Written answers
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
1. To ask the Taoiseach cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na bearta atá á ndéanamh aige...
- Legislative Programme
3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from his Department;...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Policy
4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the report on liquefied natural gas, commissioned by the previous Minister, will be published; and if he will make a...
- Data Centres
5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with colleagues and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to review and potentially revise the...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
6. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad...
- Renewable Energy Generation
7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the solar PV for the medically vulnerable scheme; if he intends to continue this scheme...
- Energy Infrastructure
8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in the wake of storm Éowyn, his plans to engage in the upgrade and strengthening of electricity infrastructure...
- Legislative Programme
9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a detailed breakdown of costings for the way in which the Defence Forces can get from level of ambition 2 to level of ambition 3, which he...
- Legislative Measures
12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he intends to publish the heads of the Defence (Amendment) (No.2) Bill; if he will provide an outline of the issues he intends to address in...
- Defence Forces
13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of proposed peacekeeping missions involving the deployment of Defence Forces personnel that have been vetoed by a vote of the United...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na bearta atá...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- State Bodies
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine whether people with disabilities are being adequately represented on the board of management of State transport companies,...
- Road Projects
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the contract agreed between the State and a company (details supplied) in relation to the operation and maintenance of the Fermoy and...
- Semi-State Bodies
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether staff employed in a semi-State body (details supplied) have the option to work until the age of 70; and if he will make a...
- Airport Policy
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the contents of a report from a company (details supplied) to the Dublin Airport Authority April 2024 on the...
- Bus Services
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority will allocate funding for a link bus from Ratoath County Meath to the M3 Parkway train station,...
- Departmental Staff
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na bearta...
- Hedge Cutting
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing a small grant, for example, of €60 per kilometre, for landowners and farmers to cut roadside hedges...
- Rail Network
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to prioritise and implement the recommendations of the all-island strategic rail review. [10067/25]
- Transport Policy
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will introduce new legislation that will require all dispatch operators to be registered in Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Bus Services
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently increase bus capacity along the 43 bus route to serve Kinsealy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10181/25]
- Legislative Programme
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from his...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Data
33. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE taxpayers to date who have applied to have their flat rate expenses reinstated, and a breakdown for the numbers in each category under job...
- Tax Code
39. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to reform the DIRT tax from a flat tax to a progressive model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9888/25]
- Insurance Industry
42. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward legislation for a “right to be forgotten” for cancer survivors, in order that they do not have to disclose their cancer...
- Tax Reliefs
43. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing individuals whose medical conditions require the use of extensive medical equipment to claim flat-rate relief for electricity, as...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
44. To ask the Minister for Finance cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na bearta atá á...
- International Agreements
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland would be supportive of a UN framework convention on sovereign debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10041/25]
- Tax Code
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT obligations for drivers of a company (details supplied) should commence from August 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10107/25]
- Legislative Programme
54. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from his Department; and if he will make...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on works at an OPW site (details supplied); if it is envisaged that the site will be reopened to the public in time...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na bearta...
- Office of Public Works
57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons for the long stoppage in works on the Round Tower, at Kells Monastic Site, Kells, County Meath; the current cost of the...
- Regional Development
58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if measures will be introduced at an early date, including much-needed additional investment in infrastructure in areas such as Cavan and...
- Legislative Programme
59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from his...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Supports
60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered the development of a specific scheme to compensate small and medium enterprises that continued to renumerate...
- Data Centres
61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the current approach to data centre development is delivering sufficient benefits to justify the costs given the...
- EU Directives
62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the transposition of the Platform Work Directive into national law; the process for the transposition; and if he will...
- Job Losses
66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with a company (details supplied) after the announcement of its intention to lay off its global employee base of...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he agrees that business costs brought about by legislation on minimum wage, pensions, sick leave and so on are posing an increasing...
- Legislative Programme
69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from his...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a building project at a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage as soon as possible in view of the need...
- School Facilities
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a fund to assist schools to purchase a generator to ensure that when power is lost, they can open as normal, to ensure...
- Schools Building Projects
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update and timeline on the promised new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9862/25]
- Special Educational Needs
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person can be reviewed and assistance provided (details supplied). [9864/25]
- Schools Building Projects
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when four prefabs will be replaced at a college (details supplied). [9873/25]
- School Equipment
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding circular 0032/2017, if she has issued any further advice to boards of management in respect of mitigating costs associated with iPads...
- School Transport
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, following his work on securing a school bus (details supplied), he will commit to securing an increased service due to the rising number of...
- School Accommodation
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9960/25]
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na bearta atá...
- Schools Building Projects
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered legislative or regulatory changes to aid the fast-track delivery of temporary school building accommodation to increase...
- Special Educational Needs
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the expansion of special needs classes in a school (details supplied) will be approved; when funding will be made available; the timeline for...
- School Staff
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) currently does not have school wardens assigned to it; if the...
- Special Educational Needs
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will open a reading school in the Killester, Raheny, Clontarf school planning area, given there is currently no provision for children who...
- School Enrolments
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide maps of all the school planning areas that cover Dublin west. [10061/25]
- Special Educational Needs
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is still planned to have 400 new special classes opened in September 2025 given that the list of special classes only lists 254 new classes;...
- School Enrolments
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools at primary level, and the number enrolled at post-primary level, as of 28 February 2025,...
- School Staff
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation of primary school teachers in each county for 2024-25, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10211/25]
- Legislative Programme
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from her Department; and if...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Irish Language
94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will urgently review funding for the promotion of the Irish language (details supplied) as any cuts will have a detrimental...
- Sports Facilities
95. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund approved for the centre of excellence in Glanmire, Cork; and if he will...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
96. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na...
- Sports Facilities
97. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to give favourable consideration to an appeal by a club (details supplied) to achieve regional status funding under the Sports...
- Reachtaíocht Teanga
98. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad é an...
- Irish Language
99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for details of any scheme being proposed to provide financial incentives to teachers who enrol voluntarily to learn Irish and sit...
- Legislative Programme
100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from his...
- Tourism Promotion
101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action he is taking to increase the tourism potential of the north Cork region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Irish Language
102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the Plean Teanga for Cork city. [10246/25]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Hedge Cutting
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the hedge cutting timeframe considering the recent storm damage and the requirement to deal with...
- Housing Provision
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of schemes and units funded through 5 programmes and funds (details supplied) that are waiting for departmental...
- Water Services
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on an application for Carrowteige community water connection in Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an assessment will be carried out on a home (details supplied) in County Donegal that the Housing Agency has determined...
- Local Authorities
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the allocation of the general municipal allocation (details supplied) by individual councillors, particularly in...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad...
- Septic Tanks
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many more households became eligible for septic tank grants since the announcement in November 2023 on changes to the...
- Urban Development
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the allocation and expenditure of the urban regeneration and development fund call 3–tackling...
- Environmental Schemes
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants and funding opportunities available to local communities to help maintain and/or acquire local wetland areas in...
- Legislative Programme
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update and timeline for the removal of the means test for carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad...
- Social Welfare Benefits
121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what the new pay-related jobseeker’s benefit will mean for workers (details supplied) who sign on for...
- School Meals Programme
122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans to further roll out the school meals programme; if so, the way the programme will expand and develop in terms of...
- Legislative Programme
123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Programmes
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 26 February 2025, to account for his Department’s role on this project...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad...
- Legislative Measures
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022 and other Bills which may be associated with it. [9996/25]
- Substance Misuse
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were sentenced to custodial sentences for possession of a controlled substance for personal use in...
- Prison Service
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of addiction counsellors and related practitioners employed in each of the prisons; and the waiting list for each of...
- Citizenship Applications
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times of citizenship applications; the roadmap to the stated goal of a one-year processing time; and if...
- An Garda Síochána
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the Garda National Technical Bureau who are currently certified in the area of chemical, biological,...
- Legislative Programme
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from his...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Expenditure
134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grant funding an organisation (details supplied) received for their inspections each year since 2019. [9923/25]
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na...
- Departmental Expenditure
138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied), nationally and locally, in each of the years 2020 to...
- Agriculture Industry
142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to promote the consumption of hogget; if the Teagasc research centre has carried out any research in this...
- Harbours and Piers
144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will assist the local community with extension works to both the pontoon and slip at Portmagee pier, County Kerry (details...
- Agriculture Schemes
145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the payments for ACRES 2024, given that a number of farmers in Carlow and Kilkenny have yet to receive any payment;...
- Legislative Programme
146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from his...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Childcare Services
147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will establish a fund to assist childcare facilities to purchase a generator to ensure that when power is...
- Disabilities Assessments
148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to reduce the waiting times for autism assessments in South Tipperary which are currently...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge;...
- Disability Services
150. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Legislative Programme
155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas...
- Department of Health
- Health Services
156. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person can be reviewed and assistance provided (details supplied). [9865/25]
- Dental Services
157. To ask the Minister for Health if the lack of dental services for autistic children in the south east can be urgently addressed; the number of children with autism waiting on dental services...
- Mental Health Services
158. To ask the Minister for Health about the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred in March 2024 to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Limerick, has yet...
- Hospital Appointments Status
159. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person awaiting a procedure (details supplied); and if an appointment can be expedited. [9841/25]
- Hospital Services
161. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1732 of 9 September 2024, if she has been made aware of the case in question; if not, will she examine it; and if she...
- Medicinal Products
162. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the funded HRT scheme announced in Budget 2025; what discussions her officials have had with the Irish Pharmacy Union in relation to...
- Health Services
166. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending the BreastCheck service to women from 40 years-of-age and over 69 years-of-age; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Staff
168. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are being introduced to recruit and retain more health care support assistants in the HSE in view of delays in certain areas (details supplied);...
- Mental Health Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health her plans on the future of CAMHS from a funding and activity perspective. [9880/25]
- Health Services
170. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the benefits of a multi-annual funding approach for the health service and how this will be linked to better outcomes for patients. [9881/25]
- National Children's Hospital
171. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a progress report on the delivery of the National Children’s Hospital. [9882/25]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the reconfiguration and refurbishment of a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9890/25]
- Medical Cards
173. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the medical card scheme beyond its current remit to provide an automatic entitlement for cancer patients; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Services Staff
174. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no community social worker for south Tipperary; if she will fund this role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9893/25]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the timelines for the construction of the new community hospital at Lifford, County Donegal. [9895/25]
- Emergency Departments
176. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE have plans to close or reduce services in any way in Navan accident and emergency in the next 12 months; and if so, if he will detail the plans and...
- Home Care Packages
177. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a percentage split of home care service provision in each of the years 2019 to 2024 by provider type (details supplied), in tabular form. [9917/25]
- Hospital Appointments Status
179. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who had been waiting for an ultrasound for six months only to find out that she had...
- Cancer Services
180. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to recruit and fund the appropriate number of professionals to meet the number of cancer patients and survivors, including dietitians,...
- Hospital Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health if she will give due consideration to funding the lymphoedema and lipoedema model of care considering that international studies show that the cost to treat...
- Hospital Facilities
182. To ask the Minister for Health to consider providing additional specific funding to hospitals to allow for the abolition of parking charges for cancer patients; and if she will make a...
- Cancer Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that Irish cancer patients are not waiting longer than the EU average to access new medicines; and if she will make a...
- Medicinal Products
185. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider reducing the threshold of the drugs payment scheme to €72 per month, as per the 2017 Sláintecare report; and if she will make...
- Health Services
186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of notifications issued for BreastCheck appointments for each CHO area; the number of notifications on foot of such letter for the years 2019 to...
- Health Services Staff
187. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing shortfall at the HSE’s Galway community audiology service (details supplied); when these posts will be filled; and if she will make...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
188. To ask the Minister for Health cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na bearta atá á...
- Mental Health Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health if she or her Department are aware that the CAMHS clinical lead post for CHO1 covering Leitrim, west Cavan and east Sligo is vacant; the reason this post is...
- Ambulance Service
190. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the current understaffing in the National Ambulance Service; how she intends to solve this issue; and if she will make a statement on the...
- General Practitioner Services
191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs in Longford and Westmeath that are trained in opioid substitution treatment. [9999/25]
- Home Care Packages
192. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if a homecare package will be expedited or additional convalescent care provided for the person;...
- Mental Health Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide appropriate funding to a charity (details supplied), which provides essential mental health services in communities and requires funds to...
- Health Services Staff
195. To ask the Minister for Health when the holders of degrees in athletic therapy from Dublin City University will be automatically accepted, as is the case under the Health and Care...
- Hospital Appointments Status
196. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long on an operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10033/25]
- Ambulance Service
197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of disciplinary procedures taken against staff of National Ambulance Service for contacting managers out-of-hours and the policy as it relates to...
- Mental Health Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health to clearly outline the governance structure for mental health under the new HSE structure; the senior accountable officer in the HSE responsible for mental...
- Addiction Treatment Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health the amount by which her Department will be increasing funding for drug addiction services including local drug and alcohol taskforces to improve their...
- Health Services
201. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that patients with endometriosis symptoms are being offered choices in their medical care (details supplied); when the national...
- Hospital Services
203. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of a company (details supplied) for processing Navan Hospital bloods tests is a temporary contract; and if so, the length of the contract. [10091/25]
- Hospital Facilities
204. To ask the Minister for Health if the blood testing laboratory in Navan Hospital is going to resume all screening services it has done previously; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
205. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10097/25]
- Medical Cards
206. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing the income limit for those over 70 years applying for a medical card given the income threshold has not been increased in a...
- Disabilities Assessments
207. To ask the Minister for Health if it can be ensured that a person (details supplied) is granted an appointment for an autism assessment. [10133/25]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
208. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to increase the number of rounds of IVF for couples without children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10136/25]
- Mental Health Services
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to HSE ADHD services in HSE Dublin north city and west, and HSE Dublin north county, in 2023 and 2024, separated by adults and...
- Hospital Services
214. To ask the Minister for Health the action taken to address, and the planned actions, to deal with the current crisis with Neurology Services at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she...
- Hospital Transfers
215. To ask the Minister for Health when a transfer will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) to CIRRUS Rehabilitation Unit, Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan; and if she will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9902/25]
- State Bodies
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of funding utilised by the Higher Education Authority from the National Training Fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na bearta atá...
- Further and Higher Education
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on a study (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9993/25]
- Grant Payments
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate funds for financial assistance to radiation therapy students, who are currently under pressure and receiving no financial...
- Legislative Programme
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from his Department; and...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Development Projects
225. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for a list of all branches of an organisation (details supplied) in the east Cork constituency. [9885/25]
- Rural Schemes
226. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide an update on an application by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9959/25]
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
227. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na...
- Legislative Programme
228. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from his...
