Written answers

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      164. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with representatives of the US-Jewish community during his visit to the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day and the reports...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Industry
      124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that women have always been integral to the family farm but that their crucial role has often not been fully recognised or...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on negotiations regarding the Common Agricultural Policy post 2027; if he has had discussions on the same with his...
    • Agriculture Industry
      126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the operation of the agri-tax initiatives to help farmers and farm families with succession planning; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers still awaiting payment for ACRES for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13629/25]
    • Animal Diseases
      129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reports his Department has received regarding elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus among elephants in Dublin Zoo in 2024; the...
    • Harbours and Piers
      130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the regulations of his Department's funding scheme for local authority ports and harbours to include the costs of...
    • Fisheries Protection
      131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of banning pair trawling inside the six-mile zone (details supplied). [4494/25]
    • Forestry Sector
      132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of hectares newly afforested in each year 2020 to 2024; the afforestation targets for each year 2025 to 2030; and if...
    • Fisheries Protection
      133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 26 September 2024, the status of the report further to the public consultation on a...
    • Trade Sanctions
      134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made by his Department to mitigate against the potential threat of tariffs and their impact on Irish farmers and...
    • Agriculture Supports
      135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to ensure the good mental health and well-being of farmers. [13808/25]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when actions for the national sheep welfare scheme will be published; when the scheme will open for applications; and if he will make...
    • Animal Welfare
      137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the progress of his Department’s investigation into the animal welfare issues raised in a recent...
    • Horticulture Sector
      138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide targeted financial assistance to horticulturists who do not meet the €7,500 minimum investment...
    • Animal Welfare
      139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to tackle the neglect and abuse of horses in Cork North Central, particularly with summer...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers in Cavan and Monaghan impacted by delays to ACRES payments to date; the number who still have not been...
    • Forestry Sector
      142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of windblow-related felling licences received since Storm Éowyn; the current processing times for these types of...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the ongoing funding deficiencies in State marine infrastructure, particularly in counties like Donegal, which has...
    • Nitrates Usage
      144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there is an understanding of the importance of the Nitrates derogation among EU counterparts; and if he will...
    • Food Prices
      145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the significant disparity between the forward malting barley price offered by a company (details supplied) of €240/t and...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the organic payment scheme received by his Department from Galway city and county to date; the number...
    • Agriculture Industry
      148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking regarding succession in farming, in view that this is a critical issue which must be urgently...
    • Forestry Sector
      149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address the long waiting time farmers face to obtain felling licences, which are taking months and even years to process despite...
    • Departmental Funding
      150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding allocated to the wool council since its establishment on 5 April 2023; if all of the €30,000...
    • Horticulture Sector
      151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide targeted financial assistance to horticulturists for the replacement of plastic polytunnel covers and...
    • Tillage Sector
      152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department is supporting and will support the development of a commercial flour sector in Ireland, including through the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if eligibility for back-up power generators applies to all farmers; if not, if he will extend eligibility to all schemes; how farmers...
    • Agriculture Industry
      154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to address concerns around declining numbers of young people entering farming, particularly in light of...
    • Horticulture Sector
      155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide direct financial assistance to the horticulture sector to compensate for crop damage and income loss...
    • Forestry Sector
      156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has consulted with the ESB in relation to setbacks and corridors for powerlines going through forestry plantations;...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconsider the proposal of rewetting land as it is very unfair to farmers who have been doing their best to farm peaty...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the ongoing delay in updating the TAMS reference costs, which has been flagged by an organisation (details supplied) as...
    • Agriculture Supports
      159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to financially reward farmers for carbon sequestration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13687/25]
    • Environmental Schemes
      160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 100,000 haof non-carbon soils (mineral soils) included in the GAEC 2 standard will be subject to the same regulations as...
    • Control of Horses
      161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider amending the Control of Horses Act 1996 and appoint an equine officer; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Diseases
      162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the success of new regulations introduced to combat bovine tuberculosis since 2020; the new measures he intends...
    • Wildlife Protection
      163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of staff resources in Naas regional veterinary office dedicated to the wildlife programme in each of the years from 2015...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      165. To ask the Taoiseach to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works acquired through public...
    • Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
      166. To ask the Taoiseach the circumstances in which a person may request a summary of reasons for a decision not to prosecute by the Director of Public Prosecutions; the relevant legislation...
    • Departmental Staff
      167. To ask the Taoiseach the details of any secondments from consulting firms to his Department since 2020; the consulting firm involved; the purpose of the secondment; the durations of the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      168. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department, or any agency under his Department’s remit, have, since 1 November 2024, entered any contract in respect of a hotel (details supplied) or have...
    • Social Media
      169. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his Department’s social media accounts, or the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Military Aircraft
      170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the processes that were followed in the decision to allow US military Osprey jets fly over Dublin on 26 August 2023; if safety concerns...
    • Data Protection
      171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the firing of three members of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board by the Trump...
    • Departmental Bodies
      173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm the names of the members of his Department's strategic economic advisory panel; how many times the panel has met; if he will...
    • Consular Services
      174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the manner in which Irish embassies and consulates around the world are assisting with the dissemination of information related to the...
    • Departmental Data
      176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given that his Department remains the data holder for passports issued as part of the Ireland-US adoption scheme from the late 1940s through...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works...
    • Departmental Bodies
      180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial in...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Irish Embassy to the United States of America had any engagement with the Trump Administration on Conor McGregor’s recent...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a list of civilian infrastructure projects supported by Irish Aid in Palestine; and an update on how each project has fared under...
    • Foreign Policy
      183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision of the Russian election commission to ban opposition candidates such as persons (details supplied) from standing...
    • Departmental Contracts
      184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of contracts an organisation (details supplied) has had with his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; the nature of the...
    • Official Engagements
      185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he met with the US House of Representatives Minority Leader during his visit to New York for St. Patrick's Day events. [13866/25]
    • Passport Services
      188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14041/25]
    • Social Media
      189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his Department’s...
    • United Nations
      190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what position Ireland will take regarding the nomination of Annalena Baerbock for the position of president of the United Nations General...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Infrastructure
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the plans for the new Gas Networks Ireland, GNI, LNG gas jetty will be available; the way in which the plans will...
    • Energy Production
      192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the Biomethane Implementation Groups progress to date regarding the development of the anaerobic...
    • Energy Prices
      193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proceeds collected arising from the cap on market revenues to date; the use to which these monies will be put; and...
    • Legislative Programme
      194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment on the general scheme and regulatory impact assessment of the air pollution Act (amendment) Bill 2024 will undergo...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a progress report on the consultation on community benefit funds under the renewable energy support scheme; and if...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which...
    • Energy Policy
      198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment given that our country has banned fracking due to its well-documented impacts on public health and the environment, how...
    • Waste Management
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that are being taken to address the growing issue of textile waste in Ireland; and the further steps that are...
    • Energy Policy
      200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Government's policy statement on the importation of fracked gas; if the Government still maintains...
    • Official Engagements
      201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he met with the mayor of Miami during the recent Saint Patrick's Day events. [13846/25]
    • Noise Pollution
      202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 26 February 2025, if he will provide information in relation to reports on...
    • Energy Conservation
      203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to introduce stand-alone grants, outside of the One Stop Shop, for retrofitting windows and doors in...
    • Social Media
      204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his...
    • Illegal Dumping
      205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost to each of the four Dublin local authorities for the collection and management of illegal dumping each year...
    • Air and Water Pollution
      206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the issues regarding air pollution in Cork and the health risks associated (details supplied); the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with officials from communications companies (details supplied) since taking up his post and, if so, to...
  • Department of Defence
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      208. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works...
    • Departmental Bodies
      209. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial in...
    • Air Corps
      210. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding is available this year to replace the air traffic control tower at Casement Aerodrome; and, if so, when this work will commence....
    • Departmental Properties
      211. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to bring vacant units on the ground floor of the married quarters at Cathal Brugha Barracks back into use; and if he will make a...
    • Social Media
      212. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his Department’s...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Traffic Offences
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner drivers disqualified in court each year from 2020 to 2024 who failed to comply with the requirement to surrender...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if discussion is expected regarding CIÉ pensioners having not received an increase in their pension since 2008; when they will...
    • Road Projects
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further funding will be provided to assist people getting roads done through the community involvement schemes in Kerry; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to improve travel times on the Sligo to Dublin rail line; the plans that are in place to upgrade the current...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding any research or legal advice provided to him regarding proposals to amend existing inspection procedures at...
    • Bus Services
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will develop badly needed bus shelters at bus stops in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the commitment to delivering the MetroLink project, particularly in relation to its role in improving public transport...
    • Bus Services
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the estimated number of ‘Ghost buses’ in the Dublin 15 areas in a news report (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Meetings
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a meeting will be facilitated for a representative group (details supplied). [13424/25]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to amend the CIÉ superannuation scheme for CIÉ pensioners, who have not received an increase in their pension for the past 17...
    • Rail Network
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress of the DART+ West scheme; if capital funding for the scheme is provided in the NTA's allocation for 2025...
    • Road Projects
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will provide funding for the new bridge in Sligo (details supplied); if so, the estimated allocation for this project;...
    • Traffic Management
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent of collaboration between the National Transport Agency, An Garda Síochána and Dublin City Council on the deployment...
    • Bus Services
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review correspondence (details supplied); if he will raise this case with Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider opening a driving test centre in Fermoy, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13527/25]
    • Bus Services
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a bus service from Ballydangan to Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13535/25]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when real time, complete information on court driver disqualifications will flow between the courts, the Road Safety Authority, the Irish...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works...
    • Rail Network
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to engage with Irish Rail and enquire as to their current disposal method for concrete railway sleepers; if they have plans to resume the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial...
    • Road Signage
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new speed limit signs installed to reflect the introduction of lower speed limits on 7 February 2025, by local authority;...
    • Driver Test
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to various instances of driving tests being delayed in some cases for several months; if he will instruct...
    • Electric Vehicles
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is the case that the electric vehicle grant for SPSVs is closed; the date on which it closed, and the reason for its closure; his...
    • Rail Network
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the possibility of allowing the Foynes to Limerick rail line to be used as part of a Limerick metropolitan rail network; and...
    • Road Projects
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timeline for the delivery of the N69 Limerick to Foynes project, which needs to be completed by 2030 to ensure...
    • Public Transport
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if and when Dundalk will be included in the Dublin commuter zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13666/25]
    • Air Services
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a request by the Shannon Airport Group from 2022 seeking financial support to establish a route to Amsterdam under a...
    • Airport Policy
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made in identifying potential alternative flight paths for the north runway at Dublin Airport, as committed to at the...
    • Taxi Licences
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expedite the process of drivers renewing their PSV licences, as delays have led to significant loss in earnings for these...
    • Traffic Management
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason it became the policy of the Government or Transport Infrastructure Ireland to remove roundabouts throughout the country when...
    • Rail Network
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Éireann will fund a project (details supplied); and, if so, when this work will commence. [13852/25]
    • Official Engagements
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Minister of State at his Department, Deputy Buttimer, met with the New Zealand Prime Minister during the recent Saint Patrick's...
    • Dublin Bus
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and percentage of the Dublin Bus fleet over 12 years old, as of 14 March 2025. [13854/25]
    • Traffic Management
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is Government policy to remove roundabouts; if so, where this decision originated from; the reason for same; and if he will make a...
    • Official Engagements
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has spoken with his UK counterpart since his appointment. [13921/25]
    • Bus Services
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will fund the installation of a real time information display screen at bus stop number 739 in Dublin. [13997/25]
    • Transport Costs
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to the 2025 Taxsaver fares determination and the new fare structure...
    • Social Media
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his...
    • Public Transport
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Dundalk has been excluded from the new zonal ticketing system for the Dublin Commuter Area, as outlined in the 2024 public...
  • Department of Finance
    • Customs and Excise
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 5 February 2025, the number of prosecutions that were taken at both district and circuit court level in each year...
    • Tax Reliefs
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reintroducing the regional uplift for film production; if he will implement a similar scheme to incentivise film production in the...
    • Tax Code
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding any review or research being carried out by his Department into inheritance tax parameters; if the existing relationship category...
    • Insurance Coverage
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) who cannot get flood protection insurance but whose area has not flooded in their 32 years of...
    • Tax Credits
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the case of a person (details supplied) and their entitlement to single parent tax benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13398/25]
    • Insurance Coverage
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to prevent the discrimination of people who were seriously ill in the past, to purchase mortgage protection insurance (details supplied); and if he...
    • Tax Code
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the anomaly that exists in regard to inheritance tax in respect of childless couples (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Banking Sector
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage share and value of securitised mortgages held by each bank in the State; the share of securitised mortgages that have been used as collateral...
    • Tax Reliefs
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider the introduction of a mortgage interest relief scheme, similar to what was available to individuals who drew down mortgages from 2008 to 2012; and...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works acquired through...
    • Departmental Bodies
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial in nature. [13574/25]
    • Tax Reliefs
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted any studies on the effect of the €14,000 rent a room tax relief; his views on whether it may be pushing up the rental...
    • Tax Exemptions
      285. To ask the Minister for Finance if lands which are subject to RZLT and are currently in probate following the death of the landowner will be exempted from the tax until ownership of the...
    • Social Media
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his Department’s social media...
    • Tax Code
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to change the current inheritance tax policy for individuals without children, to increase the inheritance tax exemption threshold for these...
    • Insurance Coverage
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the provision of travel insurance for people over 70 years of age (details supplied); the actions he...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide clarity on vehicle registration tax payments for cross-Border workers who work in Northern Ireland and receive a company car registered in Northern...
    • Credit Unions
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to bring the credit union sector under the scope of the Dormant Accounts Act 2021, in order that the dormant accounts within credit unions can...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Heritage Sites
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what plans there are for the protection and proper use of the Hill of Tara site. [14233/25]
    • Civil Service
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the outsourcing of jobs within Departments; how much this has cost; if there will be a move to cut back on outsourcing...
    • Public Services Provision
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date for the roll out of the digital wallet; when persons will have access to the digital wallet; the status of the project; if...
    • Flood Risk Management
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to examine a case of flooding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13445/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and...
    • Coast Guard Service
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the status of a project (details supplied) which has been granted planning permission; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial...
    • Flood Risk Management
      298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the progress of flood prevention measures for an area (details supplied); if the diversion of the local river...
    • Official Engagements
      299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Minister of State Higgins met with the Governor of Western Australia during her visit there for Saint Patrick's Day events. [13867/25]
    • Office of Public Works
      300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE OPW-employed staff, by job title and gender, working in Dublin Castle as of 18 March 2025. [13868/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline, in relation to public procurement carried out at local authority level, his views on reports (details supplied) that chief...
    • Office of Public Works
      302. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the refurbishment works that the OPW has scheduled to carry out at Coolock Garda station for the remainder of 2025; and when each of...
    • Social Media
      303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his...
    • Flood Risk Management
      304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm that Mogeely, County Cork, will be included under tranche two of the OPW flood protection scheme. [14187/25]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Trade Agreements
      305. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made to oppose the Mercosur Deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13988/25]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      306. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the Government has considered expediting a targeted support plan for SMEs, particularly in rural and regional areas, to...
    • Business Supports
      307. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an appeals process will be introduced for the increased cost of business and power up grant schemes, as a number of businesses...
    • Data Centres
      308. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department plans to carry out an analysis on the economic and local and community impact of data centres in rural areas; if...
    • Public Spending Code
      309. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific data fields included in prompt payment reports as mandated by Government decision S29296; and if he will provide a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      313. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      314. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are...
    • Regional Development
      315. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans in place for the implementation of the Shannon Foynes Task Force Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Company Liquidations
      316. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the issues surrounding the liquidation of a company (details supplied); if he will consider a review to legislation...
    • Industrial Development
      317. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he will take in collaboration with the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland to support new businesses and...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      318. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to confirm the foreign direct investment employment recorded in County Louth from 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [13831/25]
    • Industrial Development
      322. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons employed in Enterprise Ireland-supported companies in Drogheda and Dundalk from 2020 to 2024 and to date in...
    • Job Creation
      323. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is considering establishing a dedicated jobs task force for Drogheda to provide fundamental opportunities for job growth in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      324. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE staff, by job title, based in IDA offices located in northern California and in New York as of 18 March 2025, and...
    • Business Supports
      325. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his officials can make contact with a company (details supplied) that has written to him seeking his assistance; and if he...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      326. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant WTE posts, by job title currently at the Workplace Relations Commission; and the estimated timeframe in which...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      327. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider reopening the trading online voucher grant scheme to assist SMEs with the creation of an online presence; and if...
    • Social Media
      328. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his...
    • Business Supports
      329. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which he intends to support the MedTech sector, given that the Programme for Government highlights it as a sector where...
    • Trade Sanctions
      330. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his contribution to the decisions by the EU to retaliate to the threatened US tariffs; his contribution to the selection of targets...
    • Workplace Discrimination
      331. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has examined the issue of file padding in the workplace, where employers fabricate or exaggerate disciplinary...
    • Industrial Disputes
      332. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of a dispute between workers and an employer (details supplied); if he will instruct his Department to investigate the...
    • Company Liquidations
      333. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that a business is facing the prospect of making over one thousand security officers redundant by going through the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Period Poverty
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budgetary amount allocated to the provision of a range of free, adequate, safe and suitable period products in all educational publicly...
    • School Equipment
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to rollout an ICT grant for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13293/25]
    • School Funding
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the severe financial difficulties at a school (details supplied) due to the inadequacy of its capitation...
    • Site Acquisitions
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 5 February 2025, if she will provide an update regarding the transfer of a site (details supplied)...
    • Schools Building Projects
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13316/25]
    • School Staff
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she has plans to ensure that bus escorts can get paid their salary throughout the entire year rather than during the school term and...
    • School Curriculum
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if other modules will be rolled out for the level two learning programme for September 2025 in view of the fact that only literacy and numeracy...
    • School Funding
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will approve emergency funding for a DEIS Band 1 school (details supplied) which is due to run out of money from 1 April 2025,...
    • Teacher Training
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the large cohort of students on post-primary ITE programmes, if she will address the inequity whereby Gaeilge student teachers...
    • School Accommodation
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a special classroom for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13407/25]
    • School Discipline
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to instigate a child protection review of the recently published ‘Understanding Behaviours of Concern and Responding to Crisis...
    • School Accommodation
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will sanction the two modular classrooms for a school (details supplied). [13439/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD classes approved in 2025 at both primary and secondary level in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Funding
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the position of a school (details supplied) regarding a lack of funding; if she is aware of developments indicating the school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for when the stage 2(a) meeting will take place between her Department and a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • School Enrolments
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a shortage of primary school places in Dunshaughlin for September 2025 and that her Department has been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13503/25]
    • School Staff
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that school bus escorts are left unemployed during the summer months and often experience delays with accessing social protection...
    • School Transport
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason children (details supplied) have to be driven 1 km to be picked up by the school bus on an unsafe road; and if she will make a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by her Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works...
    • Departmental Bodies
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of her Department, which are quasi-judicial in...
    • School Transport
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will implement the recommendations of the school transport review concerning lowering the minimum distance limits in relation to the...
    • School Accommodation
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details of her engagements with a school (details supplied) regarding their proposal to temporarily house a proposed special school in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a cap on special needs assistants for 2025 and 2026; what that cap is, and if it is being reviewed in light of increased demand; and...
    • Teacher Training
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the colleges and courses where it is possible for a student to complete primary school teacher training entirely through the medium of...
    • Departmental Funding
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the conditions or guidelines attached to the £20 million allocated to the Department of Education in the north of Ireland by the Shared...
    • School Funding
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sufficient funding will be provided to two schools (details supplied) to ensure they can continue to operate. [13660/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a place in an autism special school setting will be provided for a child (details supplied). [13699/25]
    • School Funding
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of expenditure of public funds to private schools; the purpose of the funding, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that children are accessing access and inclusion model support in early years settings, if she will clarify that these figures are being...
    • Official Engagements
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she met with her Australian counterpart during her recent visit to Australia for St. Patrick's Day events. [13871/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 5 February 2025, for a status update on her Department’s efforts to secure the necessary...
    • School Accommodation
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the works required for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13891/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new ASD classes delivered in Galway post-primary schools in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [13902/25]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [13903/25]
    • School Funding
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13904/25]
    • Education Welfare Service
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in Clare in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13905/25]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [13906/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many vacancies for special education needs organiser posts that exist in the Louth area; and when will those posts be filled, in tabular...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [13908/25]
    • Education Welfare Service
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in Cavan in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13909/25]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS schools in Kerry; and the location of name of those schools, in tabular form. [13910/25]
    • Early School Leavers
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many staff members were employed to support the School Completion Programme in Donegal in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form....
    • School Enrolments
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected number of junior infant enrolments in County Kilkenny for September 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [13912/25]
    • School Funding
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13913/25]
    • Child Abuse
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Day and...
    • School Transport
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children carried on school buses entirely comprising 'concessionary' tickets due to the change in school transport scheme policy...
    • School Equipment
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further advice she has taken on the roll-out of phone pouches for schools since assuming office; the degree to which she has considered...
    • School Accommodation
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal by a school (details supplied) to develop two ASD modular units within the existing play area of the school; if she...
    • School Transport
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo is deemed the second-nearest school for a family in relation to the school transport scheme. [13990/25]
    • School Staff
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her position on the pay scale for special needs assistants who are offered full-time contracts and begin on point one of the scale but have years...
    • School Accommodation
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 that received funding from her Department for works under the minor works scheme in 2024; and the nature of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has not sanctioned a school (details supplied) to go to tender for the necessary extension of six classrooms and...
    • Social Media
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of her Department’s social...
    • Special Educational Needs
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a situation raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14063/25]
    • School Funding
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that further funding be made available with the utmost urgency to two schools (details supplied). [14064/25]
    • School Accommodation
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of an issue presenting for a primary school and an early learning and childcare facility (details supplied); if her Department...
    • School Curriculum
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans in place to set up a regional scheme to assist parents who wish to give their children the opportunity to complete...
    • Special Educational Needs
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the lack of supports for single working parents of children with autism (details supplied) during school holidays, as they rely on...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make provision for school secretaries to access pensions as Government employees. [14124/25]
    • School Enrolments
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of enrolment applications in a school (details supplied) in each of the past five years, compared to the number of students enrolled...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the number of National Educational Psychological Service assessments being made available for schools in Dublin South Central; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of plans to build primary and secondary schools in an area (details supplied). [14128/25]
    • School Funding
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current subvention paid to schools for transition year, per student; whether there is a cap on such subventions; and if she will make a...
    • Child Safety
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether it is possible for parents to be Garda vetted to assist second level schools in providing sufficient ratios of adults to children for...
    • School Funding
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools referred to the Financial Support Services Unit due to concerns in relation to financial pressures, for each of the past...
    • Special Educational Needs
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to develop ASD places in pre-school settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14186/25]
    • School Transport
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a review of the contracts for taxi drivers with Bus Éireann providing transport for children in special education, due to the age limit...
    • School Accommodation
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 5 February 2025, for an update on the status of an additional needs application from a school...
    • Education Policy
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to provide mixed gender schools in the Raheny area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14192/25]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct the Teaching Council to introduce a primary teaching degree programme in autism, for the purpose or teaching in autism classes...
    • School Enrolments
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in 4th, 5th and 6th class in primary schools in the Wicklow county districts (details provided), in tabular form;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm if there are any plans to develop a new secondary school in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Policy
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to review the policy which states that remote teaching and learning are not provided when schools are closed due to...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      429. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services...
    • Departmental Bodies
      430. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are...
    • Tourism Promotion
      431. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans in place to market the historic Valentia Cable Station in south Kerry as a tourist destination of high renown and...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      432. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports being put in place for the Irish language in Gaeltacht areas, to halt rural decline and support housing and social...
    • Official Engagements
      433. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he met with a person (details supplied) during his recent visit to the west coast of the United States. [13838/25]
    • Departmental Budgets
      434. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of the 2024 capital budget allocated to Fáilte Ireland that was actually spent; and if any underspent capital...
    • Departmental Consultations
      435. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; the companies involved; and...
    • Social Media
      436. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Waterways Issues
      437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if works will be carried out at the Canal at Ross Castle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water Services
      438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify whether the allocation of €1 billion in additional capital investment to Uisce Éireann announced as...
    • Waste Management
      439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reduce the significant waste generated by campaign posters and cable ties during election campaigns; if he will...
    • Housing Schemes
      440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications submitted from Donegal for the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of these applications that have...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the strategy of his Department in tackling the growth of rhododendron ponticum, working with concerned...
    • Defective Building Materials
      442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the commencement of a multi-stakeholder group (details supplied) on 27 March 2025 to address the range of...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the specific responsibilities delegated to each of the Ministers of State within his Department. [13420/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP, RAS and privately owned lease tenancies, long term leasing, enhanced leasing etc. in place at the end of...
    • Housing Provision
      445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of second hand acquisitions by local authorities and approved housing bodies funded by his Department in...
    • Grant Payments
      446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the available grants offered or issued by his Department from 2021 to year end 2025, including opening, closing and award...
    • Local Government Reform
      447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for establishing town councils; the population size needed to qualify for the establishment of a town council;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      451. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are...
    • Housing Provision
      452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the development at the Glass Bottle site in Ringsend; to outline the number of social or affordable homes that...
    • Local Authorities
      453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how much has been collected by each of the 31 local authorities on levies on unused zoned land, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Vacant Properties
      456. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the vacant property refurbishment grant; if he will make provision for successful applicants who exceed...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total capital expenditure in 2024 for the Social Housing Investment Programme, capital advance leasing facility, capital...
    • Housing Schemes
      459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the first-time buyers scheme will be extended to include second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authorities
      460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the preparation and issuing of a circular on best practice recommendations in relation to Irish language...
    • Meteorological Services
      462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the rationale for Met Éireann not providing flood forecasts or warnings for floods to the public via...
    • Official Engagements
      464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he met with the Chinese foreign minister during his visit there for St. Patrick's Day events. [13870/25]
    • Wind Energy Generation
      465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given that in 2015, the then-Minister committed that the Department would continue to liaise with the Department of Health...
    • Defective Building Materials
      467. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the growing number of older people living in homes with defective concrete blocks who would like to transfer...
    • Social Media
      468. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his...
    • Housing Provision
      469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in light of the ongoing delay in his Department's approvals for affordable housing projects funded via SHIP, CAS, CALF, CREL...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine the case of persons (details supplied) facing homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14120/25]
    • Vacant Properties
      472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant housing officers, per local authority, in terms of full-time equivalent posts, in tabular form; the...
    • Housing Schemes
      473. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households in receipt of HAP, by local authority, broken down by household dwelling type and type of HAP payment...
    • Housing Provision
      475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how buy and renew social homes are reported by his Department, as acquisitions or as new builds; the number of buy and renew...
    • Local Authorities
      477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the extent of commercial rates arrears carried by each local authority, for each of the past five years; the local...
    • Urban Development
      478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the establishment of the new town and cities infrastructure investment fund, specifically a timeline for the...
    • Housing Provision
      479. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing target completions for County Wicklow, by year, from 2025 to 2030; and the targets and actual completions, by...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is engaging with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding employment...
    • Social Welfare Code
      481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider changing the situation where a person in receipt of the old age pension (contributory) and caring...
    • School Meals Programme
      482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is satisfied that providers under the Hot School Meals Programme are not required to provide his Department with...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer’s allowance in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved; if...
    • Official Engagements
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will report on his visit to Atlanta and Savannah in the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings he...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of active rent supplement claims at the end of 2024, and the total expenditure by her Department on rent...
    • Departmental Policies
      488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans to bring forward proposals for a baby loss certificate, similar to the UK, for mothers and parents who lose a...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3 of the humanitarian assistance scheme following storm...
    • Community Welfare Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will reconsider the reinstatement of the community welfare officer service in Ballymahon, County Longford, given the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans to include healthcare workers suffering with long-Covid within the occupational injuries benefit scheme; and if he...
    • State Pensions
      512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a person (details supplied) is entitled to back-dated arrears to 2017 after being awarded a contributory State...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to list all social welfare payments which are currently payable to the surviving cohabiting partner of a deceased claimant...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if workers due to be made redundant in County Waterford (details supplied) will be able to avail of the pay-related...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13788/25]
    • Official Engagements
      516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he engaged with a person (details supplied) during his visit to Atlanta for St. Patrick's Day events. [13872/25]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans being considered to extend the proposed permanent annual cost of disability support payment to individuals who are...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance that are on appeal to the social welfare appeals office; and the number...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a person (details supplied) is classified in their receipt of disability allowance as an adult dependent. [13934/25]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications per county for stage 1 of the humanitarian assistance scheme for Storm Éowyn that were...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an invalidity pension will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the decision to close HAS1 applications was made, and when this decision was notified to those accepting and processing...
    • Social Media
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his...
    • Social Welfare Code
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is financial assistance available from his Department to an individual in receipt of a payment (details supplied)...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to increase child benefit, even in a targeted way for those on lower incomes; and if he will make a...
    • Community Welfare Services
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out by the State through community welfare officers to facilitate car repairs or maintenance to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer’s allowance application will be expedited in respect of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if...
    • Social Insurance
      538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has considered addressing the disparity in benefits eligibility between individuals who have paid PRSI contributions at...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Citizenship Applications
      540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the processing period for citizenship applications, in view of the fact a person (details supplied) has now being waiting five...
    • Visa Applications
      541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when two visa application will be completed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13300/25]
    • Data Protection
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the firing of three members of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board by the...
    • Immigration Policy
      544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a convicted rapist (details supplied) was allowed into this country; if there is protection in place by the...
    • Legal Aid
      545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the threshold to qualify for legal aid will be reduced; and when this matter was last reviewed. [13408/25]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline to ratify of the Council of Europe's Budapest convention on cybercrime; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of CCTV cameras located within the Dublin metropolitan region operated by An Garda Síochána between 2020...
    • An Garda Síochána
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on Garda numbers in a region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13481/25]
    • Visa Applications
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that received a holiday visa, a working visa or a student visa or any other visa for each of the past ten...
    • Family Reunification
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in respect of a family reunification application (details supplied). [13532/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by her Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services...
    • Departmental Bodies
      552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of motor vehicle users that have been detected travelling in excess of the new speed limits but within the old speed...
    • Asylum Applications
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the Afghan Admissions Programme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Prison Service
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to cases of delayed delivery of personal items to prisoners when they are being transferred...
    • Immigration Policy
      556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are adequate checks at ports and airports in relation to the movement of persons to this State; the proposals to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount An Garda Síochána has spent on purchasing vehicle stinger devices in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if each...
    • Official Engagements
      558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Minister of State at his Department, Deputy Niall Collins, met with the Mexican President during the recent St....
    • An Garda Síochána
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of indoor and outdoor firearm shooting ranges (excluding shooting ranges owned by the Defence Forces) to which armed...
    • Departmental Staff
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE department staff, by grade and gender, working at the border management unit at Dublin Airport, as of 18...
    • An Garda Síochána
      562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda command and control vehicles that came into the fleet in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the number...
    • Departmental Funding
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the names of projects within the Dublin north Garda division that received funding under the Community Safety Innovation Fund...
    • Departmental Data
      565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of rapes and sexual assaults that were recorded where the suspected offenders were on bail in each of the past three...
    • Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
      571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times in each of the past three years that the DPP has appealed decisions to grant bail, and the number of times...
    • An Garda Síochána
      572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the work of the An Garda Síochána recruitment training capacity planning group, including any plans...
    • Judicial Reviews
      583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judicial reviews taken against decisions of the International Protection Office or the International Protection...
    • An Garda Síochána
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality can he confirm that he has no plans to train trainee gardaí in any location other than Templemore Training College. [14033/25]
    • Social Media
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his...
    • Legal Aid
      586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether it is planned to conduct a review of the legal aid fees payable to solicitors on the District Court family law...
    • Crime Prevention
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of local community safety partnerships in each local authority and Garda division; and if he will make a statement...
    • Victim Support Services
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to improve supports for people who experience workplace violence, threats, stalking and stranger...
    • Domestic Violence
      593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the agreed Departmental definition of a refuge bed, a refuge unit, and a refuge space; if he will clarify the counting...
    • Crime Prevention
      598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the local community safety plan; how it is proposed to be set up; who appoints the chairperson;...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Legislative Reviews
      599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commence an urgent review of the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 and a consultation with the relevant...
    • Animal Welfare
      600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the case of persons (details supplied); if he will instruct his Department to take all necessary...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will be involved in the development of planning guidelines for solar farms, given the potential impact these...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      602. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department plans to carry out an analysis of the development of significant energy infrastructure and large energy users on...
    • Beef Sector
      603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the levels of Irish beef exports, by category, to the UK, for each month since January 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Supports
      604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he envisages the need for supports for farmers and Irish food producers in the event of the introduction or increase of tariffs on...
    • Fishing Industry
      607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that key stakeholders representing inshore and islands fishermen are no longer participating in the North West Herring...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      612. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are...
    • Legislative Programme
      614. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to publish the heads of the Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment) Bill; for an outline of the issues he intends to...
    • Agriculture Supports
      615. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide information relating to grants available to farmers for the construction of livestock underpasses; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Breeding
      616. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of recent additional requirements from Horse Sport Ireland for applicants to the breeding grants funds to provide a...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of plans to reintroduce a ban on pair trawling by large vessels within six nautical miles off the Irish coast (details...
    • Agriculture Supports
      618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are contingency plans in place to support farmers and agri-food producers in the event of an increase in tariffs on the...
    • Nitrates Usage
      620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on the work underway with regard to the Nitrates derogation given its importance of sectors of Irish farming; and if he...
    • Trade Sanctions
      621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with Government colleagues and European counterparts with regard to the threat of tariffs on food produce...
    • Departmental Staff
      622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the WTE staff, by job title, employed by his Department who are based in Dublin Port as of 18 March 2025. [13849/25]
    • Official Engagements
      623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Minister of State at his Department, Deputy Dooley, met with the Canadian foreign minister during the recent St. Patrick's Day...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      626. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to address delays in ACRES payments; the number of payments still outstanding; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Media
      627. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his...
    • Fishing Industry
      628. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with the representative organisations for fishermen to confirm their concerns that banks in the State are holding...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      630. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual CAP payments received by farmers in each county. [14194/25]
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disabilities Assessments
      631. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the extremely long waiting times children are facing when dealing with their assessment of...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      632. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any survivors of mother and baby homes represented on any of the committees overseeing the Centre...
    • Disability Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the implementation of community-based multidisciplinary rehabilitation services in every...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      637. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for the number of children aged zero to 18 in each of the integrated healthcare areas (IHA) by individual area,...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      638. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an eight-year-old child (details supplied) is facing an 18-month wait for an initial speech and...
    • Disability Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO and LHO, age category and time...
    • Home Care Packages
      643. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons the waiting list for home care packages, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [13341/25]
    • Childcare Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports to be provided to alleviate the financial and administrative burden the regulatory notice for...
    • Official Engagements
      646. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on her visit to London for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she attended, the issues that were...
    • Childcare Services
      648. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if flexibility can be applied to parents claiming the national childcare scheme but wish to pick children up...
    • Disability Services
      649. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline to ratify the second optional protocol of the UNCRC; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      650. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports offered for upgrading and maintenance of playground facilities; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      651. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps her Department plans to take to implement the recommendations of the report into pregnancy loss PLACES...
    • Departmental Strategies
      652. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the publication of the next National Strategy for Women and Girls; if this timeline has been...
    • Childcare Services
      653. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of community childcare services as a proportion of the total number of childcare services in each...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      655. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of the building blocks grant that has gone to private services versus community service in each...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      656. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline all efforts to advertise the mother and baby institutions payment scheme to date, in what countries...
    • Childcare Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will permit the extension of a sponsored claim through the national childcare scheme for two children...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      660. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by her Department and its agencies, including spending on...
    • Departmental Bodies
      661. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of her Department,...
    • Disability Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE administrative staff, by grade, based at Blanchardstown children's disability network team, as...
    • Rights of the Child
      663. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of plans to develop a national policy on the rights of children living in informal kinship care; and...
    • Disability Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received to date in 2025 for respite care in County Meath; and the number of persons...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      666. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on the review of their mother and baby institutions...
    • Social Media
      667. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each...
    • Childcare Services
      668. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will engage with and provide supports to a company in order for it to continue with the provision of...
    • Disability Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage level of staffing in each Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) in Fingal; the average...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Homes
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for people housed in social housing who are in need of a nursing home place and do not qualify for the fair deal scheme; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      674. To ask the Minister for Health for a statement on the Baggot Street Hospital; for a statement on the registration of the site on the Intra-State Register for disposal by the HSE; and if she...
    • Health Services Staff
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the reason section 39 workers in some institutions (details supplied) were advised they lie outside the scope of the agreement and therefore not afforded the...
    • Mental Health Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the waiting period for a CAMHS assessment for a person [details supplied]; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13302/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      677. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group; when the group’s recommendations are expected to be published; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      678. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Donegal will receive a rheumatology appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13309/25]
    • Disease Management
      679. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 752 of 4 March 2025, and subsequent reply in relation to the heartwatch scheme; the reason the new CDM Programme is only...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      680. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on any progress to the Dual Diagnosis Programme since 2021; the way it is being monitored; and if outcomes and the progress of individuals are...
    • Healthcare Policy
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the deaths of babies with congenital anomalies, such as down syndrome or spina bifida, are not included in Maternity Patient Safety Statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time that patients are awaiting for an initial appointment after being referred for care in Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, CHI...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently on the waiting list for primary care child and adolescent services in south Lee. [13330/25]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies per dual diagnosis teams across the country. [13332/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the total paid to private consultancy firms by the HSE, from 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by company and category of consultancy, in tabular form. [13333/25]
    • Hospital Admissions
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges, by category and hospital, in tabular form. [13342/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds delivered since publication of the Acute Hospital Inpatient Bed Capacity Expansion Plan, by year, in tabular form. [13348/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular...
    • Home Care Packages
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours, as a percentage of total care hours funded by the HSE, that are cancelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13384/25]
    • Dental Services
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports available towards a dental procedure for a child, who has undergone a private assessment due to waiting lists; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports are available towards the cost of tongue-tie surgery for a child, who has undergone a private assessment due to waiting lists; and if...
    • Official Engagements
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if she will report on the visit of the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health to Denmark and Sweden for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she...
    • Medicinal Products
      715. To ask the Minister for Health her views on correspondence received from a pharmacist (details supplied) regarding the wholesale cost of a drug; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery for twins (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13435/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      717. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to introducing a rapid response vehicle in Tuam, County Galway, to be operated by an advanced paramedic; and if she will make a...
    • Disease Management
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to endorse the WHO resolution on chronic kidney disease, ‘Reducing the burden of noncommunicable diseases through promotion of kidney health...
    • Medicinal Products
      719. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the expected roll out of the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13468/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      720. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a vacant post (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13474/25]
    • Public Spending Code
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the details on the Prompt Payment Report for Q2 2024; the breakdown of total payments, late payments, penalties incurred, and disputed invoices; and if all...
    • Care Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure respite services are provided to families in a care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13530/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      725. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by her Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works acquired through...
    • Mental Health Services
      726. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to increase the out-of-hours crisis mental health service on the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medicinal Products
      727. To ask the Minister for Health when spinal muscular atrophy drug treatment will be made available to adults suffering with spinal muscular atrophy (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      728. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the recommendations outlined by PLACES in 2024 regarding pregnancy loss; if she will implement these recommendations; if so, to outline...
    • Departmental Bodies
      729. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of her Department, which are quasi-judicial in nature. [13577/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided, and scheduled to be provided to, the Community Access Support Team pilot project to fund the provision of a clinical nurse...
    • Ambulance Service
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is provided with home base facilities in Shannon and in every area required, to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      733. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the criteria for the special scheme for healthcare workers impacted by long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13592/25]
    • Patient Transfers
      735. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the return visiting trip time of five hours for a family in west Kerry by transferring a Kerry patient (details supplied) from Kenmare...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      736. To ask the Minister for Health why a transgender man and his wife are being treated as a same-sex couple for the purpose of fertility treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      737. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13620/25]
    • Patient Transport
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no funding for hospital transport for patients based in south Tipperary (details supplied); if she will urgently review this matter; and if...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      739. 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 counties Longford...
    • Dental Services
      740. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a child (details supplied); if she will provide an update on this appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13640/25]
    • Disability Services
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the completion of the national rollout of HSE community neuro-rehabilitation teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Laboratory Facilities
      743. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the shortage of accredited genetic testing services for patients in Ireland; her views on public hospital laboratories not having the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      744. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for developing a national genomic processing service; when this will be done; if accredited companies located in Ireland will be included in the...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the guidance provided by the HSE to public consultant clinicians on where patient blood samples should be sent for genetic testing; what countries Irish...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if she has plans to open a public procurement competition for the provision of clinical genetic testing in Ireland; if so, the anticipated timeline for...
    • Hospital Facilities
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the increase in regional inpatient neurorehabilitation beds, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      748. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13655/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      749. To ask the Minister for Health if all HSE safeguarding teams in community healthcare organisations are now fully integrated into the six new HSE regions; if not, the issues holding up the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      750. To ask the Minister for Health if she has considered the report of the Law Reform Commission of April 2024 “A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding”; and if she intends...
    • Health Service Executive
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of the HSE’s National Safeguarding Office computerised system for recording and analysing reports of abuse of vulnerable adults, from...
    • Hospital Staff
      752. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of social workers currently employed in the HSE and HSE-funded hospitals and social care services; the number of social workers currently...
    • Dental Services
      753. To ask the Minister for Health if dental treatment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [13661/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE respiratory physiotherapists working in Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      756. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a person waiting on a hearing test (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13688/25]
    • Nursing Homes
      757. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a facility closing in County Waterford (details supplied); the plans she has to keep the facility open; and if she will make...
    • Hospital Investigations
      758. To ask the Minister for Health the number of systems analysis review reports, or similar reviews, which were carried out in respect of occurrences at each psychiatric hospital or unit from...
    • Mental Health Services
      759. To ask the Minister for Health the staff allocated to the home based treatment team in Cavan Monaghan Mental Health Service at present, by title, discipline, grade; those positions which are...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new purpose-built acute psychiatric admission unit on the grounds of Cavan General Hospital; when work will commence on this...
    • Patient Files
      766. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the decision by the HSE not to share the records held by Cavan Monaghan mental health services in respect of a person (details supplied) who...
    • Mental Health Services
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if an early intervention in psychosis information pack is made available to family members of patients attending Cavan Monaghan mental health service; if so,...
    • Hospital Facilities
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposal to further improve WiFi and mobile phone coverage at Cavan General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13770/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      773. To ask the Minister for Health the staff allocated to the Psychiatric Unit at Cavan General Hospital at present, by title, discipline and grade; those positions which are currently unfilled;...
    • Medical Cards
      775. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case for the reinstatement of medical cards for persons (details supplied). [13773/25]
    • Home Care Packages
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated for personal assistant service and home support hours for CHO5; the means by which hours are allocated, cases are assessed, and appeals...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      777. To ask the Minister for Health when the free IVF scheme, as announced in Budget 2025, will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13781/25]
    • Disability Services
      778. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for the proposed development of a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13784/25]
    • Youth Services
      779. To ask the Minister for Health if the drugs task forces in the Dublin area (details supplied) have been cutting funding for youth related prevention projects; if so, the reason for this; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      780. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE health promotions and improvement officers, and senior health promotions and improvement officers, employed by the HSE that are based in...
    • Hospital Services
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that attended the migraine outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025; the frequency with which this clinic is...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      782. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of persons who have been removed from outpatient waiting lists, inpatient waiting lists and day case waiting lists,...
    • Hospital Procedures
      783. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled, by speciality, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Louth County Hospital...
    • Official Engagements
      784. To ask the Minister for Health if she visited any medical facility during her visit to New York for St. Patrick's Day events. [13862/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, currently working in the pharmacy department of Connolly Hospital; the vacancies, by job title, within this department;...
    • Primary Care Centres
      786. To ask the Minister for Health if any primary care centre within CHO9 has a rehab gym on its premises, in tabular form; if so, the locations of those gyms; the number of persons on waiting...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons appointments for services (details supplied) at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda have been cancelled; and when and where alternative...
    • Health Services
      788. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the existing ophthalmology services operating in County Louth; the location of these services; the number of persons currently employed within these...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting a first appointment for ophthalmology services in Louth; the length of time these persons have been waiting for an...
    • Health Services Staff
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmologists currently operating within public health services in Louth; the number of vacancies currently unfilled; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      792. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the vacant health centre in Donard, which the community would like to bring the building into use as a heritage or cultural centre; if the...
    • Hospital Services
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the current healthcare services provided at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk. [13892/25]
    • Eating Disorders
      795. To ask the Minister for Health if he will follow through on the promise made by the former Minister for Health to provide 20 hospital beds for people with eating disorders, given that the...
    • Medicinal Products
      796. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the issue of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medication shortages; the steps her Department is taking to address these shortages and...
    • Hospital Staff
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts, by speciality, currently at the National Maternity Hospital; and when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular...
    • Mortality Rates
      799. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who died from sepsis in Ireland in 2024. [13917/25]
    • Health Services
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for a new attention deficit hyperactivity disorder team in Meath. [13918/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      801. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in emergency medicine based at the Mater Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13919/25]
    • Hospital Procedures
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric neurosurgeries procedures carried out at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13920/25]
    • Hospital Charges
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance her Department is providing for cancer patients attending treatment at Dublin hospitals who face hefty parking charges; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      804. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13936/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical and support staff assigned to CAMHS in each of the CHO areas, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13937/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      807. To ask the Minister for Health for a statement on the Baggot Street Hospital; for a statement on the registration of the site on the Intra-State Register for disposal by the HSE; and if she...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      808. To ask the Minister for Health when an invoice will be paid under the treatment abroad scheme as it is part of the essential comprehensive aftercare support that is required in relation to a...
    • Noise Pollution
      809. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 26 February 2025, whether the recent advice received from the HSE aligns with the response given to Parliamentary...
    • Home Help Service
      810. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13960/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      811. To ask the Minister for Health to provide clarification regarding the rollout of free hormone replacement treatment for all women, which was due to be implemented in January 2025 (details...
    • Mental Health Services
      812. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13968/25]
    • Hospital Inspections
      813. To ask the Minister for Health if she has visited Beaumont Hospital since her appointment; and, if so, the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [14000/25]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      814. To ask the Minister for Health when she expects the new surgical hub planned for north Dublin to be operational. [14001/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses, by grade, working in Raheny community nursing unit, Dublin 5, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [14002/25]
    • Hospital Charges
      817. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to fulfil the Programme for Government committee to explore further ways to reduce hospital car parking charges. [14005/25]
    • Abortion Services
      818. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work to date of the National Termination of Pregnancy Service Improvement Group; how many times the group has met since its establishment;...
    • Mental Health Services
      819. To ask the Minister for Health why the primary care services psychology referral list for children is not collated by specific learning disability; and if her Department will consider doing...
    • Departmental Data
      820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women diagnosed with breast cancer in the last five years under the age of 50. [14036/25]
    • Cancer Services
      821. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider lowering the age whereby women can get a free breast scan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14037/25]
    • Home Care Packages
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in each CHO for longer than one month, three months, longer six months and twelve months, in tabular form. [14038/25]
    • Social Media
      823. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of her Department’s social media...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      824. To ask the Minister for Health why it is taking so long for a person (details supplied) to get an endoscopy appointment to offer a diagnose for her condition. [14066/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      825. To ask the Minister for Health 1159.how many physicians associates are currently employed in public and private hospitals across the State. [14068/25]
    • Medical Qualifications
      827. To ask the Minister for Health how many HSE scholarships / bursaries were granted to students to undertake a physicians associate studies programme annually since 2017. [14070/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      828. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE recruitment embargo applies to the recruitment of physicians associates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14071/25]
    • Medical Cards
      830. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to remove maintenance payments from the assessment of means for a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14074/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      831. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14083/25]
    • Burial Grounds
      832. To ask the Minister for Health if an audit has been carried out by her Department and the HSE to identify all of the burial grounds which are in the ownership or under their control, and...
    • Health Services
      838. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence attached (details supplied) and provide an update from the HSE on this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14092/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      839. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the introduction of a certificate (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14105/25]
    • Disability Services
      840. To ask the Minister for Health to address the lack of supports for single working parents of children with autism (details supplied) during school holidays, as they rely on term-time-only...
    • General Practitioner Services
      841. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for increased GP services in the Dublin 5 area. [14110/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      842. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE psychologists, per county, in the Midwest, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14112/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which medical devices are regulated in Ireland; if medical devices are reimbursed by the State in a manner that is similar to pharmaceutical...
    • Health Promotion
      845. To ask the Minister for Health when the new Obesity Policy Action Plan will be published; whether there will be an opportunity for industry and patient advocacy groups to submit observations...
    • Mental Health Services
      846. To ask the Minister for Health to provide detailed information on the current waiting lists for psychology care within HSE primary care psychology services; the length of time children aged...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      849. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Covid-19 inquiry. [14136/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      852. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider including Crohn’s and Colitis in the long-term illness scheme. [14139/25]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      853. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the drug rehabilitation and addiction services available in Louth, including the number of centres in the country, a detailed list of services...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      854. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on when construction will be completed on Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Ardee, County Louth. [14145/25]
    • Medical Internships
      855. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a 20% increase in clinical training places for medical interns, initial specialist training, higher specialist training and clinical psychology;...
    • Mental Health Services
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw in CHO 4 at the end of February 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14158/25]
    • General Practitioner Services
      857. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who successfully completed specialist training for general practitioners in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants in critical care employed by the HSE from February 2020 to February 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Procedures
      859. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wrist surgeries performed at University Hospital Kerry in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Patient Transfers
      860. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange a transfer of two patients (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14163/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      861. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of HSE land currently lying vacant in County Kerry; her plans for the development or otherwise of each parcel of land; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Wexford General Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased later this...
    • Health Services
      863. To ask the Minister for Health the status of ophthalmology clinics in County Wexford; the days on which the services are operational; the locations of these clinics; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      865. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE community intellectual disability nurses based in CHO5 in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • Home Care Packages
      866. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for homecare in CHO 8 in the past five years. [14185/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      867. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to fully fund the implementation of the HSE digital health roadmap; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14193/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      868. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the change to HSE-supplied pull-ups and the concerns surrounding their reduced size, quality, absorbency, and suitability for children with...
    • Departmental Data
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with down syndrome born in Ireland for each of the past ten years. [14219/25]
    • Hospital Inspections
      871. To ask the Minister for Health if prior warning of her visit to University Hospital Limerick was given; and whether trollies and patients were hidden from sight during her visit. [14221/25]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Grant Payments
      872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will examine an issue with a UK bursary (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13895/25]
    • Research and Development
      873. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to continue the success of Ireland’s membership of the European Southern Observatory by expanding access or creating more...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the work of his Department on achieving a greater gender balance in apprenticeships; the take-up of the supports to help achieve a...
    • EU Funding
      877. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a project (details supplied), its location, tendering and timeline for commencement of the project; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial in...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      879. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of an issue relating to the communication between Solas and TU Dublin which has delayed at least one apprentice in qualifying for...
    • Official Engagements
      880. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he visited the University of Delhi during his visit to India for St. Patrick's Day events. [13848/25]
    • Irish Language
      881. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to increase the teaching through the Irish language in third level education; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Media
      884. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his Department’s social...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      885. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to address the shortage of tutors for phase 6 pipefitting apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Period Poverty
      887. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budgetary amount allocated to the provision of a range of free, adequate, safe and suitable period products in all educational publicly...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Regeneration Projects
      888. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when his Department will give permission for Kerry County Council to tender for the courthouse in Killorglin under the rural...
    • Official Engagements
      889. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the visit of the Minister of State with special responsibility for community development, charities, the...
    • Regeneration Projects
      890. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the discussions his Department officials have had with officials from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage or the...
    • Community Development Projects
      891. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the discussions or communications had between his Department and Dublin City Council regarding the lack of community halls in Dublin's...
    • Departmental Funding
      893. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an outline of all grant schemes offered and or issued to community and rural groups by his Department from 2021 to year end 2025,...
    • Community Development Projects
      894. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding available for the maintenance of community halls and theatres. [13459/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      895. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      896. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are...
    • Legislative Programme
      897. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if work has begun on the control of dogs and dog breeding establishment miscellaneous Bill; how he intends to amend the Dog Breeding...
    • Library Projects
      898. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1750 of 22 January 2025, to provide an update on structural and demolition works on a project...
    • Departmental Contracts
      899. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of contracts a company (details supplied) has had with his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; the nature of services...
    • Departmental Schemes
      900. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the reviews of both the scheme to support national organisations and the C (community) and V (voluntary) pillar funding...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      901. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the future of the dormant accounts fund; the plans in place to support those projects and programmes currently funded...
    • Departmental Schemes
      902. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be made available to reintroduce the emergency hardship scheme in Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Social Media
      906. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his...
    • Departmental Schemes
      908. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is considering a review of the current successful funding schemes within his Department, such as the outdoor recreation...
    • Library Projects
      909. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether his Department will accept any applications from councils for new library projects for capital expenditure, other than what is...
    • Regeneration Projects
      910. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on projects under the rural regeneration and development fund within County Wexford, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in...
    • Departmental Funding
      911. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the up-to-date position on an application (details supplied) under the community recognition fund; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      912. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the specific measures being explored to enhance access to finance, innovation supports, and market diversification for SMEs in light...

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