scheme will enter the formal...
    • EU Regulations
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the fines his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department are paying to the EU for breaches of EU guidance, requirements,...
    • Legislative Process
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to...
    • Public Sector Pay
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there...
    • National Development Plan
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline and critical milestones for the review and launch of the national development plan by this Government. [4399/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the final cost of public procurement tenders, by the number of tenders where the final cost was under, on or over the estimated cost at...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget...
    • Departmental Staff
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the past ten years via hardware provided to them by...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to reply to correspondence (details supplied) regarding a flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4635/25]
    • Office of Public Works
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE plumbers and carpenters employed by the OPW in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [4667/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm, in relation to applications to a scheme (details supplied), the amount applicants will be reimbursed for already-installed...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of ongoing issues with traffic in Glanmire due to delays to the flood relief scheme and when this will be completed; and...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of his...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Employment Rights
      229. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the compensation and additional supports that will be provided to employees of companies currently involved in stocking and servicing...
    • Business Supports
      230. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the details of a scheme to assist businesses who suffered serious losses in recent storms will be published, in view of the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      231. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expected timeline for the planned development of a new national AI strategy. [4065/25]
    • Business Supports
      232. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on how the process for determining eligibility for digital grants and consultancy for SMEs will be reformed, as proposed in...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      235. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4089/25]
    • Industrial Development
      237. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a breakdown, by county, of IDA site visits for 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4120/25]
    • Business Supports
      238. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of companies or organisations to date that have availed of the Enterprise Ireland cyber security review grant; the...
    • EU Regulations
      239. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the fines his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department are paying to the EU for breaches of EU guidance,...
    • Legislative Process
      240. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to...
    • Co-operative Sector
      241. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his intentions regarding the reform of co-ops; and if he will bring the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022 before the Oireachtas in the...
    • Business Supports
      242. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to account for the reason new businesses established in 2024 are not eligible for the power up grant; the reason the grant is linked...
    • Public Sector Pay
      244. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether...
    • Trade Missions
      245. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA Ireland plans to have a trade mission to Australia during 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4459/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      246. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including...
    • Industrial Development
      247. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will take action to resolve a situation involving the IDA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Work Permits
      248. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a decision on a visa application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [4579/25]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      249. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget...
    • Industrial Relations
      250. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a timeline for the publication of an action plan for collective bargaining, in line with commitments under the EU Directive; and...
    • Business Supports
      251. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value and nature of all State-sponsored grants provided to a company (details supplied) in 2022, 2023 and 2024, by the relevant...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      253. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of his...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      254. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of complaints lodged with the WRC regarding remote and flexible working in the past 12 months, broken down by month, in...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a requirement that a child leaving primary school with a diagnosis requires another assessment of need to enter second level education....
    • Teaching Qualifications
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Cabinet Minister with responsibility for policy regarding postgraduate teaching qualifications, in particular for the postgraduate master's...
    • School Accommodation
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) will be upgraded under the Pathfinder Retrofit Programme this summer, as agreed, even though...
    • School Equipment
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a scheme will open this year for schools to apply for funding to replace equipment in practical rooms; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the very serious health and safety issues identified with the current building used by a school (details supplied);...
    • Schools Building Projects
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite a phase two meeting with her Department and key stakeholders on the development of an extension to a school (details...
    • School Accommodation
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any consultation has taken place with the Department of Housing, Planning & Local Government regarding planning guidelines for local...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recognition of experience for teachers who obtained their qualifications outside of Ireland; and the measures being taken to...
    • Education Welfare Service
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of full-time equivalent educational welfare officer positions in Waterford city and county; the number of these positions...
    • Education Policy
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns raised by a number of parents with respect to the inappropriate targeting of children by commercial skin product...
    • Grant Payments
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on when the minor works grant for 2025 will be made available to schools. [4082/25]
    • School Accommodation
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the summer works scheme for schools will be re-introduced this year. [4083/25]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the ministerial brief she received on commencing her role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4088/25]
    • School Accommodation
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently review the decision to deny the provision of a second SEN classroom at a school (details supplied) considering the immediate need and...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address as a matter of extreme urgency the pension calculation information in respect of a person (details supplied) that contains very...
    • Home Schooling
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a change in her Department’s approach to the assessment process for home schooling; if it is now the case that meetings...
    • Schools Building Projects
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she will make provisions for the tender schedule for the new school building project of a school (details supplied) to include provision...
    • Education Welfare Service
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and her Department can assist a family (details supplied) in regard to an urgent matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to address a lack of school transport since October 2024 for a child with special needs (details supplied); when this...
    • School Admissions
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4167/25]
    • School Staff
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow for an appeals process for applicants for assault leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4183/25]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of ECTS credits for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4208/25]
    • Legislative Process
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of each Bill for which her Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the ongoing development in Dundalk and the increasing demand for school places, if she will outline any additional school building...
    • Legislative Measures
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the position on the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024; for an update on the progress of the Bill and when...
    • School Accommodation
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) under the emergency works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that her Department’s website is updated to accurately reflect the current stage of the building process for a school...
    • Public Sector Pay
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of her Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there are...
    • Education Policy
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to create a dedicated national therapy service in education, beginning with special schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the application, selection process and criteria that apply for a secondary school to gain DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for funding to install another prefab to facilitate a second junior infants class in September for a school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to provide additional autism classes in an area of County Cork (details supplied); if the National Council for Special...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that some schools in Balbriggan have been awarded DEIS status and as such are availing of the MBX school meals programme; if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school (details supplied) will be completed. [4403/25]
    • School Funding
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of primary and secondary schools that are in debt; and the total amount of debt owed by primary and secondary schools, in each...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company...
    • Special Educational Needs
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when resources such as teachers, special needs assistants and buildings will be supplied to a school (details supplied), permitting each...
    • School Admissions
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can intervene to assist a child (details supplied) in securing a place in secondary education, having moved to Ireland from the UK in...
    • Irish Language
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to develop a policy for Irish in the education system from early childhood education to third level and to establish an expert...
    • School Admissions
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a child (details supplied) awaiting a school place offer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4582/25]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in her Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed secondary school in a location (details supplied); when she expects construction to commence; and if she will make a...
    • School Curriculum
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will act to remove faith formation, including sacramental preparation, from the core school day; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will act to remove the requirement for primary school teachers to have a Catholic religious education certificate to be eligible for most...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will legislate to remove the discrimination permitted under section 37(1) of the Employment Equality Act 1998; and if she will make a...
    • School Equipment
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of CO2 monitors that have been issued to schools since 2021; the number still to be issued; and the total cost of the scheme to date....
    • School Transport
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the implementation of much needed school transport for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the requirement that a minimum requisite base-level gender-knowledge and gender-sensitive teaching methods skillset be mandatory for...
    • Education Policy
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of her Department’s policy toward single-sex primary and post-primary schools; if it is the intention of her Department to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new premises for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4778/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application to expand the facilities for neurodiverse students in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the number of teachers currently employed in Ireland; the number able to teach uniquely through the Irish language; the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of her Department...
    • School Admissions
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any record is kept of children who join a secondary school in the middle of the school year due to moving home, returning to Ireland,...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      327. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any plans for Údarás na Gaeltachta to be given statutory powers and resources for it to establish a housing...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      328. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be made available annually to the Department of Rural, Community Development and the Gaeltacht to operate the...
    • Sports Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund is due to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Coláistí Samhraidh
      332. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a íocfar duine i gcomhair na hoibre a rinne sí i gcoláiste samhraidh i gContae na Gaillimhe i mbliana...
    • Sports Organisations
      333. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding given to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2024; and what conditions have been...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4100/25]
    • Sports Funding
      335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason an application for the sports capital programme by a community centre (details supplied) in October 2024 was refused;...
    • Legislative Process
      336. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024,...
    • Gaeltacht Scholarships
      337. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants available for students to assist with the costs of going to the Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Commemorative Events
      338. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline what happened for the international day of famine commemoration. [4295/25]
    • Public Sector Pay
      339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether...
    • Sports Events
      340. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount the State has spent on preparation for the 2027 Ryder Cup in each of the years from 2019 to date, in tabular form. [4406/25]
    • Television Licence Fee
      341. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his future plans for the TV licence. [4412/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      342. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025,...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      343. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable...
    • Sports Events
      344. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is aware of the fact that a number of dance students have qualified for the upcoming dance world championships; and if...
    • Tourism Policy
      345. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the planned guidelines on short-term letting, on the introduction of a short-term letting register; his views on...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Departmental Data
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of businesses established in 2024 in existing rateable premises. [4302/25]
    • Planning Issues
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce planning permission for a change of the use of land from a family farm to an industrial agricultural...
    • Housing Schemes
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is conscious of the substantial progress made by Kildare County Council in utilising the tenant-in-situ purchasing...
    • Building Regulations
      350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given the recent storms and the wipeout of electricity supply, if he will allow for chimneys to be built on new homes to allow...
    • Coastal Protection
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the interdepartmental group on coastal change management and the...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4095/25]
    • Defective Building Materials
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will commence a review of the defective concrete block grant scheme. [4106/25]
    • Housing Policy
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on any plans and timelines to extend the temporary waiver in respect of development contributions; and if he...
    • Defective Building Materials
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department is considering changes to the ‘enhanced defective concrete block scheme’ regarding...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when updated wind energy development guidelines can be expected, particularly in regard to setback distances from households...
    • Mining Industry
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a role in considering applications for a gold mine in the Sperrin Mountains, given that it may impact on...
    • Legislative Process
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in...
    • Weather Events
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his engagements with European counterparts and the European Union regarding assistance to alleviate the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025,...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will update guidelines on solar and wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4526/25]
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will publish and implement strong planning guidelines in relation to the statutory duty of the county...
    • Fire Safety
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the status of the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects in eligible apartments and duplexes;...
    • Housing Schemes
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the rental accommodation scheme will be published. [4558/25]
    • Housing Policy
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the recent Housing Commission report and to outline if a working...
    • Estimates Publication
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services table for the capital assistance scheme and the capital advance leasing...
    • Housing Schemes
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants is currently suspended; if so, from what date; and the reason...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable...
    • State Properties
      377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposed plans, if any, for the vacant former Cork Prison site located on Rathmore Road, The Glen, County Cork; and if he...
    • House Sales
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes that went sale agreed in 2024; how many of these were apartments and how many were houses; the number...
    • Urban Development
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next round of funding from the urban regeneration and development fund will be allocated; and the current status of...
    • Planning Issues
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the definition and objectives in the planning code of "self-sustaining growth towns"; how many have this classification in the...
    • Local Authorities
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to pass on the circular that needs to be sent to local authorities before councils can pass on the interest...
    • Housing Policy
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason increases in social welfare payments seem to coincide with rent increases (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review the decision to disallow oil and gas boiler replacement from the older persons grant (details supplied); and if he...
    • Local Authorities
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make provision for municipal districts in the six local authorities that currently do not have any; and if he will...
    • Building Regulations
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider implementing regulations to ensure that no new-build housing will have electricity supplied through...
    • Defective Building Materials
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the defective concrete blocks grant scheme increase (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • School Meals Programme
      391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps he is taking to ensure the nutritional value of food in the hot school meals programme; if there are specific...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will make adoption benefit available to parents of children born from surrogacy in the interim period whilst waiting...
    • State Pensions
      393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a State pension non-contributory appeal for a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the compensation and additional supports that will be provided to employees of companies currently involved in stocking and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a disability allowance appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • School Meals Programme
      397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a report of the inspections which took place in 2024 of schools participating in the hot school meals programme;...
    • State Pensions
      398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will confirm whether Class S PRSI contributions have been included in the calculation of a constituent’s State...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider allowing PRSI class D contributions to be reckonable for invalidity pension purposes; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4099/25]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4193/25]
    • EU Regulations
      403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the fines his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department are paying to the EU for breaches of EU guidance,...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4216/25]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the application for domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Process
      406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason his Department seeks to amend the remote/hybrid working arrangements for staff; the evidence that the proposed...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on a carer’s allowance appeal for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Pay
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year;...
    • Departmental Advertising
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the advertisement spent of his Department, by national media outlet and local newspaper outlet in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a working family payment application (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Bereaved Partner's Pension Bill 2024 will be enacted. [4397/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025,...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Citizens Information Services
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation of the Government of Ireland’s Periodic Review of the Citizens...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the means test is scheduled to be scrapped for the carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any plans to ease the criteria for someone who is unemployed, or retired, who wants to go on a Tús/CE...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Functions
      422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the move of the National Cyber Security Centre from the Department of Climate, Environment and Energy to his Department...
    • Legislative Measures
      423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to proceed with plans to remove juries from defamation cases, as proposed in the Defamation (Amendment) Bill...
    • Citizenship Applications
      424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case of citizenship applications for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domestic Violence
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of calls made to An Garda Síochána, by month and by year, from 2016 to 2024, that would fall under the...
    • Alcohol Sales
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inspections carried out by gardaí on licensed premises in the on-trade, to ensure full compliance with...
    • Visa Applications
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4030/25]
    • Family Reunification
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for the status of a visa application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4034/25]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount received in fees from applicants for a certificate of naturalisation as governed by the provisions of the...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4096/25]
    • Visa Applications
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can assist with a visa appointment/application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4113/25]
    • Family Reunification
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4181/25]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      433. 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. [4199/25]
    • EU Regulations
      434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the fines his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department are paying to the EU for breaches of EU guidance,...
    • Legislative Process
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in...
    • Asylum Applications
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the application process for a Palestinian national to apply for asylum, including the specific procedure...
    • Public Sector Pay
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year;...
    • Bench Warrants
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants outstanding in the Meath/Westmeath Garda division as of 4 February 2025. [4348/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his immediate plans to help address with the recruitment and retention issues of Gardaí. [4402/25]
    • Extradition Arrangements
      440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for an extradition treaty with the United Arab Emirates. [4405/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the number of Garda Síochána to 16,000 between now and end of 2026; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025,...
    • Departmental Policies
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes being implemented in his Department and all agencies under the...
    • Visa Applications
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case of a passport application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Family Reunification
      445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for the current processing times for join family visa applications; if there are any plans to review the process and reduce...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable...
    • Visa Applications
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the suspension of re-entry visa requirements for children under the age of 16 years, who are travelling with legal parent...
    • Citizenship Applications
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps an English national, who has been a long-time resident in Ireland, must take to apply for Irish citizenship. [4642/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that attested from the Garda Training College in 2024. [4645/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of social enterprises using the Immigrant Investor Programme process since 2020; the projects and location of each;...
    • Legislative Reviews
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward legislation in response to the Independent Review Group reports into the Offences Against the State...
    • Immigration Policy
      456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the period that an individual is in Ireland under the provisions of the Temporary Protection Directive is considered as a...
    • Departmental Functions
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of his Department in progressing the proposal within the programme for Government to create a transport security force...
    • Residency Permits
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of first residence permits issued in each year from 2019 to 2024 that were for education; the number of residence...
    • Student Visas
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to change the fees applicable for student visa applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4714/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to proactively support community policing forums, including through increased funding, in cities; if he plans to...
    • Internet Safety
      467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the prohibition of pornographic websites that portray violence and rape; if he will introduce legislation...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications made to the climate action performance payment, CAPP; the number of disallowed or refused applications;...
    • Greyhound Industry
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhound care homes with a dedicated, unique visitor room funded by Rásaíocht Con Éireann that are...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether an IT issue is interfering with ACRES payments; when this will be resolved; when outstanding payments will be made to...
    • Emergency Planning
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Government policy will consider the felling of trees in close proximity to power lines to avoid future widescale power outages due...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4085/25]
    • Horticulture Sector
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding and other supports will be provided to those in the horticulture sector who were impacted and suffered losses as a result...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide an update on the scheduled ACRES repayments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Process
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to...
    • Public Sector Pay
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many ACRES (tranche 2) payments are outstanding as a result of a technical or IT issues, with score cards being imported to the...
    • Forestry Sector
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes he plans to bring forward in the next year in relation to forestry felling licences. [4398/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including...
    • Farm Costs
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific actions his Department is taking to reduce the bureaucratic burden on Irish farmers, particularly small and family-run...
    • Agriculture Industry
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the increasing regulatory pressures on Irish farmers, the efforts he is making to ensure that new European Union environmental...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a detailed breakdown of how carbon reduction targets are being assigned within the agricultural sector; whether these...
    • Food Prices
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to guarantee that farmers receive a fair price for their produce, particularly in light of supermarket price...
    • Climate Change Policy
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of global food security concerns, if he will explain how Ireland is balancing climate policies with maintaining national...
    • Food Security
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide assurances that Irish agriculture policy is prioritising food security and self-sufficiency, particularly in light of...
    • Farm Costs
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is implementing to ensure the viability of family farms and encourage younger generations to remain in farming, given...
    • Agriculture Supports
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific financial incentives or policy supports that are in place to help young farmers access land, given that land prices...
    • Food Industry
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the guarantees he will provide that imported food products meet the same environmental, welfare, and safety standards required of...
    • Trade Agreements
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is confident that recent European Union trade agreements do not unfairly disadvantage Irish farmers by allowing cheaper,...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget...
    • Animal Welfare
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to improve the welfare of dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4636/25]
    • Weather Events
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a scheme of compensation for farmers who have seen the loss of bean crops due to Storm Darragh; and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1081 of 22 January 2025, the grants that were approved; the grants they drew down with a...
    • Weather Events
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on a matter regarding funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4697/25]
    • Animal Slaughtering
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1125 of 22 January 2025, if all 256 horses certified for export from Ireland for slaughter in...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an aquaculture licence application in respect of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forestry Sector
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to funding the replacement of trees, planted under his Department's afforestation schemes, with...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Legislative Measures
      507. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline her plans in respect of the programme for Government commitment to “advance legislation to ban...
    • Disability Services
      508. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the Department that will be responsible for facilitating funding for neurorehabilitation and respite services...
    • Asylum Seekers
      509. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will reintroduce the policy of community consultation for the location of accommodation for people who are...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      510. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the long waiting lists for assessments and if she will expedite an appointment for a child (details...
    • Disability Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans that are in place to resolve the ongoing difficulties being experienced by a social enterprise...
    • International Protection
      512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of payments made under the accommodation recognition payment (ARP) since it was increased to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      515. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any consideration is being given to reducing ratio requirements in childcare/early years education/ECCE...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      517. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any consideration is being given to changing the FETAC Level 5 requirement for childcare/early years...
    • International Protection
      519. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the current status and future plans for the ARP scheme. [4038/25]
    • Disability Services
      520. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 22 January 2025, to provide a breakdown of the 12+ month category...
    • Gender Recognition
      521. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will publish the research commissioned by her Department to examine issues of concern relating to...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to publish the ministerial brief she received on commencing her role; and when and by what means it will be...
    • International Protection
      523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review as a matter of extreme urgency the relocation policy for Ukrainians in light of the huge ongoing...
    • Departmental Contracts
      525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount a company (details supplied) has been paid by her Department in each of the past five years; and the...
    • Asylum Seekers
      529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of buildings that have been purchased by the State to house persons applying for asylum since the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the mechanism for former residents of mother and baby institutions to update the records held on them...
    • Youth Services
      532. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total expenditure allocated to maintain existing levels of services in respect of youth affairs, in each of...
    • Legislative Process
      535. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in respect of each Bill for which her Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the psychological assessment for ADHD of a child (details supplied). [4263/25]
    • Public Sector Pay
      537. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of her Department; whether this scale has changed in the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to increase the staffing and training of more therapists in children’s disability teams; if she...
    • Disability Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE autism therapists and disability community facilitators attached to Longford CDNT teams in...
    • Departmental Funding
      540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any financial supports or grants available for people attempting to set up supervised access...
    • Disability Services
      541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to develop a multi-annual approach to funding disability services; the estimated timeline...
    • Departmental Funding
      542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth available to businesses and local authorities to support adjustments needed to make public spaces and structures...
    • Disability Services
      543. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the progress made toward achieving the main aims of the Action Plan for Disability...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      545. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an occupational therapy assessment for a child (details supplied) will be carried out. [4517/25]
    • Childcare Services
      546. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures are being taken to address the huge shortage of childcare places in Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      547. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures are being taken to increase the budget for early years and school age care, which currently stands...
    • Childcare Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of three are on childcare waiting lists in Kerry for the years 2021-2025,...
    • Children in Care
      550. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently under the care of Tusla who have been identified as at risk of sexual...
    • Disability Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the case of a child (details supplied) awaiting support services; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      564. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in her Department; to outline their delegated functions and...
    • Disability Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1200 of 22 January 2025, the date on which the relevant posts entered...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      567. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting assessment of needs in CHO 7; and the number of those waiting longer...
    • Disability Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting speech and language therapy in CHO 7; and the number of those waiting...
    • Childcare Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to extending the building blocks grant scheme or creating a separate application...
    • Disability Services
      572. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will urgently intervene in the case of a section 39 respite home that requires additional funding to...
  • Department of Health
    • Healthcare Policy
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to provide support to Palestinian children in need of medical treatment to access treatment in Ireland; and if she will make...
    • Health Services Staff
      576. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the need for workforce planning in respect of radiation therapists; her plans to engage with the Minister for Further and Higher Education,...
    • Health Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the national review of cardiac services; if she is in possession of a copy of this review; if she will publish the document; and if...
    • Legislative Measures
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the compensation and additional supports that will be provided to employees of companies currently involved in stocking and servicing self-service tobacco and...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to include hexahydrocannabinol, HHC, as a controlled drug under the misuse of drugs regulations; if he will outline plans to regulate the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      582. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4008/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      584. To ask the Minister for Health to provide confirmation of required documentation for an S1 application (details supplied). [4010/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      585. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4011/25]
    • Medical Internships
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if she agrees that radiation therapy students should be paid during their summer clinical placement, and that an unpaid placement presents a financial obstacle...
    • Healthcare Policy
      587. To ask the Minister for Health why medical alert dogs are not recognised under legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4021/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      590. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the level of funding the HSE has paid out to private companies completing assessments in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, per CHO area, in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure can be expedited for a patient (details supplied) who is awaiting a call to University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      593. To ask the Minister for Health to publish the ministerial brief she received on commencing her role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4094/25]
    • Medical Research and Training
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the annual training grant awarded by the National Doctors Training Programme to education institutions (details supplied) from 2019 to 2024 in...
    • Ambulance Service
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that staff at the National Ambulance Service are on the verge of industrial action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4110/25]
    • Emergency Planning
      598. To ask the Minister for Health what plans are in place to support critical infrastructure such as GP surgeries in the event of severe weather disruptions, particularly where they are...
    • Dental Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address the long and unacceptable waiting lists for orthodontic care (details supplied), currently standing at 5.5 years, with no sign of reducing;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      604. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4150/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if she would consider making the medication linaclotide available via the drugs payment scheme as this medication is very expensive; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the supports to be put in place to resource community drugs services, providing therapeutic or day supports including counselling, rehabilitation, education or...
    • Health Services Staff
      607. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE employment freeze has been completely lifted, specifically in relation to the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar. [4157/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      608. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the need to ensure waiting lists are not exacerbated by cancellation of elective surgeries and outpatient care, following Storm Éowyn; and if...
    • Hospital Equipment
      609. To ask the Minister for Health her views on reports that four linear accelerators in Dublin, Cork and Galway were not in use in Autumn 2024 due to staffing shortages; and the position...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if an autism assessment will be provided to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4180/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      611. To ask the Minister for Health when she expects the additional 97 beds planned for Wexford General Hospital to become available to treat patients; the number of existing beds that will no...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      612. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4192/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4198/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if back-up batteries for CPAP machines are available on the medical card scheme, and if so, are they available in every CHO area, including CHO 2. [4200/25]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      615. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new licensing system for tobacco and nicotine products; if he is aware of concerns of smaller retailers of the impact these new fees will...
    • Primary Care Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of services that have been withdrawn from the Mary Mercer Health Centre, Jobstown, in the past 12 months; the reason those seeking to access...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if she is considering any changes to the annual retailers licensing fees for those selling tobacco products or nicotine-inhaling products; and if she will make...
    • Ambulance Service
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the training of advanced paramedics has ceased (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4217/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      619. To ask the Minister for Health her plans, if any, to ensure the provision of one WTE diabetes specialist pump nurse in Wexford General Hospital, for patients with diabetes to have a greater...
    • Health Services Staff
      620. To ask the Minister for Health her plans, if any, to provide the appropriate diabetes staffing resources to provide access to the dose adjusting for normal eating programme for all persons...
    • Dental Services
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Cork University Hospital is taking up the beds needed for the dental treatment in Mallow General Hospital and subsequently dental services are being...
    • Medicinal Products
      622. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently add asthma to the long-term illness scheme, as it is a lifelong chronic illness that requires daily medication that is very expensive; and if she...
    • General Practitioner Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if an afterhours doctor service can be provided in a town in Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4223/25]
    • Legislative Process
      624. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of each Bill for which her Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      625. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4265/25]
    • Medical Internships
      626. To ask the Minister for Health given the known shortage of radiation therapists in Ireland and their vital role in fighting cancer and given the financial impediments to students of...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      627. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) regarding IVF programme changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4286/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical scientists employed at Cork University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of hospital laboratories that are currently...
    • Public Sector Pay
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends on intervening on behalf of retired medical scientists who are currently excluded from pay parity with their colleagues; and if she will make a...
    • Disease Management
      630. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the new national rare disease strategy, given that the strategy is currently in draft form and awaiting publication; and...
    • Medicinal Products
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends on expediting the review of the drug reimbursement process as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Research and Training
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on her efforts to establish a workforce planning expert unit, to work with the education sectors, regulators, and professional...
    • Hospital Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the resourcing of the paediatric spinal surgery management unit and efforts to coordinate spinal services across all our hospitals; the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres delivered nationally in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number that have encountered delays during that period; the number of...
    • Hospital Charges
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, to reduce car parking charges at hospitals, particularly with cancer patients and their families in mind; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if there are further plans to expand the provision of park and ride facilities to Cork University Hospital for staff and patients, in particular on the eastern...
    • Pharmacy Services
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts made to appoint a new chief pharmacist to the Department; when she hopes to be in a position to make such an appointment; when she hopes to...
    • Cancer Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of any plans under consideration to further extend the BowelScreen cancer screening programme; if there are any plans to extend the...
    • Health Strategies
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the formulation of the new obesity plan and action plan; if she plans to keep the model of care for long Covid under review, taking account of...
    • Medicinal Products
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to review the drugs reimbursement process and plans; if she will consider investigating new methods for earlier reimbursement of certain...
    • Public Sector Pay
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of her Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there are proposals to...
    • Dental Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the number of school dentists in County Longford; the number of schools each dentist supports; and the number of pupils in each school, in tabular form. [4341/25]
    • Hospital Equipment
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the number of trophon machines currently in use at both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin. [4342/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant-in-intensive-care-medicine positions based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [4343/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an initial appointment with CAMHS, in Westmeath, by waiting time, in tabular form. [4344/25]
    • Health Strategies
      647. To ask the Minister for Health to outline her plans in respect of the Programme for Government commitment to “ensure a transgender healthcare service that is based on clinical...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      648. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for hip surgery in Tullamore Hospital. [4375/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      649. To ask the Minister for Health for support on the case of a person (details supplied). [4376/25]
    • Departmental Data
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and precocious puberty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4377/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to provide solu-cortef injection medication in EpiPen form for children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and precocious puberty in line with other...
    • General Practitioner Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the chronic shortage of GP services in north County Dublin; to outline her plans to deal with this issue; if she has considered the...
    • Health Service Executive
      653. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to direct the HSE in relation to its capital plan. [4400/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      654. To ask the Minister for Health her immediate plans to help alleviate the backlog of children with scoliosis waiting for surgery. [4401/25]
    • Nursing Homes
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the new Nenagh community nursing home will open to residents. [4408/25]
    • Emergency Departments
      657. To ask the Minister for Health when the HIQA review into the need for a second accident and emergency department in the midwest will be concluded. [4410/25]
    • Medical Internships
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if she is considering offering financial supports for radiation therapy students while they are on placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the cessation of the Heartwatch programme; the number of patients participating in the programme each year; and her plans for the resumption or...
    • Registration Certificate
      660. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether it is appropriate that Dungarvan is still without a registrar of births, deaths and marriages; if her Department will work with the HSE to...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that can be taken to greater integrate continuous glucose monitoring into the healthcare system; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Strategies
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the development of a national diabetes strategy; the opportunity there will be for stakeholder engagement and public consultation; and if she...
    • Departmental Data
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on diabetes-related treatment and care within the health service in 2023 and 2024, broken down by year and expenditure, in tabular form. [4425/25]
    • Legislative Process
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the progression of the Health Information Bill 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4442/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists and senior psychiatrists in each of the CAMHS teams based in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional WTE staff recruited into neonatology services in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4455/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the changes that have been made to the system of reimbursing dispensing opticians for vouchers issued by the HSE for glasses for children; if she will provide...
    • Hospital Staff
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant gastroenterologist based at Galway University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company name and...
    • Ambulance Service
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics stationed in Cork under the National Ambulance Service (details supplied). [4487/25]
    • General Practitioner Services
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if a GP practice can cease giving medication to a person without attending a six-month check-up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4546/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      675. To ask the Minister for Health when an ophthalmology appointment will be made for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4563/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the reason adults with type 1 diabetes attending Limerick University Hospital are still not offered insulin pumps as a treatment option, despite the qualified...
    • Organ Donation
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the organ donation opt-out register which is to be put in place under the Human Tissue Act 2024; when it is expected that the register will be...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      679. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in her Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for each of these...
    • Legislative Process
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if all sections of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024 have commenced yet; if not, the details...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the reason adults with type 1 diabetes attending University Hospital Limerick are still not offered insulin pumps as a treatment option, despite the...
    • Departmental Funding
      682. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on interim funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4639/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied). [4641/25]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      684. To ask the Minister for Health if she has plans to alter the national treatment purchase fund to increase the pay from a nursing home (details supplied) and similar private nursing homes to...
    • Medicinal Products
      685. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the pricing and reimbursement application process for melatonin under the community drug scheme; if melatonin will be provided under the...
    • Home Help Service
      686. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) requiring a home help package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4674/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      687. To ask the Minister for Health if the hardship scheme will be expanded to allow for forms and prescriptions from GPs to be accepted in place of those from paediatricians; and if she will...
    • Hospital Staff
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency blitz days carried out in 2024 and the date by each hospital, in tabular form; the number of sessions involved; the number of staff...
    • Cancer Services
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand the age catchment of the BreastCheck programme. [4694/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a lower limb prosthesis in the public hospital system. [4695/25]
    • Programme for Government
      691. To ask the Minister for Health to provide greater clarity on the programme for Government’s commitment to roll out more early-age dementia supports and for increased funding for the...
    • Care Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of places for individuals who need 24/7 care due to suffering with early-onset dementia who are under 65 years-of-age; and if...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if she will approve the new mandibular device used to treat sleep apnoea (details supplied). [4702/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      694. To ask the Minister for Health whether promised interim funding for an organisation (details supplied) will be released; and to provide details of the funding amount and timeline for its...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the project to establish an elective hospital in Cork as of February 2025; if a site for this project has been identified; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the care of a person (details supplied) has been completely inadequate and that the lives of other persons...
    • Ambulance Service
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics the National Ambulance Service has employed in each county in each year from 2014 through 2024 inclusive; the number of...
    • Hospital Charges
      702. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to scrap parking charges for cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4781/25]
    • Medical Cards
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to make medical cards an automatic entitlement for cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4782/25]
    • Cancer Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that stem cell therapy is treated as an elective procedure for cancer patients and that this has a direct impact in terms of access to beds; if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      705. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4801/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of her Department currently...
    • Medicinal Products
      707. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to reimburse women affected by the delay to the rollout of the free HRT scheme which was due to begin in January 2025; and if she will make...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      708. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department still plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; the elements of the Act that the Bill...
    • Alcohol Advertising
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the level of alcohol brand advertising broadcast on terrestrial television during the Six Nations Rugby Championship game between Ireland...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      711. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied) and escalate this referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4839/25]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the position of current apprenticeships in electrical instrumentation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education and Training Provision
      713. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his Department’s plans for expenditure of monies allocated in the Budget 2025 skill package for training to support digital...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      715. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4093/25]
    • Education and Training Provision
      716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated impact on training courses in the 2025-2026 academic year of the end of the human capital initiative; and if he will make a...
    • Education Costs
      718. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the need for a stipend or financial supports to supply radiation therapy students with assistance with uniform purchase or rental,...
    • Legislative Process
      719. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in...
    • Public Sector Pay
      720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there are...
    • Education and Training Provision
      721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the establishment of an electric mobility capability centre in Mullingar. [4346/25]
    • Departmental Budgets
      722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocated to SOLAS in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [4347/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentice training course offers that have not been accepted due to the distances between the offered training course and the...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for...
    • Education Costs
      728. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) facing radiation therapy students in Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Education
      729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the issue of staff restructuring at a company (details supplied) and the strike action conducted in relation to it; and if he...
    • Departmental Funding
      730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been provided to date by his Department or any bodies under the aegis of his Department to support the National Gender...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Public Service Obligation
      731. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a tender was issued for the PSO contract for Arranmore Island and Tory Island; when the current contract expired; if there has...
    • Community Development Projects
      732. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to consider providing financial contributions to community groups supporting communities lacking utilities following Storm Éowyn;...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      733. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4098/25]
    • Legislative Process
      734. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to...
    • Public Sector Pay
      735. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether...
    • Departmental Bodies
      736. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of requests his Department received from the Charities Regulator seeking approval for the recruitment of additional and or...
    • Community Development Projects
      737. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to explain further the Government’s plans in respect of the Programme for Government commitment to “renew the focus and...
    • Local Development Companies
      738. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if assistance will be provided to local development companies which have been impacted by Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a...
    • Community Development Projects
      739. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will be made regarding the future of the proposed community hotel in Roscrea, which was funded by his Department. [4443/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      740. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      741. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget...
    • Regeneration Projects
      742. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of funding under the rural regeneration and development fund will be allocated; and the current status of the...
    • Community Development Projects
      744. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail the funding avenues available for sports, arts and community facilities and amenities in growing towns and villages. [4727/25]

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