Written answers
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Tourism Industry
63. To ask the Taoiseach the revenue generated from tourism in the years 2007 to date, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15946/25]
- Cabinet Committees
64. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the Cabinet Sub Committee on Water Quality and Nitrates, if the subcommittee has been convened and started its work [15857/25]
- Departmental Meetings
65. To ask the Taoiseach the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16210/25]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Public Sector Pensions
66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a timeline for the pension increases to come into effect for retired An Post workers; and if he will...
- Waste Management
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider extending the deposit return scheme to other waste materials, such as glass bottles; and if he will...
- Departmental Meetings
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16200/25]
- Energy Policy
69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that the local authority in Donegal has informed Councillors that there will only be energy efficiency...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Meetings
70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16197/25]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the remedial works that can be carried out on Foildarrig bridge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16228/25]
- Public Sector Pensions
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is intended to provide funding through his Department to ensure that the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme will pay pension increases to...
- Airport Policy
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update in relation to plans to develop and grow Waterford regional airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15878/25]
- Driver Test
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for multiple driving test cancellations for a person (details supplied); the measures his Department will take to ensure that...
- EU Regulations
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the re-opening of discussions in relation to EU Regulations regarding compensation and assistance to passengers;...
- Public Transport
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals to promote, extend and increase usage of the Leap visitor card; if he will report on its level of usage to date; and if he...
- Road Projects
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount allocated to County Cavan for maintenance and upgrades of local and regional roads in the years 2020 to date in 2025 by year...
- Driver Test
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there are such long waiting lists at the driving test centre in Nenagh; and his plans to deal with them. [16150/25]
- Departmental Meetings
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a list of all meetings he or his officials have had with the Road Safety Authority since he took office, providing dates and attendees...
- Driver Licences
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans there are to increase the age limit for permitting people to drive buses. [16163/25]
- Rail Network
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the contract for the new Enterprise fleet of trains will be awarded; when they are expected to be delivered; and when they are...
- Road Traffic Offences
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when red-light infringement enforcement cameras will be rolled out. [16187/25]
- Rail Network
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the potential for extra train services on the Waterford to Limerick Junction rail line; the timeline for when these could be...
- Departmental Meetings
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16212/25]
- Air Services
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 5 February 2025, at what point his Department began its detailed examination in relation to a...
- Department of Finance
- Human Rights
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the Central Bank is not acting in violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,...
- Local Authorities
89. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to increase the local authority borrowing envelope or to separate local authority borrowing for housing projects from the overall borrowing...
- Disabilities Assessments
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for delays of several months for assessments of disable drivers and passengers scheme applications in Galway; the reason they are being offered...
- State Bodies
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of any engagement with Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) or hackman capital partners that he or his Department had relating to the Greystones...
- Insurance Coverage
94. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 25 March 2025, his views on whether existing age-based policies enacted by some insurance companies amount to...
- Tobacco Control Measures
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of nicotine pouch sales recorded in the off-trade, by volume, and monetary value in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement...
- Court Judgments
96. To ask the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of how many of the 316 summary convictions at District Court level for tobacco offences between 2020 and 2024 resulted in the imposition of...
- Departmental Meetings
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16201/25]
- State Bodies
98. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the remarks of the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment that the Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) had divested from Israel, if he...
- Banking Sector
99. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the risks posed by Government plans to increase lending by the banks to property developers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16226/25]
- Tax Code
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a wealth tax in order to broaden the tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16227/25]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flexible Work Practices
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the updated guidelines for flexitime arrangements for public and civil service workers will be published; if he intends resuming...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for the total amount of capital carryover in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; for an estimate of surrendered funds for 2025; and if...
- Coast Guard Service
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on plans, including timeframe to develop a new Coastguard station at Greystones Harbour for the Coastguard service;...
- Departmental Meetings
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16207/25]
- Coastal Protection
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of coastal flood defences in Dublin Bay; the amount that has been allocated to improving coastal defences over the next ten...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Corporate Governance
106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the implementation and transposing of The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, as currently enacted;...
- State Bodies
107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the location and size of available IDA lands in Cork, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15864/25]
- Energy Conservation
108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for the take up of the new energy efficiency grant from the local enterprise offices across the country; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Meetings
110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16199/25]
- Business Supports
111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if payments will issue at an early date in respect of the increased cost of business and Power Up grant schemes, which have been...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on progressing employment regulation orders to attract and retain early years educators; and if he will...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Staff
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs in primary and post-primary schools in both Counties Kilkenny and Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the application for building works for a school (details supplied) and when these essential works will be approved; and if she...
- School Admissions
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a place in a designated special school will be secured for a person for September 2025 for (details supplied); and if she...
- Education Policy
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the counselling in primary schools pilot (CSP-P); if the CSP-P scheme will continue through into the 2025-2026 school year;...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the general pupil ratio in Kilkenny and Carlow schools in 2024, and how it is aimed to reduce this ratio to 19; the targeted measures that will...
- Schools Building Projects
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school building works application (details supplied) following approval last year; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Properties
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the former DIT building in Rathmines is owned by her Department or a body under the control of her Department. [16169/25]
- Citizens' Assembly
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans on establishing a citizens’ assembly on the future of education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16174/25]
- Education Policy
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in light of the OECD's 'Review of Resourcing Schools to Address Educational Disadvantage in Ireland' published in 2024, which highlights ongoing...
- Mental Health Services
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking to expand mental health supports in primary and secondary schools, including the provision of structured training and...
- Special Educational Needs
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, given concerns from educational bodies about the adequacy of resources for inclusive education, she will commit to conducting a policy review...
- Departmental Meetings
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in her Department since she took office. [16198/25]
- Education Welfare Service
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is intended to appoint an education welfare officer for County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16215/25]
- School Admissions
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD places in primary and secondary schools in the Dublin Bay north area for each year from 2021 to date in 2025, in tabular form;...
- Departmental Data
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of all primary and secondary schools in Dublin Bay north including their full address, in tabular form. [16259/25]
- School Funding
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the funding crisis faced by a school (details supplied); if her Department will contact the school and offer them meaningful solutions...
- Special Educational Needs
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage with a school (details supplied) to open a new autism classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht conas atá sé i gceist aige tacú le gealltanas fostaíochta fiche faoin gcéad laistigh d’Acht na...
- Tourism Policy
138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the work of the National Working Group convened by Fáilte Ireland to develop a nationwide strategy for the...
- Tourism Industry
139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht f he will report on his engagements regarding Fáilte Ireland’s employer development and excellent employer programmes;...
- Official Engagements
145. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on his engagements with the European Commissioner for Transport and Tourism; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tourism Industry
146. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report regarding supports for the tourism sector in areas directly impacted by the move away from peat production; and...
- Departmental Bodies
153. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to report on the work of the business events oversight group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15951/25]
- North-South Implementation Bodies
154. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to report on his engagements via the North-South Ministerial Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15952/25]
- Tourism Industry
155. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to report on the work of the all-island strategic tourism group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15953/25]
- Sports Events
157. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the international sporting events the Department will be supporting up until 2030; those for which the Department is currently...
- Official Engagements
159. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to report on his engagements with sectoral stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15958/25]
- Tourism Industry
161. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the bodies that work under his Department’s aegis regarding tourism; the appropriate Oireachtas contact with each; and if...
- European Council
164. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on work within his Department relating to Ireland’s coming presidency of the European Council; and if he...
- Tourism Industry
165. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on the work of his Department with regard to ensuring there is sufficient accommodation available to meet the...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
167. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on his engagements regarding the British government’s electronic authorisation scheme; and if he will...
- Culture Policy
168. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a report will be published following the nighttime economy accessibility survey, which concluded in June 2024; and if he will...
- Tourism Industry
169. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for tourism the approximate number of hotel rooms registered by the Fáilte Ireland hotel registrar in Ireland for each of the...
- Departmental Meetings
170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16211/25]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wildlife Protection
171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the requirements for setting up and establishing a bird sanctuary, including any available funding options. [16122/25]
- Housing Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated for social housing acquisitions to each local authority in each year 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and the...
- Departmental Funding
173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of CASS funding allocated in each of the past three years; the organisation this funding was allocated to, and each...
- Fire Service
174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of any instructions issued by the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management to fire services...
- Housing Schemes
176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government to allow the first home scheme to be applicable to...
- Approved Housing Bodies
177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will indicate how he considers it just that a local authority tenant may have the opportunity to purchase their home...
- Housing Schemes
179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that given the reintroduction of the tenant-in-situ scheme, he will ensure that the purpose of the scheme is...
- Departmental Meetings
180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a list of all meetings he or his officials have had with Uisce Éireann since he took office, providing dates and...
- Rental Sector
181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the additional rent contribution provided through local authorities to assist people in homeless situations will be...
- Departmental Meetings
182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16205/25]
- National Planning Framework
183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for when the national planning framework will be revised; and to outline the process for how this will happen....
- Defective Building Materials
184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will take up the invitation from organisations (details supplied) to attend meetings to discuss the impact...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the name of the provider that currently holds the largest contract for delivering hot school meals to primary and secondary...
- Departmental Strategies
186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on whether the poverty reduction target contained in the roadmap for social inclusion was, or will be,...
- Weather Events
187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on the review for a humanitarian assistance application for a person (details supplied) as the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a domiciliary allowance application for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Weather Events
190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made for a humanitarian assistance scheme application for a person (details supplied) whose...
- Social Welfare Benefits
191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer’s allowance application (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claimants of the widow’s pension who were separated or divorced in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and in to date...
- Departmental Meetings
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16209/25]
- Pension Provisions
195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans to raise the weekly rate of the under-66 widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s...
- Social Welfare Benefits
196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for the living alone increase could be provided for those under 66 years who receive the widow’s,...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Gambling Sector
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the means by which the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland protect children from gambling exposure in greyhound stadia,...
- Commissions of Inquiry
198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he is facilitating and supporting the Omagh Inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15453/25]
- Immigration Policy
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact,...
- Question Heading for question(s) 217
217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it can be ensured that a person’s (details supplied) travel document renewal is processed as soon as possible; and if...
- International Protection
218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications have been received by the International Protection Office in response to its open call for...
- Departmental Meetings
219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16206/25]
- An Garda Síochána
220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the criticisms from the Garda Representative Association regarding the conduct and performance regulations for An...
- Courts Service
222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the future plans for the delivery of court service at Youghal District Court, Youghal, County Cork; and if he will...
- An Garda Síochána
223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the number of young persons referred to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme in 2023 and 2024; and if he will...
- Drug Dealing
224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the targeted measures being introduced to address the growing issue of drug supply to minors; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the progress made on payments of ACRES for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15885/25]
- Farm Safety
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he plans to prioritise improvements in farm safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16017/25]
- Agriculture Schemes
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine hen a 2023 ACRES payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16032/25]
- Horticulture Sector
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the Programme for Government's commitment to implement geographic protection for strawberries. [16121/25]
- Weather Events
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the establishment of a statutory scheme for storm and flood damage; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Animal Breeding
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate the current strength of the sport horse sector with particular reference to the production and marketing of Irish...
- Animal Welfare
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he currently has concerns about the numbers of horses being kept in urban areas, housing estates and public open spaces; if he has...
- Food Industry
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when protected geographical indication (PGI) status will be approved in respect of boxty; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Animal Breeding
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate the current strength of the sport horse sector with particular reference to the production and marketing of the...
- Animal Welfare
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the regulations on live animal exports; how inspections are carried out to ensure that they are adhered to;...
- Departmental Meetings
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16195/25]
- Aquaculture Industry
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a scheme to decommission remaining salmon licences on a voluntary, last offer basis. [16224/25]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Contracts
239. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether a contract has been issued or is under consideration (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- International Protection
240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Irelands national immigration plan for the EU Migration and Asylum...
- Immigration Policy
241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland's National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum...
- International Protection
251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAS centres currently licensed by his Department, disaggregated by county, in tabular form; and...
- An Garda Síochána
252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the maximum amount of parental leave days that can be transferred between parents under current legislation...
- Departmental Policies
253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline, recognising that some disabilities are associated with particular genetic diagnoses, the cooperation...
- Departmental Schemes
256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the cut to the accommodation recognition payment; the research carried out by her...
- Departmental Data
257. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to several complaints regarding employee behaviour and the nutrition provided...
- Childcare Services
258. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what internal work her Department has carried out in relation to public childcare; and if she will make a...
- Mental Health Services
260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the tailored mental health supports available to people with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, in line with...
- Disability Services
261. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of the number of people who are using disability day services in Louth; specifically, the...
- Departmental Meetings
262. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in her Department since she took office. [16196/25]
- Disability Services
263. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide adequate staffing levels and funding for the urgently required expansion of the summer programme in...
- Childcare Services
264. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to deal the lack of childcare spaces in Dublin Bay north; to provide the number of childcare...
- Care Services
268. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide, as a matter of extreme urgency, a full respite service in Cahersiveen, County Kerry (details...
- Public Inquiries
269. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her Department's actions in response to (details supplied); the reason her Department will not hold a public...
- Childcare Services
270. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the schedule of fees for all childcare providers operating ten or more childcare facilities and availing of Core...
- Departmental Strategies
271. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the new national disability strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
272. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the waiting lists for CAMHS for the months of January, February and March 2025, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
- Ambulance Service
273. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of the National Ambulance Service’s existing capacity to provide emergency cover to all of County Clare; provide an...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
274. To ask the Minister for Health whether she has spoken to the Health Service Executive on the topic of waiting lists for MRI scans under sedation for children; if she will confirm receipt of...
- Health Service Executive
275. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing and private recruitment firms, from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the services to which...
- Medicinal Products
276. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of a drug will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied). [15868/25]
- Mental Health Services
277. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 7 February 2025, where it stated that recruitment is underway for an adult eating disorder team in Dublin South...
- Dental Services
278. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the details of the school dental programme; the number of routine dental checks provided; the timeline for checks and treatments; and the range of...
- Health Strategies
279. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the free HRT scheme announced in Budget 2025; when the scheme will commence for qualifying patients; if she will arrange for women who should...
- Departmental Investigations
280. To ask the Minister for Health if an investigation has been held into the circumstances of the death of a patient (details supplied) who had recently undergone medical treatment; if so, when...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
281. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients claimed for code N08Z under the cross-border directive in 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disease Management
282. To ask the Minister for Health the specific supports and treatments available for patients suffering from Fibromyalgia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15910/25]
- Cancer Services
283. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on implementation of the radiation therapy advanced practice pilot programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15917/25]
- Legislative Measures
291. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024; what steps are...
- Home Care Packages
292. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [15997/25]
- Health Service Executive
293. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence (details supplied) and provide an update from the HSE on a case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15999/25]
- Health Services
294. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); if this individuals' referral can be reconsidered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16001/25]
- Ambulance Service
295. To ask the Minister for Health the current ratio of ambulances and staff to the population in the RHA C region; when the last survey was conducted to assess this ratio; and if she will make...
- Medical Cards
296. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently review, and approve, a full medical card to be issued to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- General Practitioner Services
297. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently registered and operational in County Louth and East Meath. [16021/25]
- Care Services
308. To ask the Minister for Health when she expects the allocation of a specialised nursing service to assist a child (details applied) to attend school; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Ambulance Service
309. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to address ambulance delays more broadly; the expected timelines for these changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16120/25]
- Hospital Facilities
310. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the status of the infectious disease clinic in Our Ladies of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. [16123/25]
- Home Care Packages
311. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the home care waiting lists in County Louth, and the number of new home care packages provided from 2020 – 2024, in tabular form. [16125/25]
- Community Care
313. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on what is being done to ensure that treatment of current patients at HSE Louth Community Care, Dundalk, County Louth, continues in the absence...
- Health Service Executive
314. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to alleviate the pressure that pharmacist staff at the HSE corporate pharmaceutical unit (CPU) are working under because of resource...
- Cancer Services
317. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the total number of people who attended a pigmented lesion rapid access clinic nationally; including the number who were offered an appointment...
- Tobacco Control Measures
319. To ask the Minister for Health if State supports for those looking to quit nicotine inhaling products, such as e-cigarettes and vapes are being considered; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Strategies
320. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports for travel expenses, and other related costs, available to patients, or their travelling companion, under the treatment abroad scheme;...
- Health Services
324. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address and provide the urgent and necessary care to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16147/25]
- General Practitioner Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in Tipperary. [16158/25]
- Tobacco Control Measures
327. To ask the Minister for Health the details of any public information campaigns undertaken to raise awareness of the use of HHC vapes, particularly with parents and within schools; and if she...
- Ambulance Service
328. To ask the Minister for Health if a permanent ambulance base will be reinstated in Midleton, County Cork, following flooding events last year; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Strategies
329. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have had treatment for eating disorders funded by the treatment abroad scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16175/25]
- Departmental Meetings
330. To ask the Minister for Health the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in her Department since she took office. [16204/25]
- Hospital Staff
331. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to ensure consultants in public hospitals operate under a seven-day roster. [16214/25]
- Mental Health Services
332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in each county, and to provide a comparable figure for the end of 2023 and end...
- Health Strategies
334. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the "pause" of mesh for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence that has been in place since July 2018; and if she will...
- Vaccination Programme
339. To ask the Minister for Health if she will extend the HPV vaccination catch-up programme to include additional year groups under the age of 24; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Homes
340. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a fair deal scheme application for a person (details supplied); if she is aware that this delay resulted in the...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
341. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for the regulation of cannabinoid products sold in shops around the State. [16274/25]
- Mental Health Services
343. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to the findings of the Mental Health Commission in respect of compliance with national standards in the acute mental health...
- Nursing Homes
347. To ask the Minister for Health if she will take action to expedite a fair deal application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16324/25]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the proposed new veterinary college in Kildalton, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tourism Industry
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals to expand upon and develop education and training and opportunities related to the tourism sector. [15944/25]
- Departmental Meetings
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16203/25]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Urban Development
351. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of town regeneration officers in the State; the location by local authority of each officer; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Schemes
353. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community enhancement programme grants allocated over the past three years, by local authority; the location and amount...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
354. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on an application by an organisation (details supplied) for charitable status; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rural Schemes
355. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of local improvement schemes completed by Carlow County Council in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Meetings
357. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16208/25]
