Written answers

Tuesday, 8 April 2025

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      41. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing will next meet. [13702/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      53. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the AI Action Summit. [14196/25]
    • Departmental Offices
      59. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [13973/25]
    • National Economic and Social Council
      67. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [13974/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      78. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will meet next. [13735/25]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      80. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent discussions with President Zelenskyy. [13727/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      83. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee that deals with rural affairs and community development will meet. [13728/25]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      85. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent engagement with the US president. [13729/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      87. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed by his Department’s press office at the end of each of the past ten years. [9295/25]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the importance of promoting the provision of Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Schemes
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the Dublin 15 Special Education Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17231/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of autism classes in County Mayo. [17236/25]
    • School Staff
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teacher posts currently vacant, by county. [17203/25]
    • School Admissions
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of children who were forced into mainstream schools because they could not secure a suitable placement for their child; how she...
    • School Accommodation
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of additional accommodation to schools in Mayo. [17237/25]
    • Education Schemes
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to implement the employment and governance structures of the school completion programme. [14634/25]
    • School Accommodation
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the additional school accommodation section to work towards when processing invoices from schools; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes planned in the school transport scheme for the 2025-2026 school year in order to ensure all children will be accommodated; and if she...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtabharfaidh sí na spriocdhátaí measta agus amchlár maidir le foilsiú nó cur i bhfeidhm gach ceann de na 13...
    • School Staff
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to address the recruitment and retention crisis in education and the related increase in numbers of unqualified...
    • Mental Health Services
      126. 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
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to increase the numbers of speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists for...
    • School Facilities
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage with schools who wish to install solar panels, but have been disallowed as roof mounted panels are not considered...
    • Schools Building Projects
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the current status of the permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will commit to...
    • School Accommodation
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the revised national planning framework will be used to inform and, if necessary, alter school planning processes in areas of high projected...
    • Special Educational Needs
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the development of a pilot project in a small number of DEIS primary schools in order to gather empirical and scientific...
    • Schools Building Projects
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school (details supplied) regarding its emergency works application, following a recent visit by the emergency works team; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to open a new special school in south Tipperary (details supplied); if she will task her Department officials and the NCSE to seek...
    • School Funding
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increased capitation for primary schools that are struggling to pay operational costs due to rising prices; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department has taken and will take to make the education system more inclusive for children with autism; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of two modular units for additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her progress to date in the implementation of the DEIS plus scheme as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the construction of a school (details supplied). [16856/25]
    • Public Sector Pay
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the local bargaining process in the primary education sector; if she will provide an update on the 19 costings...
    • Teacher Training
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to increase the number of qualified primary teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17200/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a timeline for delivery of new primary and post-primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the social and emotional support in all schools. [14638/25]
    • Education Policy
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans to expand the role of the home school liaison roles. [14636/25]
    • School Funding
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding schools seeking financial contributions from parents; if she intends to adequately fund schools to negate the need for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional special school places that have been provided for Cork for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on additional buildings needed for Danu special school Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17234/25]
    • School Funding
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action she will take to increase capitation and other funding for schools so they are able to meet their running costs; and if she will make...
    • School Enrolments
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children nationally, and specifically in Dublin, that will not have a school place this coming September; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the Dublin Mid-West area; the number of special schools; to outline the plans for new schools in the area; and if she...
    • School Transport
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the implementation of the school transport strategy. [16970/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when phase 2 of the building works at a school (details supplied) is scheduled to commence; if she will provide an update on the timeline for its...
    • Teacher Training
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure new teachers in training are trained to deliver high-quality teaching to children of all abilities, including those with...
    • Departmental Meetings
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has met with parents who held a 24-hour sleep-out outside her Department’s headquarters on Tuesday, 1 April 2025; and if she will...
    • State Examinations
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she intends to address to concerns of students and parents regarding the grade inflation in recent years and the potential impact on Leaving...
    • Special Educational Needs
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department’s work regarding accessibility of education for people who are visually impaired. [17149/25]
    • School Facilities
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department is supporting second-level schools to prepare students for rapid technological advances, such as artificial intelligence and...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the appeals process for schools denied DEIS status; the criteria upon which schools may appeal; and if she will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new premises for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17048/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned works for school buildings (details supplied); the current stage each project is at; and the expected timeline for...
    • School Accommodation
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure a school (details supplied) has the modular unit in place for September to cater for the two special needs classes it will have; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the Autism Class Application Trial, which is being run by primary schools in Dublin 15; if her Department has signed off on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the need for a multi-gendered, multi-denominational secondary school in the Ashtown Navan Road area in Dublin; and if she will make...
    • Special Educational Needs
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of expressions of interest that have sought to secure a place for a child in the interim special school in County Monaghan; and if she...
    • School Curriculum
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Government commitment to return therapists, such as speech and language therapists and occupational therapists, to schools has not...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a timeline for the introduction of a DEIS Plus programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17225/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review Circular 0002/2024 in relation to the distribution of special education teaching hours at primary level, given many schools...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the announced reduction in pupil teacher ratio will be introduced for the coming school year, where a school could potentially loose a...
    • Education Policy
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take into account the findings of a recent survey (details supplied), which received 1,231 valid parental responses representing...
    • School Accommodation
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the four prefabs at a school (details supplied); when they will be replaced; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on a permanent building for Danu special school in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17235/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to continue and expand the counselling in primary schools pilot given that schools have not yet been informed whether this...
    • School Transport
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the school transport scheme; the number of applications currently in the system from Cork county; and if she...
    • School Funding
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools currently in debt across the country. [17202/25]
    • Teacher Training
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure teachers currently working in the education system are trained to deliver high-quality teaching to children of all abilities,...
    • School Transport
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on school transport; the measures she is taking to increase school transport places in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Site Acquisitions
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on plans for a Department of Education site at Brooklodge, Glanmire, Cork; the progress made to locate a special...
    • Special Educational Needs
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason mainstream classes in a pre-school (details supplied) have been excluded from special needs education support; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department’s evaluation of pilots run under the revised school transport scheme for 2025-2026; to provide the next...
    • Special Educational Needs
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to ensure that children in County Mayo who are waiting prolonged periods for their initial CDNT appointment do not experience...
    • Schools Building Projects
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is considering the establishment of a new second level school in east Cork given the projected rise in population figures in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the applications for ASD classes in two schools in County Tipperary which have not had their classes sanctioned (details supplied);...
    • School Curriculum
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on plans for senior cycle reform, in particular the practical steps that she has taken since previous Minister's Questions...
    • School Accommodation
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional space will be provided at a Louth primary school (details supplied) to accommodate an extra classroom and additional ASD places;...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her criteria to define these new additional supports DEIS +. [14635/25]
    • School Staff
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to keeping a teacher at a primary school in Louth (details supplied) as its projected pupil numbers will be higher...
    • School Transport
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in order to alleviate the shortage of primary school places in Portlaoise, that the transport section of her Department would provide transport...
    • Special Educational Needs
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined initiatives to assist dyslexic students to study Irish at post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Examinations
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the issue of grade inflation in recent years and the potential impact on Leaving Certificate students graduating in 2025 will be addressed by...
    • School Staff
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to ensure the full complement of special needs assistant posts are filled in September 2025 in order to adequately...
    • School Funding
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to increase the capitation grant per child, for each school, to meet the growing demands on schools due to the rising cost of...
    • Teacher Training
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training and the type of training that has been provided to senior cycle teachers for senior cycle reform to begin in September of this year;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends on expanding the Dublin 15 autism class application trial across Ireland to introduce a centralised application system for autism...
    • State Examinations
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to ensure fairness in Leaving Certificate 2025, particularly in comparison with previous cohorts, in light of grade...
    • School Accommodation
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of the extension to a school (details supplied); if stage 1 has now completed; the timeline for the delivery of the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Social Insurance
      213. To ask the Taoiseach if he can provide the total social insurance contributions in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and total contributions as a percentage of GNI* and GDP (current prices), in all...
    • Cabinet Committees
      214. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure will next meet. [15663/25]
    • Departmental Bodies
      215. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [15665/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      216. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee that deals with rural affairs and community development will meet. [16743/25]
    • Departmental Bodies
      217. To ask the Taoiseach the participants at the first meeting of the Strategic Economic Advisory Panel which took place during his recent visit to Washington DC. [16610/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      218. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17063/25]
    • Departmental Bodies
      219. To ask the Taoiseach to outline the remit of the disability unit at his Department, including whether it will be responsible for specialist community-based disability services; what...
    • Vacant Properties
      220. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length of time they have been...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Diplomatic Representation
      221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagements with the German government and the German embassy in Ireland regarding the issuing of deportation orders to...
    • Trade Missions
      222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans trade missions to the USA in 2025 and any being planned this year; and if so, when and the location. [16613/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      223. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations under...
    • Passport Services
      224. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of adult and children's passports that were issued in Q1 2025; and if he will provide the corresponding figure for Q1 2024, in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      225. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a full list of membership of the recently-formed US-based Strategic Economic Advisory Panel; the number of times this group has...
    • United Nations
      226. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will support the reappointment of UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese; the Government’s position...
    • Departmental Staff
      227. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17055/25]
    • Passport Services
      230. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17379/25]
    • Human Rights
      231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who needs an urgent transfer from Gaza for medical care; if his Department will...
    • Official Engagements
      233. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of all official engagements and meetings attended by him, and Ministers of State within his Department, on the week ending...
    • Departmental Meetings
      234. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with...
    • Passport Services
      235. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of adult and child passports issued in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [17634/25]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Waste Management
      236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the burden being placed on farmers by new requirements being instituted by farm plastic collection...
    • Pension Provisions
      237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a preserved pension; if advice will be provided on the case; and if he...
    • Waste Management
      238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the plastic bag levy; how much it has accrued in each of the past five years; if this funding is...
    • Environmental Schemes
      239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the deposit return scheme; the protocol for money that is unclaimed; if this funding is...
    • Fuel Quality
      240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment which State agency has responsibility for the testing of vehicle fuel quality; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment about action No. 6 in his Department’s electricity storage policy framework; to provide an update on progress;...
    • Waste Management
      243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the roll-out of brown bins by waste management companies will be mandatory for households in rural areas, in line...
    • Departmental Projects
      245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department...
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he proposes, in conjunction with the North-South Ministerial Council, to fill the two southern vacancies on the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider providing an extension by way of a by-law to address the fact a fishers' group (details supplied)...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the Eir Irish fibre network programme; the area covered and completed to date; what areas will be...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of apprenticeships delegated by Electric Ireland in each of the past five years; the number of applications...
    • Departmental Staff
      250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a list, with the job titles and salaries, of all ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries....
    • Departmental Bodies
      251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the recruitment process for the project manager positions for the European Digital Innovation...
    • Building Energy Rating
      252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the public consultation on the national building renovation plan, required under the energy...
    • Climate Action Plan
      253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the final social climate plan will contain adequately funded and targeted and long-term structural supports to...
    • Departmental Properties
      255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the transition to renewable heat; if he has considered measures to increase the use of biofuels;...
    • Natural Gas Imports
      257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on energy security; what the Government means when it describes a ‘State-backed’ LNG...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the implementation of the national biomethane strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Gender Recognition
      259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been in communication with the Department of Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding any further initiatives proposed by his Department to increase the support for offshore wind...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Projects
      261. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations under the...
    • Defence Forces
      262. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Jadotville community were invited to make submissions when drafting the terms of reference for the tribunal in relation to examining the...
    • Departmental Properties
      263. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will expedite a decision in relation to the 62 residential units under the control of his Department in County Kildare, with a view to...
    • Defence Forces
      264. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of new recruits admitted to the Defence Forces for each of the past five years, by gender; and the number admitted from each county,...
    • Departmental Staff
      268. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17050/25]
    • United Nations
      269. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to clarify that a UN General Assembly resolution may authorise the deployment of Irish troops overseas under the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006;...
    • Defence Forces
      270. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report on his Department's work to encourage female participation and recruitment in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Properties
      272. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length...
    • Departmental Meetings
      273. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Rail Network
      274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Irish Rail workers (apart from gatekeepers) that are working for Irish Rail after the age of 66; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Test
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons currently waiting for driving tests across each test centre in Tipperary, in tabular form. [16611/25]
    • Road Network
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new Adare bypass road will be fully open. [16614/25]
    • Rail Network
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new restored Foynes-to-Limerick rail line will be open. [16615/25]
    • Taxi Licences
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the creation of a new taxi/hackney licence to service rural Ireland. [16616/25]
    • Aviation Industry
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department is working to implement an unmanned traffic management (UTM) system, known as U-space, to support the safe...
    • Public Transport
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans that exist to improve public transport links from south Kilkenny into the new public transport hub in Waterford city; and if he...
    • Greenways Provision
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider reviewing the code of best practice for national and regional greenways and the greenway sustainability payment, with...
    • Departmental Projects
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations...
    • Road Projects
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Castlemore junction upgrade project on the N22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16695/25]
    • Aviation Industry
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the aircraft registration numbers of Irish-registered civil aircraft operating outside Ireland who were granted exemptions to permit...
    • Rail Network
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will initiate the Programme for Government's commitment to commission an independent feasibility study into...
    • Electricity Grid
      292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to integrate a type of charging (details supplied) into the public network; the measures he is taking to process this;...
    • Road Network
      293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has discussed with the NTA its plans to close parking spots on motorways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16786/25]
    • Climate Action Plan
      294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a transport objective in the Climate Action Plan (details supplied) to support delivery of the all-island...
    • Public Transport
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a mandatory retirement age for bus drivers on Local Link routes; if the National Transport Authority has the authority to set...
    • Departmental Funding
      296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his department could make funding available to carry out a feasibility study (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies at each grade of higher executive officer and above currently within his Department; and the estimated timeframe...
    • Public Transport
      298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will provide additional public transport options from Portarlington via Monasterevin to the Kildare...
    • Haulage Industry
      299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the expanded ZEHDV-I scheme will be made available to businesses along the current N20 road at Mallow, County Cork; and if he will...
    • Greenways Provision
      300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered basing the Barnesmore Gap Greenway in the Finn Harps carpark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17012/25]
    • Cycling Policy
      301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 19 March 2025, if his Department intends to include information about motorists’...
    • Penalty Points System
      302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are figures available detailing the number of penalty points issued resulting from the decrease in speed limits; and if he will...
    • Electric Vehicles
      303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has had any communication with Laois County Council around providing a mechanism for people to access EV charging...
    • Rail Network
      304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the upgrading of the Waterford to Dublin train line to advance the proposed increased train service to Carlow and Athy...
    • Departmental Staff
      305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17065/25]
    • Road Tolls
      306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money collected at each toll bridge in the country in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in tabular form....
    • Public Transport
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department plans on introducing any additional Luas trams during peak commuting hours, to help alleviate current levels of demand....
    • Driver Test
      308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure the Road Safety Authority prioritises approved driving instructor testing and approvals (details supplied). [17320/25]
    • Taxi Licences
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received for the e-SPSV grant scheme in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17349/25]
    • Public Transport
      312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans there are to inform the public of the imminent changes in rail fares under the Dublin commuting zone, to be launched at the end...
    • Rail Network
      315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider additional infrastructure in County Kildare (details supplied); whether he has been consulted on any such proposal;...
    • Bus Services
      316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the provision of a town bus for Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17373/25]
    • Aviation Industry
      317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that he has made since assuming office in ensuring that Irish Government funding is reinstated for the Derry to Dublin air...
    • Driver Test
      319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposed new RSA driving test centre for south Dublin; if his Department will assist the RSA in opening this test centre...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme; and if he will...
    • Vacant Properties
      321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the...
    • Aviation Industry
      322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to bring forward a new aviation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17516/25]
    • Rail Network
      324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned capital rail priorities for the next decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17519/25]
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if TII makes specific funding available to local authorities to fund safety works at locations where there are primary schools along...
    • Departmental Funding
      326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department makes specific funding available to local authorities to fund safety works at locations where there are primary schools...
    • Legislative Process
      327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with...
    • Driver Test
      328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ensure a person (details supplied) can sit their driving test promptly as required for employment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider additional funding for door to door services by Local Link services to ensure that those without transport in rural...
    • Rail Network
      331. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the feasibility study for Metro SouthWest has been initiated, and if not, whether terms of reference have been agreed; if the planning...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views and response on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17605/25]
    • Bus Services
      333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied at the adequacy of the service provided by a company (details supplied) particularly the S4 Route from the KCR Kimmage...
    • Rail Network
      335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct Irish Rail to install lifts in the stations at locations (details supplied) as it poses a significant challenge for...
    • Departmental Bodies
      336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make a statement on data sharing restrictions in respect of statutory authorities under his department; and, in particular, if...
    • Electric Vehicles
      337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support the installation of EV charging infrastructure for householders who do not have a driveway, in urban areas in...
    • National Transport Authority
      338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether changes should be made by the NTA regarding the application of the grants process for WAVs; his further views on...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Industry
      339. 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...
    • Tax Reliefs
      340. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the potential benefit of introducing a new section 23 type tax relief scheme to encourage individual private investors to...
    • Credit Unions
      341. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there should be a requirement for credit unions to hold their annual general meetings in person rather than via electronic video...
    • Consumer Protection
      342. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he has any plans to reform the regulation of lifetime loan products issued by companies such as (details supplied) to strengthen consumer protection...
    • Customs and Excise
      343. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an over-the-counter medication (details supplied) purchased in another EU Member State was not allowed into the State by customs officials; and if...
    • Departmental Projects
      344. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations under the aegis of his...
    • Tax Exemptions
      345. To ask the Minister for Finance if the exemption from income tax, capital gains tax and capital acquisitions tax on payments made to the women impacted by the failures in the Cervical Check...
    • Customs and Excise
      346. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of individual custom inspections conducted on incoming air and sea passengers at each individual port and airport in the State in each...
    • Airport Security
      347. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of x-ray scanners currently in place to detect illicit trade and smuggling at ports and airports around the country; the number of scans conducted...
    • Tax Collection
      348. To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenue collected in 2024 from tobacco products tax; the total volume and retail value of the tobacco products sold to generate this revenue; and if...
    • Gambling Sector
      349. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to increasing the betting tax in order to fund sport; and if he intends to increase the betting tax in order to provide...
    • Flood Risk Management
      350. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to ensure that insurance companies use accurate flood risk data during risk assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Insurance Coverage
      351. To ask the Minister for Finance to address the difficulties homeowners have in obtaining affordable home insurance due to perceived flood risks in an area in County Kildare (details...
    • National Economic Dialogue
      352. To ask the Minister for Finance when the National Economic Dialogue will take place in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16832/25]
    • Summer Economic Statement
      353. To ask the Minister for Finance when the 2025 summer economic statement will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16833/25]
    • Insurance Industry
      355. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has collected any data or statistics on the increase in insurance costs associated with hosting music events since 2020; if so, to outline...
    • Departmental Staff
      356. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17054/25]
    • Financial Services
      357. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints with the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman that have been waiting five years or more for a preliminary decision; and if he...
    • State Assets
      358. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Nature and Climate Fund are invested and stored; the projected rate of return from the financial...
    • Insurance Industry
      359. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason home insurance premiums on renewal are increasing for customers without any claims made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17110/25]
    • Tax Collection
      360. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in VAT on energy bills in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [17147/25]
    • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
      361. To ask the Minister for Finance what avenues are open for borrowers with ongoing legal or Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman cases against the IBRC and its predecessor institutions,...
    • Tax Exemptions
      365. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE workers to benefit from small benefit exemption in 2023 and 2024; and the total costs to the Exchequer in each year; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Stock Exchange
      366. To ask the Minister for Finance how he proposes to work closely with the Irish Stock Exchange to ensure future growth, focusing particularly on small-to-medium-sized fast-growing companies;...
    • Tax Reliefs
      368. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who are blind can qualify for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme, which provides relief from VRT and VAT on the use of an adapted...
    • Tax Collection
      370. To ask the Minister for Finance if information will be provided in relation to a person's (details supplied) local property tax liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      371. To ask the Minister for Finance to comment on the regressive nature of the tax saver ticket and cycle to work schemes, whereby those on higher incomes benefit from cheaper transport than...
    • Tax Collection
      372. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update position on primary medical certificates; if changes will be made to the scheme during the term of the Government; and if he will make a...
    • Vacant Properties
      373. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length of time they...
    • Departmental Meetings
      374. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a...
    • Tax Code
      376. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason rental income arising from the letting of private residential accommodation is treated as class V income, as opposed to Class I income; and to...
    • Tax Reliefs
      378. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider a change to the residential premises rental income relief to allow individual private landlords to claim multiple relief for...
    • Tax Code
      379. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for the introduction of the planned e-liquid product tax and the publication of the implementing S.I. and guidance for suppliers and retailers....
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pensions
      381. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for the National Shared Services Office refusing to post hard copy pay slips on each payment date to pensioners,...
    • Departmental Projects
      382. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      383. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 26 March 2025, to list each separate flood relief scheme that is included under tranche 1 or...
    • Office of Public Works
      384. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of OPW lands, to include size, buildings and or storage facilities in Kildare that are not in use and or...
    • Departmental Data
      385. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine an appeal in regard to a decision to disqualify a Skellig boat operator in County Kerry from renewing their licence...
    • Flood Risk Management
      386. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to update the flood risk map in an area in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Office of Public Works
      387. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will carry out works at a Fairy Fort, Cahersiveen, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      388. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of all new Garda stations planned to commence between now and end of 2027, in tabular form. [16870/25]
    • Office of Government Procurement
      389. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of companies currently on a framework with the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) to provide office supplies to public...
    • Office of Public Works
      390. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of rent the OPW has paid for an office (details supplied) since it opened, in tabular form; when the rent review for this...
    • Departmental Staff
      391. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17060/25]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      392. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a Parliamentary Question of 5 February, (details supplied), when he will meet with and provide an update to local residents...
    • Coast Guard Service
      394. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total breakdown of costs to date to progress plans for a new Coastguard station in Greystones; the total expected costs when...
    • An Garda Síochána
      395. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations that were refurbished by the OPW where the value of works was in excess of €50,000 within Galway division in...
    • Office of Public Works
      396. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet an organisation (details supplied) to progress an issue with an OPW site, as per correspondence from this Deputy to him;...
    • Vacant Properties
      397. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on...
    • Departmental Meetings
      398. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with...
    • Insurance Coverage
      399. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position of the memorandum of understanding between a company (details supplied) and the Office of Public Works in relation to flood...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Bodies
      400. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of bodies or agencies of the State within his Department working with data centre companies to advance completion of data...
    • Company Law
      401. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when all of the key provisions of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 will be...
    • Work Permits
      402. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the application process for employment permits will reopen now that the quota has been met, considering that companies have...
    • Departmental Projects
      403. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and...
    • State Assets
      404. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number and approximate value of preferential and other shares held by his Department and separately by IDA Ireland and...
    • Programme for Government
      405. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government will host a competitiveness summit this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16828/25]
    • Departmental Strategies
      407. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish the national semiconductor strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16830/25]
    • Semi-State Bodies
      409. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE data analysts employed by IDA Ireland in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [16872/25]
    • Employment Support Services
      410. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to support employment in Monaghan town following the closure of a business (details supplied) to ensure that vital...
    • Departmental Staff
      411. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17052/25]
    • Business Supports
      412. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is currently planning to extend further start-up supports to non-manufacturing and non-export businesses. [17177/25]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      413. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his Department’s work to encourage digitisation both within his own Department, and in businesses. [17178/25]
    • Business Regulation
      414. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how his Department is planning to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government to ‘cut through unnecessary...
    • Employment Rights
      416. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on their Department’s work to reform the employment conditions of those working in the gig-economy. [17181/25]
    • Business Supports
      417. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what business grants supports for small business ratepayers will be introduced in 2025, and what the deadlines will be; and if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      419. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has any plans to amend the Casual Trading Act 1995 to include the provision of services; if so, the timeline for amendment of...
    • Corporate Governance
      420. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Corporate Enforcement Agency (CEA) staff, that is Garda and civilian, that have resigned and or retired from their...
    • Departmental Advertising
      426. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department spent in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form on advertisement on a website (details supplied)....
    • Vacant Properties
      427. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on...
    • Departmental Meetings
      428. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with...
    • EU Regulations
      429. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the process by which his Department plans to assess the European Commission’s new legal proposal under the REACH regulation to...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Facilities
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are grants available, outside of minor works grants, for schools to install accessible playgrounds on their site to encourage learning...
    • Schools Building Projects
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will reply to a school (details supplied) which wants to confirm a timeline with her Department with respect to a planned...
    • Departmental Funding
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding given to fifty private schools in current and capital funding between 2020-2024, breaking allocations down by current, capital,...
    • School Transport
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will work with Bus Éireann to amend the rules to allow drivers over 70 years-of-age to continue to drive school buses, subject to...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is not recognised as a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16563/25]
    • School Staff
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs employed in the education system, in tabular form. [16566/25]
    • School Facilities
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have working lifts in the school, in tabular form; and the plans to install lifts in schools to make buildings...
    • Education Welfare Service
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of education welfare officers there are in the country, and where, in tabular form. [16570/25]
    • Education Policy
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of Leaving Certificate reform; her plans, and the timeline of changes; and what changes are planned. [16571/25]
    • School Accommodation
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in prefabricated buildings in the State, and the timeline for the school to receive a permanent building, in tabular form....
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPs psychologists there are, in tabular form. [16573/25]
    • Education Policy
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain how the Leaving Certificate results will be “equalised” from Covid time; and if she will make a statement on the issue....
    • School Curriculum
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of single sex boys’ schools that teach home economics. [16575/25]
    • School Patronage
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of single sex girls' schools, in tabular form. [16576/25]
    • School Facilities
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that do not have suitable outdoor space for students for break times and other outdoor learning. [16585/25]
    • School Funding
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current level of capitation grants for primary schools; and their intended usage, comparing this academic year with the last academic year;...
    • School Patronage
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools in the country, in tabular form. [16590/25]
    • School Curriculum
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have applied for an Irish exemption in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [16592/25]
    • School Discipline
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how schools are reviewing anti-bullying policies annually; and how many schools are reviewing anti bullying policies; in tabular form. [16593/25]
    • School Textbooks
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total expenditure on public schoolbooks since the scheme was introduced, in tabular form. [16599/25]
    • Education Policy
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 600 of 19 March 2025 (details supplied), when the 314 school planning areas were last reviewed; and when...
    • School Management
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status or regard a school should have for a doctor’s recommendation that action be taken to support a pupil who is suffering mentally...
    • Special Educational Needs
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered opening a special school specifically for the areas of Rathcoole, Newcastle, Saggart and Brittas in order to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an emergency works application (details supplied). [16634/25]
    • School Staff
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review and reverse a recent decision to suppress two mainstream class teacher positions in a school in County Kerry (details...
    • School Transport
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school bus ticket for a person in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant for emergency works applied for on 19 December 2023 (details supplied) will be approved immediately; and if a more recent application...
    • School Staff
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school teacher (details supplied); if her department will engage with the Teaching Council in...
    • Departmental Projects
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by her Department and organisations under the...
    • School Accommodation
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give a commitment to necessary repair work being carried out at a school (details supplied) to ensure that this school can provide...
    • School Staff
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on her proposals to ensure that school caretakers are fairly remunerated for their work; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education Policy
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why reading programmes such as Reading Recovery and Edmark are promoted by her Department in place of science of reading approaches; and if she...
    • Education Welfare Service
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if education welfare officers are permitted to extend their support to young people under the age of sixteen attending a Youthreach programme;...
    • School Staff
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 27 March 2025, to clarify whether the terms and conditions of the non-statutory leave of absence...
    • State Examinations
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the pay disparity between special needs assistants (SNAs) and non-SNAs for supervising State exams, a practice that appears...
    • Education Policy
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the critical gap in the education system for students with additional educational needs who are unable to complete the traditional...
    • Departmental Data
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16807/25]
    • School Transport
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason bus drivers over the age of 70 cannot operate on school bus routes that are contracted to Bus Éireann; if the National Transport...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) have not been granted DEIS status when all other schools in the area have DEIS status, leaving the school...
    • School Staff
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a matter concerning an SET post at a school (details supplied). [16886/25]
    • School Accommodation
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an additional accommodation project application by a school (details supplied); when they can proceed to the next phase;...
    • School Curriculum
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the traditional Irish harp in primary and post primary curriculum; if, given the expense of purchasing an Irish harp, funding is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in counties Wicklow and Wexford who have diagnosed special needs for both primary and secondary level, in tabular form;...
    • School Transport
      496. 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 for...
    • School Staff
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNA posts funded in Budget 2025; the level of support this will provide in the planned new special classes and special schools for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that her Department has spent to date on the construction of a building (details supplied); and the final cost expected for this...
    • Special Educational Needs
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allocate a budget line to making permanent and to roll out the pilot that took place in Dublin 15, with a central allocation process...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships registered with her Department for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17051/25]
    • School Facilities
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the provision of free period products will be available in all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17171/25]
    • School Equipment
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details on the next tranche under ICT grant funding; if this will open to schools for application; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on any changes in the allocation process for schools for special needs assistants for 2025/2026; and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on her Department’s efforts to reduce the student to teacher ratio in primary schools. [17175/25]
    • Programme for Government
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what her plans are to deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to "collect data to create more targeted, effective services for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the approved extension for a school (details supplied); if the originally sanctioned seven-classroom remains unchanged; the current...
    • School Staff
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the case of a DEIS Band 1 primary school (details supplied) which is set to lose its tenth mainstream teacher due to a rigid...
    • School Equipment
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to ensure a new school (details supplied) is compliant with fire safety regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her assessment that school transportation be legally required to ensure appropriate supervision in an effort to prevent bullying. [17289/25]
    • School Curriculum
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider seeking a re-running of Schools' Folklore Project 1937-1938 which had a significant output now stored in the National...
    • School Staff
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the Gaeltacht learning period grant for primary ITE programmes, to consider the implementation of a similar grant model for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a new primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16900/25]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that students who undertook the graduate diploma in physical education at Portobello Institute were under the clear understanding...
    • Schools Building Projects
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 376 and 584 of 5 November 2024, with the report in relation to the extra funding requested for the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      526. 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...
    • School Staff
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the quota system in operation for the allocation of SNAs; if she will ensure that the recommendation made by a Louth-based SNA...
    • Education Policy
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on her plans to deal with the issue of grade inflation and will she consider allocating a quota of CAO places reserved for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the investment of SEN classes across Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown over the past five years, specifically to detail the supports that now...
    • School Transport
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school transport scheme for a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17382/25]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 1 April 2025, the process that was used to determine the DEIS status of a school (details supplied);...
    • Special Educational Needs
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the expansion of the autism class in a school (details supplied); when the expanded class is expected to be operational; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of the new extension at a school (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure that communication between NCSE and her Department’s building unit is operating effectively given the...
    • School Staff
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address an issue regarding a contract for a teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17444/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17449/25]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide school caretakers with access to the single public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of delays in relation to the construction of a new school campus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Insurance Coverage
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she will remedy the issue of rising insurance premiums for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17466/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will make a determination regarding plans for the new school building at a school (details supplied) which have been with her...
    • Special Educational Needs
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional demand for special class and special school places for September 2025 that has now been identified at primary and secondary school...
    • Vacant Properties
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length...
    • School Transport
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available for a child (details supplied) to get to school where there is no Bus Éireann school service available; and if she...
    • Education Policy
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of current DEIS schools within the Drogheda school planning area (including the location and name of school)....
    • State Examinations
      561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to ensure that this year’s Leaving Certificate students are not at a disadvantage as a result of her...
    • School Accommodation
      562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a derelict and unsafe prefab at a school (details supplied) will be removed as it has become unsafe and is no longer fit for purpose. [17518/25]
    • Departmental Meetings
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing...
    • School Staff
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the staffing appeal case lodged by a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school place for a child (details supplied) with additional needs be made available for the school year 2025/2026; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of transporting children with additional needs to special classes or special school settings from Dublin 2 in each of the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Grant Payments
      573. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are grants available for students from lower socio-economic backgrounds to attend the Gaeltacht every summer. [16591/25]
    • Departmental Meetings
      574. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list all meetings he, his advisers and or his Department’s officials have had with RTÉ since he took office, by...
    • Sports Funding
      575. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in relation to the provision of public funding for League of Ireland soccer academies; if he will set out for each...
    • Departmental Projects
      576. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and...
    • Irish Language
      577. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will support the promotion of the Irish language throughout the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry by resourcing and...
    • Culture Policy
      578. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he plans to develop a multi-cultural centre in Cork city to provide a venue for cultural events in Cork city and county; and if...
    • Sports Funding
      579. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of Community Sports Facilities Fund will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16897/25]
    • Arts Funding
      580. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has any scheme or grant available to assist schools at primary and post primary level who wish to teach students...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      581. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is aware of the concerns about the geoblocking of BBC Sounds that includes Radio Ulster for listeners in this State...
    • Irish Language
      582. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will examine a list of proposed actions in respect of the Irish language and the Gaeltacht (details supplied); and if he...
    • Sports Funding
      583. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when his Department will approve a 2024 sports capital application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      584. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17064/25]
    • Arts Funding
      585. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of his departmental budget that is set aside to fund artists, entertainers, musicians, poets and performers who promote...
    • Tourism Promotion
      586. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposals there are to further the marketing of the tourism potential of the ‘Hidden Heartlands’; and if he will...
    • Vacant Properties
      587. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      588. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the basic income for the arts scheme will be extended past 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17489/25]
    • Departmental Meetings
      590. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of landowners whose land appears on the annual map for 2025 residential zoned land tax published on 31 January 2025...
    • Animal Welfare
      592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cause of a death of a hippo in Dublin Zoo (details supplied); and the steps that have been taken by the zoo to avoid this...
    • Defective Building Materials
      595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the rollout of the scheme to address the remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes; and if he...
    • Electoral Process
      596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to lower the voting age to 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16597/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Tipperary County Council for the tenant-in-situ scheme for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and...
    • Departmental Funding
      598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a full update on the Cork Events Centre project; the key next stages and estimated timelines; and the exact amount of...
    • Housing Schemes
      599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to provide a timeline for when local authority homes can avail of the pyrite scheme, considering the...
    • Planning Issues
      600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has made on including 'meanwhile use' as an exempted development under the Planning and Development -...
    • Housing Schemes
      601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the funding allocated to each local authority under the void scheme for refurbishing vacant local authority...
    • Rental Sector
      602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the current housing assistance payment limits; his views on whether these are appropriate taking into account...
    • Departmental Projects
      603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and...
    • Rental Sector
      604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list those areas in County Laois that are in the rent pressure zones and the annual percentage increase in rents allowed in...
    • Local Authorities
      605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the recently introduced regulations that have had the effect of disqualifying pensioners on a low income from seeking...
    • Fire Stations
      607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and or his officials have engaged with the chief fire officer and or the local authority management in respect of the...
    • Planning Issues
      608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to extend the waiver of development contributions and Uisce Éireann connection fees for self-build...
    • Housing Schemes
      609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his current approach to flat regeneration; the way in which he intends to support local authorities;...
    • Water Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify comments made on 5 March 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16792/25]
    • Rental Sector
      612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the eligibility criteria for the housing assistance payment scheme, particularly in cases where a family...
    • Urban Development
      613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the transport-oriented development working group reporting on TOD opportunities in Cork, Waterford,...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he last met the CEO of Gas Networks Ireland; and the issues discussed. [16862/25]
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a review on the special areas of conservation maps. [16898/25]
    • Estimates Publication
      616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a revised estimate for Vote 34 Sub Head A Housing will be brought to the Oireachtas; to outline the programme level...
    • Housing Policy
      617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the relationship between and the difference between the housing capital allocations of €3.6 billon and...
    • Departmental Data
      618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications by approved housing bodies and local authorities for approval for social and affordable housing...
    • Departmental Staff
      619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of staff employed directly by his Department; and the total cost of this staffing for each year from 2020 to...
    • Vacant Properties
      620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total funding allocated under each of the programmes funded by his Department for addressing vacancy and dereliction in...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the status of the report of the working group involving local authorities, as identified in the Action Plan...
    • Defective Building Materials
      622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if those who applied and are due to apply for the final payment in respect of the defective concrete block scheme, are...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the case of persons (details supplied); if he will request his Department to investigate this matter to...
    • Departmental Data
      624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the €265,000,000 approved for housing acquisitions in 2025; the amount approved for 2023 and 2024 in...
    • Housing Provision
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 3,000 social and affordable homes approved by Cabinet that will be delivered in Laois; if they will be...
    • Housing Policy
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the threshold to allow qualification for social housing in various local authorities; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17058/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an exact date for when the tenant-in-situ scheme will be reinstated and made fully accessible to applicants; what...
    • Energy Conservation
      631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of local authority homes that were retrofitted under the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme in 2024,...
    • Defective Building Materials
      635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time the interim remediation scheme will continue for to ensure that the 100,000 affected homeowners of...
    • Waste Management
      637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to ensure that his Department liaises with Waterways Ireland to install public bins along the Goldenbridge Walk footpath along...
    • Departmental Data
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average wait time for decisions from An Bord Pleanála on developments (details supplied); the number of inspectors on...
    • Rental Sector
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request the Property Services Regulatory Authority investigate the practice of letting agents without PSR licences...
    • Defective Building Materials
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the review of IS 465; and when he expects to bring forward legislation to amend the defective concrete...
    • Vacant Properties
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if considerations has been given towards extending the time afforded to successful applicants under the vacant property...
    • Departmental Data
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital allocations for social housing acquisitions for 2025 for each local authority, in tabular form. [17528/25]
    • Gender Recognition
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group...
    • Building Regulations
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which planning authorities are required to consider whether a building can satisfy building control regulations...
    • Departmental Data
      649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total annual budget provided to the residential tenancies board in each of the years 2015 to 2024. [17615/25]
    • Emergency Accommodation
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make a statement on nutrition and access to play areas and recreational facilities for children in emergency...
    • Departmental Strategies
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he will take to deal with the expiration of planning permissions in the next five years; the actions that should...
    • Departmental Schemes
      654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce schemes that encourage mutual home ownership model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17648/25]
    • Planning Issues
      655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will deal with the significant decrease in planning permissions, specifically in the three Dublin council areas; and if...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      656. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a memorandum of understanding or formal data-sharing agreement exists between An Garda Síochána and the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      657. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason seasonal workers (details supplied) cannot avail of the new jobseeker's pay related benefit. [16521/25]
    • Home Help Service
      658. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on progress being made to support those living alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16539/25]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      659. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer’s allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who are over 65 years of age and in receipt of the half-rate carer’s payment ,and what it would...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      661. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he intends on introducing a temporary measure which would align surrogacy leave to adoptive leave and benefits; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      663. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to adding inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis,...
    • Departmental Data
      665. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and...
    • Irish Sign Language
      666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he intends to amend the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 to ensure a complaints and conduct measure is introduced under...
    • State Pensions
      668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of women denied the non-contributory State pension due to their husband's contributory pension through his...
    • Departmental Staff
      670. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE forensic accountants directly employed by his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Inquiries
      671. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16881/25]
    • Departmental Data
      672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 27 February 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of applications...
    • Poverty Impact Assessment
      673. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will conduct an updated poverty impact assessment of age-related rates of jobseeker's for young people aged...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      674. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans to abolish the means test for carer’s allowance; if so, if it will be done in Budget 2026; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      675. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17062/25]
    • Departmental Data
      676. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the half-rate of carer's allowance; the corresponding social welfare payment they are in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      677. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) which has been under appeal since...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      678. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on a humanitarian assistance application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      679. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether consideration will be given to providing a ‘cost of allergy’ payment to those suffering from severe...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      680. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the practice of childminders having to sign-on during holiday periods; if he will consider bringing them in line...
    • Departmental Data
      681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount his Department spent in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form on advertisement on a website (details...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      682. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a parent is entitled to a carer's respite grant if their child has turned 16 years-of-age and has moved from the...
    • Departmental Data
      683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is proposed to increase the means threshold for carer's allowance; the amount it will increase by; and the date on...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a determination will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a reimbursement for their dental costs under the treatment benefit scheme; and...
    • Vacant Properties
      687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and...
    • Gender Recognition
      688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation has been...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, when an individual is making an application for an additional needs’ payment, State redress payments are...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Data
      690. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are figures available detailing the number of speeding fines issued resulting from the decrease in speed limits in...
    • Local Authorities
      691. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of local authorities installing and operating CCTV systems in public parks and public spaces, following the issue...
    • School Equipment
      692. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Cuan Consent education toolkit has been made available to all secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      694. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is no doctor client privilege when using counselling notes in court cases involving sexual assault, abuse, violence,...
    • Visa Applications
      695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1576 of 23 July 2024, the status of an appeal for a visa for reunification; the timeline...
    • Departmental Data
      696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and...
    • Online Safety
      697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions directed under Coco’s Law in respect of image-based sexual abuse and cyberbullying,...
    • Crime Prevention
      699. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the previous Dáil’s knife crime sub-group of the expert forum on anti-social behaviour, raised any issues in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      700. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to receive an updated analysis of knife crime from An Garda Síochána, similar to that produced in...
    • Departmental Data
      701. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for an application for Garda vetting to be processed. [16813/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      702. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of posts of detective inspector within the Dublin Metropolitan Region that are currently filled; and the number of...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      703. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 18 February 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Departmental Data
      705. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new roads policing unit motorcycles that came into the fleet in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025; and...
    • International Students
      706. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to reducing the €300 immigration registration fee paid by international students in third...
    • Alcohol Sales
      707. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to update the liquor licensing laws. [16899/25]
    • Policing of Events
      708. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current Garda guidelines for engaging with peaceful protests;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16905/25]
    • Visa Applications
      709. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the delays of processing immigration applications, in particular the join family visa; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      710. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the case of a person (details supplied). [16916/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      711. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to encourage more people to consider mediation as a means of resolving disputes outside of the court...
    • Departmental Data
      712. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of requests submitted by the Garda divisional officer within Dublin north division requesting approval for extra...
    • Departmental Funding
      713. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when funding will be provided for the new Court House in Portlaoise; and can he give an update on this. [17034/25]
    • Domestic Violence
      714. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the provision of refuges for victims of domestic abuse in the nine counties that are without one including Laois;...
    • Departmental Staff
      715. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17059/25]
    • Protected Disclosures
      717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a schedule of the number of protected disclosures made to An Garda and GSOC from 1 January 2018 to date in in 2025;...
    • Departmental Data
      718. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of knives seized by Gardaí in each county in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [17136/25]
    • Domestic Violence
      727. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times Gardaí have been called to the scene of domestic violence in each of the past ten years, and to date...
    • Prison Service
      728. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who have died in the State in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025. [17146/25]
    • International Protection
      729. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether the confidentiality provisions of the International Protection Act 2015 allow individual international protection...
    • Crime Prevention
      730. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile liaison officers in the State, by Garda division. [17279/25]
    • Restorative Justice
      731. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances in which a juvenile liaison officer has utilised the restorative justice mechanism with a case in 2024...
    • Local Authorities
      732. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department will issue instructions to local authorities regarding the commencement of local community safety...
    • Departmental Schemes
      733. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation to the criminal injuries compensation scheme from 2015 to date; the number of payments made; the date by which...
    • Departmental Data
      736. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes that were recorded where the suspected offenders were minors on bail in each of the past three years, by...
    • Departmental Schemes
      737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time of applications to the criminal injuries compensation scheme in the years 2015 to date, by year, in...
    • Departmental Data
      738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the number of anti-social behaviour orders, broken-down by adult and minor orders, for each district in the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on purchasing additional Garda public order equipment in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [17393/25]
    • Immigration Support Services
      740. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will provide advice and information to two elderly Palestinians (details supplied) who arrived in Ireland in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      741. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outstanding applications to the criminal injuries compensation scheme which, since the point of initial...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      743. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to improve his Department’s online system for the submission of additional documents for...
    • Departmental Properties
      745. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      746. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge notices issued to motor vehicle owners in respect of motor vehicles registered outside of the State...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Staff
      748. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of technical staff grades of technical agricultural officer supervisory agricultural officer and district superintendent...
    • Departmental Policies
      750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what actions his Department has taken in relation to the matter of a young zebra being sold at the Ennistymon horse fair, County...
    • Departmental Data
      751. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licences issued, by county and by month, from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2025, in tabular form. [16612/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      752. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to a breeding grant fund (details supplied), which is funded by this Department and administered by Horse Sport Ireland,...
    • Animal Welfare
      753. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protections that are in place for wild animals, such as the zebras; if legislation is required in Ireland to buy, sell or keep...
    • Departmental Projects
      757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      758. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department’s work to support beef farmers who rear calves; schemes that will support these farmers, such...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      759. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s plans to introduce further actions under ACRES that may encourage further participation amongst farmers; and...
    • Agriculture Supports
      760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what supports he plans to offer in 2025 for those in the tillage sector, especially due to increasing costs and constant factors...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      761. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on plans to provide a forgotten farmers' scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16704/25]
    • Agriculture Supports
      762. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when Microfinance Ireland will be permitted to resume lending to the agriculture sector, given the importance of access to finance...
    • Agriculture Industry
      764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the redistribution of grazing rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16761/25]
    • Animal Breeding
      765. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full details of the dog control functions that have already been taken over by his Department; and the full details of the way in...
    • Animal Welfare
      766. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support animal welfare and Ireland’s animal welfare charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Schemes
      767. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a farm retirement scheme for older farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16801/25]
    • Agriculture Supports
      768. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when delayed ACRES payments due to over 677 County Wexford farmers will be paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Communications
      769. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a response will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16951/25]
    • Agriculture Supports
      770. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) will be paid for TB reactors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16966/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the works on resurfacing the east pier upper deck at Howth Harbour will commence; and the estimated completion timeframe for...
    • Animal Welfare
      772. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the mistreatment of animals in Ennistymon, County Clare (details supplied); the steps he is taking...
    • Departmental Communications
      773. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to engage with Coillte regarding an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17021/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      774. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17084/25]
    • Departmental Records
      776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the number of approvals granted to plant protection products between 2017 and 2024, broken down by year; the...
    • Agriculture Supports
      778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of financial supports available to farmers where a number of animals in the herd are TB positive; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full entitlements of ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is an unfair bias against farmers who planted forestry before 2002 and in effect are unqualified for the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next round of Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to media reports (details supplied), whether it remains his Department’s position that wool is a “low...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that can be taken to prevent residents in a domestic dwelling slaughtering animals in their front garden; and if he will...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the current court case in relation to PGI status for grass fed beef between an organisation (details supplied) and...
    • Departmental Properties
      786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on...
    • Departmental Communications
      787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with...
    • Animal Welfare
      788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals held in pounds at year end for each of the past five years per local authority area; the number of animals...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Programmes
      789. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the recommencement of personalised budgets, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [16822/25]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      790. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will assist an early years service (details supplied), which is now without a room as its...
    • Departmental Projects
      791. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which her Department is working to improve the accessibility of the online power of attorney system...
    • Departmental Funding
      792. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will commit funding in Budget 2026 to establish a community neurorehabilitation team for the north Dublin...
    • Childcare Services
      793. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Cavan and Monaghan CDNTs will be reconfigured in line with the new HSE regional structures; if the new...
    • Departmental Policies
      795. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is not recognised as a disability; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      796. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 974 of 5 February 2025, the plans currently in place to increase funding...
    • Departmental Reviews
      797. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the Disability Capacity Review published in 2021, to outline the number of additional residential...
    • Departmental Funding
      798. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when expressions of interest will open for family resource centres seeking to be included in national funding;...
    • Departmental Reviews
      799. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a timeline for the review of the ‘PLACES | Pregnancy Loss (under 24 weeks) in Workplaces:...
    • Childcare Services
      800. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to increase the number of crèche facilities in the Fingal east constituency given the increasing...
    • Departmental Policies
      801. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she intends on introducing surrogacy leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16652/25]
    • Childcare Services
      802. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm that consideration would be given to permitting a child (details supplied) attending an ECCE service...
    • Departmental Projects
      803. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by her...
    • Departmental Strategies
      804. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 971 of 5 February 2025, to provide an update on the new national strategy...
    • Departmental Policies
      805. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the development of child and youth impact assessments; the work undertaken to...
    • Departmental Projects
      806. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the procurement of an external project management agency to design a project...
    • Departmental Reviews
      807. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the scope of the Your Place Your Space review; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Schemes
      808. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the development of a measurement impact tool which will measure the impact of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      809. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the significant preparatory work which will be undertaken in 2025 to further...
    • Childcare Services
      810. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an urgent appointment with the CDNT; and if she...
    • Departmental Budgets
      812. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital budget allocation to her Department in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [16879/25]
    • Childcare Services
      813. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of student placements of physiotherapists that were offered for CDNTs in 2023 and 2024, in tabular...
    • Immigration Support Services
      814. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria and processes being used to assess a proposed IPAS centre (details supplied); if an impact...
    • Departmental Schemes
      816. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of service providers that have pulled out of the core funding scheme since its introduction in 2022;...
    • Departmental Funding
      817. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of a promise made by her predecessor at a visit to a disability services provider (details...
    • Departmental Appointments
      820. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay issuing a speech, language and occupational therapy appointment for a child (details...
    • Departmental Staff
      822. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE vacancies, by job title currently at Clontarf, Kilbarrack and Coolock children's disability...
    • Departmental Priorities
      823. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to exercise powers under section 47(1) Child and Family Agency Act 2013 to give additional...
    • Departmental Staff
      824. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries....
    • Immigration Policy
      825. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if no new contracts will be entered into with hotels for the use of IPAS accommodation where the hotel is the...
    • Departmental Reports
      826. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the report submitted to her Department in relation to talks with Catholic...
    • Child Protection
      827. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unborn children placed on Tusla’s child protection notification list in each of the past...
    • Departmental Staff
      828. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE physiotherapists and social workers based at Clondalkin Children's Disability Network Team in...
    • Departmental Communications
      831. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied), and what actions she will take....
    • Children in Care
      832. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors currently in State care; the age range of these children; the length of time...
    • Departmental Staff
      835. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE dietitians working in Galway CDNTs in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [17394/25]
    • Childcare Services
      836. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers signed up to core funding in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Departmental Reviews
      838. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the review of core funding will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17404/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      840. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will examine the use of the Joint Labour Committee in setting wages for early years educators; if she...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      841. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the development of a national early learning and childcare agency; the actions her...
    • Derelict Sites
      842. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these...
    • Departmental Staff
      843. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing cohort at the CDNT at the west Galway children’s disability network team; if the service is...
    • Departmental Communications
      844. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental...
    • Childcare Services
      845. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1383 of 19 March 2025, if she is aware that the childcare facility...
    • Departmental Funding
      846. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action being taken by her Department in relation to core funding given the feedback of many providers and...
  • Department of Health
    • Protected Disclosures
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the earliest date on which she was made aware of protected disclosures regarding unnecessary pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental...
    • Departmental Funding
      854. To ask the Minister for Health if vertebral body tethering (VBT) surgery is formally approved for funding by the HSE; if not, the funding mechanisms under which any previous VBT procedures...
    • Childcare Services
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vertebral body tethering surgeries that have been performed in Children’s Health Ireland hospitals to date. [16524/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      857. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has outsourced any vertebral body tethering procedures to private facilities (details supplied); and if so, the number of cases that have been...
    • Departmental Funding
      858. To ask the Minister for Health if any vertebral body tethering (VBT) procedures have been funded through the treatment abroad scheme; and if so, the number of Irish children that have...
    • Departmental Data
      859. To ask the Minister for Health if a charity (details supplied) has facilitated or performed any vertebral body tethering surgeries to date. [16527/25]
    • Childcare Services
      860. To ask the Minister for Health if any research on vertebral body tethering is being conducted or has been completed in Children’s Health Ireland; if so, the scope of this research;...
    • Health Service Executive
      862. To ask the Minister for Health how the HSE ensures that outcomes from vertebral body tethering surgeries are accurately tracked and monitored in the absence of a spine register. [16530/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      865. To ask the Minister for Health if the tethering devices used in vertebral body tethering procedures comply with EU Medical Device Regulations and relevant Irish safety standards. [16533/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      866. To ask the Minister for Health how the HSE tracks and monitors the use of vertebral body tethering-specific medical devices in the absence of a dedicated procedure code. [16534/25]
    • Childcare Services
      868. To ask the Minister for Health if HIQA has been made aware if any vertebral body tethering procedures have been performed in CHI despite not being formally approved for use by the HSE; and...
    • Patient Safety
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the steps HIQA and the HSE are taking to ensure oversight, patient safety, and regulatory compliance regarding the use of vertebral body tethering in Ireland....
    • Healthcare Policy
      870. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline, and staging posts, for delivering a national policy on adult safeguarding for the health and social care sector; when she hopes to bring policy...
    • Health Services
      871. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a matter (details supplied); the measures this family can take to speed up the process of accessing a therapist; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      872. To ask the Minister for Health the reason foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is not recognised as a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16565/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      873. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a 24-7 ambulance service for Arklow and Baltinglass; if this service will be operational in 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      874. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a young person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16618/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      875. To ask the Minister for Health if a clinical HSCP director will be appointed to the executive management team in the mid-west health region; if so, when she expects this to happen; and if...
    • Health Services
      877. To ask the Minister for Health if podiatrist services are available in Carlow and Kilkenny; if not, when the services were last available; and her intentions to restore a full level of...
    • General Practitioner Services
      878. To ask the Minister for Health if patients with long-term illness requiring regular blood tests to be taken by their GP will have their costs covered under the medical card scheme; and if...
    • Pharmacy Services
      879. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for commencement of pharmacists being able to prescribe prescription-only medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the number of regional community-based specialist eating disorder services; the locations of these services; the number of WTE health and social care...
    • Pension Provisions
      882. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the process by which retired nurses were informed of the overpayment of their pensions; if those affected can arrange to repay the amount...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      883. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to fully implement the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16655/25]
    • Dental Services
      884. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of all dentists in Clare that undertake dental work for those in receipt of a medical card as part of the dental treatment service scheme; the...
    • Medicinal Products
      885. To ask the Minister for Health when weight loss drugs will be made available to people on medical cards as those struggling to lose large amounts of weight, but who do not have diabetes,...
    • Departmental Projects
      887. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by her Department and organisations under the aegis of her...
    • Food Safety
      888. To ask the Minister for Health in light of the EU recently passing the EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/89 authorising the placing on the market of UV-treated powder of whole...
    • Health Services Staff
      889. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time public health nurse posts within CHO4, in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date; the specific geographic area(s) within CHO4 that currently have...
    • Departmental Schemes
      890. To ask the Minister for Health why person (details supplied) is not entitled to the CGM sensors reimbursement scheme considering their new diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      891. To ask the Minister for Health how many GPs are in the Belmullet area in County Mayo; to list the locations with the corresponding GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16714/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      893. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed progress report in regard to the granting of the initial capital funding approval for a new 108-bed block that will help address the chronic...
    • Health Services
      894. To ask the Minister for Health if additional physiotherapy and speech and language supports to a patient can urgently be provided in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      895. To ask the Minister for Health the number of empty homes which are subject of a Fair Deal agreement. [16721/25]
    • Nursing Homes
      896. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homes which are subject of a Fair Deal agreement. [16722/25]
    • Health Services
      897. To ask the Minister for Health when free HRT will be made available; if there are plans to refund those people who have paid for medicines since the beginning of the year; and if she will...
    • Hospital Staff
      898. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department doctors on duty on Saturday night, 29 March 2025, in Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      899. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to extend the Covid payment scheme beyond June 2025; the number in receipt of the payment; and her views on a once-off payment in each case...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      900. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for a building (details supplied); if the building will be brought into use under the HSE Minor Capital Programme; and if not, has it been deemed...
    • Hospital Staff
      901. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the 185 new posts, hospital-wide, for which approval has been received at University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Home Care Packages
      903. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to implement the supports for older people, as outlined in the Programme for Government, with particular emphasis on those...
    • Departmental Data
      905. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who discharged themselves from Cork University Hospital emergency department without treatment on 29 March 2025 (details supplied); and if...
    • Disability Services
      906. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that lipoedema (details supplied) is not recognised as a disability in Ireland even though it can severely impact mobility in patients as young...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      909. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16789/25]
    • Departmental Reports
      910. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 722 of 25 March 2025, if the total value of payments reported for the period (details supplied) is accurate; his views on...
    • Health Services Staff
      911. To ask the Minister for Health the number of house calls carried out by doctors from each of the treatment centres of ShannonDoc services during each day of the 2024-2025 Christmas-new year...
    • Medical Cards
      912. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a form of reimbursement, full or partial, for medical card holders if they attend a private hospital. [16814/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      913. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown, by county, on the monthly basis from January 1 2024 to 31 December 2024, of how many staff providing homecare services working for the HSE are...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      914. 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. [16821/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      915. To ask the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the Dublin and...
    • Health Services Staff
      919. To ask the Minister for Health for the primary care psychology staffing levels, by grade of psychologist, and per population size, served in each integrated health area of the South West...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      923. To ask the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the Mid West...
    • Health Services Staff
      925. To ask the Minister for Health for the current primary care psychology staffing levels, by grade of psychologist, and per population size, served in each integrated health area of the Mid...
    • Departmental Data
      928. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to date of hotel accommodation for former residents of (details supplied) since the premises was vacated in October 2023; a breakdown of work...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      929. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of legal costs for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 incurred by the state arising from the defence of cases taken by members of the public...
    • Mental Health Services
      930. To ask the Minister for Health for the number of residents accommodated by the HSE in a property acquired for residential mental health service use in (details supplied); and the opening...
    • Organ Donation
      931. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of key organ donation personnel in intensive care units. [16873/25]
    • Vaccination Programme
      932. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of the supply and delivery of enhanced influenza vaccines for older persons for the 2025-2026 winter season. [16874/25]
    • Hospital Closures
      933. To ask the Minister for Health when the decision to close the patients account office in Ennis Hospital was made; when management in Ennis Hospital were made aware of the decision; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      934. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1593 of 19 March 2025, if her Department will provide further clarity as to the reason two individuals (details supplied)...
    • Hospital Admissions
      935. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be placed on the local orthodontic list in Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16913/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      937. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that senior management teams in the HSE have given approval to well-paid public consultants setting up private companies to do public work...
    • Hospital Staff
      938. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the retirement of a senior psychologist from Ennis Day Hospital; the number of psychologists of each grade currently in Ennis Day Hospital; when any...
    • Health Services
      939. To ask the Minister for Health for details on ultrasound scans by private services contracted by the HSE, for the purposes of dating start of pregnancy for women considering abortion within...
    • General Practitioner Services
      940. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs reimbursed (PCRS) for the year 2024 and Q1 in 2025, in tabular form, for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy; and if...
    • Health Service Executive
      941. To ask the Minister for Health to outline where the €54 million in HSE savings on medicines was achieved in 2024; what medicines savings were achieved; if it was through negotiation...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      944. To ask the Minister for Health if the long delay in treatment in respect of a person can be urgently addressed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16968/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      946. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if there are primary care psychology staff in each primary care centre in the country. [16985/25]
    • Health Services
      947. To ask the Minister for Health to outline how an individual can access care from primary care psychology staff in a primary care centre. [16986/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      948. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the waiting lists for primary care psychology care in each primary care centre in the country, in tabular form. [16987/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      949. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available this year to refurbish Raheny health centre, Dublin 5. [16991/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      950. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres and or health centres within CHO9 that currently offer adult mental health day services, in tabular form. [16992/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      951. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Clontarf Orthopaedic Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [16993/25]
    • Departmental Strategies
      952. To ask the Minister for Health if she will prepare a ten year national allergy strategy, including the provision of appropriate training for GPs and those in education and care settings....
    • Medicinal Products
      953. To ask the Minister for Health if palforzia will be made available by the HSE. [17007/25]
    • Health Services
      954. To ask the Minister for Health if oral immunotherapy will be provided by the HSE for those suffering from allergies. [17008/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      957. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the refurbishment and extension of Macroom Community Hospital, Macroom, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17013/25]
    • Grant Payments
      961. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to provide grants to first responders (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17036/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      962. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17057/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      963. To ask the Minister for Health when the new bed block will begin construction in Nenagh Hospital. [17112/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      965. To ask the Minister for Health if she has made funding available to the HSE to ensure that a transport service is in place for service users of St. Francis day care centre in Galway city;...
    • Pension Provisions
      966. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the situation involving the pension entitlements of certain psychiatric nurses in Galway (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      967. To ask the Minister for Health the average time people were waiting to be seen in each emergency department in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [17188/25]
    • Departmental Data
      968. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims made against the State by women who allege their Cervical Check smear tests were misread, or their families, in each of the past ten years...
    • Hospital Facilities
      969. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency departments which have closed in the State in each of the past 20 years; and the number of emergency departments which have been opened...
    • Departmental Data
      970. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to the State of the cyber attack on the Department of Health and HSE in recent years. [17191/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      971. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed in each hospital in the State. [17192/25]
    • Debt Collection
      973. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to debt collectors by each hospital in the State to seek outstanding payments from patients, in each of the past ten years in tabular form....
    • Ambulance Service
      974. To ask the Minister for Health how many ambulances have had to make calls to Cobh, County Cork, over the last three years, and what the response time was; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      975. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has discontinued the provision of a diabetic foot clinic service at Camlin medical centre, Longford, which was previously available to patients; if...
    • Departmental Data
      976. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out by each hospital group in compensation in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [17260/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      977. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments cancelled in each hospital in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [17266/25]
    • Cancer Services
      978. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who underwent surgery for cancer in the State in each of the past ten years. [17267/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      979. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that the information contained in relation to the primary childhood immunisation schedule declination form being issued to parents by the HSE, when...
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      980. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the UK government's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommendation that a targeted vaccination programme...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      981. To ask the Minister for Health the plans on how her Department will reduce surgical wait times for patients in the public health service. [17301/25]
    • Health Services
      982. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the delivery of the six new planned surgical hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17302/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      984. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of her Department's plans towards the full digitisation of Irish healthcare records and information systems. [17304/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      985. To ask the Minister for Health what funding the Mater Misericordiae Hospital receives for chairs for chemotherapy patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17326/25]
    • Solar Energy
      986. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of HSE health and social care facilities that are planned to have solar panels installed in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if...
    • Transport Costs
      989. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who availed of hospital transport to attend hospital appointments from south Tipperary over the past five years; the budget for this...
    • Pharmacy Services
      990. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking, as per the Programme for Government commitments, to undertake a review of the drug reimbursement process; and if she will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      997. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE recruitment embargo will be lifted for students applying to the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17383/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      998. 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 hospitals (details supplied), per speciality,...
    • Hospital Staff
      999. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based at Galway University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will be...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17403/25]
    • Medical Cards
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health when she will bring forward proposals to provide medical cards for children over eight-years-of-age as proposed in the Programme for Government. [17411/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health when a dedicated public specialist unit will be provided for Limerick and the mid-west for adults with eating disorders. [17412/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17430/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1005. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently examine a case in respect of retired HSE workers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17434/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all hospitals, separated by model one, two, three and four, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17436/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health if she aware of an ICT regulatory management system, described as DER, being developed by HIQA since 2023, and any problems arising with the project in terms...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider reviewing the long-term illness scheme to provide financial support to people with Crohn's disease; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently intervene and examine a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17452/25]
    • Vacant Properties
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length of time they...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department can offer any support to a not-for-profit registered charity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17493/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1012. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting longer than two weeks to be seen by BreastCheck following an urgent referral, by site, in tabular form. [17506/25]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1015. To ask the Minister for Health the total paid to each private diagnostics provider under the GP access to the community diagnostics scheme in each of the years since its launch in 2021 and...
    • Health Services
      1016. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in extending the bowel cancer screening programme to people aged 50 to 74 years; if she is still committed to completing...
    • Departmental Projects
      1017. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the integrated financial management system project; the timeline she is working towards for completion and operation of the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1018. To ask the Minister for Health if the Galway city west primary care centre has received HSE property/board approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17520/25]
    • Departmental Communications
      1019. To ask the Minister for Health if she has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of...
    • Hospital Services
      1029. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it took until March 2025 to notify parents of serious concerns at Children’s Health Ireland and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health to review case of a person (details supplied); if you can provide an update on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17584/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public defibrillators in each local authority area; and how those numbers compare to 2020, in tabular form. [17635/25]
    • Legislative Reviews
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider amending the forthcoming alcohol labelling regulations to allow for a standardised approach to wine labelling commencing with the 2026...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • State Examinations
      1051. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns among students sitting the Leaving Certificate in 2025 regarding the impact of grade inflation...
    • Post Leaving Certificate Courses
      1052. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of PLC courses available across Ireland, in tabular form. [16560/25]
    • State Examinations
      1054. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the equalisation of the Leaving Certificate will affect the points race for courses in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Accommodation
      1055. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the voluntary licensee register for students attending third level institutions. [16594/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      1057. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for undergraduate fees and student contribution fees in the past 15 years, in tabular form. [16598/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      1058. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations under the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1059. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to allowing Phase 2 apprentice electricians from Waterford to complete their training in Waterford, rather than...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1060. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the budgetary allocations or indicative funding figures issued to each of the higher education and research bodies...
    • Departmental Staff
      1061. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies at each grade of higher executive officer and above currently within his Department; and the estimated timeframe to fill...
    • State Examinations
      1062. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to students completing the Leaving Certificate in June 2025 in relation to the CAO process (details supplied);...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1063. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that all available opportunities for trade apprenticeships within each Government Department are being allocated; and if he...
    • Ministerial Staff
      1064. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17056/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      1065. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the pathway to designation as a higher education institution by the higher education authority; if any applications for...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1068. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of an apprentice (details supplied) in relation to the difference in rates; if he will examine the policies in place...
    • Health Services Staff
      1069. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of graduates in speech and language therapy from Irish higher education institutions in each of the years 2020 to 2024; the projected...
    • Grant Payments
      1071. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of full time students in Irish higher education institutions in receipt of a SUSI grant in each of the years 2020 to 2024, broken...
    • Student Accommodation
      1073. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he will expand implementation of student accommodation in other HEIs in Ireland, in particular, within the Technical University sector; and...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1074. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of CAO places available for undergraduate medicine, by institution for the years 2020 to 2024; the planned number for 2025, noting...
    • Departmental Data
      1075. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of an issue (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17422/25]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1076. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pipefitting places available at phase 4 and phase 6, nationally, by institution; the number of registered pipe fitting apprentices...
    • Adult Education Provision
      1077. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the issues raised in correspondence relating to adult education tutors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vacant Properties
      1078. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length...
    • State Examinations
      1079. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to help mitigate the impact on the distribution of college places offered to applicants sitting the Leaving Certificate in 2025 of...
    • Adult Education Provision
      1080. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline those adult education courses which were either postponed or cancelled in the 2024-2025 academic year; those which have since...
    • Research and Development
      1081. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any consideration has been given in his Department towards the provision of funding for the establishment of a further cycle of the Programme...
    • State Examinations
      1082. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of applicants to the CAO for 2025 completed the Leaving Certificate between 2020 and 2024; the efforts he is making to ensure...
    • Departmental Data
      1083. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing...
    • State Examinations
      1084. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to amend the grade inflation for the Leaving Certificate from the pre-pandemic era, which unfairly puts 2025 Leaving cert...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Strategies
      1085. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development noting that his Department is listed as a co-lead for Action 4.1 of the 2019-2024 Department of Rural and Community Development...
    • Community Development Projects
      1086. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason a community council company (details supplied) was unsuccessful in the recent Community Centre Investment Fund...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1090. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if any assistance or funding is available to support the repair of headstones and grave markers that were damaged during recent...
    • Departmental Staff
      1091. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacancies at each grade of higher executive officer and above currently within his Department; and the estimated...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1092. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there has been any engagement between his Department and the Department of Health in respect of adopting a joint approach about...
    • Departmental Staff
      1093. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17061/25]
    • Vacant Properties
      1094. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on...
    • Community Development Projects
      1095. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the programmes within his Department that support community groups to employ staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

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