Written answers

Tuesday, 4 March 2025

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      38. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Climate Action, Environment and Energy will next meet. [6075/25]
    • Departmental Strategies
      63. To ask the Taoiseach for an update in respect of the Programme Plan for Child Well-being 2023-2025. [4927/25]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Taxi Licences
      96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give an assurance that any future changes in the licensing of taxis will retain the minimal requirements for an SPSV licence,...
    • Rail Network
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current plans to enhance Dublin city’s rail network, Dart, Arrow and Luas included; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the provision of bus park-and-ride facilities serving the commuter and Dublin populations; and if he will make a statement...
    • Bus Services
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the issue of ghost buses and inaccurate live communication of bus arrival times in Dublin; and if he will...
    • Active Travel
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided to expand active travel projects in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement...
    • Bus Services
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he will address the failure of the new phase of BusConnects to provide the promised service, in particular along the E...
    • Road Projects
      111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on plans for the further development of the N25 between Carrigtwohill and Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make...
    • Rail Network
      114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to increase the low number of train carriages, currently just four, on the Wicklow town-to-Connolly Station route....
    • Bus Services
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to change the 65 bus route to Blessington in terms of much-needed increased service or route change. [9401/25]
    • Rail Network
      116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans within his Department to realise the recommendations of the All-Island Strategic Rail Review to re-instate the Western Rail...
    • Public Transport
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that the construction phase of the Luas extension to Finglas is funded and will proceed when the planning application...
    • Rail Network
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Irish Rail fourth fleet order will deliver the required fleet for the Cork area commuter network and ensure that it will be...
    • Bus Services
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate issues with the designs of bus-stop bypasses and the consistency of basic layout designs (details supplied); if he...
    • Road Projects
      121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the multi-annual funding model to fund future national roads projects from 2026 onwards as per the Programme for...
    • Road Network
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the entire Irish motorway network is in line with EU regulations, which proposes a maximum distance of 60 kilometres between service...
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed sites in Galway city and county for the roll-out of park-and-ride; if the sites have been identified; when...
    • Rail Network
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress of the battery-operated DART to Wicklow town, and the timeline for its commencement; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the National Transport Authority to reassess BusConnects plans for the bus services in Bluebell and Inchicore,...
    • Road Projects
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will deliver funding for the N24 and N25 upgrades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8753/25]
    • Bus Services
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will review its current contracts with a company (details supplied) and ensure no new contracts are awarded given the repeated...
    • Road Projects
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the extension to the Kilkenny northern ring road. [9408/25]
    • Public Transport
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on fare restructuring; when the new structure will be finally implemented following the delay since autumn...
    • Road Projects
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of Cork’s northern distributor road; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include the N15 in the revised National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9327/25]
    • Road Projects
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on funding for the N72 Cullen, Clonbanin road, which is in bad condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to address the backlog in driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9424/25]
    • Road Projects
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if capital works for the Mountmelllick inner relief road will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8789/25]
    • Bus Services
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if will halt and reverse the privatisation of bus routes in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9404/25]
    • Driver Test
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with the driving test backlog; if these plans include the opening of a new driving test centre in County Louth; and if...
    • Bus Services
      142. 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 BusConnects network...
    • Greenways Provision
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to progress the big river walk, Tralee, the Tralee to Listowel greenway and the south Kerry greenway; and if he...
    • Departmental Data
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the transportation infrastructure projects being delivered by his Department which are currently delayed or over budget. [9270/25]
    • Transport Policy
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on connectivity between air, rail and road transport across County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Éireann
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on Bus Éireann driver and mechanic recruitment in the past six months, particularly as it relates to...
    • Ports Policy
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress to fully reopen Holyhead port to facilitate the movement of freight. [7637/25]
    • Taxi Regulations
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the context of the current public consultation on giving a one year licence extension on the ten year rule to taxis with 151 and 152...
    • Transport Policy
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he will take to implement the recommendations of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Climate Change Advisory Council...
    • Bus Services
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the NTA to review the expansion of the Local Link bus service to the northern part of the Dublin Fingal west...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department plans to amend the automatic implementation of penalty points to include driving offences such as breaking red lights...
    • Public Transport
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in the context of the almost 10,000 extra people who will soon live in the Poolbeg glass bottle site development, if he will support...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to address road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9422/25]
    • Rail Network
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of Dart + for the Northern Commuter Line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9387/25]
    • Road Projects
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding the TEN-Ts in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9289/25]
    • Electric Vehicles
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the roll-out of the EV charger infrastructure nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9441/25]
    • Road Projects
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the Galway Roads Project Office, consisting of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Galway County Council and Galway...
    • Public Transport
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that all public transport is fully accessible to all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8966/25]
    • Road Projects
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the N70 national secondary ring road of Kerry can urgently be brought up to an acceptable standard (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when work is due to commence on the expansion of the green line LUAS to Bray; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9442/25]
    • Bus Services
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if coaches fitted with toilets will be considered for longer rural bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9475/25]
    • Airport Policy
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for removing the passenger cap at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9504/25]
    • Road Projects
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if improvement and safety works on the N22 road section from Macroom to Ballincollig will be advanced; if the high road incident figures...
    • Bus Services
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority to engage with Dublin central politicians to address the various concerns and...
    • Bus Éireann
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review school transport restrictions by Bus Éireann on the age limit for drivers and buses used for school transport purposes...
    • Road Projects
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on plans for the further development of the N72 road in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Services
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided to expand Local Link services in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with Iarnród Éireann on the need for an additional train station in County Louth; and if he will make...
    • Road Projects
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on Ardfinnan bridge; if full funding will be provided to progress the project following the public consultation; and if he...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      178. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Climate Action, Environment and Energy will next meet. [7613/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      179. To ask the Taoiseach the powers he has to promote, demote or dismiss permanent civil service staff within his Department, to transfer such staff to other Departments, or to make external...
    • Live Register
      180. To ask the Taoiseach the number of people on the live register in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in January of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by age, gender, occupation, nationality and...
    • Census of Population
      181. To ask the Taoiseach when the next census of population will be carried out; and the preparations undertaken to date. [9634/25]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Overseas Development Aid
      182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to schools, or other bodies under the aegis of his Department, who are providing educational support to...
    • Extradition Arrangements
      183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the agreement between the State and Hong Kong in relation to the surrender of fugitive offenders, which entered into force on 14...
    • Human Rights
      185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of a new law introduced in South Africa which allows the expropriation of land without compensation and due process; his...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of overseas development aid which was directed to South Africa in each year from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Passport Services
      188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite a passport for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9303/25]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the knock-on impact to Irish charities (details supplied) due to the cut in USAID; if he plans to meet...
    • Official Engagements
      191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite his Australian counterpart to Dublin for a bilateral meeting later this year. [9575/25]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional humanitarian assistance the Government will provide to Burma/Myanmar in light of the impending risk of famine in Rakhine...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the EU plans to bring sanctions on the aviation fuel sector to prevent airstrikes on civilians and civilian infrastructure in...
    • Human Rights
      194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland can take, acting unilaterally or in tandem with European partners, to support the democracy building work of Sviatlana...
    • Middle East
      196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the refusal of Israel to grant access to the sovereign State of Palestine to a delegation of the European Parliament to engage...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Fuel Quality
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration is being given to the transposition of the EU Directive on fuel quality into Irish law, thereby making...
    • Data Centres
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Commission for Regulation of Utilities’ (CRU) assertion that the provisions of section 15 of...
    • Energy Policy
      200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he still plans to bring a memo to Cabinet recommending an LNG facility for Ireland given that the consultancy firm...
    • Departmental Schemes
      205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to amend the current eligibility criteria for the heat pump system grant, where homeowners with existing...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that has been paid out to companies engaged by the SEAI to conduct feasibility studies for enabling grant...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 18 February 2025, if he will comment on the particular wind turbine...
    • Energy Conservation
      209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review an application by a person (details supplied) for a Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant....
    • National Broadband Plan
      210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason fibre broadband has not been established in a location (details supplied) given fibre broadband exists in...
    • Telecommunications Services
      211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to liaise with a service provider (details supplied) to expedite the return of telephone and internet services to an...
    • Energy Policy
      212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the evidentiary basis being used to pursue commercial liquefied natural gas (LNG) development in Ireland, to enhance...
    • Climate Change Policy
      215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will respond to the report published on 10 December 2024 (details supplied) which found "a significant blind spot...
    • Telecommunications Services
      216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to review the feasibility of implementing an SMS scam filter to assist in talking fraud, as outlined in the...
    • Energy Policy
      217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will detail unscheduled dives undertaken in 2024 to inspect the IC1 gas pipeline following Russian naval...
    • Environmental Policy
      218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been informed by the Department of Infrastructure in the North of Ireland of two discharge consent...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, in light of recent storm damage, he will ensure that all State and semi-State agencies under his remit tasked with...
    • Departmental Staff
      220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date the principal officer with responsibility for the inland fisheries division/unit of his Department was...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      221. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he and or his officials and or Defence Forces personnel have communicated to any of their Ministerial or Departmental colleagues and or third...
    • Air Corps
      222. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of crew and passengers the Defence Forces new Airbus C295W can carry as opposed to the older CASA CN235 maritime patrol aircraft; and...
    • Defence Forces
      224. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated amount spent on purchasing specialist fire appliances for the Defence Forces fire services in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Schemes
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if plans are in place to extend the local hackney pilot scheme to rural areas in Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Transport Policy
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when legislation will be introduced to regulate horses and horses drawing carriages in Dublin city centre. [8986/25]
    • National Transport Authority
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a project (details supplied) with the National Transport Authority. [9002/25]
    • Taxi Regulations
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to include hackneys in the proposed maximum permissible age of taxi exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Taxi Licences
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that when a taxi licence lapses for more than two years, the only licence available is the substantially costlier wheelchair...
    • Pension Provisions
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) to discuss concerns in relation to the lack of pension...
    • Bus Services
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if passengers whose buses were cancelled as a result of recent snow are entitled to a refund if the bus company cancelled the service;...
    • Road Projects
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the current progress report relating to the Shannon Bridge crossing/Killaloe Bypass; and if he will make a statement...
    • Electric Vehicles
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure that there are sufficient EV chargers in the Chapelizod area of Dublin 20, given the severe lack of same...
    • Bus Services
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the provision of buses to Dublin Airport from the Dún Laoghaire constituency;...
    • Cycling Policy
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider expanding the cycle to work scheme to school children; the work being taken on such a measure; the cost such an expansion...
    • Public Transport
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the roll out of contactless fare payments on all public transport to commence, as committed to in the Programme for...
    • Active Travel
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific criteria required for a road to qualify for active travel funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9199/25]
    • Driver Test
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to expedite a driving test for a person (details supplied). [9229/25]
    • Rail Network
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Navan rail project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9240/25]
    • Road Safety
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason cameras for live traffic feed at the Dunkettle Interchange are not currently live. [9285/25]
    • Rail Network
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rent paid by Iarnród Éireann for 1 Horgan Quay in Cork in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, respectively; and the approximate...
    • Active Travel
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it can be ensured that all active travel schemes being funded by the Government, via the NTA, pay equal attention to sustainable...
    • Road Network
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding that was allocated to regional and local roads; the amount that was drawn down for roads in each of the years 2019...
    • Rail Network
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of refreshments on the Limerick to Dublin train service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9329/25]
    • Bus Services
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of buses that currently service the Ballyfermot, Inchicore and Bluebell areas; the hourly breakdown of how often these...
    • Rail Network
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to remove the level crossings along the Dublin-to-Rosslare rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Traffic Management
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve traffic flow where the M50 meets with the M11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9344/25]
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to the development of park-and-ride or car share facilities along the M11 in counties Wicklow and...
    • Road Network
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria used to allocate funding from his Department to local and regional roads; his views on the need for greater funding for...
    • Fuel Oil Specifications
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will accept the need for greater transparency in fuel supply chains, including more stringent tracking of fuel blending processes,...
    • Bus Services
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the extension of the 38-bus route from Damastown to Ongar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9358/25]
    • Driver Test
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the pass/fail rate for driving tests, by test centre and by month, for the years 2022 to 2024, in...
    • Road Projects
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an approach has been made to his Department from Louth County Council to discuss the need for financial assistance from his Department...
    • Transport Policy
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 5 November 2024, if he will provide an update from the National Transport Authority on the...
    • Rail Network
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will confirm when the reduced rail commuter fare structure new commuter zone scheme will commence for...
    • Road Projects
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to progress the Mallow relief road project; the level of funding that will be allocated for 2025,...
    • Pension Provisions
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to protecting the current pension benefits of the CIÉ workers; if he will commit to ensuring that CIÉ...
    • Parking Provision
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider adding non-visible conditions such as autism, Parkinson’s disease, dementia and arthritis to the list of...
    • Bus Services
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a full list of bus routes under consideration for transfer to management by an operator (details supplied). [9501/25]
    • Public Transport
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding free public transport for children under eight years of age as outlined in Budget 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Parking Provision
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of car parking spaces available at Kildare town train station prior to the current refurbishment of the car park; the number...
    • Road Projects
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding the interaction between his Department and Kildare County Council with regard to the need to provide a new...
    • Airport Policy
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the Dublin Airport passenger cap; and to provide an update on...
    • School Transport
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review into the restriction on drivers aged over 70 from operating school transport is planned; if he has engaged with Bus...
    • Road Network
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total revenue received from motor road tax in County Wexford annually for the past five years; where those funds are reallocated; and...
    • Rail Network
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the rise in overcrowding on the commuter trains on the northern line serving the towns of Balbriggan, Skerries and Rush...
    • Bus Services
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an airport express connection service to Shannon Airport will be offered to rail and bus users from Colbert Station, Limerick, similar...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Coverage
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of indemnity insurance requirements excluding people in bankruptcy from practicing as therapists; and if this exclusion is continued after they...
    • Tax Credits
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce a new regional audiovisual tax credit to replace the regional uplift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9718/25]
    • Tax Code
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to applying a 0% VAT rate to gluten-free food products to bring into line with other medicinal products; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his Department-led review of the fund and investment industry in Ireland; if there is a timeline for the implementation of the...
    • Universal Social Charge
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to removing the extra USC charge of 3% that applies to any self-employed income over €100,000; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide information on the proposed local property tax Bill contained within the legislative Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Data
      296. To ask the Minister for Finance the total volume of warehouse taxes currently due; if he will include a sectoral breakdown; the timelines within which businesses are required to make these...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      297. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the reduction in interest rates from the European Central Bank have not been passed on to mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Financial Services
      298. To ask the Minister for Finance the spend by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman on consultants and external contractors for IT and legal services for the years 2022, 2023 and...
    • Tax Code
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance when the residential zoned land tax maps will be finalised; when the tax will be levied; the rate at which it will be levied; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Avoidance
      302. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 66 and 67 of 19 February 2025, the reason for the substantial increase in average duration of tax avoidance cases in...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      304. To ask the Minister for Finance if credit services firms that manage mortgages for investors are required to apply a comparable interest rate as the bank the mortgage was bought from; and if...
    • Credit Unions
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and average value of mortgages outstanding by credit unions at the end of December 2023 and the end of December 2024; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance whether those who exceeded their group A capital acquisition tax threshold of €335,000 under their prior threshold rules are enabled to avail of the...
    • Financial Services
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of an individual savings account scheme in Ireland, similar to the UK model, to encourage long-term savings, promote...
    • Insurance Coverage
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance to address the difficulties homeowners have in obtaining home insurance based on the Eircode they have within a designated flood plain, despite the fact they...
    • Tax Data
      313. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield that would be generated by establishing two new income tax bands of 46% on earnings between €140,000 and €200,000...
    • Public Sector Staff
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of WTE investigation officers at the grade of executive officer working in the Office of Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman in each of the...
    • Credit Unions
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to engage with the Central Bank to review credit union lending limits, to enhance their ability to permit mortgage lending to members; if he has...
    • Illicit Trade
      316. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for moving the ship Mathew MV, which is docked at Marina Point in Cork harbour, and if it will now be considered the responsibility of the Revenue...
    • Tax Code
      317. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the criteria of the help-to-buy scheme to extend the period taken into consideration when calculating the amount of income tax paid by the...
    • Departmental Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers to date that have applied to have their flat-rate expenses (FRE) reinstated, per category; and the number of taxpayers that availed of...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      323. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to examine an issue in county Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9011/25]
    • Departmental Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a swimming pool and a gym in Farmleigh House; how often each has been used for each of the past five years; by whom it has...
    • Departmental Policies
      325. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recruitment rules regarding recruitment of citizens based in Northern Ireland to departments and agencies (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Data
      326. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department and the Office of Public Works played in the decision of the National Gallery of Ireland to purchase an x-ray...
    • Weather Events
      327. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in light of recent storm damage, he will ensure that all State and semi-State agencies under his remit tasked with the provision of...
    • State Properties
      328. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 25 February 2025, the timeframe for which the title issue, for the adjoining property...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      329. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the refurbishment works scheduled to be carried out at Kilkenny Castle in the next 12 months; if these works include a new visitor...
    • Departmental Staff
      331. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of concerns that professional and technical grades are not currently included in the civil service mobility scheme; if he...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Inquiries
      332. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine the recent legal action threatened by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA-sponsored client visits to the IDA land at Ballingarrane, Clonmel for the calendar years 2023 and 2024; the steps...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      335. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to administrative issues and misclassifications causing a number of businesses to be unable to avail...
    • Departmental Data
      336. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work he is engaging in to support the growth of the Letterkenny-Derry economic corridor; his plans for economic cooperation in...
    • Industrial Development
      337. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work of the IDA in the northwest from 2016 to date, including its cooperation with Invest NI to promote investment and job...
    • Weather Events
      340. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the extreme weather event assistance scheme will be established; who will qualify for support under this scheme; if assistance...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      341. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the multiplier effect of the hospitality sector; if he will outline any recent analysis or initiatives aimed at...
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      343. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reasons the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has had to pause the certification of in-vitro medical devices and...
    • Departmental Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in Laois that applied for the Power Up grant; the number of the applications that were successful; the total...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      345. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the EU omnibus legislation which severely risks undermining critical sustainability legislation,...
    • Grant Payments
      346. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an overview of grants awarded to hospitality businesses from 2019 to 2024, by region, by grant scheme name and total funding...
    • Departmental Advertising
      347. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the recruitment campaign for a new CEO at Enterprise Ireland is being advertised outside of the State or just within the State....
    • Health and Safety
      348. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will conclude its investigation into a matter (details supplied); the reason the...
    • Job Losses
      350. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has received notification of a collective redundancy in a company (details supplied); if he will publish a list of...
    • Employment Rights
      351. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the consultation process on the employment regulation order governing the security industry will commence; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Inquiries
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the case for reassignment of funds (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9461/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9012/25]
    • Education and Training Boards
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason members of Dáil Éireann are prohibited from being members of an education or training board and, therefore, a board of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of the development of a school (details supplied). [9029/25]
    • Departmental Data
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new ASD classes delivered in Cork primary schools for 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9034/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of planning for a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9087/25]
    • School Funding
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding is open to schools to apply for an astro turf pitch and upgrade to basketball court (details supplied); the details of these schemes;...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an increment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9094/25]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for emergency works for a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9125/25]
    • Departmental Data
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which revised salary and annual leave entitlements for school caretakers will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school secretaries and caretakers will be included in the public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the additional accommodation works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9157/25]
    • Departmental Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of recruiting 250 additional special needs assistant posts. [9181/25]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school secretaries are not part of the public sector pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9202/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9211/25]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to encourage more people to become post primary teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9248/25]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if people who do a postgraduate certificate in education in the north of Ireland can finish their induction in the south of Ireland; to provide...
    • Schools Building Projects
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a plan to open SEN classes in a school (details supplied); and if this will include a needed extension of the school building. [9297/25]
    • School Admissions
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she will take to ensure a student (details supplied) can secure a place in a local special school; the alternative provisions that can...
    • Education Schemes
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the free schoolbooks scheme to all children in secondary education, including fee-paying schools; and if she will...
    • School Equipment
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently intervene to support a secondary school (details supplied) in County Clare which has applied to her Department for a grant...
    • Public Sector Staff
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what leave will be available to public sector staff in the education sector who have a child through surrogacy in July 2025; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the findings of the establishment of the pilot scheme from the school transport scheme review; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project will proceed to the next stage in view of the urgent need to provide additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the summer works scheme for a school (detail supplied); and if permission will be given for the works to go ahead as a...
    • School Management
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that a court protection order that includes named children applies to all schools and should be enforced by school...
    • School Admissions
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place can be secured for a student (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9397/25]
    • School Management
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the ownership of a school (details supplied); if she will confirm the details; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school feasibility study (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9466/25]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce measures in order that degree graduates of early childhood education can register with the Teaching Council; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite a school project to the next stage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9532/25]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any action can be taken to speed up the process by which the Teaching Council can implement a timebound provision within its regulations to...
    • School Transport
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review can be conducted and an update provided on the case of a person seeking a school bus place (details supplied). [9542/25]
    • School Funding
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken, and planed, to resource secondary schools to ensure that they can implement Leaving Certificate reform, beginning in...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the commission of investigation into historical sexual abuse in schools will be established; if the remit of the commission will be expanded...
    • Departmental Policies
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her policy on twins in primary schools remaining in the same class or being separated; if it is at the discretion of the school; and if she will...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that a person (details supplied) who is currently working as a kindergarten teacher in the United Arab Emirates and hopes to...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will provide funding avenues for this school to explore; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school in south Tipperary (details supplied) which has applied to open an ASD unit will be approved; the status of the application; and if...
    • School Admissions
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where a child (details supplied) with additional needs will receive a school place in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) to arrange for him to be granted a school place. [9671/25]
    • School Facilities
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider making Department land available for the development of recreational facilities for a school (details supplied); and if she...
    • Departmental Data
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail the precise arrangements in place within her Department to ensure effective engagement, on an ongoing basis, between her...
    • Schools Building Projects
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist in the issues raised (details supplied) to ensure the State’s investment in a new school is not damaged and the final...
    • School Transport
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school-going children, primary and post primary, residing in south Kilkenny who currently avail of the school transport scheme; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if both the emergency works and summer works schemes will be available in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9785/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the provision of extra ASD school places in north County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Meals Programme
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a detailed report on the school meals scheme, providing the nutritional information for all meals provided, where the ingredients are...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      410. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to make the necessary resources available for major commemorations in County Kerry to mark 250 years since the birth of Daniel...
    • Departmental Data
      411. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will list the recipients of the €15 million live performance restart grant scheme, identifying each recipient that...
    • Departmental Funding
      412. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation for food tourism in each of the years 2011 to 2024, including a...
    • Departmental Strategies
      413. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a new food and tourism strategy will be introduced; if the Taste the Island initiative, which was discontinued during the...
    • Departmental Funding
      414. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a detailed breakdown of funding and sponsorship allocated to trade representative organisations by Fáilte Ireland...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      416. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil comhlachtaí forordaithe don dualgas chun ainm agus seoladh Gaeilge an duine, síntí fada san áireamh,...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      420. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the Careers Oversight Group; the reason it has not met in over two years; if there are plans to reconvene the group;...
    • Departmental Data
      421. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date his Department was first made aware of the National Gallery of Ireland’s plans to purchase an x-ray scanner in...
    • Sports Funding
      422. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial support grants or programmes available to community sports teams (details supplied) travelling abroad for training...
    • Online Safety
      423. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he intends to publish the research conducted by Coimisiún na Meán into the viability of a content levy. [9720/25]
    • Office of Public Works
      425. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has engaged with Fáilte Ireland in respect of a building in Dublin city centre (details supplied); the amount expended...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wastewater Treatment
      426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the wastewater treatment plant at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Cumarsáid Aireachta
      427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cén dáta faoina bhfuil sé i gceist aige tosach feidhme a thabhairt don Acht um Pleanáil agus Forbairt,...
    • Vacant Properties
      428. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a situation regarding a vacant property refurbishment grant (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is considering retrospective adjustments for early applicants under the enhanced defective concrete block...
    • Housing Provision
      430. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a progress report on his Department’s plans, published in 2017, to build 50,000 homes on over 700 public...
    • Departmental Data
      431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list all the agencies and organisations that he has met with in his first thirty days in office, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Urban Development
      432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is proposed to open applications for the urban renewal development fund, as Tipperary County Council now have a fully...
    • Departmental Policies
      433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No.125 of 19 February 2025, the policy rationale for the 2023 Payment and Availability and...
    • Departmental Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of hectares of land owned by local authorities which is zoned for housing developments nationwide, by local...
    • Housing Policy
      435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will update legislation and or provide further guidelines or funding to assist local authorities in the taking in charge...
    • Housing Provision
      436. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) was removed from a housing list. [9124/25]
    • Departmental Investigations
      437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine the case of a person (details supplied); if he will ask officials to investigate the issue; and if he will make a...
    • Fishing Industry
      438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the rationale for the marine notice No. 41 of 2024 in relation to the protected 1915 wreck – RMS Lusitania;...
    • Septic Tanks
      439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends on expanding eligibility to current septic tank grant schemes, or to design a new grant scheme, to support...
    • Local Authorities
      440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will reconsider the recent directive to local authorities around housing aid grants for the elderly whereby...
    • Departmental Data
      441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new homes that are forecast to be delivered with the additional €450 million funding under funding...
    • Departmental Funding
      442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will issue for 2025 to the local authorities for the tenant-in-situ scheme. [9342/25]
    • Departmental Equipment
      443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in light of recent storm damage, he will ensure that all State and semi-State agencies under his remit tasked with the...
    • Heritage Schemes
      445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any financial assistance available for a homeowner to carry out essential repairs on a protected structure if a...
    • Electoral Process
      446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to address the many scenarios in which citizens and registered voters are unable to exercise the right to vote due to, for...
    • Rental Sector
      447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a review being carried out by his Department into the qualifying criteria for cost rental housing; if...
    • Departmental Policies
      449. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give detailed consideration to the issues outlined by a national organisation (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all funds owing have been recouped to Kildare County Council in respect of private serviced sites which they have...
    • Legislative Process
      451. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Marine Protected Areas Bill; if he intends to continue with the approach taken last term...
    • Departmental Funding
      452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the next round of urban regeneration and development fund funding for public realm works in County Cork to be...
    • Departmental Communications
      453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the directions given by his Department to local authorities whereby it is guaranteed that regular...
    • Housing Provision
      455. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the initiatives his Department will take to address the supply side constraints which would help to expedite housing supply;...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      458. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions his Department will take to push local authorities including Dublin City Council to employ a full-time...
    • Departmental Schemes
      459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the first-home scheme will be extended to first-time buyers of second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Reviews
      460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will bring forward an amendment to the Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022, allowing the increase in the cap to be...
    • Defective Building Materials
      461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will respond to correspondence from residents of an estate (details supplied) on their concerns in relation to the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Funding
      462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of HAS1 and HAS2 applications received in the aftermath of storm Éowyn; the number of each that have been...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is satisfied that the correct decision was made in revoking carer’s allowance from person (details supplied);...
    • Legislative Reviews
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how he intends to progress the measures contained in the Industrial Relations (Provision in respect of Pension Entitlements...
    • Departmental Surveys
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 16 February and No. 598 of 25 February 2025, given it is possible to track...
    • Departmental Funding
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason his Department is seeking to cut the rate of carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Legislative Programme
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his intentions to enact the Bereaved Partner’s Pension Bill; and if, in light of the Supreme Court ruling in favour of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if named payments have been approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if the long-term carer’s...
    • Departmental Staff
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being pursued for overpayment of half-rate of pay and for overpayment of the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a decision on carer’s allowance appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide the total amount paid in cash, the total amount paid directly to a bank account and the amount lodged...
    • Departmental Data
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade in each employment support team within Intreo offices within Dublin as of 25 February 2025,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of people who are availing of the new free travel scheme for those deemed medically unfit to drive; if his...
    • Departmental Reviews
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will reply to correspondence regarding means testing of the carer’s allowance (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will list the schools within Dublin 5, 13 and 17 currently benefitting from the free school hot meals scheme. [9739/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will examine the retirement policies for various professions, specifically regarding the recent extension of retirement...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Daylight Savings Time
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will raise the issue of abandoning daylight savings time as agreed in a European Parliament vote in 2021 at a future...
    • Ukraine War
      481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Ukrainian refugees welcomed to the State from February 2022 to date; the number of Ukrainians who are known...
    • Fines Administration
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount in court fines currently outstanding; the number of persons owing these outstanding fines; the number of...
    • Departmental Projects
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the pilot project for a mental health crisis de-escalation team in operation in Limerick; the length of time...
    • Departmental Data
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the figures for knife crime convictions for each of the years 2017 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [9014/25]
    • Deportation Orders
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportations from the State in each of the years 2021 2022, 2023, 2024; and the country they were deported to, by...
    • Departmental Staff
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources as of 1 January 2025 that will be added to the staffing compliment of his Department and or related...
    • Citizenship Applications
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an Irish citizenship application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9050/25]
    • Departmental Data
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the overall Garda numbers for County Wicklow; the Garda numbers for each station in County Wicklow, in tabular form;; and if he...
    • Departmental Reviews
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case of a residence permit card renewal issue (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [9061/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to institute a visa scheme to facilitate the moving to Ireland of those engaged on a self-employed basis in the...
    • Departmental Data
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of charges under the Control of Horses Act 1996 in 2024. [9107/25]
    • Prison Service
      494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of individuals in the prison population living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; the supports that they...
    • Legislative Programme
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are proposals to amend existing legislation with respect to the application of a lis pendens on land folios; and if he...
    • An Garda Síochána
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in the years 2014 to date; the amount returned to the Exchequer; the amount of...
    • Departmental Investigations
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to recommendation No. 16 of the Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Proceeds of Crime...
    • Departmental Funding
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the workings of the Community Safety Innovation Fund; the amount allocated to it in each of the years 2021...
    • Departmental Data
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on his role in appointing peace commissioners; the current number of peace commissioners, by county; and if...
    • Departmental Policies
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department will create a new profession of conveyancer; the timeline for when this will be completed; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total costs of training a Garda until attestation, in the Garda Training College, Templemore. [9185/25]
    • Citizenship Applications
      505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the various fees that apply for a citizenship application and certification fee for certificate of naturalisation; the minimum...
    • An Garda Síochána
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and value of claims by Gardaí that were injured during the course of their duties, processed by the State...
    • Departmental Policies
      507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a case of guardianship issues for persons (details supplied); the actions he will take to...
    • Legislative Programme
      508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on legislation regarding CCTV usage; when this legislation will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Garda buses in Cork city in 2019; and the number currently by station, in tabular form. [9299/25]
    • Citizenship Applications
      510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the further options or advice available to an applicant for a tourist visa (details supplied) who has been refused on appeal;...
    • Departmental Projects
      512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the roll-out of the community safety partnerships across the country. [9322/25]
    • Departmental Data
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests for drug offences in each county in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [9334/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of projects, currently under construction or stalled in construction, which are part or wholly funded through the...
    • Prison Service
      517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison places in each prison in the State; the level of overcrowding in each prison; the measures being taken to...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken by his Department and by An Garda Síochána to address crimes motivated by homophobia in the...
    • Legislative Programme
      519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to undertake a health-impact assessment for the Sale of Alcohol Bill and Intoxicating Liquor Bill; and if he will...
    • Departmental Programmes
      520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the proposed timeline to legislate for a shared fraud database as outlined in the Programme for Government;...
    • Judicial Appointments
      521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to increasing the number of judges at District Court level; the current number of judges at...
    • Departmental Programmes
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the backlog with guardianship right cases in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9394/25]
    • Legislative Measures
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the law in relation to trees that, due to their size and potential danger to life and property and the owners refuse...
    • Legislative Process
      525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to specify the level of priority being attached to the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024 in the Government legislative...
    • An Garda Síochána
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Deputies will sit on local community safety partnerships similar to the joint policing committees; the reason for this...
    • Visa Applications
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review the visa application case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9589/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been made available this year for the replacement of Garda prisoner transport trucks and the current ages of...
    • Departmental Reports
      531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to publish the Policing Authority report on serious riots which occurred in Dublin city centre in November...
    • An Garda Síochána
      532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date his Department was made aware that the last intake of trainee Gardaí to Templemore in 2024 were not going to be...
    • Citizenship Applications
      533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied); when the application will be completed given it is over 53 months...
    • Passport Services
      534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options open to a person (details supplied) who urgently needs to apply for a passport; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Investigations
      535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has been briefed on the reported existence of a Russian spy in the Houses of the Oireachtas. [9754/25]
    • Departmental Bodies
      537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the units and divisions that operate within his Department; the bodies under its aegis; the contact information of each; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      538. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles, per type, per division, per district and per Garda station; the number therein of vehicles which...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Parliamentary Questions his Department has not answered fully and have had to change the reply to, subsequently,...
    • Citizenship Applications
      540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the application process for non-EU residents applying for citizenship by...
    • Departmental Data
      541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes that were recorded where the suspected offenders were on bail in each of the last three years, by county...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Funding
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to release funding to landowners and local authorities to enable potentially dangerous trees to be made safe and...
    • Departmental Projects
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected timeframe for completed works on Spike Bridge, Courtown Woods, County Wexford; the cost of these works; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons convicted of a €5,000 penalty under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to address the delays in processing ACRES payments; the number of applications to ACRES from County Offaly...
    • Departmental Functions
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason no clean up after storm Éowyn has commenced in Killinthomas Woods, Rathangan; the timescale for when this will happen...
    • Departmental Policies
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a horse must be tagged; if not, the options that are available to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Regulations
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is an offence to leave the body of a horse on open land. [9104/25]
    • Departmental Data
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized in Cork in 2024. [9106/25]
    • Departmental Investigations
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the mistreatment of horses in Glanmire, Cork (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure...
    • Departmental Programmes
      559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the ACRES landscape actions delays and the reason farmers that would have wished to pursue same are adversely...
    • Departmental Schemes
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average time to get claims open on the agfood TAMS system from the time an email is sent to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria for selection for preapproval, payment claim and supervisory inspections for TAMS grants; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff, by job title from his Department that are based at Shannon Airport as of 20 February 2025; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment will issue for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Funding
      565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to avail of assistance from the EU solidarity fund following the damage caused to his forestry after the recent storm...
    • Departmental Funding
      566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any assistance will be offered to farmers who had buildings damaged during storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on plans to provide a forgotten farmers' scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9416/25]
    • Legislative Measures
      569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider introducing a derogation on tree felling and hedge cutting in certain areas starting this March, ensuring that all...
    • Departmental Schemes
      570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review the TB eradication scheme compensation amounts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9469/25]
    • European Union
      572. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the points in the European Commission’s vision for agriculture and food that he is seeking clarification on; and if he will...
    • Departmental Regulations
      573. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse his decision to apply GAEC2 (good agricultural and environmental conditions) rules in 2025 until he has engaged...
    • Departmental Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TB reactor cattle on Irish farms from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024, by county; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is such a backlog in dealing with foresters’ native tree area scheme applications in light of their exemption...
    • Pesticide Use
      578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any exemptions on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides were issued in 2024; what measures the Department are taking to ensure...
    • Departmental Data
      579. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of each bonus payment to employees of Greyhound Racing Ireland and Horse Racing Ireland in 2024. [9602/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to amend the 2025 scheme of investment aid for commercial horticulture sector to remove the minimum spend requirement so that all...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when ACRES-Cooperation payments will be issued to persons (details supplied) for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Supports
      585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the establishment of the Forest Windblow Taskforce, if the provision of financial supports to affected landowners is under...
    • Departmental Regulations
      587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an alternative route available for individuals who have been deemed ineligible to complete the green certificate due to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      590. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full entitlements of the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department plans to re-open recruitment and establish a new agricultural officer technical panel; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Programmes
      592. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the Individualised Personal Budget Pilot Programme currently being trialed by the HSE; and if she...
    • Departmental Funding
      595. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures in place to protect funding for disability services in the event of a fiscal downturn; and if she...
    • International Protection
      596. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a location (details supplied) has been earmarked as a site intended for an International Protection...
    • Departmental Data
      597. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the early years inspectorate has issued a direction to end, with immediate effect, access by school...
    • Departmental Contracts
      598. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way a person (details supplied), who owes large amounts to the Revenue Commissioners was able enter into a...
    • Departmental Data
      600. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a building in Cork (details supplied) is currently in use as IPAS accommodation; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      601. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9067/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      602. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if two institutions (details supplied) can be included in the schedule 1 of the Mother and Baby Institutions...
    • Disability Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting to be seen by the CDNT teams 4 and 5 in south Tipperary under all disciplines...
    • Departmental Schemes
      605. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the rules regarding the early childhood care and education scheme will be reviewed as children who do not...
    • Disability Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide an occupational therapist service for those with mild intellectual disability in...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to a case of guardianship issues for persons (details supplied); the actions she...
    • Childcare Services
      610. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that should be taken by a parent in Dublin south west when no childcare places are available for...
    • Disability Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will identify the posts in children’s disability network teams in Meath; the posts filled and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      612. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will not remove respite days for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      613. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures her Department is taking to ensure that there are enough early childhood education and care and...
    • Departmental Data
      614. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children referred to Tusla in 2024; the professions of those making the referrals; and the types...
    • Departmental Schemes
      615. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an application by a person (details supplied) under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme will be...
    • Childcare Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare spaces available in County Louth from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and what actions...
    • Parental Leave
      617. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what leave is available to a same-sex, non-genetic-intended parent of a child born through surrogacy in July...
    • International Programmes
      619. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE carries out international recruitment campaigns to recruit occupational therapists or speech and...
    • Departmental Funding
      620. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide funding for private therapists in schools (details supplied) in the absence of HSE...
    • Disability Services
      621. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of full-time staff working in the children’s disability network teams in CHO9 in 2023 and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      625. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline available funding streams from her Department to support recreational activities and social...
    • Disability Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or the Minister of State will intervene to support an organisation (details supplied) with concerns...
    • Childcare Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine timelines for the further reductions in child care costs under the national childcare scheme...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if she will identify the posts in children’s primary care disability services in Meath; the posts filled and vacant at 25 February 2025; the length of...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a children’s occupational therapy primary care review, by area in CHO4, in tabular form. [9663/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health when the funding promised in 2015 for `ItsGood2Talk` will be provided; the reason this funding has been held for ten years; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of full and part-time staff employed by the HSE in each year from 2020 to 2024; the total cost of the gross salaries paid to these staff in...
    • Departmental Funding
      637. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 801 of 18 February 2025, the position regarding a timeline for the rollout of State-funded hormone replacement therapy;...
    • Hospital Services
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if Navan Hospital still processes blood tests for GPs in the area; if the hospital does the full spectrum of blood testing; if there are any tests not...
    • Dental Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be placed on the local orthodontic list in Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8984/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      640. To ask the Minister for Health to designate Alzheimer’s disease as a qualifying illness under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9046/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      641. To ask the Minister for Health to approve the appointment of a nurse specialist to hold Parkinson’s clinics at Tipperary University Hospital, to provide vital care to people with this...
    • Health Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to provide ADHD adult assessment services for the people of County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9048/25]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      643. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9052/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in filling occupational therapy services at a location (details supplied), including maternity cover; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      646. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9073/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will consider sanctioning the appointment of a part-time psychologist attached to the diabetes unit at University College Hospital, Sligo....
    • Departmental Inquiries
      648. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery. [9080/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the relocation of mental health nurses. [9081/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nurses working for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service were not included in the pandemic special recognition payment, nurses, who were at risk...
    • Departmental Schemes
      652. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to roll out the free HRT scheme following the announcement in Budget 2025 of additional supports for HRT measures; and if she will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each of the 11 adult ADHD teams provided for in the 2021 model of care for ADHD in adults; the timeline she is working towards for full roll-out...
    • Ambulance Service
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new National Ambulance Service strategic plan; the timeline for publication; if an implementation plan will be published alongside the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each recommendation in the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026, in tabular form. [9116/25]
    • Abortion Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the reason two maternity hospitals still do not provide termination services; the status of work to bring both hospitals onboard; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the registration process for physiotherapists who have achieved qualifications in EU Member States; the cost of registration; the average length of time it...
    • Medical Cards
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing an enhanced medical card to survivors (details supplied) to enable them to access necessary treatments and...
    • Health Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if she will adopt a standard criteria for the diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9129/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      663. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to improve governance and safety regulations surrounding the use of aesthetic medical devices including dermal fillers as outlined in the Programme...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      664. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 19 February 2025, if she will provide details of the retail impact assessment and small- and medium-sized...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged under 18 years-of-age currently on the waiting list for an audiometry test in CHO3. [9183/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the budgetary allocation to CAMHS psychology in CHO3 in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [9184/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      667. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9192/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapists and physiotherapists currently working at a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      671. To ask the Minister for Health to clearly outline the governance structure for mental health under the new HSE structure; to specify the senior accountable officer in the HSE responsible for...
    • Dental Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she will enact to ensure patients who are aged-out of childhood dental services due to excessive waiting lists maintain their entitlement, that...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      673. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an ear, nose and throat appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9234/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the current number and waiting times for each radiation oncology unit, in tabular form. [9239/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      675. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a surgery appointment. [9244/25]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      677. To ask the Minister for Health to provide clarity on the length of time people are waiting for autism assessment in primary care, and with specific regard to a person (details supplied)...
    • Dental Services
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which she is aware that dental screening for children in many areas is not taking place until 6th class, despite the recommendation for checks in...
    • Health Service Executive
      687. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 6 February 2025, if he is aware that the HSE has refused to provide the costs of consultancy contracts for 2023...
    • Abortion Services
      688. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of unborn babies who have survived the abortion procedure since the enactment of the abortion law in January 2019; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid per patient to opticians who are contracted to see medical card patients; her views on whether there should be a difference in the amount paid...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting on an appointment for an X-ray in the Dental Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Mental Health Bill 2024; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that it is now virtually impossible for any new patient in County Wexford to be accepted by any of the existing GP practices, which are at...
    • Mental Health Services
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the psychology waiting list numbers and wait times, in months, for children and adolescents in CAMHS Louth, in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form;...
    • Medical Records
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on procurement and implementation of national shared care records; the timeline she is working towards in rolling out this...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if she has responded to correspondence in respect of the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare (details supplied); her views on the recommendations; and...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the current legal situation for parents of a child born through surrogacy in July 2025; if parental orders will be available to them; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      699. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE carries out international recruitment campaigns to recruit occupational therapists or speech and language therapists; if she will provide details of...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe in which she intends to establish the Assisted Human Reproduction Authority and enact any supplementary legislation; and if she will make a...
    • Abortion Services
      701. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2207 of 23 July 2024, which states that "the HSE is currently working to define quality measures and implement data...
    • General Practitioner Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Health to facilitate people unable to register with a GP due to the shortage by allowing them to attend out-of-hours services in the short-term; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Health to address the issue of lack of respite beds available in Laois in the short-term, given that there are presently only six beds available to accommodate...
    • Home Care Packages
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours left unfilled in counties Sligo and Leitrim from the 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      707. To ask the Minister for Health if the 34 new whole-time equivalent positions for the agencies involved in the HSE’s medicines pricing and reimbursement system, as initially prescribed...
    • International Agreements
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the actions to be undertaken regarding the Programme for Government commitment to “work towards a more coordinated approach at European level, akin to...
    • Health Services
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of recent storm damage, she will ensure that all State and semi-State agencies under her remit tasked with the provision of services to the...
    • Health Services Staff
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if he can address the shortage of dieticians in CH04 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9535/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration could be given to awarding a person (details supplied), who is a type 2 insulin-dependent diabetic with renal failure on dialysis, a diabetic...
    • Medicinal Products
      713. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1086 of 5 February 2024, when hormone replacement therapy will be freely available to those with a prescription; and if...
    • Health Services Staff
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nurses on a HSE career break are not permitted to take up temporary employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9543/25]
    • Health Services
      715. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Homes
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds the HSE has acquired from private nursing homes from 1 January to 1 December 2024 and the cost associated with same, broken down by county;...
    • Hospital Services
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the number of open beds in each HSE and voluntary hospital on 26 February in each of the years from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      719. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the total number of staff vacancies within the HSE, including the acute sector on 1 July 2024, and 1 February 2025, broken down by grade; and if she...
    • Health Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a full and total breakdown of all costs, including recruiting, advice and consultancy costs, by the HSE to the following (details supplied), broken...
    • Dental Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children, and separately, the number of special care patients, adult and children, who are on dental surgery waiting lists, in tabular...
    • Hospital Services
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive care and high-dependency unit beds across the State, by hospital; the number of beds sanctioned per hospital; the number of additional...
    • Hospital Facilities
      728. To ask the Minister for Health to consider a proposal for a new location for the minor injuries unit in Killarney (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9560/25]
    • Dental Services
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists, consultants in dentistry, dental surgeons, orthodontists and other dental care workers who were employed by the HSE, at the end of each...
    • Ambulance Service
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the targets set for each year by the National Ambulance Service for implementation of its workforce and capacity review, in tabular form; and the progress...
    • Health Services
      731. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the review of gender healthcare and the development of an updated clinical model for services; the timeframe for completion of this...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      732. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have cardiac surgery following a referral from his consultant. [9565/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      733. To ask the Minister for Health when recruitment of occupational therapy services will begin in counties Laois and Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      734. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on interim funding to an organisation (details supplied); and general funding going forward. [9574/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      736. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric neurologist registrars based at CHI Temple Street in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if...
    • Ambulance Service
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the number of 24-7 HSE critical care ambulances, by location, in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [9583/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency department nurses based at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025,...
    • Nursing Homes
      739. To ask the Minister for Health when a fair deal application will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9591/25]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time by facility from referral to admission for addiction rehabilitation and detox; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9606/25]
    • Substance Misuse
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe and process for developing a new National Drug Strategy; how each of the sectors will be included in this consultation process; and if she will...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      742. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to making extra funding available to drug and alcohol task forces in Dublin to help assist addiction services respond to the...
    • Substance Misuse
      743. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to action the recommendations from the Joint Committee on Drug Use report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9609/25]
    • Health Services
      744. To ask the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [9615/25]
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to expand access to PREP by increasing capacity at clinics and removing unnecessary barriers to obtaining appointments, in order to...
    • Eating Disorders
      747. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of psychiatrists working in the HSE that specialise in eating disorders; the number of psychiatrists working privately; and if she will...
    • General Practitioner Services
      750. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the qualifying criteria for a general GP visit card; if patients experiencing long-term illnesses that require frequent GP visits could...
    • Disease Management
      752. To ask the Minister for Health if the discontinuation of the Heartwatch scheme will be reviewed as soon as possible (details supplied). [9641/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to ensure that delays in the provision of insulin pumps do not result in long-term health complications for children with...
    • Medicinal Products
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the reason buscopan RX has been removed from the general medical scheme/medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9647/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      755. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a shortage of occupational therapists in Mayfield in Cork; and the actions she intends to take to resolve this. [9665/25]
    • Dental Services
      757. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is outsourcing routine orthodontic care in Cork to reduce waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9674/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      763. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the position of psychologist at the Athenry primary care centre, County Galway, has not yet been filled; if this position remains open; if it is...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      764. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthopaedic surgery appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9684/25]
    • Health Services
      765. To ask the Minister for Health if there are specific transport supports available for transplant patients who need to travel for treatment, surgery, or post-operative care; if any additional...
    • School Meals Programme
      766. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed report on the school meals scheme, providing the nutritional information for all meals provided, where the ingredients are sourced, the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      767. To ask the Minister for Health when the funding promised in 2015 for `It's Good 2 Talk` will be provided; the reason this funding has been held for ten years; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      768. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the average number of psychiatrists...
    • Health Services Staff
      769. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors on duty on each day of the week in each treatment centre of the D-Doc service in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of HSE...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      772. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of the new planned elective hospital for Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9748/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      773. To ask the Minister for Health the benefits of a multi-annual funding approach for the health service; how this will be linked to better outcomes for patients; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      774. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on plans towards the full digitisation of Irish healthcare records and information systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9750/25]
    • Primary Care Centres
      775. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on plans to open more primary care centres in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9751/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      776. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 3 October 2024, the amount of the additional €16 million in full-year funding to the National Ambulance...
    • Medicinal Products
      778. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to review the terms of the drugs payment scheme; if she will extend the long-term illness scheme in order to include rheumatoid arthritis as a...
    • Health Services Staff
      779. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding early retirement on health grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9798/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      780. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an operation in respect of a person (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9804/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      781. To ask the Minister for Health when the air ambulance will be returning to the Athlone base; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9824/25]
    • Hospital Transfers
      782. To ask the Minister for Health if the Minister will clarify the reason the rapid response service is not available in Roscommon on Thursdays; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      783. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any supports for students who decide to study abroad in the form of funding, grants, sponsorships or bursaries,; and if he will make...
    • Adult Education Provision
      784. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that will be taken to address the anomaly created by the new adult educator contract, which has resulted in some educators in further...
    • Further and Higher Education
      785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on a request by a higher education institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Adult Education Provision
      786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the issues surrounding the implementation of the new adult educator contracts in Cork (details supplied); the measures he is...
    • Further and Higher Education
      787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that there will be an increase in dental training places at University College Cork dental school, in view of the substantial increase...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Funeral Services
      790. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will examine the introduction of regulations that govern both crematoria and the undertaking business; and his views on the case...
    • Rural Schemes
      792. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on a community centre investment fund application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

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