Written answers
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Official Engagements
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he or any of his Department officials were made aware of the visit a person (details supplied) to the White House on St. Patrick’s Day before 12 March 2025; and,...
- Data Protection
2. To ask the Taoiseach when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the Department, and all agencies under its...
- Official Engagements
3. To ask the Taoiseach the persons the Government requested be invited to the White House this year for the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and to provide a list of guests put forward by...
- Weather Events
5. To ask the Taoiseach if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn; if additional funding is provided,...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Humanitarian Aid
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the outcomes of recent discussions between Ireland and the United Nations concerning the facilitation and delivery of...
- Data Protection
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the Department,...
- Passport Services
10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue for a person (details supplied). [14551/25]
- Weather Events
12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn; if...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Meetings
14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with officials from energy companies (details supplied) since taking office; and if so, to provide details...
- Data Centres
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he, or his predecessor, discussed the construction of data centres with a company (details supplied); and if so, to...
- Departmental Meetings
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with officials from energy companies (details supplied) since taking up his post; and if so, to provide...
- Research and Development
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the ongoing issues faced by PhD researchers funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland...
- Data Protection
18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being...
- Weather Events
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following...
- Telecommunications Services
20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 4 March 2025, to detail the potential legislative solutions being...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that in previous times, the Defence Forces used to make available marquee community organisations for family and community day...
- Data Protection
22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the Department, and...
- Weather Events
23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn; if...
- Military Aircraft
24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to clarify matters raised in correspondence regarding the purchase of military jets (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Traffic Offences
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will supply a breakdown of the number of drivers disqualified in court each year from 2020 to 2024; the number of those drivers who...
- Taxi Regulations
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the extension of the ten year rule for 2015 SPVS following the closing of the public consultation by the National...
- Air Navigation Orders
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of all inspections that have taken place under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous...
- Transport Policy
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns of SMEs in the transport sector in relation to overburdensome licencing regulations and...
- Road Projects
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to engage with TII and seek an update on works (details supplied); if funding has been allocated to TII by the Department for these works;...
- Transport Costs
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline current fare reduction measures, and any further plans, for public transport users; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Transport Policy
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on his work to encourage employers to participate in the TaxSaver scheme and the cycle to work scheme; and if he will...
- Road Projects
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in publishing the route selection report for the N24 upgrades; when the report will be published and made...
- Bus Services
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine whether there is scope to increase the frequency of the 130 bus route; if there is a framework to ensure the reliability of...
- Rail Network
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to increase services on the Ballybrophy to Limerick regional train line (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Data Protection
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the...
- Rail Network
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any plans to reopen the train station at Mullinavat, County Kilkenny, similar to the setup in Thomastown, County Kilkenny,...
- Coast Guard Service
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and location of IRCG Coast Guard station building projects being progressed in conjunction with the OPW which are currently at...
- Weather Events
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn; if...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Industry
41. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that insurance providers are applying an additional premium to vehicle insurance based on an individual’s Eircode; and if he will make a...
- Tax Reliefs
42. To ask the Minister for Finance if significant travel expenses for travelling to frequent hospital appointments in another county are included in the health expenses tax relief (details...
- Personal Injury Claims
43. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the concerns facing businesses (details supplied) regarding the proposal to increase the personal injury awards by 17%; and if he will make a...
- National Asset Management Agency
44. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of a case regarding NAMA and land in Cork city (details supplied); if he will provide assurance that NAMA has not been outmanoeuvred in this...
- Tax Reliefs
45. To ask the Minister for Finance in cases where an employer does not participate in the TaxSaver scheme, the options available to a commuting employee; his plans to implement changes or policy...
- Data Protection
46. To ask the Minister for Finance when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the Department, and all agencies...
- Tax Reliefs
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will liaise with the relevant authorities to review the current system for claiming tax relief regarding the purchase of Gluten free foods by those with...
- Weather Events
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn; if additional funding is...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief Schemes
49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 74 of 23 April 2024 and 448 of 19 March 2025, if Mogeely is included in flood relief plans for the...
- Data Protection
50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the...
- Coast Guard Service
51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on discussions between his Department and a landowner regarding the acquisition of a site for the provision of a coastguard...
- Weather Events
53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn; if...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Workplace Relations Commission
54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the success ratio of cases involving reasonable accommodation adjudicated on at the Workplace Relations Commission, under the...
- Data Protection
55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the...
- Work Permits
56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 20 February 2025, to provide further clarity in relation to the total number of critical...
- Weather Events
57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn;...
- Trade Sanctions
58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in view of the recent ESRI report on the adverse impact on the economy if tariffs were imposed by the United States, the measures...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Fire Safety
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to place a new school compliant with fire safety regulations for both a new school and an Educate Together secondary school (details...
- Educational Disadvantage
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school is not recognised as a DEIS school (details supplied). [14258/25]
- Special Educational Needs
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many schools in Dublin 11 expressed an interest in opening a specialist class in the past year or academic year, and how many of these...
- School Funding
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is planned to provide further supports to schools experiencing difficulties with funding and increased costs of utilities; and if she will...
- Teagasc na Gaeilge
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndéanfar cinneadh chun an méid sraitheanna pictiúr san Ardteist a laghdú do na daltaí atá sa chúigiú...
- School Transport
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider removing the nearest school criteria so that pupils are not locked out of school transport for attending other schools that...
- School Funding
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available for schools that are struggling to fund the everyday running costs such as utilities; and if she will make a...
- School Transport
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo is deemed the second nearest school for a family in relation to the school transport...
- School Staff
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on industrial relations talks underway seeking to provide school secretaries access to the single public service pension...
- Data Protection
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the Department, and...
- Educational Disadvantage
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give urgent consideration to the inclusion of a school in a programme (details supplied) as it would be extremely beneficial for the...
- National Educational Psychological Service
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions No. 411 of 5 February 2025 and 599 of 19 March 2025, the reason a child (details supplied) has still not...
- Teaching Qualifications
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the background and rationale for advising a home economics teacher currently working in a secondary school in Louth (details supplied),...
- Special Educational Needs
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can get assisted technology and an SNA, following refusal of the assisted technology and the school’s...
- School Accommodation
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the emergency works application of a school (details supplied). [14490/25]
- School Transport
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question 343 of 18 February 2025, to list the 14 pilot projects underway for 2025 and any findings thus far; to outline...
- Weather Events
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding is being provided to her Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn; if...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a grant application by a club (details supplied) was not successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Data Protection
88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the...
- Sports Funding
89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to review a sports capital grant for a club in County Kerry (details supplied); to take into consideration the very significant...
- Weather Events
91. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Schemes
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many capital assistance scheme (CAS) projects have been sanctioned by his Department since he became Minister; the number...
- Regeneration Projects
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the regeneration of Pearse House; the reason residents have not yet been facilitated to move out for...
- Housing Provision
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average waiting time to be allocated a council property from Cork County Council. [14295/25]
- Data Protection
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by...
- Housing Schemes
96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the affordable housing scheme in light of difficulties local authorities such as Galway County Council are...
- Departmental Funding
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding available within his Department to provide financial support to local authorities to purchase lands for their use...
- Emergency Accommodation
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding provided to every local authority for the provision of emergency accommodation in 2024 and 2025, in...
- Water Services
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will issue to Sligo County Council on a submission made to the 2024 – 2026 Multi Annual Rural Water...
- Weather Events
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes
101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on the review for a humanitarian assistance scheme application for a person (details supplied);...
- Social Welfare Code
102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the blind pension is means-tested and counted as taxable income; the reason is it removed when visually impaired...
- Social Welfare Schemes
103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the humanitarian assistance scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will examine a case where, in the assessment of income and savings query by his Department and a review of a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will request his staff to reopen the appeal of a person (details supplied) who’s application for carer’s...
- Departmental Expenditure
106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has paid for the repair of any vehicles owned by asylum seekers or Ukrainian migrants; and if so, the total...
- Legislative Measures
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 and introduce a certificate formally recognising a pregnancy loss before...
- Data Protection
108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by...
- Community Welfare Services
109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department allowed welfare officers or offices to pay for repairs to vehicles registered outside this country whilst...
- Asylum Seekers
110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the full range of supports that his Department provides to Ukrainian war refugees; and if he will make a...
- Weather Events
111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Anti-Racism Measures
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of his Department in giving effect to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance ‘Working Definition of...
- Medical Inquiries
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 686, 687 and 688 of 25 February 2025, when a response will issue to this Deputy as...
- An Garda Síochána
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his Department officials discussed the introduction of new internal disciplinary measures for An Garda...
- Social Media
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the tools, if any, used by his Department, and/or An Garda Síochána, to monitor social media accounts suspected of...
- An Garda Síochána
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost of delivering an additional 500 community Gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14282/25]
- Departmental Data
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 4 March 2025, regarding the number of crimes that were recorded where the...
- Family Reunification
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for family reunification received from persons residing in County Louth from 2020 to 2025. [14330/25]
- An Garda Síochána
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the Garda vetting process; when the review is expected to be published; and if he will make a statement...
- Road Traffic Offences
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of static speed cameras operated by An Garda Síochána in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [14399/25]
- Traffic Fines
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines and penalties issued from these static speed cameras operated by Gardaí in 2023 and 2024, in tabular...
- Road Traffic Offences
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of safety camera vans and speeding vans operated by An Garda Síochána in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form....
- Traffic Fines
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines and penalties issued from these safety camera vans and speeding vans operated by An Garda...
- Road Traffic Offences
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of handheld and tripod mounted laser guns operated by An Garda Síochána in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form....
- Traffic Fines
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines and penalties issued from vehicle mounted Puma speed detection equipment, both marked and unmarked...
- An Garda Síochána
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department was made aware by An Garda Síochána that defective ammunition was on issue to the Garda Emergency...
- Departmental Functions
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the structural or personnel changes made to his Department since he took office. [14431/25]
- National Security
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of section 41 reports the Garda Commissioner has sent to him or previous Ministers between 2016 and 20 March 2025....
- Data Protection
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by...
- Residency Permits
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the number of new applications made to Immigration Service Delivery under each stamp category in 2023 and 2024; the...
- An Garda Síochána
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda training phases there are; the level and type of training occurring in each phase before attestation. [14492/25]
- Weather Events
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm...
- Domestic Violence
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative protections that are in place for victims of elder abuse; and if he will further clarify whether the...
- Road Traffic Offences
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers disqualified in court each year from 2020 to 2024 who failed to comply with the requirement to surrender...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Tax Reliefs
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to including the MSc (Agri) Environmental Resource Management degree, completed at UCD's School of...
- Departmental Correspondence
165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give detailed consideration to the issues outlined in correspondence from a local authority (details supplied); and if he...
- Land Issues
166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14365/25]
- Greyhound Industry
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a registered non-coursing greyhound (details supplied) is recorded on Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System...
- Data Protection
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the...
- Agriculture Schemes
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all participants who participated in the sheep welfare scheme in 2024 who had penalties applied following an on-site inspection...
- Weather Events
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn;...
- Agriculture Schemes
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the outstanding ACRES payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Animal Welfare
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is going to undertake to improve welfare standards for pigs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Anti-Racism Measures
174. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures proposed as part of the Programme for Government’s commitment to giving effect to the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
175. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the Government's plan to introduce a maximum fee of €200 for early childhood and...
- Children in Care
176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have gone missing while under the care of Tusla, in each of the past ten years, and...
- Emergency Accommodation
178. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount paid by Tusla to the providers of special emergency accommodation, in each of the past ten...
- Departmental Funding
181. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the Child Law Project; if her Department is currently funding the organisation; and if she...
- Children in Care
182. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of Tusla's waiting list for children awaiting a bed in special care; and the number of children on...
- Departmental Data
183. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children diagnosed with foetal alcohol syndrome and partial foetal alcohol syndrome, in each of...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding the disabled persons’ representative organisations’ (DPROs) specific consultations on...
- Disease Management
188. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to people that suspect that they are living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, in...
- Substance Misuse
189. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps taken to meet the commitments under Article 21 (c) of the WHO Global Strategy to reduce the harmful...
- Disease Management
191. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria used and the steps taken to diagnose foetal alcohol syndrome and partial foetal alcohol syndrome;...
- Departmental Policies
192. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is not deemed by her Department or agencies under her aegis to...
- Disabilities Assessments
193. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Louth who applied for an assessment of needs for each of the years 2020 to 2025; the...
- Childcare Services
201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of a case (details supplied) in which a family have had their subsidised childcare hours slashed...
- Special Educational Needs
202. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to children with additional needs in childcare settings where the child is too young to...
- Disabilities Assessments
203. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting on assessment of needs in CHO9, and the estimated wait time. [14354/25]
- Data Protection
204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when her Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are...
- Disability Services
205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on when promised respite to a person (details supplied) will be made available; and if she will...
- Disabilities Assessments
206. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as to when an assessment for ADHD will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Disability Services
207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on when CDNT support will be provided for a person (details supplied; and if she will make a...
- Disabilities Assessments
213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 777 of 25 February 2025, when a substantive response will issue from the...
- Disability Services
214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 778 of 25 February 2025, when a substantive response will issue from the...
- Weather Events
216. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional funding is being provided to her Department this year due to additional expenditure arising...
- Departmental Contracts
217. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid to a company (details supplied) for a temporary accommodation centre; the initial length of the...
- International Protection
218. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts being made to re-accommodate Ukrainian families following the closure of the temporary accommodation...
- Departmental Contracts
219. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason given by a company (details supplied) for not extending its contract with her Department for a...
- International Protection
220. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria for the establishment of a temporary accommodation centre in any given area; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Properties
221. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans for the site at a location (details supplied) after the termination of a temporary accommodation...
- Department of Health
- Health Service Executive
222. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken in regard to the recent downgrade in the quality and size of pull-ups provided by the HSE for children with toileting needs...
- General Practitioner Services
224. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which a GP can apply to establish a new private practice in a town or community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14240/25]
- Healthcare Policy
225. To ask the Minister for Health if there is support available to those who face significant travel expenses in order to attend hospital appointments in another county (details supplied); and...
- Nursing Homes
226. To ask the Minister for Health if the new 50-bed community nursing home in Nenagh will open fully this October; and if not, when. [14242/25]
- Mental Health Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health to consider implementing a system whereby patients who present with emergency mental health crisis do not have to go through the regular A&E; and if...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new emergency department and reconfiguration of existing emergency department for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on...
- General Practitioner Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health the evaluation being undertaken to establish the numbers of private patients who cannot register with a GP practice in their community; and if she will make a...
- Home Care Packages
236. To ask the Minister for Health if targeted funding can be introduced for rural home care delivery for and area of Cork and Kerry, CHO 4, given that this region has the highest number of...
- Mental Health Services
237. To ask the Minister for Health if a consultant will be put in place in CHO1, more specifically CAMHS Sligo, to prescribe medication for those children and adolescents that need it, and more...
- Disability Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health to provide insight into why recruitment has been halted for the speech and language therapy department in Sligo; if she is aware that there are currently...
- Departmental Strategies
240. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 657 of 4 March 2025, if she will provide further details regarding the actions which have not yet been fully implemented...
- General Practitioner Services
241. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be accepted on to the CAMHS waiting list for an urgent assessment following his GP referral for suspected ADHD; and when...
- Medical Cards
242. To ask the Minister for Health whether income limits for medical card applications for over 70s are assessed based on gross or net income; if other age cohorts are assessed based on their...
- Abortion Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of sex selective abortion occurring in Ireland (details supplied); and the steps being taken to prevent this happening. [14334/25]
- Disease Management
244. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE clinical definition of type 1 diabetes; and the healthcare professional that is ultimately responsible for making the clinical decision on whether a...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
245. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a couple (details supplied) seeking an IVF treatment that is not available in Ireland, and if there is any scheme that would assist...
- Ambulance Service
246. To ask the Minister for Health whether ambulances are now required to commence shift at the Kinsale road, as there is no ambulance located at the Saint Mary’s site in Cork city. [14360/25]
- Departmental Contracts
247. To ask the Minister for Health the date a contract was signed with a company (details supplied) in Cork University Hospital; the amount spent on this contract to date; and the purpose of...
- Health Service Executive
248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people working in HR roles in the south and south west hospital region. [14362/25]
- Hospital Appointments Status
249. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is continuing to wait on a triple by-pass in the Mater Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14375/25]
- General Practitioner Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures required to facilitate doctors from abroad, particularly Ukraine, to practice as GPs in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Data Protection
251. To ask the Minister for Health when her Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the Department, and all agencies...
- Abortion Services
252. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if not, the reason the law has not been upheld. [14453/25]
- Health Services Staff
253. To ask the Minister for Health the short-term and medium-term plans to improve the provision of public health nursing services in Dublin mid-west. [14467/25]
- Health Strategies
254. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations her Department has given to the inclusion of fibromyalgia as a recognised illness on the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an initial appointment at the paediatric rheumatology services at Children's Health Ireland; and if she will make a...
- General Practitioner Services
256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs in Longford and Westmeath that take medical cards. [14500/25]
- Industrial Disputes
257. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the planned industrial action as a result of the HSE pay and numbers strategy (details supplied); the steps she is taking to avert this action;...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
258. To ask the Minister for Health the healthcare professionals making the final decision on who will be provided with a continuous glucose monitor; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
260. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on recruitment in healthcare facilities and services in Laois; the timing of the last recruitment campaign for speech and...
- Health Services Staff
262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health and social care positions lost in County Laois during the recruitment freeze. [14554/25]
- Vaccination Programme
264. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of the supply and delivery of enhanced inactivated influenza vaccines for older people for the winter season 2025-2026 as the HSE have...
- Weather Events
265. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding is being provided to her Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn; if additional funding is...
- Care of the Elderly
266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reports to the HSE of elder abuse, by category of abuse, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of cases investigated and resolved over...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in respect of a project (details supplied); if a contractor has been appointed; the estimated timeframe for the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether only two institutions in the country providing the early childhood education degree, the Marino Institute and the National...
- Data Protection
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the Department, and...
- Irish Language
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to increasing the percentage of Irish-language courses at third level to 5% within the next five years, in order to ensure the...
- Weather Events
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn; if...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Welfare Services
273. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is aware of the funding difficulties being experienced by the Fingal Centre in Finglas, and his predecessor’s visit to...
- Departmental Funding
274. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has plans to ensure that more funding can be targeted at areas experiencing very high levels of deprivation. [14364/25]
- Dormant Accounts Fund
275. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the criteria under which dormant accounts funding may be disbursed could be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Voluntary Sector
278. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if volunteer centres will be further supported to nurture the culture of volunteering which exists in Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Data Protection
279. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the...
- Weather Events
280. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn;...
