Written answers

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      30. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will next meet. [22209/25]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      75. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the Canadian prime minister following the country’s recent federal elections. [22482/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      77. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing will next meet. [24035/25]
    • Climate Change Policy
      84. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the new Climate Investment Clearing House. [24142/25]
    • Freedom of Information
      97. To ask the Taoiseach if at any stage since taking up a position as Minister he has deleted any SMS or messages on other messaging apps that would fall under freedom of information. [26434/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      98. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of staff in his Department working from home for at least two days per week, in tabular form. [26564/25]
    • Departmental Equipment
      99. To ask the Taoiseach the version of software programmes (details supplied) used by his Department. [26607/25]
    • Departmental Bodies
      104. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the disability unit regarding funding commitments to the unit, staffing levels, consultation with disability groups and meetings of the unit that have...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      105. To ask the Taoiseach if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether there is accommodation in the Irish-Palestinian scholarship programme (IPSP) for individuals, who have been unable to complete their...
    • EU Meetings
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on his attendance at the informal meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Gymnich on 7-8 May 2025. [26950/25]
    • Passport Services
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify the procedure and-or protocol that is in place to ensure that a person's nationality and-or country of birth is...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electricity Grid
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline plans for maintaining emissions in the event of lower electricity imports arising from linking the British...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff
      98. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of staff in his Department working from home for at least two days per week, in tabular form. [26564/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      102. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department currently uses a software programme (details supplied); and if so, the version of the programme that is used. [26661/25]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Bodies
      104. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the disability unit regarding funding commitments to the unit, staffing levels, consultation with disability groups and meetings of the unit that have...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      105. To ask the Taoiseach if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether there is accommodation in the Irish-Palestinian scholarship programme (IPSP) for individuals, who have been unable to complete their...
    • EU Meetings
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on his attendance at the informal meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Gymnich on 7-8 May 2025. [26950/25]
    • Passport Services
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify the procedure and-or protocol that is in place to ensure that a person's nationality and-or country of birth is...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of persons appointed as international election observer to the Irish 2024 election observer roster; the number of such members...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, whether through the IHRA working definition of antisemitism the State has endorsed...
    • EU Agreements
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's role in supporting the Dutch-led initiative, now backed by a majority of EU member states, to initiate a formal review...
    • Official Engagements
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his engagement with EU officials in response to the tariffs imposed by the United States [17227/25]
    • Military Aircraft
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned that continued flights through Irish airspace of aircraft carrying munitions to Israel are in violation of...
    • Trade Agreements
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur Trade Agreement and the negative impact it would have on Irish farming families....
    • Middle East
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to address weapons being carried through Irish airspace to Israel; the complicity of Ireland in a genocidal war; and...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide access to the current comprehensive table of figures of allowances payable to third secretaries in the diplomatic service when...
    • Middle East
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his comments in Dáil Éireann (details supplied) his views on whether the choice of government in Palestine should be a...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of countries where Ireland has a permanent ambassador currently. [27733/25]
    • Middle East
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department is taking to ensure the end to the blockade of food and aid in Gaza. [27734/25]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans being made to install a solar farm on Bord na Móna lands that have hosted breeding common cranes in...
    • Energy Policy
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is currently considering any restrictions on fossil fuel advertising across media outlets. [26706/25]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to reinstate the solar PV scheme for medically vulnerable households; and if he will make a...
    • Electricity Grid
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report grid resilience; if he has considered the introduction of community microgrids (details supplied);...
    • Energy Conservation
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or the SEAI have plans to change the qualifying criteria for the warmer homes scheme including that the home must...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the new clubhouse and facilities (details supplied) which will be opened shortly in Balbriggan; if he...
    • Business Supports
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will reverse plans to close the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC); his Department’s...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement...
    • Official Travel
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the members of the Irish delegation attending the 2025 UN Ocean Conference; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Environmental Schemes
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether there are proposals to increase funding for SEAI in relation to the roll out of the community grants scheme;...
    • Electricity Grid
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline plans for maintaining emissions in the event of lower electricity imports arising from linking the British...
  • Department of Defence
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      154. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts;...
    • Defence Forces
      157. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence following the conclusion of the Study Group on Defence Forces Standards of Colour Deficiency’s work, if the recommendations made have...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Rail Network
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the extension of the Cork to Midleton railway line to Youghal, given the significant commuter population in this town and...
    • Bus Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the timetable for the 239 morning bus service from Courtmacsherry to Cork city will be reviewed, to ensure that the service arrives...
    • National Transport Authority
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise when licences will issue (details supplied) for a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26758/25]
    • Road Safety
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to high powered electric bicycles using bike lanes and causing danger to cyclists and...
    • Official Travel
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to visit the United States within the next six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26791/25]
    • Bus Services
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by the National Transport Authority on the installation of bus shelters for public transport operators and location of...
    • Driver Test
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner drivers who failed to show up for their scheduled driving test appointment in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025,...
    • Tax Code
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 29 April 2025, the reason a Garda must witness the form RF111A being signed at a Garda...
    • Bus Services
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of timetabled buses in Clare cancelled in the past year to date; if he will instruct that live update signs are installed at...
    • Public Transport
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the progress of the all-island strategic rail review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26879/25]
    • Driver Test
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to expedite a driving test in respect of a person (details supplied) and take into consideration the very genuine exceptional...
    • Public Transport
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to the State of making all public transport free for persons aged under 18, under 25 and under 30 years; and if he...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual...
    • Driver Test
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be offered a driving test appointment, given they urgently require a licence to meet the entry...
    • Rail Network
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when catering services on the Sligo-Dublin Irish Rail service will be fully reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Airport Policy
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in light of recent reports that Galway City and County Council intend to sell the site of the Former Galway Airport at Carnmore, if...
    • Bus Services
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 8 May 2025, if consideration has been given to providing toilet facilities on the 424 bus...
    • National Development Plan
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of capital allocation his Department has been allocated under the National Development Plan; the amount that has not yet been...
    • Driver Test
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a driving test application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27131/25]
    • Bus Services
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to expedite two applications for a public bus passenger service licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Transport Policy
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Rural Transport Programme Policy Review commissioned by his Department, carried out by Indecon; the major findings and...
    • Bus Services
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed new local link Waterford service connecting Ballyduff and Dungarvan. [27384/25]
    • Driver Test
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 13 May 2025, the number of people in each of the past five years that have failed their...
    • Public Transport
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide public-transport figures under seven categories for 2024 (details supplied). [27525/25]
    • Noise Pollution
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocation for 2025 from his Department to address road-related noise issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Parking Provision
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the disabled person's parking card to persons with fibromyalgia, given the nature of the condition involves widespread...
    • Driver Test
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of an issue relating to the driving test cancellation list where people who have had several provisional licenses cannot...
  • Department of Finance
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if real estate investment trusts are subject to tax on income derived from real estate, either rental or disposal; if he is examining any review of their...
    • Insurance Industry
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that all home insurance policy providers secure a no claims bonus certificate from the purchaser prior to any contract being signed; and if...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to...
    • Housing Schemes
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 13 May 2025, his Department's plans to review the help-to-buy scheme to allow for the admission of potential...
    • Credit Unions
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and average value of mortgages outstanding by credit unions at the end March 2023, March 2024 and March 2025; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the Revenue rules governing approved retirement funds (ARFs) to permit holders of small ARFs valued under €200,000 to top...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Schemes
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 8 May 2025, the breakdown of the €3.6 million expended to date on a scheme (details...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list of all framework agreements currently in place under the remit of the Office of Government Procurement or associated...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an area will be considered for inclusion in a flood relief scheme (details supplied), given the area's current vulnerability to...
    • Climate Change Policy
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the infrastructure, climate and nature find that will be ringfenced for climate and nature specific initiatives; the...
    • Civil Service
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in general, the rules his Department has set regarding determining the date of promotion in the Civil Service; and are there any...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on a flood relief scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27180/25]
    • Heritage Sites
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans to reopen the last round tower in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27388/25]
    • Climate Change Policy
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding from the infrastructure, climate and nature fund will be directed towards major infrastructure projects undertaken by the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times the strategic infrastructure unit in his Department has met since its inception; to provide a breakdown of...
    • Flood Risk Management
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will instruct the OPW to conduct a flood risk review in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Programme
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a status update on the Civil Service Regulation and Public Service Management (Amendment) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Corporate Governance
      245. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department have been made aware of the potential repercussions of removal of provisions currently contained in the Corporate...
    • Work Permits
      247. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current number of work permits allocated for motor/auto mechanics; the number therein of the car mechanic quota and of the...
    • Industrial Development
      248. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the IDA’s plans to increase investment and employment in Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      249. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual...
    • Industrial Development
      252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what the consideration price for the land sold in Greystones, for the purposes of the development of the Greystones media campus, was...
    • Work Permits
      253. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any flexibility is allowed in determining eligibility for an employment permit, in relation to the advertisement period of 28 days...
    • Departmental Communications
      256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the representations made by businesses and business groups to his Department on the housing crisis in Dublin city; and if he will...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Staff
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school secretaries will be given public service status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27701/25]
    • Education Policy
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that private entities are offering online grinds to prepare for standardised tests at primary school level; if she will take...
    • Education Welfare Service
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of full-time equivalent educational welfare officer positions in Waterford city and county; the number of these positions...
    • School Funding
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need for a clear annual schedule of guaranteed school grants; and her plans to bring further clarity and steadiness to enable...
    • Schools Administration
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeline for the opening of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26769/25]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering allowing incremental credit for external science experience to encourage those with a science and STEM background to become...
    • School Staff
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on plans to regularise the status of school secretaries and caretakers; and if these employees will be included in...
    • Public Sector Staff
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider developing a policy that will require online interviews to be facilitated for primary and post-primary teachers who are...
    • Special Educational Needs
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to removing the obligation on special needs assistants to undertake an additional 72 hours of work annually, in light of...
    • Youth Services
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of youth workers employed by her Department in each county, in tabular form. [26827/25]
    • Early School Leavers
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in the past five years that have left school before completing the Leaving Certificate, in tabular form. [26987/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if framework-based procurement is included in her Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts;...
    • Education Costs
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost to the State of funding an individual student in secondary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27085/25]
    • School Transport
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide information on the remote area grant including procedure for application and basis on which eligibility is assessed; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building project for the provision of one additional mainstream classroom at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
    • School Transport
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason children attending ASD pre-schools are not entitled to a special transport grant unlike those enrolled in ASD classes in primary and...
    • Education and Training Boards
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase funding to the Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB) in light of the fact that it has received the lowest...
    • School Staff
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on measures to introduce public sector status, revised salary and annual leave entitlements for school caretakers and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the redesignation of schools for children with mild general learning disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a matter relating to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; the reason the school bus service that was scheduled to...
    • Schools Administration
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a school (details supplied) will be opening a secondary on their new grounds. [27155/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools providing summer education programme in the post codes of Dublin 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10, in tabular form. [27209/25]
    • School Staff
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the annual additional cost of providing pensions parity to school secretaries and caretakers, in line with the demands of a union...
    • School Transport
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available to the parent of a child (details supplied) to access school transport or be financially assisted with the cost of fuel,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take immediate action to resolve an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27226/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 984 of 29 April 2025, to outline to the nearest reasonable estimated month, the projected opening date for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline to the nearest reasonable estimated month, the projected date of opening of the new school building for a school (details supplied);...
    • School Staff
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow school secretaries and school caretakers access to the public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her Department's plan to add an autism class to a primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her Department's plans to approve a refurbishment of an old school (details supplied); if she will outline if the ASD class...
    • Special Educational Needs
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to ensure a child (details supplied) will get a place in a local special school; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Examinations
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to review and extend exam accommodations to students with long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27374/25]
    • Home Schooling
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes she proposes to make for the inclusion of dedicated home school community liaison coordinators and the expansion of the service for...
    • Education Welfare Service
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational welfare officers employed by Tusla in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Enrolments
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children attending primary school in Greystones, County Wicklow, broken down by class level and per school, in tabular form. [27506/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of transporting special education children to school in Carlow for the academic years 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025; and if she...
    • Youth Services
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work underway, and that has taken place to date, on implementing the actions for which Youth Affairs is the lead on Opportunities for Youth:...
    • School Funding
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how much it would cost to increase school capitation grant by 20% per student in the State. [27574/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the placement of two modular SEN classrooms at a school (details supplied); if considerations around the need to maintain the...
    • Schools Administration
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position with the opening of a secondary school in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the provision of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staff
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 20 May 2025, if she will provide an update specifically for school caretakers, not school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can advise in relation to a school securing the necessary funding for a child who has not received an ASD school placement for September...
    • School Accommodation
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school’s application for additional accommodation ahead of the 2025-26 school year (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capacity of the NCSE to provide training to the staff of the 400 new special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27675/25]
    • State Examinations
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the ongoing review of the reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations scheme, including terms of reference,...
    • Medical Cards
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of survivors of institutional abuse who have been awarded an enhanced medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • State Bodies
      349. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether it is appropriate that the CEO of Fáilte Ireland preside over Bord Fáilte giving contracts to...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      350. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its...
    • Irish Language
      353. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what actions have been taken to fill vacant language planning officer roles in Tory and Arranmore island; if a date will be...
    • Social Media
      354. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans there are for improving national social media regulation in the context of the dismantling of policy teams within...
    • Media Sector
      355. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a status update on his policy decision needed (details supplied) for Coimisiún na Meán to implement the Audiovisual...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Policy
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 25 February 2025, his views on whether it is consistent with the aims of the...
    • Emergency Planning
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 8 May 2025, what constitutes a major emergency or disaster; if there is criteria...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the commitment to provide a timeline for publication of the wind energy guidelines 2025; to provide an update; to...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children living in emergency accommodation for twenty-six months or more; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to his Department’s announcement regarding available funding for the tenant-in-situ scheme, if an applicant...
    • Turf Cutting
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a ministerial order to allow the cutting of turf at a bog (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Vacant Properties
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant local authority houses in each local authority area in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its...
    • Housing Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to adding inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, to the...
    • Tourism Industry
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the forthcoming Short-Term Letting and Tourism (STLT) Bill 2025, if he will consider providing for phased...
    • Local Government Reform
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his progress to date on the programme for Government 2025 commitment on the re-establishment of borough and town councils; and...
    • Energy Policy
      377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the recently published National Planning Framework which allocates national renewable energy targets to regions...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details put forward by the Government to the EU Infringement Proceedings in the pleading stage regarding a case (details...
    • Fire Service
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Roscommon County Council for its fire service in 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form....
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a statement by an international election observation NGO (details supplied) that...
    • Gorse Burning
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of instances where the Air Corps or other air or helicopter service contracted by the State has had to assist in...
    • Vacant Properties
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any proposed changes to the vacant and derelict refurbishment grant scheme which would allow for the...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Corncrake LIFE Project; his plans to renew the project for a further five-year term given the vital role the...
    • Housing Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will be released for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27487/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27517/25]
    • Rental Sector
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 16 May 2023, the status of his plans to update the Part V legislation; and if he...
    • Housing Policy
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to explain the rationale for recent comments he made in a newspaper (details supplied) regarding international investors; to...
    • Wildlife Protection
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the protections that exist in legislation, both national and EU, for common cranes, if any; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water Conservation
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has considered introducing schemes to encourage water efficiency through grey water recycling systems; and...
    • Community Welfare Services
      399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department spent €1.6 million or recouped €1.6 million in relation to the community car initiative (CCI)...
    • Official Engagements
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times he has met with the new strategic infrastructure unit in the Department of Public Expenditure,...
    • Rental Sector
      402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a single deferential rent scheme for local authority tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vacant Properties
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a stipulation existed whereby a house which qualified for the vacant property refurbishment grant, that was instead offered...
    • Housing Policy
      404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he would consider discounting the working family payment when assessing income for inclusion on the social housing list or...
    • Commercial Rates
      405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government of any current plans to change the legislation governing commercial rates from local authorities on businesses, in particular...
    • Departmental Bodies
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a status update on the Local Democracy Taskforce, in particular the timeline for its establishment, and the names and/or...
    • State Bodies
      408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cases heard by An Bord Pleanála for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payment changes made to the treatment benefit scheme, from 2021 to date in 2025. [26696/25]
    • International Protection
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will confirm reports that IPAS applicants/those who have received permission to stay are being granted vouchers...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding social welfare supports for those that work in a freelance capacity; if the exceptional needs payment...
    • Central Statistics Office
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. reply 794 of 15 May 2025, if his Department met with the CSO to discuss the changes to...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on a PPS application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26782/25]
    • Pension Provisions
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has provided, as requested, the record of contributions made by a person (details supplied); if she qualifies for...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that there is a disincentive for participants moving from TÚS to CE, given that they lose their...
    • Departmental Staff
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a lateral move can be considered for an employee of (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline his plans to scale up control measures to tackle abuse of social welfare payments, as committed to in the...
    • Disability Services
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to reform the disability allowance payment and remove anomalies in the current means test for the payment as...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payment changes made to the treatment benefit scheme from 2021 to date in 2025. [27161/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers based in Roscommon in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [27162/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans to recognise Covid and long Covid as illnesses and disabilities respectively; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families who applied for the domiciliary care allowance for each years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025,...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason carer’s allowance is automatically halved if a person receives the old-age pension; when this policy was...
    • Departmental Policies
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if endometriosis will be considered for long-term illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27534/25]
    • Employment Support Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 13 May 2025, the total amount of public funding paid by his Department to the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      434. 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. [27586/25]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for Social Protection if he will consider increasing the electricity allowance under the household benefits package, which...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the estates section of his Department has not issued the relevant documents in relation to the estate of a...
    • Legislative Process
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a status update on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025 and its timeline for completion; and if he...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Residency Permits
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the issue that many Irish residence permit holders are having when travelling, with specific regard to the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to advise the correct application form for a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27179/25]
    • Legal Services Regulation
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of King’s Inns in the regulation of barristers; the legislative basis for this role; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has entered into contracts with companies (details supplied) to provide accommodation for international...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the naturalisation application of a family who submitted their application in January 2023...
    • Deportation Orders
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the current policy and operational procedures governing the detention of individuals pending deportation via...
    • Legislative Programme
      451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to commence the family-law division in the courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26775/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans added to the Coolock and Raheny Garda districts in 2024 and to date...
    • Citizenship Applications
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received each year during the past ten years under section 16(1)(a) and section 16(1)(b) of the...
    • Departmental Properties
      456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the State is intending to cease to pay for accommodation at a hotel (details supplied); if the reported purchase of another...
    • Departmental Consultations
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has contracted or engaged any private consultation analysis on proposals to purchase a hotel (details...
    • Legal Aid
      459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total funding allocated to the Legal Aid Board for 2024 and 2025. [26909/25]
    • Citizenship Applications
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will conduct a technical review of the recently introduced online citizenship application portal, in light of widespread...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its...
    • Visa Applications
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update in respect of a family reunification application (details supplied). [27083/25]
    • Legal Aid
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on criminal barrister defence fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27115/25]
    • Citizenship Applications
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the type of visa a person (details supplied) who is currently in Ireland is on; if they can apply for Irish citizenship; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of internal competitions within An Garda Síochána in 2024 and to date in 2025 for roads policing...
    • Immigration Policy
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the programme that will succeed the immigrant investor programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27432/25]
    • International Protection
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans his Department has for a facility (details supplied) [27594/25]
    • Visa Agreements
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will investigate the viability of allowing South African citizens with a visa for the UK to be able to visit the State...
    • International Protection
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has received an offer to build an International Protection Accommodation Services at a location (details...
    • An Garda Síochána
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars in operation per station in DMR West on 17 and 18 May 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will engage with relevant Departments on the significant visa processing delays being experienced by a group (details...
    • Departmental Strategies
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 21 May 2025, to provide further information on whether the multi-stakeholder...
    • International Protection
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to supply the annual number of US citizens who have sought international protection in Ireland every year from 2010 to 2024;...
    • Family Reunification
      491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will facilitate the reunification of a family currently housed in two temporary protection accommodation centres on...
    • Visa Applications
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27717/25]
    • Deportation Orders
      493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review a deportation order (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27735/25]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Maritime Safety
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to strengthen the moorings at the marina in Knighstown, Valentia, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26713/25]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite an ACRES payment in respect of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if framework-based procurement is included in his Department's reporting of "tendered" procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to...
    • Veterinary Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently address the high cost of animal medications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27088/25]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27098/25]
    • Fishing Industry
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason grant aid for course fees, under the new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund announced July 2024, is only available to...
    • Animal Diseases
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of TB reactors for January, February and March 2025; the equivalent figure for January, February and March 2024,...
    • Departmental Budgets
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget allocation for social farming from the rural innovation and development fund from within his Department in 2024 and to...
    • Animal Culls
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expert and scientific studies his Department has consulted in relation to its badger cull; if he will pause the cull in light of...
    • Forestry Sector
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the afforestation rate in quarter 1 of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; his targets for afforestation, by year, in...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of peat land designated as areas of natural constraint land; and the number of hectares in each category....
    • Forestry Sector
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land currently under afforestation in the State. [27622/25]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the ACRES payments for 2024; the number of applications processed to date and the number of applications...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Policies
      523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will ensure that families affected by unexpected child deaths are provided with timely access...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the six month eligibility criteria under the mother-and-baby-home redress scheme will be reviewed; her views...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the next round of building blocks capital programme for early learning and childcare will be open for...
    • Disability Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason two organisations (details supplied) have been and continue to be excluded from the DPO Consultative...
    • Mental Health Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her Department’s engagement with the Department of Health regarding delays in CAMHS access and their...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting an assessment of needs in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number waiting by...
    • Disability Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the case of transport for a child (details supplied) and if her Department will confirm if there is...
    • Health Services Staff
      532. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a progress report on the recruitment of the multidisciplinary team for Palmerstown (as well as Ballyfermot...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      533. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for a service statement following completion of their assessment of needs more...
    • Health Services Staff
      534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE speech and language therapists based in each CDNT, based within CHO5 in 2024 and to date in...
    • Child and Family Agency
      535. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the use of a residential property (details supplied) by Tusla to accommodate minors; and to detail...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if framework-based procurement is included in her Department’s reporting of “tendered”...
    • Childcare Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to record data on payroll as a percentage of the overall income of each early years and SAC service...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the metric which determined in September 2024 that ECCE only services needed to move from a minimum of...
    • Childcare Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage portion of childcare costs that is made up by private fees; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      543. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the projected 2024/2025 costs of all the funding streams that are available to early years and SAC services,...
    • Disability Services
      546. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE assessment officers based in CHO1 in t 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [27163/25]
    • Family Support Services
      549. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for information regarding the little baby bundle pilot scheme, as it has evolved since 2023, both in terms of...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      550. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a draft will be published of the National Plan for Irish Provision in the EY and SAC sector; if this draft...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child will have an assessment of need carried out (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Childcare Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated average cost, per month, of full-day childcare, broken down by county, and the average cost...
    • Disability Services
      556. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the home support services available to provide family carers with in-home respite supports between...
    • Childcare Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there has been engagement with her Department on building a childcare facility in a location (details...
    • Equality Issues
      560. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the disability equality policy unit’s current position in relation to the Equal Status Acts...
    • Care Services
      561. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any differential made in the HIQA standards for the care of persons under 65 and the care for...
    • Childcare Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department is aware of a situation presenting for parents of children attending a childcare service...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Correspondence
      563. To ask the Minister for Health when he became aware that 2,260 families had been contacted as a result of the early recommendation from the audit into the unnecessary hip surgeries scandal....
    • Health Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the accumulated deficits of each voluntary acute hospital in the country, as reported to her Department and-or the HSE, as of 1 January 2025, in...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in adolescent addiction services, per IHA, per speciality, per funded WTE post and per filled WTE post; and if she will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances, rapid response vehicles and motorcycles on a 24-7 basis based at each ambulance station within Kildare, in 2024 and to date in 2025,...
    • Health Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing two additional "see and treat gynaecology clinics". [26698/25]
    • Departmental Data
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neonatologist based at Rotunda maternity hospital, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26699/25]
    • Health Services
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing two additional postnatal hubs. [26700/25]
    • Departmental Data
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric units and staff in each unit within the public health service, by CHO area, from the years 2018 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland recognise nursing qualifications, including psychiatric nursing qualifications attained through UK...
    • Health Services
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if she will increase the number of breast screening locations, given that the wait time of some patients is over a year; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Strategies
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if she will reduce the age of the BreastCheck screening programme from 50 to 40, given that the disease affects many people under the age of 50 each year; and...
    • Health Services
      576. To ask the Minister for Health if she will increase the number of breast screening locations, given that the wait time of some patients is over a year; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      577. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of support hours delivered by HSE direct provision, and authorisation scheme providers, by CHO, for the year to date in...
    • Home Care Packages
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the means by which the authorisation scheme charge out rate for overnights was arrived at a figure below that of a daytime rate; to explain how the HSE...
    • Health Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the service available to service users in north Tipperary that suffer from trichiasis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26749/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for a vacant/derelict HSE property (details supplied). [26757/25]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ban the use of hexahydrocannabinol vapes in Ireland; if she will outline her plan to regulate or ban vapes; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      585. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a recent no confidence vote by an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26783/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      586. To ask the Minister for Health her views on reports that ineffective leadership and governance presents risks to the governance of service delivery to patients, the management of staff...
    • Mental Health Policy
      587. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the situation regarding young adults, aged between 16 -17, presenting to A&E and being admitted as an inpatient, if they are treated as a...
    • Mental Health Services
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if an out of hours psychology team is assigned to A&E services, during the hours of 5pm to 8am, and if she could provide the details of these for all...
    • Health Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) refused necessary treatments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26789/25]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the locations within CHO9 where regional specialist memory clinics are located, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26794/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses that are responsible for the Donaghmede area of Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26795/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical psychologist attached to the Coolock/Kilbarrack CAMHS team; if funding will be approved to increase this number before end of 2025;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in receipt of carer’s allowance that are caring for someone under 18 years of age. [26802/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the policies in place to ensure timely access to orthopaedic shoes for individuals who require them for medical reasons; and whether there are plans to...
    • State Bodies
      598. To ask the Minister for Health when an external investigation is commissioned by a service provider or state agency into the care and safety of vulnerable persons; the standard process for...
    • Legislative Programme
      599. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for when she intends to introduce comprehensive adult safeguarding legislation, including a statutory regulatory framework for the...
    • Hospital Services
      600. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of outpatient services at the Drogheda Department of psychiatry, Crosslanes, Drogheda, County Louth. [26826/25]
    • Hospital Deaths
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of antepartum deaths recorded at 17–23 weeks’ gestation and at 24–34 weeks’ gestation, for each year from 2013 to date...
    • Mental Health Services
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing all emergency departments with liaison psychiatrists for one year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if she will introduce a national triage timeframe target for CAMHS referrals, such as a maximum of 12 weeks from referral to assessment. [26866/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in CAMHS west Cork, Dunmanway, including the number of funded but unfilled positions. [26868/25]
    • Mental Health Policy
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken any assessment of the long-term developmental, educational, and economic impacts of prolonged delays in accessing CAMHS. [26872/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that current mental health service provision for children is compliant with the State’s obligations under the UN Convention on the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has considered creating a statutory right to timely mental health care for children under 18. [26875/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on CAMHS waiting lists, by area; and the number who have been waiting longer than 12 months in each area. [26893/25]
    • Mental Health Policy
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the comparative cost to the State of early CAMHS intervention versus crisis-driven responses including accident and emergency...
    • Mental Health Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the average daily cost of a bed at CAMHS inpatient units, for example, Éist Linn, Linn Dara and Merlin Park; and the total cost per admission. [26895/25]
    • Mental Health Policy
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if she will introduce a national triage timeframe target for CAMHS referrals, such as a maximum of 12 weeks from referral to assessment. [26897/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in CAMHS west Cork Dunmanway, including the number of funded but unfilled positions. [26899/25]
    • Mental Health Policy
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has considered creating a statutory right to timely mental health care for children under 18 years of age. [26906/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      646. To ask the Minister for Health her response to recent data showing over 4,200 children on CAMHS waiting lists, with over 620 waiting longer than one year; and the policy changes that she...
    • Health Service Executive
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees on special leave with pay, by grade, in tabular form; her intentions regarding the scheme going forward; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on any form of long term sick leave, by grade, in tabular form. [26920/25]
    • National Children's Hospital
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the latest handover date for the new children's hospital; the completion date; the reason for the most recent delay in the timeline for handover; whether she...
    • Hospital Investigations
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each ongoing clinical investigation regarding maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital, in tabular form; the person(s) responsible; the subject...
    • Patient Safety
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each ongoing investigation regarding patient safety incidents in the west and north-west health area; the department or service division to which...
    • Departmental Bodies
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the bodies that operate under the aegis of her Departments; those bodies which her Department funds on an annual recurring basis; those similarly funded by the...
    • Health Service Executive
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the current uptake and utilisation metrics of the HSE app; the total number of unique users; the total number of MyGovID users; the number of new unique users...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      656. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that CHI is providing clarity, appropriate information and guidance to parents of patients attending CHI in respect of the medium- to...
    • Healthcare Policy
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the policy governing the Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) Family Forum, including the expected frequency of the meetings, whether...
    • Departmental Schemes
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the average time from application to final decision for the nursing home support scheme; the number of applications made in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      659. To ask the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26932/25]
    • Hospital Procedures
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if the procedures (details supplied) are available after surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26935/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      661. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [26939/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if combivent/pulmicort is covered under the GMS Scheme; if not, the reason for its removal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26941/25]
    • Departmental Data
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug related deaths involving homeless women and men in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of those that died that had a known history of mental...
    • Mental Health Services
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 17 years of age that attended adult emergency departments for self-harm and suicidal ideations in each of the years 2023, 2024 and...
    • Health Services Staff
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year costs to recruit two additional WTE clinical specialist podiatrists and two additional WTE senior podiatrists for public health...
    • Food Labelling
      669. To ask the Minister for Health in light of ongoing speculation and the absence of any formal communication from the Department, to confirm whether the implementation of the alcohol labelling...
    • Social Isolation
      672. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the HSE social prescribing programme which helps combat social isolation, if she will outline if this programme is still fully...
    • Food Labelling
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide clarification on whether importers and distributors will receive a dispensation for alcohol stock held prior to the implementation of...
    • Health Services Staff
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State of hiring an additional 50, 100 and 250 clinical psychiatrists, psychologists and psychiatric nurses, respectively; and if she...
    • Mental Health Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by community health organisation, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE gave formal approval for the amalgamation of Southdoc routine appointments to the Kinsale Road location. [26968/25]
    • Home Help Service
      680. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of overnight home support hours that were delivered by HSE direction provision and authorisation scheme providers, by CHO,...
    • Medicinal Products
      681. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a shortage of Ipratropium Steri Neb (Ipramol), Salbutamol, and Atrovent; and if attempts have been made to address this, in light of the...
    • Legislative Process
      682. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2061 of 29 April 2025, the status of each piece of required supporting legislation, guidelines, and relevant codes of...
    • Mental Health Services
      683. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will establish standalone or emergency department adjacent urgent mental health care services; the number and details of any such existing...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      684. To ask the Minister for Health for each framework agreement that the Health Service Executive has accessed or called-off from in 2025, to state the factors in (details supplied). [27002/25]
    • Health Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 7 May 2025, the amount by which the business cases of the National Gender Service will shorten wait times if...
    • Departmental Reviews
      687. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1444 of 22 January 2025, for an update on when the HSE is expected to complete its current review of the Cass review.;...
    • Departmental Policies
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a recent review by the US Department of Health and Human Services on healthcare for trans youth (details supplied); and if the HSE's Gender...
    • Departmental Programmes
      690. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 7 May 2025, the staff positions for the gender healthcare programme that have been filled and which remain...
    • Health Services
      691. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of the names and specialties of the cross speciality clinical advisory group within the gender healthcare programme. [27010/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      692. To ask the Minister for Health for details of the community pilot project to identify the needs of children and young people within the gender healthcare programme, including around ethical...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if framework-based procurement is included in her Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      699. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); to expedite an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27081/25]
    • Departmental Websites
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the changes which were applied to a webpage (details supplied); the basis of the change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27096/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the bed capacity on the ground floor east of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, prior to renovation works carried out in 2022; the current...
    • Ambulance Service
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances based in County Roscommon that are available on a 24-7 basis, as of 1 June 2022, 1 June 2023, 1 June 2024 and 1 June 2025, in tabular...
    • Hospital Staff
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Roscommon University hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased later...
    • Primary Care Centres
      706. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27178/25]
    • Home Care Packages
      707. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27198/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the status of regulation of psychologists and the protection of the title psychologist; to provide the timeframe for registration; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on wait lists at the supra-regional endometriosis specialist centres in Tallaght and Cork University Maternity Hospital and five regional...
    • Hospital Staff
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff positions funded at the supra-regional endometriosis specialist centres in Tallaght and Cork University Maternity Hospital and five...
    • Departmental Data
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the average turnaround time from application to registration for registration with CORU by profession, both in total and separated for domestic and...
    • Health Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the interim model of care for long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27377/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      721. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the basis for the recruitment embargo on physician associates; to provide an update on the review of this role; the timeline for competition of said...
    • Healthcare Policy
      722. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will establish a statutory child death review mechanism, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and the interim measures being...
    • Medical Cards
      725. To ask the Minister for Health if prosthetic legs are included under the medical card scheme, a second prosthetic leg and replacement prosthetic when required; and if she will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      726. To ask the Minister for Health to detail any plans currently under consideration, or actions taken to date, regarding the development of an all-island vaccination programme for both adults...
    • Hospital Procedures
      727. To ask the Minister for Health to outline Children’s Health Ireland’s formal protocol for pre-operative assessment in relation to spinal fusion surgery in children; the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      733. To ask the Minister for Health for an update for the An Saol Foundation's project Teach An Saol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27430/25]
    • Vaccination Programme
      734. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the timeline of delivery for the implementation of the vaccine compensation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27431/25]
    • Hospital Procedures
      736. To ask the Minister for Health the pre-operative assessment protocols that are in place at Children's Health Ireland in advance of scheduled rod lengthening procedures for children with...
    • Hospital Services
      744. To ask the Minister for Health if children with diagnosed or suspected connective tissue disorders are routinely referred to genetics, rheumatology, cardiology, or other relevant specialties...
    • Hospital Procedures
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the post-operative protocols in place at Children's Health Ireland for monitoring children with connective tissue disorders who undergo spinal fusion or growth...
    • Hospital Investigations
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if Children's Health Ireland has conducted any audit or review of surgical outcomes, complications, or readmissions among children with connective tissue...
    • Hospital Procedures
      747. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide copies of all policies, protocols, and standard operating procedures relating specifically to the management of connective tissue disorders...
    • Hospital Staff
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant geriatrician attached to the Wexford integrated care programme in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form;...
    • Hospital Facilities
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been achieved in respect of the step down facilities across CHO5 since 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Cancer Services
      750. To ask the Minister for Health to list the hospitals with the national acute oncology nursing service to assist patients undergoing active cancer treatment in avoiding attending emergency...
    • Hospital Facilities
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays within the accident and emergency department of Wexford General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      752. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs to recruit three additional WTE senior genetic counsellors and three additional genetic counsellors; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have been required to return to theatre due to post-operative infection following spinal fusion or growth rod procedures in...
    • Hospital Services
      754. To ask the Minister for Health routinely tracks and review cases involving multiple re-operations due to infection following spinal fusion or growth rod procedures; if these cases are...
    • State Properties
      757. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider purchasing a site that is for sale (details supplied) in order to preserve access to St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire...
    • Insurance Industry
      758. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 20 May 2025, in which the Minister for Finance clarified that provision and regulation of private health insurance...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to extend the long-Covid scheme for public health workers impacted by long-Covid past June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols in place in relation to the use of anaesthesia during the performance of cervical biopsies, considering accounts of women who were not...
    • Health Services
      761. To ask the Minister for Health to provide information (details supplied) pertaining to Wexford women and BreastCheck, based on information available to 31 March 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      763. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) can be expedited. [27535/25]
    • General Practitioner Services
      764. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the methods through which a general practitioner can issue a prescription to a patient; if a patient can insist the prescription is issued in written...
    • Health Service Executive
      765. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27545/25]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for accessing publicly funded IVF treatment in cases where a woman seeks to use the preserved sperm of her deceased husband, where...
    • Medicinal Products
      767. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent approval will be granted for vyloy (zolbetuximab) which is used for certain types of gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers (details...
    • General Practitioner Services
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if any assurances can be provided that the Lettermacaward Health Centre in County Donegal will not go without GP cover until the new GP takes up their...
    • Medicinal Products
      769. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider for reimbursement the new treatment VYLOY (zolbetuximab), which is used for certain types of gastric and gastroesophageal junction...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      770. To ask the Minister for Health when the Budget 2025 announcement relating to the expansion of the publicly-funded IVF scheme will take effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Strategies
      773. To ask the Minister for Health when her Department intends to begin the development of the next national cancer strategy, given that the current strategy is due to expire at the end of 2026;...
    • Hospital Services
      774. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing dedicated parking spaces at major hospitals in the State for vehicles transporting cancer patients; and if she will...
    • Healthcare Policy
      775. To ask the Minister for Health when there will be equal access for spinraza treatment for adults with spinal muscular atrophy treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27614/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      776. To ask the Minister for Health when spinal muscular atrophy will be added to the newborn screening programme which was initially programmed for 2020; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disease Management
      778. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the accuracy of testing or Lyme disease; if there is a team within her Department that is focused on the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      781. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider including reference to breastfeeding in the Women’s Health Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27641/25]
    • Health Strategies
      782. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has one of the lowest rates of breastfeeding in the European Union; her plans to address this; and if...
    • Healthcare Policy
      783. To ask the Minister for Health if she will implement a plan to encourage the establishment of mothers’ talking groups outside of existing services to provide a forum for new mothers...
    • Hospital Services
      784. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine whether post-natal care within maternity hospitals is sufficiently mother focused in conjunction with focusing on the baby; her views on...
    • Healthcare Policy
      785. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider putting in place a set of supports and educational regimes for related to matrescence, specifically for expectant first-time mothers to...
    • Health Services
      786. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether there are adequate prenatal physiotherapy services available within the health system; if she will commit to increasing funding and...
    • Hospital Services
      791. To ask the Minister for Health if she will set out the services available in the National Pelvic Floor Centre in St. Michael’s Hospital in Dún Laoghaire; her views on whether...
    • Departmental Policies
      792. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether baby changing facilities should be mandatory for all publicly accessible building that have toilet facilities; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding any plan to standardise the advice on breastfeeding given to new mothers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27653/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      794. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service plans to make a submission for capital for a new NAS Education Centre in Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if she will make a...
    • Hospice Services
      797. To ask the Minister for Health the reasoning for closing two hospice units without prior consultation with a hospital (details supplied); if she will reverse this decision without delay...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      798. To ask the Minister for Health to accelerate, as a matter of urgency, an appointment for a person (details supplied) at St. James’s Hospital, Dublin. [27666/25]
    • Eating Disorders
      799. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address the dire situation of eating disorder treatment services in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service
      801. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to a recent poll into the attitudes of front-line ambulance staff towards the leadership of the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      803. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent surgery appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [27693/25]
    • Hospice Services
      804. To ask the Minister for Health if she has any plans to reinstate the two hospice units in St. Anne’s Community Hospital in Caherciveen (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      806. To ask the Minister for Health for greater clarity and urgency in addressing access to approved cancer medications in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27704/25]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Staff
      807. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to deploy a person at the grade of assistant principal officer level, from within his Department, to be posted at the Irish Embassy...
    • Departmental Funding
      808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to the inclusive environment fund, in each year since its establishment, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      809. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts;...
    • Third Level Education
      812. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of officials within his Department in analysing alternative ways of funding third level education in lieu of the current...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      813. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of the apprenticeship policy unit within his Department on the review of the current Action Plan for Apprenticeship...
    • Further and Higher Education
      815. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of officials within his Department to deliver Ireland's first Tertiary Education Strategy; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Reviews
      818. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the further education and training, apprenticeship and skills policy division's work in leading a periodic critical review of SOLAS;...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      819. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department to expand apprenticeship offerings. [27249/25]
    • Construction Industry
      827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of the construction and green skills unit within his Department in implementing the Careers in Construction Action Plan....
    • Departmental Funding
      832. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on when he expects the next round of the ALL collaboration and innovation fund to open. [27265/25]
    • Prison Service
      833. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on if the Prison Education Taskforce's Retrofit Skills Course at QQI Level 5 will be rolled out to any further prisons. [27266/25]
    • Adult Education Provision
      834. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the implementation of the Community Education Framework Implementation Plan, and the number of the 25 Actions that have so far been...
    • Further and Higher Education
      835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on when the transfer of functions relating to Further Education and Training from the Education and Training Boards Act 2013 and the...
    • Education Standards
      836. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of officials within his Department to address the recent decline in adult literacy proficiency. [27269/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      837. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to update on the development of an appropriate governance framework for the new FET College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27270/25]
    • Language Schools
      842. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department on the introduction of due diligence assessments for private higher education and English language...
    • Further and Higher Education
      843. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department regarding the new Learner Protection Fund. [27276/25]
    • Student Accommodation
      852. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of student housing across University College Dublin, Dublin City University and Maynooth University. [27285/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      853. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the sectoral decarbonisation strategy. [27286/25]
    • Student Accommodation
      859. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to publish the long term student accommodation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27292/25]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      860. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name and sum received of each recipient under the apprenticeship capital grant, in tabular form. [27293/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      861. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name, current stage and funding for each project currently under progression under the Strategic Infrastructure Upgrades Fund; and if he will...
    • Building Regulations
      866. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the progress of the Standardised Design Study. [27299/25]
    • Technological Universities
      867. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the progress of the TU Feasibility Study. [27300/25]
    • Student Accommodation
      868. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the progress of his Department on the development of the new student accommodation strategy 2025-2030; and when he expects the...
    • Education and Training Boards
      869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report when he expects the independent expert panel appointed by his Department in March 2024 to conduct an evaluation of FET practitioner...
    • Further and Higher Education
      870. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department in implementing the 2023 OECD review of Ireland's national skills strategy's recommendations. [27303/25]
    • Departmental Functions
      871. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of officials within his Department, particularly the skills policy and enterprise engagement unit in the creation of a...
    • Departmental Strategies
      872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of officials within his Department and update on the launch date for the proposal currently under development on a pilot...
    • Departmental Policies
      874. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department in implementing the spotlight actions published by his Department's strategic policy Unit in 2022. [27307/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and names of institutions that have been the subject of statutory processes by the Higher Education Authority under the HEA Act 2022,...
    • Departmental Functions
      877. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Higher Education Policy and Reform Unit within his Department have yet split into two separate units as planned in 2025. [27310/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department on the implementation of the National Access Plan 2022 - 2028. [27311/25]
    • Third Level Admissions
      881. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report if the midterm review of the national access plan 2022 – 2028 has commenced. [27314/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      883. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department to further extend the ceiling of core-funded posts in Higher Education with regard to the 2011 employment...
    • Technological Universities
      885. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department in advancing technological university reforms. [27318/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      886. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the progress of the higher education strategy 2025+. [27319/25]
    • Education and Training Provision
      888. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department to establish a consistent process for prioritisation and advancement of requests to expand provision in...
    • Departmental Functions
      889. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work by officials within his Department's corporate services to reduce the reliance on the Department of Education and expand...
    • Third Level Staff
      892. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the progression of the historic sectoral pension pay scheme with the University of Limerick, following recommendations of a report...
    • Departmental Offices
      893. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the transition to enable upgrade works to No. 52 St. Stephen's Green, including the decant of all staff to Ely Place for the...
    • State Bodies
      894. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the progress of his Department's work in the establishment of a Department-wide framework for the oversight of state bodies. [27360/25]
    • Education and Training Provision
      895. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there are still the same number of dental students as 25 years ago; the reason most of these are from overseas; to provide details on...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      896. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details on the €3.5 million cost following a cyber-attack in September 2024 at Munster Technological University; and if he will make a...
    • Technological Universities
      897. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for information and details about a significant deficit of €8.4 million to the year end 31 August 2023, following a deficit in the prior...
    • Education and Training Boards
      899. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the delay in the purchase of a property from Louth Meath Education and Training Board worth €6.5 million, which have been...
    • Third Level Admissions
      900. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the CAO is notified of the number of college courses to be offered via CAO, on an annual basis [27686/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      901. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the growing population in Fingal west; if he understands that there are no third level education facilities in this area; if he...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Men's Sheds
      903. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available for men's shed groups from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26780/25]
    • Rural Schemes
      904. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the operation of the seniors alert scheme which is processed through POBAL; if he has any proposals to disband or...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      905. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual...
    • Water Safety
      908. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the action being taken to promote water safety, particularly in light of recent fatalities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Regional Development
      912. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the key capital investment made by the Department in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025 in County Roscommon; and the amount...

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