Written answers
Thursday, 15 May 2025
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Policy
16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for confirmation as to when the social housing thresholds in County Laois are to rise, as there is still quite a number of...
- Housing Provision
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that no affordable homes will be delivered in phase 1A of the Poolbeg West strategic development zone; and if he...
- Heritage Projects
18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his priorities for heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24802/25]
- Housing Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Government missed its new-build social, affordable purchase and cost-rental targets in 2024; to set out what he...
- Housing Schemes
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be provided to local authorities in 2025 to cover the additional applications for housing adaptation...
- Solar Energy Guidelines
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 9 April 2025, to provide an update on the formulation of planning guidelines for...
- Urban Development
24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next tranche of funding will be released in order to facilitate the necessary second bridge in Celbridge under the...
- Housing Policy
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider reevaluating the maximum market values in the local authority home loan, given that in Kildare, it is capped at...
- Vacant Properties
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on funding to Mayo County Council to enable the local authority to bring void properties back into...
- Housing Provision
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new builds by approved housing bodies in 2024; the number expected in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Planning Issues
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on proposed new rural planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24838/25]
- Housing Policy
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the income limits for eligibility for social housing in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Budgets
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the current and future funding of Uisce Éireann, whether additional capital funding will be allocated following...
- Housing Schemes
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure there is sufficient funding for the successive tenant in situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Planning Issues
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing a streamlined planning framework to allow for the vertical extension of existing homes of up to...
- Vacant Properties
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding paid out to vacant property refurbishment grant applicants; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Policy
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he still plans to assign a housing 'tsar'; if so, the cost associated with this position; to clarify the specific role...
- Heritage Schemes
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he considers the preservation, restoration and showing of classic and vintage cars, tractors, trucks, vans, motorcycles and...
- An Ghaeltacht
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cathain a bhfuil sé i gceist aige dréacht treoirlínte don phleanáil sa Ghaeltacht a chur faoi scagadh i...
- Departmental Functions
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the means by which the newly established housing activation office will in practice work with the new infrastructure division...
- Vacant Properties
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the immediate lessons his Department can draw from the widespread European practice of residential use above ground-floor...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the compulsory purchase order activation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24723/25]
- Grant Payments
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any grants can be expected for those who wish to build a modular and ‘cabin-style’ home; when these grants can...
- Rental Sector
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commit to ensuring no renter is disadvantaged by any changes to the rent pressure zones; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the financial support he is providing to local authorities to acquire second-hand properties for priority categories of need;...
- Water Quality
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his engagements with Uisce Éireann regarding water quality in Cork. [24897/25]
- Regeneration Projects
47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update in respect of the recommendation of the Dublin city task force, which forms part of the programme for Government,...
- Housing Policy
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to reinstate the Uisce Éireann rebate and the development contribution waiver for first-time self-builders; and if he will...
- Housing Provision
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on home completions in the first quarter of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24647/25]
- Wind Energy Guidelines
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on when the new wind energy guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Vacant Properties
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to reduce the rate of vacant local authority homes across the country; and if he will make a statement...
- Wastewater Treatment
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the programme to be put in place by his Department to arrange for Uisce Éireann to take in charge wastewater treatment...
- Housing Schemes
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason local authorities in Cork have discontinued the tenant in situ scheme; the efforts he has made to reopen the scheme;...
- Defective Building Materials
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects; and for an update on the legislation for the...
- Housing Schemes
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on delivery under the local authority affordable purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Provision
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase the availability of affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defective Building Materials
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will bring forward an amendment to the defective concrete blocks Act 2022 that would allow the increase in the cap to...
- Regeneration Projects
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on progress made with developments under the urban regeneration and development fund; and if he will make a...
- National Planning Framework
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has confidence in the national planning framework considering its lack of emphasis on the practical supports needed to...
- Housing Provision
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the amount allocated to Galway County Council for social housing acquisitions for 2025; and if he will make a...
- Water Services
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the means by which he plans to prioritise water and wastewater infrastructure to deliver the capacity to facilitate housing...
- Housing Provision
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department collates data on the total number of persons on local authority housing waiting lists across the country,...
- Legislative Process
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the marine protected areas Bill; if he proposes to progress this piece of legislation; and if he will make a...
- Vacant Properties
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a progress report on the vacant homes action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24724/25]
- Housing Schemes
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the tenant in situ scheme; to provide clarity to local authorities who have approved properties using the...
- Septic Tanks
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the criteria for applying for a septic tank upgrade grant will be changed to allow householders to apply on the basis of...
- Departmental Budgets
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the allocation of €1 billion in additional capital investment to Uisce Éireann announced as part of budget 2025...
- Housing Provision
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for funding from each local authority under the social housing investment programme in 2023, 2024...
- Housing Schemes
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the local authority differential rent scheme to exclude carer's allowance and carer's benefit from rent...
- Housing Policy
76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to offer any additional supports for those leaving domestic abuse in terms of finding new housing; and if he will...
- Housing Provision
77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on a new housing activation fund to support the delivery of critical infrastructure that enables housing...
- Grant Payments
78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding being allocated for housing adaptation grants in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24598/25]
- Planning Issues
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the additional resources to and reform of An Bord Pleanála have led to any tangible improvements in the decision-making...
- Housing Provision
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to introduce a new local infrastructure housing activation fund, or similar scheme, to help unlock land for...
- Housing Schemes
83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government about the recent changes to the tenant in situ scheme; if he is aware of the risk of increased homelessness as a result of this...
- Harbours and Piers
84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the plans for the development of Galway Harbour; the breakdown of residential accommodation in the mixed-tenure...
- Housing Provision
85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation for building and acquiring social housing in County Monaghan, by category; the number of such homes built and...
- National Planning Framework
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the revised national planning framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24645/25]
- Harbours and Piers
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the Office of Public Works' progress in constructing the new harbour in Cappincur, Tullamore; the...
- Housing Provision
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation he has made to Dublin City Council for social housing in 2025; the amount of that which is for refurbishment;...
- Building Energy Rating
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to bring in minimum BER standards for the private rented sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Schemes
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the tenant in situ social housing acquisition programme for Fingal West; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for increasing and providing cost-rental homes in Cork county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24857/25]
- Building Regulations
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will carry out an urgent review of policies to move to allow new builds to install stoves and chimneys for...
- EU Regulations
96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish a national planning statement on short-term letting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24644/25]
- Wastewater Treatment
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider issuing a ministerial directive to Uisce Éireann to support the delivery of stand-alone, modular or...
- Departmental Functions
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the process for the establishment of the strategic housing activation office; to detail how the office will sit...
- Housing Schemes
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce additional housing supports to single-income households trying to purchase a home; and if he will make a...
- Housing Policy
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his Department’s efforts to earmark certain cost-rental units for key local workers, in line with...
- Housing Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether each county's house-building targets will be monitored monthly by the Minister; if he will meet with all county...
- Housing Schemes
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to help local authorities to continue the tenant in situ scheme, given that Dublin City Council has...
- Defective Building Materials
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the victims of the pyrite in concrete products scandal in the east of Ireland received 100% redress under the...
- Wastewater Treatment
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his Department’s pilot scheme for providing sewage infrastructure to currently unsewered...
- Housing Schemes
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the local authority house purchase scheme to enable tenants to purchase "section 5" houses; and if he will...
- Hedge Cutting
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure the protection of hedgerow habitats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23721/25]
- Housing Provision
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the number of housing completions in Cork in 2024; to specify the number completed by type of housing (private,...
- National Biodiversity Plan
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions being taken to protect and restore biodiversity through the national biodiversity action plan; and if he will make...
- Housing Provision
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost-rental housing units delivered in County Meath in 2024 and to date in 2025; how that compares with targets;...
- Wastewater Treatment
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify what engagement has taken place between Uisce Éireann and his Department on the taking in charge and upgrading...
- Departmental Functions
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the establishment of the housing activation office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23495/25]
- Housing Policy
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and his Department are more carefully vetting the potential applicants for the proposed housing 'tsar', in light of the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Domestic Violence
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his strategy towards stemming the tide of domestic abuse and supporting survivors of domestic abuse; the work under...
- Legislative Reviews
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1516 of 29 April 2025, his views on the ‘Impact on Safety and Well-being’...
- Family Reunification
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he will bring forward policy changes regarding the right of migrant workers with work permits to reunify with family...
- Local Community Safety Partnerships
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the establishment of local community safety partnerships in Louth; and if he will make a statement on...
- International Protection
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of contracts with private accommodation providers for IPAS that have been terminated between 1 January 2025 and 7...
- Local Community Safety Partnerships
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the operationalisation of the community safety partnerships; if any changes to the partnerships are under...
- An Garda Síochána
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the steps he is taking to increase the number of gardaí on the beat in the Dublin metropolitan region north....
- Electronic Tagging
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when, in accordance with the programme for Government, he expects to reintroduce the electronic tagging of individuals...
- Antisocial Behaviour
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on his work in tackling antisocial behaviour in the Dublin metropolitan region north. [24735/25]
- Crime Prevention
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1562 of 29 April 2025, if he will provide an update on the ongoing activities and...
- An Garda Síochána
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who left the force within five years of joining the force, in each of the past ten years and to date...
- Court Accommodation
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on funding for a new courthouse and services, in Portlaoise, County Laois; to give a timeframe around...
- Public Inquiries
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of his recent meeting with a family (details supplied); if a public inquiry will be established, as mandated by the...
- Youth Services
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to strengthen and expand the Garda youth diversion programme in the coming years, particularly in areas with...
- Crime Prevention
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he is taking to tackle retail crime and how these measures are being rolled out in towns across Kerry. [24782/25]
- Deportation Orders
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders issued in 2024 and in 2025 to date; the number of those orders that were complied with...
- An Garda Síochána
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on his work on recruitment to An Garda Síochána. [24781/25]
- Prison Service
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to address prison overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24603/25]
- An Garda Síochána
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be any changes regarding the rationalisation of Garda stations to reflect growing population centres; and if he...
- International Protection
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans to introduce a standard structured form of consultation with communities in relation to the location of IPAS centres;...
- Drug Dealing
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals he has to address the prevalence and scourge of drugs in rural Ireland, and its consequences for community safety...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of his discussions with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive; if the issues pertaining to cross-Border...
- Northern Ireland
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assistance provided by the Government to the Omagh inquiry taking place in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Domestic Violence
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he has plans to ensure there are measures in place so that An Garda Síochána can issue confidential warnings...
- Youth Services
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reduce recidivism among young offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24601/25]
- Legislative Measures
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to introduce legislation making it an offence to document and-or distribute video footage and-or images of fatal...
- Crime Prevention
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeline for publishing a new rural safety strategy, to expand successful approaches to tackling rural crime; and...
- An Garda Síochána
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he declined to attend the annual Garda Representative Association, GRA, conference; if he acknowledges his...
- Youth Services
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the funding provided through his Department for the operation of youth diversion projects in County Galway; and if...
- Prison Service
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the overcrowding at Cork Prison; the steps being taken to address the capacity issues on site...
- International Protection
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the process whereby international protection applicants may, at very short notice, be moved from the...
- An Garda Síochána
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have left the force over the past five years; and the number of gardaí recruited to the...
- Inspector of Prisons
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the Chief Inspector of Prisons Annual Report for 2023, specifically the poor staff-prison dynamics and overly...
- Housing Provision
166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of any reviews or reports into the impact of the accommodation recognition payment on the private rental sector that...
- An Garda Síochána
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given there were only 700 community gardaí in the State at the end of 2024, compared with 1,113 at the end of 2011,...
- Legislative Reviews
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his assessment of the operation and impact of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020; and if he...
- Prison Service
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the rationale for closing the progression unit in Mountjoy Prison; the action taken to accommodate the...
- An Garda Síochána
170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of An Garda Síochána personnel currently serving in the Fermoy and Midleton districts in County Cork, by...
- Deportation Orders
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and estimated cost per child of deporting children from the State, in each of the past five years, to date in 2025;...
- An Garda Síochána
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends that forthcoming legislation on facial recognition technology, Garda body cameras and prohibiting the wearing of...
- Crime Prevention
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for his response to the increasing incidence of retail crime, including theft, assaults on retail workers and antisocial...
- Gangland Crime
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on organised crime in Limerick city, the resources needed by the Garda and the additional steps that can be taken to...
- Legislative Reviews
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on his Department’s consultations on the recommendation of the review group on the Offences Against...
- Courts Service
177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 2 April 2025, to report on the retention of the court service at Youghal, County...
- An Garda Síochána
178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to support the Garda to use artificial intelligence in criminal investigations; and if he will make a statement on...
- Legislative Measures
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for legislation to be published regarding the use of victims' counselling notes during sexual assault trials; if...
- An Garda Síochána
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in detail the staffing resources of each Garda station in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Humanitarian Aid
182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagements with European counterparts regarding the potential activation of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to relieve...
- Legislative Process
183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current status of the implementation of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and the work his Department...
- Departmental Bodies
184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State...
- Passport Services
185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to examine the case of a person (details supplied) who, having applied for a passport in October 2024, has yet to receive any confirmation...
- Overseas Development Aid
186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a comprehensive breakdown of all Irish foreign aid spending for the past five years, including but not limited to (details...
- Commemorative Plaques
187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the bust of General San Martin will be put on public display (details supplied); if consideration will be given, in consultation with the...
- Passport Services
188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [25046/25]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Bodies
190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and...
- Coastal Protection
191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Geological Survey of Ireland recently undertook an aerial geophysical survey on 10 May 2025 in a coastal area...
- Fuel Poverty
192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the energy poverty action plan will be scrapped; if it is to be revised, to outline all of changes being made,...
- Environmental Schemes
193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a full review of the better energy warmer homes application of a person (details supplied) could be carried out; and...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Bodies
194. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Office of Public Works
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the history and current status of a building (details supplied); if the company with an existing lease will be...
- Departmental Bodies
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the...
- Airport Policy
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with reports (details supplied) of flights operating outside of their allowed flight paths with excessive noise to...
- Road Projects
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Mallow relief road project, including the expected timelines for completion of the planning phase...
- Bus Éireann
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the persistent and worsening failures of the Bus Éireann 101 service which services communities between Dublin and...
- Road Projects
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the footpath and road realignment project will be expedited on the N70 Ring of Kerry, from Laune Bridge out as far as the new hub on...
- Environmental Impact Assessments
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assessments produced and-or commissioned, to date, by his Department relating to the environmental impact of commercial drone...
- National Car Test
204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if cars owned or operated by beneficiaries of temporary protection are not exempt from NCT testing and certification; the current...
- Road Safety
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations of the new speed camera detection system on traffic lights, to be introduced this summer. [25039/25]
- Aviation Industry
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his responsibilities over the Irish Aviation Authority in relation to the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993; if he...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Bodies
207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each...
- Tax Code
208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the requirement for State agencies and public bodies to pay residential zoned land tax, in light of concerns that the imposition of these...
- Tax Collection
209. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of an instalment payment option for those making payments to Revenue for payments such as vehicle registration tax; and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Site Acquisitions
210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 353 of 25 February 2025, to provide an update on identifying a site for a Garda station in the...
- Departmental Bodies
211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the...
- Heritage Sites
212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address the concerns regarding the ongoing closure since November 2024 of the shop at the Clonmacnoise monastic site; if the...
- Burial Grounds
214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he can acknowledge receipt of communication on 7 March 2025 from the Invincibles Interment Campaign, which is seeking the reinterment...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Copyright Infringement
215. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the steps being taken, or envisaged, to protect the 'rip-off' of copyright by AI tools in areas such as, but not exclusive...
- Departmental Bodies
216. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the...
- Work Permits
217. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider introducing a 24-month postgraduate work permit with a reduced minimum annual remuneration threshold salary in...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the ongoing delay in funding approval for the refurbishment and establishment of ASD classes at a school (details supplied);...
- Schools Building Projects
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the permanent school building project for a school (details supplied); when the project will go to tender; the timeline...
- Departmental Bodies
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by her Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of...
- Public Sector Staff
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the procedure to be followed by a school and the board of management to facilitate the continued employment of a person past their...
- Special Educational Needs
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding the proposed expansion of an autism class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position with those over 70 years of age being allowed to drive a school bus; the attempts the Minister has made to change this...
- Special Educational Needs
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what concrete co-ordination mechanisms are in place between the CDNTs, the NCSE and schools to ensure that parents who have children under...
- School Patronage
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise building an Educate Together school in the Beaumont-Coolock SPA as there is currently no provision in the area; if schools...
- Special Educational Needs
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she could assist in accessing a place for a child with at a primary school ASD unit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider building the now deferred school (details supplied) in the Donaghmede, Howth-D13, Baldoyle, Stapolin school planning area,...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Bodies
235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to...
- Tourism Funding
236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a strategic tourism festival investment scheme 2026-2028 application (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a...
- Sports Funding
237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the payment of a sports capital grant for a club (details supplied) where the works are now complete; and if he...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Budgets
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the source of the non-voted €490 million allocated to Uisce Éireann under the heading 'internal’...
- Departmental Bodies
241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost...
- Housing Schemes
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Kildare County Council is no longer in a position to provide for new tenant in situ applications; if he...
- Building Regulations
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the merits of introducing new building regulations that would require any public building with toilet access to...
- Vacant Properties
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant council houses, broken down by local electoral area, for 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he...
- Building Regulations
245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing legislation similar to the United Kingdom’s Awaab’s Law, which sets legal time...
- Housing Provision
246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to request Kerry County Council to open up, as a matter of priority, a low-cost sites scheme in Cahersiveen, County Kerry,...
- Housing Schemes
247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to introduce a housing community living scheme for senior citizens who have indicated a wish to relocate from rural areas in...
- Housing Provision
248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the social housing waiting lists for Kerry in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and...
- Wastewater Treatment
251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm when a facility (details supplied) will be taken in charge by his Department. [25068/25]
- Housing Schemes
252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to eliminating ceilings for the first homes scheme on a county basis, and introducing one tier...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Bodies
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost...
- Social Welfare Appeals
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting eight months for a decision to be made in respect of his...
- Social Welfare Benefits
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of working family payment applications received; the number of working family payment applications awarded; the...
- Departmental Data
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of same-sex marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [25024/25]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the report commissioned by his Department on extending the fuel allowance to recipients of the...
- Social Welfare Rates
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of indexing the child support payment to 45% of the qualified adult payment for children under 12 and 55%...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 292 of 10 April 2025 and 1418 of 29 April 2025, without mentioning or outlining...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Family Reunification
263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the waiting times for long-stay visa applications under the "join family" category are influenced by the permit type of the...
- An Garda Síochána
264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers, by station, in County Wicklow for 2025 compared with 2020, in tabular form. [24900/25]
- Prison Service
265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a policy in place within the Irish Prison Service to notify victims of serious crime when the person convicted has...
- Public Sector Pensions
266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if service training days can be considered towards days' service with respect to an individual’s pension eligibility...
- Departmental Bodies
267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost...
- An Garda Síochána
268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has carried out any research as to the minimum and maximum potential pensions cost to existing gardaí...
- Visa Applications
271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason only one family member of children from Gaza being brought to Ireland for medical treatment is being given a stamp 4...
- Family Reunification
273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to urgently expedite the processing of a family spouse unification visa application for a person (details supplied); the reason...
- An Garda Síochána
275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average duration of suspension for members of An Garda Síochána. [25016/25]
- Local Community Safety Partnerships
279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in detail the new format and commencement date for local community safety partnerships, which are to replace...
- Road Safety
280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the locations of the new speed camera detection system on traffic lights, to be introduced this summer. [25038/25]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the budget and the total spend for ACRES in each of the years 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a...
- Trade Agreements
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the impact the recent trade agreement between the USA and the UK will have on Irish beef exports to the UK; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if PTO generators are considered a fixed item under TAMS 3; the rationale for said classification; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Rebates
285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned that farmers are unable to claim VAT rebates on large standalone diesel generators on farms, especially in the...
- Departmental Bodies
286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the...
- Agriculture Schemes
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the EU Commission's approval of Ireland's GAEC 2 approach; the collaboration his Department has had with the EU...
- Foreshore Issues
295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1741 of 29 April 2025, if the details requested will be issued to this Deputy, given the...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disabilities Assessments
296. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures she will take to ensure assessments of needs are completed within the statutory timeline to reduce...
- Employment Rights
297. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has carried out any research on aligning Ireland’s family leave options with those of...
- Departmental Bodies
298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by her Department in each of the past ten...
- Child Abuse
299. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 22 January 2024, if the high-level group has reported on the...
- Childcare Services
300. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to help reduce fees in creches not in the core funding model; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
304. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions her Department has taken to support Irish speaking early years childcare settings and to increase...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Reports
305. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a timeline for the publication of the hip dysplasia audit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24898/25]
- Health Services Staff
306. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the situation where an individual is in the process of being registered with CORU as a social care worker, whether, if they were to take up part time...
- General Practitioner Services
307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs by county or smallest geographic region available; the number per capita; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24906/25]
- Hospital Appointments Status
308. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontal surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [24908/25]
- Medicinal Products
309. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the proposed HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24913/25]
- Mental Health Services
310. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24915/25]
- Hospital Staff
311. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the non-filling and delayed filling of vacant and suppressed posts, which is leading to unsafe staffing levels in nursing...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
313. To ask the Minister for Health the party responsible for the approval of CGM sensors, and if there is an appeals system in place for individuals who are unsuccessful in their application for...
- Healthcare Policy
314. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has turned down requests to treat injured children from Gaza in Children’s Health Ireland, despite the fact that clinicians and...
- Hospital Appointments Status
315. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive confirmation for a double hip surgery replacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24921/25]
- Departmental Bodies
316. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by her Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each...
- Medical Records
317. To ask the Minister for Health if there are established guidelines for GPs when presented with medical records from the British NHS; if such records of diagnosis are acceptable to receive...
- Cancer Services
319. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide data regarding waiting times for cancer diagnostics, by CHO area, for 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Ambulance Service
320. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes for an ambulance call-out to arrive in Kilkenny; the number of call-outs; the average distance travelled; and if she will...
- Dental Services
322. To ask the Minister for Health if extra money has been allocated to the public orthodontic service, and her plans to improve the service. [24964/25]
- Cancer Services
323. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the HSE guidelines that Breast Care clinics must follow when a woman in her 20s or 30s attends a Breast Clinic appointment after being referred by...
- Misuse of Drugs
324. To ask the Minister for Health the date for when legislation will classify hexahydrocannabinol, HHC, as a schedule 1 controlled drug under the misuse of drugs legislative framework, with a...
- Medicinal Products
325. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2211 of 29 April 2025, if a timeline or target exists for the provision of intravitreal injections for macular...
- Dental Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of public dentists who have retired in each county in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [24997/25]
- Medicinal Products
328. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position with regard to access to medicines by pharmacists, as indicated at a recent conference; if she is satisfied with the supply chain for...
- Alcohol Sales
329. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the roll-out of standardised labelling of alcohol products in Ireland; if alcohol products imported from EU member states will have to comply...
- Medical Records
330. To ask the Minister for Health the reforms she plans to put in place to improve Irish citizens’ access to their health records digitally; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
333. To ask the Minister for Health the reason she will not extend the special scheme of paid leave for eligible public health sector employees suffering from long Covid; if she will replace this...
- Legislative Measures
334. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the new nicotine inhaling products Bill, her plans in respect of flavours; if consideration has been given to people with allergies (details...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Bodies
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of...
- Third Level Costs
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25066/25]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Bodies
337. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the...
- Departmental Funding
338. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for a county-by-county breakdown of the level of funding provided for the present LEADER programme; the funding provided for the...
