Written answers
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of active and inactive members of each of the branches of the Defence Forces, for each of the past 20 years, and the establishment...
- Naval Service
18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts being made to establish a unit of the Naval Reserve in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5786/25]
- Defence Forces
19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the current involvement of Irish Defence Forces personnel in UNIFIL missions in Lebanon; and if he will make a...
- Naval Service
24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for the up-to-date position on safeguarding measures to protect any threat of damage to vital subterranean and submarine infrastructure in Irish...
- Defence Forces
25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he expects the report by the Defence Forces in relation to the suitability for renovation of the derelict homes owned by his Department at a...
- Departmental Meetings
26. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 5 February 2025, if the minutes as requested will now be provided; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Funding
27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for the amount of funding surrendered from his Department to the Exchequer in 2024; the reason the allocated funds were unspent; and the amount...
- Naval Service
28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current agreed establishment numbers required for the Naval Service; the current strength; the number of personnel available for sea-going...
- Defence Forces
29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total enlistment in the permanent Defence Forces from 2019 to 2024; the measures that will be implemented this year to increase recruitment...
- Departmental Funding
30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total funding allocated to his Department for current and capital expenditure from 2023 and 2024; the total expenditure incurred under each...
- Defence Forces
31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures his Department is taking to encourage recruitment to the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cybersecurity Policy
34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how the Defence Forces are contributing to enhancing cybersecurity; the collaboration in place that the Defence Forces has with educational...
- Departmental Policies
35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on his Department’s framework for resilience in essential services; the development of an enhanced national risk assessment...
- Naval Service
37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts being made to establish a unit of the Naval Reserve in the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5809/25]
- Defence Forces
38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to detail any cooperation between his Department and NATO, including, but not limited to, PESCO and the EU Common Security and Defence Policy;...
- Naval Service
41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of instances where ships were put to sea without a functioning main gun. [6107/25]
- Defence Forces
42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a decision on a location for the Army headquarters will be made; if Custume Barracks, Athlone, will be considered; and if he will make a...
- Cybersecurity Policy
47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress his Department has made regarding the establishment of a joint cyber security command and other actions related to cyber security...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Cabinet Committees
48. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the membership of each Cabinet committee. [8393/25]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Citizenship Applications
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a citizenship application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8268/25]
- Passport Services
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8284/25]
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the commitment in the Programme for Government 2025 to "advocating with the US Administration and Capitol Hill" for the...
- Overseas Development Aid
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is developing plans for maintaining essential services, in the interim and longer term, of Irish non-governmental agencies engaged in...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Infrastructure
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his policy regarding the development of infrastructure for the commercial import of liquified natural gas; and if he...
- Pension Provisions
57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to confirm that on 26 May 1989, the then Minister for Communications issued an authorisation to An Post to pay pension...
- Data Centres
61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby grid constraints from the excessive data centre demand are...
- Bord na Móna
63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the sale of Bord na Móna's waste collection business to the private sector and its potential...
- Natural Gas Grid
64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will support and expedite the long-awaited liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at the Tarbert/Ballylongford...
- Wind Energy Generation
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Department last assessed the impact of wind turbine noise from operating wind farms; if the Minister will...
- Energy Conservation
66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes retrofitted to a BER B2 standard or higher in each of the Government’s schemes, broken down...
- Broadband Infrastructure
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what measures are being implemented to assess and improve broadband efficiency in the Portmarnock area; and if he will...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what measures are being undertaken to address the subpar coverage experienced in the area surrounding St. Anne's Park...
- Department of Defence
- Prison Service
69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has had consultations and correspondence on a project (details supplied); the number and dates of such correspondence; the times of such...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons availing of the different classes of tax saver tickets for bus, rail and Luas services in 2024. [8198/25]
- Active Travel
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the study to assess incentives to encourage greater use of active travel as a mode of transport, including an...
- Electric Vehicles
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are being but in place to install additional publicly available charge points around Ireland during 2025 in order to...
- Public Transport
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has assessed the impact of private ticketing systems operated by commercial transport providers on fare integration and...
- Bus Services
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a bus service in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8212/25]
- Road Projects
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure Transport Infrastructure Ireland carry out urgent safety improvement works on the N55 at Tang, County Westmeath, in...
- Driver Test
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the promised recruitment of 70 additional driving test instructors, as promised in September 2024; if...
- Bus Services
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric buses that were delivered to Limerick in 2024; the number that were in operation by 31 December 2024; and the...
- Airport Policy
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 22 January 2025, the reason an individual (details supplied) was informed that he would be...
- Public Transport
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that a service (details supplied) was stopped; if it will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8340/25]
- Bus Services
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reinstate a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8392/25]
- Dublin Port Tunnel
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the traffic management arrangements agreed with the National Transport Authority in the event of a planned or unplanned closure to the...
- Bus Services
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposed local link bus route between Tuam and Athenry, County Galway; the current status of the route...
- Transport Policy
88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the anomaly in communication from his Department in relation to tachographs (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Road Projects
89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a project (details supplied) will progress to the next stage; the proposed preparatory work to be carried out on this project in...
- Road Network
90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date in developing a strategy in relation to the provision of new facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Taxi Regulations
91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would consider the implementation of audible taxi meters designed specifically for the visually impaired, akin to those currently...
- Department of Finance
- Business Regulation
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being put in place to counteract black market activities in terms of unregistered or unlicenced beauticians and hairdressers working from home...
- Tax Reliefs
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of tax relief for tax saver tickets for bus, rail and Luas services in 2024. [8198/25]
- Insurance Industry
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of insurance companies operating in Ireland that are registered with the Central Bank. [8206/25]
- Tax Code
96. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the policy approach that the Revenue Commissioner takes to the resolution and repayment of outstanding tax or VAT liabilities of...
- Banking Sector
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of Irish mortgages currently held in terms of beneficial ownership by both traditional banks and non-bank entities each year from 2022 to...
- Housing Schemes
98. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 20 February 2025, the position regarding a timeline for when the planned review of the help-to-buy scheme will be...
- Tax Avoidance
99. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 60 to 62 of 6 February 2025, if he will outline the relevant benefits as defined by section 770 of the Taxes...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Contracts
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent news article regarding scandals surrounding a company (details supplied), given the fact...
- State Properties
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State-owned and or leased premises, offices and land in a town in County Kildare (details supplied); the number in use;...
- Departmental Reviews
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question 185 of 20 February 2025; the position regarding a timeline for the completion of this review; and if...
- Arts Council
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer informed the then Minister of the review conducted on the Arts Council digital...
- Departmental Policies
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the safeguards and oversight procedures, if any, that are put in place by his Department to monitor the projects of State agencies...
- Office of Public Works
114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8519/25]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Strategies
115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the Life Sciences Strategy; if stakeholder engagement is planned; which Department will be responsible for...
- Business Supports
116. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when businesses due payment under the increased cost of business and power up grant schemes will receive this grant aid. [8215/25]
- Industrial Development
118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits to County Laois made in the past twelve months; the specific locations of these visits; the results to...
- Business Supports
119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to small businesses, many of whom are already struggling and will not survive; and if he will make a statement...
- Statutory Retirement Age
120. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when employees of a company (details supplied) will not have to retire at 65 years and be allowed to remain in their current...
- Legislative Measures
121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 11 February 2025, if he will consider introducing the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Admissions
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a school placement in a special school in Tipperary for a child (details supplied) in September 2025; to provide an update on...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps a person in Donegal (details supplied) can take to register for the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Staff
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new recruitment campaign for Irish sign language specialist classroom support will be launched in quarter 2 2025; and if she will make a...
- Education Welfare Service
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in Donegal in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); the current stage of development, anticipated timelines for completion, any...
- School Transport
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide information on the inactive bus transport service in Tubbercurry, County Sligo, which benefitted school students (details...
- Departmental Contracts
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the recent news article regarding scandals surrounding a company (details supplied), given the fact that Tusla...
- School Staff
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the assimilation of primary school caretakers similar to school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Budgets
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the account for the year 2012 that shows the balance as described on page 27 of the Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98...
- Departmental Data
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school planning areas, by the number of Irish medium primary schools, the total number of primary schools, the number of Irish medium...
- Bus Services
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the bus service operated by a school (details supplied) for students while the school is in a temporary location, if her Department...
- Schools Building Projects
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied), in view of the fact the children are still being taught in prefabs since the...
- School Accommodation
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progression of matters regarding the sign off on temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) in order for the...
- Education Policy
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider introducing a seizure first aid programme into all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8346/25]
- School Enrolments
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils enrolled in junior infants in existing primary schools in Ireland 2024/2025; the number in 2022/2023 and 2023/2024; and if...
- School Accommodation
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on modular building works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8349/25]
- Education and Training Boards
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the City of Dublin Education and Training Board has not developed and implemented a remote working policy when all other ETBs, except...
- Sports Facilities
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a proposal from a number of sports clubs in County Kildare (details supplied) to use a facility; and if she will make a...
- School Accommodation
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new ASD classroom will become available in County Kildare (details supplied); the reason for the delay in opening the classes; the...
- Special Educational Needs
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD classes opened in primary schools in Kildare south; the locations and school numbers; the current capacity of these ASD...
- School Funding
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8412/25]
- Pension Provisions
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address an issue regarding pensions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8413/25]
- Special Educational Needs
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional places that will be created in SEN classes attached to mainstream schools at primary and secondary level in the Dublin...
- School Facilities
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status for funding for outdoor playing facilities at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8517/25]
- Teacher Training
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Professional Masters of Education refund scheme is not available to those who graduated from the course prior to 2024; if...
- School Facilities
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the options available to a school (details supplied) for the provision of a new PE hall and ASD unit; and if she will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on resources for special education classes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8571/25]
- School Patronage
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be divested to Meath County Council. [8585/25]
- School Costs
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to instances of the practice of schools requiring a non-refundable payment to accompany completed letters of...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Policies
166. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration has been given to community/sporting/private companies seeking to develop new or ancient attractions along the...
- Arts Centres
167. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding directed to arts centres in each county from 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Surveys
168. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he or his Department have carried out any surveys on the use of the various blueways currently in place here; if he intends to...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
169. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will address the ever deteriorating mobile phone coverage in many parts of County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Reviews
170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether the review that is taking place into governance within his Department will be external and time-bound; the scope of the...
- Foras na Gaeilge
171. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he agrees that Foras na Gaeilge’s funding system has been broken (with the cross-Border organisation having a budget...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Electoral Process
172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of spoiled ballots, specifically with no stamp or official mark on them from the returning officer, that were...
- Defective Building Materials
173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the text for the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill will be...
- Vacant Properties
175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of void houses in each local authority area for the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if...
- Local Authorities
177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the required qualifications for executive engineering positions within local authorities; if he considers a...
- Vacant Properties
178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the total demolition of a property is acceptable under the vacant properties grant; if not, if it deems a property...
- Waterways Ireland
179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional seating and picnic areas are planned for the various blueways in the State, in view of their continued success;...
- Departmental Investigations
181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish an independent investigation into the trading of 44 homes for profit in Cork in view of the fact that...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the progression of the new guidelines for wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Policy
184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans in relation to the recommendations of the Housing Commission report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Schemes
185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry qualifies for the over shop grant for accommodation; the details that are...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of international protection applicants who have received an exceptional needs payment in the past 12 months; the...
- Departmental Contracts
191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the recent news article regarding scandals surrounding a company (details supplied), given...
- Public Sector Pensions
192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the pension entitlements of a person that returned to work in the civil service at age 45 for 20 years and paid the B stamp...
- Social Welfare Fraud
193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social media advertising in relation to black market activity is being monitored by social welfare inspectors in respect...
- Social Welfare Code
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the abolition of the means test for carers will occur as families are depending on this pre-election promise being...
- Social Welfare Payments
196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider having illness benefit payment available to self-employed individuals; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Meals Programme
197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assistance he is giving to schools under the school meals programme who are unable to secure a catering provider to roll...
- Social Welfare Benefits
198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for an appeal for invalidity pension currently in the State; the average time for same in each of...
- Social Welfare Payments
199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments paid in the last three years by area, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Community Welfare Services
200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider reopening community welfare offices and clinics throughout the State given the importance of this service...
- Social Welfare Code
201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans to reform the application form for domiciliary care allowance; if he is aware of the concerns of support groups...
- Social Welfare Schemes
203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for an urgent needs payments in Kerry, by reason, in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025,...
- Social Welfare Code
205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that capital value of land is reckonable for some means tested social welfare, i.e. jobseeker's allowance, and not...
- Social Welfare Benefits
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payment applications made in the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, per county, in...
- Social Welfare Appeals
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current timeline for social welfare appeals, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8550/25]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí currently working in each of the Garda stations in Limerick for the years 2020 to 2024, by rank, in...
- Immigration Status
210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to address the delays in processing immigration applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the value and volume of seizures of crack cocaine and heroin in Limerick in the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [8242/25]
- Departmental Contracts
212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the recent news article regarding scandals surrounding a company (details supplied), given...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any funding streams open to charities working with survivors of sexual violence; and if he will make a statement...
- Visa Applications
214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times for visa applications; if he is satisfied with these timelines; if he is not, the actions he is...
- An Garda Síochána
216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda vehicles provided to each Garda division over the past three years to date; the type of vehicle; the...
- Work Permits
219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a visa pathway for a non-EEA national to work as an au pair in Ireland if they have previously been in the country...
- Citizenship Applications
220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a citizenship application will be completed for a person (details supplied) in view that it is over 26 months since the...
- Prison Service
221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the update on a proposed new prison (details supplied); the current status of the project; the timelines involved; whether...
- Court Accommodation
222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided for a new Courthouse in Portlaoise; to provide a timeframe around commencement and completion of...
- Courts Service
223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions and convictions under the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 where said prosecution...
- Immigration Status
224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide clarification on the criteria being used to assess the immigration situation of a person (details supplied);...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the payments for ACRES 2024 to farmers in Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8231/25]
- Greyhound Industry
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 8,758 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2023 that were subsequently registered in the stud book of an organisation...
- Agriculture Supports
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports in place for farmers whose herds are locked up due to TB bovine testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Forestry Sector
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if landowners who have had damage to their forestry as a result of storm Éowyn can apply for compensation; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Industry
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken any analysis on the rapid development of large-scale solar farms ranging upwards of 1,000 acres on...
- Veterinary Services
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of staff resources in Naas regional veterinary offices dedicated to the wildlife programme from 2015 to...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite beds available to disability services in Donegal in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if...
- Ukraine War
237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify the planned changes to the accommodation recognition payment for those hosting Ukrainian families due...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide financial supports to ECCE centres, for the provision of sensory rooms for children who are neuro...
- Disability Services
239. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the waiting list for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy in Laois; the measures...
- Mother and Baby Homes
240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if eligibility under the mother-and-baby-home redress scheme will be reviewed to include all affected survivors;...
- Disability Services
241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will address the lack of access to essential services for children in Laois diagnosed with special needs,...
- Youth Services
248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount in youth funding for County Roscommon and County Galway in each year 2020 to 2025, in tabular form....
- Ukraine War
249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of households in counties Wicklow and Wexford currently in receipt of the accommodation recognition...
- Disability Services
250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the desired WTE staffing complement for a children’s disability network team, by grade, in tabular form....
- International Protection
258. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application for an accommodation centre (details supplied); if community consultation will form...
- Children in Care
259. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether or not there are supports, including advocacy services, in the State for adults, many of whom are...
- Disability Services
260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the definition of a disabled persons’ organisation (DPO) coalitions and umbrella group...
- Department of Health
- Disabilities Assessments
261. To ask the Minister for Health to provide clarity on the length of time people are waiting for autism assessment in primary care in Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff
264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant radiologists based at Letterkenny University Hospital in each the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if...
- Hospital Appointments Status
266. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8222/25]
- Departmental Meetings
268. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has engaged with companies (details supplied) about treatments for adults with spinal muscular atrophy; if so, whether the discussions were...
- Dental Services
269. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the waiting list for dental appointments for children in Laois; the measures she is introducing to lower waiting times; and if she will make a...
- Health Services Staff
270. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the payroll anomaly which has resulted in clinical placement co-ordinators not qualifying for the long service increment; and if she will...
- Departmental Contracts
271. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the recent news article regarding scandals surrounding a company (details supplied), given the fact that Tusla has announced...
- Emergency Departments
272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented at the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick and left the hospital before receiving treatment; and if she...
- Hospital Facilities
273. To ask the Minister for Health when the 96-bed unit, scheduled for construction, at University Hospital Limerick will become operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8255/25]
- Hospital Overcrowding
274. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days per year that the full capacity protocol has been utilised at University Hospital Limerick, for the years 2011 to 2024; and if she will make...
- Emergency Departments
275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented at the Emergency Department at University Hospital Limerick, for the years 2011 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular...
- Hospital Procedures
276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient procedures carried out at University Hospital Limerick per department, for the years 2011 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular...
- Hospital Admissions
278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people classified as P5s that have been presented or have presented themselves to University Hospital Limerick each day, for the years 2011 to...
- Mental Health Policy
279. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the completion and publication of the north Kerry CAMHS Lookback review given this review has been plagued with delays since its inception and the...
- Nursing Homes
280. To ask the Minister for Health if changes will be urgently carried out to the fair deal scheme given certain anomalies in the scheme (details supplied); and if the family home will be...
- Mental Health Services
281. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8332/25]
- Departmental Properties
282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE buildings that are currently lying vacant in County Kerry; her plans for the redevelopment or otherwise of each of these properties; and if...
- Mental Health Services
283. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if it will be escalated with CAHMS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8345/25]
- Hospital Appointments Status
284. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who is waiting over 15 months for a knee operation after five previous attempts to have it done...
- Departmental Reports
285. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the report produced as a result of the review of the operation of the revised model of care for termination of pregnancy services...
- Hospital Services
286. To ask the Minister for Health when a community hospital (details supplied) will re-open for admissions and return to normal service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8358/25]
- Hospital Appointments Status
287. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite a hospital appointment for a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8387/25]
- Mental Health Services
290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in County Laois, broken down by the number of months they are waiting, in tabular form; the plans to address the...
- Medical Qualifications
292. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine an issue in relation to radiation therapy students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8399/25]
- Mental Health Services
293. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on interim funding that was promised to SOSAD Ireland in November 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8402/25]
- Health Services
294. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8406/25]
- Medicinal Products
295. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) will be made available to patients with biliary tract cancers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8436/25]
- General Practitioner Services
296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs per hundred thousand of population in each county for each of the years 2018 to 2024 in tabular form. [8442/25]
- Hospital Appointments Status
305. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork in respect of a person (details supplied) from Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
306. To ask the Minister for Health the number and name of hospitals where the health performance visibility platform systems has yet to go live. [8452/25]
- Hospital Staff
309. To ask the Minister for Health the overtime annual cost in each acute hospital, per staff type, consultant, non-consultant, nursing, support grades and administration for each of the years...
- Legislative Measures
312. To ask the Minister for Health if she will commit to including children in the regulations for home support services as part of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support...
- Home Care Packages
313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for paediatric home care packages by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [8468/25]
- Departmental Reviews
316. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to conduct a review of the implementation of the recommendations of the strategic workforce advisory group on home carers and nursing home...
- Home Help Service
317. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE home support hours delivered in each month of 2024, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [8476/25]
- Health Services
321. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase the number of interRAI assessments for home support (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Alcohol Advertising
324. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to repeated breaches of section 19 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 during sports broadcasting (details supplied); if...
- Health Promotion
326. To ask the Minister for Health if a new Healthy Ireland Framework will be published this year; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8509/25]
- Health Strategies
327. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing a new national drug strategy; if she intends to hold a public consultation to inform development of the...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
328. To ask the Minister for Health when the expansion to publicly-funded IVF scheme announced in Budget 2025 will come into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8523/25]
- Medicinal Products
329. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the application for approval in Ireland for palforzia as an oral immunotherapy treatment for peanut allergy; and if she will make a...
- Health Services
330. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a memo issued by the chief executive of the HSE to regional executive officers on 14 February 2025 regarding extended hours/days of work; her...
- Departmental Data
331. To ask the Minister for Health if she will publish the data provided to her regarding urgent and emergency care in February 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
332. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on all capital works underway and starting in 2025 at UHL, to include the date of commencement works, project name, cost, description (bed type,...
- Hospital Facilities
333. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the extension of radiology unit at UHL, to include commencement of the works, description, cost, expected delivery date, expanded services (if...
- Hospital Equipment
334. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the outsourcing of MRI services; when the service commenced; the weekly number of scans; if there have been any changes to the contract and/or...
- Departmental Data
337. To ask the Minister for Health for a table identifying the number of unscheduled downtimes: < 24hrs, < 48hrs or > 48hrs, including the various reasons for downtime, such as...
- Health Services
338. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case or a person (details supplied); to outline the options for this patient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8564/25]
- Departmental Data
339. To ask the Minister for Health the national position on wind turbine noise and shadow flicker from a health perspective, specifically the position of the Department of Health, and not the...
- Health Services
340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list in the haemoglobin clinic in Naas Hospital from 2021 to 2024; the average waiting time of those on waiting lists; the...
- Children in Care
341. To ask the Minister for Health whether or not there are supports, including advocacy services, in the State for adults, many of whom are relatively young adults, who as children lived in...
- Health Services Staff
342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new ophthalmology posts approved as part of the budgetary process for each of the years 2021 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Adult Education Provision
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support Kerry ETB adult education teachers, tutors and students in a campaign (details supplied) for better pay and conditions; and...
- Third Level Education
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third level fee supports that exist for graduate medicine students who have attended third level college in Ireland; if none are in place, if...
- Third Level Fees
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if online learners enrolled as fulltime undergraduates still qualify for the free fees initiative. [8420/25]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Schemes
347. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each project approved under measures 1, 2 and 3 of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in Donegal, in 2024; the...
