Written answers

Tuesday, 20 May 2025

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      54. To ask the Taoiseach to give a briefing on his interactions at the gathering of the fourth shared island forum. [21001/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      61. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate action, environment and energy will next meet. [20978/25]
    • Departmental Reports
      65. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on his Department's interdepartmental group report on the Dublin city task force recommendations. [20996/25]
    • National Security
      71. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the progress of the national security strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18074/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      77. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [20956/25]
    • Church-State Relations
      81. To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the death of His Holiness Pope Francis; and if he will outline any plans by the Government to mark his passing. [20971/25]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Industry
      115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the collection of sheep wool from farmers is a priority of his Department as many producers are having difficulty disposing of it;...
    • Nitrates Usage
      116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the advancement of work to prepare the nitrates plan for submission to Brussels by the required date in June 2025; if...
    • Greyhound Industry
      120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people working directly in the greyhound racing industry; and if plans are being made for a just transition for those...
    • Forestry Sector
      123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of land afforested in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the Government's target for afforestation in 2025;...
    • Fisheries Protection
      126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the tuna CHART programme in 2024; the status of the socioeconomic survey from the authorised charter trips, and if...
    • Animal Diseases
      127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure that staffing levels in the Naas District Veterinary Office are examined given the urgency of addressing the high incidence...
    • Wild Fires
      129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the response to wildfires on Achill. [25732/25]
    • Animal Diseases
      130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the engagements he has had with farming organisations in relation to his Department's proposed measures to tackle...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 1 May 2025, given that it is over a year since the closure of the public consultation on...
    • Forestry Sector
      133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the recent comments by the Minister of State with responsibility for forestry regarding the planting of trees on...
    • Animal Diseases
      134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his attendance at the TB summit meeting; and the actions he intends to take arising from the summit. [25489/25]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in each county who are yet to receive their ACRES payments in full; and the timeframe in which he intends to...
    • Control of Dogs
      136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to introduce a single centralised national database for dog microchip registration data as this would improve...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the huge concerns in the farming and rural communities regarding the haphazard planning...
    • Animal Diseases
      138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his engagement to date with all stakeholders on additional measures required to control bovine TB; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Funding
      139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the EU on the proposed €3 billion fund for young farmers; the way in which he will ensure Irish farmers...
    • Water Quality
      140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the work to improve water quality, including a new dedicated committee at Government level; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Industry
      141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department's long-term strategy for Irish agriculture in the context of climate action, food security and changing...
    • Farm Inspections
      145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure farm inspections are scheduled with at least two weeks' notice, avoid inspections during the lambing period, and...
    • Animal Welfare
      146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether a ban on fox hunting should be introduced. [25589/25]
    • Horse Racing Industry
      147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of injured horses killed at Irish racecourses in 2024; and if, given the ongoing suffering and death at races, he will...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to develop and implement comprehensive apprenticeship and mentorship programmes, given the...
    • EU Programmes
      149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the progress of the European Innovation Partnership Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Animal Diseases
      150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific new measures being considered or planned to address the current surge in bovine TB cases (details supplied); the...
    • Agriculture Supports
      152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the low level of farm succession, given that a third of farmers are over 65 years and only 4.3% are under 35...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ACRES payments receivable at present; the number of applications that have been issued additional information requests;...
    • Tillage Sector
      154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports in place for tillage farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25729/25]
    • Agriculture Supports
      155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking regarding succession in farming, in particular the delivery of a comprehensive succession policy...
    • Animal Diseases
      156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans for population control of badgers to reduce the number of cases of bovine TB, in particular in west Wicklow...
    • Agriculture Supports
      157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on funding streams to support farmers in nature restoration; the supports currently available; the measures he is...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ACRES scheme; the number of applications received, the number of applications still waiting assessment, the number...
    • Agriculture Supports
      159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes in place and uptake of same to help support women in farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25508/25]
    • EU Programmes
      160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are examples of previous recipients of funding under the European Innovation Partnership Programme in Ireland who have been...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made in his Department to streamline the applications processes for CAP and other farm grants; and if he will make...
    • Veterinary Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has a strategy to address the shortage in large animal vets in rural Ireland. [25731/25]
    • Agriculture Industry
      163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, during his recent trip to America, he was provided with clarity on what impact President Trump's tariffs will have on Ireland's...
    • Departmental Data
      164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons to attain a green certificate qualification in the State in each of the past ten years. [25484/25]
    • Animal Diseases
      165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovine tuberculosis outbreaks nationally in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of false positives recorded...
    • Food Prices
      166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to tackle the high cost of beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25730/25]
    • Agriculture Supports
      167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding supports for dry stock farmers in the Dublin region, particularly in the Scalp and Ballyman; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Industry
      168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress in preparing for the impact of any new tariffs on Irish farmers and agrifood producers; and if he will make a statement...
    • Animal Diseases
      169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for engaging with farmers and industry when reviewing and updating the National TB 2030 Eradication Strategy; and if he...
    • Greyhound Industry
      170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that died on track or afterwards as a result of injuries sustained at tracks in 2024. [25588/25]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers awaiting ACRES 2024 advance payments; the number of farmers still awaiting a 2023 balancing payment; the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the concrete measures he is taking to make farming a more attractive and sustainable career path for young people (details supplied);...
    • Planning Issues
      174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work being carried out to examine planning and other local authority issues related to his Department's grant schemes available...
    • Agriculture Supports
      175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific measures being taken to support young farmers in accessing low-interest loans and land leasing opportunities, as...
    • Animal Diseases
      176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being implemented in the proposed new TB eradication scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25493/25]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the uptake of the lowemissions slurry spreading scheme, which provides capital grants to farmers for low-emission...
    • Animal Diseases
      178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the proposals made at the emergency TB stakeholder forum and address the comments surrounding restriction and...
    • EU Programmes
      180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 2 April 2025, if the detailed project proposals have now been evaluated; the results of...
    • Energy Policy
      181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the progress enabling farmers to participate in or initiate anaerobic digestion for energy purposes; and if...
    • Agriculture Supports
      182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the mental health supports available for young farmers. [25605/25]
    • Greyhound Industry
      183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether State financial support for greyhound racing should be withdrawn. [25585/25]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the agricultural sector in the most recent available full year; and if he will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      185. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the shared island initiative. [25319/25]
    • National Security
      186. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the progress of the national security strategy. [25320/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      187. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on disability will next meet. [25414/25]
    • Weather Events
      188. To ask the Taoiseach the days on which employees of his Department were advised to work from home due to weather warnings. [25441/25]
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      189. To ask the Taoiseach further to his comments to representative groups regarding addressing antisemitism in Ireland (details supplied), if he will provide details of his plans to appoint a...
    • Trade Agreements
      191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the Government's assessment of the environmental impact of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, particularly in the context of...
    • EU Presidency
      192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to consider Killarney, County Kerry, as a host town for meetings of the Presidency of the European Union in 2026. [25934/25]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he remains committed to the New Decade New Approach agreement commitment of £1 million for an addiction centre in Derry. [25079/25]
    • Human Rights
      194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the arbitrary detention of a person (details supplied) who has been wrongly imprisoned in Dubai for seventeen years; and...
    • Middle East
      195. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Israel's aid blockade on Gaza. [24172/25]
    • Official Engagements
      196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken formally with the Chinese ambassador to Ireland to date in 2025. [25352/25]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget allocated to the Irish Embassies based in Ankara, Pretoria, Wellington and Kuala Lumpur, in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form....
    • Passport Services
      199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25377/25]
    • Human Rights
      203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to advise what response he is receiving from engagement on the case of a person (details supplied); the additional actions that will be...
    • Middle East
      205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the June 2024 assessment of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (details supplied) that famine has...
    • Rockall Island Ownership
      211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position on Rockall and surrounding waters; his approach to Britain's claim of sovereignty and to 22km territorial waters...
    • Passport Services
      212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26016/25]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Conservation
      213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has engaged with approved housing bodies, AHBs, and local authorities regarding initiatives to...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when An Post pension recipients will receive the 1.4% increase that was promised to take effect from 1 January 2025;...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will inquire as to whether the ESB will provide support to the 3% of customers whose connectivity is too poor to...
    • Data Centres
      216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Uisce Éireann collects data on the amount of water currently being used by data centres on a monthly basis; if...
    • Fuel Quality
      218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the sampling, testing and oversight of the quality of diesel available in Ireland; if a totally...
    • Environmental Schemes
      219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports available for retrofitting of micro approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Recycling Policy
      222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the publication and implementation of the second Whole of Government Circular Economy Strategy; if...
    • Environmental Schemes
      225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of doubling the funding available for heating control grants based on 2024 figures. [25359/25]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if and when each local authority will be given a specific emissions reduction target, as per the climate action plan;...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the forthcoming renewable heat obligation will deal with the liquid fuel and gas sectors separately, given the fact...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an analysis has been conducted of the volume of emissions reductions associated with each euro spent by the Climate...
    • Inland Fisheries
      231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of fisheries protection officers employed by Inland Fisheries Ireland, on permanent and temporary contracts,...
    • Litter Pollution
      241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of litter fines issued by each local authority over the past three years; the number issued for each year,...
    • Illegal Dumping
      243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of local authorities who have used CCTV or similar technology in the detection and or prosecution of illegal...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a planning application (details supplied); when the planning application will be formally withdrawn...
    • Foreshore Issues
      247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of licences issued by MARA in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25865/25]
    • Grant Payments
      248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to estimate the cost to apply an electricity credit for three consecutive months of €100 per month, in tabular...
    • Environmental Schemes
      253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of SEAI home energy upgrades that have been grant supported since 2020, per county; and the amount of grant...
    • Business Supports
      254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of businesses that have availed of the business energy upgrades scheme since 2020, per county; and the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      255. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the policy of the Defence Forces relative to granting transfers on compassionate grounds where a member has an immediate requirement to be...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      259. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the case of a person (details supplied) can be reviewed and his preserved pension processed. [25594/25]
    • Defence Forces
      260. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces general service body armour (GSBA) that is currently in service throughout the Defence Forces, including in overseas...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Vehicle Testing
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine how ‘type approval‘ certification can be achieved for an industrial vehicle converted from a diesel or petrol...
    • Driver Test
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be made for the establishment of more driving test centres to alleviate current wait times for a test; if...
    • Airport Policy
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place to ensure adequate Irish language signage in all of the country’s airports (detail supplied); if there is a...
    • Bus Services
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the establishment of late-night bus services; and to update on the work of officials within his Department on the proposal...
    • Road Safety
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report as to if there are any plans within his Department to review and amend the ‘Design Manual for Urban Roads and...
    • Taxi Licences
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of registered taxi and hackney vehicles in operation in each county in each of the years 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular...
    • Rail Network
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the eight key projects within the All-Island Strategic Rail Review that are to be completed by 2030 and by 2035; and if he will...
    • National Car Test
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average wait time for an NCT at the NCT Centre in Ennis, County Clare; the number of priority list NCT appointments given at the NCT...
    • Public Transport
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and his Department have considered the creation and implementation of a virtual Leap card; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Licences
      274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the waiting time for the reissuing of a Irish licence is so long for persons returning from abroad who have held a Irish...
    • Road Network
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process by which a road might be upgraded from a regional road to a national road; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current total service volume of each driving test centre, in tabular form. [25310/25]
    • Transport Policy
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position on funding for transport infrastructure upgrades in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25343/25]
    • Cycling Facilities
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of installation of a bike stand with capacity for 30 bicycles and 30 bikes to be installed in Tipperary similar to the...
    • Bus Services
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria used by National Transport Authority and Bus Éireann to determine the routes prioritised for the deployment of...
    • Electric Vehicles
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the electric vehicle grant for taxis, hackneys and limousines (eSPSV) to include hybrid vehicles; and if he will make...
    • Rail Network
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to address the platform limitations in Connolly Station and expand the station to include more platforms; and if he...
    • Bus Services
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport where follow-up customer satisfaction surveys have already been carried out in relation to BusConnects, where they are planned to be...
    • Coast Guard Service
      290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether, in light of significant safety and operational concerns for island communities and offshore maritime operations being raised,...
    • Driver Test
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown, by each centre of each of the number of testers employed by the RSA to work overtime on a weekly basis, the number of...
    • Road Safety Authority
      293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the future plans for reform of the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25483/25]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on CIÉ pension recipients who have not received an increase in almost 18 years. [25510/25]
    • Road Tolls
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the toll revenue collected by Transport Infrastructure Ireland from the M50 in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [25534/25]
    • Road Network
      296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of repairs and maintenance of the M50 in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [25535/25]
    • Dublin Port Tunnel
      297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the toll revenue collected by Transport Infrastructure Ireland from the Dublin Port Tunnel in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024....
    • Road Projects
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of construction of each of the following road projects and periods of concession when a public-private partnership was used as...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the number of fatal and serious road traffic collisions in 2024 involving learner drivers; the number of fatalities and serious...
    • Driver Test
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving testers in each Dublin test centre; if there are plans to increase these numbers in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently expand the Local Link Service, at Portmagee, County Kerry, the gateway to Skellig Michael, and a very popular tourist route,...
    • Public Transport
      312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport about mobility hubs; to provide a detailed outline of the plan for roll-out mobility hubs; the estimated timeline for the delivery of...
    • Rail Accidents
      314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year costs to recruit two additional WTE railway accident investigators for his Department. [25860/25]
    • Transport Costs
      316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an estimate of the annual financial impact that the new increased fare zones will have on commuters in Kildare north...
    • Taxi Licences
      318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the significant increase in new autism spectrum disorder classes anticipated in September 2025, whether his Department will...
    • Bus Éireann
      320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 29 April 2025, when a response will issue to this Deputy from the company in question. [25928/25]
    • Bus Services
      321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify the position in relation to supply chain issues concerning bus shelters through the National Transport Authority tendering...
    • Public Transport
      322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the timeline for the implementation of contactless public transport ticketing across the country, under the Indra...
    • Driver Test
      324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the status of a Driving test centre for Drogheda town, if he will provide a timeline for the test centre being...
    • Driver Licences
      325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider awarding Irish driving licences to Irish expats returning to Ireland, who are competent drivers, and need renewed...
    • Rail Network
      327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of accessibility issues at Fota railway station in Cork, in particular regarding the necessity to use a footbridge with...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs
      328. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline all information in relation to people applying for tax relief on electricity related to running health equipment, including a list of eligible...
    • Tax Code
      329. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the experience of the taxation of e-cigarettes in other jurisdictions have informed thinking around the proposed e-liquids tax; what...
    • Insurance Industry
      330. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the fact that sports insurance firms are not paying for upfront medical costs (details supplied); and if he will instruct his Department to...
    • Tax Data
      331. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have declared profits to the Revenue Commissions from cryptocurrency investments, in each of the past five years; to indicate the...
    • State Bodies
      333. To ask the Minister for Finance the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments, bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State-semi-State body or other...
    • Tax Reliefs
      334. To ask the Minister for Finance if changes will be made to the help to buy grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25475/25]
    • Legislative Measures
      335. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024; and whether he will consider expanding the role of post offices in the...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      336. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand eligibility for the disabled drivers and passengers scheme to include people living with scoliosis and recipients of corrective spinal...
    • Fiscal Policy
      337. To ask the Minister for Finance to confirm that the fiscal and economic outlook published on budget day will be the new medium-term fiscal and structural plan; to outline the circumstances...
    • Fiscal Data
      338. To ask the Minister for Finance to confirm that no additional tariffs over what was already in place by the end of March this year were assumed in the baseline economic projections contained...
    • Tax Reliefs
      341. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he intends to extend the help-to-buy scheme to first-time buyers purchasing second-hand properties; if he will provide a timeline for this; and if he...
    • Tax Data
      342. To ask the Minister for Finance the manner by which the Revenue Commissioners calculate tax forgone for those tax expenditures identified (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      344. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the current rate of tax on managed funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25822/25]
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      345. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding vehicle registration tax and its relationship with EU trade law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25841/25]
    • Tax Credits
      346. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first year and full year cost of increasing the home carer tax credit to €2,000. [25922/25]
    • Tax Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category MPPC for a 20-pack of cigarettes since 2014; the portion of the increase related...
    • Illicit Trade
      349. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons successfully prosecuted for tobacco and or cigarette smuggling in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25941/25]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works
      351. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Department that will take responsibility for the National Children's Science Centre once completed by the OPW; the way in which this...
    • Flood Risk Management
      353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to report on how often the flood defence systems along the Dodder River are assessed to ensure they meet the required capacity. [25192/25]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he is considering any proposals to address the pension anomalies of senior Garda officers; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Risk Management
      355. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to improve the management of the River Shannon; his plans to tackle the issue of flooding in the Shannon Callows; and if he...
    • Office of Public Works
      356. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE chefs directly employed by the Office of Public Works, as of 13 May 2025. [25370/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to examine issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) and to assist in resolution; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding that has been ring fenced for the opening of Bailieborough Garda Station; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Burial Grounds
      363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will instruct the Office of Public Works to carry out a feasibility study to assess whether the remains of the Invincibles Joe...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to improve public procurement practice; the improvements that have been put in place since 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Office of Public Works
      365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year costs to recruit two additional Fire Safety Engineer Grade 1 for the OPW. [25862/25]
    • National Monuments
      366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the OPW has applied for Ministerial consent for the new enclosure for the Turoe Stone, National Monument number 327, which was...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on each ongoing and proposed flood relief scheme in County Donegal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      369. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider introducing flexibility in the application of the labour market needs test for work permit applicants in the...
    • Gift Vouchers
      370. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Act 2019 mandates that gift vouchers retain their full monetary value for a minimum...
    • Economic Data
      373. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to Ireland's reduced competitiveness ranking (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Export Controls
      374. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of Irish companies exporting parts for military drones to companies (details supplied) in Israel, as reported in the...
    • Business Supports
      378. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the name and address of each recipient of the increased cost of business grant in Dublin 2,4,6 and 8; and if he will make a statement...
    • Company Closures
      379. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the numbers on the opening of new hospitality businesses and closures of such businesses nationally from January...
    • Work Permits
      380. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25752/25]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      391. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE senior executives in global procurement employed by Enterprise Ireland in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the...
    • Business Supports
      392. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the operation and closure of the power up grant, particularly in cases where businesses (details supplied) were...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Disabilities Assessments
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently on a waiting list with the NCSE for an assessment of needs; the number of children on a waiting list from 2019...
    • School Transport
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the feasibility study to allow for over 70s drivers to drive school buses, be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Process
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024 will progress and be implemented (details supplied); and if she will...
    • School Transport
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to stop a school bus service (details supplied) will be reconsidered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25080/25]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the establishment of a commission of investigation, as recommended in the Scoping Inquiry; and if she will make a...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the number of NEPS psychologists employed in each NEPS local office throughout the country; the number of primary and secondary...
    • School Facilities
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of both primary and secondary schools that provide unisex wheelchair accessible toilets for both students and staff, by county, in...
    • School Admissions
      402. 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 remainder of the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education teachers allocated per school in DEIS and non-DEIS schools in 2024; the criteria used for these allocations, in...
    • Mental Health Policy
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports currently available for student mental health in post-primary schools; if there are plans to increase school-based counselling...
    • Teacher Training
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional training for teachers on student mental health and trauma-informed approaches will be introduced under the next school wellbeing...
    • School Staff
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to increase permanent teaching posts to address the over-reliance on temporary contracts in certain schools; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school building projects in Dublin south central, including any projects delayed due to inflation or capital budget constraints, in...
    • School Accommodation
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the roll out of prefab replacement programmes for primary schools; the number of schools currently on the...
    • School Curriculum
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to schools to implement the revised Junior Cycle digital literacy curriculum, including staff training and infrastructure...
    • School Funding
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to fund the purchase of digital devices for students at risk of digital exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Costs
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to reduce the cost of schoolbooks, uniforms and voluntary contributions for families in all schools; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for students attending a school (details supplied), and particularly for a school leaver who will attend...
    • State Examinations
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the trend in mathematics performance results (details supplied); the actions she will take to address these...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new round of DEIS schools will be announced; the criteria for schools being selected as DEIS; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Facilities
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to expand the summer programme to allow schools to apply for upgrade works to playgrounds, pitches and AstroTurf pitches that may...
    • School Transport
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding to assist schools with the rising cost of bus transport, considering the benefit of schools availing of nearby swimming pools,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed secondary school in a location (details supplied); what discussions her Department has had with the planning...
    • Special Educational Needs
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available to a school (details supplied) to provide resources for children with additional needs in September 2025; and if she...
    • Health and Safety
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has an official stance in relation to the location of phone masts next to schools, with consideration being given to the...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an féidir léi a dheimhniú, sa chás go mbeidh tionscadail le déanamh amach anseo mar chuid den mheasúnú ar an...
    • Special Educational Needs
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she aware of delays in the processing of assistive technology grant forms by her Department; if she is aware of the impact that these delays...
    • School Staff
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to retain qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25285/25]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an assessment of the outcomes resulting from the 2022 expansion of the DEIS programme, including the impact on literacy and...
    • School Funding
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for administration for the ICT grant to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25312/25]
    • School Transport
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve the provision of a dedicated school transport service on a route (details supplied), considering the significant demand, the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans the 2025 summer education programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25339/25]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a teaching council number (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25407/25]
    • Public Sector Pay
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there are any plans to review the current teacher pay scale to ensure that the valuable teaching experience gained abroad is duly...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the policies her Department applies to small schools and the point at which it is decided that one should close and amalgamate...
    • School Funding
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the situation whereby under circular 0080/2024, a new start up grant of €30,000 was approved to support the repurchasing of the...
    • School Transport
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to assure parents of a national school (details supplied) that they will have an operating school bus for the rest of the school term; and if she...
    • Third Level Education
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to support young family carers who find themselves penalised in university for missing academic deadlines or...
    • School Facilities
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of childcare and early years education centres which are being asked to move location, in order to facilitate special classes; and if...
    • School Funding
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can engage with a school (details supplied) with regard to its deficit for the 2023-2024 school year and to determine what...
    • Special Educational Needs
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a school (details supplied) will be granted a new autism class for 2025-26. [25502/25]
    • School Funding
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the payment of an ICT and minor works grant to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a stage 2(b) submission made to her Department in March for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • School Admissions
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children nationally, and specifically in Dublin, who will not have a school place this coming September; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of school places required for special schools for September 2025, and the projected number of places that will be available, in...
    • School Staff
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a pay deal for school caretakers, similar to that achieved for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a secondary school transport route will be implemented on R557 Lixnaw via Abbeydorney to service the secondary schools in Tralee, County...
    • Irish Language
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her vision for Irish-medium education. [25599/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mild general learning disability classrooms in County Kildare attached to a mainstream school or otherwise; the number of children...
    • School Attendance
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to students who, for medical reasons, have accrued substantial absence; whether any additional supports exist; and if she...
    • School Staff
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if urgent steps will be taken to address the continued lack of a proper pension scheme and the unequal terms and conditions under which school...
    • Education Policy
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to review the current policy of her Department which does not allow for grade repetition unless there is an academic reason (details...
    • Teacher Training
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is considering reducing the duration of the post-graduate Master's in Education from two years to one; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider regarding secretaries and caretakers, who work side by side with teachers and SNAs in this country daily, to receive the same...
    • School Funding
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ICT grant will be paid to primary schools this year. [25769/25]
    • School Staff
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support giving public sector status to all secretaries and caretakers in schools giving them the same access to protections and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of an additional needs application from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to a project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25823/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances surrounding the decision not to approve the application made by a school (details supplied) for the opening of a special class;...
    • School Accommodation
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional school accommodation for a post primary school, form ASA (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to open a special class for boys in any of the primary schools in Moate; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staff
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to give public sector status for all secretaries and caretakers working in schools, to be given access to the same rights, the same...
    • School Transport
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline, given the recognised shortage of school bus drivers, if she has any plans to extend the retirement age for school bus drivers past...
    • School Funding
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the ICT grant for schools; and when it is going to be paid. [25868/25]
    • School Accommodation
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the school works programme; and when it is going to be paid. [25869/25]
    • School Funding
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a calendar for school grants. [25870/25]
    • School Accommodation
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department will provide an update on the shared campus agreement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25881/25]
    • School Staff
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on school secretaries and caretakers not receiving a State pension, given their wages are paid by her Department; and if she will make...
    • Special Educational Needs
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the significant increase in new autism spectrum disorder classes anticipated in September 2025, whether her Department will consider...
    • Site Acquisitions
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made indisposal of land near a school (details supplied) to the HSE for the construction of the north Clondalkin primary care...
    • School Staff
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers. [25904/25]
    • School Transport
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she has had discussions regarding raising the retirement age for Bus Éireann school bus drivers to bring it into line with Local...
    • School Admissions
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children resident in the Athy area who have not yet been offered a primary school place for the upcoming academic year 2025-2026;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any more special classes will be sanctioned for the academic year 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26045/25]
    • School Staff
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a limit has been placed by her Department on the hours allotted to schools for teacher employment; the amount of hours sanctioned for the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for its delivery; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of communication between her Department and the NCSE; if the NCSE reports to her Department on the demand for mild learning classes in...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Television Licence Fee
      511. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline his plans for the implementation of the AVMS levy; how the collection of the levy will operate and how the...
    • Arts Council
      512. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount by which the Arts Council arts grant funding scheme increased or decreased each year since 2019; and the amount by...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      513. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he expects to make a decision on the renewal of funding for the basic income scheme for artists; when he will publicise this...
    • Sports Funding
      515. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is currently the intention of his Department to maintain current levels of core funding for sporting NGBs and LSPs for the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      516. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for the dates and attendance list of all meetings his Departmental officials, advisors or both has had with the National Concert...
    • Arts Funding
      517. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital and current funding provided to the Irish Arts Centre in New York in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25363/25]
    • Artists' Remuneration
      518. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the methodology for the cost-benefit analysis of the basic income for artists scheme, which is being undertaken as part of the...
    • Arts Funding
      519. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for details of what policies, schemes and employment or training opportunities are in place to support and promote the development...
    • Culture Policy
      520. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps his Department is taking to record and document the 'Cant' and 'Shelta' languages used by members of the Travelling...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      521. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the current lack of clarity about the basic income for artists scheme’s future beyond its scheduled conclusion in...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Disability Services
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what initiatives are in place to raise public and cross-Government awareness of the economic challenges faced by people with...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeal applications his Department has received; and the number of appeal decisions issued in each year since...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will revisit his predecessor’s decision not to accept and apply the European Commission’s 2022...
    • Paternity Leave
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is considering any proposals as laid out in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) to review a decision on carer's allowance....
    • Social Insurance
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the four-year limit on the refund of PRSI as set out in the Social Welfare and Pensions (No.2) Act...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the median and mean time to process carer's allowance reviews and appeals in Kerry, in each of the years 2015 to date; and if...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a deserted wives’ payment for a person (details supplied) will be put back on, as she is a permanent resident in...
    • Departmental Staff
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year costs to recruit one additional WTE medical examiner for his Department. [25358/25]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the promised increases to the disregard for carer's allowance to €625 for a single person and to €1,250...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the scheme or benefits introduced to replace the former jobseekers benefit which enabled a person who had lost their...
    • School Meals Programme
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options under the school meals scheme for children with diagnosed medical conditions relying on strict dietary routines;...
    • State Pensions
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that entitlement to survivor's pensions was expanded to included divorced people as part of a suite of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider introducing a system whereby people on the carer's allowance can sign off on various weeks, like the system with...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the review process for a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) who has had their claim suspended...
    • Departmental Investigations
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has protocols or agreements in place to govern how information arising from investigations conducted by...
    • Legislative Process
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection who were in receipt of a social welfare payment in 2022, 2023, 2024 and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on an appeal lodged with regard to invalidity pension (details supplied); the current average waiting time for...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance. . [25907/25]
    • Community Welfare Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost to recruit and pay an annual salary to a single welfare officer. [25911/25]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost the estimated cost of a €50 payment to all recipients of the fuel...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost to increase the age limit for the one family payment to 12 years. [25918/25]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of increasing the carer’s support grant by €50. [25919/25]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of introducing a long-term carer’s pension [25920/25]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of a once-off €50 payment to all recipients of the carer’s support...
    • State Pensions
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of increasing State pension payments by €1. [25923/25]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year cost of equalising rates of jobseeker’s allowance, jobseeker’s benefit...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25988/25]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the long application processing times for social welfare payments to school bus drivers during annual school holiday...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      638. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm under which State agencies' remit do CCTV cameras on the N11 fall. [25191/25]
    • International Protection
      639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25244/25]
    • Visa Agreements
      640. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place to enter into a new visa agreement between Ireland and Peru. [25902/25]
    • Legislative Process
      641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the updated regulations arising for sections 18 and 19 of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; to...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available within his Department for Charitable organisations developing facilities to help the victims of domestic...
    • Domestic Violence
      643. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made for safety orders, protection orders and barring orders in District Court sittings in District...
    • International Protection
      644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has engaged with officials from Cork City Council regarding the use of a property (details supplied). [25094/25]
    • Departmental Functions
      645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 4 March 2025, and the recent transfer of functions to his Department, to outline...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      646. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason investment has gone into roads policing by An Garda Síochána in the past five years. [25130/25]
    • Immigration Policy
      647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his response to the British government’s White Paper on Immigration; if the new policy proposals contained therein could...
    • An Garda Síochána
      649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the number of gardaí assigned, by rank, to each station in the Dublin metropolitan region. [25156/25]
    • Prison Service
      653. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average cost to keep a prisoner in custody; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25225/25]
    • Citizenship Applications
      655. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when will a decision be made on a citizenship application by a person (details supplied). [25264/25]
    • International Protection
      656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the detailed expenditure and oversight by his Department on the contract for services for accommodation of persons...
    • Stardust Fire
      657. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the compensation scheme for survivors of the Stardust fire; the timeline for the expected delivery of a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      658. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of D19 applications submitted by members of An Garda Síochána to Garda management; and the breakdown...
    • Departmental Budgets
      660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for Criminal Assets Bureau in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [25366/25]
    • Seized Property
      661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized by gardaí for having no insurance in each Garda division, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      662. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda mountain bikes allocated to Dublin metropolitan region in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of...
    • International Protection
      664. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if urgent action will be taken to ensure that a family (details supplied) is moved to appropriate accommodation. [25406/25]
    • Victim Support Services
      665. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual allocation to the victim support at court service in each of the past five years; the numbers of victims supported...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of his responsibility for equality policy the details of engagements between his Department and the ICCL and other...
    • An Garda Síochána
      672. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm the current Garda numbers at Westport and Claremorris Garda stations, given their frequent role in covering calls...
    • Immigration Policy
      673. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, under the proposal brought forward by the EU Commission on 16 April for an EU list of safe countries of origin, member...
    • Family Law Cases
      674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of practitioners on the District Court Family Law panel in each county in each of the past five years, in tabular...
    • Legal Aid
      675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the difficulties facing many of those seeking to secure protection orders and barring orders in securing...
    • Immigration Policy
      676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or officials from his Department have met with their Northern Ireland counterparts to discuss measures designed to reduce...
    • Deportation Orders
      677. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, and of what nationality, who have been deported in the past six years as a result of an alert on Sharing...
    • Immigration Policy
      678. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline, by year and nationality, the number of persons who have been subject to an entry ban in line with the EU Returns...
    • Immigration Support Services
      681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if they are aware of the case of a person (details supplied), who have struggled since coming to Ireland and have reached out...
    • Departmental Bodies
      682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality , the number of employees currently employed by the gambling regulatory authority of Ireland following the enactment of the...
    • Social Impact Bonds
      683. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money collected to date by the social impact fund under the gambling regulation act 2024; the amount expected by...
    • International Protection
      684. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of emergency visits that members of the Gardaí, Fire Service or National Ambulance Service crews made to the...
    • Immigration Status
      686. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who applied under the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants scheme which operated in 2022; the...
    • Student Visas
      688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of student visas issued in 2025 and in each of the past five years, by country of origin, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Deportation Orders
      692. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of enforced deportations with regard to unsuccessful applications for international protection in 2025 and in each...
    • International Protection
      693. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection in the State in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Immigration Status
      694. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of undocumented people in the State currently and in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • International Protection
      699. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international protection applicants in the State currently and in each of the past five years; and if he will...
    • Family Reunification
      703. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 902 of 13 May 2025, if the numbers approved for Family Reunification under Section 56 of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      704. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dogs currently in training to get into the Garda dog unit. [25850/25]
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      708. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people that have availed of the Irish Refugee Protection Programme; the total cost to the State each year for the...
    • Departmental Functions
      709. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the functions being transferred from his Department to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; and when these...
    • An Garda Síochána
      711. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the types of offences committed by minors that led to arrests over the period 2024 to date in 2025, by...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Supports
      712. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Government's position on the principle that farmers impacted by GAEC 2 environmental requirements should be compensated based on...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      713. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which all ACRES payments will be issued to those farmers struggling to pay bills at this time (details supplied). [25787/25]
    • Animal Diseases
      714. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being put in place to lower the levels of animal TB, given the high rates nationwide. [25788/25]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      715. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications under the solar capital investment scheme; the number of applications approved; the value of these...
    • Ports Policy
      716. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider facilitating the construction of a border control post (BCP) at the Port of Cork through which consignments of food, food...
    • Official Engagements
      718. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken formally with his UK counterpart to date in 2025. [25351/25]
    • Animal Diseases
      719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the potential benefits that the development of detection of infected animals among bovines...
    • Forestry Sector
      726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the concerns of forest owners who have had trees prematurely felled due to weather or other external circumstances...
    • Departmental Budgets
      730. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the €5 million from budget 2025 is being allocated to the Forgotten Farmers; the timeline for this; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Diseases
      731. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will step up efforts, in conjunction with the farming organisations, to agree on and put in place a TB scheme, which will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      732. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the steps he is taking to improve the processing times for the ACRES scheme; when the approximately 7,500 who are due...
    • Animal Diseases
      735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with farm organisations on proposed changes to rules regarding TB; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fisheries Protection
      736. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the numbers of fishery officers employed by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (permanent and temporary contracts) for...
    • Road Projects
      738. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will liaise with the Minister for Transport to source additional funding for private roads leading to farms and residences in...
    • Tillage Sector
      739. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of the Food Vision tillage report, and when he expects to see a tillage-centred environmental scheme...
    • Animal Welfare
      740. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the mistreatment of horses in Clonmel, County Tipperary (details supplied); the steps he is taking...
    • Agriculture Supports
      741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of all farm payments paid out to farmers in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will revisit the case of a fishing boat (details supplied) which has had cross-party agreement to resolve the long-drawn-out...
    • Agriculture Industry
      743. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the challenge of attracting young people and new entrants into a career in farming; and the supports to be put in place...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disability Services
      744. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the ratio between the number of CDNTs per head of population; and if she will confirm that Dublin west has two...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      745. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case can be examined of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for an assessment of needs since...
    • Childcare Services
      746. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department can provide any funding supports to creche and pre-school business owners who have been...
    • Disability Services
      747. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person in Donegal (details supplied) was not considered for day services in Donegal town, and when...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      748. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she could outline the interventions that can be made to assist in the case of a person (details supplied) who...
    • Disability Services
      749. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans for the improvement and expansion of disability day services; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      750. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a fully qualified special needs assistant (level 7) must gain a qualification (details supplied); if...
    • Care Services
      751. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are HIQA standards applying to the care of under 65’s in long-term residential care; and if she...
    • Childcare Services
      752. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ELC/SAC services that were found to be non-compliant in relation to staffing ratios, staff...
    • Disability Services
      756. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be provided in this year's Budget to fully staff the community neurorehabilitation team for the...
    • Children in Care
      757. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that foster carers receive a cut in payment when a child turns 18, even if the child is still in...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      758. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether there have been any discussions between her Department and the Department of Social Protection to...
    • Equality Issues
      759. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has any intention of taking up the issues arising from the Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive...
    • Disability Services
      760. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a child (details supplied) will be considered; if she will ensure that the support of a...
    • Equality Issues
      762. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how the higher effective poverty rates among people with disabilities are being incorporated into national...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      763. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has assessed Ireland's obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
    • Equality Issues
      764. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps are being taken to formally recognise the cost of disability in Government policy; and whether she...
    • Childcare Services
      766. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of childcare waiting lists in Wicklow; the measures being taken to address the shortage of...
    • Children in Care
      767. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HIQA inspections conducted on foster care services annually since 2019, across each of the 17...
    • Disability Services
      769. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the reinstatement of therapists from children disability network teams back to special schools...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      770. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions she is taking to address the waiting lists regarding assessment of needs tests for children; and if...
    • Disability Services
      771. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the interventions to be taken to assist with the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Child Protection
      772. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the annual reports from the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection (details supplied) who was...
    • Home Care Packages
      773. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons on waiting lists for home care and for additional home care hours in counties Roscommon...
    • Disability Services
      774. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current staffing vacancies within each of the children's disability network teams in New Ross, Enniscorthy,...
  • Department of Health
    • Home Care Packages
      777. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to regulate home care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25967/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      778. To ask the Minister for Health if a special chair can be provided for a person (details supplied). [25096/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      780. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a much-needed urology appointment at Cork University Hospital. [25149/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      781. To ask the Minister for Health in light of concerns across the Iveragh Peninsula, if an urgent intervention can be made to ensure the opening of two hospice beds in Cahersiveen Community...
    • Medicinal Products
      782. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the fact that a number of new medicines are being made available through private healthcare providers, while public patients are made to...
    • Home Care Packages
      783. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a home support package is put in place for a person, as a matter of urgency, and if a public health nurse can call to assess this...
    • Medical Inquiries
      784. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25166/25]
    • Health Services
      785. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will examine and intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25176/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a specialist helmet was turned down for a child (details supplied) by his CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25197/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      787. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to add Ozempic and Saxenda to the list of medications available under the drugs payment scheme for weight loss programmes; and if she...
    • Medical Qualifications
      790. To ask the Minister for Health if she can provide any detail in respect of the Taoiseach’s statement in the Dáil on 2 April 2025 that getting overseas occupational and speech and...
    • Medicinal Products
      791. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 2 October 2024, her views on whether funding earmarked for new medicines was spent on existing medicines; whether...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      792. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider advocating for changes at EU level in the revision of the tobacco tax Directive such that the law will facilitate, rather than prevent,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      793. To ask the Minister for Health when orthopaedic surgery in Letterkenny University Hospital will take place for a patient in County Donegal (details supplied), which was cancelled twice; if...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      794. To ask the Minister for Health which local health authorities have a reimbursement scheme offering an ESB rebate in lieu of the excess electricity costs incurred by running a home oxygen...
    • Ambulance Service
      795. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the number of personnel who have retired from the National Ambulance Service in each county in each of the past ten years,...
    • Alcohol Sales
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delays in introducing health information labelling of alcohol products; when labelling is likely to be introduced; and if she will make a...
    • Disease Management
      799. To ask the Minister for Health if she will establish a clinical programme for pulmonary fibrosis, to ensure that patients receive the highest standard of care and equitable access to a range...
    • Patient Transfers
      803. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will approve the funding to facilitate the transfer of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25283/25]
    • Medical Cards
      804. To ask the Minister for Health to detail any proposals under consideration by her Department relating to reforms of the medical card system; the stage of consideration of each; and if she...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get a hospital appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25297/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      806. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacies that have signed up to the upcoming HRT programme proposed by her Department, by county of those who have done so. [25303/25]
    • Patient Transfers
      807. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) in Letterkenny University Hospital will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire; the current...
    • Medicinal Products
      808. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 798 of 18 February 2025, for a further update on the progression of the recommended policy regarding 'controlled drugs'...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      809. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the process involved in the assessment for a primary medical certificate in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Hospital Admissions
      810. To ask the Minister for Health the main reason for children being admitted to psychiatric hospitals and units in 2024 and to date in 2025. [25338/25]
    • Eating Disorders
      811. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people hospitalised with eating disorders since 2022. [25345/25]
    • Primary Care Services
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric occupational therapists based in primary care in CHO3 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25349/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      814. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 18 May 2022, when voretigene neparvovec luxturna will be added to the reimbursement list in line with the Health...
    • Hospital Services
      815. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address a medical matter concerning a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25415/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      816. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will expedite an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25420/25]
    • Dental Services
      817. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence regarding orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25433/25]
    • Abortion Services
      820. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied with the conclusion made in the 2021 Review by the HSE's National Women and Infants Health Programme that telemedicine abortion is safe for...
    • Disease Management
      822. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a revised timeframe for the publication of the national framework on endometriosis care, in light of previous delays; the current status of the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      825. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to support the mental health of young carers given they are five times more likely to suffer from depression than their...
    • Mental Health Services
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists employed by CAMHS in the Kildare area; the number of psychologists working in CAMHS in the Kildare area; the size of the waiting...
    • Primary Care Centres
      827. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for the future of a health centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25470/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      828. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the freestyle libre 2 system available on medical card to those using both metformin and insulin; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the current state of play of the HSE's plan to develop a primary care centre at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Abortion Services
      830. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list, of any meetings including dates and headline details related to or featuring issues related to termination of pregnancy from January 2025 to...
    • Dental Services
      831. To ask the Minister for Health whether she was aware that there are very few dentist offices that are available in Ireland to wheelchair users who have a medical card; the actions being...
    • Hospital Admissions
      832. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide data on the number of self-harm presentations to hospital emergency departments from 2020 to date in 2025; if her Department provides...
    • Cancer Services
      833. To ask the Minister for Health if she will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss services in Ireland for women with ovarian cancer; if she will comment on the illumination of...
    • Hospital Equipment
      834. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of PET scanners available in the public health system; the number of days per week each scanner operates, the number of scans...
    • Abortion Services
      837. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a complete list of all stakeholders represented temporarily or long-term at the termination of pregnancy Data Governance Group, established...
    • Primary Care Centres
      839. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ongoing procurement process for the provision of a primary care centre at Gorey, County Wexford; if the current status of that process...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      841. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25676/25]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      843. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of cost overruns stemming from HSE capital projects that were in excess of €100,000 at original cost projection and overran by 20% or...
    • Health Services Staff
      844. To ask the Minister for Health for the average monthly cost to the HSE of a full-time agency staff psychiatrist, clinical nurse specialist, staff nurse, psychologist, social worker and...
    • Disease Management
      845. To ask the Minister for Health if she has plans to extend the chronic disease management programme to include epilepsy; if so, the timeline she is working towards; if not, the rationale for...
    • Nursing Homes
      846. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 1 May 2025, when a reply will issue (details supplied). [25716/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the two ambulance crews in Tuam, County Galway, are at Tuam ambulance base while not out on calls on a weekly basis for the years 2024 to...
    • Hospital Services
      848. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute hospitals with appointed end-of-life care coordinators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25753/25]
    • Hospital Admissions
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted to each acute hospital in 2024, where it was known that an EPA, AHCD or Decision-Making Representation Order was in place; and...
    • Departmental Surveys
      852. To ask the Minister for Health when the next national end of life survey will be undertaken by the national care experience programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25757/25]
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      853. To ask the Minister for Health if she will approve the outstanding service level agreement for a meals-on-wheels group (details supplied); if funding will be provided as agreed in 2024,...
    • Health Service Executive
      854. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 924 of 8 April 2025, whether the HSE could provide the requested population size served by the Dublin and South East...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      855. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on plans for the 75-bed rehabilitation unit planned for a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      856. To ask the Minister for Health if she will revise the long-term illness scheme to include persons diagnosed with primary biliary cholangitis; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Inquiries
      857. To ask the Minister for Health if osteotomies conducted on children at locations other than Temple Street, Crumlin, and Cappagh hospitals will be considered in any further review of cases...
    • Medical Internships
      858. To ask the Minister for Health if she can assist a medical student currently in a college abroad, to secure a clinical placement in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); and if she...
    • Primary Care Centres
      859. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the improvement needs to a health centre and the expansion of facilities at a location (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Healthcare Policy
      860. To ask the Minister for Health when the new national drugs strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25834/25]
    • Primary Care Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a facility in County Cork (details supplied) and if he will engage with the local community regarding same. [25839/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      862. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider providing interim funding to an organisation (details supplied) that is currently concluding an application for a longer-term funding...
    • Primary Care Services
      863. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists based in Wicklow primary care services, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25854/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      864. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registered advanced nurse practitioner in tissue viability at St James's Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25855/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      865. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrist based in Kildare mental health team in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25856/25]
    • Hospital Procedures
      866. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deep brain stimulation surgeries carried out in Beaumont Hospital, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25857/25]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      867. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that scoliosis spinal fusion will be deemed as a qualifying need under the new NDIS criteria that will replace the current disabled drivers...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      868. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a procedure in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Inquiries
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of families who have been sent letters in respect of the Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) commissioned review into hip surgeries; if she has...
    • Alcohol Sales
      870. To ask the Minister for Health her views on suggestions that the labelling of alcohol products with health warnings, which is due to come into effect in May 2026, may be delayed; the...
    • Emergency Departments
      871. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the significant waiting times in the emergency department at Naas hospital, where recent figures show an average wait time of 11.4 hours;...
    • Food Labelling
      872. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to encourage Irish businesses to provide food information bilingually to promote the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the number of collisions requiring ambulance dispatch in Kildare for 2023 and to date in 2025; and the average time of dispatch, in tabular form. [25891/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      876. To ask the Minister for Health the reason surgery has not be scheduled for a person (details supplied) as of 13 May 2025, despite his passing his pre-surgical assessment and being told that...
    • Nursing Homes
      877. To ask the Minister for Health if she would detail the public nursing homes available for older people in each LHO area, in tabular form. [25900/25]
    • Disability Services
      878. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to provide adequate funding for the current services and supports available to those with an acquired brain injury, including the funding of an...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a public consultation process relative to establishing a master plan for the development of community facilities on the land owned by the HSE at...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      881. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services from 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Staff
      884. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeons currently working at Tallaght University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25950/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting orthopaedic surgery in each hospital, in tabular form; and the measures planned to alleviate waiting lists for surgery under...
    • Ambulance Service
      886. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to help the recruitment crisis in the National Ambulance Service nationwide; the plans in place to recruit staff in north Tipperary, seeing...
    • Health Services Staff
      887. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved speech and language therapist posts, by grade and clinical site, in tabular form; the number of permanent full-time and part-time posts;...
    • Substance Misuse
      892. To ask the Minister for Health if she will investigate the admission policies and practices at an organisation (details supplied) following a reported incident in which a long-awaited...
    • Health Services Staff
      893. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for podiatrists in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26009/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting to be seen by child and adolescent primary care psychology services nationally; the average length of time on the wait...
    • Dental Services
      896. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait list for persons under 18 years-of-age awaiting orthodontal treatment in County Wexford; the number of persons waiting 24, 36 and 48 months...
    • Mental Health Services
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to CAMHS teams in County Wexford in 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of referrals accepted; the number of referrals rejected;...
    • Home Care Packages
      899. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people approved for the provision of home care in CHO 5; the number of those people who have received home care provision; the number of those...
    • Disability Services
      900. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in County Wexford, in each of the past 12 months; the number provided each month since March 2020 and to date...
    • Home Care Packages
      901. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting home care support in County Wexford; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in County Wexford; the average...
    • Disability Services
      902. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of all respite beds in County Wexford; the number of these beds that are currently operational and the number that are currently closed,...
    • Mental Health Services
      903. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals received by each CAMHS team in County Wexford in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of those referrals that were accepted; and...
    • Medical Cards
      904. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider revising or rescinding the policy of requesting people with Down’s syndrome to renew their medical cards every year; and if she...
    • Cancer Services
      905. To ask the Minister for Health if allogenic transplants for paediatric cancer patients will be restored in hospitals as part of the National Children’s Cancer Service; and if she will...
    • Home Care Packages
      906. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for home care and for additional home care hours in counties Roscommon and Galway; and the average waiting time for each...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Work Permits
      907. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people currently, and in each of the past five years, holding a fast track work permit as part of the non-EU R&D personnel...
    • Nursing Education
      908. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of nursing places and courses offered through the CAO system, in each of the years 2018 to 2024. [25167/25]
    • Student Accommodation
      914. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the project timelines and set milestones for the delayed or paused student accommodation projects in both Trinity University and the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      924. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of officials within his Department in engaging with Solas, with a view to reduce the delays faced by apprentices in...
    • Education and Training Provision
      926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where the payment is drawn from for QQI levels 1-3 and 4-6 respectively, having regard to Circular 0027/2011- Payment to Assessors for Locally...
    • Student Accommodation
      928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the short-term activation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25551/25]
    • Grant Payments
      930. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an Erasmus+ grant for a person (details supplied); if there is a mechanism to allow for exceptions or alternative documentation in...
    • Third Level Fees
      931. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection who availed of the temporary tuition fee support scheme in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in...
    • Departmental Meetings
      932. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the next date he met formally with the CEO of Solas. [25848/25]
    • Third Level Fees
      933. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details on the revenue generated by third level fees, from 2020 to date in 2025, correlated and broken down by year, in tabular form. [26023/25]
    • Grant Payments
      937. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the estimated full cost of increasing SUSI maintenance by 15%, both adjacent and non-adjacent, over two years, by year, in tabular form....
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Animal Breeding
      938. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he intends to include the requirement for a tax clearance certificate for the issuance of a dog breeders licence in the proposed...
    • Community Development Projects
      939. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects in Wicklow that were funded under the Community Recognition Fund in 2024, in tabular form. [25858/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      941. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the town and village renewal scheme,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      943. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under LEADER, in tabular form. [25976/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      945. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the rural regeneration fund scheme, in...
    • Departmental Programmes
      948. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the Social Inclusion and Community Activation...
    • Departmental Schemes
      950. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the Community Centres Investment Fund; and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      951. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the Community Enhancement Programme, in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      952. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the Community Recognition Fund, in tabular...

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