Written answers

Tuesday, 29 April 2025

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      62. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will next meet. [15513/25]
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Youth Services
      96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there will be further roll out of UBU services in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      98. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made at introducing personalised budgets so that persons with a disability may access services and...
    • Childcare Services
      100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to ensure childcare facilities delivered through housing developments made operational...
    • Disability Services
      101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if significant funding will now be found to alleviate the recruitment crisis of respite care staff by the HSE in...
    • International Protection
      102. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason her Department proceeded to issue a contract and relocate IPAS residents into an IPAS centre (details...
    • Child Safety
      103. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the development of protocols for the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people; and...
    • International Protection
      104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the signing of a contract for IPAS accommodation at a hotel (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she will take in view of the publication of the report on negotiations with religious organisations...
    • Housing Schemes
      106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement she has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and his Department with...
    • International Protection
      107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide detail on contractual changes that are likely to happen across 2025 in terms of the...
    • Children in Care
      108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently residing in special care placements; and to seek the number of children,...
    • Departmental Properties
      109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of vacant or derelict properties owed by her Department; whether she has any plans to...
    • Childcare Services
      110. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the means by which she is helping to improve salary levels in the childcare sector given the importance of the...
    • International Protection
      112. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify details on the awarding of a contract to a company (details supplied) for an IPAS centre; and if she...
    • Departmental Policies
      113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will obligate local authorities and statutory transport bodies to do an audit of disabled access...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the publication of the Farrelly Commission report was so delayed; the measures she is now taking to...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she is taking to address the increasing number of children in emergency accommodation; and whether she...
    • Childcare Services
      116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the shortage of childcare services in the wider Glanmire area; her plans to help increase...
    • Children in Care
      117. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children reported missing from State care in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, and...
    • International Protection
      118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will put plans to provide an IPAS centre in a facility (details supplied) on hold to allow for engagement...
    • Departmental Properties
      119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of vacant or derelict properties owed by her Department; whether she plans to refurbish...
    • Youth Services
      120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will set out her plans to implement in full 'Opportunities for Youth: the National Strategy for Youth...
    • Children in Care
      121. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care currently in special emergency arrangements in the State. [20959/25]
    • International Protection
      122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of any reviews carried out, sought or received by her Department, into contracts for international...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the second phase of the commission of investigation (certain matters relative to a disability service in...
    • Disability Services
      124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress at increasing respite provision to include weekends and overnights; and if she will make a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the progress the Department is making to ensure better integration in the assessment of need...
    • Disability Services
      126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Children Disability Network Teams in Clondalkin are to operate from the Boot Road primary care centre; when...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the spending her Department has incurred on external consultants, research and reports, and...
    • Departmental Policies
      128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the actions her Department has taken on updating the Childcare Facilities: Guidelines for Local...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to comment on the waiting times for assessments of needs throughout Dublin mid-west; if the statutory waiting...
    • International Protection
      130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding a recently signed IPAS centre contract (details supplied), if she will clarify the due diligence...
    • Childcare Services
      131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date in delivering on the commitment of capping childcare costs at €200 per month per...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the mother and baby home payments scheme; if she is planning a review of the scheme; if so, what...
    • Disability Services
      133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the provision of residential disability services in County Offaly, particularly...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on her engagement with religious organisations regarding redress for survivors of abuse; and if she...
    • Childcare Services
      136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current capacity of childcare services in Kildare north; her plans to increase the number of childcare...
    • Departmental Policies
      139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement she has with other Government Departments and State agencies in encouraging private sector...
    • Departmental Budgets
      140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on the proportion of the Department’s budget that is allocated to private service...
    • Childcare Services
      141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the steps being taken to entice childcare providers who have exited core funding back into...
    • Departmental Policies
      142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline her Department's efforts to make towns and villages more accessible for people with disabilities; and...
    • Programme for Government
      143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures enacted or are planned to give effect to the Programme for Government commitment to engage with...
    • Departmental Schemes
      144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the outcome of the personalised budget demonstrator pilot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20432/25]
    • Family Resource Centres
      145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the measures being taken by her Department to encourage and support the opening of family resource...
    • International Protection
      146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth given the HIQA overview report on the first year of inspecting international protection accommodation centres,...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the waiting times for assessment of needs across the State; and if she will...
    • Youth Services
      148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the work of her Department to support youth services and youth organisations, particularly in rural...
    • Childcare Services
      149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her proposals to deliver affordable childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21005/25]
    • Disability Services
      151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the increase in respite services, including locations, envisaged for 2025; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Childcare Services
      152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she agrees that childcare providers’ administrative burden is too high; if she can detail the steps...
    • Disability Services
      153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the provision of respite services for children with disabilities in the Dublin...
    • Children in Care
      154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of money paid by the State to the providers of special emergency arrangements for accommodating...
    • Youth Services
      155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to move towards the improvement of pay and conditions for youth workers. [20801/25]
    • Disability Services
      156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the delivery of disability services in County Offaly, particularly in relation...
    • Childcare Services
      157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the expected timeline for reducing the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child through the national...
    • Departmental Schemes
      158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding envisaged to support the expansion of personalised budgets following the pilot being run...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • National Economic and Social Council
      159. 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. [18696/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      160. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee that deals with rural affairs and community development will meet. [18697/25]
    • Departmental Functions
      161. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the new disability unit within his Department. [18211/25]
    • Official Engagements
      162. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide copies of all briefing materials he received for the labour employer economic forum meeting which took place on 4 April 2025. [18272/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      163. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the steps his Department is taking to improve data collection and database construction in anticipation of the increased data processing capacity that...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      166. To ask the Taoiseach if he will detail how many emails the Minister’s offices and the customer service mailbox the Department received from the public in 2024 [18445/25]
    • Departmental Data
      167. To ask the Taoiseach if he will detail whether any surveys have been carried out to estimate the amount of time taken up with administrative tasks where such time could be used more...
    • Departmental Communications
      168. To ask the Taoiseach the guidance provided to officeholders, officials or special advisers in his Department on the use of messaging applications (details supplied) as a means of...
    • Census of Population
      169. To ask the Taoiseach the planned date for the next census; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18824/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      170. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the progress of work undertaken by his Department to implement the ten recommendations contained in the report of the Dublin City...
    • National Security
      171. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the examination of national security structures as promised in the Programme for Government; the agencies and Departments involved in that...
    • Departmental Funding
      172. To ask the Taoiseach the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility...
    • Climate Change Policy
      173. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030....
    • Departmental Contracts
      174. To ask the Taoiseach the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company....
    • Central Statistics Office
      175. To ask the Taoiseach the reason subsistence allowance was removed from a group of persons working with the Central Statistics Office (details supplied); and if a circular exists detailing...
    • Departmental Funding
      176. To ask the Taoiseach the amount that has been allocated to the shared island fund since its establishment in 2020; the amount of this that has actually been spent or drawn down to date; and...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      178. To ask the Taoiseach if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do not accept or facilitate...
    • Departmental Properties
      179. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property...
    • Departmental Contracts
      180. To ask the Taoiseach whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Policy
      184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the two Irish citizens (details supplied) being deported from Germany despite not being charged with any crime due to them...
    • Passport Services
      185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide clarity in the application procedure for adults applying for a first passport (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the allocations of €1.5 million to OCHA and UNHCR respectively are the same as those included in Parliamentary Question No. 175 of...
    • State Art Collection
      187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the bust of General San Martin, the national hero and liberator of Argentina, which was presented to the Government by a delegation in...
    • Official Travel
      188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all dates on which he was outside of the State from 25 February 2025 to 7 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Middle East
      189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the State recognises Hamas as a terrorist organisation; his views on whether this group should be removed from any position of power in...
    • Passport Services
      190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason passport cards issued by his Department are not accepted by the automated passport check gates at Dublin Airport and other...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to large-scale military drills around Taiwan carried out by the Chinese military on 1 April; if he will...
    • Middle East
      192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he or his predecessor, in recent discussions with Mahmoud Abbas, raised the issue of when the next Palestinian Authority election...
    • Foreign Policy
      193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the deportation orders issued by German authorities against two Irish, and therefore EU, citizens, where there is no...
    • Human Rights
      194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to raise the recent legislation passed in Hungary which has the effect of banning pride parades; if he will call in...
    • Passport Services
      195. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite passports for children (details supplied) and provide an update on same. [18785/25]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the work of the Irish Embassy based in Vietnam. [18840/25]
    • Rockall Island Ownership
      197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on negotiations with the British government to reinstate access for the Irish fishing fleet to its traditional...
    • Passport Services
      198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied) as the applicant’s travel date is imminent; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Policy
      200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a full list of the overseas governments and groups that received funding from the State from the beginning of 2019 until...
    • Climate Change Policy
      201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet...
    • Departmental Funding
      202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates which a person (details supplied) served as Government Envoy to the US Congress on the Undocumented; the achievements of the Envoy...
    • Middle East
      204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will instruct his Department to advocate for the opening of a humanitarian corridor in Gaza in light of the renewed attacks by Israel...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be attending the EU conference on 15 April 2025, on the second anniversary of the Sudanese war; if he is aware of the reported...
    • Departmental Contracts
      206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the...
    • Human Rights
      208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the United Nations Human Rights Committee's Resolution A/HRC/58/L.24/Rev.1; if he supports the setting up of the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the last time he spoke with all Irish ambassadors, in tabular form. [19628/25]
    • Passport Services
      211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average turnaround time for a passport renewal, by paper and online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19942/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten...
    • Climate Change Policy
      213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade noting that "Ireland’s International Climate Finance Roadmap seeks to address climate challenges and prioritise funding for...
    • Middle East
      214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned that Israeli activity in Gaza and the northern part of the West Bank forms a new wave of ethnic cleansing and...
    • Departmental Policies
      215. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the definition of antisemitism given by an organisation (details supplied) was accepted by the Government in January of this...
    • Departmental Bodies
      219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 11 February 2025, and the first meeting of the panel having taken place during the...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he plans to increase funding to support women's organisations and women’s health organisations globally in line with...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which...
    • EU Directives
      222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the...
    • Departmental Properties
      223. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount...
    • Departmental Contracts
      224. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and...
    • Middle East
      226. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 2 of 9 April and 238 of 1 April 2025, if the European Commission requires the permission of the...
    • Trade Agreements
      229. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an analysis has been undertaken on how much Irish beef exports would be displaced if the Mercosur deal is ratified at the EU level; and...
    • Foreign Policy
      230. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the approach of the Serbian government in assisting Russia; whether such actions should have an impact on its EU membership...
    • Departmental Staff
      233. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department expects to fill the culture officer post in Toronto. [20928/25]
    • Consular Services
      234. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied) to a family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20929/25]
    • Passport Services
      235. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to speed up the dispatch of a passport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20949/25]
    • Irish Aid
      238. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the loss of funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      239. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to bring legislation to allow for an X identifier for gender on Irish passports and other ID documents under his remit; and if...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      240. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report, (details supplied); the steps he will take to address these deficiencies; if he will undertake...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Policy
      241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether his Department has assessed the effects of US trade tariffs on the economic viability of developing a floating...
    • Departmental Policies
      242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding any research or engagement ongoing between his Department and the owners of undersea cabling and...
    • Climate Change Policy
      243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the biomethane sustainability charter will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18662/25]
    • Inland Fisheries
      246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his officials in the Inland Fisheries Division issued section 14 authorisations to Inland Fisheries Ireland under...
    • Official Engagements
      249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline in general terms the discussions that he or his Department have had with other EU and non-EU states...
    • Natural Gas Imports
      250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ban imported fracked gas in Ireland, given the fact that in the High Court judgment [2024] IEHC 555...
    • Energy Policy
      251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the analysis of the UK’s North Sea Transition Authority to the effect that the additional energy...
    • Waste Management
      252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how soon his Department will conclude its consideration of the consultation in relation to the extended producer scheme...
    • Inland Fisheries
      253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will seek the removal of coarse fishing from the permit for anglers on the River Suck, given coarse fishing is...
    • National Postcode System
      257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of new Eircodes sought within each county in respect of buildings for which another Eircode already existed...
    • Official Travel
      258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the carbon emissions associated with all official air travel in tonnes; the value of these...
    • Departmental Bodies
      259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority is sufficiently resourced to fulfil its statutory...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline his responsibilities as they relate to biodiversity and nature restoration; to report on where this is...
    • Energy Policy
      269. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he aware of the CRU’s recent decision on the large energy users connection policy; if he is aware of their...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to review the efficacy of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) or if he intends to bring...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question 2 of 10 April 2025, if he accepts that given An Bord Pleanála’s...
    • Inland Fisheries
      272. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will proceed with the signing into law of the proposed Sligo district–conservation of trout on Lough Arrow...
    • Local Authorities
      275. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total funding allocated to Galway City Council and Galway County Council over the past five years for district...
    • Climate Change Policy
      279. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will publish the current projected EU climate targets for Ireland; and the actions being taken to...
    • Fuel Quality
      281. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the lack of state oversight on the EN590 fuel quality measures entering the Island of Ireland; and if he...
    • Climate Action Plan
      282. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the new climate action plan will include a commitment to provide additional supports for the retrofitting of...
    • Fuel Poverty
      283. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Government plans to publish the next Fuel Poverty Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Telecommunications Services
      289. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce legislation to provide for SMS scam filters equivalent to systems in operation to protect...
    • National Broadband Plan
      290. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he satisfied with the rollout of the National Broadband Plan given the lengthy details with installation still being...
    • EU Directives
      294. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which...
    • Energy Conservation
      300. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in relation to grant funding under the better energy homes grant, and whether a person can apply for a...
    • Energy Production
      301. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of Biogas plants currently operating in the State; the plans to expand the number of these plants; and if he...
    • Electricity Grid
      302. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of, and to outline his views on, the need to upgrade the electricity infrastructure in Dublin to...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      303. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will put in place the necessary infrastructure to improve the broadband and mobile phone reception in Glenbeigh,...
    • Energy Policy
      304. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide financial support and utilise the objectives of Sustainable Killarney 2030 as a pilot scheme (details...
    • Waste Management
      305. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans a tyre disposal scheme for the agricultural industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20692/25]
    • Energy Conservation
      306. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current waiting list for the warmer homes scheme in County Carlow; how this compares to waiting lists in other...
    • Electricity Grid
      311. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagements he has had with the ESB to examine their timelines for the rolling out of smart metres for 3 phase CT...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      313. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on offshore wind targets for 2030; if he aware of concern within industry that these targets cannot...
    • Departmental Policies
      314. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his plans to introduce a national designated maritime area plan in 2027 ; the resources he is...
    • Legislative Programme
      315. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the spring legislative programme; to report on progress of Bills listed in the spring...
    • Post Office Network
      316. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to examine the financial gravity of the An Post network and urgently implement a sustainability plan for An Post...
    • Waste Management
      317. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the study being undertaken by his Department with the National Waste Collection Permit Office on...
    • Departmental Regulations
      318. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on work done to date to prescribe regulations for exempted usages as set out in section 114 of the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      320. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the membership of the Biomethane Implementation Group; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      321. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when new wind energy guidelines for offshore wind energy developments will be published; the reason for the delay with...
    • Weather Events
      323. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated extra non-budgeted cost to ESB Networks and Eirgrid of the damage caused by storms and other weather...
    • Energy Conservation
      325. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions being taken to reduce the average waiting list for the warmer homes scheme. [21170/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      327. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will grant a contract extension of three months to those projects funded by his Department under the community...
    • Bord na Móna
      328. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the sale of Bord na Móna Recycling Limited to an Irish recycling provider (details supplied); and...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      329. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the renewable heat obligation; the reason for the delay in publication; when he expects it will be...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      334. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of sheep farmers that graze their sheep on the Curragh; and the number of sheep on the Curragh, in tabular form. [18602/25]
    • Departmental Properties
      335. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps his Department is taking to retrofit or otherwise bring vacant married quarters previously used by the Defence Forces owned by his...
    • Defence Forces
      336. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has engaged with representatives of the Defence Forces since January 2024 on the issues with the fast accrual (uniformed)...
    • National Security
      337. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific actions that have been taken over the past five years to protect undersea cables in the Irish seas from attack by negative actors...
    • Climate Change Policy
      338. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s...
    • Departmental Funding
      339. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his...
    • National Security
      340. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to his comments on protection of subsea cables in Irish waters (details supplied), the estimated cost of such protection given the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      341. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the...
    • Fire Service
      342. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) about the provision of fire services in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Defence Forces
      343. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to request an update from the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces as to when an investigation will be completed into serious allegations of...
    • Departmental Staff
      345. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years,...
    • Defence Forces
      346. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Custume Barrack, Athlone in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and if each refurbishment...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      347. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do...
    • EU Directives
      348. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the...
    • Departmental Properties
      349. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent...
    • Departmental Contracts
      350. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the...
    • Air Corps
      352. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide copies of all air-quality tests pertaining to the Air Corps spray paint shop from 1 January 2010 to date. [20672/25]
    • Defence Forces
      353. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 18 February 2025, if the Reserve Defence Forces (RDF) record the addresses of members of the RDF;...
    • Naval Service
      354. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of males and females that applied for the most recent Naval Service cadet recruitment campaign. [20903/25]
    • Transport Policy
      355. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated full-year cost if the Defence Forces sea going Naval personnel tax credit increased to €2,000 and reduced the number of...
    • Harbours and Piers
      357. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding any payment made to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council as part of the transfer of ownership of Dún...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will respond to further correspondence (details supplied) in response to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 1 April 2025; and if he...
    • Parking Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in collaboration with the relevant authorities, he will review the fines and enforcement measures for the misuse of disabled parking...
    • Transport Policy
      361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport which routes in Dublin will be prioritised for the initial rollout of the transport security force; what criteria will guide that...
    • Driver Test
      362. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current wait times for driving tests in each test centre in Galway city and county; the number of people on waiting lists for driving...
    • Rail Network
      363. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to extend the Grand Canal Dock trains to Kildare train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18597/25]
    • Driver Test
      364. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite driving tests in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18683/25]
    • Rail Network
      367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to reopen the Midleton to Youghal railway line in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18717/25]
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm that CIÉ pensioners, who have not received an increase in their pension since 2008, will now be granted an increase; and...
    • Driver Test
      369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average wait times and the number of people on waiting lists for driving tests in each testing centre in Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Rail Network
      371. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a lift will be built on platform 2 of Maynooth train station, Kildare, to ensure equitable access for all train users; and if he will...
    • Greenways Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the development of the south Wicklow greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18826/25]
    • Rail Network
      374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the refurbishment works that were carried out at Mullingar train station in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Bus Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the delivery of the western Dublin orbital route. [18901/25]
    • Rail Network
      378. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address three matters (details supplied). [18908/25]
    • Bus Éireann
      379. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will review the current access policy at the Bus Éireann depot in Drogheda, County Louth, which currently...
    • Rail Network
      380. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to reintroduce catering services to Irish Rail trains running from Tralee to Dublin, as is the case with the Cork to...
    • Driver Licences
      381. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on introducing a flexible and practical system for recognising commercial truck and machinery licences issued in New Zealand,...
    • Parking Provision
      382. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide clarity on the delivery of a multi-storey car park at Portmarnock train station; the reason the project has not been...
    • Road Safety
      383. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide for a breakdown of the number of schools in Carlow that applied for funding under the safe routes to school scheme;...
    • Driver Test
      384. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the length of time learners are waiting for a driving test, if there are plans to allow licence recognition for returning...
    • Climate Change Policy
      385. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet...
    • Tax Yield
      386. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount in motor tax revenue collected in Meath in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [19109/25]
    • Electric Vehicles
      387. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the number of EV charging spaces available at all local authority offices, broken down by location, the provider in...
    • Driver Test
      388. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current wait time for driving tests in the driving test centres in Meath; the wait time for re-tests; the number of people currently...
    • Insurance Industry
      390. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department expects to be ready to provide motor insurers with a real-time view of data on disqualified drivers, held on the driver...
    • Driver Licences
      393. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the driving disqualification court order information sent from the Courts Service to the National Driving Licence Service (NDLS) can...
    • Insurance Industry
      397. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of commercial fleet owners that have provided the relevant driver number or numbers when applying for or renewing a vehicle...
    • Departmental Funding
      398. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies...
    • Driver Test
      399. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a driving test; and the number of persons waiting for a theory test in County Cork, by test centre, in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      402. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by...
    • Road Safety Authority
      403. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the Road Safety Authority has provided clarity on its recommendations for the division of its operations into two groups; and...
    • Road Safety
      404. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government is considering or has implemented a system for enhanced data sharing between road safety agencies, local authorities,...
    • Road Safety Authority
      405. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the RSA has explored the use of near-miss technology to improve road safety; and the steps being taken to integrate this...
    • Road Safety
      406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road safety experts, engineers, or technical professionals within the organisation. [19375/25]
    • Road Projects
      407. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an update on the ongoing roadworks on the N65 to Portumna, County Galway; the issues that are preventing their completion; and the...
    • Transport Policy
      408. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the work undertaken by his Department regarding the introduction of a dedicated transport police service as proposed in...
    • Active Travel
      410. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider establishing a dedicated funding scheme to support the purchase of bicycles, e-bikes, and related safety equipment...
    • Rail Network
      411. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to initiate an independent feasibility study into continuing the MetroLink from the city to south-west Dublin,...
    • Bus Services
      416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the installation of the next generation automatic vehicle location system on existing bus services in Dublin west; and if...
    • Dublin Bus
      421. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the budget allocated to Dublin Bus for the introduction of new bus services and the enhancement of existing services; and if he...
    • Bus Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the criteria used by the National Transport Authority and Dublin Bus to determine the routes prioritised for the deployment of...
    • National Transport Authority
      426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff within the National Transport Authority currently working on the issue of ghost buses; whether there are plans to...
    • Rights of Way
      427. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the powers local authorities have to close a right of way; the processes and procedures an authority seeking to close a right of way must...
    • Electric Vehicles
      428. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No.186 of 22 January 2025, the status of the development of plans for on-street chargers to serve...
    • Rail Network
      429. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his a plans to build a terminating platform in Kildare train station. [19706/25]
    • Active Travel
      432. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support my proposal that a blueway project be considered in County Kerry, from the shores of Lough Léin in Killarney,...
    • Bus Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an analysis has been done as to the reason for the appearance and disappearance of scheduled buses on the TFI apps and bus stop...
    • Greenways Provision
      434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support and fund my proposal to extend the Kingdom of Kerry Greenways from Glenbeigh to Killarney via Farranfore and from...
    • Road Network
      435. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to introduce a specific maintenance and management team for the N20 Ring of Kerry route, the importance of which is immeasurable to both...
    • Mountain Rescue Service
      438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if significant funding can now be provided to fund Kerry mountain rescue, who provide such a vital service to the State and it’s...
    • Driver Test
      439. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if trainee emergency workers, who are being trained by a private training deliverer (not HSE) can obtain an expedited driving test for...
    • Road Network
      440. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will release funds for a road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19821/25]
    • Rail Network
      441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the reopening of a railway line (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19824/25]
    • Bus Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an outline of plans to improve and increase the frequency of bus services in Rathcoole, County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for driving licence restoration that were granted, by county, in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025,...
    • Road Safety
      446. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of schools, broken down by local authority, that have been supported to introduce the safe routes to school programme; and if...
    • Driver Licences
      448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the list of countries with which the Department facilitate the transfer/exchange of international driving licences;...
    • Driver Test
      449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the scale of the backlog for driving tests in Cavan and Monaghan; the number of testers in place, from January 2023 to date in 2025, by...
    • Emergency Services
      450. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason 24-hour search and rescue services are not operational from Shannon Airport; the steps that can be taken to rectify this; and...
    • Driver Test
      451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driving test date for a person (details supplied) will be set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19973/25]
    • Departmental Offices
      452. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an office (details supplied) the will revert to pre-covid customer service arrangements, whereby staff are office-based and...
    • Tax Code
      453. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the reasons for the requirement for commercial vehicles to be taxed in person, as opposed to online, when taxed for the first...
    • Fuel Oil Specifications
      455. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of concerns regarding the false certification of palm oil as waste vegetable oil which is contained in biofuels such as...
    • Departmental Staff
      456. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten...
    • Driver Licences
      457. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his efforts and that of his Department to establish reciprocal driving licence agreements with the US, and in particular...
    • Rail Network
      458. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the interests of accessibility, he will ensure the prompt installation of lifts at Castleknock railway station, Dublin 15; and if...
    • Road Network
      459. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total allocation made by his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland for works in respect of the N72 this year; if he will...
    • Departmental Policies
      463. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in light of the growing safety and enforcement challenges associated with high-powered electric scooters and electric bikes, he is...
    • Rail Network
      464. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by Iarnród Éireann on maintenance and refurbishment at Mullingar Train Station in 2023, 2024 and to-date in...
    • Driver Test
      466. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of any plans to change or modify the current driving test to accommodate those who due to examination anxiety and nerves...
    • Driver Licences
      467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 1 April 2025, the criteria upon which applications to exchange driving licences from other...
    • Driver Test
      468. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 10 March 2025, the meaning of the statement "measures have been taken to address the issue"...
    • Bus Services
      473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Local Link Service in County Cork will be extended to provide a direct service between the towns of Buttevant and Doneraile; and...
    • Road Projects
      474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's plans for the N72 Fermoy to Tallow road; and when TII will make an allocation for the badly needed work. [20191/25]
    • Driver Test
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the long driving test wait times in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20220/25]
    • Road Projects
      477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a time frame for the completion of the Mallow relief road in County Cork has been established; to provide an update on the current...
    • Active Travel
      478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the details of all Active Travel applications submitted by Clare County Council, whether successful or not, for the years...
    • Emergency Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timeline for an aviation contract transition (details supplied); If he will outline how the company will provide...
    • Driver Licences
      480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no notice given to people renewing their driving licence early that they will forfeit the time left on their current...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take steps to ensure that those CIÉ pensioners who have not received a rise in their pension since 2008 are granted a...
    • Driver Licences
      483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given any consideration in the absence of a license exchange programme to allowing permanent conversion of valid Canadian and...
    • EU Directives
      484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and...
    • Departmental Properties
      485. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount...
    • Departmental Contracts
      486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and...
    • Greenways Provision
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on their efforts to support cross-Border greenways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20400/25]
    • Driver Licences
      489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if steps are being taken to establish a reciprocal drivers' licence exchange agreement with Turkey, given the licence exchange agreements...
    • Road Network
      490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason funding has not been allocated to a town in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reviews
      495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department expects to complete its review of the large public service vehicle licensing system; the timeline for the delivery of...
    • Road Safety
      496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funds currently available for the safe routes to school programme; the number of applications received for counties Wicklow and...
    • Road Network
      497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the junction on a road in County Kerry is scheduled for improvement works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ringfence funding and commit necessary resources, including human resources, to ensure that construction on the Cork Luas...
    • Active Travel
      499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that future greenway and active travel investment stitch in the requirement and funding need for accessible public...
    • Driver Licences
      500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has plans to engage with insurance companies to mitigate the effect those with UK driving licences, who are working in...
    • Driver Test
      501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the long wait times in Navan for an invitation to complete a driving test (details supplied); the measures being taken...
    • Road Safety
      502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when urgently required safety measures will be installed at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Driver Test
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update regarding driving tests delays (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20633/25]
    • Transport Policy
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the planned changes and developments throughout the Dublin Bay North constituency for the years 2025 and 2026....
    • Road Safety
      506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, given the ongoing traffic concerns and safety risks at the Crowhill Junction on the N86 Tralee/Camp/Annascaul/Dingle road where it...
    • Active Travel
      507. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided to expand active travel projects in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Traffic Management
      509. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland plans to introduce traffic calming measures at a junction (details supplied) as high speed traffic is...
    • Driver Test
      510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving testers in Kilkenny driving test centre; the current wait time for a test in Kilkenny; the number of applicants...
    • Road Network
      512. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give a detailed progress report on identifying the preferred route of the Kilkenny northern ring road extension; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can provide an update on the Dart Plus Coastal North project; the estimated date for the roll out of this project; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider adding an additional bus stop to the 821 bus route (details supplied). [20806/25]
    • Departmental Bodies
      516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate an incident involving a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20811/25]
    • Bus Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of all the public bus routes that are now operated by a private contractor, by county; for a breakdown of the...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that CIE Pensioners have not received an increase in their CIE Pensions for 17 years; his plans to resolve this issue; and...
    • Bus Services
      520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will fund the installation of next bus display screen at a location (details supplied). [20846/25]
    • Public Transport
      521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is planning on introducing any additional Luas trams during peak commuting hours, to help alleviate current levels of...
    • Bus Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how his Department is working to provide for additional capacity for Dublin Bus, following the continued growth of its customer demand....
    • Public Transport
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the work of his Department to address anti-social behaviour on public transport. [20872/25]
    • Rail Network
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on his Department’s estimated timeline for the DART+SouthWest project. [20874/25]
    • Driver Licences
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 22 January 2025, if he will provide an update on the matter; the development that has...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the implementation of contactless payment systems on public transport, as committed to in the Programme...
    • Rail Network
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will allocate the necessary funding to cover the costs of fully restoring onboard catering services...
    • Bus Services
      533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buses in Dublin purchased in each of the years 2019 to 2024, including a breakdown of power source (whether they are...
    • Greenways Provision
      534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the South Kerry Greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20969/25]
    • Transport Policy
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the proposed timeline for preparation of the planned new National Policy Statement on Shared Mobility; how he plans to consult...
    • Economic and Social Research Institute
      536. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details on when the ESRI Framework on Behavioural Research for Sustainable Mobility and Climate Action in Transport will be...
    • Transport Policy
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration his Department is giving to reviewing the operation of the National Transport Authority to provide increased input over...
    • Traffic Management
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress of the publication and distribution of information to local authorities providing guidelines on the...
    • Transport Policy
      539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 22 January 2025, to outline, given that Galway County Council has provided the additional...
    • Driver Test
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on introducing financial supports for those training to become approved driving instructors given high associated fees and...
    • Road Tolls
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 20 March 2025, the number of drivers in each year that were subject to the €4...
    • Transport Policy
      543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the establishment of the transport security force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21207/25]
    • Bus Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on local links; if he plans to increase the number of stops and or increased flexibility for drivers to stop more...
  • Department of Finance
    • Land Issues
      550. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 19 February 2025, to clarify whether it was intended that Part 22A (Residential Zoned Land Tax) Taxes...
    • Tax Collection
      551. To ask the Minister for Finance when a review of the inheritance tax threshold will be initiated to include those persons deceased who do not have children and wish to leave their estate to...
    • Departmental Reviews
      552. To ask the Minister for Finance to review as a matter of priority the taxation system, given the pressure that will be brought to bear by the USA tariffs (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      553. To ask the Minister for Finance if assistance, financial or otherwise is available for a family in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18670/25]
    • Departmental Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of equity funds the Irish Strategic Investment Fund has invested in; the number of these which have invested in private and...
    • Inflation Rate
      555. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the €115,000 annual earnings cap for pension contribution tax relief in line with inflation and wage growth since its...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      559. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work of the interdepartmental government working group established to examine recommendations from a report (details...
    • Tax Collection
      561. To ask the Minister for Finance the current threshold rates for PAYE tax; if there are plans to raise the lower threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18781/25]
    • Insurance Coverage
      563. To ask the Minister for Finance the work his Department is doing to publish a new action plan for insurance reform, as included in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      564. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a waiver to gift and inheritance tax incurred in circumstances where someone dies while owning a home with their partner, to...
    • Tax Exemptions
      565. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the exemption for CGT on the sale of shares from €1,270; the cost to the exchequer of such a change; if an evaluation of...
    • Housing Schemes
      566. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the help-to-buy schemes to first-time buyers for second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18928/25]
    • Tax Reliefs
      567. To ask the Minister for Finance to reinstate the home renovation incentive tax relief (details supplied). [18957/25]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      569. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis his Department has undertaken since the enactment of the Finance Act, 2024 to close the tax loopholes relating to pension contributions, as...
    • Trade Data
      570. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of all exports to the United States, by subcategories of firms (details supplied); the details of sub-sectors that are most exposed in the...
    • Eurozone Issues
      571. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that savings deposit interest rates increase to at least the eurozone average; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      572. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to bring down the costs of mortgage interest rates for homeowners and first-time buyers in the Irish market; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      573. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that high savings deposits in Ireland are being adequately utilised to generate capital investment in the domestic economy;...
    • Climate Action Plan
      574. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate...
    • Tax Collection
      575. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected in Meath in each of the past five years from local property tax, in tabular form. [19108/25]
    • Departmental Data
      577. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the...
    • Tax Collection
      578. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the hierarchy in the thresholds in relation to the tax-free threshold for capital acquisition tax and the treatment of childless individuals...
    • Pension Provisions
      579. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make joining a private pension scheme more advantageous to the ordinary worker and that relief is not only on PAYE but also on PRSI and USC for...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      580. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have carried out, or have plans to carry out a study into the increase of the small gifts exemption; and the estimated costs and...
    • Tax Credits
      581. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will allow taxpayers with children in their care to use all their spouses’ tax-free allowance if their spouse does not...
    • Departmental Contracts
      582. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      583. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal status of postmasters as employees that was recently confirmed by both the scope section and the social welfare appeals office in an individual case...
    • Departmental Data
      584. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed schedule for each Ireland strategic investment fund-loan to Higher Education Authority-funded higher education institutions,...
    • Tax Reliefs
      585. To ask the Minister for Finance to investigate whether the tax relief on employing a home carer can be applied if the person paying for the carer resides in the UK, (details supplied); and...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      587. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the case for a simplified statement of liability process from Revenue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19865/25]
    • Tax Data
      588. To ask the Minister for Finance if beauty services will benefit from VAT reduction measures; the basis upon which such decisions were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Illicit Trade
      589. To ask the Minister for Finance the weight, value and type of illicit substances detected by officials from the Revenue Commissioners and State and private airports and ports of entry in the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      590. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the scheme that is in place for women impacted by the CervicalCheck scandal to those affected by narcolepsy settlements which...
    • Departmental Staff
      591. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular...
    • Housing Schemes
      592. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is planning to review the current loan to value rules for the various State supports for first-time buyers, to address cases similar to that of a single...
    • Departmental Schemes
      593. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to make any changes to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme, to expand eligibility and modernise the scheme; if the eligibility...
    • Tax Reliefs
      595. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider applying a reduced VAT rate to hydrotreated vegetable oil biofuel when used for agricultural purposes, in recognition of the need to...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      596. To ask the Minister for Finance if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do not accept or...
    • EU Directives
      597. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any...
    • Departmental Contracts
      598. To ask the Minister for Finance whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      600. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 9 April 2025, if ISIF risk profile and investment parameters include any consideration as to whether a company...
    • Customs and Excise
      602. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify the reasons behind the Office of Public Works’ refusal to install customs dog kennels, and what steps are being taken to address the lack of...
    • Departmental Data
      603. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases that are unresolved for over one year in the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; if he believes more resources are needed to...
    • Pension Provisions
      604. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to make any changes to the personal tax system applied to the State pension where a PAYE worker has continued in paid employment after reaching...
    • Tax Reliefs
      605. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax relief claimed for advertising and marketing by a sector (details supplied) in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      606. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is eligible for the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20830/25]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      607. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his predecessor have spoken formally with their Japanese counterpart since January 2024. [20913/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      609. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to proposals in Spain in relation to taxation on real estate bought by non-EU residents; if any research has been carried out...
    • Climate Action Plan
      610. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the merits on financially incentivising the use of HVO fuel instead of diesel to support achieving Ireland’s climate emission targets; and...
    • Tax Data
      611. To ask the Minister for Finance the total income tax receipts accounted for by case V income, by rental income, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs
      613. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost from CGT entrepreneurs relief; the number of persons who claimed relief in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Data
      614. To ask the Minister for Finance the total receipts from deposit interest retention tax in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21105/25]
    • Departmental Data
      615. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of funds held in Irish household deposit accounts, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21106/25]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      616. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of individual scans by Revenue Commissioners mobile scanners and backscatter van in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Data
      617. To ask the Minister for Finance the total receipts from exit tax on domestic funds over the past eight years, including any breakdown of the type of funds being taxed; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Emergency Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps his Department has taken to ensure the security and reliability of the national communications network to Ireland's emergency...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      619. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he intends to introduce a Ministers and Secretaries Bill to legislate for the planned changes to responsibilities of various...
    • Parking Provision
      624. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will allow a sports club (details supplied) in County Clare use of a neighbouring OPW car park for overflow for their games; and...
    • Departmental Data
      625. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a list of value-for-money reports commenced or completed by his Department in the past five years, including those undertaken by the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      626. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a lease will be signed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18793/25]
    • Heritage Sites
      627. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if each OPW heritage site has a facility to accept credit or debit card for payments where there is an admission fee to gain entry to...
    • Coastal Erosion
      628. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any action will be taken to address the impact that coastal erosion is having on the historic St Naul’s Monastery and...
    • Heritage Projects
      629. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the delivery of the Conservation Management Plan for Doneraile House and Court, Doneraile, County Cork and in...
    • Departmental Data
      630. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of vacant OPW-owned buildings in County Kildare on 1 April in the years 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      631. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that the Whitechurch flood alleviation scheme being undertaken by the OPW has been ordered by Inland Fisheries Ireland to...
    • Departmental Funding
      632. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet...
    • Departmental Data
      633. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      634. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the OPW Chair, senior officials, or the Minister have visited Explorium since it fully reopened in May 2024 in-person to assess...
    • Departmental Contracts
      638. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by...
    • National Lottery
      639. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the national lottery reform report by an organisation (details supplied); the key steps that have taken place; and the...
    • Departmental Staff
      642. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific measures being taken to ensure the civil service meets the new 6% disability employment target set in 2024, particularly in...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      644. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 8 April 2025, the name of the Department or, as appropriate, the name of the office, that...
    • Death Certificates
      648. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason pension services of the National Shared Services Office (NSSO) requires a surviving spouse to submit "the original death...
    • National Monuments
      649. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 9 April 2025, if a delegated official from the OPW can meet with this Deputy and a respected...
    • Departmental Data
      650. 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 the OPW since 1 January 2020; the...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      651. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the guidance the OGP gives to local authorities in relation to establishing an ethical procurement policy; and if he will make a...
    • Office of Public Works
      652. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the lengthy delay in the OPW sourcing a suitable site for a new garda station at Carndonagh, County Donegal.; and if he...
    • Departmental Policies
      653. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform can he outline what his new proposed expert taskforce for infrastructure will involve; the key timelines; if any other organisations are...
    • Departmental Consultations
      654. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the public consultation on the next review of the National Development Plan will commence. [20093/25]
    • Departmental Data
      655. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood relief works that are being funded by the OPW and currently under construction; and when will each of those flood relief...
    • Civil Service
      656. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of candidates that are currently on the panel for executive officer grade within civil service from the most recent EO...
    • Departmental Data
      657. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent annually on fortnightly pension detail postage, in the public sector, from 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      658. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans in place to digitalise the system of fortnightly pension detail postage in the public sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      659. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems...
    • EU Directives
      660. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and...
    • Departmental Properties
      661. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the...
    • Departmental Data
      662. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 9 April 2025, the number of applications received to join an Garda Síochána from...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      663. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on an OPW minor works application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20465/25]
    • Departmental Communications
      664. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how the provision of information to Dáil Éireann and public on specific capital spending projects supported by the public...
    • Departmental Data
      665. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list of the ten capital projects, completed or almost completed, within the past five years, with the most significant cost...
    • Public Spending Code
      667. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail the protections against undue prioritisation of capital projects in the public spending code; whether his Department has...
    • Vacant Sites
      668. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to purchase a vacant site (details supplied). [20573/25]
    • Departmental Data
      669. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of EU-owned OEM IT brands represented in ITC016F Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Network and Firewall...
    • Office of Public Works
      670. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform nGaeilge go príomha ar éide fhoireann Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      671. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on and progress of the Inistioge flood defence scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20713/25]
    • Flood Risk Management
      678. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the National Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme for the Dublin City Council administrative...
    • Insurance Coverage
      679. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he agrees with the Commissioner of Public Works at OPW insistence on a local development group in County Leitrim (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Appointments
      680. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to report on any instructions given or planned, on the appointment criteria for State boards part of the Public Appointments Service, to...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      681. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Mountmellick flood relief scheme design will be complete; when it will be submitted to An Coimisiún Pleanála for...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      683. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or the Secretary General have visited Explorium to ensure they are fully informed of its facilities and offerings, in the context...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Copyright Infringement
      686. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of reports of copyright infringements highlighted by a publication (details supplied); the steps his Department is...
    • Vacant Properties
      687. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will comment on the commercial vacancy rate in County Roscommon, which stands at 17.9%; and to outline what measures are being...
    • Departmental Data
      688. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a timeline for the publication of an action plan for collective bargaining; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Trade Missions
      689. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment affairs the number of trade missions that have taken place since 2015, by country and city. [18589/25]
    • Trade Data
      691. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated value of imports from the so-called “occupied territories” within Israel in each year from 2020 to 2024,...
    • Industrial Development
      694. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline all capital investment made by the IDA in County Longford since 2022. [18844/25]
    • Health and Safety
      699. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the length of time it should take the HSA to carry out a mandatory investigation in the case of a fatal workplace accident, such as...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      700. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland intends to open an office in Auckland, New Zealand. [18967/25]
    • Business Supports
      703. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline all supports that are available to Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection, or refugees or asylum seekers, to set...
    • Departmental Data
      705. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will supply any analysis from his Department on the domestic private investment landscape by sector, and in particular, in...
    • Departmental Funding
      706. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet...
    • Departmental Data
      707. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies...
    • Work Permits
      708. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit renewal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19226/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      709. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      710. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to ensure possible tariffs don't impact the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland. [19362/25]
    • Social Media
      711. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on ongoing or upcoming legislative measures aimed at improving the regulation of social media platforms,...
    • Departmental Data
      712. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of critical skills employment permits available in 2025 for paramedics; the number of which have been fulfilled; if no...
    • Grant Payments
      713. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget for the power up grant in 2025; the number of firms that have taken it up; the value of the total claims; and the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      714. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports of the mistreatment of customers by a company (details supplied); the actions he will take...
    • Departmental Programmes
      715. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the removal of people from the Get Exporting programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19576/25]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      716. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19577/25]
    • EU Directives
      717. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a clear timeline for the implementation of the objectives of the EU directive on minimum wages with respect to the public...
    • Public Sector Pay
      718. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he will take to prevent large employers in receipt of Government contracts from undercutting the pay and conditions of...
    • Trade Unions
      719. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that large employers in receipt of Government contracts (details supplied) are refusing to recognise trade unions or...
    • Departmental Data
      720. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of members of each of the registered trade unions in Ireland notified to his Department as being in benefit on 31 December...
    • Industrial Relations
      723. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to reinstate the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pensions Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021;...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      724. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is considering any changes to the way in which the Power-Up grant was administered and awarded based on issues he is aware of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      725. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the grow digital voucher schemes offered by his Department through local enterprise offices are available to social enterprises...
    • Departmental Data
      726. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide this Deputy with copies of all material, records and correspondence from 1 January to the 15 April between his...
    • Departmental Staff
      727. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past...
    • Employment Schemes
      728. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the work being undertaken in his Department to increase access to employment for disabled people; and if he will make a...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      729. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of...
    • EU Directives
      730. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due;...
    • Departmental Properties
      731. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      732. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company...
    • Health and Safety
      734. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a reassessment of the use of Bishpenol S (BPS) in products such as paper receipts handled daily by workers and by the public given...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      735. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to re-open the increased cost of business and Power Up grant to businesses that did not apply or that were...
    • Low Pay Commission
      736. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the economic impact assessment of the Low Pay Commission’s recommendation to abolish sub-minimum wage...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      737. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine a proposal (details supplied) that can address the significant staffing shortage in the Irish hospitality...
    • Departmental Appointments
      739. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline, in light of the changing global economic environment, the criteria he will consider in the upcoming appointment of...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      740. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress of the new digital portal and back end system for managing applications for employment permits and update regarding the...
    • Departmental Data
      741. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses that have engaged with the National Enterprise Hub over the past 12 months. [20853/25]
    • Work Permits
      742. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of critical skills employment permits available in 2025 for paramedics; the number of which have been fulfilled; if no...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      743. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a mechanism exists whereby a person can alter their pending general employment permit application to be considered as a critical...
    • Enterprise Policy
      745. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government has conducted an assessment of the implications for Ireland’s enterprise and inward investment policy...
    • Departmental Data
      746. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of international companies involved providing in social media or digital other platforms who have been operating in...
    • Employment Rights
      747. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures taken by his Department to enhance employees’ and workers’ rights since 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Work Permits
      748. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if plans are in place to increase the number of work permits for HGV mechanics beyond the quota of 200, which has already been...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Attendance
      750. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the educational welfare officer as determined by the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 will intervene to first work with the families to address...
    • Education Standards
      751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the marks required to pass ordinary level Leaving Certificate maths paper 1 and paper 2; if a student is completing the exam through Irish, if...
    • School Transport
      753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on Bus Éireann’s route to Kildare Town Community School; and if there is a waiting list. [18599/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or her Department is aware of a proposal for a post-primary special class catering to 'SEN Betweeners' in Youghal; if she has been in...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidelines will be published to schools on the use of artificial intelligence as part of the Leaving Certificate; the impacts artificial...
    • Special Educational Needs
      757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place in an ASD unit will be provided for a child (details supplied) as to date they have not been enrolled in any special school; the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      759. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18640/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe and date for the installation of the promised prefab building at a school (details supplied); if this prefab building will be...
    • Pension Provisions
      761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to ensure access to the single public service pension scheme for all school secretaries; and if she will make...
    • School Funding
      763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to withdraw public funding from fee paying schools. [18657/25]
    • School Transport
      764. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate the reason a family in County Kerry can not get on a school bus especially when there are plenty seats available (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      766. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the emergency works application of a school (details supplied). [18701/25]
    • School Curriculum
      767. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools nationwide participating in the module say yes to languages, in the school year 2024-2025; if she will detail...
    • Departmental Programmes
      768. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the work of her Department’s schools reconfiguration for diversity initiative; the staff assigned to the...
    • School Accommodation
      769. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is her intention for further school retrofits to be funded in 2026 under the school sector decarbonisation pathfinder programme; if she...
    • Legislative Reviews
      770. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider amending the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 where a ‘child’ is currently defined as six years old for the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      772. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if new schools (primary and secondary) under construction will be automatically furnished with photovoltaic panels on completion, particularly...
    • Pension Provisions
      773. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which she will address the issue of school caretakers and secretaries not receiving a state pension, in view if the fact that their...
    • Special Educational Needs
      774. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review policies regarding mandatory foreign language learning in schools, particularly in cases where students who have...
    • Education Policy
      779. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an féidir léi a dheimhniú go bhfágfar an scrúdú cainte Gaeilge don Ardteist i mbliain a 6, ar scrúdú...
    • Schools Building Projects
      780. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the additional accommodation project for a school (details supplied); whether her Department has assessed the schools application...
    • Departmental Meetings
      781. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18754/25]
    • School Transport
      782. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be made available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18758/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the criteria for awarding incremental credit for primary and secondary school teachers; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special classes for children with intellectual disabilities in each primary school in Kildare north; the number of available spaces...
    • School Accommodation
      787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give permission for a school (details supplied) to install temporary accommodation until its extension for extra classrooms is built....
    • Departmental Reviews
      788. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review Circular 80/2024 which prioritises medium to large schools for the opening of new special classes at primary level...
    • Special Educational Needs
      789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 5th autism class will open in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18788/25]
    • Pension Provisions
      790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding negotiations with trade unions representing school secretaries and caretakers in relation to pension parity; and if she...
    • Departmental Consultations
      791. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged with Uisce Éireann regarding the proposed special school in Carraig na bFhearr. [18816/25]
    • Education Standards
      792. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students sitting their Leaving Certificate in 2025 will be at a disadvantage as grades are to be adjusted back to pre-pandemic level; and if...
    • School Transport
      794. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the provision of a school bus service for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Standards
      795. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any initiative ongoing within her Department that seeks to ensure that students studying higher level maths at Leaving...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      796. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence from a school (details supplied); if she will address the issues highlighted; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      797. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that an application for accommodation will be progressed without further delay due to the urgency in replacing the inadequate...
    • Schools Building Projects
      798. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of a project under the additional accommodation scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      799. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can review correspondence (details supplied) and provide any further clarity on this matter and options open to a school; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      800. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the promised new school building for a school (details supplied). [18898/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      801. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the provision of classes for dyslexia in Clare, Limerick and north Tipperary; to outline waiting lists for classes for...
    • School Discipline
      803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many children have been expelled from school in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in national and secondary school, in tabular...
    • School Enrolments
      805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to introduce common enrolment systems to school planning areas in Dublin. [18912/25]
    • Legislative Process
      806. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a detailed timeframe in bringing the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 into full operation, in particular section...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      807. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18935/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on providing a new building for a school (details supplied); and if a reply has been received in relation to the queries raised in...
    • School Funding
      811. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the science implementation grant to fund schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      812. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria and process for a school to utilise the additional school accommodation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      814. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a defined service level response time in which it responds to emails from principals of schools; and if she will make a...
    • National Council for Special Education
      816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct the NCSE to engage with parents of children who have been refused access to a reading school place in areas (details...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      821. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifications needed for teachers to teach children in need of special education teaching hours; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the number of students enrolled in various primary and post-primary schools (details supplied), and for a class-by-class breakdown of numbers...
    • School Transport
      823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence in relation to school transport (details supplied) and provide an update on the matter. [18988/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what is being done to ensure the provision of appropriate numbers of primary school places for children with autism in the Coolock and Darndale...
    • School Funding
      825. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an emergency utility grant for schools that are unable to afford to pay their utility bills having exhausted other options...
    • Special Educational Needs
      826. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the lack of education provision in Donabate (details supplied) for children with ASD; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Standards
      827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will acknowledge the disadvantage facing this year’s Leaving Certificate students compared to students who sat the Leaving...
    • Departmental Reports
      828. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the enquiry into abuse in religious schools including a college (details supplied); the timeline for the completion of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      829. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a detailed up to date report in regard to the extension to a college (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Funding
      830. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider restoring the special education diploma allowance for those who are classed as "new entrants" (entered since September...
    • School Funding
      831. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for additional resources for a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19056/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      833. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the budgetary cap will be removed for SNA reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19058/25]
    • School Management
      835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the management training, including project management training, that primary school principals and deputy principals receive to enable them to...
    • School Transport
      836. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pilot schemes run under the revised school transport scheme for 2025-2026; the current stage of each pilot run under the revised...
    • Special Educational Needs
      837. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken in Meath to ensure all children that require a school place have the possibility of securing a place in an ASD class or ASD unit...
    • School Staff
      838. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline, given the significant disparities in terms and conditions between school secretaries and their peers, including the lack of...
    • Departmental Funding
      839. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support her Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s...
    • Pension Provisions
      840. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide fair pension for school secretaries and caretakers to ensure equity is provided as soon as possible; and if she will make a...
    • School Funding
      841. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the possible funding options for a secondary school in County Cork (details supplied) to carry essential roof replacement works to its sports...
    • Departmental Funding
      842. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by her Department and agencies under her...
    • School Transport
      843. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the necessary changes to the school transport scheme will be implemented that will allow students who live less than 3.2km from their local...
    • Special Educational Needs
      844. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for additional places in ASD classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin mid-west; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      845. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of bespoke school transport contracts in place specifically for beneficiaries of temporary protection in each county; and the total...
    • Special Educational Needs
      848. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how an appeal can submitted against SNA hours allocated to a child in a mainstream school; to outline the appeal process; and if she will make a...
    • Education Policy
      853. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to establish a Citizens’ Assembly on Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19218/25]
    • School Patronage
      854. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to roll out a survey to schools and school communities on the issue of divestment and school patronage; the details and the timeline...
    • Departmental Surveys
      855. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for completion of a demographic study into Mallow; the date on which this will be published; and the cost of same to date. [19229/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      856. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) can access a suitable educational setting for the 2025-26 academic...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      857. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average, median, maximum and minimum primary school class sizes for the Cork City and Cork County Council area from 2019 to date in 2024, in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      858. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals to the NCSE, by county; and the number of successful appeals over each of the past five years. [19243/25]
    • School Funding
      859. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need to provide additional funding for sports halls in schools. [19244/25]
    • School Curriculum
      861. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the number of schools that require students to take religion as a mandatory Junior Certificate subject, by county, in...
    • Departmental Policies
      864. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any plans to provide non-denominational schools as opposed to multidenominational schools; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      865. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider expanding the solar for schools programme beyond the current 14 panel limit; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disadvantaged Status
      867. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for a secondary school to request to be assessed for DEIS status when it is in close proximity to a DEIS primary school and...
    • School Transport
      868. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have received funding for a transport escort in relation to the school transport scheme for children with special...
    • Departmental Policies
      869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are minimum final pupil numbers required in urban and suburban areas before a second level school is sanctioned; whether there are...
    • Schools Building Projects
      870. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated projected completion and opening date for a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      871. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the second level schools currently primary feeders for Newcastle, County Dublin residents at present; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria on which a second level school for Newcastle, County Dublin has been refused to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      873. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider introducing a standalone financial literacy module at junior and or senior cycle level, considering recent research is...
    • Schools Building Projects
      874. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a full written update on the status of the permanent school building for a school (details supplied) which has been waiting...
    • School Transport
      875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the bus route which pupils from Ballyboughal, County Dublin to a school (details supplied) undertake, as the current bus stop...
    • School Facilities
      876. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the current guidelines on the after-hours use of school buildings with a view to giving more control on the decision making...
    • Departmental Contracts
      877. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts currently held by her Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the...
    • School Curriculum
      878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support more girls to take STEM subjects in school. [19357/25]
    • School Transport
      881. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that school transport is organised for a pupil (details supplied) who is now travelling to school by taxi daily at a cost of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      883. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the EPSEN review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19377/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      885. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the new school building for a school (details supplied); the current status of the project; the expected...
    • School Transport
      886. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will remove the barrier to those who are 70 and over from driving vehicles under the school transport scheme; if she will also allow...
    • School Facilities
      887. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any funding is available for the development of sensory gardens; and if so, whether they can be outlined. [19417/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      890. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to review the current quota system in operation for the allocation of SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      894. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding supports for education for sustainable development groups; if an increase in the level of funding can be considered; and...
    • School Patronage
      896. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific supports her Department is providing to facilitate school patronage transfers in areas such as Dublin Bay north, where survey data...
    • Departmental Funding
      897. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to bring back the teaching in Irish allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19502/25]
    • Departmental Data
      898. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that offer the Aonaid model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19503/25]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      899. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of early starts throughout the country. [19504/25]
    • School Transport
      901. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action her Department is taking to resolve ongoing unreliability issues with a school bus route (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • State Examinations
      902. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider applying a grade adjustment to previous years’ applicants taking into consideration the grade inflation; and if she...
    • Departmental Funding
      903. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding support for the group Education for Sustainability; if an increase in funding will be considered; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      904. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a new school application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19535/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      905. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether there is a need for a purpose built special school in Tallaght; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19552/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      906. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Ireland will take part in the next TIMSS Advanced study; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19555/25]
    • Teacher Training
      907. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the length of initial teacher training programme; if there are plans to make changes to the programme; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      908. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) can access a suitable educational setting for the 2025/2026 academic...
    • Departmental Schemes
      909. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Counselling in Primary Schools Pilot (CPS-P) 2023-2025 will be continued into the next academic year; when the schools included in the...
    • Departmental Policies
      910. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 481 of 8 April 2025, the procedures in place to ensure certain individuals (details supplied) receive a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      911. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new special school in Nenagh will open and there the location of the school will be. [19624/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      912. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if progress has been made on providing a new secondary school for a school (details supplied). [19626/25]
    • School Transport
      913. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the provision of an additional bus route to accommodate students from Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny (details supplied); and if she...
    • Departmental Policies
      914. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not received the Cineáltas flag; if she will ensure the flag is provided without delay; and if...
    • School Transport
      916. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the introduction of a dedicated Bus Éireann school transport service for students in the Swellan area of Cavan (details...
    • Freedom of Information
      919. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if publicly funded national schools are included in the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the basis on which they are exempt; and if she...
    • School Transport
      920. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a refused bus ticket for a child (details supplied) due to exceptional circumstances; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      921. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, following the recent Topical Issue debate raised by each Deputy representing Dublin Bay north, her Department will act on the recommendation...
    • Special Educational Needs
      923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate an additional special needs assistant support to a school to assist a child (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Meals Programme
      924. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has concerns regarding the quality consistency of the school meals programme with regard to the Healthy Ireland framework, the principles...
    • Schools Building Projects
      925. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a school (details supplied), currently at stage 2B; the timeline for the completion of the project; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parents must provide a school with an assessment of needs report in order to access school a place for their child in a public primary school;...
    • School Transport
      927. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed changes to the school transport scheme will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19738/25]
    • State Examinations
      928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether students sitting this year’s Leaving Certificate will be disadvantaged by the recent proposal by her Department to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      929. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child is diagnosed with autism and receives a special class recommendation after the deadline of 19 February 2025, if the child is then not...
    • Education Welfare Service
      933. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a young person under the age of 16 who meets the criteria of section 14 Statutory Register of the Education Welfare Act, 2000, is confirmed as...
    • School Funding
      934. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports and grants available to a local school (details supplied) to complete an infrastructure project for students with...
    • Departmental Reviews
      935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 482 of 8 April 2025, when the review of the Department Circulars 0061/2017 (teachers) and 0062/2017 (SNAs)...
    • Teacher Training
      936. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to roll out anti-bias and anti-racism training for all teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19868/25]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      937. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the ratification process by the Teaching Council for new initial teacher education programmes developed within...
    • Pension Provisions
      938. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence regarding state pension contributions paid (details supplied) affecting eligibility; to respond to the party on matters...
    • Social Media
      939. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with respect to parental and pupil concerns with regard to abuse and exposure to social media platforms, is she satisfied that schools maintain a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      940. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which she plans to improve access to Gealscoils and Geal Choláiste as set out in the Programme for Government; and if she will...
    • Departmental Reports
      941. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a draft of the Irish medium for education before official publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19918/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      942. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills ⁠ if her Department commit to creating incentives for teachers to teach through the Irish language, which was in place previous to 2011;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      943. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the Irish medium for education taskforce; who will be part of the taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      944. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to sanction as a matter of extreme urgency, an autism unit for a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      945. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the extension to a school building (details supplied); when this building work will commence; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      953. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s plans to ensure students from the Coole Road in Ballysaggart and surrounding area can access a school bus service to a...
    • Child Abuse
      955. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that she has been written to on seven occasions since April 2021 by a family (details supplied) regarding allegations of...
    • Departmental Staff
      956. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years,...
    • Departmental Data
      957. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20026/25]
    • School Staff
      958. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review the staffing allocation for the 2025/2026 school year at a school (details supplied), where the loss of a mainstream...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      959. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 653 of 19 March 2025, if an update on a SENO review could be provided to parents (details supplied). [20043/25]
    • School Staff
      960. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the gender breakdown of primary school teachers full and part-time for the years 2020-2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Education and Training Boards
      961. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the Louth and Meath ETB headquarters development for Drogheda; the reasons for the delay in a project that was agreed 12 years...
    • Departmental Reviews
      962. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20094/25]
    • State Examinations
      963. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a timeframe on the State Examinations Commission review of allocated extra time for children with dyslexia; who is part of the review; when...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      966. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to a review of the Céim standards within the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20117/25]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      967. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if reviews are taking place in third level special education teaching courses; if so, to minister provide these reviews; and if she will make a...
    • Scoileanna DEIS
      968. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which a school can apply to be recategorised from DEIS Urban Band 2 to DEIS Urban Band 1; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      969. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE charted surveyors employed by her Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20149/25]
    • School Admissions
      970. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment of need can be requested by a school as a requirement for a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20172/25]
    • School Textbooks
      972. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction of the funding allocated for the schoolbooks scheme, when in 2023 it was estimated that €96 per child was...
    • School Transport
      973. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering changes to the distance requirement eligibility criteria for her School Transport Scheme and the possible abolition of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      975. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when urgent emergency works will be carried out for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20229/25]
    • School Staff
      976. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine an appeal for the retention of a mainstream teacher in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      977. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of refunds sought from parents availing of the school transport scheme in Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form....
    • Special Educational Needs
      978. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding schools that had been approved for additional SNA posts in their school and have since been told not to advertise the post as...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      979. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all IT systems used by her Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do...
    • EU Directives
      980. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in her Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the...
    • Departmental Properties
      981. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all properties her Department has rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      982. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to her Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      984. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned opening date for the new special school in south Lucan on the Lucan East ETNS site; the ages of the children it will cater for; the...
    • School Staff
      985. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that staff shortages have impacted pupils' ability to access transition year in schools and students are being asked instead to...
    • School Curriculum
      986. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied) will not be able to run enough transition year classes to accommodate all of its pupils in the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      987. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 607 of 9 September 2024, the status of an application to build an extension to a school (details supplied)...
    • School Patronage
      989. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a formal process of engagement between her Department and the Patrons of schools. [20538/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      991. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide financial support to a school (details supplied) that have been approved for new ASD classes in the premises adjacent to the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      992. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a design team was appointed at a school (details supplied) under the additional accommodation scheme, the technical challenges the site...
    • School Accommodation
      993. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that her Department reengages with a school (details supplied) on the status of the temporary accommodation due to be provided...
    • Special Educational Needs
      994. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that an autism class previously sanctioned at a school (details supplied) will be permitted and resourced to open in September...
    • School Staff
      995. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken to train teaching staff, including SNAs, on how to support children with visual impairments; and the training available...
    • Schools Administration
      996. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on individual assessments for children with visual impairments; and whether visiting teachers could play a role in these...
    • School Patronage
      1001. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged with the patron for a school (details supplied) in relation to the delivery of the autism classrooms; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1002. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the delivery of a school (details supplied) as planning permission has been granted by Fingal County Council;...
    • State Examinations
      1007. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the steps being taken to ensure the Leaving Certificate class of 2025 is not disadvantaged in comparison to students who...
    • School Transport
      1010. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can consider a request to provide a school bus for an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20619/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1011. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students on a waiting list for a special school place in County Kildare; the number per each school; and if she will make a...
    • Child Protection
      1012. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what steps are being implemented to enhance education on digital literacy and the risks associated with exposure to online pornography, in order...
    • School Transport
      1013. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or her Department is aware of any information on the Bus Éireann route to Kildare town community school; if there is a waiting list;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1015. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide clarification on what happens to children whose parents do not notify the NCSE that their child is seeking a special class or...
    • Departmental Data
      1016. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can outline how many times she has used section 37A of the Education Act 2022 from 2017 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1017. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an update can be provided on the factors currently delaying the development of Gaelcholáiste Reachrann in Donaghmede. [20646/25]
    • School Admissions
      1019. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child in County Kildare (details supplied) will receive a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20658/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      1020. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the planned extension to a school (details supplied); and for a timeframe for the works to be carried out. [20661/25]
    • School Transport
      1022. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the number of pilot school bus schemes for the 2025-26 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20663/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      1023. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received a request from a school (details supplied) to establish a special class; if this request will be considered as a...
    • School Accommodation
      1024. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application for funding to install another prefab to facilitate a second junior infants class in September...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1025. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a special classroom autism unit in a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20681/25]
    • State Examinations
      1026. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1062 of 8 April 2025, if her attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the lowering of grade...
    • School Staff
      1027. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be given a contract of indefinite duration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20742/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      1028. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the plan to place a special school on grounds (details supplied) in north Dublin; the findings made by the...
    • Physical Education
      1029. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for schools to provide facilities such as a Trim Trail to encourage and promote exercise in children; and if she will make...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1030. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a school (details supplied) requiring property expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20757/25]
    • School Admissions
      1031. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the availability of school places in junior infants for children with autism in the Tallaght area (details supplied); if...
    • School Staff
      1032. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a limit as to the number of special needs assistants that the National Council for Special Education is permitted to sanction; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      1034. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress of the appointment of the integrated project teams under the ADAPT 4 Programme. [20818/25]
    • Physical Education
      1035. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on her Department’s work to ensure the provision of adequate outdoor space for PE activities for a school (details supplied)....
    • Departmental Bodies
      1036. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if each of the ten bodies under the aegis of her Department met the compliance standards as set out in their annual compliance assurance return...
    • School Staff
      1037. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have utilised funding from her Department to enrol teachers in upskilling courses in high-demand subject areas. [20821/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1038. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work and accomplishments of the data and finance reform projects unit within her Department over the past 24 months. [20822/25]
    • Departmental Functions
      1039. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of the ETB financial and administrative personnel unit within her Department, particularly in relation to ensuring...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1043. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has yet met with the chief executive officers in bodies under the aegis of her Department. [20827/25]
    • School Staff
      1044. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a cost breakdown of the expenditure of the “Teachers’ Professional Journeys: The First Decade” longitudinal...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      1046. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 18 February 2025, if she will provide an update on the matter; if the group has reported; and if...
    • School Staff
      1047. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her recent announcement that teachers will be given permanent contracts after one year favours newly qualified teachers over highly...
    • School Curriculum
      1050. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the 2025/2026 transition year programme funding for a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      1051. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details of her proposal for newly qualified teachers to gain a permanent contract a year earlier; what classifies as a 'viable post' in this...
    • School Curriculum
      1054. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish a post-primary special school in the Youghal area of County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21046/25]
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      1055. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cathain atá sí chun buaileadh le heagraíocht ainmnithe (sonraí tugtha) mar a bhí geallta aici agus ag an iar-Aire...
    • School Curriculum
      1056. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Ireland is going to participate in the next ‘TIMSS Advanced’, which measures STEM (science, technology, engineering,...
    • School Staff
      1057. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider changing the initial teacher training programme for secondary school teachers back to one year; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1058. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child in County Kildare (details supplied) will receive a special school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21076/25]
    • State Examinations
      1060. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline how a parent can appeal a decision for reasonable accommodation for a Leaving Certificate student; and if she will make a statement...
    • Education and Training Provision
      1061. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the strategy led by her Department to ensure that children resident in IPAS centres are provided with school places and...
    • School Staff
      1068. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a pension scheme for those school secretaries that are employed by boards of management and to give them parity with other...
    • School Management
      1069. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has begun the process of trialling new administrative supports and arrangements for school principals, as set out in the Programme for...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Bodies
      1071. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the recently-published National Counter Disinformation Strategy includes provisions to address the dissemination of misleading...
    • Departmental Data
      1072. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated total number of hotel rooms in the State in each year from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadcasting Charge
      1073. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he or his predecessor received, and will publish, the research commissioned by Coimisiún na Meán on the...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      1074. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he plans to bring in any extra revenue generating measures to support public serving broadcasting. [18656/25]
    • Irish Language
      1075. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the present policy in relation to the role of RTÉ in the production of Irish language content, and whether he feels there is...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      1080. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the basic income for artists scheme; if he proposes to further expand this scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      1081. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the need to diversify the commissioning of content to include providers other than RTÉ; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1083. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has met with each CEO and or Chairperson of each state agency under the remit of his Department since his appointment as...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1084. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a dated list of all correspondence between the European Commission and his Department on the issue of regulating and...
    • Departmental Data
      1085. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the bust of General San Martin, the national hero and liberator of Argentina, which was presented to the Government by a...
    • Departmental Policies
      1086. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet...
    • Irish Language
      1087. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expected timeframe for the publication of the 3-Year Action Plan for 2025-2027 for the National Plan for Irish Language...
    • Departmental Funding
      1088. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1089. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      1090. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the number of people in receipt of the basic income for artists payment, by county and by year since the...
    • Sports Funding
      1096. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) each year from 2014 to 2024; and the conditions attached to...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he plans to meet with the regional radio stations of Ireland. [19627/25]
    • Tourism Industry
      1102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to consider the serious implications for the tourism industry in County Kerry that a short-term let register will have on...
    • Culture Policy
      1106. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will designate Sliabh Luachra, Castleisland, Gneeveguilla, Kilcummin, Spa, Glenflesk, Killarney, County Kerry as a...
    • Sports Funding
      1107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if extra funding could be provided to an athletics club (details supplied). [19990/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      1108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding allocated by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) from 2020 to date; and if he will make a...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of...
    • EU Directives
      1112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is...
    • Departmental Properties
      1113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the...
    • Tourism Industry
      1116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on his efforts to work with EU partners to introduce new tourism specific funding supports; and if he will make...
    • Civil Registration Service
      1124. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which the 1925 civil births, 1955 civil marriages, and 1975 civil deaths will be published on a website (details...
    • Sports Funding
      1125. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is considering funding local authorities to provide playing pitches and facilities given the increasing demand for playing...
    • Irish Language
      1126. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will endorse and support the promotion of the Irish language (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      1127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how a finder’s fee from the national museum of Ireland for the finding of historical artefacts is determined; what the...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      1129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to report on any information available regarding the gender balance of grants made payable to artists in the previous 12 months....
    • Sports Funding
      1130. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of payments made by Sport Ireland to any print or broadcast media companies for additional coverage of women’s...
    • Departmental Staff
      1133. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of WTE qualified archivists employed by his Department as of 22 April 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of...
    • Departmental Funding
      1136. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the need to maintain financial support for an organisation (details supplied) through his Department; and if he will...
    • Sports Funding
      1138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next call under the large-scale sporting infrastructure fund will be made. [21276/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of arts, culture and media organisations he has met in his capacity as Minister since his appointment....
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Provision
      1140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the planned social and affordable housing developments throughout Dublin Bay north; and if he...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      1141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when overdue updated guidelines on wind farm regulations will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Provision
      1142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the immediate measures being implemented to address the critical shortage of rental properties available under the housing...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will release the necessary funding to local authorities in Donegal and other affected counties to remediate their...
    • Housing Provision
      1148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the forms of proof of ownership, apart from the deeds of a house, that are acceptable for accessing the derelict home grant...
    • Housing Policy
      1149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will consider continuing to advance new methods of construction, in particular modular home builds, as a...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      1150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that the local authority in Donegal has informed councillors that there will only be energy efficiency grants...
    • Departmental Functions
      1151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the duties he intends to delegate to the Strategic Housing Activation Office within his Department; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if new TIS guidelines allow for older people and people with disabilities to be considered under the scheme even in cases...
    • Development Contributions
      1154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the temporary waiver in respect of local authority development contributions, given that it...
    • Pension Provisions
      1156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has engaged with representatives of full-time fire brigades since January 2024 on the issues with the fast...
    • Turf Cutting
      1157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to a person (details supplied) who formerly cut turf in a bog; if new arrangements will be put in...
    • Vacant Properties
      1158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider setting up a roving workforce to assist local authorities bring vacant housing stock back into use; if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the amount allocated and the number of homes to be returned under the voids return scheme in...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes subjected to a compulsory purchase order by each local authority in 2024; the number on each derelict...
    • Housing Schemes
      1166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental homes to be delivered in Cork in 2025. [18812/25]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a new computer aided call taking and dispatch system called NMAC; the consultation that took place on...
    • Fire Service
      1169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to introduce a national standardised criteria to ensure all fire service authorities can deliver uniform...
    • Departmental Data
      1170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is factual that the keeping communities safe document has not been ratified by the relevant trade unions at the time of...
    • Rural Schemes
      1171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish the new rural housing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18859/25]
    • Housing Provision
      1172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if inspections were conducted prior to the acquisition by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council of 12 homes at Holly...
    • Hare Coursing
      1173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of the costs and work hours over the past five years associated with National Parks and Wildlife Service...
    • Animal Welfare
      1174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that unlawful animal traps are being sold by, and dispatched from, a company (details supplied); and if he...
    • Hare Coursing
      1175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the presence of pregnant hares at the Balbriggan and Borrisoleigh coursing meetings in November and December 2024...
    • Housing Schemes
      1177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason South Dublin County Council or an AHB purchased an entire apartment development in Rathfarnham for social housing...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      1178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has delegated responsibilities to his Ministers of State; and if so, the responsibilities he has delegated to each...
    • Departmental Data
      1179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all land that had its residential zoning by way of ministerial order in each of the years since 2020, by...
    • Housing Schemes
      1180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total Exchequer expenditure on social housing acquisitions in 2024, by local authority area, acquisition schemes, that...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a dated list of all correspondence between the European Commission and his Department on the issue of regulating...
    • Rental Sector
      1182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that he has received the Housing Agency's review of rent pressure zones, and to publish the report. [18981/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the commencement schedule for each of the chapters and sections of Part 9 of the Planning and Development Act...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      1184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a currently unserviced wastewater treatment plant in Rooskagh Valley, Shanagarry, County...
    • Departmental Funding
      1185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the restoration and preservation of a heritage site (details supplied); if funding or support will be allocated...
    • Architectural Heritage
      1186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding any initiatives proposed by his Department that seeks to protect the architectural heritage of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the purchase of lands at the Glen of the Downs in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans in place to introduce a pyrite scheme for local authority-owned homes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      1189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 8 April, the reason the current outstanding strategic housing development...
    • Housing Schemes
      1190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Government's policy on rightsizing schemes; the number of schemes that have been made available in the years 2022-2025...
    • Climate Action Plan
      1191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the farm succession scheme promoted by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine;...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      1193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the number of deer that have been culled for each year between 2015 and 2025 for each county, and...
    • Departmental Funding
      1195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and...
    • Local Area Plans
      1196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 1 April 2025, when Meath County Council will have the requisite resources and...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      1197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 496 and 497 of 1 April, if he plans to publish an SAC management plan for the...
    • Departmental Data
      1198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of residentially zoned land in each local authority development plan, including a range of the number of...
    • Housing Provision
      1200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the methodology and data sources used by his officials for housing needs assessment of an average of 50,000 new homes a year...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to safeguard crucial programmes like Housing First while several of such organisations are in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) does not qualify for a septic tank grant; the reason Meath is omitted from all septic...
    • Local Authorities
      1203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the total number of local authority home loan applications, by local authority; and the number of successful...
    • Departmental Data
      1204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the total number of units retrofitted, by local authority area for each of the past five years. [19248/25]
    • Road Projects
      1206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the progress of the regeneration of the Noonan's Road and surrounding streets regeneration. [19250/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      1207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the number of affordable houses, cost rental and cost purchase, homes planned for Cork City and County Council...
    • Water Services
      1208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to Uisce Éireann refusing to take in charge housing developments with developer-provided water service...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his response to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19279/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      1210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19309/25]
    • Water Services
      1211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions his Department is taking to ensure that water and wastewater infrastructure can support the delivery of housing,...
    • Derelict Sites
      1212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will engage with Dublin City Council regarding the future use of the derelict site adjacent to the trinity...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      1213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his responsibilities as they relate to biodiversity and nature restoration; to report on where this is detailed in...
    • Housing Provision
      1214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 2 April 2025, the amount of funding released in the first quarter of 2023, 2024...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      1215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 2 April 2025, the number of approved housing bodies (AHBs) whose memorandum and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      1217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to ensure that LGBTQ+ individuals are protected in emergency accommodation settings; if...
    • Departmental Data
      1218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of planning applications for rural one-off dwellings submitted in 2024, 2023, and 2022 in counties Louth,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the STAR allocations to each organisation that has been awarded equity payments under this scheme with a breakdown...
    • Data Centres
      1223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider advocating for a ban on data centre construction in areas of high housing need (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      1224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the amount of funding allocated local authorities to support the Social Housing Secondhand Acquisitions...
    • Departmental Regulations
      1262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the ban on the granting of planning permission to build new houses outside 60km per hour speed limits on national primary...
    • Departmental Funding
      1264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans that are in place to provide additional resources to An Bórd Pleanála to speed up the whole planning...
    • Departmental Regulations
      1265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if legislation is in place for a Government housing body to take over unfinished ghost estates after a certain period and to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of successful tenant in-situ schemes acquisitions completed by Wicklow County Council since its inception in April...
    • Departmental Staff
      1276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications submitted for a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20029/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      1282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide details of the manner in which once-off payments and once off commissions or bonuses are treated in the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Cork City Council under the CAS in 2024. [20099/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all briefing documents provided to him by his Department officials since taking office; and the dates on...
    • Departmental Funding
      1289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received by his Department from Dublin City Council to funding and approval for inner city flat...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of what the €50 million allocated for regeneration and refurbishment under REV sub head A12 was spent on...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date the tenant-in-situ programme will resume as many applications are left pending without a decision; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether persons who commenced their rebuild prior to the introduction of the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme...
    • Fire Safety
      1294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Keeping Community Safe (Framework for Fire Safety in Ireland) has been reviewed in the past two years; the person or...
    • Departmental Funding
      1295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects that were funded under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund within County Longford in 2023, 2024 and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the inclusion of grade 1 homes in the pyrite scheme, as committed to in the Programme for Government. [20160/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      1297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine the case of a family (details supplied) who are living in overcrowded accommodation, who are being removed...
    • Departmental Data
      1298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the child homelessness rate in Waterford for the last week in December for the past ten years. [20185/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      1299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total monies paid out or committed by his Department to each local authority in respect of building social houses and...
    • Local Authorities
      1302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to instruct local authorities to reduce the interest rates for their long standing variable interest mortgage...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the restoration of the town council tier of local government; the powers he intends to give to town councils;...
    • EU Directives
      1305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is...
    • Departmental Properties
      1306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the...
    • Departmental Reports
      1309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on their efforts to further develop the Ulster Canal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20401/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      1311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received, granted, refused, or are currently being processed for the social housing tenant-in-situ...
    • Departmental Data
      1313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of acres of land sold, by each local authority, for counties Wicklow and Wexford to date; in tabular form; and if...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how the guarantee will apply for homes that have been remediated with outer block solution when homes have cracking and...
    • Animal Welfare
      1315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reasons elephants were moved from/to Dublin Zoo in the recent years in light of the fact that transport of elephants is a...
    • Departmental Funding
      1319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is central Government funding available for purchase of a site by Dublin City Council (details supplied). [20572/25]
    • Departmental Programmes
      1320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the State has adequate lands to deliver on the restoration ambition outlined in the Nature Restoration Law which includes...
    • Rental Sector
      1321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what guidelines or provisions are in place to ensure an adequate supply of cost rental properties for single people; and if...
    • Electoral Commission
      1323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a community can make a submission to the Electoral Commission regarding the location of their voting station; and if he...
    • National Planning Framework
      1324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the national planning framework revision figures will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20624/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      1326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the number of successful applications for the Croi Conaithe cities scheme in 2024; the amount of funding approved...
    • Departmental Data
      1327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the total number of residential development applications with An Bord Pleanála at present; the number of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm which body is responsible for providing a full technical review of a defective concrete block grant scheme...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses purchased by each of Carlow County Council and Kilkenny County Council under the tenant-in-situ scheme...
    • Housing Schemes
      1330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the general reviews and timelines for the first home scheme threshold; when the next review of the regional...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason as of April 2025, none of the six appeals that were confirmed to be in progress as of early December 2024 under...
    • Housing Provision
      1334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase housing supply in Kilkenny, including social housing and affordable housing; and if he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget allocation granted to Kilkenny County Council for the tenant-in-situ scheme for 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Marine Protected Areas
      1338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the marine protected areas legislation; to provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      1339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if people leaving IPAS accommodation in Dublin who have been granted leave to remain, are in employment in Dublin and have...
    • State Bodies
      1340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on any instructions given or planned, for the appointment criteria to be considered in the upcoming appointment of...
    • Departmental Reports
      1341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on the progress of the digitisation of the planning permission’s application process. [20882/25]
    • National Planning Framework
      1343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out all changes made to the revised National Planning Framework from the draft version published in November 2024 and...
    • Departmental Data
      1344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost per unit of new build social housing delivered in 2024 by SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF...
    • Housing Schemes
      1346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has plans to increase the first-home scheme threshold in County Louth to reflect the rising housing prices. [21014/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      1347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated for housing maintenance, by local authority, in 2024, in tabular form. [21063/25]
    • Harbours and Piers
      1348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the sun shelter on the east pier of Dún Laoghaire harbour; his views on the merits of fully...
    • National Monuments
      1351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the RMS Leinster Memorial in Dún Laoghaire; his views on the merits of maintaining and upgrading...
    • Urban Development
      1352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the full list of projects in County Galway for which urban regeneration and development funding has been provided;...
    • Housing Provision
      1353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basic units ceiling costs for the purchase of social housing provided to each local authority in 2025; and if he will...
    • Turf Cutting
      1357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his Department is aware that families are being prevented from cutting turf on Barroughter Bog, County Galway,...
    • Building Regulations
      1360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposed revisions and timeline to Building Regulations Technical Guidance Document L...
    • Housing Provision
      1361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and percentage of eligible applicants for the housing development and contribution waiver that have completed...
    • Commercial Rates
      1369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to address the discriminatory position whereby commercial premises with an on street presence must pay commercial...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding how additional payments for children resident in IPAS accommodation are allocated; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer’s benefit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      1372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department could examine a PUP enforcement case (details supplied). [18506/25]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to a disability allowance claim (details supplied); if he will investigate the length of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person working as a school caretaker who is laid off for school closures is entitled to claim pay related jobseeker's...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the review of the rural social scheme which was launched on 24 July 2024, what the updated position is with...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications registered per operational scheme for the period of 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of social welfare appeals, requested per operational scheme for the period of 2020 to 2024; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the assessment guidelines for exceptional needs payment issued by community welfare officers, specifically in...
    • School Meals Programme
      1389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to address issues pertaining to the hot meals programme for special schools (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to amending the eligibility criteria for the living alone allowance, to allow individuals who...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the additional costs of disability for older people aged 65 years and over; if consideration has been given to...
    • Social Insurance
      1396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the lower rate of employer's PRSI rate of 8.8% was reduced by 0.5%. [18841/25]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to the comments of the Taoiseach in May 2022, regarding examining the potential introduction of paid maternity and...
    • State Pensions
      1398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review a pension application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18869/25]
    • Employment Schemes
      1399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of times a person working part time can be required to attend a Local Area Employment Service for a duration of...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for aligning the rate of disability allowance with jobseeker’s payments, particularly given that many...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to single adults with disabilities who are living independently, with limited or no family supports;...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the fuel allowance increased to €39 per week. [18969/25]
    • Employment Schemes
      1406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures to support and promote employment opportunities for persons with disabilities; the progress made under the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of an appeal for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and serious consideration be given to granting the...
    • Public Services Card
      1409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address an issue regarding public service cards (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Climate Action Plan
      1410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to...
    • Departmental Funding
      1411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and...
    • School Meals Programme
      1412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a report on the inspections which took place in 2024 of schools participating in the Hot Schools Meals...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process by which his Department will contact all those aged 70 years or over in receipt of free travel; the way they...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to take rent and mortgage costs into account when a person is applying for supplementary welfare...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on a humanitarian assistance scheme application submitted by a person (details supplied); if...
    • School Meals Programme
      1417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the text of correspondence (details supplied) from a school to parents that disclosed that children in...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection , further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 10 April, the maximum age of an adoptee on their date of placement by which...
    • Employment Support Services
      1419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider establishing an independent employment support service, separate from the HSE, for people with...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports that exist for self-employed people who pay PRSI class S who are diagnosed with a serious illness...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review of the social welfare entitlements of a person (details supplied) will take place. [19512/25]
    • School Meals Programme
      1423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to cases whereby schools that have been selected for the hot school meals programme but wish...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware of the inequitable treatment of young widowed people in Ireland, particularly in the areas of taxation,...
    • Civil Marriages
      1425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will advise of the difference between a solemniser and a celebrant for the purpose of officiating at weddings and...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) and provide support for this person to access their full...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available for an older person who needs a new roof but does not have insurance; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Meals Programme
      1430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has concerns regarding the quality consistency of the school meals programme with regard to the Healthy Ireland...
    • State Pensions
      1432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence regarding State pension category (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to allow part-time workers or learners to avail of the back to education payments; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      1435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will give prompt consideration to the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025 (details supplied); and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will change the rules in order to backdate jobseeker's pay-related benefit for workers who have lost their jobs since...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider including androgenic alopecia in the treatment benefit scheme in order that those affected can be...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered for qualification for half carer’s allowance. [19911/25]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to expedite an invalidity pension appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19937/25]
    • Social Welfare Code
      1441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm if it is possible for self-employed workers to increase their PRSI contributions to allow them to avail of social...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what interventions can be undertaken by his Department to address the difficulty faced by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on a claim made under the humanitarian assistance scheme (details supplied); if he will...
    • Social Insurance
      1445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year yield that would be generated by raising by 0.1% rate of employers PRSI. [20153/25]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made for a humanitarian assistance scheme application for a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the disability claim decision in relation to person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Citizens Information Services
      1448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Citizens advice centres in Limerick; and the number employed in each centre and the grade of each employee, in...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [20319/25]
    • EU Directives
      1451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition...
    • Departmental Properties
      1452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to expedite a disability allowance appeal that is ongoing since 11 June 2024 in respect of a CAMHS survivor (details...
    • School Meals Programme
      1457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will intervene in a situation regarding the provision of hot lunches at a school (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their carer’s allowance appeal, given that the...
    • State Pensions
      1459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current policy with respect to the cessation of the widows or widowers contributory pension when an individual in...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasoning around keeping jobseeker’s allowance and supplementary welfare allowance at its current rate given...
    • Departmental Data
      1461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will disclose which groups have lobbied him regarding the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024, the...
    • Departmental Staff
      1462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason it is taking the Social Welfare Appeals Office nearly two years to make a section 318 decision in the case of a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider a matter regarding a disability allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what the current plans are regarding the potential removal of means testing for carers, as committed to in the Programme for...
    • Social Insurance
      1467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider granting a person (details supplied) additional PRSI credits for the purposes of the State pension...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of request for back pay by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20734/25]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when carer’s allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pensions
      1472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in Ireland under the EU temporary protection directive that were paid the non contributory State...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20934/25]
    • International Protection
      1477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total cost of the beneficiaries of temporary protection payment since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, by...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      1484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on extending the widowed parent tax credit beyond five years; his further views on extending financial supports...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial assistance available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21229/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      1486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been any change in policy in relation to sending people to Seetec faster after they apply for...
    • Departmental Data
      1487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide figures for the number of people who have had their jobseekers’ payments cut each month to date in 2025;...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans to increase the levels of hourly payment made under the wage subsidy scheme which helps enterprises employ those...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeals meeting for disablement benefit will be made for a person (details supplied). [21282/25]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Student Visas
      1493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if 30,000 student visas will be given out this year to international students; and the requirements to access these visas; and...
    • Public Sector Staff
      1495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the provision of security clearance by the State for individuals to work in sensitive roles in the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the reasoning that informs his Department's edition of the 2025 Revised Estimates for Public Services’ 38%...
    • Daylight Savings Time
      1498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on his Department’s involvement in the inaugural Time and Sync Forum; his...
    • Asylum Applications
      1499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of private companies (details supplied) purporting to offer assistance to asylum seekers to submit applications...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the working group on new Garda staff terms and conditions, and his engagements with stakeholders...
    • Wards of Court
      1501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number wards of the court which were due to be transferred from wardship arrangements to a decision-making...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to the traffic policing unit/traffic corp posts in Templemore Garda College, the number of filled posts; the...
    • Departmental Data
      1506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 999 of 22 January 2025, if he is now in a position to provide data requested from the...
    • Prison Service
      1507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has engaged with representatives of prison officers since January 2024 on the issues with the fast accrual...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has engaged with representatives of an Garda Síochána since January 2024 on the issues with the...
    • Asylum Applications
      1509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum applications in system under appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18647/25]
    • Legal Aid
      1511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of legal aid regarding asylum applications in courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18649/25]
    • Alcohol Sales
      1514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if publicans are permitted to serve adults alcohol-free branded beer where they intend the beer to be for consumption by...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the total number of Gardaí serving, by rank in each county based on location as of 7 April 205, in...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to make a statement in relation to the Review of Part 4 of the Sexual Offences Act 2017, and the acknowledgement in that...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      1518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the briefing paper given to Minister Humphreys when she temporarily became...
    • Gambling Sector
      1520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when section 100 and in particular the related subsection 98.2 of the Gambling Act 2024 will be commenced, given that these...
    • Visa Applications
      1521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status regarding a visa application (details supplied); the expected timeline for when this application will be finalised;...
    • Family Reunification
      1522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review into his Department's family reunification policy; when he will publish a revised policy in this...
    • Visa Applications
      1523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any additional resources have been committed to visa processing over the past twelve months; the plans for further...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can guarantee that no journalists or Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas are in any way being targeted by or have...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures made internally in An Garda Síochána since the commencement of the Protected...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who have been granted Irish citizenship in each of the years since 2020 who have previously been subject...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda divisions currently without a crime prevention officer (CPO); the length of time each of those divisions have been...
    • Legal Aid
      1529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time solicitors employed by Athlone law centre as of 2 April 2025, in tabular form. [18846/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the number of fixed charge notices issued by Gardaí for the offence of ‘learner driver unaccompanied by...
    • Legislative Programme
      1531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the second piece of legislation under the General Scheme of the Sale of Alcohol Bill, relating to the regulation of...
    • Court Orders
      1532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if mechanisms have been considered to redact an individual’s address from a safety order if it is requested by the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles that were confiscated by Gardaí at the roadside for non-display of road tax in 2024; and the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the fees to apply for Irish citizenship to make them relative to the length of time people have lived here...
    • Departmental Data
      1535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases taken by the DPP since 1 January 2020 that have not complied with the premise of parity of representation...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda crime prevention officers based in each division within the Dublin region in the years of 2024 and to date...
    • International Students
      1539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale behind the increased financial support requirements for international students, from €7,000 to...
    • State Properties
      1540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he intends to reopen the old prison site in the Glen, Cork. [18994/25]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review an application for naturalisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18998/25]
    • Visa Applications
      1542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if officials in his Department will liaise with a person (details supplied) who was refused return to Ireland from Manila and...
    • Residency Permits
      1543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on the granting of a new residence permit to two persons (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Family Law Cases
      1544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the provision of promised reforms in relation to parental alienation as promised by the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been suspended for the years 2015 to 2025; the number of those...
    • Climate Action Plan
      1546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times persons under the age of 18 years have been subject to strip searches while in Garda custody in each of...
    • Departmental Regulations
      1548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the regulations in respect of the strip searching of persons under the age of 18 years and persons aged above 18 years in...
    • Departmental Funding
      1549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to amend section 93 of the Children Act 2001 to enable a person who has been convicted of a crime while under the...
    • Visa Applications
      1552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on a visa application (details supplied) for a person who was granted a work permit five months...
    • Asylum Applications
      1553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will instruct his Department to simplify the process of asylum seeking for Palestinians and make any relevant...
    • Courts Service
      1554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to retain the court services in Mall House in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Protection
      1555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an applicant for international protection has their application refused, if they can leave the State and enter the North of...
    • Coroners Service
      1556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average wait time for post-mortem reports in counties Kildare, Meath and Cavan. [19289/25]
    • Common Travel Area
      1557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is his Department’s policy that Common Travel Area rights extend only to Irish citizens and British subjects; and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures An Garda Síochána is taking in relation to responding quickly to incidents including aggravated...
    • Crime Prevention
      1559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are legislative plans to enact stricter penalties on young offenders to curb the rise in youth crime; and if he will...
    • Stardust Fire
      1561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Stardust redress scheme; if he is satisfied that the families of all 48 victims have been consulted and...
    • Departmental Policies
      1562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will support efforts to address rising crime and anti-social behaviour in an area (detailed supplied). [19320/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      1563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently...
    • Visa Applications
      1564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa application (details supplied); if further information is required to finalise this application;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans for a Garda recruitment campaign in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19381/25]
    • Visa Applications
      1566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his officials can investigate the reason for the refusal for visas for healthcare workers (details supplied) where the visa...
    • Prison Service
      1568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a legal requirement to inform a prisoner’s family members when they are being released from prison; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      1569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of the current processing times for immigration applications for citizens of Brazil, Pakistan, and Nigeria...
    • Courts Service
      1571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to facilities at Dolphin House, Dublin District Family Court, including...
    • Visa Applications
      1572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average wait time for a join family visa to be processed for a family where a non-EU citizen is joining their Irish...
    • Deportation Orders
      1573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department verifies that those subject to voluntary...
    • Departmental Funding
      1574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be put in place for the new academic year in September 2025 to cope with the high demand to...
    • Asylum Applications
      1575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an asylum application appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19616/25]
    • Citizenship Applications
      1577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an application for Irish citizenship (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Courts Service
      1578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions between 2015 and 2025 where women granted bail by the courts were not in a position to avail of it...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      1579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women specific services funded by the Probation Service; the number of Probation Service-funded services and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the criminal injuries compensation scheme, to include the number of applications received relative to the...
    • Visa Applications
      1582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received from Iranian citizens for a visa; the numbers granted under the headings employment -...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the availability of the Kick Start scholarship programme to include other universities throughout the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      1586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for driving licence restoration granted in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025, as...
    • Domestic Violence
      1589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children being accommodated in domestic violence refuges in 2022, 2023 and 2024, by county, in tabular form; and...
    • Residency Permits
      1590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Protection
      1591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide data for the period 2020 to date on the number of international protection applicants who have made an application...
    • Courts Service
      1592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will investigate if a modern, purpose-built property in Killorglin town, County Kerry (details supplied) can be...
    • Legislative Programme
      1593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the amending legislation will be introduced to reform the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; and if it will include a...
    • Departmental Data
      1594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of flights facilitating deportation that have taken place in the last 12 months; the number he anticipates to take...
    • Departmental Regulations
      1595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will advise on any work being undertaken in his Department on enabling regulations under the terms of the Data...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of Gardaí assigned to the north central and north Garda divisions, and outline how these figures...
    • Legislative Measures
      1598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in light of the growing threat posed by individuals engaging in antisocial and dangerous behaviour using stolen mopeds and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an organisation (details supplied) had signed up to the Garda security protocols introduced by the then-Commissioner in...
    • Immigration Status
      1600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 309 of 10 April 2025, if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Deportation Orders
      1602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); whether there are any further options available to the applicants;...
    • Judicial Appointments
      1603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of judicial vacancies; her proposals to ensure that the judiciary is appropriately staffed in a sustainable...
    • Child Safety
      1605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish the report of the review of Garda vetting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20161/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he and or his officials have engaged with An Garda Síochána leadership team in respect of Garda trainees...
    • Departmental Data
      1607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of former Garda officers that have provided consultancy to his Department and or An Garda Síochána in the...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      1608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met and or engaged with Naomi Long and or the Chief Constable of the police service of Northern Ireland since his...
    • Departmental Staff
      1609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1610. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the names of projects within Limerick Garda division that received funding under Community Safety Innovation Fund in 2024; and...
    • Crime Prevention
      1611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Department funded youth division projects workers based in Limerick in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1612. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of...
    • EU Directives
      1613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is...
    • Departmental Properties
      1614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      1617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe in which he intends to facilitate the establishment of community safety partnerships; and if he will make a...
    • Domestic Violence
      1619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the emergency supports currently available for victims of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      1620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an Irish descent citizenship application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      1622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20550/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in detail the staffing resources of each Garda station in the Cork city divisions; and if he will contact...
    • Visa Applications
      1624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the typical waiting times for the granting of a short term stay visa for South African citizens; if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on a stateless application made to his Department (details supplied); to provide direct contact details...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received an interim report from the Recruitment and Training Capacity Group in respect of Garda recruitment; if he...
    • Victim Support Services
      1627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the difficulties faced by businesses in accessing information (details supplied); if changes can be...
    • Visa Applications
      1628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardai by rank attached to community policing units at both Coolock & Raheny Garda stations Dublin 5, as...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      1630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of service users that have used the probation services at a location (details supplied), in each of the past three...
    • Child Detention Centres
      1631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it has been brought to his attention that Section 144 of the Children Act 2001, while providing for the suspension of the...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1114 of 19 March 2025, the timeframe in which he intends to bring forward pre-action...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 25 March 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Official Engagements
      1641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with each of the chief superintendents within the DMR region since his appointment; and if not, when he will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 3 April 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Visa Applications
      1643. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a visa application for an individual (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21015/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda juvenile liaison officers based in Cork county Garda division. [21029/25]
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      1648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of local authorities that have established local community safety partnerships (LCSPs) to date; the number of local...
    • Departmental Funding
      1650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual funding for the bail supervision service from 2019 to date; the number of interventions made by the service for...
    • Prison Service
      1651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the progression unit in Mountjoy Prison has been closed; the reasons for this closure; the impacts this has had on...
    • International Protection
      1652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the projected trends in the number of people applying for international protection status; if it is...
    • EU Directives
      1653. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding any measures being put in place by his Department to prepare for the end of the EU Temporary Protection...
    • International Protection
      1654. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people granted international protection status in the past five years, by year, age profile, gender and...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      1657. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of all local community safety partnerships established to date; the names of the chairpersons of each; the...
    • Departmental Communications
      1658. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an event in Belfast (details supplied) which includes the Irish prison service; if he will...
    • EU Directives
      1660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the status of Directive 2011/99/EU on the European protection order under Irish law. [21172/25]
    • Visa Applications
      1661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that contact between his Department and visa applicants is limited to the on-line portal, meaning that...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      1662. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will have a role in establishing and managing the transport security force; and if he will make a statement...
    • Control of Firearms
      1666. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his position on the detailed proposal from the Firearms User Group (details supplied); and when he will meet directly with the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • EU Funding
      1668. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently consider opening the EMFAF grant scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18513/25]
    • Animal Welfare
      1669. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to make a statement on the allegations of mistreatment of horses at a certain food supplier (details supplied) brought to light by...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1672. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that a person (details supplied) is the registered breeder of a litter of nine greyhound pups born on 23 June...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1675. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 5 March 2025, if he will respond to further correspondence in response to the question...
    • Employment Rights
      1676. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to regulate the employment terms and conditions of workers who work in the equine industry. [18658/25]
    • Forestry Sector
      1677. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received to date in 2025 for the ash dieback scheme, what moneys have been paid to date in 2025; and if...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      1678. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason commonage framework plans prepared under the last CAP for the townlands of Ballyconneely, Galway, are no longer publicly...
    • EU Directives
      1679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his department have no records on file for an appropriate assessment or a natura impact statement as required under the...
    • Food Industry
      1680. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on measures to support the development of commercial flour milling in Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
    • Forestry Sector
      1681. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the impact of recent storm damage on private forestry plantations (details supplied); the support schemes or...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to ACRES; and the amount actually paid out in ACRES payments in each of the past five years and to date in...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      1684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of injured horses killed at Irish racecourses in 2024, with a breakdown into type of injury and location; and if, given...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing and trials to date in 2025, with a breakdown into type of injury; the date and location...
    • Animal Welfare
      1686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of thoroughbred horses that have been subjected to wind surgeries in Ireland over the past five years (details supplied);...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1687. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 3 April 2025, if he will note the situation at present that the farmer finds himself in...
    • Forestry Sector
      1688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if afforestation plantations, specifically sitka spruce trees will be allowed on land that comes under the good agricultural...
    • Animal Welfare
      1689. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of an incident (details supplied); the plans he has in place to ensure that those who commit animal cruelty face the...
    • Official Engagements
      1691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements his Department has had with the government of the United States of America or any state body of the government of...
    • Climate Change Policy
      1692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet...
    • Animal Breeding
      1693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he would consider restricting the microchipping of puppies to registered vets in order to restrict the practice of breeders...
    • Departmental Funding
      1695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      1696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is trying to pull CAP, single farm payments, and so on, from farmers that own bogland; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 1 April 2025, if he will introduce a scheme now given farmers can not wait until later...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds permanently removed from the race management system in each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      1703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any of the capital investment measures or schemes available under the Seafood Development Programme 2021–2027 could be...
    • Legislative Process
      1705. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for the introduction to Dáil Éireann of the Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021, which has...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1706. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held...
    • Departmental Communications
      1707. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the findings of the research conducted by the University of Galway on the native Irish honey bee apis mellifera...
    • Animal Diseases
      1708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19483/25]
    • Departmental Investigations
      1709. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of allegations made to his Department on 15 April 2024, of sheep semen being brought from England to Ireland which...
    • Animal Breeding
      1711. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to find and take action against illegal puppy farms that are not registered as dog breeding establishments;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1714. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for their ACRES payments for 2023, 2024 and 2025. [19836/25]
    • Animal Welfare
      1715. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered reviewing and updating the Control of Horses Act 1996 and related enforcement systems to address concerns...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      1716. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to combat increasing deer population in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      1717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that agriculture accounted for 34.3% of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 and given that a reduction in the number of cattle is...
    • Beef Sector
      1718. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the incentives in place to encourage development of the organic beef and dairy sectors in order to allow for better quality...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      1719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the establishment of local deer management units, as per the Deer Management Strategy Group recommendations; the...
    • Bord Bia
      1720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the amount Bord Bia has spent on social media campaigns, including collaborations with...
    • Food Industry
      1726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide estimates of the carbon footprints per litre of fat-filled milk powder produced and of milk; and whether export emissions...
    • Animal Welfare
      1728. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislation governing the sale, importation and welfare of exotic animals in light of a recent incident (details supplied); his...
    • Departmental Staff
      1729. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past...
    • Food Industry
      1730. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new markets continue to be established for Irish food products. [20253/25]
    • Fishing Industry
      1731. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his attention has been drawn to the UK statutory instrument which introduced restrictions on engine sizes for flyseine...
    • Fisheries Protection
      1732. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he has engaged in discussions in Europe on reported plans to allow Iceland access to European fishing grounds; whether his...
    • Food Industry
      1733. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he has examined the provision of upfront funding to small producer organisations in order to ensure they have the funds...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1734. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has conducted an analysis of infrastructure deficits on piers across the country; and to outline the measures...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1736. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of...
    • EU Directives
      1737. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due;...
    • Departmental Properties
      1738. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all properties his Department has rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1739. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and, if so, the name of the...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a detailed progress report on improvement works to the slipway at Renard Pier, County Kerry, to facilitate a larger ferry and...
    • Animal Diseases
      1742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of TB reactors in the periods 1 January 2024 to 1 April 2024 and 1 January 2025 to 1 April 2025; to provide a...
    • Animal Welfare
      1744. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent report by an organisation (details supplied) on breaches in pig welfare in Irish pig enterprises; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1746. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the number of farmers who have received ACRES payments over the past three years, per county, in tabular form. [20532/25]
    • Trade Missions
      1752. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the international trade missions that will take place for the remainder of 2025, by location, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1753. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a retirement scheme for farmers over 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20684/25]
    • Agriculture Supports
      1755. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of financial supports available to farmers who are retiring; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      1756. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on negotiations regarding the Common Agricultural Policy post-2027; if he has had discussions on the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      1757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider tax relief on trainer payments for anyone who gets involved in a horse syndicate or partnership which supports...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      1759. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional biosecurity measures his Department is taking to prevent Asian hornets insects from getting in to the State. [20905/25]
    • Official Engagements
      1760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he met with the administrator of the US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services during his recent visit to the United States....
    • Animal Diseases
      1761. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will arrange for posters to be erected on all approaches to entry points at all airports and ports reminding...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1762. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise, following many promises to the forgotten farmers, when the scheme for the forgotten farmers will be implemented;...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      1763. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why the Marine Institute carries out screening for appropriate assessment for aquaculture licences, but doesn’t fulfil the...
    • Animal Passports
      1764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an application for a herd number submitted to his Department’s office in Drumshanbo by a...
    • Grant Payments
      1765. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a liming payment will be issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disability Services
      1768. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for health the current number of vacancies in CDNT teams nationally, by CHO, and by occupation, in tabular...
    • Departmental Reports
      1769. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she sought or received any reports or papers on the impacts that the accommodation recognition payment may...
    • International Protection
      1770. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people that are resident in IPAS centres across the country, by year of arrival, centre location,...
    • Childcare Services
      1778. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide clarity on the mechanism for the roll out of the 45million euro that has been ringfenced...
    • Irish Sign Language
      1780. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within her Department and...
    • International Protection
      1781. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if IPAS centres are permitted to take on private renters or offer accommodation to other non-IPAS residents....
    • Childcare Services
      1782. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the context of plans to lower the cost of childcare to €200 per month over the lifetime of the...
    • Asylum Seekers
      1783. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of hotel rooms which are currently being occupied by asylum seekers and being paid for by the...
    • Disability Services
      1784. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the status of Hillcrest Respite Centre, Glanmire, County Cork; the reasons...
    • International Protection
      1791. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the existing occupancy of all IPAS accommodation for international protection applicants; the current capacity...
    • Disability Services
      1792. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a delayed assessment of need for a child (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1795. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the legislation to amend the Child Care Act 1991; if she will be bringing a...
    • International Protection
      1796. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an IPAS centre will be opened at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      1797. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to immediately engage with all relevant Departments and Ministers and establish a super respite centre on the...
    • Employment Support Services
      1798. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to introduce paid miscarriage leave as a standalone support, independent of sick leave entitlements;...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1799. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to ensure continuity of support following the expiry of the accommodation recognition payment scheme...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      1800. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an institution (details supplied) is not included in the mother and baby institutions payment...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1801. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the average rates of pay for each grade or role within the early childhood...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      1802. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants housed respectively in each local...
    • Disability Services
      1803. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of roles sanctioned and number filled, by discipline, in CDNTs in Cork, in tabular form. [18815/25]
    • Emergency Accommodation
      1804. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants are currently reliant on emergency accommodation or are...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      1805. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that lipoedema (details supplied) is not recognised as a disability in Ireland even though it...
    • United Nations
      1806. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on Ireland’s full implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
    • Legislative Measures
      1807. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the legislative and regulatory provisions in place to protect neurodivergent adults in the workplace; and if...
    • Disability Services
      1808. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a progress report update in respect of each of the recommendations contained within the...
    • School Facilities
      1809. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of pre-school places in Blackrock, County Dublin; the work her...
    • Disability Services
      1811. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ask the HSE for updates on objective 5 of the HSE Corporate Plan 2021-2025, namely work undertaken to date...
    • Health Services
      1812. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 253, 254 and 255 of 2 April 2025, the cooperation that exists between...
    • Disability Services
      1815. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for health the current number of vacancies in CDNT teams nationally, by CHO, and by occupation, in tabular...
    • Youth Services
      1819. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when UBU projects announced in Budget 2025 will be allocated to counties; the way in which these projects are...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1820. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the additional family resource centres announced in Budget 2025 will be allocated to counties; the way in...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      1821. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to a Ukrainian family (details supplied) in desperate need of accommodation; and if she...
    • Climate Change Policy
      1822. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support her...
    • Care Services
      1823. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for carer funding and for a carer provision for HSE home support in each month of...
    • International Protection
      1826. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail, on a monthly basis, the number of incidents that have been recorded at all IPAS centres in Ireland...
    • Health Services
      1827. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding allocated to the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC); the services provided by the CRC which...
    • Departmental Funding
      1828. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by her...
    • Disability Services
      1829. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding for disability capital projects drawn down in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a...
    • International Protection
      1830. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to advise what will happen to residents (details supplied) once their time is up; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      1831. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of a promise made by former Minister of State at a visit to a disability services provider...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1833. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the assessment of need for a person (details supplied). [19269/25]
    • Disability Services
      1834. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will lead on transposing the directive establishing the European disability card given that...
    • Childcare Services
      1835. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount funding has been allocated for administration under core funding; the supports available to...
    • Detention Centres
      1836. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to reduce overcrowding in young offender detention facilities such as Oberstown; and if she...
    • Childcare Services
      1837. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will examine issues related to the lack of flexibility in the national childcare scheme,...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      1838. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasoning behind the six-month threshold for individuals who spent time in mother and baby homes; and if...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1839. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of contracts currently held by her Department with a company (details supplied); the details of...
    • Childcare Services
      1840. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of naionraí outside the Gaeltacht areas. [19356/25]
    • Gender Equality
      1841. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to eradicate the gender pay gap in pharmaceutical sector. [19361/25]
    • School Facilities
      1842. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the €1 million fund announced in 2021 for the development of sensory gardens is still available; if...
    • Youth Work Supports
      1843. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will give detailed consideration to the issues raised by a national organisation (details supplied); and...
    • Irish Language
      1844. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has commissioned any research on the efficacy of public assessments of need for children who...
    • School Costs
      1845. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 2 April 2025, to provide specific clarification as to the reason...
    • Pension Provisions
      1846. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will review the case of a retired person (details supplied) and give advice on this matter; and if she...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1847. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19480/25]
    • International Protection
      1848. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if reports that a company that had applied for a contract to manage an IPAS facility at a site in Coolock...
    • Childcare Services
      1849. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how often naíonraí are inspected by TUSLA and her Department. [19501/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      1850. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review correspondence regarding HSE changes that are causing concerns to parents (details supplied); and if...
    • Disability Services
      1851. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to urgently engage with St. John of Gods in Kerry to progress the development of a super respite centre on the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1852. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to a recent reply (details supplied) the length of waiting list; the number of people in Kerry...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1853. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for an assessment of needs more than 3,6,9,12,15,18,21 and 24 months, by county,...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1854. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a timeline for when she expects the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1855. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment of need will be carried out for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Childcare Services
      1856. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown in quintiles of the percentage cost of wages for the following type of private early childhood...
    • Disability Services
      1858. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current waiting period for children accessing speech and language therapy services; and if she will make a...
    • Adoption Services
      1859. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown, by category of applicant in relation to requests made to TUSLA and the Adoption Authority for...
    • Childcare Services
      1866. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any other grant funding outside of Building Blocks provided via Pobal or any other agency for new...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1867. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide funding for the development of a major trauma recovery centre in Cork (details...
    • Youth Services
      1868. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the collaborative work being undertaken by her Department and the Department of Housing, Local...
    • International Protection
      1870. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to remarks made by An Taoiseach while in Washington DC regarding the Government's approach to IPAS...
    • Child Protection
      1871. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the outcomes that Tusla is hoping to achieve from changes occurring regarding the Integrated Reform Programme;...
    • Disability Services
      1872. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the new National Disability Strategy; a timeline on when it is expected to be finalised and...
    • Departmental Data
      1875. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); if she believes that the treatment of this person...
    • Childcare Services
      1876. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider reviewing the national childcare scheme to allow for some flexibility in the operation of...
    • Disability Services
      1877. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will make a commitment to providing multi-annual funding for residential placements for people with...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1878. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the investment by the Government into the early years sector in recent years; the plans for...
    • Departmental Staff
      1879. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a...
    • Disability Services
      1880. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20211/25]
    • Childcare Services
      1883. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department plans to prevent service providers that have pulled out of the core funding scheme for...
    • International Protection
      1884. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the weekly and monthly IPAS statistic reports include homeless international protection applicants; and if...
    • Disability Services
      1888. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of children's disability network teams in Limerick in 2024...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1889. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HSE-funded therapists who have been allocated to special schools in Limerick, in tabular form....
    • Employment Support Services
      1890. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the work being undertaken in her Department to increase access to employment for disabled people;...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1891. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the work being undertaken in her Department to increase access to third level education for disabled...
    • Irish Language
      1892. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all IT systems used by her Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to...
    • EU Directives
      1893. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in her Department; the date on which...
    • Departmental Properties
      1894. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all properties her Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1895. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to her Department building; and if so,...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1897. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that providers are having to withdraw from the core funding scheme for early learning and care...
    • Departmental Data
      1898. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to outline the manner in which such funding...
    • Disability Services
      1901. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for the children's disability network team staffing levels, by discipline and by grade and per population size...
    • Departmental Data
      1905. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times in months and years per discipline for young people in each...
    • Legislative Measures
      1915. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to introduce robust adult safeguarding legislation with mandatory reporting to ensure safeguarding...
    • Child Protection
      1916. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to ensure allocated social workers or regulated placements to all children in care; and if she will...
    • Childcare Services
      1917. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her Department’s plans to increase creche places in Fingal, specifically in Portmarnock, Donabate and...
    • Legislative Measures
      1918. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in light of the Farrelly Report when the promised robust adult safeguarding legislation will be introduced to...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      1920. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review the list of institutions covered by the payment scheme under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment...
    • Departmental Data
      1922. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question 674 of 1 April 2025, and with regards the 30.3% of AONs completed in 2024...
    • Data Protection
      1924. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a data protection issue at an agency under her Departmental remit has been brought to her attention (details...
    • Departmental Data
      1925. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding media reports (details supplied), the safeguards in place to ensure that subject access requests...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1926. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to endorse and fully support the work of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      1927. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the practical application is envisioned by his Department for the recently adopted IHRA working definition of...
    • Disability Services
      1929. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the motorised transport grant will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20583/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1930. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what annual funding is being provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1932. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the growing frustration among a union (details supplied) and early years educators due to...
    • Departmental Funding
      1933. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount in youth funding for County Kilkenny for the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1935. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an eight-year-old child (details supplied) is still facing an 18-month wait for an initial speech...
    • Disability Services
      1936. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider reintroducing the mobility allowance grant which was closed in 2013; the efforts undertaken so far...
    • International Protection
      1937. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will carry out an investigation into the procurement process involved within his Departments decision to...
    • Disability Services
      1939. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to create an adult disability service in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Websites
      1940. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how her Department is working to improve the accessibility of the online power of attorney system (details...
    • Ombudsman for Children
      1941. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the work of officials within her Department to support the work of the Ombudsman for Children....
    • Childcare Services
      1942. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of childcare providers currently operating in Dublin Rathdown, along with the number of such...
    • Health Services Staff
      1944. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla carries out international recruitment campaigns to attract qualified social workers to work for them;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1946. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the allocations for the building blocks extension grant scheme; and if she...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1947. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review correspondence (details supplied) and documentation; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • International Protection
      1948. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the specific measures now being implemented to improve community consultation, communication and integration of...
    • Youth Services
      1949. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a youth Senator position will be established; if all committees of the 34th Dáil will be required to...
    • Disability Services
      1950. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that will be taken to address the lack of access to a community neurorehabilitation team for people...
    • Health Services Staff
      1951. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the vacancy rate for physiotherapists for each children's disability network team in CHO4, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Data
      1952. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of high-support disability residential placements available in County Cork in 2023, 2024 and to date...
    • Childcare Services
      1953. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on Programme for Government commitments since taking office to review and increase core funding...
    • International Protection
      1954. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on proposed plans for an International Protection Accommodation Service Centre in a location...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1955. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason no payments have been made from the scheme announced to support children with disabilities, despite...
    • Mental Health Services
      1956. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the Government's approach to creating a more inclusive society for the autistic community in light...
    • Home Care Packages
      1957. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a home care package will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Detention Centres
      1958. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average daily cost per individual detained in Oberstown Detention Centre; the annual State funding given to...
    • International Protection
      1960. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if buildings being used for IPAS have to meet up-to-date fire and building regulations before they are...
    • Ukraine War
      1961. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons admitted to Ireland from Ukraine as beneficiaries of temporary protection in direct...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      1964. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a home (details supplied) is not included in the redress scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1965. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a timeline for the Programme for Government commitment to review and increase core funding, ensuring...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1968. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on efforts to tackle waiting lists for assessment of needs. [21198/25]
    • Child and Family Agency
      1969. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update of the Programme for Government commitment to support Tusla and ensure their structures are...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1970. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of a recent media report (details supplied) suggesting that negotiations for an employment...
    • Disability Services
      1972. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update of the establishment of a community neurorehabilitation team for Cork and Kerry, funding for...
    • Pension Provisions
      1974. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with a person (details supplied) in relation to an interpretation of this person's income for pension purposes; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      1975. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to increase the number of radiation practice tutors at University College Cork; if they will be made available for the coming academic year;...
    • Health Services
      1976. To ask the Minister for Health when a report in relation to a person (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18501/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1979. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who successfully completed specialist training for general practitioners in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Dental Services
      1981. To ask the Minister for Health when the list of dentists for County Mayo will be updated in respect of medical card holders; if she is aware of the issue for medical card holders in...
    • Hospital Staff
      1985. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that a dedicated consultant neurologist will be appointed at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1986. To ask the Minister for Health how many cataract surgeries have taken place in Cork county in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and the target number for 2025; the current waiting list for such...
    • Health Services Staff
      1987. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of advanced paramedics serving County Roscommon, including any recent reductions in staffing levels; and what measures are being taken to...
    • Cancer Services
      1990. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of patients in each regional health area who received their first cycle of chemotherapy in the day ward setting, during the reporting month,...
    • Dental Services
      1991. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken regarding the school dental programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18585/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1992. To ask the Minister for Health when the new sensor (details supplied) will be authorised for use with an insulin pump which is being requested by those struggling with T1 diabetes; and if...
    • Health Services
      1993. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are in place for those with vasculitis; and if she or her Department will consider additional funding for research. [18600/25]
    • Cancer Services
      1994. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that those who have undergone breast surgery and require breast prothesis and supports, that they can access these products in any facility in the...
    • Health Strategies
      1995. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the review of the impacts of the minimum unit pricing policy as outlined in the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; if her Department...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1996. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and timeline for an appointment for a person (details supplied). [18623/25]
    • Men's Sheds
      1998. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been provided to an organisation (details supplied) by her Department for each of the years 2016 to 2025, in tabular form....
    • Health Services
      1999. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a child (details supplied) in relation to a financial rebate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18672/25]
    • Primary Care Centres
      2000. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in relation to plans to provide a primary care centre in Cahersiveen, County Kerry for the Iveragh and south Kerry community;...
    • Mental Health Services
      2001. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has been refused three referrals to CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18686/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      2002. To ask the Minister for Health when she and her Department received the completed national review of cardiac services; the reason the review has still not been published; and if she will...
    • Medical Cards
      2003. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to ensure access to care for medical card holders who have an entitlement to dental treatment as provided for under the dental treatment services...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      2004. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the sections of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024, which provide for retrospective declaration of parentage through a parental...
    • Medicinal Products
      2005. To ask the Minister for Health if she accepts that the delay in delivering free HRT to women is unacceptable; the steps she has taken to deliver on commitments given; if she further accepts...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      2006. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to prevent smoking within the grounds of all public health facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      2007. To ask the Minister for Health the cumulative number of newly employed nurses employed by the HSE in 2024. [18703/25]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      2008. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fitness to practice inquiries conducted by An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann Under the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 on...
    • Health Services
      2009. To ask the Minister for Health if developmental checks are being offered to newborns for the appropriate month milestones by public health nurses from the Boot Road primary care centre; the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2010. To ask the Minister for Health if the free style libre will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18718/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      2011. To ask the Minister for Health the plans her Department has for the currently vacant HSE owned building at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Alcohol Pricing
      2012. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the enforcement of section 23 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 in relation to promotional...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2013. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the case of a person (details supplied) that, having been referred in early 2024 to University Hospital Limerick for a hip operation, has yet to...
    • Childcare Services
      2014. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.781 of 1 April 2025, the reason a child (details supplied) was not eligible for any support through the community...
    • Health Strategies
      2015. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to make PrEP available through public services nationwide, these are now at capacity and new recipients either have to go...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2016. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a person awaiting a speech and language therapy in-person appointment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Emergency Departments
      2017. To ask the Minister for Health the number of UK residents that attended emergency departments in Ireland in 2024 for free healthcare under the NHS/HSE reciprocal agreement. [18783/25]
    • Health Services
      2018. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the addition of pulmonary fibrosis to the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18790/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2019. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to deal with bariatric surgery waiting lists for people suffering with chronic conditions; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2020. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment in respect of a patient (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18802/25]
    • Dental Services
      2021. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the dental treatment services scheme; the current number of dentists registered in the scheme and the number of dentists...
    • Cancer Services
      2022. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to reduce the age eligibility for the BreastCheck screening programme from 50 to 40 years-of-age, given that earlier screening could lead to...
    • Hospital Services
      2023. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bodies that have been unclaimed in mortuaries nationwide since 1 January 2023; and the length of time each body has been left unclaimed for....
    • Primary Care Services
      2024. To ask the Minister for Health the number of roles sanctioned and number filled, by discipline, in primary care in Cork, in tabular form. [18814/25]
    • Regulatory Bodies
      2025. To ask the Minister for Health if CORU, Ireland's multi-profession health regulator has changed its position on allowing peace commissioners to sign and witness documents within its own...
    • Hospital Investigations
      2026. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the extent to which parents who declined surgery were included in the CHI audit on hip dysplasia; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      2027. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologists with a special interest in neurocognitive disorder at Beaumont Hospital in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date...
    • Health Services Staff
      2028. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical social workers in older persons services within CHO8 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18836/25]
    • Hospital Procedures
      2029. To ask the Minister for Health the types of vascular surgeries procedures that were carried out at the Mater Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025. [18837/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      2030. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons and orthopaedic registrars based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date...
    • Dental Services
      2032. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive special needs paediatric dental care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18849/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2033. To ask the Minister for Health whether arthritis, over-active thyroid and fatty liver are conditions covered on the long-term illness scheme. [18858/25]
    • Health Services
      2034. To ask the Minister for Health if medical care can be provided to a person (details supplied). [18861/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      2035. To ask the Minister for Health when the long promised psychiatric consultant to CAMHS patients in County Kerry will take up this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      2036. To ask the Minister for Health when she will address the unacceptable situation whereby CAMHS patients in County Kerry have to do online consultations with a consultant based abroad; and if...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2037. To ask the Minister for Health if pharmacies or GPs can receive smaller batches of vaccines (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18868/25]
    • Home Care Packages
      2038. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of ongoing issues with the delivery of home support services in the Cavan/Monaghan area (details supplied); if she will review the current...
    • Health Services
      2039. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic; and the proportion who were offered an appointment in...
    • Dental Services
      2041. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of every dental service available to holders of medical cards through the dental services treatment scheme; the list of dentists...
    • Legislative Reviews
      2042. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of minimum unit pricing, as required under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, will be conducted; if the Department has a proposed timeline...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2044. To ask the Minister for Health if, given the current economic situation, consideration could be given to postponing the May 2026 implementation date for mandatory health labelling of...
    • Health Services
      2046. To ask the Minister for Health to outline what services are currently in place for adults over the age of 18 years living with complex, lifelong or rare medical conditions, particularly in...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2047. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to improve equitable access to emergency healthcare in circumstances where treatment for a condition is only available in a specific hospital, and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2048. To ask the Minister for Health when a response will issue to an urgent email sent to her (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18929/25]
    • Commissions of Inquiry
      2049. To ask the Minister for Health if she will bring forward a proposal to establish a commission of investigation into the actions of relevant State bodies in response to historical complaints...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2050. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the expansion of the publicly-funded IVF programme announced in Budget 2025, particularly in relation to eligibility for couples who already...
    • Medicinal Products
      2051. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the prescribed medication solpadeine is covered on the medical card but dissolvable solpadeine is not and dissolvable solpadeine is the...
    • Hepatitis C Incidence
      2052. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the hepatitis C home testing kits; the number of kits that have been dispatched; and if the scheme is proving successful....
    • Hospital Staff
      2053. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant otolaryngologists based at St. James's Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18974/25]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      2054. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic work is covered under the NTPF (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18999/25]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2055. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for an HSE property (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19000/25]
    • Laboratory Facilities
      2056. To ask the Minister for Health if any reviews or audits of the expenditure on laboratory genetic testing services, both in Ireland and abroad, have been undertaken to ensure value for money...
    • Nursing Homes
      2059. 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. [19038/25]
    • Eating Disorders
      2060. To ask the Minister for Health for a comprehensive and detailed update in addressing the lack of anorexia beds for the mid-west only; the timeline for when an eating disorder team will be...
    • Legislative Process
      2061. To ask the Minister for Health when she will commence the human tissue Act 2024 in full; the status of each section; if it has been commenced; if regulations have been prepared, as...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2062. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant HSE-owned buildings in County Kildare from 2020 to 1 April 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19054/25]
    • Medical Cards
      2063. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical cards have been revoked for persons (details supplied). [19060/25]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      2064. To ask the Minister for Health if she will give consideration to providing residential rehab centres, which will allow an addict to stay for treatment for a period of three to six months at...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2065. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene in the case of a baby (details supplied) with Hirschsprung's disease who is in urgent need of an operation in Crumlin Hospital that...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2066. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 3 April 2025, if HIQA will assess the impact of providing shingles vaccination for adults aged 65 years and...
    • Climate Action Plan
      2067. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support her Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate...
    • Hospital Staff
      2068. To ask the Minister for Health if she is concerned that Ireland may have the lowest number per capita of consultant cardiologists in Europe; if her Department or the HSE has a strategy to...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2069. To ask the Minister for Health if she is concerned that within the overall medical system, insufficient priority is given to cardiovascular disease among women; if her Department or the HSE...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2070. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider rolling out the shingles vaccine through the national immunisation programme, as is commonplace in other countries; and if she will make...
    • Medicinal Products
      2071. To ask the Minister for Health if she will approve of and provide funding for the combination treatment of ibrutinib and venetoclax for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; and...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2072. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each project for Cork included in the HSE Capital Plan 2025; whether the funding allocation has been spent; and when the project will be...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      2073. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult ADHD assessments conducted by west Cork mental health; and the body to which an assessment is outsourced where applicable, per month, from...
    • Nursing Homes
      2076. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home beds in County Cork from 2019 to date, by LHO; whether her attention has been drawn to the disproportionate impact such a decline...
    • Health Services
      2077. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date under the National Islands Policy 2023-2033 to improve access to health services on the offshore islands of Ireland such as Cape...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2078. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to provide additional rehabilitation beds and services for stroke patients from County Kerry and throughout the country; her views on whether there...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2079. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical condition (details supplied) will be considered by her Department or the HSE for inclusion under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      2080. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the sensory room in a healthcare facility (details supplied) is reserved for the sole use of the primary care centre and cannot be used...
    • Care of the Elderly
      2081. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently provide a bed for a patient in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19149/25]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2082. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to continue and extend the Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19164/25]
    • Health Services
      2083. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by her Department and agencies under her remit; the...
    • State Claims Agency
      2084. To ask the Minister for Health the total legal costs to the State arising from cases related to side-effects of the Pandemrix vaccine; the number of cases defended by the State in the...
    • Health Services
      2085. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of services and supports offered to people impacted by side-effects of the Pandemrix vaccine; and, in particular, the duration of...
    • Medical Records
      2086. To ask the Minister for Health if she will implement a modern, high-quality IT system that can transfer patient charts and information between hospitals, including community hospitals; if...
    • Medical Register
      2087. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure the extension of the national orthopaedic joint register to paediatric patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19203/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2088. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure the extension of the national monitoring system for post-surgical infections to paediatric patients; and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Claims Agency
      2090. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out in compensation to patients and patient families in UHL between 2015 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19222/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2091. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a protocol in place in model 2 hospitals for the administration of epinephrine to patients who present at injury units with anaphylaxis; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2092. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting an appointment at the breast clinic at Letterkenny University Hospital, broken down by the time they have been waiting, in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2093. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Children’s Health Ireland appointments or surgeries cancelled in each of the past five years respectively for children with an address in...
    • Hospital Procedures
      2095. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined; if she was aware of this issue; and if there is a scheme this family can access to help get...
    • Medicinal Products
      2096. To ask the Minister for Health when medication known as givinostat will be made available in the State, given the role it can play in treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy in young boys....
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2097. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of the first inpatient mother and baby mental health unit, as included in the programme for Government.. [19254/25]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      2098. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether a review of the pricing and reimbursement system by an organisation (details supplied) adequately considers the recommendations set out...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2103. To ask the Minister for Health when the Adamstown primary care centre is scheduled to open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19260/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2104. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied). [19268/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      2105. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing legislation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19274/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      2106. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure full pay parity for section 39 workers with their HSE counterparts, given the persistent disparities in pay and conditions,...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2107. To ask the Minister for Health if she will explore a cross-Border paediatric pathology service, given that a service exists in Dundalk but those in the North need to utilise a service in...
    • Health Services Staff
      2108. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any positive movement in finding a resolution on the psychiatric nurses' strike, either in terms of discussions held or facilitating a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2110. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19323/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      2112. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year budget for all hospitals in receipt of HSE funding in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, by site, in tabular form. [19335/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      2113. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts currently held by her Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2114. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the 16 recommendations in the National Radiation Therapist Review Report; if she will commit to implementing all 16...
    • Hospital Staff
      2116. To ask the Minister for Health the status of three additional practice tutors posts for clinical radiation therapy placements (details supplied); if the funding has been provided; and if...
    • Health Services Staff
      2117. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the six advanced practice posts for radiation therapy which were previously committed to; if the funding has been provided; and if she will make...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2118. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the projected costs relating to the construction of a proposed 50 bed residential mental health service on the grounds of St. Stephen's...
    • Health Services
      2119. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 498 of 20 March 2025, if her Department will provide additional resources and equipment for the neurology assessment and...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2121. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed allocation of funding for stages 2 and 3 in respect of a hospital project (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      2122. To ask the Minister for Health if an investigation can be conducted into the practice by the EHIC office of giving a letter to persons when the physical EHIC card will not be received on...
    • Departmental Investigations
      2123. To ask the Minister for Health to publish as a matter of extreme urgency the findings of the draft lookback review into North Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service that was...
    • Mental Health Services
      2124. To ask the Minister for Health to issue a public apology at the earliest possible date, on behalf of the State, to all individuals and their families who suffered at the hands of CAMHS in...
    • Health Services Staff
      2125. To ask the Minister for Health when a member of staff (details supplied) will receive clarity from the Health Service Executive regarding their employment status; and if she will make a...
    • Industrial Relations
      2126. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has attended the Labour Court, or if a date has been set for a meeting, regarding the extension of the long-Covid sick pay; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      2127. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a retired person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19464/25]
    • Health Services
      2128. To ask the Minister for Health to review a matter in relation to a very important service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19466/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      2129. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances rostered on the last Friday in each of the past six months by night and day shift respectively, in Cork city, in tabular form. [19468/25]
    • Health Services
      2134. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown, by year of the total number of people who have accessed the services of the National Counselling Services from 2020 to date, in tabular form....
    • Dental Services
      2135. To ask the Minister for Health which dentists are approved for services under the DTSS in County Laois; and to provide the list of applicants that do so. [19475/25]
    • Cancer Services
      2138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently waiting to attend cancer genetics services by waiting time period (0-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 months, 18+ months), by end...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2142. To ask the Minister for Health her Department's approach ahead of the end of the current National Cancer Strategy in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19489/25]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2143. To ask the Minister for Health what financial supports are available to those who are immuno-compromised to get the shingles vaccine, as advised by their medical team; and if she will make...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      2144. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan to develop a new tobacco-free Ireland programme implementation plan given that the current one is due to expire in 2025; if a working group...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      2147. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of WTE's in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim employed within HSE addiction services, including those within mental health services; the estimated pay...
    • Health Services Staff
      2148. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of staff directly employed by, and or funded by, north-west regional drug and alcohol task force; the estimated of pay costs per annum; and if...
    • Health Services
      2149. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19531/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2150. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently expedite appointment for (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19533/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of students were on waiting lists for mental health services in the years 2020-2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      2154. To ask the Minister for Health when dental treatment will be offered to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in offering said treatment despite the fact that the person in...
    • Ambulance Service
      2155. To ask the Minister for Health the response time for ambulances in Laois, from time of call to arrival at patient in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19548/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      2159. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to e-rostering project will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19553/25]
    • Health Strategies
      2160. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 2 April 2025, the number of cancer patients approved under the treatment abroad scheme between the years 2020 to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2161. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports available for patients approved under the treatment abroad scheme for travel expenses where their air or sea travel fares are not...
    • Substance Misuse
      2162. To ask the Minister for Health the Government funding for community prison links workers for each year since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19565/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      2163. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to lift the recruitment embargo on physician associates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19566/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      2166. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE and the National Ambulance Service on the withdrawal of ambulance vehicles from advance paramedics–educational officers...
    • Hospital Staff
      2167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts currently advertised in West Kerry Community Hospital; the positions that have been advertised; how long these posts are advertised; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      2174. To ask the Minister for Health to take into consideration that it is becoming increasingly difficult to attract healthcare staff to County Kerry (details supplied); if she will consider...
    • Ambulance Service
      2175. To ask the Minister for Health to prioritise the provision of an ambulance base in Killorglin, County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19595/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      2176. To ask the Minister for Health if she will open the new laboratory at University Hospital Kerry and meet with the UHK senior management team; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2181. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the opening of Killarney Community Hospital, County Kerry; the number additional beds that will be provided and how soon these additional beds...
    • Medicinal Products
      2182. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the cost of the anti-sickness medication cariban for pregnant women (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Care Centres
      2183. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the delivery of a six storey Killarney primary care centre on the site of Áras Padraig, Lewis Road, Killarney, County Kerry; when this...
    • Hospital Services
      2184. To ask the Minister for Health if the delivery of the new Killarney community nursing unit will facilitate the provision of a minor injuries unit at the St. Columbanus Hospital location in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2185. To ask the Minister for Health when the 108 bed extension planned for University Hospital Kerry will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19611/25]
    • Hospital Services
      2186. To ask the Minister for Health if increased radiotherapy and chemotherapy services will be available at University Hospital Kerry, with the planned upgrade of the oncology unit (details...
    • Health Services Staff
      2187. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment embargo will be lifted from the health services, particularly attritional staff reductions due to retirements, resignations, and so on; and...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2189. To ask the Minister for Health the projects in County Meath included in the HSE Capital Plan 2025; the funding allocated to each in this plan; the timeline for progress of each; and if she...
    • Health Services
      2190. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a child (details supplied); to expedite a care assessment, pain treatment and management plan as a matter of urgency; and if she will...
    • Alcohol Advertising
      2191. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an up to date response to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19634/25]
    • Health Services
      2192. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently review and improve the care plan in respect of a patient in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes
      2193. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a dementia bed in St. Columbanus Home, Killarney, County Kerry for a Kerry patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2194. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of current waiting lists for public PrEP services at (details supplied); the average waiting time for new patients; and if she will make a...
    • Patient Transport
      2195. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider allocating funding for a transport service to a day care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19677/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2196. To ask the Minister for Health the current average and maximum waiting times for access to mental health services under the HSE, including CAMHS and adult community mental health teams,...
    • Mental Health Services
      2197. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of all HSE-funded mental health services and facilities operating in Dublin Bay north, including staffing levels and the range of...
    • Health Strategies
      2198. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will commit to creating a social support group (details supplied) that will help deal with the serious issue of isolation particularly in...
    • Medicinal Products
      2199. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends on introducing the shingles vaccine for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients under the medical card or drug payment scheme; and if she will...
    • School Meals Programme
      2200. To ask the Minister for Health if she has any concerns regarding the quality consistency of the school meals programme with regard to the Healthy Ireland framework, the principles of...
    • Dental Services
      2201. To ask the Minister for Health to address as a matter of urgency the long waiting times, and in some cases the lack of availability, of the school dental programme for children in east...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2202. To ask the Minister for Health the current average wait time for scoliosis-related orthopaedic appointments at Cork University Hospital; if the hospital is following its own published...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for carer funding and for a carer provision for HSE home support in each month of 2025 in Meath, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Medical Inquiries
      2209. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the following matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19721/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      2210. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the infectious diseases clinic in Our Ladies of Lourdes Drogheda, County Louth. [19737/25]
    • Primary Care Services
      2211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres where intravitreal injections for age-related macular degeneration currently take place; the timeline associated with...
    • Mental Health Policy
      2212. To ask the Minister for Health if Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone' Implementation Plan 2025 – 2027, can be amended to ensure patients reporting suicidal...
    • Dental Services
      2213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior dental surgeons with a special interest in special needs within CHO9 in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [19745/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      2214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists based at Beaumont Hospital in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [19746/25]
    • Pharmacy Services
      2215. To ask the Minister for Health , the number of WTE pharmacists that work in CAMHS in CHO9 area; if this number will be further increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      2216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented to the accident and emergency department of CHI Temple Street on 24 and 25 December 2024. [19748/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2219. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [19782/25]
    • Health Services
      2220. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of National Perinatal Genomics Service; the new public services that will be introduced and made available; and if she will make...
    • Mental Health Services
      2223. To ask the Minister for Health the reason cognitive behavioural therapy in primary care psychology is no longer available under adult mental health services in Roscommon; and if she will...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2224. To ask the Minister for Health to advise how many people were on the waiting list referred to the primary care psychology in Roscommon who will now not be able to access the service. [19799/25]
    • Health Services
      2226. To ask the Minister for Health how many people referred for cognitive behavioural therapy in primary care psychology in Roscommon received a letter from Adult Mental Health Services,...
    • Care of the Elderly
      2228. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the HSE provides a significant increase in annual funding, at a minimum to 2007 levels, to a centre (details supplied) for senior...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2229. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the CMO’s report, Use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in Surgical Procedures, and of the report...
    • Nursing Homes
      2230. To ask the Minister for Health if a brother-in-law of a person receiving long-term care in a nursing home can be named as a family successor (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2231. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment in respect of a Kerry patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19819/25]
    • Care Services
      2232. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of care hours that were cancelled in 2023 and 2024 and the associated saving to the HSE, per integrated healthcare area, in tabular form; and...
    • Mental Health Services
      2234. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if Midleton, County Cork, is in the catchment area for early intervention psychosis service; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement...
    • Cancer Services
      2235. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of BowelScreen invitations issued, by county, in 2024; the corresponding number of people, per county, who returned a completed faecal...
    • Health Promotion
      2236. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the proposal to postpone the labelling of alcohol products with health warnings, which is due to come into effect in May 2026; if she will commit...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      2237. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the permanent ban on donating blood for persons who previously contracted gonorrhoea and subsequently recovered following treatment; if she...
    • Hospital Services
      2239. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene to provide the necessary staff, open the essential additional beds in West Kerry Community Hospital and bring the hospital’s...
    • Medicinal Products
      2240. To ask the Minister for Health how individuals over the age of 60 who are at a high risk from diabetes, and thus not suitable for the Pfizer vaccination, can access Novavax. [19839/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list in each county for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology, in tabular form; and...
    • Dental Services
      2247. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the capacity of public orthodontic care in County Clare at this time; to confirm if there have been any recent retirements of...
    • Mental Health Services
      2248. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case for additional mental health services in Clontarf (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19881/25]
    • Hospital Equipment
      2249. To ask the Minister for Health the status on the MRI scanner in Cavan hospital; if it has been out of service or seen reduced capacity; the number of scans carried out since January 2024,...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2251. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the lack of general practitioners across Dublin north city and county, in particular given the rapidly growing population;...
    • Health Services
      2252. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for a community neurorehabilitation team for central and north Dublin, as promised in 2019, and in line with the Programme for...
    • Ambulance Service
      2253. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance response times to purple echo and red delta calls nationally by the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2254. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider recognition of ulcerative colitis as a long-term chronic condition and include it under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will...
    • Ambulance Service
      2255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of "Purple" (Echo) and "Red" (Delta) calls for addresses in County Clare that had response times by the National Ambulance Service exceeding 38...
    • Hospital Services
      2256. To ask the Minister for Health it she will instruct Waterford University Hospital to release the records requested by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      2257. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently allow for a transitional payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19924/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      2259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts at the Mater Hospital, by speciality; the length of time each vacancy; and the estimated timeframe in which each...
    • Health Services Staff
      2261. To ask the Minister for Health if a full remuneration review can be undertaken to ensure all frontline staff in the health service are being paid sufficiently, in order that it is not an...
    • Data Protection
      2262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of data breaches across each of the level 2, 3 and 4 hospitals that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner for each of the years 2019 to...
    • Dental Services
      2265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of independent dental practices who are currently signed up to the dental treatment services scheme in Wicklow and to provide a list of dental...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2266. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the primary healthcare centre in Dundalk at a location (details supplied); and the expected commencement date for construction. [20006/25]
    • Home Help Service
      2267. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the policy of her Department and the HSE that home care workers directly employed by the HSE must retire on reaching 70 years of age; and if she will...
    • Health Service Executive
      2268. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for a HSE-owned facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20027/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      2270. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will determine the professional pathways for an occupation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20033/25]
    • Health Promotion
      2272. To ask the Minister for Health when she intends the requirement for health warning labels on alcoholic drinks to come into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20036/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      2273. To ask the Minister for Health if she will publish the audits of service users carried out by the National Gender Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20037/25]
    • Health Services
      2274. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure access to free PrEP in the Dublin area by expanding the capacity at clinics administering the medicine, given existing clinics are not...
    • Departmental Properties
      2276. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a map, broken into lots, of a site (details supplied), clearly identifying lands to be sold and lands to be retained; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2277. To ask the Minister for Health to advise if the HSE is willing to provide a site for a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20045/25]
    • Health Services
      2278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of national independent review panel reports underway currently, by CHO area, and by the type of service under review; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      2280. To ask the Minister for Health if it is her intention to deliver pay equality for workers in Section 39 organisations to bring their remuneration in line with their counterparts working in...
    • Hospital Services
      2282. To ask the Minister for Health when additional resources will be provided to improve health services in Cavan General Hospital, to reduce delays in patients accessing cardiology services;...
    • Health Services Staff
      2285. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 5 March 2025, if the information on staffing shortfalls at the HSE Galway community audiology service can now be...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2286. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for audiology services by community health organisation, local health office and length of time waiting, in tabular...
    • Health Services Staff
      2287. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing shortfalls in audiology services by community health organisation and local health office, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2288. To ask the Minister for Health when an elderly person who lives alone (details supplied) will receive an appointment given their referral has been marked as urgent by their doctor; and if...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2291. To ask the Minister for Health if, given the escalating crisis in GP access in the Raheny area of Dublin Bay north where countless persons are unable to register with a GP or secure timely...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      2294. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the Health Service Executive review of demand and capacity for the national counselling service referred to at Action 19.6 of the Action Plan...
    • Pharmacy Services
      2298. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether prescriptions can be issued for a six-month period, or longer, under current legislation (details supplied). [20139/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      2300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neuroradiologists based at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20143/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2301. To ask the Minister for Health how the additional €2 million will be spent in 2025 on the implementation of National Oral Health Policy. [20144/25]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      2302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract procedures carried out at Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20145/25]
    • Health Services
      2303. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for stroke services in 2023, 2024 and 2025 as part of the National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027. [20146/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      2304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20147/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2305. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and an appointment expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20156/25]
    • Dental Services
      2307. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) who is awaiting dental surgery on broken crowns, is nonverbal, is in pain and has been...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2309. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at University Hospital Waterford in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the nature of future refurbishment...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for paediatric ophthalmology services nationwide. [20194/25]
    • Dental Services
      2311. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthodontists and specialist orthodontists working within HSE dental services in Waterford for children from 2022 to date in...
    • Health Service Executive
      2312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded hydrotherapy pools available for public use; and the locations of these pools, in tabular form. [20196/25]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      2313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have used each of the HSE fertility hubs in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20197/25]
    • Health Services
      2314. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine Ireland by 50%. [20198/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      2316. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2317. To ask the Minister for Health in light of National Cancer Registry Ireland reports of increased age-adjusted incidence of HPV-related cancers in Ireland (details supplied); the reason the...
    • Health Services Staff
      2318. To ask the Minister for Health the number of current vacancies and the number of assigned posts for public health nurse positions for CHO7; and the number of public health nurses required...
    • Primary Care Services
      2319. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in primary care, in CHO7; the corresponding waiting time...
    • Nursing Homes
      2320. To ask the Minister for Health to approve the transfer of a patient in County Kerry (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20225/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      2321. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE have any plan to make resources available to the South Doc services Blackpool, Cork city to have an out of hours doctor available...
    • Hospital Staff
      2322. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to the correspondence (details supplied) regarding a consultant neurologist for the midlands regional hospital Portlaoise; and if she will make a...
    • Emergency Departments
      2323. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 791 of 1 April 2025, to provide the following data for the Model 4 hospitals (The Mater University Hospital, Tallaght...
    • Medical Cards
      2324. To ask the Minister for Health if melatonin will be made available under the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20242/25]
    • Primary Care Services
      2325. To ask the Minister for Health the policy changes her Department plans to implement to increase the number of GP services available in Dublin 3,5, 9, 13, and 17. [20244/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      2326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based at University Hospital Limerick in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20245/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      2327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of optometrists registered with the community optometry scheme in each of the past three years ,in tabular form. [20246/25]
    • Home Help Service
      2328. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of home helps employed, the nuance of vacancies, if there are plans to hire additional numbers, her views on the optimal number to be...
    • Hospital Staff
      2331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Tullamore Regional Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20262/25]
    • Dental Services
      2332. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in County Roscommon in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in...
    • Emergency Departments
      2333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that presented to the emergency department of Sligo University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form. [20264/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      2334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE ear, nose and throat registrars at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20265/25]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2335. To ask the Minister for Health If she will outline the recent capital investment made in Roscommon University Hospital; the planned investment in the next two years, covering both buildings...
    • Emergency Departments
      2336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays in the emergency department of Tallaght University Hospital. [20267/25]
    • Home Care Packages
      2339. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was granted home care support but supports are not always put into place; the reason she is not being notified when...
    • International Bodies
      2340. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on her meeting with the head of the World Health Organization during her St Patrick’s Day visit to New York; and if she will make a...
    • International Relations
      2342. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on her meeting with a women’s delegation from Afghanistan during her St Patrick’s Day visit to New York; and if she will...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2343. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the site for Mountrath primary care centre in County Laois; what funding has been provided; the progress that has been made; and if she will...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      2344. To ask the Minister for Health if all IT systems used by her Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do not accept or...
    • Medicinal Products
      2345. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Duvyzat for the treatment of muscular dystrophy (givinostat) is available for reimbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Care Centres
      2346. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date situation in relation to a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20313/25]
    • Community Care
      2349. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to provide the parents who have no public health nurses available to provide developmental checks with information of potential issues to look out...
    • EU Directives
      2350. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in her Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any...
    • Departmental Properties
      2351. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all properties her Department has rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each...
    • Departmental Contracts
      2352. To ask the Minister for Health whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to her Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the...
    • Nursing Homes
      2355. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently intervene and allow for the transfer of a patient in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20422/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      2358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of third level students that were on waiting lists for mental health services in the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2360. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) that was referred to the dermatology department at University of Limerick for treatment of a...
    • Medicinal Products
      2361. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug entresto is included on the drugs payment scheme; the consultation given to eligible patients eligible for this scheme when a new prescription is...
    • Mental Health Services
      2362. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who having been referred 24 months ago to CAMHS, Limerick following autism and intellectual disability...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2363. To ask the Minister for Health what is being done to address the length of time it is taking to get a GP referral blood test appointment in Saint James’s Hospital, given that in some...
    • Disability Services
      2364. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the waiting lists for children in each Dublin postal code, 1 to 24, waiting for an appointment for an occupational therapist, speech and...
    • Dental Services
      2365. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20492/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      2366. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that there is no psychologist on staff in the Longford Westmeath CAMHS service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20496/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2367. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the diagnosis and treatment pathway for patients suffering with Lyme disease; if there are plans to introduce extended antibiotic therapy as a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2368. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in Donegal (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20501/25]
    • Hospital Services
      2370. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department has taken to resolve the reported postponement of child surgeries by CHI (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      2371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the National Ambulance Service Strategic Plan; if a copy of this can be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20519/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      2375. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the drug Palforzia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20524/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2376. To ask the Minister for Health to publish a national policy on adult safeguarding for the health and social care sector. [20531/25]
    • Dental Services
      2377. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to extend temporary registration licenses to stamp 4 non-EU dentists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20540/25]
    • Primary Care Services
      2380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for speech and language therapy, psychology, and occupational therapy in primary care services in CHO9; the...
    • Dental Services
      2382. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of speech and language therapists currently employed within the HSE orthodontic services in CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      2383. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacant speech and language therapist posts currently within CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20548/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      2384. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to implement the recommendations of the Mental Health Commission’s report into the level of mental health services provided in hospital...
    • Ambulance Service
      2385. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of clinical status 1 calls (Echo and Delta) per the advanced medical priority dispatch system (AS1s) requiring an advanced paramedic (AP)...
    • Departmental Data
      2386. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients identified with severe pain and the number of patients with a reduction in pain score of at least three points for each of the 12...
    • Medicinal Products
      2387. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department took to arrive at the conclusion that reimbursement was not possible in respect of HRT purchased before 1 June 2025; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      2391. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any schemes that individuals can avail of to recoup money when they have been forced to go through private healthcare providers for their medical...
    • Mental Health Services
      2392. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the incident that occurred in St. Joesph’s adolescent psychiatric unit; the number of children who were left without placement; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      2393. To ask the Minister for Health if she believes that it would be important to routinely collect data on the job vacancies within CAMHS to ensure the effective delivery of services; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      2394. To ask the Minister for Health what immediate actions are being taken to address the significant disparities in mental health emergency care across hospitals, as highlighted by the Mental...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2396. To ask the Minister for Health why the bungalows in the hospital in Athy are not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20645/25]
    • Cancer Services
      2397. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the last five years. [20653/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      2398. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet been seen by CAMHS or a psychiatrist, despite her critical condition; and when she will receive an...
    • Health Services
      2400. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm that funding will be provided in 2025 for the provision of an integrated homeless health hub in Cork city (day centre), in view of the...
    • Medical Cards
      2401. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine a difference of opinions in regard to the validity of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2403. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed response to several points raised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20698/25]
    • Emergency Departments
      2404. To ask the Minister for Health if referrals to hospital emergency departments from out-of-hours services like NEDOC are not liable for a charge at accident and emergency; and if so, if she...
    • Departmental Data
      2405. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all vacant healthcare posts unable to be filled in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20727/25]
    • Cancer Services
      2408. To ask the Minister for Health if the BreastCheck and BowelScreen programmes will be extended to the over-70s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20732/25]
    • Home Help Service
      2409. To ask the Minister for Health the number nationwide on the waiting list for home help; the amount her Department is spending on private agencies to provide cover; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      2410. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine alternative options for people suffering from a mental health crisis in order that they do not need to go through the standard accident...
    • Health Services
      2412. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to develop a clear clinical pathway and specialist multidisciplinary functional neurological disorder service, including measures to ensure timely...
    • Health Service Executive
      2413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of national independent review panel reports underway currently, by CHO area and, by the type of service under review; and if she will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      2416. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the current HSE funding criteria for access to the weight management medication saxenda, in cases where it has been prescribed for...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      2417. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider individuals with a permanent stoma for the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20759/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2418. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and an appointment expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20765/25]
    • Disability Services
      2419. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan for the expansion of the Framework for Safe Staffing and Skill Mix to service providers involved in the care for adults and children with...
    • Health Services
      2420. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the top-class home care palliative care package provided in the UK and strive to bring it up to the same standards in Ireland (details...
    • Cancer Services
      2424. To ask the Minister for Health the number waiting for a BreastCheck through the HSE’s national screening service for each CHO; the average wait time for BreastCheck for each CHO; and...
    • Nursing Homes
      2425. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure essential medication is supplied to a nursing home patient (details supplied) through either the enhanced medical card or the long-term...
    • Health Services Staff
      2426. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 934 of 25 February 2025, the status of filling the post for an ophthalmologist in Clonmel, the absence of which is...
    • Health Services
      2432. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received the results from an MRI scan in Cavan General Hospital they had in February 2025; and if she will...
    • Health Services Staff
      2433. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the position of psychologist at the Athenry primary care centre, County Galway, has not yet been filled; if this position remains open; if it is...
    • Health Services
      2434. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the current capacity of the complex menopause clinic at University Hospital Galway, which is currently operating for only one half-day per...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2436. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form....
    • Health Services
      2437. To ask the Minister for Health the type of cardiothoracic surgeries that were carried out at the Mater Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20909/25]
    • Hospital Equipment
      2438. To ask the Minister for Health to list all the hospitals that currently use the Da Vinci surgical system, in tabular form. [20910/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      2439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff grade podiatrist and senior grade podiatrist aligned to the chronic disease management team within CHO9 in the years of 2023, 2024 and...
    • Nursing Homes
      2441. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on an application (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21013/25]
    • Departmental Data
      2442. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children that have accessed primary care psychology services in County Louth in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form....
    • Hospital Investigations
      2444. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) who had hip surgeries in 2021 and 2024 in both Cappagh and Temple Street, will be notified if their care is one of the cases...
    • Health Services
      2445. To ask the Minister for Health the locations within County Cork where attention deficit hyperactivity teams are based. [21027/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      2446. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE child and adolescent psychiatrists employed by CAMHS mental health intellectual disability services within CHO1 in 2024 and to date in 2025,...
    • Cancer Services
      2447. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to install a breast screening unit in Dundalk, County Louth. [21035/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      2448. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence (details supplied) regarding the case of a child; if she will acknowledge that the orthodontist in the North will not deal with the...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      2449. To ask the Minister for Health if she will recognise fibromyalgia as a long-term disability for the purposes of healthcare, in line with a recent decision taken on this matter in Northern...
    • Medical Cards
      2450. To ask the Minister for Health if she will explore incorporating disability-related expenses into the medical card means test, particularly for individuals with ongoing high...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2451. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite a hospital appointment for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21043/25]
    • Health Services
      2453. To ask the Minister for Health the regions in which new neurology hubs have been established in which to assist patients to have access to integrated services without requiring hospital...
    • Medicinal Products
      2455. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the shortages of several HRT products for women (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21118/25]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      2457. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to add Addison’s disease to the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21120/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      2458. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE National Ambulance Service will provide an ambulance service on Inis Meáin, Aran Islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      2459. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding any plans to provide on-site health care in IPAS facilities; the actions she is taking to ensure that adequate GP facilities are...
    • Medicinal Products
      2460. To ask the Minister for Health if the drugs payment scheme can be extended to allow for the availability of the medication Ozempic for conditions other than approved indication of diabetes;...
    • Cancer Services
      2461. To ask the Minister for Health if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied), a service for individuals and families affected by cancer, concerning funding and supporting their...
    • Health Services Staff
      2462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each local health centre and primary care centre in the CHO7 area with a month-by-month breakdown of the total from 1...
    • Medical Cards
      2464. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will revise the current means testing system for medical cards to formally include the "cost of disability" as an allowable expense category...
    • Dental Services
      2465. To ask the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to ensure that adequate dental facilities are available for IPAS residents while not removing existing services from any community;...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      2466. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to routinely collect data on addiction service waiting lists, ensuring that services are adequately resourced to meet demand. [21169/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      2467. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a full report on the current status of podiatry services in Cork city and North Cork; the number of staff currently working in podiatry...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      2468. To ask the Minister for Health if provision can be made for people living with lifelong disabilities, including polio survivors, who face unavoidable costs that are not currently recognised...
    • Patient Transport
      2469. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide transport for vulnerable patients who lack personal support networks when travelling to Northern Ireland for medical treatment...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2470. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will review the case of a person (details supplied) and expedite this appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21191/25]
    • Medical Cards
      2471. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review and revise the medical card means-testing system to assess income after deduction of essential disability-related expenses, in order to...
    • Departmental Funding
      2473. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a former piggery site in Grenagh, County Cork that was demolished before the discovery of asbestos (details supplied); if...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2474. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the issues surrounding the lack of GP services in Enfield, County Meath; the steps her Department is taking to resolve these issues; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      2475. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to introduce an automatic annual adjustment of medical card income thresholds in line with changes to core social welfare...
    • Hospital Staff
      2476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers, by grade, working in a hospital (details supplied) in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; if this...
    • Hospice Services
      2477. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of capital funding allocated by the HSE to a hospice (details supplied) in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Mental Health Services
      2478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychiatry of later life teams within CHO9 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      2479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries working with each consultant neurosurgeon at Beaumont Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Cancer Services
      2480. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand community lymphoedema and lipoedema services at Beaumont Hospital Cancer Centre of Excellence; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2481. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has an estimated timeline for the completion of the new accident-and-emergency department and critical care unit for Beaumont Hospital,...
    • Medical Cards
      2482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals granted a medical card or GP visit card in each of the years 2023 and 2024 who had to be assigned a GP by the HSE, by county; and if...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2483. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to address the shortfall of 175 regional inpatient neurorehabilitation beds across the country, highlighted in the Inpatient...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • State Examinations
      2484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the issue of grade inflation when it comes to CAO offers this year; the steps he will take to ensure fairness for students...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application by a university (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20938/25]
    • Departmental Data
      2486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of CAO applicants for third level places in September 2025 that are people that sat their Leaving Certificate in the years...
    • State Examinations
      2487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the issue of grade inflation when it comes to CAO offers this year; the steps he will take to ensure fairness for students...
    • Grant Payments
      2488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending SUSI student contribution fees to undergraduate students studying abroad in the UK/EU; if further consideration...
    • Third Level Education
      2489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review of financial supports for third-level students from Ukraine has been completed; and if so, the outcome or when the review is...
    • Educational Reform
      2490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the possibility of encouraging greater flexibility for part-time options in higher education courses (details supplied);...
    • Education Schemes
      2491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing the parental income threshold for SUSI grant applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18707/25]
    • Grant Payments
      2492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications made to SUSI for the 2024-2025 academic year that were rejected on the grounds of household income exceeding the...
    • Departmental Data
      2493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can provide data on the number of second level students from DEIS schools who have proceeded to an approved PLC, or undergraduate or post...
    • State Examinations
      2494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student attending a school (details supplied) qualifies to apply to the CAO as a Gaeltacht applicant, in light of previous indications that...
    • Departmental Data
      2495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE senior mechanical engineer and senior quantity surveyor employed by his Department as of 2 April 2025, in tabular form. [18847/25]
    • State Examinations
      2496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the significant challenge for this year's Leaving Certificate students who will be expected to meet the CAO points for course...
    • Student Accommodation
      2497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people that have voluntarily registered with the voluntary licences register in regard to student digs. [18862/25]
    • Departmental Data
      2499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many undergraduate, postgraduate, PLC and apprenticeship courses are available at third level, in tabular form. [18894/25]
    • Third Level Fees
      2500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Ukrainian students who were included in the free fee scheme in the year 2023 and 2024, and the cost of funding related to this;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      2501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the constituency universities of TUD that are to benefit from the Altitude Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18927/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      2502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide emergency funding to extend a course (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18941/25]
    • Education Costs
      2503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals regarding implementing a reduction in the student contribution fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18956/25]
    • Third Level Education
      2504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline all supports available to Ukrainians and international protection recipients for access to third level education; and if he will make...
    • State Examinations
      2505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will acknowledge the disadvantage facing CAO applicants who are sitting their Leaving Certificate in 2025 compared to those who sat their...
    • Climate Change Policy
      2508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s...
    • Departmental Funding
      2509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his...
    • Education Costs
      2511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the income threshold for the student contribution is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19253/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      2512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      2513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support more women into STEM. [19358/25]
    • State Examinations
      2514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications to CAO 2025 which are from students who will not sit the Leaving Certificate in 2025; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 835 of 1 April 2025, if his Department will take into consideration the workload of part-time courses when...
    • Grant Payments
      2517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that have been taken to alleviate the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on students; if additional financial supports or targeted...
    • Departmental Strategies
      2518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how his Department is supporting technological universities in defining and delivering their strategic missions; the steps being taken to ensure...
    • Technological Universities
      2520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the progress and future plans to give effect to a general borrowing framework, beyond student residential accommodation, for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capital investment committed by his Department to each of the technological universities since their foundation; and if he will...
    • Technological Universities
      2522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the additional student places, additional new courses and additional new academic disciplines at each of the new technological...
    • State Examinations
      2528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given by his Department to ringfence a proportion of CAO places for applicants from previous leaving certificate...
    • Third Level Education
      2529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students nationally at third level have dropped out from their studies due to mental health issues in the years 2020 to 2025, in...
    • Mental Health Services
      2531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students were on waiting lists for mental health services in the years 2020-2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Education and Training Boards
      2533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 27 March 2025, the length of time SOLAS has been engaging with Kerry ETB; the estimated timeframe...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost for SUSI to introduce a dedicated translation service for students and their documentation; and if he will make a statement...
    • Education Costs
      2536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore the adjacency grant rate to 24 km rather than the current 30km; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Costs
      2537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to expand the student assistance fund to allow international students to avail of it; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      2538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to abolish apprenticeship registration fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19755/25]
    • Student Accommodation
      2539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to fully fund the provision of 30,000 student beds to bridge the gap in student accommodation; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Fees
      2540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to completely abolish the student contribution charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19757/25]
    • Third Level Costs
      2541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to remove the mature dependant category in SUSI and treat all those over the age of 23 as independent regardless of their...
    • Living Wage
      2542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to pay a living wage to all students engaging with mandatory placement as part of their study; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      2543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to extend the SUSI postgraduate maintenance rate to the summer months also as they are still students; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Fees
      2546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to abolish all postgraduate fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19770/25]
    • Third Level Reform
      2547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current Government policy on the ability of higher education institutions, including universities, technological universities and institutes...
    • Student Accommodation
      2550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy or strategic approach to enabling or supporting the delivery of student accommodation by higher education institutions; and whether...
    • Third Level Reform
      2553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been any recent developments in the implementation of the borrowing policy for technological universities; if a timeline has been...
    • Grant Payments
      2555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress update on the implementation of financial supports for students undertaking unpaid or underfunded mandatory...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      2556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the level of capital investment in ATU Mayo, Castlebar campus since 2020; the capital projects funded at the campus over this...
    • Education and Training Provision
      2557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the number of new courses, full-time and part-time, that have been added at ATU Mayo campus since 2020, as well as the number...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      2558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his view on the application for a new apprenticeship focused on the community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education and Training Provision
      2559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details and the breakdown of the student intake into primary teaching colleges and university faculties of education for the years 2020 to...
    • Third Level Admissions
      2560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average CAO points requirement for primary school teaching in the years 2020 to 20204, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Fees
      2561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his plans to review the financial supports available for the 1,255 third level students from Ukraine studying in...
    • Departmental Staff
      2564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years,...
    • Grant Payments
      2565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason part-time students attending Kings Inn are not currently eligible to apply for a SUSI grant; whether consideration can be given in...
    • Third Level Education
      2566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the work being undertaken in his Department to increase access to third level education for disabled people; and if he will make a...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      2567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do...
    • EU Directives
      2568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the...
    • Departmental Properties
      2569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent...
    • Departmental Contracts
      2570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      2573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are pathways to third level education for individuals without a leaving certificate; to outline these pathways; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Education
      2574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the provision of a new veterinary course in Kildalton in conjunction with SETU; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      2575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the locations overseas where new talent and innovation attachés have taken up duty; and the locations where these posts are being...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to those students fleeing Palestine; if he will lay out plans to increase supports going forward; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      2578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend the SUSI grant to include graduate entry medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21140/25]
    • Third Level Admissions
      2579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of score requirement to apply for admission to a course (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21222/25]
    • Research and Development
      2581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to attract world-class researchers to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21271/25]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Regeneration Projects
      2582. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide the full list of projects in County Galway for which rural regeneration and development funding has been provided; and if...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      2583. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams available to social enterprises to increase and promote fitness and physical activity; and if he will make a...
    • Men's Sheds
      2584. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide additional supports, including financial support, in respect of the construction, renovation and alterations to...
    • Departmental Funding
      2585. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to County Westmeath projects as part of the walks scheme from 2020 to 2024; the projects approved; and if...
    • Climate Action Plan
      2586. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet...
    • Rural Schemes
      2587. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under the town and village renewal scheme in County Meath in 2024, and the grant...
    • Rural Recreation Policy
      2588. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under measures 1, 2 and 3 of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in Meath in...
    • Veterinary Services
      2589. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount provided to each local authority annually in order to employ veterinary inspectors and dog wardens, by local...
    • Animal Breeding
      2590. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail the actions his Department undertakes in order to implement the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      2596. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies...
    • Departmental Programmes
      2597. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied ); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19326/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      2598. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held...
    • Departmental Programmes
      2599. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if any funding is available for the development of sensory gardens for schools in urban areas; and, if so, whether they can be...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      2600. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of social enterprise groups that do not qualify for most Government grants as they do...
    • Departmental Programmes
      2601. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the funding supports currently available through his Department for the development of community-based recreational...
    • Rural Schemes
      2602. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application (details supplied) to the rural regeneration and development fund will be approved; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2603. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding is available to provide a town park in Killorglin, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      2604. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when band 2 funding will be disbursed as part of the Dormant Account 2024 Growing Social Enterprise Fund; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2605. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when funding allocations for the 2025 Local Enhancement Programme will be made; if an application (details supplied) will be...
    • Legislative Measures
      2606. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Control of Dogs Bill 2024, including an outline of the appeals process; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2607. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has a scheme to support community organisations and community facilities, such as community halls, to procure...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      2608. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of people employed by registered charities in the Stat; the number of these workers employed by Section 10, Section 39 and...
    • Departmental Policies
      2611. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of fully completed public online surveys during the consultation process for the new Our Rural Future policy, which closed...
    • Departmental Funding
      2612. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development following on from the recent Community Centre Investment Fund funding announcement, the reason a group (details supplied) were...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2614. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects in Limerick that were funded under local enhancement programme in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Departmental Meetings
      2615. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has met with the Polish Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2025. [20250/25]
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      2616. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether his attention has been drawn to the work of an organisation (details supplied); and to outline funding streams which may be...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      2617. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of...
    • EU Directives
      2618. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due;...
    • Departmental Properties
      2619. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      2620. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company...
    • Rural Schemes
      2622. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to promote and fund the expansion of the town centre first scheme to include Kenmare town in County Kerry, thereby addressing...
    • Regeneration Projects
      2627. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to include a property acquisition element to town and village regeneration schemes in County Kerry, that will allow the local chamber...
    • Men's Sheds
      2628. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will clarify all available funding options for running and capital costs for Men's Sheds; if he will address the funding...
    • Departmental Staff
      2629. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2630. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a scheme for a farmer to upgrade the rural lane to his home and lands, where he is the only farmer using the lane but...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      2631. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department can intervene to assist a rural social enterprise regarding an urgent situation (details supplied). [20651/25]
    • Regeneration Projects
      2632. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department can review a 2021 allocation under the town and village renewal scheme and engage with an organisation (details...
    • Control of Dogs
      2633. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of XL bully certificate of exemptions given both nationally and within DLR County Council since the introduction of the XL...
    • Departmental Funding
      2634. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to report on when he expects the list of successful applicants of the Community Recognition Fund to be released. [20876/25]
    • Men's Sheds
      2635. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline what funding support is available to assist Tullamore Men’s Shed and Tullamore Women’s Shed with their rent;...
    • Departmental Funding
      2636. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 103 and 132 of 27 March 2025, the basis upon which the amount of funding to be provided to a...
    • Regeneration Projects
      2637. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects funded under the town and village renewal scheme in County Cork in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [21032/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      2638. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the community centres based in County Cork that received capital funding under the community centre investment fund in 2024 and to...
    • Departmental Funding
      2639. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects in County Cork that were funded under the local enhancement programme in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form....
    • Local Authorities
      2640. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the merits of supporting projects at a local authority level that would create cookery classes and cookbooks designed to...
    • Departmental Funding
      2641. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason a group (details supplied) did not score high enough to be successful under the community centres investment fund; the...

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