Written answers

Tuesday, 25 February 2025

  • Department of An Taoiseach
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disability Services
      115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on work being done in respect of early diagnosis interventions and access to services as referenced in...
    • Health Services
      116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on her plans to address the proposed strike action of section 39 workers, employed by...
    • Childcare Services
      118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Louth benefiting from the national childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Mayo waiting for an assessment of needs; the number of children in Mayo waiting for...
    • Ukraine War
      126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she intends to extend the accommodation recognition payment; when she will make a decision on this; and if...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to financially acknowledge those excluded from the mother and baby and other institutions redress...
    • Official Engagements
      128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times she has met with or corresponded with the CEO of Tusla since she took office; and the dates...
    • Disability Services
      129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to address morale among staff of children's disability network teams; and if she will make a statement...
    • International Protection
      130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is her intention to use the Pobal HP Deprivation index as part of the process of identifying suitable...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of payments made to date in each category of Schedule 2 and each category of Schedule 3 of the Mother...
    • Disability Services
      133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures she will introduce to improve supports including access to therapies for children with additional...
    • Childcare Services
      134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how she plans to improve retention and quality in early years education, considering early childhood educators...
    • Disability Services
      135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will ensure funding for dietetic services for adult disability services in Waterford; and if she will...
    • Programme for Government
      137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the work of officials within her Department following the commitment in the Programme for Government to 'Explore...
    • Disability Services
      138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her Department's plans for decreasing the number of vacancies on the Balbriggan and Swords children's disability...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Louth currently on the waiting list for an assessment of needs; and if she will make a...
    • Childcare Services
      140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will commit to a timely, thorough review of Core funding, as committed to in the Programme for...
    • Disability Services
      142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to increase staffing and training of additional therapists in children's disability teams; the current...
    • Childcare Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline all grant funding available to public and private operators of childcare facilities; and if...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown, by county, of the numbers of children waiting on assessments of needs and therapies...
    • Childcare Services
      145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she agrees that childcare providers’ administrative burden is too high; the steps she will take to...
    • Public Transport
      147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures are being advanced on the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Action 104 Transport Working...
    • State Pensions
      148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will examine the introduction of a State pension for foster carers via the existing pension for family...
    • Children in Care
      149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures her Department is taking to recruit and support more foster families considering the severe...
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      150. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth cé mhéad maoiniú atá curtha ar fáil ag a Roinn do sheirbhísí luathóige...
    • Youth Services
      151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of and acknowledges that adolescents in the inner cities face harrowing challenges in their...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide the waiting list times for assessment of needs, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Family Resource Centres
      153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what plans there are to expand the capacity and network of family resource centres; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the urgent steps being taken to improve disability services in south Tipperary; the number of vacancies within...
    • Family Resource Centres
      157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that the town of Dungarvan, County Waterford, has no family resource centre; her views on...
    • Disability Services
      158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Kilkenny waiting for a first speech and language therapy assessment; and if she will...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      161. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how her Department intends to implement the 'earn and learn' apprenticeship model outlined in the Programme for...
    • Childcare Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the gradual reduction of childcare costs as committed to in the Programme for Government;...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in light of the findings of the recent review into child sexual abuse within an organisation (details...
    • Disability Services
      164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for services for each of the nine CDNTs in CHO2; the length of time children are...
    • Childcare Services
      165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of grant aid that will be available in 2025 for the upgrading or provision of new childcare...
    • Health Services
      166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on her plans for section 39 workers; if she will commit to the WRC ruling; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the process being undertaken to facilitate clinical supervision for the Coolock, Clontarf and...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Official Engagements
      168. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the informal EU leaders meeting in February. [5759/25]
    • National Security
      170. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the status of the development of a national security strategy. [7363/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      171. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [7557/25]
    • Departmental Data
      172. To ask the Taoiseach if when he was Tánaiste between 29 November 2024 and 22 January 2024, any agreements or lists have been made or exchanged with independent TDs who now support the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      173. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement; if the...
    • Cabinet Committees
      176. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [7578/25]
    • Vacant Properties
      178. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made by the Central Statistics Office in developing an indicator of vacant properties in the country; if the ESB has provided them with consumption data;...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      179. To ask the Taoiseach for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial briefs provided to Ministers of...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport; and if he...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the impact that US President Trump’s freeze on foreign aid is having on a number of Irish charities; the steps he...
    • Visa Agreements
      182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Irish students studying in the United States are subject to reciprocity fees, while students from other jurisdictions, including...
    • Human Rights
      183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the treatment of Uyghur people in Xinjiang; his further views on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights...
    • European Court of Justice
      184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 11 February 2025, the rationale for non-participation in case C-829/24; and if he will report on...
    • Passport Services
      185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to passport photos for young children (details supplied); the actions he will take to...
    • Departmental Consultations
      186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature...
    • Passport Services
      187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7494/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department acted as...
    • Passport Services
      190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport books and cards issued to Carlow applicants in 2024; the number expected to be issued in 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial briefs...
    • EU Meetings
      192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his engagements with the EU-Israel Association Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7886/25]
    • Middle East
      193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his engagement with the state of Egypt regarding the thousands of displaced Palestinians in the state and efforts to ensure...
    • EU Regulations
      194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what screening measures were taken to ensure that Irish taxpayers money contributed to the Act in Support of Ammunition Production did not...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Data Centres
      195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in light of the substantial pressure that data centres are placing on grid systems, and given that they are the largest...
    • Bord na Móna
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date on which he first received notification of Bord na Móna’s intention to sell Bord na Móna...
    • Departmental Bodies
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the dates in 2024 on which his Department has received each of the 2023 audited financial statements and 2023 annual...
    • Climate Change Policy
      198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail, on an annual basis, the specific projects and associated funding allocated through the Climate Action Fund;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments, bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide any information regarding the full restoration of broadband and phone communications in rural Ireland,...
    • Environmental Policy
      201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the national policy on biomethane generating plants; if the Department favours the use of individual farm-based...
    • Official Engagements
      202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he, his predecessor and or officials in his Department have had discussions with a company (details supplied) or...
    • Energy Conservation
      203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average waiting time for the SEAI warmer homes scheme in each county, in tabular form; the reason for delays in the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will make a statement on staffing at the SEAI. [7291/25]
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay restoring broadband and phone services following storm Éowyn (details supplied); and the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the Loughros Mór draft net fisheries demand for season parity, ahead of the 2025 season; if he...
    • Departmental Consultations
      207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025;...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households in Donegal that are yet to have their National Broadband Ireland connection restored after...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Bord na Móna
      211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, given that Bord na Móna is a State-owned entity and as he is the sole shareholder, he can re-assure workers...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the potential to develop a market for domestic wind energy production, given the successful roll out of...
    • Energy Production
      214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm the total capacity, in MW, of all new flexible gas-fired power generation plants under construction...
    • National Broadband Plan
      215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises that remain unconnected under the National Broadband Ireland rollout plan; the estimated...
    • Environmental Policy
      216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if hydrotreated vegetable oil for home heating will be approved for consumer use; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Policy
      217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department are examining solutions to allow solar PVs to continue to generate electricity to power homes during...
    • Data Centres
      218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment given that there is an all-Ireland energy market, if there has been any discussion between Derry City and Strabane...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to clarify the details and frequency of monitoring measures to ensure quality control of all materials used by a...
    • Environmental Policy
      220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in the context of the recent International Tribunal for the Law Of the Sea advisory opinion, what necessary measures to...
    • Data Centres
      221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much data centre demand is currently contracted to connect to the electricity networks operated by ESB Networks and...
    • Electricity Grid
      222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown, by county of the details for each Mandatory Demand Curtailment which occurred to date in 2025 as...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on Ireland's implementation of Directive 2022/2555, known as Network and Information Systems 2; if he...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      224. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of accommodation units by the Defence Forces, the number currently in use; the plans for the development of new accommodation for...
    • Departmental Consultations
      229. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of...
    • Departmental Funding
      230. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of funding his Department, and bodies under the aegis of his Department, provided to an institution (details supplied) in the each of...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      231. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department acted as the...
    • Defence Forces
      233. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that members of the Defence Forces are offered mental health supports when they return from foreign...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      234. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial briefs...
    • Defence Forces
      235. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide the establishment figure for the permanent Defence Forces in total, and separately for the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps,...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Local Authorities
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of the amount of funding each local authority in the State has received for national, regional and local roads in 2022,...
    • Road Projects
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to advance the N2 Kilmoon Cross to Rath roundabout project given that funding was paused under the previous Minister; and if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments, bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State,...
    • Transport Policy
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his Department's progress in creating the transport security force as proposed in the Programme for Government; when he...
    • National Transport Authority
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person regarding the issue of a limousine licence (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement...
    • Traffic Management
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the use of amber traffic lights to indicate ‘go’ on cycle lanes. [7244/25]
    • Driver Licences
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider waiving the replacement fee for drivers over the age of 70 whose licence has been stolen, provided they have obtained...
    • Departmental Budgets
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the capital budget allocated for his Department in 2024 that was actually spent. [7280/25]
    • Official Engagements
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met the CEOs of Dublin Bus and Go Ahead since his appointment, and the issues discussed. [7281/25]
    • National Transport Authority
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a report on the National Transport Authority’s demand need assessment along the H1 bus route. [7282/25]
    • Coast Guard Service
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the construction of a new Coast Guard Station at Westport to be completed. [7283/25]
    • Road Network
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide climate adaptation funding as a matter of extreme urgency prior to the public road collapsing into the Behy River and...
    • Road Projects
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how much the proposed inner relief road in Thurles will cost to construct, and if construction will commence in the next two years. [7299/25]
    • Local Authorities
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to each local authority for the community involvement scheme in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and for...
    • Road Network
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a detailed report will be provided in relation to the overdue lighting up of Laune Bridge, Killorglin, County Kerry; when this work...
    • Rail Network
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Metro south west feasibility study as promised in the Programme for Government; if submissions on the proposed route...
    • Bus Services
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the severe cuts by a company (details supplied) to its routes servicing large areas of south Dublin...
    • Departmental Consultations
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general...
    • Road Projects
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland have communicated in relation to emergency funding for an increased allocation for...
    • Air Services
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide direct flights between Dublin and India given the increasing numbers travelling every day; and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department acted...
    • Bus Services
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will resolve a matter concerning the free travel pass (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7571/25]
    • Transport Policy
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the work of his Department to increase and support the use of E10 fuels; if his attention has been drawn to the safety...
    • Driver Test
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people who have applied for a driving test in Buncrana, County Donegal awaiting the test; and the average waiting time for...
    • Bus Services
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it will be possible to provide daily summary information for bus routes on the NTA app, similar to line summary information provided...
    • Bus Éireann
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently review the mandatory retirement age of 70 for Bus Éireann drivers, given the serious shortage of school bus...
    • Rail Network
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport about plans to build second train tracks as part of the rail network; to provide a breakdown of all second train tracks in progress, and...
    • Bus Services
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans his Department have to improve the service of the 201 bus in Cork City, following on from numerous complaints of the bus...
    • Taxi Licences
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a step-by-step guide on how to apply and renew SPSV licences for local taxi drivers (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider an additional stop on a bus route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7933/25]
    • Greenways Provision
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cause of the delays in the construction of the Athlone-to-Galway greenway; whether a consultant has been appointed to oversee the...
    • Planning Issues
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale behind Transport Infrastructure Ireland objecting to one-off dwellings that apply for planning permission with a shared...
    • Bus Services
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will develop bus shelters at bus stops in Kerry due to the inclement weather conditions; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the extension of the use of Leap Cards at Drogheda train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7999/25]
    • Road Network
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to allocate additional funding to a local authority (details supplied) to repair roads across the county have been severely damaged due...
    • Public Transport
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when leap card service will be extended to Meath and Louth. [8018/25]
    • Transport Policy
      290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what regulation exists regarding the use of drones for delivery services within urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the decision by Dublin Bus not to tender for the outer Dublin metropolitan area routes on the Bus Connects...
    • Driver Test
      293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will receive a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8142/25]
    • Rail Network
      294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline on refurbishment works that Iarnród Éireann plans to carry out at a station (details supplied) during 2025; and...
    • National Car Test
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the current NCT regime is fit for purpose; how he will address current issues with wait times for testing; if he...
    • Public Transport
      296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends on fulfilling the commitment contained in Budget 2025 to expand free public transport to children aged five to eight years;...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      297. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason benefit-in-kind is to be applied to first responders who bring their emergency vehicle home with them at night; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tidy Towns
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the community insurance initiative for tidy towns announced in January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7260/25]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason grants to social enterprises are not tax-deductible in the same way they are for registered charities; if consideration has been given to changing...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      302. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the review into the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7273/25]
    • Banking Sector
      303. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the regulation of Israel Bonds by the Central Bank of Ireland. [7292/25]
    • Tax Reliefs
      304. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the case of a person (details supplied); if he considers this to be acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7378/25]
    • Departmental Consultations
      306. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement;...
    • Tax Yield
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that was raised from the 9% rate of VAT on newspapers in 2022, before this was reduced to 0% in 2023; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vacant Properties
      309. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to increase the number of properties subject to the vacant homes tax (details supplied); the measures being taken to increase the...
    • Tax Code
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes he may make to the residential land zone tax to allow active farmers continue farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7477/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      313. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department acted as the contracting...
    • Student Accommodation
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance if an anomaly in relation to accommodation expenses for students (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7583/25]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      316. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 20 March 2024, if recommendations were made to his Department in the review referred to; if so, if his Department...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      318. To ask the Minister for Finance for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial briefs provided to...
    • Tax Code
      319. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to proposals in Spain regarding taxation on real estate bought by non-EU residents (details supplied); if any research has...
    • Housing Schemes
      321. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to extend the help to buy scheme to include second hand houses or apartments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8019/25]
    • Rental Sector
      322. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of landlords availing of residential premises rental income relief in 2024; the cost to the Exchequer in 2024; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Yield
      323. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT collected on building materials and construction services in each of the past ten years. [8084/25]
    • European Union
      324. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on Ireland's position on the move to a European Capital Markets Union; if he will outline the benefits; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Middle East
      325. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the Central Bank is not acting in a manner that might be complicit with genocide given that the bank is continuing to...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      326. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position regarding the Blackpool flood relief scheme, in view of the fact that there was major flooding over 12 years...
    • Departmental Consultations
      328. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of the EY Capital Project and Programme Delivery Capability Review commissioned in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      329. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has access to data that identifies the top contractors by total payments received from public procurement contracts...
    • Departmental Consultations
      343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department acted...
    • Arts Council
      346. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role played by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer in relation to the project to develop an ICT system at the...
    • Office of Public Works
      347. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7656/25]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      348. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial...
    • Office of Public Works
      349. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 13 February 2025, the estimated market value of the 67 vacant properties owned by the OPW....
    • Public Sector Pensions
      350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering changes to the public service pension abatement for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement...
    • Office of Public Works
      351. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the OPWs plans for buildings in its ownership (details supplied); if he will ensure that these buildings are brought back into use given...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      352. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 8 October 2024, to provide an update on flood risk management measures being considered for...
    • Office of Public Works
      353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW have been tasked with identifying a site for a Garda station in the Castletroy and Annacotty area of Limerick; if so, when...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Trade Agreements
      355. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to make a statement in relation to the EU Mercosur Trade Deal and Ireland’s position in relation to this matter; and if he...
    • Work Permits
      356. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of critical skills employment permits that have been granted between 2020 and 2024 and to date in 2025 for...
    • Business Supports
      357. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Power Up grant can be paid to a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7347/25]
    • Wind Energy Generation
      360. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a progress update on the 40 actions detailed in Powering Prosperity – Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy...
    • Departmental Consultations
      361. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general...
    • Climate Action Plan
      362. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to respond to the report published on 10 December 2024 (details supplied) which found a blind spot in the Climate Action Plan...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      363. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department...
    • Industrial Development
      365. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reasons as to the low number of IDA site visits to Counties Wicklow and Wexford over the three-year period of 2022-2024; what...
    • Business Supports
      366. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the State to support companies that are scaling up where they do not qualify for assistance from local enterprise...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      368. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial...
    • Job Losses
      369. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what contact he has had with a company (detail supplied) regarding that companies recent announcement of job losses; if the company...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      370. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he agrees that a company's decision (details supplied) to drop its commitment to not use or develop AI technology for military...
    • Industrial Development
      371. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the name and location of each IDA-supported company by county as of January 2025, in tabular form; the number of people employed in...
    • Enterprise Policy
      372. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the name and location, by county, of each Enterprise Ireland supported company as of January 2025, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the name and location of each enterprise supported by grants from a local enterprise office (LEO) in 2024, in tabular form; the...
    • Industrial Development
      374. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the location of all land and buildings owned by the IDA as of January 2025 which are unoccupied, in tabular form; the plans for each...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      375. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the butter exchange project in Shandon. [7899/25]
    • Work Permits
      376. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is considering any changes to the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits such as the removal of farm workers...
    • Business Supports
      378. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will urgently rectify the current situation whereby small businesses who for one reason or another missed out on the Power Up...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      379. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a meeting can be arranged between this Deputy and the AI Advisory Council; why no mechanism exists for opposition Deputies to...
    • Business Supports
      380. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason some businesses that are within the retail and hospitality sectors, when filling in the increased cost of business grant...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Admissions
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her proposals to ensure that every child without a suitable school place, and those due to start in primary or secondary...
    • School Transport
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the lack of sufficient school bus stops in Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills noting her intention for all children with additional needs to have a school place in September, for an update on the application by a school...
    • School Equipment
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible to review or appeal the application for a pupil (details supplied) to have assistive technology; and if she will make a...
    • School Management
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider the proposal put forward by the board of management a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appropriate school place in a special class will be provided for a child (details supplied). [7157/25]
    • School Admissions
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appropriate school place will be provided for a child (details supplied). [7159/25]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the grant for newly qualified teachers only applies to those who qualified through the Professional Master of Education route and not...
    • School Staff
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has been notified of any school using capitation funds for the hiring of private therapists for children in the school; if so,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish a breakdown of the sources of expenditure for both primary level and second level schools, funded by capitation grants (capital works,...
    • School Facilities
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of application by a school (details supplied) for the balance of funding for an upgrade to school facilities for subject based...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of an appeal for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7217/25]
    • Departmental Data
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has any historical information on the old Church of Ireland school that was once at a location (details supplied). [7222/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7257/25]
    • National Council for Special Education
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the tendering for research on demand for special school and special class places by the National Council for Special Education, in...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing Professional Masters of Education options for 3rd level drama, theatre and film studies graduates who wish to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 6 February 2025, if the number of notifications received by the NCSE from parents and guardians by...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a graduate diploma course (details supplied) is not recognised by the Teaching Council; if any engagements are ongoing in relation to...
    • School Funding
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding to support online safety programmes for schools;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7384/25]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for grant aid for major capital works for a school (details supplied) which was originally submitted in March 2024...
    • School Funding
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications under the minor works grant by Cork schools that were refused in each of the past five years. [7414/25]
    • Departmental Programmes
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the reopening of the Summer Works Programme for schools. [7415/25]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin 2, 4 and 6 that have a live application for funding under the emergency works scheme; the precise nature of the works in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin 2, 4 and 6 that form part of her Department’s school building programme; the precise nature of the building project...
    • Departmental Consultations
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that she engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case for funding for a special class for a school (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7463/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where her Department or agencies under the aegis of her Department acted as the...
    • School Admissions
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she or the Minister of State with responsibility for Special Education and Inclusion will meet with a representative group of parents who...
    • School Transport
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that pupils attending a school (details supplied) living in Naul and Swords cannot access school transport, and that Bus...
    • School Admissions
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a suitable school place will be offered to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7581/25]
    • School Accommodation
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the delivery of SET rooms approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7620/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work her Department has undertaken to plan for a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can apply for funding to create and improve sensory rooms they create in their existing school buildings; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has been sanctioned to open autism classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7623/25]
    • School Transport
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is remit in the school bus transport scheme to consider Educate Together schools as a form of ethos; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education Policy
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work her Department has undertaken to provide a Gaelcholáiste in Swords to meet the needs of the community; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department provides transportation funding for children with special education needs who have to travel to attend an early years education...
    • Education and Training Boards
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct the City of Dublin Education and Training Board to develop and implement a remote working policy; and if she will make a...
    • School Facilities
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the effort of a primary school in County Clare (details supplied) to develop a school playground for the specific benefit of...
    • Education Welfare Service
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to maters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7678/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new special unit for autism in a school (details supplied) will be ready for opening given the building and staffing are in place; and...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by her Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial briefs...
    • Special Educational Needs
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) receives SNA support when he commences school in September 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the school building programme with respect to two schools (details supplied); to provide a projected date for completion; and if...
    • School Transport
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when residents in Newcastle, County Dublin, will be in a position to avail of the free school transport scheme, given the lack of a secondary...
    • Education Policy
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans have been made for the delivery of a secondary school in Newcastle, County Dublin, given the growing population in the area which is...
    • School Accommodation
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what engagement has taken place with the community of a school (details supplied) especially with regard to facilitating its move to a new...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update regarding works on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7816/25]
    • Education Policy
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a national therapy service for schools will be rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7844/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will implement in 2025 to ensure that there is appropriate access to therapies for children in special schools and in special...
    • Bus Éireann
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review the mandatory retirement age of 70 for Bus Éireann drivers, given the serious shortage of school bus drivers; if...
    • Departmental Data
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a full list of all primary and secondary schools in Dublin bay south, including their full address and Eircode, in tabular...
    • Schools Building Projects
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school (details supplied) will be completed and open for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7919/25]
    • School Transport
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of a school bus service will be considered for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7924/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact location of the new special school in Cork which is due to open in September 2025 for the 2025-2026 school year; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that have been made to date to provide proper reliable school transport for students attending a school (details supplied) who are...
    • Special Educational Needs
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends on commencing the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if so, the timeline for commencement. [8000/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 18 February 2025, the Department funding streams available to a school in the early stages of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application by a school in south Tipperary (details supplied) to open an ASD class in their school; the status of this...
    • Schools Building Projects
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on when a school (details supplied) will be included in the school capital buildings programme, considering their seriously...
    • Defective Building Materials
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the extent to which defective concrete blocks were used in the construction of school buildings across the State; the impact...
    • Departmental Data
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of all primary and secondary schools in the East Cork Constituency. [8067/25]
    • School Staff
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reconsider the awarding of incremental credits to teachers who have been employed in schools outside the EU (details supplied) and address the...
    • EU Directives
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on progress in fulfilling the obligations in Article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791 regarding a database for data...
    • School Accommodation
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently intervene in a case of subject-specific classroom accommodation for a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she...
    • Education Schemes
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give urgent consideration to the inclusion of a school in a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give urgent consideration to the expansion of a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8150/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when phase 2 of the construction of a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8156/25]
    • Education Policy
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if work is being done to establish a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a child-centred, school-based service across occupational therapy, speech...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Census of Population
      457. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which it is planned to publish the 1926 census. [8100/25]
    • Commemorative Events
      459. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 11 February 2025, if any international day of famine commemoration took place in...
    • Arts Council
      460. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline every update provided to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in...
    • Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal
      462. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht i gcomhthéacs an tiomantais atá léirithe sa Chlár Rialtais i leith naisc a chothú agus a leathnú le...
    • Irish Language
      463. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken to support the Irish language and Gaeltacht areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Surveys
      464. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Night Time Economy Accessibility Survey that closed for submissions in June 2024; and if he will provide the...
    • Legislative Programme
      465. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the revised and retitled Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill General Scheme will be published; if he agrees with his...
    • Departmental Consultations
      466. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      467. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures put in place to ensure that output performance measures, key performance indicators or targets will be applied to the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      468. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will identify each entity which received funding from the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, the Local Authority...
    • Sports Funding
      469. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe on the LSSIF funding for a facility (details supplied); when his Department will advise Cork County Council of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      474. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department offers funding outside of the capital grants scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7484/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      475. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department...
    • Arts Council
      477. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Secretary General of the Department raised the issue of the increased cost of the ICT system of the Arts Council at the...
    • Media Sector
      478. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures his Department is undertaking to encourage more female representation on political TV and radio segments; and if he...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      479. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of...
    • Sports Funding
      480. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of sports capital grants will be open for applications. [7795/25]
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      482. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le ceann de na príomhspriocanna sa Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge, 2010 – 2030, is é sin an...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Hedge Cutting
      485. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7923/25]
    • Defective Building Materials
      486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline, in light of his recent correspondence to an organisation (details supplied) and local authorities, including...
    • Housing Schemes
      487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grant-aid is available to support families construct a granny flat or similar structure on the property of their family...
    • Vacant Properties
      491. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount provided for the return of voids in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and the number of homes this was for respectively, by...
    • Vacant Sites
      492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of relevant sites for the residential zoned land tax which a levy has been applied, the amount that has been...
    • Departmental Funding
      493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided for public realm enhancement in each of the years 2019, 2024 and 2025, by local authority, in tabular...
    • Departmental Staff
      494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people currently employed as graduate planner, assistant planner, executive planner and senior planner...
    • Departmental Consultations
      495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent in each of the years 2019, 2023 and 2024 by his Department on planning consultancy firms, in tabular form....
    • Vacant Properties
      496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a fully completed apartment complex is lying vacant for the past six months on the corner of Grange Road and...
    • Housing Schemes
      497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take into consideration the circumstances of applicants when assessing applications for housing adaptations for...
    • Land Development Agency
      498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the actions taken in Louth by the Land Development Agency, and to list the State-owned sites that might be...
    • Housing Provision
      500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there has been a directive from the Department to local authorities to limit the number of approved housing body units that...
    • Local Authorities
      503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to make disability access training compulsory for technical and planning staff within each local authority. [7316/25]
    • Housing Provision
      507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites zoned for housing in each county by the local authorities, in tabular form. [7373/25]
    • Water Services
      509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Uisce Éireann has reduced its funding to local authorities for 2025; and if so, the amount of...
    • Departmental Consultations
      510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the...
    • Housing Provision
      511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason solar panels were not installed on any of the new housing at a location (details supplied); if there are any plans...
    • Housing Policy
      512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if assistance is available to families who go above the income threshold for social housing supports due to the automatic...
    • Rental Sector
      513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department conducted research to inform the Government decision not to re-introduce a ban on no fault evictions; if so,...
    • Housing Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority homes in Galway city and county that had chimneys removed by the council during the course of...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Housing Schemes
      517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that will be allocated to South Dublin County Council for the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2025; when this funding...
    • Planning Issues
      519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will undertake a review of the planning permission required for people who wish to build log cabins on their property;...
    • Housing Policy
      520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions that will be taken by Government and local authorities to ensure the housing completion targets of 41,000 by the...
    • Housing Schemes
      521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status and locations of the over 10,000 applications under the vacant homes renovation scheme; the reason there were only...
    • State Bodies
      522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the creation of the Building Standards Regulatory Authority; the role and powers of the authority; if it will be...
    • Housing Schemes
      523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people who have taken up a cost rental equity loan, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the underspend of €120 million in Exchequer spending on homelessness in 2024 after the supplementary...
    • Departmental Functions
      525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work and remit of the central housing supply unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7648/25]
    • Housing Policy
      526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made by the local authority stock management policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7649/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason most of the projects approved under the local infrastructure housing activation fund have not been delivered; and...
    • Housing Policy
      530. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he plans to support first-time buyers of...
    • Housing Provision
      531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social and affordable delivery streams that will receive the €450 million capital allocation approved by Cabinet on...
    • Housing Policy
      534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the proposed allocations schemes for cost rental housing including an update on whether any regulations have...
    • Departmental Reviews
      535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a list of all submissions received by his Department during the review of Part B of the Building Control Regulations and...
    • Housing Policy
      536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to people with a disability who receive the HAP service, the rationale for setting the allowance at 20% below the...
    • Immigration Policy
      537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of 18 February 2025, to elaborate on the range of plausible scenarios...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of...
    • Housing Provision
      539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the identified defects at the Oscar Traynor Road affordable housing project; and the actions his Department is...
    • Housing Policy
      540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals to tackle vacancy and dereliction; the measures put in place to tackle these issues since 2020; and if he will...
    • Rental Sector
      541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals to help renters; the measures put in place in this regard since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Provision
      542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals to increase social housing stock; the measures put in place in this regard since 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Mining Industry
      544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure shared the two water discharge consent applications and the two water...
    • Heritage Projects
      545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on an application by Cork City Council for the restoration of the Shandon clock. [7898/25]
    • Waterways Ireland
      546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the major encroachments dealt with and regularised to date by Waterways Ireland (details supplied). [7912/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on an application by persons (details supplied) for a local authority home loan with Cork County Council; the...
    • Departmental Policies
      552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a statutory register for architectural...
    • Local Authorities
      553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the temporary waiver on development contributions payable to local authorities for those building homes in...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a National Parks and Wildlife Service farm plan scheme annual payment for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal...
    • Departmental Bodies
      558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the total budget and staffing of the Residential Tenancies Board in each of the years from 2015 to 2024, in tabular...
    • Housing Provision
      560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes built and acquired in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [8073/25]
    • Vacant Sites
      569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant sites that are identified as per county by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Land Development Agency
      571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of spending by the Land Development Agency in the years 2023 and 2024, including a breakdown of that spending...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Policies
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that persons wishing to become funeral/wedding celebrants who hold a Master's in chaplaincy are required to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update and a proposed timeline, as per the commitment in the Programme for Government, when the means...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify the implementation of the wage subsidy scheme for persons (details supplied), if in these circumstances an...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration was given to the qualified adult allowance for a person (details supplied); if this will be reconsidered;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a domiciliary care allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • State Pensions
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can avail of any purchase of credits, or avail of a State pension (non-contributory), despite...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of HAS1 forms that have been received per county or social welfare district since storm Éowyn; the number...
    • Citizens Information Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 908 of 18 April 2023 and No. 363 of 25 April 2023, his views on the need to retain...
    • Public Sector Staff
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for preventing an individual who works in the public sector to apply for the work and access support grant...
    • Departmental Consultations
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will take steps in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) who is being denied carer's allowance on the...
    • Departmental Data
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 18 February 2025, if he can detail the specified medical criteria referred or...
    • Departmental Funding
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a debt repayment plan will be accepted for an overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a redress payment from the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry in the North of Ireland to a person who is resident in...
    • Pensions Reform
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will take the opportunity offered by the need to amend legislation pertaining to widows, widowers or surviving civil...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to revise the existing application guidelines for the domiciliary care allowance, especially in relation...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the qualifying criteria for disability allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 16 February 2025, if he will confirm that the Department collates certain...
    • Departmental Schemes
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the extreme weather event assistance scheme will be established; who will qualify for support under this scheme; if...
    • Fuel Poverty
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a low-income household, where some members are in low-income employment and not in receipt of social protection, can...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of...
    • Departmental Funding
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of training support grants paid by his Department, by county in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payment rates under the new jobseeker's pay related benefit scheme; if top-up payments will be made for any dependents an...
    • Pensions Reform
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans to examine what modifications or changes may be made to support women who currently fall outside the existing...
    • School Meals Programme
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the remaining schools will be able to avail of the free school meals programme; the timeline for its full...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason pensioners under 70 years-of-age who paid a class D stamp are not eligible for the household benefits package...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the criteria for the working family payment to assess the impact of including carer’s...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the criteria for the working family payment to assess the impact of including carer’s...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Vacant Sites
      614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to develop the site of the vacant former Cork Prison given that the Department of Justice and his Department have...
    • Ground Rents
      615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act, 1967 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Protection
      617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for IPAS who reached the State via the north of Ireland last year and for each of the past five years....
    • Asylum Seekers
      624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times EURODAC has been used for each of the past five years. [7140/25]
    • Departmental Data
      626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people that have been arrested for carrying a knife for each of the past five years; and the number of crimes...
    • An Garda Síochána
      627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that were recruited for each of the past ten years; the number of Gardaí retired for each of the...
    • Data Protection
      630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timetable and recruitment plans for the third, empty seat on Ireland’s Data Protection Commission; and his...
    • Alcohol Sales
      631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position of stadiums under new alcohol licence laws (details supplied); and if he intends to amend the draft legislation to...
    • Courts Service
      633. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given that the Courts Service in Roscommon has been temporarily relocated to Racecourse Road, County Roscommon, and considering...
    • Departmental Communications
      634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a submission from an organisation (details supplied); if he has given consideration to their proposals; and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of knives seized by Gardaí in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7340/25]
    • Departmental Data
      637. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have appeared before the courts in 2024 charged with offences under section 9: possession of knives...
    • Departmental Contracts
      638. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has secured a charter plane for deportation flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7344/25]
    • Asylum Seekers
      641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case of a person (details supplied). [7367/25]
    • International Protection
      642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he will permit this Deputy to visit the International Protection Office to see the operation and to ask questions of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made by An Garda Síochána for a section 63 order under the Criminal Justice Act 1994 in...
    • Residency Permits
      646. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that it is 12 weeks since the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure incurred by An Garda Síochána in the 2024 training campaign for forensic collision investigators and...
    • Departmental Consultations
      648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the...
    • Ukraine War
      649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering introducing any mechanisms that might allow Ukrainian nationals who are full-time students or in full-time...
    • Visa Applications
      651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for applicants to process through the join family visa process; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Court Orders
      652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality it has emerged that the suspect being held for the killing of a person (details supplied) is currently facing charges before...
    • Electronic Tagging
      653. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of electronic tags that have been used by the State on criminals or on people on bail in each of the past ten years;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      654. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Visa Applications
      656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7586/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      657. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers for each year from 2014 to date, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Youth Diversion Programme
      663. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of youth diversion initiatives per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7598/25]
    • Restorative Justice
      666. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of people who engaged in restorative justice initiatives from 2014 to date in 2025; the number of minors who...
    • Prison Service
      667. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding for community prison links workers for each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Communications
      668. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if communication has been given to South Dublin County Council to commence local community safety partnerships; and if he will...
    • Legislative Process
      669. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Sex Offenders (Amendment) (Coercive Control) Bill 2023; if the Bill will be prioritised within the current...
    • Visa Applications
      670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of persons (details supplied) awaiting visas will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7633/25]
    • Immigration Policy
      671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if block F of Cloverhill Prison is still being used to accommodate persons detained for illegal immigration purposes; if so,...
    • Departmental Data
      674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Ukrainian arrivals to Ireland in 2024, broken down by month; and the average number of Ukrainian arrivals...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a digital copy of the ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of...
    • Departmental Data
      676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time it takes to process international protection applications, by country of origin including the designation of...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      677. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants that were issued in each of the past three years as a result of a breach of conditions of bail;...
    • Jury Service
      680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has plans to introduce a payment for loss of earnings, childcare and others costs for those undertaking jury service, as...
    • International Protection
      681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full vetting process of all those seeking international protection in the State; the way international protection...
    • Crime Prevention
      682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in conjunction with the Garda Commissioner to urgently tackle knife violence on our streets; and if he will make a...
    • International Protection
      683. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions taken when a person seeking international protection is found guilty of a crime in this State; if such persons will...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      684. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to deal with the drugs crisis across the country; the numbers available to the drugs units in the...
    • Medical Inquiries
      686. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a finding of professional misconduct by the Medical Council in relation to the former deputy...
    • Court Procedures
      689. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the assessment system will be in place and operable as provided for under the Court Proceedings (Delays) Act 2024, which...
    • Citizenship Applications
      690. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether she can guarantee that all documentation has been submitted in respect of an application for citizenship submitted by a...
    • Traffic Management
      691. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the speed van monitoring location points across Offaly; the frequency of monitoring, and the number of speeding offences at...
    • International Protection
      693. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the recognition rate, including appeals, for all international protection applicants, and the recognition rate, including...
    • Departmental Meetings
      695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with the Ballymun Implementation Board; if a senior official from his Department will be appointed to the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Weather Events
      696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide immediate funding assistance for farmers who had damage to roofs in the recent storm. [7142/25]
    • Pesticide Use
      697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process involved in the approval of new pesticide products for agricultural use; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Forestry Sector
      699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a felling licence (details supplied) submitted approximately three to four months ago; and if he will make a statement...
    • Grant Payments
      700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid available to developers of biomethane plants; if grant aid has yet been made available to any developers; if the total...
    • Departmental Funding
      702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm the payment of €30,000 to an organisation (details supplied); when this funding will be paid; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Consultations
      703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      704. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      706. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the measures under Budget 2023 to address the group of farmers known as "forgotten farmers" will be implemented; if the farmers...
    • Departmental Funding
      707. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if since 1 January 2020 any officials of his Department, or board or council members of any public body under his aegis or employee...
    • Departmental Strategies
      708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the development of the National Biomethane Strategy; the progress to date; if a revised timelines exists; and if...
    • Farm Inspections
      709. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS or AEOS farm inspections per county carried out in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; the number of visits...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial...
    • Animal Diseases
      711. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the supply and availability of heptavac P Plus. [7831/25]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      712. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if stationary diesel generators for farmers will be included under the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme (details supplied);...
    • Weather Events
      713. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on any available or planned financial supports for farmers who have suffered structural damage to farm...
    • Forestry Sector
      714. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration could be given to covering the deer fencing grant under the climate resilient reforestation scheme. [7905/25]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      716. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the guidelines in place for community engagement when a biomethane plant is proposed in an area; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Supports
      717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if financial assistance can be provided to farmers for the purchase of backup generators and water pumps, given the increasing need...
    • Forestry Sector
      718. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants who enrolled in the ACRES tree belts for ammonia capture from farmyards scheme; the total number of hectares...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ACRES payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in south Tipperary; the reason for the delay; if he will ensure...
    • Fishing Industry
      720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new fisherman scheme will commence; and when financial assistance will start to be released under the scheme. [8083/25]
    • Animal Diseases
      721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what actions are being taken to mitigate the prevalence of TB in the cattle population, considering the traumatic effect is has to...
    • Departmental Records
      722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update in respect of his Department's work with Officials from the National Archives in relation to identifying...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Ukraine War
      723. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she intends to extend the accommodation recognition payment for those hosting Ukrainians; and if she will...
    • Equality Issues
      726. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he agrees that the recent statements by a company (details supplied) to cancel a number of aspects of...
    • International Protection
      727. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider a temporary extension until June to the contract with an accommodation provider (details...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      731. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if assistance will be provided on an issue (details supplied). [8162/25]
    • International Protection
      733. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a full list of the number of beds available for accommodating both Ukrainian refugees and...
    • Departmental Policies
      735. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to give effect to the ban on the practice of conversion therapy at national level (details supplied)....
    • Health Services
      736. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will take steps in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) and ensure that they are granted...
    • Disability Services
      737. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the length of the waiting list is for a child to see a children’s disability network team for a child...
    • International Protection
      740. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine a case regarding international protection (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Direct Provision System
      741. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department started to write to people with status/leave to remain in direct provision centres giving...
    • Family Resource Centres
      742. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his department has received an application for the development of a family resource centre for...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      744. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the average waiting times for physiotherapy broken down by county; a breakdown of the length of the...
    • Disability Services
      746. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that have been taken to have the vacant posts in CDNTs filled; the steps that have been taken to...
    • International Protection
      749. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to buy a series of centres to house international protection applicants; and if...
    • Youth Services
      751. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total youth service grant allocation to all 16 ETB in 2024, in tabular form; if she will seek to immediately...
    • Disability Services
      752. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 978 of 5 February 2025, the breakdown of the overdue applications for...
    • Departmental Consultations
      753. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that she engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      754. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 11 June 2024, the steps she has taken to resolve the impasse...
    • Disability Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to hire a psychologist and a fulltime speech therapist for the CDNT in Carlow (details...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      756. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has undertaken a review of the ECCE funding provided to the sector with a view to increasing...
    • Parental Leave
      757. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is her intention under the Parental Leave Act 1998, for parents and guardians of children, to extend the...
    • Disability Services
      758. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive early intervention services from their local CDNT team. [7491/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      759. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where her Department or agencies under the aegis...
    • Childcare Services
      761. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the number of children currently on waiting lists for crèche care in County Kilkenny; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      762. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding is in place for persons needing to access residential placements for family members living in...
    • Childcare Services
      763. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that the legislation governing the regulation of childminders means that they cannot employ any...
    • Departmental Schemes
      764. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the case of a person (details supplied) appealing refused redress; and if she will make a statement...
    • International Protection
      765. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if another IPAS centre is being opened in Dublin south west (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Services
      766. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on panels of recruitment for occupation therapy and speech and language positions in the...
    • Youth Services
      767. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 532 of 11 February 2025 and 954 of 5 February 2025, if she will outline...
    • Disability Services
      769. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the waiting lists for CDNT in all CHO regions, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child and Family Agency
      770. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to comment on the withdrawal of funding by TUSLA from a school (details supplied) in the constituency of Dublin...
    • International Protection
      771. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the situation at a location (details supplied) and the plans to remove Ukrainians and replace...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      772. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by her Department on taking office, along with...
    • Disability Services
      773. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates of each speech and language appointment provided to a child (details supplied) since they were...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      777. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) has not yet received a cognitive assessment which was due in October 2022;...
    • Disability Services
      778. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates of each speech and language appointment that have been provided to a child (details supplied) since...
    • Home Care Packages
      780. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in Roscommon; the number of people...
    • Departmental Strategies
      781. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to progress the creation of the new National Strategy for Migrant Integration; with which Department...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      782. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive payment from the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and...
    • Disability Services
      783. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts being taken to ensure adequate access to residential respite services for young people with complex...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      784. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current demand for early childhood care and education scheme in Cork county; how any deficits in supply are...
    • Industrial Disputes
      785. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the up-to-date position on WRC talks on resolution on the section 39 workers’ dispute; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      786. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on the physiotherapy waiting list in Roscommon; the numbers waiting less than four months,...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      787. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list in Roscommon; the numbers...
    • Disability Services
      788. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list in Roscommon; the numbers...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      790. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he would detail the number of people on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list in...
    • Disability Services
      792. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current vacancy rate in children's disability network teams; and her proposals to recruit sufficient staff...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      793. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth `her plans to reduce the waiting times for assessment of needs in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
    • Family Resource Centres
      794. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to put in place any new family resource centres in the country; if so, the locations that are being...
    • Departmental Programmes
      795. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the individualised personal budget pilot programme currently being trialed by the HSE; the...
    • Disability Services
      796. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people with disabilities in receipt of personal assistance hours in Roscommon; if he would also...
    • International Protection
      797. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the awarding of an IPAS contract at a location (details supplied); the name of the company or...
    • Ukraine War
      798. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the awarding of beneficiaries of temporary protection contracts at a location (details supplied);...
    • International Protection
      799. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the meetings that took place between the departmental unit with responsibility for IPAS and BOTP contracts and...
    • Childcare Services
      803. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration has been given to concerns raised by parents regarding financial penalties imposed when they...
    • Ukraine War
      804. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department plans to extend the accommodation recognition payment beyond March 2025, and when recipients...
    • Disability Services
      805. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the waiting lists for all CDNTs in CHO 4, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Childcare Services
      807. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action she is taking to reduce the costs of childcare and of after-school care for parents who are being...
    • Youth Services
      809. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of all youth clubs in east Cork. [8066/25]
    • Equality Issues
      810. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to recognise medical alert dogs to afford them the same status as other assistance dogs; and if she...
    • Deportation Orders
      811. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residents in IPAS accommodation with an active deportation order; and if she will make a statement...
    • Family Resource Centres
      812. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date in 2025 the application process will open for the establishment of new family resources centres; and...
    • Disability Services
      813. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when recruitment will commence for a support network (details supplied). [8109/25]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      814. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount expended on carrying out assessments of need, by month in 2024 and 2023; the total amount paid to...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      816. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number, by month of the number of enduring power of attorney that have entered into force, that is,...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      822. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with an appointment for an autism assessment;...
    • Childcare Services
      823. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to reduce the cost of childcare in Ireland (details supplied). [8163/25]
    • Disability Services
      824. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with speech and language therapy appointments;...
  • Department of Health
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      828. To ask the Minister for Health if she would support pay priority for medical laboratory scientists (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8161/25]
    • Medical Cards
      829. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the means test limits for a full medical card for those under 70 and for those over 70; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7126/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      831. To ask the Minister for Health the help that can be provided for a child and their family (details supplied) who need to know where a surgery is to take place; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the reason adults with type 1 diabetes attending Limerick University Hospital are still not offered insulin pumps as a treatment option despite the qualified...
    • Health Services
      839. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied) from the Minister of State for Mental Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7188/25]
    • Medical Cards
      841. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the awarding of medical cards to cancer patients; and if she is aware especially in recent months of the refusal by the HSE to award medical...
    • Legislative Programme
      842. To ask the Minister for Health if there is proposed legislation to load an €1,800 annual licence on all shops to sell cigarettes and vapes (details supplied); if she will reconsider...
    • Disability Services
      843. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7226/25]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      844. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been any requests made of Cavan Monaghan Hospital group to provide a CT scanner at the Monaghan Hospital site; if she will direct the HSE to...
    • Ambulance Service
      846. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which ambulances are permitted to take patients to the minor injuries unit (MIU) at Monaghan Hospital, rather than an emergency department...
    • Hospital Facilities
      848. To ask the Minister for Health the number of presentations in each month in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and 2024 to the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • EU Regulations
      850. To ask the Minister for Health if he has concerns over the passing of EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/89 of 20 January 2025 authorising the placing on the market of...
    • Legislative Measures
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the status of legislation governing vaping; the timeline for the introduction of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7243/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      852. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting to see an orthopaedic consultant in the Mater Hospital; the number of those waiting for six months or more; the number of those...
    • Health Services
      853. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the temporary stepdown 50 bed rehab unit in Nenagh being operated by a company (details supplied); the weekly occupancy rates; the details of...
    • Home Help Service
      854. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive sanctioned weekend, double assist home help hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7264/25]
    • General Practitioner Services
      855. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Strategic Review of General Practice; to confirm that the review will provide sustainable solution for charity-operated GP...
    • National Children's Hospital
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the PwC report into the National Children’s Hospital commissioned in January 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7268/25]
    • Health Services
      857. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any investigation of reported irregularities associated with the €2.1 million spend by a body (details supplied) on a digitisation...
    • Hospital Facilities
      859. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any plan in place to provide additional car parking spaces by utilising the green areas surrounding Roscommon University Hospital (details...
    • Health Services
      860. To ask the Minister for Health if the minister will provide an update on plans to reinstate a service (details supplied). [7311/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Health the specific policy and procedure that apply to the discharge of patients by taxi from the psychiatry unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if...
    • Health Services Staff
      867. To ask the Minister for Health the number of social inclusion posts (of each grade) recruited in the CHO1 area since its inception; the WTE numbers of these posts which were located in Cavan...
    • Health Services
      868. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the closure of a care provider (details supplied); the actions she will take to ensure the impact on their service users is...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently awaiting an ophthalmology appointment in Cork, by waiting time, in tabular form. [7408/25]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      870. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed eye clinic in Cork has fully opened; and if not, the reason. [7409/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      871. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting cataract surgery in Cork, by waiting time, in tabular form. [7410/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      872. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting scoliosis surgery in Cork, by waiting time, in tabular form. [7411/25]
    • Clinical Trials
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the National Clinical Trials Oversight Group; when her Department will publish the planned interim report on challenges of conducting...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals that have been reimbursed for their insulin pump training and/or consumables through the EU treatment abroad or cross-Border...
    • General Practitioner Services
      876. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times patients are waiting before they can get an appointment to attend GP practices in Kilkenny, and if there are plans in place to...
    • Departmental Consultations
      877. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that she engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement;...
    • General Practitioner Services
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that are in place for people who require out-of-hours GP care on an emergency basis, who do not have their own GP due to many GP’s...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Ireland who access the omnipod tubeless insulin pump and consumables through the HSEs exceptional hardship scheme or have done so...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      881. To ask the Minister for Health To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the up to date position on the new build for a day care centre (details supplied); if she can provide a...
    • Medical Cards
      884. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to cases whereby people suffering with chronic conditions do not qualify for GP cards, due to being under 70 years-of-age; the...
    • Ambulance Service
      885. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the cessation of advanced paramedic training courses operated by the National Ambulance Service; and if...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      887. To ask the Minister for Health to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where her Department or agencies under the aegis of her Department acted as the contracting...
    • Mental Health Services
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an initial appointment with CAMHS, in Limerick, listed by waiting time, in tabular form. [7576/25]
    • Disability Services
      945. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address issues with the reliability and accessibility of disability services in Longford; such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Hospital Staff
      946. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time security staff currently employed at Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of full-time security staff on each shift at...
    • Abuse in Hospitals
      948. To ask the Minister for Health the number of violent incidents directed towards staff at Letterkenny University Hospital, for each of the years 2016 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form. [7961/25]
    • Hospital Equipment
      950. To ask the Minister for Health if Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown had a broken CT scanner recently (details supplied) and if patients in need of CTs were transferred elsewhere by...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      952. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8007/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      953. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews who are ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover, for each emergency department and...
    • Medicinal Products
      954. To ask the Minister for Health to reply to correspondence (details supplied) regarding HRT patches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8022/25]
    • Medical Cards
      955. To ask the Minister for Health if a circular has issued from her Department or from the HSE in the past 12 months regarding discretionary medical cards; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Equipment
      956. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of locations where patients can access 80cm MRI machines in Ireland; if none are available, where is a person requiring an urgent MRI of...
    • Health Services
      957. To ask the Minister for Health the number of breast screening units, per county, in tabular form. [8052/25]
    • Health Strategies
      961. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress of the implementation of the national maternity strategy. [8056/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      962. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women waiting for gynaecology appointments, by hospital, per county, in tabular form. [8057/25]
    • Departmental Data
      963. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer following gynaecology consultation in 2023 and to date in 2024. [8058/25]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      964. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the roll out of dedicated women’s health hubs in Longford-Westmeath. [8059/25]
    • Health Services
      965. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the roll out of the National Framework for Perinatal Genetics. [8060/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      966. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she plans to take to improve access to person-centred child and adolescent mental health services teams. [8061/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      967. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1363 of 22 January 2025, the stakeholders who are involved in discussions in relation to the Draft Report on St....
    • Dental Services
      968. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address the lack of dentists taking on new medical card patients in Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8069/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      970. To ask the Minister for Health to report on progress on any negotiations between the HSE and (details supplied) in relation to the price of the drug Selumetinib (Koselugo), an important drug...
    • Nursing Homes
      971. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8087/25]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      972. To ask the Minister for Health if an autism assessment for persons (details supplied) can be provided given the necessity of an early intervention class; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      973. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter in relation to peanut allergies will be examined (details supplied). [8099/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      974. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for an urgent procedure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8111/25]
    • Home Help Service
      975. To ask the Minister for Health the number of candidates on a home support service for older people recruitment panel in each month in 2023 and 2024, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [8113/25]
    • Health Services
      978. To ask the Minister for Health if the services that are available to a person (details supplied) will be explained to them. [8124/25]
    • Eating Disorders
      979. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1342 of 22 January 2025, when a substantive reply will issue from the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      980. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that a person from Donegal (details supplied), who is an 84-year-old, must travel a ten-hour round trip to Galway for short appointments with a...
    • Mental Health Services
      981. To ask the Minister for Health the increased staffed investment she plans to make to address the waiting list crisis in Primary Care Child and Adolescent Psychology Services in CHO9; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      982. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in respiratory medicine based at Beaumont Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [8155/25]
    • Dental Services
      983. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the impact of changes in dental practice at (details supplied), specifically the way the practice has adopted the approach which prioritises...
    • Health Services
      984. To ask the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to expand specialist endometriosis services, including provision in north Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      985. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to introduce grant funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7167/25]
    • Departmental Consultations
      987. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      988. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department acted as the...
    • Adult Education Provision
      990. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to adult education teachers; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      991. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial briefs...
    • Grant Payments
      992. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills Education if he will engage with SUSI on its ‘applicant classes’ whereby students are required to be out of education for three...
    • Further and Higher Education
      993. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8062/25]
    • Adult Education Provision
      994. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the situation described (details supplied); the measures he is taking to address it; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Fees
      995. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills His Department's engagement with the Higher Education Authority since his Department's March 2014 advice that education institutions should...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      996. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether his Department has engaged with a community services group (details supplied) regarding its level of funding and inability to...
    • Control of Dogs
      997. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the increase in the number of dog wardens across all local authorities as committed to in the Programme for...
    • Departmental Consultations
      998. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general...
    • Community Development Projects
      999. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects by name, address and amount located in Dublin 2, 4 and 6 which have received funding from the community recognition fund;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      1000. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department...
    • Childcare Services
      1002. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial supports available for the construction of a community crèche; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7718/25]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      1003. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial...
    • Community Development Projects
      1004. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what initiatives are being taken to focus on areas of high disadvantage (such as Balgaddy in Dublin), including leading...

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