Written answers
Thursday, 6 March 2025
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Facilities
7. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the nationwide audit of sports facilities to address shortages in areas underserved as committed to under the...
- Sports Funding
10. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of the large scale sport infrastructure fund will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Language
16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action being taken by his Department to support the Irish language during Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025; and if he will make a...
- Tourism Industry
17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the immediate steps he plans to take to address the crisis within the tourism and hospitality industry (details supplied); the...
- Arts Policy
18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will commit to engaging with stakeholders within the music industry to produce a national music strategy for the sector; and...
- Social Media
19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans in relation to the regulation of social media; the engagement there has been with the EU on this issue; the plans there...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dáta faoina mbeidh gach foráil d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021 curtha i bhfeidhm...
- Foras na Gaeilge
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é a thuairim maidir leis an stailc a sheol grúpaí Gaeilge ar an 26 Feabhra 2025, agus oifigigh pleanála...
- Film Industry
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on any discussions between his Department and other bodies regarding the future use and operation of the...
- Broadcasting Sector
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether the Six Nations tournament should be a designated event that remains free-to-air; and if he will make a...
- Sports Facilities
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to invest in grassroots and academy football (details supplied); if he will prioritise increased funding and...
- Gaeltacht Policy
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil imní air mar gheall ar an easpa Oifig Poist i nGaeltacht na nDéise le nach mór bliain anuas – an...
- Sports Funding
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if favourable consideration could be given to an appeal by a club (details supplied) to provide a community centre and sports...
- Tourism Industry
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to detail any proposals to cultivate tourism in Border areas. [10193/25]
- Gaeltacht Policy
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to details any proposals to develop Gaeltacht tourism. [10194/25]
- Foras na Gaeilge
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the Government has chosen to reduce funding for Foras na Gaeilge, given its crucial role in promoting and sustaining the...
- Departmental Contracts
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he will take to ensure that private companies are not over-charging his Department or agencies under its remit; and if he...
- Departmental Funding
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he intends to increase the funding made available through Fáilte Ireland to support the ever-growing event that is Fleadh...
- Sports Facilities
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to endorse and support the multipurpose redevelopment of Fitzgerald stadium (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Artificial Intelligence
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider the development of a comprehensive creative AI strategy to protect the rights and livelihoods of those working...
- Sports Funding
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will increase funding for the League of Ireland; his views on promoting a fan ownership model; and if he will make a...
- Film Industry
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress being made on the implementation of the recommendations of the report on section 481 produced by the Oireachtas Budget...
- Gender Equality
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the programme of work to be undertaken by his officials to implement the Programme for Government’s...
- Tourism Industry
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an overview of ways in which his Department supports and promotes tourism activity through Shannon Airport; and...
- Film Industry
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement he has had on the issue of maintaining public ownership of the Pálás cinema in Galway; and if he will make...
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sé nuashonrú maidir leis an riachtanas sa Státseirbhís go mbeadh Gaeilge ag fiche faoin...
- Sports Events
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has examined the economic benefit that will arise from the NFL fixture being hosted in Dublin; and if he will...
- Artists' Remuneration
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for the permanent roll-out of the basic income for arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9635/25]
- Broadcasting Sector
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the merit of introducing a new law that would require all advertising on Irish television and radio stations to be...
- Tourism Promotion
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a stand-alone tourist promotion campaign for the Gearagh, County Cork will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Uimhir 9 den 19 Meán Fómhair, an ndéanfaidh sé soiléiriú a thabhairt ar an...
- Arts Council
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will commit to addressing the shortfall in Arts Council funding to ensure artists receive the support they need and that...
- Social Media
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures he is taking to regulate the use of social media by children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10172/25]
- Scéimeanna Rannacha
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aige gealltanas iar-Aire Stáit na Gaeltachta a chomhlíonadh chun Scéim Labhairt na...
- Foras na Gaeilge
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht na hiarrachtaí atá á dhéanamh aige chun an méid iomlán maoinithe a chur ar fáil do Fhoras na...
- Tourism Policy
51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken by his Department to encourage the installation of information signage on approach to towns and villages...
- Arts Policy
52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to provide for the development of an arts capital grant scheme. [6360/25]
- Sports Facilities
53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the programme of work to be undertaken by his officials to implement the Programme for Government’s...
- Irish Language
54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a fhoilseofar na pleananna gníomhaíochta maidir leis an gcéad Phlean Náisiúnta um...
- Departmental Policies
55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to appoint a Sport Ireland disability lead; and if he will make a...
- Arts Council
56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Arts Council enlisted the assistance of any unit, division, office or agency of Government regarding the development and...
- Tourism Policy
58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the Shandon Area Plan committed to by Failte Ireland. [10241/25]
- Departmental Projects
61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé soiléiriú a thabhairt ar stádas forbartha Choláiste Lurgan i gContae na Gaillimhe;...
- National Cultural Institutions
62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the precise date on which his Department officials were made aware of the National Gallery of Ireland's inability to house its...
- Tourism Policy
63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the inclusion of sections of north Cork into the Failte Ireland’s tourism brand...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Staff
69. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to meet the demands for pay restoration and pay parity for section 39 workers given the ballot for industrial action by section 39 workers; and if...
- Addiction Treatment Services
72. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider making additional funding available to drug and alcohol task forces in Dublin to help assist addiction services respond to the increased...
- Mental Health Services
74. To ask the Minister for Health how a €64 million centralised residential mental health service on the grounds of Saint Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire can be in accordance with the...
- Hospital Services
78. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on physiotherapy services in the District Hospital, Killarney (details supplied); when additional physiotherapists will be assigned to Killarney...
- Ambulance Service
80. To ask the Minister for Health when she will implement paramedic specialist grades for the National Ambulance Service; to provide an update on the review of roles and responsibilities; and if...
- Hospital Facilities
82. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that Beaumont Hospital secures investment for much-needed capital developments such as a new 95-bed ward block and a new emergency...
- Disability Services
83. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place for a new attention deficit hyperactivity disorder team to provide services in Meath and the north east; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
84. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is taking any steps to undertaking a review for full medical card assessment for people of working age; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospital Facilities
85. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new planned surgical hub for Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9745/25]
- Mental Health Services
86. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the construction of a ten-bed community mental health residence on the grounds of the Owenacurra centre Midleton and on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
88. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to tackle waiting times for outpatient appointments and planned surgical appointments. [9876/25]
- Health Services
89. To ask the Minister for Health if she will deliver a genuinely free hormone replacement therapy scheme similar to the universal contraception scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
90. To ask the Minister for Health if she is concerned about ongoing delays in approving the application for a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford city; and her views on whether it...
- Regulatory Bodies
91. To ask the Minister for Health when she expects HIQA to report on its review into access to accident and emergency care in the mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9831/25]
- Primary Care Centres
92. To ask the Minister for Health if tenders have been sought and assessed for the provision of primary care centres at locations within County Galway, such as An Spidéal, Oranmore,...
- Mental Health Services
93. To ask the Minister for Health if she will fund the expansion of Jigsaw services to ensure that no county is without a Jigsaw primary mental health care service; and if she will make a...
- Eating Disorders
95. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on supports for people with eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10214/25]
- Health Services
96. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for a new attention deficit hyperactivity disorder team to provide services in north Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Staff
97. To ask the Minister for Health if she will immediately lift the pay and numbers strategy to ensure that all health services can be staffed to safe and adequate levels; and if she will make a...
- Substance Misuse
98. To ask the Minister for Health the actions her Department has taken to investigate the incidence and health impact of hexahydrocannabinol, a synthetic cannabinoid which is widely available...
- Primary Care Services
99. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for primary care services in 2025; the proportion this represents of the total health budget for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
100. To ask the Minister for Health the support she can provide to a community counselling centre based in Tullamore, County Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Programme
101. To ask the Minister for Health the status of adult safeguarding legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10086/25]
- Hospital Facilities
102. To ask the Minister for Health if she will investigate the inadequate parking situation at Roscommon University Hospital, which is impacting patients, their families, and carers; and if some...
- Health Services
103. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the extension of access to free contraception as committed to under the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
105. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for a youth mental health app; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10055/25]
- Health Services
106. To ask the Minister for Health when the multi-disciplinary team for Louth and Meath will be in place; the reason for the delay with the establishment of the team; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Overcrowding
108. To ask the Minister for Health how she plans to reduce the number of patients left waiting on hospital trolleys in University Hospital Galway given the impact this is having on elderly...
- Health Services Staff
109. To ask the Minister for Health if there is specialist training for all staff in in-patient psychiatric services in this country on the management and treatment of eating disorders; and if...
- Primary Care Centres
110. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Graiguenamanagh; the other primary care service developments planned for Carlow and Kilkenny; and if she will make...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
111. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 has not been commenced; the timeline for its expected progress; and if she will make a statement...
- Cancer Services
112. To ask the Minister for Health to provide urgent funding for a new bus for cancer patients travelling for treatments in the northwest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9755/25]
- Health Services
113. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on treatment options for people with scoliosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10217/25]
- Emergency Departments
114. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the HIQA review of urgent and emergency care in mid-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9752/25]
- Healthcare Policy
115. To ask the Minister for Health if she supports single tier universal healthcare provided to all on the basis of need, not ability to pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9944/25]
- Hospital Facilities
116. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1784 and 1785 of 9 September 2024, if the options appraisal process for the masterplan for University Hospital Galway...
- Cancer Services
117. To ask the Minister for Health the action taken, and planned, to address the fact that only 30% of patients in Donegal receive day-case chemotherapy within the target time of three weeks,...
- Mental Health Services
118. To ask the Minister for Health when a clinical child psychologist be appointed for CAMHS in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10155/25]
- Medicinal Products
119. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the rising costs of prescription medicines in Ireland; if she has considered introducing additional supports or subsidies...
- Health Services Staff
120. To ask the Minister for Health the projected impact of the HSE's pay and numbers strategy on disability services provided directly by the HSE or through sections 38 and 39 organisations; and...
- Hospital Facilities
122. To ask the Minister for Health the way the HSE and the hospital groups are improving car park facilities at hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9921/25]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
123. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of planned capital investment in public healthcare facilities in County Clare for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
125. To ask the Minister for Health the additional or expanded services she plans to provide in Monaghan Hospital. [10216/25]
- Home Help Service
126. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's position on the inability of patients to split their allocated funding in the consumer directed home support approach between two approved external...
- Mental Health Services
127. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand eligibility for counselling in primary care in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10056/25]
- Health Services Staff
128. To ask the Minister for Health if the decommissioned child psychologist post at Athenry primary care centre will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9425/25]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
129. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided make the first and ground floor of the new extension to the Mallow General Hospital operational; the designated purposes will be...
- Pharmacy Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health if all receipts from pharmacies can contain a breakdown of individual medicine costs and any other costs in the interest of transparency, competition and...
- Health Services Staff
133. To ask the Minister for Health when section 39 workers will begin receiving equal pay for work in line with their counterparts in the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
135. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to end lengthy waiting lists for CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9945/25]
- Primary Care Centres
136. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the delivery of a primary care centre in Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10180/25]
- Ambulance Service
138. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no advanced paramedic has been trained since 2019; and if she is aware that paramedics working in the National Ambulance Service do not receive a...
- Primary Care Centres
139. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to allocate funding to open additional primary care centres to address the increasing demand for healthcare services; if specific consideration is...
- Mental Health Services
140. To ask the Minister for Health if she will fund the expansion of Jigsaw services to ensure that no county is without a Jigsaw primary mental health care service; and if she will make a...
- Disease Management
142. To ask the Minister for Health the way her Department intends to include chronic kidney disease to the Chronic Disease Management Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
143. To ask the Minister for Health the way it is planned to enhance services at Our Lady's Hospital Navan; the number of additional nursing staff have been taken on at the hospital over the past...
- Primary Care Centres
144. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to roll out new primary care centres in Rathmines, Terenure and Baggot Street; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10052/25]
- Mental Health Services
145. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will receive a CAMHS appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10178/25]
- Emergency Services
146. To ask the Minister for Health the reason emergency care is only provided by Children's Health Ireland to children and young people under 16 years, and not until after that while they may...
- Primary Care Centres
147. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progression and development of Ballaghaderreen primary care centre. [10099/25]
- Addiction Treatment Services
148. 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
150. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to deliver a seven-day health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10084/25]
- Home Care Packages
152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours provided in Carlow-Kilkenny in 2024; the target in place for such provision in 2025; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Service Executive
153. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail the current situation in relation to the former Baggot Street Hospital which has been placed on the State’s register for disposal by...
- Health Services Staff
154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts for public health nurses in Dublin 8, 10 and 12; the length of time each post has been vacant; and the effect on local services as a...
- Departmental Reviews
155. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Programme for Government commitment to implement the recommendations in a review (details supplied); if she has engaged with officials in her...
- Health Services Staff
156. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to replace the ophthalmologist in Clonmel following the retirement of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Primary Care Centres
157. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new primary care centre in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9756/25]
- Hospital Staff
158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses recruited to each hospital in the country in each of the past ten years; the number of nurses who left their jobs at each hospital in the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
159. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the waiting times for outpatient appointments and planned surgical appointments in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9746/25]
- General Practitioner Services
160. To ask the Minister for Health if she has engaged with SouthDoc on the closure of SouthDoc, Blackpool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10196/25]
- Cancer Services
161. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that all cancer drugs are provided in accordance with medical need to all who need them, and not income or health insurance...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
162. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the current waiting times for appointments with the speech and language therapist service following initial assessment in the north Dublin...
- Mental Health Services
163. To ask the Minister for Health the date she will end the practice of child admissions to adult psychiatric services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10129/25]
- Health Services
164. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the possible provision of public rapid injury clinics (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8996/25]
- Disease Management
165. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to warn the public of the possible dangers of contracting Lyme disease on publicly accessible grasslands and forests, and to inform of...
- Medicinal Products
166. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on a medication (details supplied) to be made available through the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to protect and enhance services at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, including the emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 6 February 2025, for an update on a project (details supplied); where the interim facility might be placed; the...
- Medical Cards
171. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for discretionary medical cards; the reasons a person who has held a medical card for many years might have their discretionary...
- General Practitioner Services
172. To ask the Minister for Health the action she is taking to expand GP services in Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10051/25]
- Mental Health Services
173. To ask the Minister for Health for a report on the CAMHS redress scheme established in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10156/25]
- General Practitioner Services
174. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a 24/7 Shannon Doc service in Thurles, County Tipperary, considering only one 24/7 Shannon Doc service currently operates in...
- Mental Health Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health the work she and her Department have undertaken to fill the professional vacancies in the CAMHS team in Balbriggan; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Statutory Instruments
177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to highlight...
- Departmental Funding
178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to increase funding for international food and nutrition programmes given the United States administration’s recent...
- Departmental Policies
179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent report of the Independent Reporting Commission; if he will outline the Government’s views on the absolute...
- Foreign Conflicts
181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo; whether Ireland will contact Rwanda and demand that they stop supporting...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Electricity Grid
182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with stakeholders in relation to the situation whereby grid constraints from the excessive data...
- Weather Events
183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide details of all of the weather modification methods, climate engineering or geoengineering, such as adding...
- Statutory Instruments
184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months...
- EU Regulations
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on EU obligations for establishing separate textile waste collection and establish an extended...
- EU Directives
186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on progress in fulfilling the obligations in article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791...
- Departmental Schemes
187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce the three-year waiting time for the energy upgrades under the warmer homes scheme; and if he will...
- Departmental Meetings
188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to discuss rising energy prices; and if he will make a...
- Programme for Government
189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the measures in the Programme for Government to conduct an independent review of the...
- Departmental Meetings
190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to discuss rising wholesale gas and electricity prices;...
- Energy Policy
191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered reintroduction of the temporary solidarity contribution and the cap on market revenues in response...
- Departmental Data
192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the number solar PV provided in each of the years from 2020 to date in each of the...
- Energy Policy
193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to move to a plan-led approach to solar development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10417/25]
- Departmental Schemes
194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown of the number and value of grants that have been awarded to the retrofitting of...
- Electricity Supply Board
196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has calculated the impact that the carbon border adjustment mechanism will have in imported electricity from...
- Fishing Industry
197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that he and the inland fisheries division will take to instigate an independent review of Inland Fisheries...
- Departmental Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount of funding/financial aid given by his Department and agencies under his Department’s remit to...
- Energy Infrastructure
199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will expedite as a matter of priority the provision of a liquefied natural gas terminal in north Kerry that will...
- Electricity Transmission Network
200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are adequate protections in place to safeguard ESB transmission lines, with particular reference to the...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his Department have discussed with telecoms providers the need to strengthen their networks in view of the...
- Energy Policy
203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department will bring the Energy Poverty Action Plan to Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Defence
- Statutory Instruments
206. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to highlight in...
- Air Corps
207. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of fighter jets the Government intends to purchase; if he will provide the make and model of the aircraft; the estimated cost of each...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Electric Vehicles
208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no obligation on the providers of electric vehicle charging points to advertise the cost per unit of electricity in...
- An Garda Síochána
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if An Garda Síochána has the legal powers to pursue motorbikes and scramblers being driven dangerously; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport about any underspend in his capital allocation in each year from 2019 to date in 2025, by sub-headings, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Transport Policy
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding a report public transport (details supplied); if he intends to increase fares for public transport; if he intends to deliver on...
- Bus Services
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of any considerations being made for the provision of a new bus service to Dublin Airport from areas such as Templeogue,...
- Transport Policy
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the DART Southwest plans; if there will be a station in Ballyfermot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10275/25]
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Transport Infrastructure Ireland will release funding for the completion of the trailhead at the MacCurtainstown car park in...
- Legislative Process
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to...
- Departmental Funding
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if sufficient funding is in place to now complete the road project from Tahilla to Kenmare in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Bus Services
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given that BusConnects is a major plank of Government policy, the reason the proposed F1 route, which will replace routes 49 and 65b, due...
- Transport Policy
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason residents in Dublin south west appear to be pushed to the back of the queue for the major spine upgrades, and the A spine due...
- Departmental Projects
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update for all projects under the remit of his Department contained within the revised National Development Plan,...
- Electric Vehicles
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the number of electric-vehicle grants provided, by county, in each of the years from 2020 to date; and...
- Departmental Policies
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10413/25]
- Departmental Funding
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of funding each local authority in the State has received for national, regional and local...
- Transport Policy
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his Department's progress in creating the transport security force, as proposed in the Programme for...
- Departmental Meetings
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met the CEOs of Dublin Bus and a company (details supplied) since his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to each local authority for the community involvement scheme in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to...
- Electric Vehicles
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to improve access to high-capacity electric vehicle charging infrastructure in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Transport Policy
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to develop light rail in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10428/25]
- Departmental Projects
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the details of costings provided to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and...
- Rail Network
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the continual issue with Irish Rail in Dublin in relation to late and overcrowded trains, as passengers are cramped and...
- Electric Vehicles
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of trebling the number of publicly available charging points, based on the average cost to date, if future projections...
- Departmental Funding
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of funding allocated to Kerry Airport in each of the years 2016 to date, in tabular form. [10432/25]
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Reviews
236. To ask the Minister for Finance to review a case in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10250/25]
- Departmental Policies
237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a lower corporation tax for small Irish businesses with profits below €100,000 per year to help generate more indigenous...
- Legislative Process
238. To ask the Minister for Finance the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to highlight in particular...
- Departmental Data
239. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers to date in 2025 that have applied for flat rate expenses (FRE) following the introduction of the requirement to submit a claim for...
- Tax Collection
240. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered implementing a windfall tax on energy generators in response to rising wholesale prices in the gas and electricity market; and if he will...
- Insurance Industry
241. To ask the Minister for Finance the safeguards in place to address increasing insurance costs across a number of different products, including motor, home and business insurance; the level...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- An Garda Síochána
248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full amount expended on the upgrade of a Garda station (details supplied); the works undertaken; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Reviews
249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the recommendations contained within Circular 05/2015 regarding the day subsistence allowance, and, in light of the...
- Legislative Measures
250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Construction Industry
251. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given the current housing crisis, if he has any plans to bring in qualified non-EU workers in the construction industry, such as...
- Statutory Instruments
252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to...
- Departmental Data
253. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 117 and 116 of 26 February 2025, the number of outstanding applications under the increased...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Admissions
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will look into the case of a child (details supplied) who has still not been offered a place in a special school; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Inquiries
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has sought legal advice from the Attorney General or from any other quarter as to whether denying pupils with moderate, severe and...
- Schools Building Projects
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10247/25]
- Teaching Qualifications
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the proposed time bound provision for teachers who qualified outside of the Republic of Ireland; and if she will make a...
- Teacher Training
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a shortage of Home Economics teachers currently; how her Department plans to address this issue as schools have been left...
- School Funding
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to a secondary school (details supplied) to apply for developing a community garden on the school grounds and whether her...
- Departmental Data
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of the primary and post primary schools in Dublin south central, in tabular form. [10268/25]
- Schools Building Projects
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the status on a new multi-denominational secondary school for Dublin 8. [10270/25]
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plan to support a school community (details supplied) in the transition to a Gaelcholáiste; the plan to ensure that staff do not lose...
- Schools Building Projects
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her plans to increase the number of multi-denominational schools by 2030. [10278/25]
- Citizens' Assembly
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plan to hold a citizens' assembly on the future of education during her term. [10280/25]
- Equality Issues
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills on her plans to amend S37(1) of the employment equality act to prohibit discrimination against teachers on the grounds of religion. [10281/25]
- Departmental Data
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils enrolled in junior infants in existing primary schools in County Clare in tabular form for the school years 2022/2023,...
- School Curriculum
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the introduction of a basic cookery skills program at national school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Planning Issues
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what planning has taken place in her Department in relation to projected population growth in Portmarnock, County Dublin, and the projected...
- School Enrolments
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is confident that there will be enough school places in Portmarnock, County Dublin, based on the current population plus the projected...
- Educational Disadvantage
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place for the introduction of extra time in second level examinations for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and other learning...
- Statutory Instruments
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Statutory Instruments she envisages being brought forward and signed by her Department during the first six months of 2025; to highlight in...
- Departmental Inquiries
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a submission by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10406/25]
- Education Policy
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will update the current policy for providing funding to schools for the installation of solar panels to allow for ground-based panels as...
- Schools Amalgamation
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application to amalgamate two schools (details supplied); and if the next step in the process will be expedited. [10466/25]
- Schools Building Projects
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case for new classrooms for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10486/25]
- Special Educational Needs
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the application before her Department for new autism classes at a school in County Clare (details supplied); and...
- School Accommodation
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the up-to-date position on additional classroom accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Admissions
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the sourcing of a special school place for a child (details supplied) is possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10520/25]
- Schools Building Projects
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the timeline for the delivery of the permanent school build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- School Management
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will take account of the concerns raised by the Board of Management of a school (details supplied) regarding the design of the...
- School Accommodation
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has made projections for the percentage of the school going population who will need to be accommodated in either a special...
- School Facilities
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will approach Fingal County Council to ask it to allow a school (details supplied) use of Fingal owned land to the north of the...
- Education and Training Boards
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to engage with the CEO of Tipperary ETB in order to urgently review a decision to dispose of Butler Charteris Hall, Cahir (details supplied)....
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tourism Industry
289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to address the issue of price gouging in the tourism sector in the context the State hosting high-profile international...
- Sports Facilities
290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the programme of work to be undertaken by his officials to implement the Programme for Government’s commitment...
- Gender Equality
291. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the programme of work to be to implement the Programme for Government’s commitment to ‘Develop a...
- Labour Market
292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the actions he is taking to address labour shortages in the hospitality and tourism sector; and if he will...
- Departmental Inquiries
293. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on an appeal by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Statutory Instruments
295. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to...
- Departmental Funding
296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to continue funding for the basic income for the arts scheme announced as part of Budget 2025 beyond the current...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Inquiries
297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10416/25]
- Vacant Properties
298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant property refurbishment grants that have been applied for in each of the past four years; the number drawn...
- Departmental Inquiries
299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if information is available to the public relating to Land Registry applications; if the original documents are available for...
- Departmental Data
301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list the social and affordable housing projects that have been approved since 1 January 2025 and to provide a breakdown by...
- Statutory Instruments
302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025;...
- Departmental Data
304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the number of solar PV provided in each of the years from 2020 to date in schemes, broken down by...
- Fire Stations
305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans in place for the locating of a fire station in Lucan. [10437/25]
- Inland Fisheries
306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm that his Department received written advice from Inland Fisheries Ireland in September 2010 to list pike...
- Environmental Schemes
307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on plans to commission a new nest protection service for the Slieve Bloom mountains, including...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Rental Sector
308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on rent supplement limits (details supplied); whether he considers these to be completely outdated; and if he will...
- Disability Services
309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is accurately classified in their receipt of disability allowance. [10274/25]
- Departmental Inquiries
310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10282/25]
- Social Welfare Payments
311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the payment of State non-contributory pension will be restored in the case of persons (details supplied). [10287/25]
- Departmental Inquiries
312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [10303/25]
- Statutory Instruments
313. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of...
- School Meals Programme
314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if they will instruct his Department to reevaluate partnerships with private companies supplying food as part of the hot...
- Departmental Data
315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 27 February 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of payments under the...
- Family Support Services
320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the 46,000 households that received a €400 lump sum working family...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average timeline for each stage in the recruitment of a new Garda, from application to job offer, by county, in tabular...
- Courts Service
322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been brought to reports of threats and intimidation of legal practitioners and Courts Service staff from...
- Human Rights
323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 9 November 2023, if he will now provide an update with respect to the Irish...
- An Garda Síochána
325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of EVs within the Garda fleet at present; if he will outline how the numbers have grown in the past two or three...
- Departmental Programmes
327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to the operation of the immigrant investor programme, what the status is of those applications which had been...
- Statutory Instruments
328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025;...
- Departmental Reviews
329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review case of a person (details supplied) regarding a visa issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10343/25]
- Sentencing Policy
330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will instruct his Department to examine the current laws surrounding concurrent sentences in order to ensure sentencing...
- Immigration Support Services
331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a designated immigration officer could be requested to contact an applicant (details supplied) setting out in detail the...
- Visa Applications
332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on a visit a family/friend visa appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Inquiries
334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the current condition of a facility (details supplied); if he will consider upgrading these facilities to...
- Missing Persons
336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons reported missing, by nationality, in each of the past ten years. [10458/25]
- An Garda Síochána
338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order unit vans attached to the Galway division as of 17 February 2025; and if he will provide...
- Jury Service
339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and percentage of citizens who have received a summons for jury service and have been excused on grounds of...
- Departmental Communications
341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the email address citizenshipinfo@justice.ie was retired; the reason it was retired; if this was communicated to existing...
- Citizenship Applications
342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1000 of 17 January 2024, if he will report on the progress made developing new guidelines...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Schemes
343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review was undertaken of the Brexit fish processor transition scheme following its conclusion; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Schemes
344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an ACRES payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Statutory Instruments
347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to...
- Departmental Inquiries
348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the news story of five horses being put down after being found ill on an Irish transport in subpar conditions...
- Agriculture Schemes
349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason two persons (details supplied) have not received their ACRES payments; the date upon which they can expect to receive...
- Departmental Inquiries
350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plans are in place to remove all the trees felled by recent storms from National Parks and our roadsides, many of which pose...
- Departmental Consultations
351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific timeline for making the results of his Department’s consultation on surgical artificial insemination in...
- Departmental Regulations
352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update and specific timeline as to when we can expect the publication and entry into force of the regulations banning...
- Greyhound Industry
353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds homed by the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust (IRGT) for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023...
- Pesticide Use
355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 697 and 698 of 25 February 2025, if he will provide an update on his Department’s...
- Animal Welfare
356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to tackle the neglect and abuse of horses, particularly in urban areas; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes
357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing a 2024 ACRES payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fishing Industry
362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that in recent days, there are approximately 70 large third country pelagic trawlers, from Norway, Iceland, Faroes,...
- Departmental Regulations
363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that existing legislation and regulations are adequate to ensure the provision of safe corridor widths for tree...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
364. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 20 February 2025, how a decision was made to award the contract in...
- Departmental Schemes
365. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to extending the accommodation recognition payment of €800 monthly in its...
- Disabilities Assessments
366. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 25 February 2025, to provide details indicating the length of time...
- Disability Services
367. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies in County Mayo within children’s disability network teams; the length of time...
- Childcare Services
368. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of her plans for affordable childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10276/25]
- Statutory Instruments
369. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the Statutory Instruments she envisages being brought forward and signed by her Department during the first six...
- Departmental Inquiries
370. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the issue of childcare shortages (details supplied); her plans to resolve this matter; and if she...
- Childcare Services
371. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider creating more peer support for children who have lost a parent; and if she will make a...
- Disability Services
372. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff in CDNTs in County Offaly, in tabular form; and the percentage of full-time posts filled for...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
374. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she accepts that General Comments of UN Conventions are “legally persuasive” documents as per...
- Family Resource Centres
380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the proposals there are to expand and/or provide new family resource centres in 2025; and if she will make a...
- School Staff
382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be provided with an additional allocation of WTE therapist hours for the new...
- Department of Health
- General Practitioner Services
383. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the existence and tax treatment of medical charities operating GP practices is currently not under consideration as part of the primary care review...
- Dental Services
384. To ask the Minister for Health the current procedure for emergency dental treatment for children under the age of 16 years when dental clinics are closed; and there plans to improve...
- Health Services
385. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the final recommendations of the National Taskforce on the Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor Workforce; if the medical...
- Mental Health Services
386. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the waiting list times for occupational therapy appointments, and CAMHS wait times, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- National Children's Hospital
387. To ask the Minister for Health the current estimate on the final cost of the new National Children’s Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5045/25]
- Health Services
388. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding the implementation of the maternity model of care for women with epilepsy; when the appointment of clinical posts at each of the...
- Medical Register
389. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the epilepsy pregnancy register; the resources which have been allocated to this register; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
390. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 17 October 2024, if he will provide an update on the replacement of an ophthalmologist and the current status of...
- Hospital Facilities
391. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on ongoing projects at Beaumont Hospital, extension to radiation oncology, the 100-bed ward block, the 64-bed ICU block and the new emergency...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
392. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork. [10198/25]
- Mental Health Services
393. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification regarding the recent cancellation of CAMHS services in Team 1 for under 18s in Leitrim/East Sligo/West Cavan; the refusal of new referrals...
- Departmental Inquiries
394. To ask the Minister for Health when a person [details supplied] will receive an appointment in the Urology Department of University Hospital Galway for a TURP procedure; and if she will make...
- Mental Health Services
395. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the lack of psychiatry supports in a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10277/25]
- Hospital Equipment
397. To ask the Minister for Health the number of x-ray, CT and MRI scanners in situ at University Hospital Limerick; the number of scanners not currently in working order, in tabular form; and...
- Ambulance Service
398. To ask the Minister for Health for an employment report, to include the following categories: medical and dental, nursing and midwifery, health and social care professionals, management and...
- Hospital Services
400. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgeries cancelled at Ennis Hospital during each month of 2024 and to date in January 2025; and if she will provide a breakdown of the surgical...
- General Practitioner Services
401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs per thousand of population, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10295/25]
- Medical Cards
402. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved immediately for a person (details supplied). [10306/25]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
403. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery. [10317/25]
- Departmental Meetings
404. To ask the Minister for Health to outline and list all the agencies and organisations she met in her first thirty days in office, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
405. To ask the Minister for Health to list the total number of elective procedures cancelled and or deferred in the UL Hospital Group, by hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Staff
406. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nursing staff working in the UHL accident and emergency department Dooradoyle; the number of vacant nursing posts; when these posts will be...
- Statutory Instruments
407. To ask the Minister for Health the Statutory Instruments she envisages being brought forward and signed by her Department during the first six months of 2025; to highlight in particular...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
408. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support funding for a self-powered wheelchair for a person (details supplied) with significant mobility issues and who is financially unable to...
- Health Services
409. To ask the Minister for Health when the community neurorehabilitation team for CHO6, based in Bray, will start offering services to the public; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Gender Recognition
410. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the exact number of children on hormone blockers in Ireland currently. [10349/25]
- Dental Services
417. To ask the Minister for Health if the patients of a dentist (details supplied) who is no longer practising will receive compensation; if the Government will step in to provide compensation;...
- Primary Care Services
418. To ask the Minister for Health the updated timelines on primary care psychology waiting list for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10374/25]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
419. To ask the Minister for Health the updated timelines on the autism diagnostic assessment waiting list for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10375/25]
- Health Services
420. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the free contraceptive scheme to include long-term, hormone-free contraceptives for women such as the mini-TT 380...
- Emergency Departments
421. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children over the age of 16 years are required to use adult accident and emergency services rather than the children’s hospital; and if she...
- Health Service Executive
422. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on each of the following HSE campaigns (details supplied) in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [10384/25]
- Health Services Staff
424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors, by hospital, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10391/25]
- Health Services
431. To ask the Minister for Health her views on physician associates within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10434/25]
- State Claims Agency
432. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed report regarding the number of claims against each maternity hospital, including University Hospital Kerry, in 2021; the amount...
- Hospital Facilities
442. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to install a dedicated maternity theatre at University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10450/25]
- Emergency Departments
443. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the additional financial burden placed on individuals who present at accident-and-emergency departments after a road-traffic accident (details...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
444. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on University Hospital Galway’s waiting list for the pain clinic; the length of time they have been waiting; and if she will make...
- Disability Diagnoses
445. To ask the Minister for Health if she will issue a primary disability certificate in respect of a patient (details supplied) in County Kerry who is disabled most of their life and is in very...
- Mental Health Services
446. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychotherapists employed in Galway mental health services in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10470/25]
- Ambulance Service
447. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded by the National Ambulance Service, by clinical status and sub status for January in each of the years 2022 and...
- Hospital Staff
448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in obstetrics and gynaecology based at the maternity department of Galway University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to...
- Disability Services
449. To ask the Minister for Health the reason appellants involved in the primary disability medical certificate appeals process have to wait up to 12 months to receive an appointment for an...
- Hospital Facilities
452. To ask the Minister for Health when a proposed new health care facility (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; the level of accommodation and range of services to be provided;...
- Health Services
453. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she will introduce to ensure quicker access to new medicines and treatments for all patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Civil Registration Service
454. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the Civil Registration Service online appointment booking system requests that interpreters be present for any language other than...
- Hospital Equipment
456. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene to resolve ongoing problems with the delivery of radiation therapy at University Hospital Limerick, which is caused by hardware issues...
- Home Care Packages
457. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 12 February 2025, the reason the HSE has not yet written to this Deputy on the matter; and the date upon which an...
- Ambulance Service
458. To ask the Minister for Health if the amount of the €16 million Budget 2025 allocation for the National Ambulance Service that was to be used to train advanced paramedics; and the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plan to provide pay parity for tutors in the adult education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10273/25]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Development Projects
468. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans to roll out the community centre investment scheme again this year; if so, when will applications open; and if he...
- Legislative Programme
469. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to...
- Community Development Projects
470. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will be issued on the grant application submitted by an organisation (details supplied) under the community centres...
