Written answers
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Records
1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of certificates of withholding from public inspection of departmental records approved by his Department under the National Archives Act 1986 in each of the...
- Departmental Contracts
2. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list. [24590/25]
- Central Statistics Office
3. To ask the Taoiseach when the CSO will publish an updated set of the "Employment Analysis of Maternity and Paternity Benefits 2019-2022”. [24700/25]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Trade Agreements
4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagement with his Cabinet colleagues regarding the EU Mercosur trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on...
- Deaths of Irish Citizens Abroad
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens repatriated back to the island of Ireland after dying abroad in the past three years, in tabular form; and if he...
- Irish Communities Abroad
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of countries that have established Irish support agencies similar to the one in Sydney, Australia, which provide front-line support...
- Air Navigation Orders
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any arms have been transferred through Shannon Airport by any nation for use by the Israeli army; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Passport Services
8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application (details supplied), given the applicant's travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Human Rights
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if he will advocate for the rights of this activist; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Contracts
10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a...
- Passport Services
11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24669/25]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Fuel Poverty
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to publish a revised Energy Poverty Action Plan; the measures he proposes to take to address the incidence...
- Broadband Infrastructure
14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to expedite an Eir broadband connection in respect of an applicant in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will...
- Departmental Contracts
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and...
- Fuel Poverty
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he intends to publish the revised Energy Poverty Action Plan, for which a public consultation was held in 2024 in...
- Departmental Bodies
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 29 April 2025, to outline the membership of the energy affordability task...
- Data Centres
18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the newly published Review of Connection Policy for Large Energy users in relation to grid connections...
- Climate Action Plan
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 29 April 2025, to outline what this review consists of (details supplied);...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Contracts
20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Cycling Facilities
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated total cost of a proposed cycleway (details supplied), including all associated planning, construction and ancillary works;...
- Driver Test
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) can expect a driving test appointment, given they have been waiting since November 2024 and urgently...
- Road Network
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the Clare secondary road network, particularly the network which includes the N67 (details supplied); and if he will...
- Antisocial Behaviour
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the need to collate data on the number of assaults perpetrated against transport workers, such as taxi drivers, bus drivers...
- Departmental Contracts
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a...
- Road Safety
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an urgent examination can be conducted of a section of the Ring of Kerry road, at Fossa, Killarney, given that there are very real...
- Parking Provision
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is seeking to update the application procedure for applying for a parking disability permit, if he will address some specific issues...
- Road Network
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to ensure that local, regional and national roads in Meath are adequately maintained; if he has considered...
- Rail Network
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Navan rail project; if he intends to expedite this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24682/25]
- Road Network
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline any new methods of road repair, road upgrade technology, or modern methods of road construction that are currently in...
- Airport Landing Slots
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of slots airlines have requested at Dublin Airport for summer 2025; the percentage of these slots have been allocated; the...
- Airport Policy
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the 32 million passenger cap at Dublin Airport; the measures he has taken to ensure planning conditions at State...
- Dublin Bus
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ask Dublin Bus to review the practice of cancelling buses in order to arrive at the terminus on time, which practice appears to...
- Mountain Rescue Service
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department’s position regarding the provision of funding for an operations base in Wicklow for Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue;...
- Driver Licences
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is considering any extensions to the amount of time that citizens of other countries are allowed to drive on their...
- Department of Finance
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
37. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of real estate investment trusts in Ireland; the rate of effective corporation tax paid by such entities; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Reliefs
38. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applicants to the help-to-buy scheme who were required to pay the payment back to the Revenue Commissioners as they did not live in the property...
- Tax Yield
39. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yearly revenue which would be raised in the event of levies (details supplied), in tabular form. [24528/25]
- Departmental Contracts
41. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Treasury Management Agency
42. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the €24 million committed by the ISIF has been transferred to the developer of the Greystones media campus to date; if conditions were...
- State Claims Agency
48. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the total amount paid out by the State Claims Agency for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Bodies
49. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the total amount paid out by the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Personal Injury Claims
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected financial impact on an organisation (details supplied) if the personal injury guidelines are revised; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Business Supports
52. To ask the Minister for Finance in the absence of any capital gains tax relief on family-owned businesses, if he intends to provide any reliefs to a business owner who wishes to retire and...
- Tax Avoidance
53. To ask the Minister for Finance if the amendment introduced in section 21 of the Finance Bill 2016 which had the expressed aim of preventing businesses with loans which are secured over, or...
- Departmental Data
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of legal titles of mortgages held by credit servicing firms each year since 2016 where the loan is owned by a separate section 110 special purpose...
- Data Protection
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason no annual report of the Revenue Commissioners has ever reported a single personal data breach of either the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, or...
- Tax Data
57. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 8 May 2025, the estimated cost of extending each of the tax measures listed in 2026 over and above the projections...
- Tax Code
58. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 8 May 2025, to clarify that the figure of €75.5 million refers to the actual cost of claims made; the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Site Acquisitions
59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will give an update on the progress of the Northern Cross Garda station development; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Contracts
60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a...
- Office of Public Works
61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No 396 of 8 April 2025, when he will meet an organisation (details supplied) to progress an issue with...
- Architectural Heritage
62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on security at a location (details supplied); the name of the security company that provided the CCTV for the site; the...
- Public Sector Pensions
63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review and amend the public sector single pension scheme introduced in 2013 to reinstate the supplementary pension for members...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Industrial Development
66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the conditions placed by the IDA on the long-lease of land in Greystones for the purposes of the development of the Greystones media...
- Departmental Contracts
72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will...
- Business Supports
73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to confirm when the power up grant will be paid out to all applicants. [24670/25]
- Work Permits
75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to clarify when the technical issues with the new employment permit section portal will be resolved; and if he will make a statement...
- Economic Policy
76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding Ireland’s competitiveness relative to other EU countries; his views on whether our competitiveness is...
- Low Pay Commission
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated median hourly wage used by the Low Pay Commission each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Work Permits
78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to "examine ways to facilitate people who are on work permits to move jobs...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an additional class (details supplied) in time for the September 2025 intake. [24674/25]
- School Funding
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for the emergency works grant by a school (details supplied), that plans to open a new autism class in September 2025...
- School Admissions
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist in securing a placement for a child in a school in County Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Irish Sign Language
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to incorporate Irish Sign Language into the national curriculum, particularly at the Junior and Leaving Certificate levels (details supplied); and...
- Departmental Contracts
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if she will make a...
- Teaching Qualifications
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently address the significant barriers in progressing to the Professional Master of Education (PME) program due to the Teaching Council's...
- Special Educational Needs
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest update on the rollout of the home-based programme for summer 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24620/25]
- Health and Safety
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the issue surrounding the use of nicotine pouches during school hours by school students on school property; if she has had any...
- School Staff
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision can be reversed to remove a teacher from the allocation to a school (details supplied), which is forcing the school to merge two...
- School Admissions
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for an extra class to accommodate children on the waiting list for a school place for...
- Departmental Meetings
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied). [24753/25]
- Special Educational Needs
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the procedure regarding appeals of appeals in relation to the provision of augmentative and alternative communication (details...
- Obesity Levels
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that, according to the Healthy Ireland Survey 2022, 63% of men and 50% of women in Ireland were classified as overweight or obese;...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Heritage Sites
95. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a full list of all houses and gardens that are available for public view as a condition for an exemption from capital...
- Artists' Remuneration
97. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline various sources of agility funding available to artists. [24530/25]
- Sports Organisations
99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the progress made under the Memorandum of Understanding between his Department and an organisation...
- Departmental Contracts
100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Local Authorities
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 245 and 247 of 3 April 2025, if Leitrim County Councils social housing acquisition...
- Departmental Contracts
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he...
- EU Directives
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 7 May 2025, through which formal notification procedure the Construction Industry...
- Housing Schemes
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the tenant-in-situ scheme; if he plans to increase the level of funding allocated to Dún-Laoghaire...
- State Bodies
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the current and future status of Uisce Éireann; whether additional capital funding will be allocated following...
- Rental Sector
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will request his Department to investigate...
- Local Authorities
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1224 of 29 April 2025, which provided a tabular breakdown of funding that has been...
- Housing Provision
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in relation to the published review of...
- Water Services
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to issue a full report on the capacity of water and wastewater for all of the towns and villages in a county (details...
- Housing Policy
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the income eligibility limits for social housing in areas such as Cavan and Monaghan will be increased to a realistic...
- Housing Schemes
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date with the local authority affordable purchase homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Development Companies
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the exact breakdown of the amount of finance that was allocated to each local development company for 2022 and 2023 regarding...
- Housing Schemes
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to and expended by Monaghan County Council for the tenant-in-situ scheme, by year; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people on the housing waiting list; the number of those in receipt of social housing supports, by category; and...
- Invasive Species Policy
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to help farmers address noxious and invasive species such as hogweed, ragwort, Japanese knotweed,...
- Vacant Properties
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he is taking to ensure a radical overhaul in the approach to vacant and derelict properties; if he will support a...
- Election Management System
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has reviewed the findings of the recent report on the Electoral Register; if he acknowledges the ongoing problems with...
- Fire Stations
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will provide funding for a new fire station in Rathdowney, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Coastal Erosion
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the impact that climate change is having on coastal erosion and on Irish beaches, to outline the mitigation measures...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the application process for educational sector workers; the length of time the current process is in place; if...
- Departmental Contracts
121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding new legislation being implemented following the Supreme Court decision in the O'Meara case, whether the definition...
- School Meals Programme
123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to make it compulsory for company's delivering the hot meals scheme in County Kerry to deliver to all schools in that area...
- Social Welfare Benefits
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that exceptional needs payments could be used towards the purchase of a new disability friendly vehicle...
- Social Welfare Code
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has assessed the at-risk-of-poverty rate for people with disabilities when the additional cost of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider the introduction of a cost of disability allowance or supplement to address the additional living...
- Social Welfare Rates
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will review the adequacy of disability payment rates based on severity of disability; if he will consider...
- Social Welfare Appeals
131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an appeal for an invalidity pension (details supplied); if an oral hearing will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he is aware of cases where people with passes under the free travel scheme are being charged booking fees for some...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Asylum Seekers
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are currently any plans to open accommodation for refugees or asylum seekers on the grounds of St. Davnet's Hospital...
- Departmental Contracts
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he...
- An Garda Síochána
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of knives seized by Gardaí in 2024 and to date in 2025 across the Dublin region, in tabular form. [24636/25]
- Drug Dealing
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average purity of cocaine, heroin and cannabis seized here in each of the past five years. [24718/25]
- International Protection
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Section 5 planning applications that were submitted; the number that were granted to applicants for town centre...
- Prison Service
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in the context of the statement in the Irish Prison Service Annual Report that all Prison Education Centres meet the quality...
- Legislative Measures
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when in 2025 he plans to repeal section 19A of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992, which currently allows the private counselling...
- Anti-Racism Measures
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality with respect to the May infringement package announced by the European Commission (details supplied) his plans to address...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals, if any, he has to extend CCTV coverage to towns in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement...
- Work Permits
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made in the last 12 months for permission to remain under the reactivation employment permit scheme;...
- Departmental Functions
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the membership of the strategic migration policy unit located within his Department; when it was established; how...
- Naturalisation Applications
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for decisions on naturalisation applications; the shortest time in which a positive decision has been...
- International Protection
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts he is making to ensure that locations where the sole hotel remaining in a given town which is currently being used,...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Contracts
152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will...
- Animal Diseases
153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department intends to introduce measures to curb the spread of foot and mouth into Ireland, given that we are approaching the...
- Farm Partnerships
155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their application for a farm partnership. [24667/25]
- Agriculture Schemes
156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full entitlements of ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Supports
157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated and expended in relation to ash dieback, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24862/25]
- Agriculture Schemes
158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in ACRES in County Monaghan; the number who have been paid; the total amount paid; the average...
- Nitrates Usage
159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he expects the nitrates derogation will be renewed; by which time it will be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Schemes
160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to the TB eradication scheme, by year since 2019; the bTB incidence rate and year-on-year change in incidence...
- Agriculture Supports
161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to implement GAEC-2 regulation in 2025; if he has engaged with the European Commission in relation to same in the...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Missing Children
162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will take steps to ensure the EU missing children hotline number (116000) is displayed prominently and...
- Disability Services
163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the services for persons of all ages with physical and intellectual disabilities based in Lusk;...
- Departmental Funding
165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider providing a transport allowance for members of an organisation (details supplied) to access...
- Disability Services
166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that are seen on a weekly basis by occupational therapists, speech and language...
- Equality Issues
167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the need to add socioeconomic status as a grounds of discrimination for the purpose of application...
- Departmental Contracts
168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions...
- Family Resource Centres
169. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined; her plans for Limerick; and if she will...
- Children in Care
170. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the number of publicly provided residential care places for children, available in each year from...
- Childcare Services
175. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1897 of 29 April 2025, when the review to the provision of core funding...
- Child and Family Agency
176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason Tusla has continued to reference supervision by a company (details supplied) despite previously...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
177. To ask the Minister for Health the actual expenditure on mental health in 2024; the planned expenditure for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24516/25]
- Care of the Elderly
178. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be restored to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24524/25]
- Disease Management
179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people diagnosed with liver disease in Ireland in each of the years, 2014-2024, by gender, in tabular form. [24526/25]
- Care Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the priority 1 list for residential care in south Tipperary over the past three years; the number of children who have received...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
183. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for when the financial supports for HSE staff experiencing long-Covid will end; if this deadline will be extended; and if she will make a...
- Care Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person in County Kerry (details supplied) has not received any respite in Cunamh Iveragh, Cahersiveen, County Kerry, this family has not received...
- Healthcare Policy
185. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to financially assist persons who have anaphylactic food allergies to support them to purchase foods that are safe for their consumption; and if she...
- Departmental Contracts
186. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Healthcare Policy
187. To ask the Minister for Health if she will incorporate nicotine pouches into the upcoming vaping legislation to restrict the use of flavours and the sale of nicotine pouches to under-18s;...
- Medicinal Products
189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacies she has written to regarding the provision of free HRT; the uptake she has had on her offer to date, on a county-by-county...
- Hospital Charges
193. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on reducing hospital parking charges; the hospitals where charges have reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24633/25]
- Medicinal Products
194. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies in place to ensure the continuous supply of prescription drugs to pharmacies throughout the country (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Health Services Staff
195. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the progress made in the recruitment of an ophthalmologist in south Tipperary following a retirement (details supplied); the number of children who...
- Mental Health Policy
196. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2410 of 29 April 2025, if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if a response will issue to the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
197. To ask the Minister for Health if a person will be scheduled for emergency surgery (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24678/25]
- Medical Inquiries
198. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the long awaited inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate, why the data regulations have yet to be signed off...
- Health Service Executive
199. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details in respect of the role and responsibilities of the new HSCP regional integration development leads in each HSE health region; and if...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
200. To ask the Minister for Health if she will direct Children’s Health Ireland to carry out a retrospective communication campaign to formally notify all families of children and young...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants to the Medical Cannabis Access Programme in each year since 2017; and the number of successful applicants to the scheme in the same...
- Ambulance Service
211. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of ambulances that were awaited handover in hospital for a period exceeding one hour in each of the past five years; the number of instances...
- Defibrillators Provision
212. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an all-island defibrillator registry (details supplied); if so, the timeline for same; the engagement she has had with her...
- Mental Health Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been rejected as a patient by CAMHS; if she will ensure they are admitted into the CAMHS system as a matter of...
- Primary Care Services
214. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the current number of referrals to adult primary care OT service; the number of vacancies within the adult primary care OT service; the number of...
- Ambulance Service
215. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of an ambulance base in Conamara and the timeline for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24758/25]
- Home Help Service
216. To ask the Minister for Health when a home support application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to allow discharge from Letterkenny University hospital;...
- Departmental Data
217. To ask the Minister for Health the accumulated deficits of each voluntary hospital in the country as reported to her Department and/or the HSE as of 1 January 2025, in tabular form; and if...
- Hospital Services
218. To ask the Minister for Health if a voluntary acute hospital (details supplied) carried out a review of services to align them with available funding in 2024; the outcome of any such review;...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the policy around funding for diabetes glucose monitors was changed in 2023 to only cover those with type 1 diabetes; if she is considering...
- Disability Services
220. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which her Department intends to respond to evidence that households with disabilities face substantial additional healthcare and medication costs;...
- Nursing Homes
224. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24824/25]
- Mental Health Services
225. To ask the Minister for Health the current status and recent developments in the public provision of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) services across Ireland, including any expansion of...
- Dental Services
226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental positions in County Monaghan; the number vacant, by quarter since 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24861/25]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there are any other pathways for a child in county Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24635/25]
- Education and Training Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the statement in the Irish Prison Service Annual Report that all Prison Education Centres meet the quality assurance standards...
- Artificial Intelligence
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies, guidelines, and supports that are in place for third-level institutions and educators in relation to the effective and responsible...
- Third Level Education
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Turn to Teaching Programme in Maynooth will proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24555/25]
- Departmental Contracts
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a...
- Third Level Education
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of degree courses in artificial intelligence being offered in the State at each of bachelor and master levels; the total number of...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Contracts
234. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will...
- Departmental Funding
235. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24699/25]
