Written answers

Tuesday, 18 February 2025

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Citizens' Assembly
      113. To ask the Taoiseach if he will establish a citizens’ assembly on Irish unity. [5435/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      114. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      115. To ask the Taoiseach if all participants in the Covid inquiry are being directed to the Protected Disclosures Commissioner. [5703/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      116. To ask the Taoiseach the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively. [5861/25]
    • Departmental Properties
      117. To ask the Taoiseach to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the...
    • Legislative Programme
      119. To ask the Taoiseach the date on which the Spring legislative programme will be approved and published. [6320/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      120. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of his...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Military Neutrality
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether there is a planned mechanism to maintain Irish neutrality in the absence of the triple lock protection; if he will provide details...
    • Passport Services
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport renewals made in January 2025; and to provide the corresponding figures for January 2023 and January 2024, in tabular...
    • Official Engagements
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements his Department has had with the government of Mexico in the past 12 months. [5474/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of...
    • Visa Agreements
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in Ireland securing access to the US E3 visa programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5733/25]
    • International Bodies
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the actions taken by the present United States administration to put sanctions on the International Criminal Court and...
    • Departmental Staff
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if...
    • Passport Services
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport books and cards that were issued to Kilkenny applicants in 2024; how many are expected to issue in 2025; and if he...
    • International Relations
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of forced evictions by the Cambodian government at the Angkor Wat complex; if Ireland’s UNESCO ambassador has...
    • Departmental Properties
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time...
    • Heritage Projects
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 27 June 2024, if he and his Department have undertaken any acts of investigation or enquiry to...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      134. 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 his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025;...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Properties
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property;...
    • Departmental Policies
      135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay in the publication of the National Heat Policy Statement 2025; when he expects it will be...
    • Climate Action Plan
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Climate Action Plan 2025 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5491/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the Heat (Networks and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Centres
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to ensure that data centres are regulated, ensuring that they are aligned with our climate...
    • Mining Industry
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the process for granting a mining license; to detail the number and location of mining licenses currently...
    • Electricity Grid
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount the State has invested in Eirgrid, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from...
    • Land Issues
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the second phase of the land-use review will be completed; when the report will be made available; and if he will...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the second auction for offshore wind; when this auction will take place; and if he will make a...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the frustrations of rural broadband customers at the apparent delayed response from National...
    • Departmental Staff
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general,...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost to the ESB Group, including both Eirgrid and ESB Networks, of recent storms; if it is intended to...
    • Energy Conservation
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the case of a person (details supplied) who has been approved for the SEAI warmer homes scheme will be expedited;...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of a wind turbine that fell apart during storm Éowyn (details supplied); if his Department has...
    • Weather Events
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the sectoral adaptation plans for the electricity and gas sector; what measures the Government has...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has noticed an increase in failure of private operators of clothing recycling banks to empty these...
    • Postal Services
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an extension of the Eircode system is being considered to allow farm buildings to be assigned an individual Eircode;...
    • Housing Schemes
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans in place to allow access to SEAI PV grant funding for those building new houses; and if he will make...
    • Bord na Móna
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the announcement that Bord na...
    • Environmental Schemes
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on correspondence regarding the extended producer scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Weather Events
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will take measures to improve public awareness of supports and services available during periods of...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when full telephone and broadband reception will be available at affected areas throughout Offaly, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Properties
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property;...
    • Departmental Staff
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE legal advisors employed by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6275/25]
    • Energy Conservation
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of grants issued by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to homeowners for attic insulation in 2024...
    • Third Level Education
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the increase in funding for the PhD stipends (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Bodies
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update as to when his Department will conclude consideration of the request by An Post for a 2% increase to...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within his Department in 2024...
    • Electricity Grid
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider establishing a rebalancing subvention, modelled on the large energy user rebalancing subvention...
    • Energy Policy
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to advance planning guidelines for biogas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6352/25]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with phone and broadband providers with a view to establishing a system for information on service...
  • Department of Defence
    • Military Neutrality
      173. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of proposals outlined in the Programme for Government to remove the triple lock protection; when he plans to bring these proposals...
    • Defence Forces
      174. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether progress has been made on Ireland's National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security regarding the protection and participation of...
    • Departmental Funding
      175. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital budget allocation for his Department in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [5478/25]
    • Defence Forces
      176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the numerical strength of the Army, Air Corps and the Naval Service in each year from 2015 to date in 2025; if he will indicate the numbers of...
    • Departmental Funding
      177. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of...
    • Defence Forces
      178. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons in the Permanent Defence Forces, by the county of their primary residence in 2011, 2016, 2020, and 2025, in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Staff
      181. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he...
    • Defence Forces
      182. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies for doctors, nurses, dentists and pharmacists currently within Defence Forces Medical Corps; and the estimated timeframe...
    • Air Corps
      185. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the new maritime patrol CASA 295 aircraft to be purchased by the Irish Air Corps carries Helionix; if the Government have reneged on their...
    • Defence Forces
      186. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he could provide an update on progress with the recommendations from the report of the Commission on Defence; and if he will make a statement...
    • Military Neutrality
      187. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence what the benefits are of getting rid of the triple lock for military involvement in operations abroad; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Properties
      188. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they...
    • Naval Service
      190. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant engineer room artificer technicians currently in the Naval Service; and when each of those vacancies will be filled, in...
    • Defence Forces
      191. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on any progress by military authorities in their consideration of the report and recommendations of the Defence Forces...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      192. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Coast Guard Service
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made to date regarding the procurement of a new site to construct a fit-for-purpose Coastguard station in...
    • Bus Services
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position on Transport for Ireland's roll out in Cork and in particular the bus service routes 233, 257 and 240; and if he...
    • Taxi Regulations
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to extend the ten-year rule for 2015 taxi vehicles; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the concerns regarding the condition of a road (details supplied); what measures he is planning to take to address...
    • Rail Network
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on progress on the Luas-to-Lucan project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5562/25]
    • Road Projects
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the development of a grade-separated junction between Palmerstown village and Kennelsfort Road in Palmerstown. [5563/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of...
    • Noise Pollution
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding noise level limits for car exhausts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5665/25]
    • Coast Guard Service
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the operational staffing levels for each coastguard station in Ireland; the vacancies for each role in each of those...
    • Local Authorities
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will increase the funding available to local authorities for investment under the 2025 community involvement scheme and...
    • Rail Network
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers carried by Iarnród Éireann on the Ennis-Limerick-Ennis and Ennis-Galway-Ennis services during 2023 and...
    • Electric Vehicles
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of investment in additional national electric vehicle infrastructure strategy in County Clare in 2025; and the location of...
    • Driver Test
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to inordinate delays for driving tests in Cork, with people waiting since October 2024 for the...
    • Bus Éireann
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to take into consideration the big demand for and interest in a new bus route in County Kerry by providing a bus service from Beaufort...
    • Rail Network
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of delayed train services into and out of Mallow train station and Kent station in each of the past 12 weeks, in tabular form....
    • Taxi Regulations
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is expected that the Programme for Government commitment to extend the ten-year age limit by one year for taxis registered in...
    • Departmental Staff
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and...
    • Bus Services
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of local-link services operating within County Galway, including the route serviced and the frequency of operation. [5869/25]
    • Driver Test
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason it is taking so long for a person (details supplied) to receive a date from the RSA for a driving test. [5950/25]
    • Road Signage
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when road signage will be amended to show the current speed limits on rural roads; the reason this was not done in advance of speed...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans Dublin Airport Authority has to develop an appropriate bus and coach area for users of Dublin Airport that includes fully...
    • National Transport Authority
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new coach parking areas by location that were funded by the NTA in 2023 and 2024; the number of new coach parking areas...
    • Bus Éireann
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the Swords to city centre core bus corridor scheme to begin construction, in particular the Swords Road section. [5968/25]
    • Rail Network
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether Iarnród Éireann will take any necessary steps to facilitate the reopening of the bridge over the railway at Drumnigh,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for the wheelchair-accessible vehicle grant scheme during the January 2025 application opportunity; the number...
    • Rail Network
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the case for upgrading the rail line through County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6030/25]
    • Driver Licences
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6065/25]
    • Transport Policy
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will implement the proposal for free travel for children under nine years-of age; the way the proposal will be implemented; if...
    • Road Projects
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the preliminary appraisal received by his Department from Louth County Council in connection with a further phase of the...
    • Driver Test
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting since November 2024 for a retest; if he will expedite a test for the person; and if he...
    • Road Projects
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of and the planned schedule for the commencement and completion of the Virginia, County Cavan bypass; and if he will...
    • Rail Network
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the number of train services on the M3 Parkway to Docklands route at rush hour given it is standing room only on...
    • Bus Éireann
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed bus route A90 in Kilkenny will begin operation; if Kilmacow will be serviced by this bus route; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given a commitment to provide funding for the northern ring road around Kilkenny, as reported by the local media on 29 January...
    • Active Travel
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand active travel in rural towns, villages and counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6215/25]
    • Rail Network
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to funding for the Navan Rail project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6216/25]
    • Departmental Properties
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time...
    • Rail Network
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Iarnród Éireann expects full resumption of catering services onboard Intercity rail journeys. [6274/25]
    • Transport Policy
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy; to outline the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within his Department in 2024 and to date in...
    • Bus Éireann
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Airport Hopper bus service; if it has ceased operation; the date on which it will be back in operation; the frequency...
    • Bus Services
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be provided to reinstate the Derry to Dublin airlink as committed to in the Programme for Government. [6391/25]
  • Department of Finance
    • Rental Sector
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he is considering reviewing raising the local authority borrowing cap to facilitate the delivery of more cost rental in cities, including Dublin. [5994/25]
    • State Claims Agency
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of compensation payments made to persons by the State Claims Agency in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 to include the nature of...
    • Tax Code
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance to remedy a serious issue with regard to inheritance tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5570/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America...
    • Banking Sector
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount on deposit in banks nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5688/25]
    • Tax Code
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reviewing the deemed disposal tax on exchange traded funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5825/25]
    • Banking Sector
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new licenses issued to companies offering equity release requests and lifetime loans in the Irish market over the past 12 years; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a...
    • Rental Sector
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the situation regarding rent tax credit whereby hotel staff pay the hotel in respect of a property rented by the hotel from another source that...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance if the investigation services division of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman has increased in terms of its resources; if so, the current number of...
    • Pension Provisions
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason people in receipt of the State pension have to pay income tax on this in situations where they have a separate pension from their previous...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost to increase the number of dog detector teams within Revenue Commissioners to 50; and the last time this number was increased....
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the qualifying criteria for the primary medical certificate, particularly in relation to stroke patients, who may have significant mobility...
    • Banking Sector
      265. To ask the Minister for Finance if he accepts the view of other central banks such as the Bank of England on a matter (details supplied) in relation to commercial banks and the process of...
    • Fiscal Policy
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the work programme developed to examine the recommendations of the Funds Sector 2030 review, in particular, the scope to further unlock retail...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the issue of divestment by the Ireland strategic investment fund from all companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements (details...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being taken by his Department to prevent the advertisement and sale of illicit tobacco products online; his Department’s engagement to date...
    • Fiscal Policy
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the Funds Sector 2030 report recommendations on the taxation of investment funds and life assurance policies; if so, if he is considering...
    • Departmental Properties
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain...
    • Tax Code
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the viability of having the same VAT rate for hairdressing and beauty services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6298/25]
    • Insurance Industry
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the Programme for Government commitment to legislate for the “Right To Be Forgotten”, which would require insurers to disregard a...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Funding
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States...
    • Pension Provisions
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to review the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5669/25]
    • Office of Public Works
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the visitor numbers to each visitor attraction operated by the Office of Public Works each month in 2023 and 2024; in tabular form; and...
    • Disability Services
      280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that have been introduced at National Shared Services Offices to improve accessibility for all users including, but not...
    • Office of Public Works
      281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a matter (details supplied) has been brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5830/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively;...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of the companies currently on the Office of Government Procurement framework for installing and-or the maintenance of gas...
    • Departmental Properties
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of...
    • Office of Public Works
      286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount collected in admission fees in each heritage site under the remit of the OPW in 2024, in tabular form. [6288/25]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Trade Relations
      287. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his reaction to comments made last week by US President Donald Trump that he would specifically target tariffs at the pharmaceutical...
    • Job Losses
      288. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the potential loss of jobs in a company (details supplied) following an announcement by their...
    • Departmental Funding
      289. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United...
    • Departmental Staff
      290. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively;...
    • Business Supports
      291. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason businesses that are not commercially rateable do not qualify for the increased cost of business grant and power up grants...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      292. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget allocated to Corporate Enforcement Agency in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [5967/25]
    • Consumer Protection
      293. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the financial losses suffered by consumers due to the sudden closure of businesses recently (details supplied)...
    • Work Permits
      294. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration is currently being given to any form of work permit amnesty for employers who have inadvertently hired staff who...
    • Weather Events
      295. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to engage with the business sector, particularly SMEs, following requests to introduce financial grants and tax relief...
    • Business Supports
      296. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update regarding the procedure and timeline for the anticipated Power Up grant appeals process; and if he will make a...
    • State Bodies
      297. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits to County Offaly made in the past 18 months; the specific locations of these visits; the results to...
    • Departmental Properties
      298. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      300. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if any...
    • Departmental Meetings
      302. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits to County Kilkenny made in 2023 and 2024; the specific locations of these visits; the results to date...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Investigations
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the redress will begin in relation to sexual abuse in a day school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5953/25]
    • Departmental Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS schools in County Sligo; and the location and name of those schools, in tabular form. [5463/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [5464/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the parental leave scheme to allow for it to be taken in blocks of one day a week (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Transport
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement her Department has had with parents of students attending a school (details supplied) who are without school transport; the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any local representatives, councillors or TDs were consulted at any stage during the relocation process of the Donegal Education Centre,...
    • School Accommodation
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm whether the management committee followed the procurement process for the leasing of new premises for the Donegal Education...
    • Departmental Policies
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that the Donegal Education Support Centre has a procurement policy; the date on which it was adopted; to confirm that it is in line...
    • School Admissions
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to ensure access to a school place for a child (details supplied) in her local area; what is being done to ensure adequate...
    • School Accommodation
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the lease has been signed for the move by a school (details supplied) to a premises in Letterkenny; if so, the duration of the lease; when...
    • Departmental Funding
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an overview of the sections in her Department responsible for overseeing and delivering school buildings; and the criteria used to sanction...
    • Schools Building Projects
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the building projects at a school (details supplied); and to provide a projected date for completion of the new buildings. [5559/25]
    • School Admissions
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase primary school place numbers in Dunshaughlin, County Meath for 2025/2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the ongoing delay in the construction process on the proposed extension for a school (details supplied), despite obtaining the...
    • Departmental Policies
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason qualified teachers who teach abroad, for example, in Australia, do not have this recognised for the purposes of pay scales when they...
    • School Transport
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on the planning and implementation of the revised school transport scheme for 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Government is currently renting the building at St. Anne’s Special School, located on the Sean Ross Abbey site, from the same...
    • Departmental Funding
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America...
    • Departmental Reviews
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and an update provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5692/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider making cardiac pulmonary resuscitation a compulsory subject in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Funding
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the expansion of special needs classes in a school (details supplied) will be approved; when funding will be made available; and the...
    • Educational Reform
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce extra time for students with dyslexia in their Junior and Leaving Certificate exams; the engagements she has had with the...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a request for extension of a Teaching Council number for a person was refused (details supplied). [5738/25]
    • Departmental Offices
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) is allocated a place in a facility. [5767/25]
    • School Admissions
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a place in a local primary school will be available for a child (details supplied) who requires a place in an ASD classroom; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the list of schools in Fingal that are on the waiting list for an ASD classroom; and the length of these waiting lists. [5769/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address an anomaly in respect of teacher entitlements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5780/25]
    • Education Policy
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the programme of work to be undertaken by his officials to implement the programme for Government's commitment to ‘Increase...
    • Education Costs
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a cost analysis was conducted for the selected relocation of the Donegal Education Support Centre; if these findings were shared with the...
    • School Transport
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to change the eligibility criteria for school transport to include children attending a non-denominational secondary school on the...
    • School Admissions
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what avenues are available for a pupil diagnosed with dyspraxia and dyslexia, currently attending a primary school that is not a feeder school...
    • Education Schemes
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she intends to expand the national energy efficiency upgrade pilot for schools; what other measures are available for schools to assist...
    • Departmental Staff
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the gender breakdown of her Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if she...
    • Education Schemes
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the opening of applications for the summer works scheme 2025; and if a detailed timeline for the application process can be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the approved ASD unit for a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5915/25]
    • School Accommodation
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in counties Offaly and Laois that have an application with her Department for new accommodation; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in respect of a school project (details supplied). [5920/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider extending the pilots for enhanced in-school therapy supports to special schools in the midlands; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 469 of 5 February 2025, regarding funding for a school (details supplied) if she will provide information...
    • School Staff
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the issue of pay in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5976/25]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive their Teaching Council number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5978/25]
    • School Costs
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which charge fees for conducting mock exams; the extent to which this is common practice and the range of fees charged; if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if more schools in an area (details supplied) have been sanctioned to open an ASD class for 2025/2026; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on progress to provide a school (details supplied) with a permanent site and build; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clearly articulate her Department’s policy with respect to reading or literacy schools and reading classes attached to mainstream...
    • Storm Damage
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the payment of one-off grant payments of approximately €2,000 and €3,000 to assist schools that have...
    • Schools Building Projects
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department’s work to develop a programme to build and modernise PE and school sports facilities; if there is any...
    • School Admissions
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons on school waiting lists in Kildare, by school. [6156/25]
    • Education Policy
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of open section 29 appeals with her Department, by school district. [6157/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s criteria in determining a schools' special education teacher allowance; the way educational disadvantage is calculated...
    • Departmental Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school classrooms of 30 pupils or more in County Kerry in each of the past five years; the measures she is taking to reduce...
    • School Admissions
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a situation arising in an area (details supplied); the actions her Department is taking to ensure placements are available to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a rural school (details supplied) will be prioritised for the pathway to renovate scheme to upgrade and renovate the school building rather...
    • School Facilities
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has been granted funding for a rubber surface play area but have...
    • Departmental Data
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they...
    • Departmental Properties
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have...
    • EU Meetings
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next meeting of EU education Ministers is scheduled to take place. [6285/25]
    • School Accommodation
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update in relation to her Department’s efforts to remedy very serious health and safety issues identified at a school...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to the financial burden of applications to the emergency works scheme, as some schools are being charged up to...
    • School Equipment
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for a furniture equipment grant for a sensory room in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on any plans for upgrading autism services in a school (details supplied) to provide additional SNAs and a special unit for autism;...
    • School Equipment
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeline for the transfer of modular units from one school to another in Kildare (details supplied). [6314/25]
    • School Transport
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties for families availing of taxi services as part of the school transport scheme (details...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within her Department in 2024, 2024 and to date in 2025;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6416/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and her officials will urgently approve the building application made to her Department by a school in County Clare (details supplied);...
    • Special Educational Needs
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on planning for special class admissions in September 2025; the indicated new demand compared to September 2024; if she will...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Irish Language
      388. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a progress report on the expansion of Gaeilge 365. [5566/25]
    • Culture Policy
      389. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital funding provided to each national cultural institution in 2025, in tabular form. [5479/25]
    • Official Engagements
      390. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagements his Department has had with the government of Australia and/or any state body of the government of Australia in...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      391. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he intends to continue with the basic income pilot scheme for artists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5534/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      392. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United...
    • Commemorative Events
      393. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the international An Gorta Mór day took place in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5675/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      394. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general,...
    • Sports Funding
      395. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of appeals lodged against the sports capital grant allocations made in 2024; and the status of all appeals. [5870/25]
    • Culture Policy
      396. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if plans are in place to save Pálás cinema and arts centre in Galway, which received significant public funding, and is...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      397. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for the assessment of the basic income for artists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5977/25]
    • Sports Funding
      398. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the sports capital and equipment programme and large-scale sport infrastructure fund will open for new applications for...
    • Sports Facilities
      399. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether he will be providing funding for the development of the GAA’s Casement Park in Belfast; and if so, the amount and...
    • Culture Policy
      400. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a full breakdown of what grants and funding is available for festivals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6127/25]
    • Broadcasting Sector
      401. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in the wake of storm Éowyn, if his Department will take measures to further support local and community radio who played a...
    • Departmental Properties
      402. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length...
    • Official Engagements
      404. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has spoken formally with either the GAA Director General and or the GAA President since his appointment as Minister. [6284/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      405. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within her Department in 2024, 2024 and...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his responsibilities in cases in which a special area of conservation in Donegal is under threat by a planning application...
    • Housing Schemes
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a timeline for when the 2025 funding for tenant in-situ acquisitions will be allocated to Fingal County Council...
    • Development Contributions
      409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the temporary waiver in respect of local authority development contributions, in view of the...
    • Departmental Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the application for a gold mine by a company (details supplied) in the Sperrin Mountains, County Tyrone; if...
    • Rental Sector
      413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the commitment in the Housing for All policy to introducing minimum BERs in the private rental sector...
    • Housing Schemes
      417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to extend the help to buy and new home schemes to include second hand houses or apartments; and if he will make...
    • Coastal Erosion
      418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will seek emergency funding for the National Parks and Wildlife Service and meet with them to address the urgent and...
    • Housing Schemes
      419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider reviewing the government criteria for the local authority affordable housing schemes, which stipulates...
    • Water Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a referendum on the public ownership of water services will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5531/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the...
    • Housing Schemes
      423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to raise the income threshold for social housing qualification in Tipperary from its current base of...
    • Derelict Sites
      427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any plans to update or amend the Derelict Sites Act 2020 to allow local authorities to compulsorily acquire...
    • Construction Industry
      428. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy of his Department toward the use of 3D printing for home construction; if he envisions widescale usage; and if he...
    • Land Issues
      431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cases that have occurred of the dezoning of land due to the 50:50 rule within the National Planning Framework....
    • Planning Issues
      433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Planning and Development Act 2024 draft exempted regulations will be published; and when the public consultation...
    • Meteorological Services
      435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year costs to recruit four additional WTE hydrometeorologists for Met Eireann; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ask his officials to investigate making arrangements to set aside a portion of new cost rental developments to...
    • Defective Building Materials
      438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the increased rates and cap under the defective concrete blocks scheme will be applied retrospectively to homeowners who...
    • Gender Balance
      439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general,...
    • Grant Payments
      441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he will consider increasing the threshold of the housing aid for older people grant to cover the cost of installation...
    • Water Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when group water schemes that were unsuccessful in the recent Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2024-2026 funding allocation...
    • Housing Policy
      443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what funding was made available to Cork County Council in 2024 in terms of returning vacant housing units to council housing...
    • Defective Building Materials
      444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to implement a once-off transitional measure in respect of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme that...
    • Programme for Government
      445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans for a referendum on lowering the voting age to 16 years-of-age, given no reference was made to it in the...
    • Development Contributions
      446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current balances for development contributions, by local authority, and the current expected expenditure of said amount by...
    • Housing Provision
      447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list all approved housing body social and cost rental development proposals that are currently with his Department waiting...
    • Departmental Staff
      448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff sanction requests for housing staff currently awaiting decision with his Department, with a breakdown by...
    • Immigration Policy
      450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he accepts that immigration and inward migration are creating significant challenges in terms of meeting housing demand...
    • Planning Issues
      452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the Mulcahy report into planning irregularities in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to proposals in Spain in relation to taxation on real estate bought by non-EU residents...
    • Weather Events
      454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the wake of storm Éowyn, if his Department will take measures to further support local authorities in the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the establishment of a Nature Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6174/25]
    • Legislative Measures
      461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to progress the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2024 with regard to the rights of students in digs...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any policy to ensure that approved housing bodies repair any damage done to neighbouring properties as a...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless HAP applications received in 2024 and to date in 2025, broken down by each local authority; and if he...
    • Local Authorities
      466. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to supply additional funding for priority-3 adaptation grants to local authorities; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      467. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the lack of emergency accommodation available in Cork south west; whether it is his...
    • Local Authorities
      470. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 852 of 9 September 2024, if the review of the working group has been completed; if a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of appeals for County Clare have been assessed by the Housing Agency under the defective concrete block scheme; and...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within his Department in 2024 and to...
    • Housing Schemes
      474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he will take to ensure that single parent families that do not qualify for any existing housing scheme or payment...
    • Departmental Data
      475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown and a full disclosure on several matters relating to the curlew conservation programme...
    • Care Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer’s allowance application (details supplied) after the person was...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding an invalidity pension appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Care Services
      481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a domiciliary care allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures in place to prevent persons accessing social protection services using duplicated personal public service (PPS)...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason social welfare accounts were suspended in County Monaghan during Storm Éowyn; the recourse available to those...
    • Departmental Funding
      485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review a family income supplement application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizens Information Services
      487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the registration on 8 March 1975 of the first independent and impartial,...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive their humanitarian claim; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Care Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disallowed applications for carer's allowance in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      492. 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. [5823/25]
    • Pension Provisions
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5828/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general,...
    • Departmental Data
      495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 760 of 5 February 2025, the average number of days between when a domiciliary care...
    • Departmental Priorities
      497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update and proposed timeline for the removal of the means test for the carer's allowance; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal of a pension decision (details supplied) can be examined to see if the matter could be resolved. [6141/25]
    • Departmental Data
      499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has ever been or if a scheme is in place to deal with claims (details supplied); if this is deemed separate from a...
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he intends reinstating the service wherein a social welfare inspector travels to the offshore islands to allow those who...
    • Departmental Properties
      501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the...
    • Weather Events
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the humanitarian assistance scheme, or other financial assistance, is available to those requiring tree removal...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost if the telephone support allowance increased to €4 per week. [6290/25]
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE medical assessors within his Department in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6291/25]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on an appeal can be expedited (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6302/25]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will suspend all reviews of current recipients of carer’s benefit given that the programme for...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within his Department in 2024 and to...
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific training on foetal alcohol spectrum disorder that each deciding officer, appeals officer and medical assessor...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to support a matter (details supplied); if the Latvian authorities responded on a pension issue; and if he will outline the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Correspondence
      511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5670/25]
    • Visa Applications
      512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any assistance is available to individuals who are frequently blocked from obtaining tourist visas due to sharing a name...
    • Sentencing Policy
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to recommend a sentencing review to address unduly lenient sentences. [6930/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to the Meath serious crime hub. [5475/25]
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an Irish citizenship ceremony planned for March 2025. [5476/25]
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE probation officers, by grade, employed by his Department as of 10 February 2025. [5477/25]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents in which a scrambler, quadbike or e-scooter was seized by Gardaí under The Road Traffic and Roads...
    • Bench Warrants
      518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants outstanding in each Garda division as of February 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Immigration Status
      519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of those from whom immigration status was revoked from as a result of a criminal conviction in each of the past...
    • An Garda Síochána
      523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the nationality of all persons charged, summonsed and who receive an adult caution, is recorded on the Garda Pulse system....
    • Citizenship Applications
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the continuous rejection of the citizenship application of a person (details supplied) since 2007; and if he...
    • Sentencing Policy
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any planned legislative changes to Section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, for increased or...
    • Departmental Funding
      530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United...
    • An Garda Síochána
      531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether noise level limits for car exhausts are being enforced by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement...
    • Abortion Services
      533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports of anti-abortion protests that have been reported outside medical centres, GP clinics or hospitals that...
    • Official Engagements
      534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of all official engagements and meetings attended by him, and Ministers of State within his Department during the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of each time his Department or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total strength of An Garda Síochána, by region and division for each of the years 2011 to date, in tabular form;...
    • Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
      538. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has corresponded with the family of a person (details supplied) since his appointment; when he intends to meet with the...
    • Departmental Reports
      541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the research commissioned by his Department entitled "Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice...
    • An Garda Síochána
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardai by rank attached to Kildare divisional drugs unit as of 10 February 2025; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general,...
    • Official Engagements
      544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has spoken with the UK home secretary since his appointment as Minister. [5962/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of interview rooms in each Garda station within the Dublin Metropolitan Region that currently have audio and video...
    • Domestic Violence
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of domestic abuse refuge beds, by county, in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Deportation Orders
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been made by persons seeking to have their deportation order revoked, pursuant to the...
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what specific policy areas of his department are to be covered under the remit of Home Affairs, and also Migration; and if she...
    • Departmental Contracts
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on his Department’s engagement with the Office of Government Procurement in respect of identifying...
    • Visa Applications
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of immigration visas processed by his Department from 2022 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • An Garda Síochána
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 6 February 2025, to provide additional clarity as to when precisely his Department...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of DNA non-submissions, broken down by sample type, that is, intelligence, evidential or intimate samples,...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify, regarding comments he made on a television programme (details supplied) on Monday, 12 February 2025 that parts of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the case of a person who has dual British and Swiss citizenship and has applied as sponsor for a family member of a UK...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when persons (details supplied) can expect to receive an outcome to their naturalisation applications; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to residents on a stamp 1G visa to legally remain in Ireland when their graduate work contracts fall...
    • Citizenship Applications
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a paper form citizenship application can still be obtained; and if not, if all applications are required to go through the...
    • International Protection
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional staff were hired by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in 2023 and in 2024; the number...
    • Asylum Seekers
      569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is developing any proposals to assist in the relocation of Palestinian citizens to Ireland; if so, if he has...
    • Control of Firearms
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the establishment of a new permanent stakeholders forum for licensed firearms holders; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a citizenship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6176/25]
    • Departmental Appointments
      572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for re-appointment as a member of the Cork Prison visiting committee on behalf of a person...
    • Proposed Legislation
      573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the proposed extension of licensing laws as progressed by the previous Government; if his Department is...
    • Departmental Properties
      574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the ages of the boats currently being used by Garda water unit; and the average lifespan of those boats in use, in tabular...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he plans to seek the approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas to amend the personal injuries guidelines,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application by a club (details supplied) for the immigrant investor programme funding and to urgently...
    • Court Sittings
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the significant delays in the Donegal court system; if plans have been made to address this...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Meetings
      586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his predecessor spoke formally with his US counterpart in 2024. [5481/25]
    • Fishing Industry
      587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of a person (details supplied). [5533/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      588. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      589. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a suckler farmer who is in BISS and has cattle but is not in any other scheme can qualify for a grant for a generator under TAMS...
    • Agriculture Industry
      591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons who have been appointed to the Forest Windblow Taskforce; if membership of the taskforce is representative of all...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      592. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite a 2024 ACRES payment for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5727/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      594. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively;...
    • Departmental Data
      595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the compensatory package and holidays of each CEO or CEO equivalent in each public body or publicly funded body under...
    • Commonage Land Use
      599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the scale of commonage dormancy in Ireland; if there are any individual commons parcels where all shareholdings have...
    • Livestock Issues
      600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of merino sheep herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to 2024;...
    • Horticulture Sector
      605. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, more than 20 years after the merger of Bord Glas into Bord Bia, the stated objectives of the time were achieved; whether...
    • Livestock Issues
      606. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of llama and alpaca herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to...
    • Forestry Sector
      607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area of clear fell and thinning that is the subject of a felling licence application to his Department that remains to be...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      610. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital works projects that were funded under the 2024 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme that are...
    • Departmental Appointments
      611. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the WTE vacancies, by job title currently within the import control division of his Department; and the estimated timeframe for when...
    • Fishing Industry
      612. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether it is his intention to proceed with a ban on pair trawling within the six-mile limit; and if so, to provide an update and...
    • Departmental Properties
      613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of...
    • Departmental Appointments
      615. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans for an Agriculture Attaché to be posted at the Irish embassy in Canberra. [6287/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      616. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within his Department in 2024 and to date in...
    • Fishing Industry
      617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on ongoing work to secure a national quota for bluefin tuna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6385/25]
    • Nitrates Usage
      618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include an organisation (details supplied) in the list of stakeholders that will be supported in improving water quality....
    • Wildlife Conservation
      619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed breakdown and a full disclosure on several matters relating to the curlew conservation programme in...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • International Protection
      620. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status on the provision of accommodation for beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine in a...
    • Disability Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider increasing funding for Dóchas Midwest Autism Support which has been funded by the HSE...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      624. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when entitlements to services under the Disability Act 2005 will be made available to a person (details...
    • Childcare Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in Wicklow; the number of children registered; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      627. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the assessment of needs for a child (details supplied). [5573/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      628. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of a review (details supplied) and the related...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      629. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken to hold individuals and organisations accountable for crimes committed in the mother and...
    • International Protection
      637. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on efforts to ensure that employed or self-employed IPAS applicants, living in State-provided...
    • Departmental Funding
      638. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department received funding support for projects of any kind...
    • Childcare Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that under the new childminding regulations, a childminder is prevented from hiring a relief...
    • International Protection
      641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to extend the accommodation recognition payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Children in Care
      642. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the case of a child (details supplied) in need of a residential care place. [5734/25]
    • International Protection
      643. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will extend the accommodation recognition payment until at least March 2026; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a timeline on the introduction of the European disability card; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      646. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the gender breakdown of her Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries...
    • Childcare Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total available budget for the building blocks–extension grant scheme-community–construction...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      648. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when endometriosis will be recognised as a disability for those sufferers unable to work and seeking disability...
    • Childcare Services
      649. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the lack of childcare places...
    • International Protection
      650. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list all properties that have housed international protection applicants in the past twelve months, by...
    • Family Resource Centres
      652. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of all family resource centres in east Cork. [5954/25]
    • Disability Services
      654. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children aged under 16 years on the disability data in CHO7. [5959/25]
    • International Protection
      655. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is intended to extend the accommodation recognition payment for hosting refugees from Ukraine beyond 31...
    • Asylum Seekers
      658. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding her Department has applied for and received through the asylum, migration and integration fund; and...
    • Childcare Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to support the early childhood sector making childcare an attractive and sustainable career option;...
    • International Protection
      660. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on emergency accommodation for IPAS applicants at Kilbride Army Camp, County Wicklow, in light of...
    • Childcare Services
      661. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she can advise in relation to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Services
      663. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide clarity on the length of time people are waiting for autism assessment in primary care, and with...
    • International Protection
      664. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an IPAS application has been submitted for a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Childcare Services
      665. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the reduction of childcare costs to €200 per month, in line with the programme for...
    • Departmental Properties
      666. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      668. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that have been assessed through CDNTs in County Meath; and if she will make a statement...
    • Childcare Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the new measures her Department is taking to reduce the cost of childcare, including children who attend after...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      671. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within her Department...
    • School Transport
      672. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she and officials from her Department will provide some funding to assist a family (details supplied) in...
    • Child and Family Agency
      673. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the appeal mechanisms in place for a person (details supplied) who reported sexual abuse to TUSLA, but which...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      674. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme in 2024 (since March)...
    • International Protection
      678. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether her Department are considering using a former residential convent (details supplied) for persons seeking...
    • Home Help Service
      679. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for home support in each month of 2024, up to 31 December 2024, broken down by CHO...
  • Department of Health
    • Patient Transfers
      681. To ask the Minister for Health if a patient (details supplied) from County Donegal will be transferred from Sligo University Hospital to Beaumont Hospital for a second opinion; and if she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the medical-evidence basis for the investment by the HSE into an organisation (details supplied). [5458/25]
    • Primary Care Centres
      683. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed new primary care centre for the town of Sixmilebridge, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5462/25]
    • Departmental Data
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE community nurses based in Meath in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [5471/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for families who have to go privately for psychology services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5482/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      687. To ask the Minister for Health about the case of a person (details supplied) who was referred in November 2023 to the gastroenterology section of University Hospital Limerick, and has yet to...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      688. To ask the Minister for Health what supports are available for those in need of home kidney dialysis wishing to purchase a generator, and who are in receipt of a disability payment; and if...
    • Hospital Facilities
      689. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the optimum number of critical care beds that should be available in the acute hospital system; the number of critical care beds and the location...
    • Cancer Services
      690. To ask the Minister for Health if she will undertake a review of the current BreastCheck screening process to consider extending the breast check programme to both younger women, and those...
    • Primary Care Centres
      691. To ask the Minister for Health regarding a building project (details supplied) the initial projected cost of this centres new entrance; the reason some construction work that was completed,...
    • Community Care
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan to re-instate respite care in Cheshire Homes, Shillelagh, County Wicklow, following its closure in 2024, and which impacted local service...
    • Ambulance Service
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in terms of a developing a new ambulance base in Gorey, County Wexford; its projected timeline for development; and if she will...
    • Mental Health Services
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on CAMHS waiting lists in Wexford and Wicklow, broken down by the number of months they are waiting, in tabular form; the plans...
    • Health Strategies
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the organisers of the consultation meetings for the new National Drugs Strategy do not know if alcohol will be included in a new National...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical negligence cases currently being managed by the State Claims Agency; the value of such claims; the value of awards made in 2023 and 2024...
    • Mental Health Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if a clinical nurse manager (CNM2) will be allocated to the Carrickmacross adult mental health services at the Carrickmacross primary care centre; and if she...
    • Mental Health Policy
      700. To ask the Minister for Health to take urgent action to address the crisis in mental-health care (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5557/25]
    • Primary Care Centres
      701. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of the north Clondalkin primary care centre. [5561/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      702. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the introduction on the provision of free hormone replacement therapy. [5565/25]
    • Hospital Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Health when services will resume in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5598/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      704. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a device. [5606/25]
    • Cancer Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic; and the proportion who were offered an appointment in each of...
    • Weather Events
      717. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the public health response/contingency planning regarding significant adverse weather events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5635/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the basis upon which healthcare students on a placement or internship will be granted or refused payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5636/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      719. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International...
    • Healthcare Policy
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a product being sold as a legal alternative to cannabis hexahydrocannabinol (details supplied) and which is banned in many EU countries; the...
    • Health Service Executive
      721. To ask the Minister for Health if service in the Defence Forces can be used for pay purposes in terms of HSE personnel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5687/25]
    • Health Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the waiting list for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy in Corduff primary centre, Dublin 15; the measures she is introducing to...
    • Eating Disorders
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist teams and dedicated inpatient beds in County Cork for patients suffering from eating disorders. [5735/25]
    • Home Help Service
      725. To ask the Minister for Health if home help supports will be expedited for a person (details Supplied). [5739/25]
    • Emergency Departments
      726. To ask the Minister for Health when the HIQA interim report into the review of accident and emergency services in the mid-west is due; if she will publish the interim report; and if she will...
    • Medicinal Products
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medication (details supplied) is not covered under the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5766/25]
    • Primary Care Services
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times in months and years for children and adolescents in the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork and Kerry...
    • Health Services Staff
      732. To ask the Minister for Health for details of vacant psychology posts in the South West regional health area submitted since 1 July 2024 to the prioritisation/derogation process introduced...
    • Hospital Admissions
      738. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) and ensure a place in a hospital unit. [5798/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses by location based in CHO7, as of 7 February 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5817/25]
    • Hospital Admissions
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended the minor injuries unit at Naas General Hospital for each week since 1 December 2024, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • General Practitioner Services
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a private patient who cannot get access to a GP service in their local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5820/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      742. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on staff shortages in the Cork east public health nurse network; if vacant positions have been filled; if a full service is now available in all...
    • Vaccination Programme
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Programme; the strategy and key performance indicators for the programme; if a review will be carried...
    • Healthcare Policy
      746. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the National Genetics and Genomics Office priority deliverables for 2025; the additional resources required to fully ensure the key...
    • Legislative Measures
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the status of proposed legislation banning the sale of disposable nicotine inhaling products, banning the sale of flavoured nicotine inhaling products and...
    • Hospital Facilities
      748. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of the 44 hospital-controlled car parks that provide patient parking; a list of those that provide concessions with details of such; a list...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      751. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the issues relating to long Covid awareness (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5841/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      752. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an operation for a person (details supplied). [5842/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      753. To ask the Minister for Health for the current staffing provision of psychologists for the North Lee, South Lee, West Cork, North Cork and Kerry primary care child and adolescent services,...
    • Departmental Staff
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the gender breakdown of her Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      756. 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. [5864/25]
    • Primary Care Services
      757. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the primary care centre in Balbriggan is being under-utilised while waiting lists for health services in north County Dublin continue to...
    • Primary Care Centres
      760. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the private healthcare and therapy services offered in the primary care centre in Balbriggan; the number of hours private services are...
    • Mental Health Services
      761. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an initial appointment at South Galway CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5871/25]
    • Domestic Violence
      764. To ask the Minister for Health following the publishing of the National Clinical Practice Guideline on Screening and Management of Domestic Violence in Pregnancy and the Early Postnatal...
    • Dental Services
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants that sat the Dental Council examination for dentists for full registration in each of the past five years; and the pass rate for each...
    • Medical Qualifications
      768. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants that sat the pre-registration examination system for Irish Medical Council registration in each of the past five years: and the pass...
    • Health Services
      769. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national endometriosis framework; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5906/25]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add endometriosis to the long-term illness scheme; if this is being considered as part of the development of the national endometriosis framework;...
    • Health Services
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who travelled abroad under the EU cross-border directive for treatment for endometriosis in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Ambulance Service
      775. To ask the Minister for Health the national average ambulance response time; the Carlow ambulance average response time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5914/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      776. To ask the Minister for Health when the diabetic nurses and podiatrist will be replaced in the primary care unit in Mullingar. [5918/25]
    • Alcohol Advertising
      777. To ask the Minister for Health if she is concerned by the advertising of 0.0 versions of alcoholic drinks being advertised at major sporting events which is in breach of restrictions in...
    • Mental Health Services
      778. To ask the Minister for Health when a vacancy for CNS in crisis intervention in mental health for Kerry mental health services, which was placed on a recruitment hold, will be filled; and if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      779. To ask the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5937/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      780. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5938/25]
    • Hospital Services
      781. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the position of new elective hospitals, and specifically a new elective hospital for the Dublin region; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on waiting lists for heart, lung or kidney transplants, in tabular form. [5975/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in the east Cork area and the areas they cover; the current number of vacancies and the areas without a public health nurse...
    • Healthcare Policy
      785. To ask the Minister for Health if BreastCheck will be extended to the 20-49 age group; the estimated cost to extend BreastCheck to the 20-49 age group; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Ambulance Service
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at the National Ambulance Service suspended with pay, by the year the suspension started, in tabular form; and the number suspended with...
    • Pharmacy Services
      787. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the 16-year-old dispensing fee pay-freeze to pharmacies by adjusting the community drug scheme dispensing fee to €6.50. [5997/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      788. To ask the Minister for Health if she will streamline HSE reimbursement processes and reduce administrative burdens to provide for a nationwide programme for safe and appropriate medicine...
    • Departmental Policies
      790. To ask the Minister for Health if she will fully implement the expert taskforce recommendations. [6000/25]
    • Health Services
      792. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed progress report in regard to construction works to Killarney community nursing unit; when works will be completed; how soon patients will be...
    • Hospital Facilities
      793. To ask the Minister for Health whether the new 96 bed block being built in University Hospital Limerick will be opened as promised in July 2025. [6052/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      794. To ask the Minister for Health if she will respond to correspondence received (details supplied) regarding radiation therapy students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6054/25]
    • Eating Disorders
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds currently available for patients diagnosed with eating disorders nationwide, and in County Dublin; the number of beds that have been...
    • Health Service Executive
      797. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a site map of the Weir Home for nurses in Dublin 8 which is managed by the HSE, with site boundaries outlined in red; the list of parties...
    • Medicinal Products
      798. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recommendation arising from the inquest of a person (details supplied) for the putting in place of a national policy to oversee the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      799. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works projects that were carried out at Saint Joseph's Hospital, Dublin 5 in the years of 2023 and 2024; the future capital works projects that are...
    • Mental Health Services
      800. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to interim funding for SOSAD Ireland; and if she will make a statement...
    • Ambulance Service
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics working in the HSE National Ambulance Service; the number of vacant posts in the service currently; the plans in place to...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the current process arrangements on applying for a primary medical certificate; the specific criteria required for these applications; if consideration is...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      804. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) receives an urgent procedure at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a qualification to be recognised in Ireland through the CORU system. [6207/25]
    • Medical Qualifications
      806. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the applications for recognition by CORU received in 2024 waiting three to six months, six to nine months, and more than 12 months. [6208/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      807. To ask the Minister for Health if CORU evaluates on a weekly basis new applications or if it is dealing with applications in bulk. [6209/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      809. To ask the Minister for Health if enquiries will be made in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) whose operation was cancelled due to the fact that they were placed on the...
    • Departmental Properties
      810. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty;...
    • Medical Cards
      812. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the chronic illnesses that provide people with a medical card and a GP visit card to include those suffering from chronic heart failure; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      814. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based in Cork University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6279/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dual diagnosis teams across CHO3; the number of staff in those teams. [6280/25]
    • Health Services
      816. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the chiropody services available in the public health service, including to those with a medical card. [6281/25]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      817. To ask the Minister for Health the number of test purchase inspections on the sale of tobacco and vaping products carried out, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6282/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      818. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to recruit one WTE staff grade optician and one senior grade optician to work within the public health service. [6283/25]
    • Disability Services
      819. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to open an adult ADHD treatment clinic in the South Tipperary catchment area; when the clinical pathways regarding ADHD treatment changed in...
    • Medicinal Products
      820. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the total annual medicines budget for each year from 2020 to 2024. [6304/25]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      822. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed that the frontline staff in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service will receive their pandemic payment; the reason for the delay [6310/25]
    • State Bodies
      823. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the full membership of the Sláintecare programme board; the dates at which it has met since its inception; the date at which the next meeting...
    • Legislative Programme
      825. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Health Information Bill 2024; the timeline for proceeding to Committee Stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6317/25]
    • Health Services
      826. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of “Digital for Care—A Digital Health Framework for Ireland”, published in May 2024; if she intends...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      827. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a copy of the Departmental brief presented to her upon her appointment. [6321/25]
    • Vaccination Programme
      828. To ask the Minister for Health if she will commit to reinstating the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Programme; if her Department has considered this proposal; the steps her...
    • Legislative Programme
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in introducing legislation to further restrict vaping products; to outline her plans in respect of flavours and disposable...
    • Nursing Homes
      830. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a nursing home facing closure in Kerry (details supplied); the steps her Department has taken to find an...
    • Mental Health Services
      831. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details in respect of the policies in place to ensure that people with autism are not discriminated against in mental health services; if she will...
    • Health Services
      832. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on free HRT scheme. [6330/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      833. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within her Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of...
    • Men's Sheds
      834. To ask the Minister for Health to provide funding to Nenagh’s Men’s Shed to source a location and building for their work. [6355/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      835. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6371/25]
    • Medical Cards
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications received each year since 2020; the number of medical cards total issued each year since 2020; the number of...
    • Health Services
      837. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a nurse helpline operated by the rheumatology department at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown no longer provides medical appointments with nurses...
    • Primary Care Centres
      838. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1329 of 5 February 2025, if the Health Service Executive could respond to this Deputy; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      839. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rehabilitation unit to be developed at Roscommon University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6395/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      840. To ask the Minister for Health when the advanced paramedic roster will be filled with advanced paramedics on the rapid response vehicle at Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      842. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the national clinical programme for ophthalmology will commence; if private community optometrists will have an opportunity to make...
    • Health Service Executive
      843. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6417/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      844. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the neurology consultant appointment for a child (details supplied). [6424/25]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Staff
      845. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board tutors will receive proper employment contracts with guaranteed hours and improved...
    • Third Level Fees
      846. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what third level fee supports exist for non-EU nationals who have attended secondary school in Ireland where their parents are awaiting a...
    • Third Level Education
      847. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be taken to address the current dispute between two organisations (details supplied) to ensure one of the organisations...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      848. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship registrations, by type, in each of the years 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Education and Training Provision
      855. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with respect to the development and expansion of green and sustainability-focused skills across all tertiary education programmes....
    • Adult Education Provision
      856. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no specific commitment to the Adult Literacy for Life strategy in the Programme for Government; the specific actions he will...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      857. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the BTEC Higher National Diploma Level 5 course in early childhood education and care at North West Regional College Derry, which was...
    • Departmental Funding
      858. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America...
    • Student Accommodation
      859. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the national student accommodation strategy; the measures currently being undertaken by his Department to improve supply; and if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      860. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met formally with the CEO of Solas since his appointment as Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5819/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      861. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he...
    • Further and Higher Education
      862. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the outcome of an application for a further education and training centre based in Ballyhaunis, which was submitted in...
    • Grant Payments
      863. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the intervention that can be undertaken for a person (details supplied) unable to access the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Technological Universities
      864. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason technological universities have been refused permission to borrow for the construction of on campus student accommodation; and if he...
    • Departmental Properties
      867. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they...
    • Third Level Education
      869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of FETAC therapy assistant grade programmes offered in 2024; the number of FETAC therapy assistant grade programmes filled by students...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      870. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within her Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Control of Dogs
      871. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the plans his Department has to address the problem of dog attacks on sheep farms in south Wicklow, including expansion and resourcing...
    • Departmental Funding
      872. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States...
    • Harbours and Piers
      873. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a contractor has been appointed for the building of Inis Oírr pier; the current timeline for its development; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      874. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      875. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason voluntary labour is not taken into account as part of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme 2024; if his Department...
    • Departmental Funding
      876. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if communities can apply for sports capital funding and follow on with application for Leader funding to complete the project as part...
    • Departmental Properties
      877. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of...
    • Departmental Budgets
      878. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocation in 2025 for the senior alert scheme. [6286/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      879. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within his Department in 2024 and to date in...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      880. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 733 of 11 February 2025, the exact date his Ministerial brief will be published; and the uniform...

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