Written answers

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Climate Action Plan
      33. To ask the Taoiseach when the Climate Action Plan progress reports for the remainder of 2024 will be published. [23473/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      34. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Climate Action, Environment and Energy will next meet. [25610/25]
    • Departmental Reports
      42. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on his Department's interdepartmental group report on the Dublin City Taskforce recommendations. [25261/25]
    • National Security
      46. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the progress of the national security strategy. [25262/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      47. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times since February the Cabinet committee dealing with national security has met; the attendance at each meeting; and the actions that were decided. [25521/25]
    • National Security
      49. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the progress of the national security strategy. [29592/25]
    • Social Dialogue
      53. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Labour Employer Economic Forum; and when it will next meet. [18694/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      55. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [18695/25]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      71. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his discussions with the new Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney. [25304/25]
    • Cabinet Committees
      75. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing is expected to meet next. [25323/25]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      85. To ask the Taoiseach for an update in relation to his attendance at the Munich Security Conference. [25260/25]
    • Census of Population
      97. To ask the Taoiseach the date for the next planned census. [25324/25]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Electricity Generation
      107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions his Department is taking to transition our flexible electricity generation portfolio away from fossil fuels,...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the State's position regarding an LNG terminal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30068/25]
    • Climate Action Plan
      113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government who he has met with to discuss the EPA report from 28 May 2025 since it was published; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Prices
      115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has engaged with the Department for Energy to seek a solution to the increase of energy costs in...
    • Energy Usage
      116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether current and projected energy and water demand from data centres and AI is excessive; the steps he...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to support renewable energy communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30275/25]
    • Energy Prices
      120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has plans to legislate and assign more functions on the CRU to introduce energy market reforms to reduce the price...
    • Energy Conservation
      121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of home energy upgrades completed to date this year; how this compared to the same periods of the last five...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the efforts to develop long-duration energy storage which is crucial for balancing the...
    • Energy Conservation
      124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report on the operation of home energy upgrade loan scheme which is now more than a year in operation; and if he will...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      125. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the work of the centre of excellence supporting the development of a pipeline of potential...
    • Energy Conservation
      126. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the supports available within his Department to maintain the operation of the Galway warm home hub, a project located in...
    • Environmental Policy
      127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures being taken by his Department or in collaboration with the CRU and SEAI to ensure that the operation and...
    • Climate Change Policy
      128. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the recently published National Climate Risk Assessment. [30252/25]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans there are to address the huge delays with provision of wastewater treatment systems; the plans to address the...
    • Electricity Generation
      130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how an increase in microgeneration is being achieved in line with the national energy demand strategy; and if he will make...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or his Department officials have met with private bodies interested in pursuing a commercial LNG facility in...
    • Energy Policy
      132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on his Department’s work in relation to creating a green hydrogen strategy; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Conservation
      133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government as part of the national home energy upgrade scheme one-stop shop, the number of homes in Carlow–Kilkenny that have...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 10 and 15 of 10 April 2025, when the implementation plans for decarbonisation zones...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of electricity generated by wind farms in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      136. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on progress on the Programme for Government commitment to enact legislation in 2025 to...
    • Energy Usage
      137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the engagement he has had with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the energy demand...
    • Energy Conservation
      139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a breakdown can be provided, by county, on the uptake of the home energy upgrade loan scheme in its first year of...
    • Official Engagements
      140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on his engagements with Eirgrid and the matters discussed. [30330/25]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he agrees with the EPA’s assessment in its latest report on Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the milestones the Government hopes to achieve around the expansion of biogas in the 34th Dáil; and the next steps in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will conduct a review of the SEAI home energy grants as there are a number of issues for people applying for the...
    • Climate Action Plan
      146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the State is on track to meet the target of 500,000 retrofit upgrades by 2030; the number of upgrades that would need...
    • Waste Management
      148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his proposals to reduce the amount of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic exported from Ireland; if he has considered...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures being taken to ensure 5GW of offshore renewable energy capacity is in place by 2030; and if he will make a...
    • North-South Interconnector
      152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the meetings he has had and briefings received in respect of the North-South Interconnector. [30329/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on how carbon tax revenue has been spent for 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Electricity Grid
      154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contingency plans the State has in place to deal with widespread power outages similar to those experienced on...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 10 April 2025, to provide an update on his Department’s involvement in...
    • Environmental Policy
      157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has had engagement with Government colleagues regarding the need to embed skills for a circular economy such as...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of legislative and regulatory measures aimed at enabling private wire connections between renewable...
    • Waste Management
      159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on his Department's efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government commitments to target dumping blackspots...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to implement a whole-of-Government strategy to fully integrate the sustainable development goals into national...
    • Energy Prices
      161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions his Department is undertaking to address the energy price increases that Irish households are facing; and if...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to progress onshore and offshore renewables; if he expects that Ireland’s 2030 targets...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Tourism Industry
      165. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of overseas visitors/tourists to the island of Ireland; and if this is not possible, the total number of overseas visitors/tourists to the State in...
    • Departmental Staff
      166. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the membership of the child poverty unit within his Department; and if he will provide an update on its work. [29099/25]
    • Programme for Government
      167. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to establish a revitalisation taskforce for Cork city; to provide the membership of the taskforce...
    • Cabinet Committees
      168. To ask the Taoiseach the dates and attendees of all meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Housing since he took office, in tabular form. [29739/25]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Meetings
      170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of any further meetings held between his Department with the US-based Strategic Economic Advisory Panel of business leaders...
    • Official Engagements
      172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the new Canadian Prime Minister. [28973/25]
    • Passport Services
      173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to review the requirement for widowed parents to provide a sole guardianship affidavit for passport renewals; and if he will make...
    • Northern Ireland
      174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has any further plans regarding engaging with the British government over the Northern Ireland Troubles Legacy Act 2023...
    • Trade Agreements
      175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the free-trade agreement between the EU and Qatar. [29170/25]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates in 2024 and to date in 2025 in which the Irish Consul General based in Miami has met with the sheriff of Miami-Dade Sheriff...
    • Official Engagements
      178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the delegation he plans to send to the 2025 UN Ocean Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29256/25]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any representations made directly to the Chinese Government in relation to the Christians in China or more generally...
    • European Council
      180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the position taken by Ireland at the recent meeting of the European Council regarding the request from the Spanish...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the cases related to the persecution of Christians in China (details supplied); if this has been raised...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for the foreign birth register; the reason for the delay in...
    • International Bodies
      183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will leave the IHRA given the organisation's hosting in recent days of Benjamin Netanyahu who is considered by the Government to...
    • Passport Services
      184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to consider reinstating the exemption for passport fees for those aged 65 and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29560/25]
    • Human Rights
      185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the sustained attacks on the LGBBTQ+ community in Uganda; the actions he will take to address this at an...
    • EU Directives
      186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the Letter of Formal Notice or Reasoned Opinion received by Ireland in respect of EU infringement proceedings for each of...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 27 May 2025, the reason, given the Government's support for political integration of former...
    • Passport Services
      188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria necessary for an organisation (details supplied) to be ratified as the body for official translations; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Policy
      191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legislative basis that exists for Ireland's policy of neutrality other than the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, otherwise known as the...
    • Passport Services
      192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if affidavits are accepted instead of birth certificates or as a form of identification for passport applicants who were awarded...
    • Trade Relations
      193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific steps he might consider taking to protect the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland should there be an increase in tariffs on EU...
    • International Relations
      194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 29 May 2025, to ask for clarity on what his definition of 'Israeli security needs' are, in...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will continue to make every effort, including facilitating the passing of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a US military flyover will be permitted during the NFL game in September of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • United Nations
      198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position Ireland took regarding the appointment of Annalena Baerbock as UNGA President, particularly in light of her role in providing...
    • Human Rights
      199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support a group of Irish medical doctors who came together to protest against the humanitarian disaster happening in Gaza...
    • Official Travel
      200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit Canada later this year. [30410/25]
    • Trade Agreements
      201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with his European counterparts in relation to the EU Mercosur free trade agreement; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Services
      202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that were delayed due to the fact that consent forms could not be verified with the relevant Garda...
    • Human Rights
      203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to justify the adoption of the Global Guidelines Against Antisemitism considering the input of a government that the Irish Government...
    • Official Engagements
      208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for details of engagements with the Israeli government and the Embassy of Ireland in Israel regarding the case of an individual arrested in...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he is aware of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla setting sail for Gaza again on the Madleen to deliver humanitarian aid following the attack...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Correspondence
      211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28998/25]
    • Energy Conservation
      212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the other grant schemes available, not including the SEAI grant schemes, for home energy upgrades; and if he will make a...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, given that in recent years large shoals of bream (an invasive cyprinid fish) have dominated the Maam River mouth and...
    • Departmental Staff
      217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are two Principal Officers working within the Inland Fisheries Division of the Department, with one Principal...
    • Inland Fisheries
      218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, given that on Tuesday, 20 May this year, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) closed the Galway Salmon Weir Fishery until...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider reviewing the eligibility criteria for the solar panel grant scheme administered by the SEAI, in light...
    • Postal Services
      222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the An Post pension increase scheduled for January 2025 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will advise if the traditional homes pilot scheme requires successful applicants to engage a one stop shop; if they...
    • Departmental Staff
      224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of WTE accountants that are employed by his Department as of 27 May 2025; and if he will provide same figures...
    • Departmental Contracts
      225. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the tender documents issued in February 2023; the name of the entity that won the contract, and the cost;...
    • Electricity Grid
      226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline any measures he is considering to maintain the level of imports of electricity from Britain following any...
    • Environmental Policy
      227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 28 May 2025, the funding that was allocated to the Irish environmental network...
    • Electricity Grid
      228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of current funding from the Exchequer that was provided to Eirgrid in each of the years 2015 to...
    • Mining Industry
      230. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the licencing system for mining operations at a mine (details supplied); what licences are currently issued; the frequency...
    • Waterways Ireland
      232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department is responsible for the infrastructure, maintenance and repair of the launch points around Loughs Conn...
    • Energy Prices
      233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding standing charges imposed by energy companies on electricity and energy bills; if he has engaged...
    • Departmental Data
      234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 4 March 2025, if he is satisfied that the EPA "Ireland's Greenhouse Gas...
    • Mining Industry
      235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any applications for new or additional drilling licences or amendments to existing licences are with his Department...
    • Energy Policy
      236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the Government’s position regarding LNG and address a number of matters (details supplied); and...
    • Energy Conservation
      242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homes completed under the better energy warmer homes scheme work programme; the average cost per home since...
    • Departmental Schemes
      244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for breakdown of every recipient of the capital funding that was allocated to the circular economy grants scheme in 2020,...
    • Bord na Móna
      245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has met with representatives from SIPTU and ICTU to discuss the sale of Bord na Móna Recycling; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the roll out of the public drinking water fountain scheme; the number of water fountains...
    • Fisheries Protection
      247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the work of the Minister of State with Responsibility for the Marine in light of reports of frightening...
    • Departmental Schemes
      248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he plans to publish the renewable heat obligation scheme; the reason for the delay in publishing same; and if he will...
    • Environmental Policy
      249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on phase 2 of the land use review; when it will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he...
    • EU Funding
      252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be working to progress continued, simplified and dedicated funding, through the next EU budget for energy...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when national siting regulations for biogas facilities will be published; if they will be designed with reference to...
    • Electricity Generation
      254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the expansion of data centre electricity demand; his further views on the impact this increase in data-centre...
    • Environmental Policy
      255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the implementation of the National Biomethane Strategy as it pertains to his Department; and if he...
    • Just Transition
      258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is expected that applicants will be able to apply for the next round of funding under the Just Transition Fund;...
    • Pension Provisions
      259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been any progress in processing the EirGrid pension increment for retired employees; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Policy
      261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline Ireland’s position with respect to the proposed draft fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty; if his...
    • Energy Conservation
      262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current waiting list for the warmer homes scheme in County Laois; how this compares to waiting lists in other...
    • Departmental Funding
      263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any new or expanded funding supports are planned to assist Laois County Council to develop district heating schemes as...
    • Energy Prices
      265. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will seek a solution to the increasing energy costs in Ireland; if there is potential for a cap for businesses that...
    • Weather Events
      266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the communication he has had with ESB following storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30681/25]
    • Energy Policy
      268. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the actions his Department is taking to enhance the resilience of Ireland’s energy transmission...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      269. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the proposed maximum height, including blade tip height, of the turbines planned for a facility...
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Corps
      270. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to replace the Pilatus PC-9M aircraft within the Air Corps in 2025. [29186/25]
    • Departmental Data
      272. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the grounds under the National Archives Act, 1986, 8(4), under which his Department applied for a Certificate of Withholding from Public...
    • Defence Forces
      273. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the Irish Defence Force's army force design process; when it will be completed; when will the results be...
    • Air Corps
      277. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Air Corps will continue to have a role in maritime surveillance, maritime security and defence patrols and fisheries protection and that...
    • Defence Forces
      278. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on his plans to replace the Mowag Piranha and RG32M; the number of armoured vehicles the Defence Forces require following the...
    • Naval Service
      279. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the multi-role vessel project for the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29594/25]
    • Departmental Properties
      280. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of addresses of properties under the ownership or control of his Department or the Defence Forces which have been lost...
    • Defence Forces
      281. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the advertisement budget allocated to the permanent Defence Forces in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Air Corps
      283. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons currently undergoing training to become qualified air traffic controllers within Air Corps; and when each of those persons...
    • Defence Forces
      284. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current protocol regarding the national flag being on the coffin of serving members of the Irish Defence Forces or former members; the...
    • Foreign Policy
      285. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has consulted Defence Forces personnel regarding the proposed removal of the triple lock neutrality mechanism; and if he will...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Local Authorities
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will approve works that Kildare County Council are looking to complete in relation to an accessibility issue at Cope...
    • Bus Services
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is aware of any commercial bus companies who have converted their fleet from diesel engines to electric engines; and if...
    • Taxi Regulations
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a situation affecting taxi drivers, in which newly purchased vehicles that are factory fitted to the European standard...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department has taken to determine whether Gulfstream GV N588AT, which landed at Shannon Airport on 21 May 2025, was...
    • Bus Services
      290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if toilet facilities will be provided at Killarney bus station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29015/25]
    • Road Projects
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the N2 A5 project in light of recent accidents on this road, the urgent need to prioritise the completion of this...
    • Bus Services
      292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline what the requirements are for a tour guide operating a small public service vehicle to fully comply with all regulatory...
    • Air Services
      293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the increased frequency of low-flying planes descending towards Dublin Airport over densely populated...
    • Road Safety
      294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he, his Department officials, or officials from the RSA have met with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss road deaths and...
    • Driver Licences
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions that will be made for a person who has to transfer their UK licence for insurance purposes; if his Department will...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fatal road accidents involving a HGV vehicle that occurred in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the permitted speed for a HGV vehicle. [29163/25]
    • Driver Test
      298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the IT issue with the RSA driving test booking system that is preventing learner drivers who have had more than one...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport of the fatal road accidents involving a HGV vehicle which occurred in 2022, 2023 and 2024, the number of drivers who held licences not...
    • Local Authorities
      303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed breakdown, by county, of the funding allocated to local authorities for footpath repairs for 2025; and if...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport ; if his Department’s examination of civilian aircraft that transited Irish airspace reportedly carrying munitions without...
    • Rail Network
      305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of refurbishment works Iarnród Éireann carried out at Leixlip Louisa Bridge train station in 2024 and to date in...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in relation to a matter (details supplied), he will instruct the CIÉ Board to pause all trustee-related decision-making...
    • Road Projects
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding the Ballybofey and Stranorlar bypass, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29440/25]
    • Bus Services
      311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport about the progress being made towards the development of a bus interchange facility at a location (details supplied) as part of the...
    • Driver Licences
      312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers with provisional licenses; the number of current learner drivers who have had multiple provisional licences; and if...
    • Road Projects
      313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will accelerate funding for the Farranfore to Killarney bypass, County Kerry; if he will impress upon Transport Infrastructure...
    • Greenways Provision
      314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide as part of the south Kerry greenway a footbridge adjacent to the Behy Bridge, Rossbeigh, Glenbeigh, County Kerry, to cater for...
    • Driver Test
      318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an individual who has had more than one provisional driving licence is unable to view cancellations on the RSA website when...
    • Rail Network
      319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that Iarnród Éireann spent on the removal of vegetation on the Western Rail Corridor between Athenry and Claremorris...
    • Public Transport
      320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the 50% reduction in fares for 18–25-year-olds with a young adult Leap card is a permanent measure that will continue in 2026;...
    • Departmental Investigations
      322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 21 May 2025, the total number of air operators that are the subject of examination; and if he...
    • Driver Test
      323. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of several driving test applications (details supplied); when these people will receive a date to sit their tests; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of maintaining the 20% fare reduction on public transport in each of the years 2024 and 2025; and to estimate the cost...
    • Active Travel
      335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 28 May 2025, to estimate the cost of funding the Dublin bikes scheme directly from the...
    • Regional Airports
      336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total capital funding allocated to regional airports since 2010, broken down by year and by airport; and if he will make a statement...
    • Ports Policy
      338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital funding allocated to each port since 2015, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29706/25]
    • Road Projects
      339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital funding allocated to road projects since 2020, broken down by year and by county and listing each project, in tabular form;...
    • Road Network
      340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Thurles inner relief road will be considered for the new national development plan. [29725/25]
    • Greenways Provision
      341. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to expedite the opening of the first completed section of the south Kerry greenway and ensure that it is opened in Q4 2025 as previously...
    • Rail Network
      342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider reducing the length of the railway track in Killarney, County Kerry by approximately 50 metres, this would allow for direct...
    • Road Network
      343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated annual, first year and full-year costs of deferring toll charge increases. [29952/25]
    • Public Transport
      345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of reducing all modes ticket to €75 a month and €750 annually; the estimated cost of €50 euro a...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of addresses of all properties under the ownership or control of Córas Iompair Éireann or its...
    • National Car Test
      353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of NCT testers in the Ennis test centre, for each year since 2020, in tabular form; to confirm that the three recently...
    • Greenways Provision
      354. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the year he expects the south Kerry greenway to be completed; and if any sections of the greenway will be opened in 2025. [30063/25]
    • Driver Test
      355. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver testers in each driving test centre as of 31 May 2025; the number of driver testers who retired in 2025 to date, by...
    • Bus Services
      356. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has actively engaged with individuals and organisations within the disability sector in relation to recent and planned...
    • Driver Licences
      357. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if plans are in place to address the additional costs associated with renewing the driver’s licence for persons with a...
    • Rail Network
      358. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, given the further delays to the DART plus for Drogheda project as a result of An Bord Pleanála seeking a further extension, he...
    • Bus Services
      362. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently examine the case for extending a local link bus service (details supplied) [30308/25]
    • Rail Network
      363. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the impact that several recent bank holiday weekend DART closures have had on passengers visiting coastal areas and...
    • Bus Services
      364. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the case for the establishment of a local link service in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      365. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received under the light duty vehicle initiative operated by zero emission vehicles and delivered by Transport...
    • Electric Vehicles
      366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to introduce EV charging stations at all GAA grounds in County Kerry and extend this programme across the country; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the rail short commuter zone from Portlaoise to Dublin can be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30419/25]
    • Road Safety
      368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of primary and secondary schools in Tipperary that expressed interest in the safe routes to school programme; for a breakdown...
    • Regional Airports
      370. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of any exchequer funding received by Waterford airport in each of the years since it was established, in tabular...
    • Driver Test
      371. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting times for a driving test in Kilkenny and Carlow; his to reduce these waiting times; when we expect to get back to...
    • Road Network
      372. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give further consideration to the provision of additional funding in 2025 for the non-national road network, particularly in...
    • Airport Policy
      373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to mitigate the effect of airport noise for people living near the airport given a recent report (details...
    • Rail Network
      374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the delivery of Dart Plus North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30494/25]
    • Public Transport
      375. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the delivery of integrated ticketing for public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30495/25]
    • Rail Network
      378. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the maintenance and refurbishment of train stations fall under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      379. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will undertake a review of the 33x bus service with a view to increasing the capacity and frequency of the route to...
    • Driver Licences
      380. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a licence exchange for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30505/25]
    • Rail Network
      381. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of small business groups in areas impacted by ongoing DART upgrades and repairs; if he...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      382. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to prioritise the 1951 CIÉ superannuation scheme; if he will address the concerns of retired members of the scheme who have not...
    • Air Safety
      383. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is considering introducing national drone regulations in addition to the EU regulations; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      387. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to amending the capital acquisition tax rules so that those who are childless can leave a greater sum to loved ones in their...
    • Tax Reliefs
      388. To ask the Minister for Finance the current position on tax relief for spousal maintenance and child maintenance; the reason there a difference in treatment between the two; if he is willing...
    • Legislative Measures
      389. To ask the Minister for Finance whether an amendment is required to the Criminal Activity (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 to allow him to exercise his powers under section 42 of the act to...
    • Fiscal Policy
      390. To ask the Minister for Finance the implementation plans for the recommendations in the Funds Review Report that was published in 2024. [29072/25]
    • Customs and Excise
      391. To ask the Minister for Finance the duty allowance permitted for airlines staff regarding bringing in cigarettes, tobacco products and alcohol products when arriving into the State from both...
    • Trade Data
      392. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the volume and value of whiskey exports to the United States in 2023 and 2024; if his department has calculated the impact of...
    • Departmental Data
      393. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to amend a scheme to allow for circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29266/25]
    • Banking Sector
      394. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons recent interest rate reductions by the European Central Bank have not been passed onto customers by Ireland's retail banks, particularly in...
    • Tax Code
      395. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will review its agreement with the Department of Education to label all home tutors as employees of the parents and not employees...
    • Tax Reliefs
      397. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of landlords who have availed of the retrofitting expenditure tax relief in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the total cost of the relief in...
    • Tax Yield
      398. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to the Exchequer from an increase of €0.50 and €1 in the excise duty on 20 cigarettes, and a pro-rata increase in excise on other...
    • Tax Code
      400. To ask the Minister for Finance if income received by way of grants from the State is subject to income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29465/25]
    • Tax Reliefs
      401. To ask the Minister for Finance to ensure that scoliosis spinal fusion will be deemed as a qualifying need under the new NDIS criteria which will replace the current disabled drivers scheme;...
    • Departmental Staff
      402. To ask the Minister for Finance the current number of staff responsible for the collection of the vacant homes tax by grade level and the overall wage cost for the unit. [29529/25]
    • Tax Data
      403. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the VAT on electricity to 5%; the cost of reducing the VAT on gas by 5%; the cost of reducing the VAT on electricity to 6%; the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      406. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the Funds Sector 2030: A Framework for Open, Resilient and Developing Markets review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29678/25]
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      407. To ask the Minister for Finance the list of all investment partners and funds that ISIF has invested more than €1 million with since its inception, in tabular form. [29722/25]
    • Tax Yield
      408. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional VAT exclusive yield from a €7.50 increase in the carbon charge in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      409. To ask the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the number of primary medical certificate appeals to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, by county; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Data
      410. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of removing VAT on sunscreens and other sun-protection-factor products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30215/25]
    • Departmental Properties
      413. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has purchased a property (details supplied); and if the purchase is complete. [30625/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      414. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to extending the help-to-buy scheme to include second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30635/25]
    • Tax Yield
      415. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from an increase in the vacant homes tax to ten times the annual local property tax rate in a full year; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      417. To ask the Minister for Finance the adjustment made for indexation of income tax bands and income tax rates when calculating the budgetary stance for Budget 2026. [30697/25]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Staff
      419. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE qualified architects and quantity surveyors employed by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Departmental Properties
      420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of buildings owned by the OPW that have in excess of 50 car park spaces. [28965/25]
    • Civil Service
      421. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if previous employment experience is taken into account when determining salary scale entry points for people entering employment in the...
    • Office of Public Works
      422. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW will carry out at Garda stations within DMR in the second half of 2025 where the costs of...
    • Departmental Funding
      424. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be made available to Galway County Council to complete the takeover and refurbishment of Dunguaire Castle, Kinvara,...
    • Civil Service
      425. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons currently on a panel for Executive Officer post within Civil Service from the most recent EO Recruitment Campaign;...
    • Coastal Erosion
      426. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will fund coastal erosion studies and data collection relevant to Ballinskelligs Bay and the subsequent protection of Waterville,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      427. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 5 November 2024, if he will outline the progress made on the provision of a planned new...
    • Office of Public Works
      428. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will urgently carry out clearance works to the stream at the rear of Market Hill, Ballymore, County Westmeath (details...
    • Mining Industry
      429. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any request has been made by a Government Department or a company (details supplied) for a deferral or review of royalties as they...
    • Office of Public Works
      430. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of addresses of all properties previously under the ownership or control of the Office of Public Works which...
    • Civil Service
      431. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of candidates the Public Appointments Service intends to interview as part of the open and interdepartmental competition for...
    • Office of Public Works
      432. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE qualified electricians and plumbers, by grade that are employed by the OPW in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      434. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the major infrastructure projects that are planned for Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30450/25]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      436. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline a timeline of his Department’s plan to push tranche 2 flood schemes forward to tranche 1 in County Kilkenny...
    • National Development Plan
      438. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the review of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30454/25]
    • Consumer Protection
      440. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget allocation to Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [28912/25]
    • EU Directives
      441. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 345 of 4 March 2025 and 77 of 1 May 2025, the Government’s position on the European...
    • Corporate Governance
      443. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed at the Corporate Enforcement Agency, and the rank they hold; the number of staff vacancies that exist in...
    • State Bodies
      446. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in Enterprise Ireland offices based in New York and Sydney as of 26 May 2025; and if...
    • Business Supports
      448. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to cases whereby businesses that qualify for the increased cost of business grant and power up grant...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      449. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 22 May 2025, if he will consider the advertising platforms required to meet the labour...
    • Tourism Funding
      450. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the funding allocated from the shared island fund in support of tourism; and the purpose of any such...
    • Employment Support Services
      451. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of employment created to date since the jobs announcement in 2019; the level of State funding provided to a company...
    • Business Supports
      452. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to supporting businesses to move away from women-only baby change facilities on their premises; and if...
    • EU Directives
      453. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the timeline of the transposition process of the Platform Work Directive in Ireland; and if he will...
    • Work Permits
      456. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to increase the number of work permits for people working here in the caring professions given the shortage of staff in...
    • Trade Data
      457. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of exports to Israel for 2023 and to date in 2025, segmented by type of product; if any Department or agency exports...
    • State Bodies
      460. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of current vacancies, by job title at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      461. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm with his counterpart in the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications whether an individual’s...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      462. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the regulation of artificial intelligence Bill will be published in 2025. [29742/25]
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      463. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names of the members of the technical committees, TC 63 and TC 73 committees within the NSAI and the organisations, Government...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      464. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a business (details supplied) is eligible to make an application for pre-seed start fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Business Supports
      465. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the planned scheme to support flour production in Ireland and if he will give a timeframe for the call for...
    • State Bodies
      466. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of addresses of all properties under the ownership or control of IDA Ireland or Enterprise Ireland which...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      467. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grant schemes or supports available for a small-scale enterprise in County Galway (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Industrial Disputes
      468. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is aware of the threat to jobs from an industrial relations dispute at a company (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Tourism Schemes
      469. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost if the budget for Tourism Ireland regional cooperative access scheme increased by 50%. [30407/25]
    • Tourism Promotion
      470. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the importance and extent of tourism and trade links between Ireland and Argentina; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Work Permits
      473. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the renewal of a general employment permit (details supplied) will be expedited given the circumstances; and if he will make a...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      474. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he has figures on the number of workers making use of remote working and flexible working arrangements; and if he will make a...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      475. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the provisions his Department and bodies under its aegis have taken to assist SMEs in the case of an imposition of tariffs on the...
    • Tourism Policy
      476. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has examined the introduction of a Tourist Tax, in the context of similar measures being taken across Europe,...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of establishing an initial panel of 90 speech and language therapists for schools as a shared resource. [29377/25]
    • School Staff
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail any grants or schemes available to primary schools to support the employment of disabled staff members (details supplied). [28933/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools in Ireland, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28945/25]
    • School Transport
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which she plans to address the anomaly whereby a student does not qualify for school transport from Bus Éireann due to the fact...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year costs to recruit 30 additional educational psychologist for the National Educational Psychologist Service. [28966/25]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to construction phase. [28967/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of all active new school construction projects and expansion projects in Cavan and Monaghan; the stage each...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [28969/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of all active new school construction projects and expansion projects in Meath; the stage of each project is at;...
    • School Staff
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether is a connection between the huge increases in absenteeism at primary and secondary schools and the increase in working from...
    • Special Educational Needs
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNA allocations that were recommended to the NCSE by SENOs versus the actual number that were allocated; and to provide a breakdown...
    • Education Schemes
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount in funding in total that has been secured from REPowerEU to fund an expanded school pathfinder decarbonisation and retrofit programme...
    • School Funding
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the allocated budget in her Department for a climate-focused summer works programme for 2025; if significant roof replacement works...
    • Special Educational Needs
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that a school (details supplied) will be permitted to open a fourth ASD class, where the school had offered places to children to open...
    • Departmental Data
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Educate Together schools can expand their prioritisation to outside their school planning area (SPA), where no Educate Together exists in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will examine a case (details supplied) whereby a five-year-old child has received no offer for a school place in a special...
    • School Staff
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the policy that allows teachers to apply for a career break after completing 12 months of continuous employment with their...
    • Schools Building Projects
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a new school building for a school (details supplied). [29068/25]
    • School Transport
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the distance to be eligible for the school transport scheme will be reduced to 2 km; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29075/25]
    • School Staff
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made towards her Department directly employing cleaners and caretakers in primary schools; and if she will make a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the implementation of the timebound provision and the date it will come into effect in Q2 2025. [29077/25]
    • School Enrolments
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been instructed not to accept any more junior infants from the local area. [29081/25]
    • School Funding
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the scheduling of the minor works grant; the reasons for its delay this year; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Enrolments
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the current and planned expansions of primary schools in north Kildare, in tabular form, and the status of same. [29086/25]
    • Education Policy
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the thresholds currently in place as part of the demographic demand analysis that would warrant a school extension or a new...
    • School Funding
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for primary schools; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mild general learning classes in north Tipperary; the number of classes she anticipates there will be in September 2025; if there...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress of the timebound provision for teachers who qualify outside of the Republic of Ireland; her views with respect to...
    • School Enrolments
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the D15 pilot scheme for common enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29141/25]
    • School Attendance
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide statistics of school attendance for primary and post primary students the day before a bank holiday, in tabular form. [29189/25]
    • School Funding
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to make additional funding available for schools if the capitation and ancillary grant does not cover the cost of a cleaner...
    • School Transport
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration can be given to issuing new contracts for the School Transport Scheme without delay after the expiry of each term at the end of...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of an issue with question 13(c) on the 2024 Junior Certificate home economics paper (details supplied); if she intends to have...
    • Schools Building Projects
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the extent to which muscovite mica was used in the construction of school buildings, the impact of the use of defective...
    • Special Educational Needs
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools who were asked but declined to open special classes in their schools, per county, in tabular form. [29305/25]
    • School Funding
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 22 May 2025, if she will provide further assistance to a school (details supplied) in its campus...
    • Departmental Reviews
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light of the Karshan Supreme Court ruling, her Department will review its agreement with Revenue to label all home tutors as self-employed...
    • School Admissions
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of a family (details supplied), relating to an admissions policy; and if she will make a...
    • School Funding
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when national schools and special schools will receive the 2025 minor works grant; if there will be an increase in the amount payable to offset...
    • School Staff
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the way staff are counted in special schools from a management point of view (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects SNA staffing allocations for the 2025-2026 primary school year to be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Council for Special Education
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how mild general learning disability students are being catered for in mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29418/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give detailed consideration to the issues outlined in correspondence from workers in the education sector (details supplied). [29444/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity on the current criteria and period a teacher must meet in order to be offered a permanent contract; if there are any...
    • Special Educational Needs
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the SNA review of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29471/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give urgent and detailed consideration to the issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Immigration Support Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding educational supports for IPAS centre residents; how any school place shortages at a local level are addressed; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a 5th special class will be granted for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29521/25]
    • Education Welfare Service
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process of referring a primary school pupil to an educational psychologist for assessment; if there is a certain number of referrals...
    • Departmental Contracts
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail any contracts entered into by her Department, agencies under the aegis of her Department or by schools that have notified her...
    • School Admissions
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a streamlined school allocation process for primary and post-primary allocation (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the youth affairs funding schemes and the funding allocated to each in 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown of...
    • Departmental Staff
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff members employed to support the school completion programme in Galway in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which she proposes to bridge the current qualification gap experienced by special needs teachers who hold a BA in early childhood...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request the Teaching Council of Ireland to issue guidance to special needs teachers who hold BA in early childhood education awarded...
    • School Transport
      558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided to a child (details supplied) who is trying to avail of school transport due to medical needs; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29605/25]
    • National Youth Work Advisory Committee
      560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work that is underway and that has taken place to date, on implementing the actions for which Youth Affairs is the lead on Opportunities for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children looking for placements in special schools in Dublin 2, 4, 6, 6W and 8 respectively, in May in each of the years 2020,2021,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider building a second-level school tailored for children with disabilities and additional learning supports that...
    • School Transport
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a school bus route for the 30-plus secondary-school children living in the Nenagh/Silvermines area travelling to...
    • Departmental Funding
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of ICT and minor works funding (details supplied), by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29676/25]
    • School Accommodation
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools of which her Department is aware that have existing premises that can accommodate additional special...
    • Special Educational Needs
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected number of special school places in both primary and post primary required for the 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028, and 2027-2028...
    • National Council for Special Education
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of recommendations made by the NCSE for special classes for the 2025-2026 school year, broken down according to type (autism spectrum...
    • Schools Building Projects
      572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to the provision of a new co-educational school in the Cabra Phibsborough D7 school planning area; and if she...
    • School Accommodation
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools adding modular accommodation to their existing premises to open new special classes in the (2025-2026, 2026-2027 and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the tender process will begin for a new school building for a school (details supplied); when it is expected that the tendering process will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a national school (details supplied) will be facilitated by the department in establishing a 5th ASD class to cater for children in the...
    • School Equipment
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the State that are requiring parents to pay for electronic devices for use in school. [29766/25]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to engage the SEAI Pathfinder Programme with a school in Drogheda (details supplied) to achieve their retrofit and energy goals, and replace...
    • School Staff
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse the decision to remove a teacher from the allocation of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Contracts
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the start date for a person’s contract of indefinite duration (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first and full year costing of funding Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate mock exams in tabular form. [29830/25]
    • School Staff
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm the current status of negotiations regarding bereavement leave entitlements for school secretaries now employed directly by...
    • Special Educational Needs
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied) did not receive sanction for a special class for the upcoming school year. [29840/25]
    • School Admissions
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children living on the Donabate peninsula that access primary and secondary schools outside the Donabate area; to include details...
    • School Staff
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently engage with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and address the disparity...
    • Departmental Policies
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29850/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider granting a third special class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29854/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current allocation of educational welfare officers in County Longford, noting that there is only one officer currently in situ; if and when...
    • Special Educational Needs
      591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children seeking special school places and special class places, by county, for the past five years; the projected demand for the...
    • School Accommodation
      592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update in relation to the additional school accommodation application for a school (details supplied) given the need for urgent...
    • School Transport
      593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the maximum distance a child should need to travel for a school place to be considered appropriate. [29859/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children are seeking special class places in the various categories of special class, broken down by county, in tabular form; and...
    • School Admissions
      595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date by which all offers of school places for September 2025 will be issued. [29861/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post primary schools in the country do not have a special class; the name and counties of same; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will formally announce the reforms of how teachers get CID, changing from the current two consecutive years for CID to one...
    • National Council for Special Education
      599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools each year that have signalled their interest to the National Council For Special Education in opening a special class, but...
    • School Accommodation
      600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the prefabs at a school (details supplied); when they will be replaced; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the delivery of a new school (details supplied) on the previously purchased site on Fosterstown lands; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children projected to transition into special classes in post primary over the next ten years, broken down by county and type of...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has information in relation to planned reforms to the revised Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2016 to facilitate the...
    • School Facilities
      619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm the specific rental period and facilities covered by a payment made to the Board of Management at a school (details...
    • School Staff
      620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate and allow for paid bereavement leave for a school secretary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Funding
      621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to engage with various Ministers to provide a once off stand alone grant to a sports and leisure complex in County Kerry (details supplied); and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first year, whole year and school year cost of 250 and 1600 additional full time SNAs, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to increase funding for the summer programme by 15% by first year, full year and school year cost, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated current and capital cost of implementing the plan to open at least four special classes in every post-primary school in the State;...
    • Departmental Staff
      630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first-, whole- and school-year cost of recruiting 15 additional educational psychologists. [29915/25]
    • School Accommodation
      631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated capital cost of building modular accommodation to allow for 50 additional special classes; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of a case (details supplied) in which a teacher has been notified that they will not be able to teach from next year on due to...
    • Departmental Data
      634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of the post-primary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough school planning area. [29938/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the case of a child (details supplied) who has been approved for an SNA; when an SNA will be appointed in respect of this...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person will be assisted in obtaining clearance from the UAE to progress their Teaching Council application (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Funding
      637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the introduction of an annual schedule of guaranteed school grants can be provided to all primary schools in advance of the academic year...
    • Schools Building Projects
      639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of her Department’s commitments in relation to a school building (details supplied); the timeline for the necessary emergency...
    • Special Educational Needs
      640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing for all currently staffed special needs assistants (SNA's) to complete the UCD online training designed for...
    • Departmental Properties
      641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to utilise the land and building following the relocation of a school (details supplied); if there will be community...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence (details supplied) and the status of the provision of a new national school in Belturbet, County Cavan. [30057/25]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the closure, refurbishment and reopening of schools (details supplied). [30059/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 7 May 2025, if the person is part of the public service pensions scheme; the actions that are...
    • Special Educational Needs
      645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a teacher shortage in a school (details supplied) resulting in an inability to provide adequate support for a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a design team has been appointed to a new school project (details supplied); the up-to-date position on advancing the new school buildings;...
    • Departmental Data
      647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the secondary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area; the number of first-year places available in each school...
    • School Admissions
      651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected number of junior-infant enrolments in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area in September 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and...
    • Departmental Data
      652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the data sources used by her Department to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where...
    • School Accommodation
      653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department uses child-benefit data to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional...
    • Schools Building Projects
      655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department can take to provide a co-educational primary or post-primary school in an area where no such option currently exists...
    • School Admissions
      656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the reported 10% surplus of first-year places in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area for the 2024/2025...
    • Departmental Data
      657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first-year students in each post-primary school in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area in 2024/2025 versus...
    • School Accommodation
      658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision for secondary school places that was made as per the plan (details supplied), following the increase in residential developments in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider providing a new co-educational secondary school in the Cabra/Phibsborough, D7 school planning area; whether current data available to...
    • Departmental Programmes
      661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the suitability of the Reading Recovery programme for those with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      664. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new modular classroom which has been approved by her Department, will be in place for a Donegal school (details supplied). [30304/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year costs to recruit 50 additional WTE educational welfare officers. [30399/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of your place your space projects currently operation in north Tipperary; and the number and job title of personnel employed in each...
    • School Funding
      668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the roll out of supportive therapies art, drama, equine therapies, wellbeing supports and nurture room grants to name some to...
    • School Transport
      669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position and the plans in place to allow persons aged 70 and over, subject to appropriate medical checks, to undertake school bus...
    • School Funding
      670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing funding for Gaelscoileanna by 5%, 10%, and 20%, in tabular form. [30487/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) and this Deputy regarding a child's special education school...
    • School Funding
      673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which ancillary grants were paid to schools and the amount in total, for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the changes that have been...
    • Departmental Staff
      674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a home school community liaison for a school (details supplied) which would greatly benefit from the role; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress of the new building for a school (details supplied), in light of the project now facing its fourth delay, with the...
    • School Staff
      676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is reviewing the loss of a teaching post in a school (details supplied); if consideration is being given to reinstating the...
    • School Funding
      678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of school funding in 2024 and 2025, per county, in tabular form. [30535/25]
    • School Staff
      679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has had its teacher allocation cut, forcing it to form multigrade classes of first and second class...
    • Special Educational Needs
      680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeline for completing the SNA workforce development programme to provide clarity on their role and career paths; and if she will...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the success of the solar panels for schools scheme if her Department has considered expanding the number of solar panels a school can...
    • School Enrolments
      684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work her Department is undertaking to map the number of children who will be enrolling in mainstream primary school in the next five years;...
    • School Staff
      686. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consultation is underway with regard to outstanding pay and conditions for school secretaries and ancillary staff; and if she will make a...
    • School Attendance
      688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to tackle absenteeism in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30595/25]
    • Education Welfare Service
      689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding levels for home school liaison officers and other measures to help ensure young people complete school; and if she will make a...
    • Youth Services
      690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration she has given to funding for youth services, newly moved into her Department, in Budget 2026; if she is aware of the National...
    • Departmental Properties
      691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has purchased a property (details supplied); and if the purchase is complete. [30624/25]
    • School Staff
      692. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will liaise with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform to grant public-service status to school secretaries to...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be given DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30647/25]
    • School Textbooks
      694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the free schoolbook scheme for students in Junior Cycle years; if consideration has been given to including private...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the timebound provision; and if she can guarantee that it will be in place and open in Q2. [30694/25]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Post Office Network
      696. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that many rural and urban postmasters are reporting that their post offices are under threat of closure...
    • Olympic Council of Ireland
      698. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had discussions with the Olympic Council of Ireland in relation to the possibility of them making a...
    • Local Authorities
      700. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for the cost of implementing a night tzar to each county local authority to look after the interests of those involved...
    • Departmental Meetings
      701. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he last met with the Director of the National Gallery of Ireland and the issues that they discussed. [29369/25]
    • Tourist Accommodation
      702. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will take into consideration the major importance of short-term letting to the tourism industry in Kerry; if he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      703. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if participants on the basic income for artists pilot scheme will be eligible to participate in the follow-on scheme;...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      705. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the new State commemorations committee will include any member with experience of the labour or trade union movement...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      706. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the poor availability of high-speed broadband an area (details...
    • Arts Council
      707. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects the new director of the Arts Council to be appointed. [29726/25]
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      708. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he was informed that RTÉ had a significant overspend and impairment on a CMS IT project. [29745/25]
    • Arts Council
      709. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason he exercised his power under the Arts Act 2004 to refuse to consent to the proposal by the Arts Council for...
    • Sports Funding
      710. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for delay in the provision of sports capital equipment funding for a club (details supplied) and when...
    • Grant Payments
      711. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to engage with various Ministers to provide a once off stand alone grant to a sports and leisure complex in County...
    • Arts Funding
      712. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being taken to support the arts and artists in County Kerry; the plans he has to promote and support the...
    • Online Safety
      713. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures his Department is taking to introduce more protection to children when they are using online media; if her...
    • Departmental Schemes
      714. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider extending the payments to the artists who are already receiving under the pilot basic income for...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      715. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans his Department have to effectively promote and successfully implement copper switch off; whether his...
    • Grant Payments
      716. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is any existing or any upcoming plan for an indicative timeframe from his Department for the approval of the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      717. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will be announcing a sports capital grant application scheme this year; if so, when applications will open; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      718. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding stream whence the recent €25,000 allocation to the Listowel Writer’s Week Literary Festival...
    • Film Industry
      719. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will work with the Minister for Social Protection, to consider the precarious nature of work in the film and...
    • Departmental Data
      721. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE qualified historians by grade employed by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      722. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be available in Ardnacrusha County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      723. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail the actual draw down of funds by successful applicants for the sports capital grant in County Carlow and...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      724. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking in actively trying to increase participation in sport, particular among females; and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      726. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the basic income for the arts scheme; if he will extend and enhance the scheme into the future; and if he...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      727. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 804, 805 and 806, if the steering group has communicated any issues of concern...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      728. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had engagement with Coimisiún na Meán regarding its strategy statement and work programme; and if...
    • Online Safety
      729. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking at a policy level to tackle the identification and removal of online bots in Ireland, in light...
    • Departmental Schemes
      730. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he has made provisions to continue and expand the basic income scheme for the arts; and if he will make a...
    • Arts Council
      731. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how he plans to support and continue the work of the Arts Council, whether he is considering a budget allocation...
    • Sports Funding
      732. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he will review current funding for national sporting organisations; if he is considering a budget allocation...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      733. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he has sought from Eir following storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30909/25]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Flood Risk Management
      735. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the development of national hazard maps for surface water and groundwater flooding, as...
    • Water Quality
      736. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department plans to designate hundreds of rivers, lakes and estuaries as 'heavily modified water bodies'; if this...
    • Housing Policy
      737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will introduce the regulations dealing with service charges and sinking funds; and if the Housing Agency will have...
    • Housing Provision
      738. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the process he envisages will be used by local authorities to accommodate additional residential zoning; if...
    • Departmental Policies
      739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's policy in relation to remote working and details of any systems in place for logging days from home or in...
    • Departmental Data
      740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the data his Department has access to in relation to notices of termination issued to social tenants housed by approved...
    • Commercial Rates
      741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reform commercial rates or any other plans that might support small and micro-enterprises in rural counties such...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29012/25]
    • Waterways Issues
      743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government is it is the intention of his Department to reclassify the Lough Corrib Catchment as a Heavily Modified Water Body (HMWB)...
    • Legislative Measures
      744. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects legislation to underpin remediation schemes to come before the Oireachtas Housing Committee for...
    • Housing Schemes
      746. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the rollout of a social housing passport that will allow persons on social housing waiting lists to change...
    • Vacant Properties
      747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with the Minister for Health, in regard to utilising HSE buildings and lands across County Kerry for...
    • Housing Schemes
      748. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available for a local authority tenant who wishes to transfer to another local authority home in a different...
    • Housing Policy
      749. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on plans to introduce a right-sizing policy, if this will include local authority tenants. [29070/25]
    • Departmental Data
      752. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the measure A7 funding of the 2024–2026 multi-annual rural water programme for a group water...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Departmental Circular letter EL 02/2011 is still applicable; if so, to provide a rationale for this in the context of...
    • Departmental Data
      754. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the second phase of the housing development at a location; if he will provide an update on funding approval and...
    • Defective Building Materials
      755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the proposed amendments to the current enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme will be enacted; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      762. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to put in place a defective concrete blocks grant scheme for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      763. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of first registrations completed by the Land Registry agency, Tailte Éireann, for the years 2022, 2023, 2024,...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider an exemption to the requirement for a property to be vacant for a minimum of 12 months in order to avail...
    • Planning Issues
      767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authority planning permission can facilitate the building of clusters of houses in rural areas where the developer...
    • Local Authorities
      768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities will be encouraged and supported to provide low-cost sites to help those with a housing need,...
    • Fire Safety
      769. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address concerns regarding fire safety and building defects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Grant Payments
      770. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the plans to introduce staged payments for the vacant and derelict property refurbishment grant administered...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29331/25]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      772. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new traveller specific accommodation units delivered in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by...
    • Departmental Data
      773. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE accountants that are employed by his Department as of 27 May 2025; and if he will provide corresponding...
    • Domestic Violence
      782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure from the CAS budget on domestic violence refuges in 2024; the expected expenditure on such refuges in...
    • Departmental Data
      783. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional cost of increasing the funding for defects remediation schemes by 50%, 100% and 150%. [29392/25]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      792. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most up-to-date resources with respect to design of social homes; and the guidelines in place at the national level for...
    • Defective Building Materials
      793. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to extend the enhanced defective concrete blocks scheme to County Meath where there are affected parties;...
    • Departmental Budgets
      794. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the overall budget assigned to planned maintenance and stock surveys in each of the past five years. [29528/25]
    • Departmental Data
      796. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the next tranche of URDF. [29531/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      797. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff currently in the vacant homes unit in his Department. [29532/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      798. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the tenant-in-situ scheme in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29540/25]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      800. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 to ensure that...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      801. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legal, statutory or circular basis for the application of the local connection condition to the provision of homeless...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      802. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legal, statutory or circular basis for the application of the local connection condition to the assessment for accessing...
    • Fire Stations
      803. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all new fire stations opened in the past eight years, by location, excluding renovations to existing fire...
    • Defective Building Materials
      804. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a defective concrete block grant scheme application by a person from county Mayo (details supplied); if this...
    • Departmental Funding
      806. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Housing Agency will be provided with additional resources in 2026 via Budget 2026, in order that it can commence the...
    • Departmental Data
      807. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to the local biodiversity action fund operated by the National Parks and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      808. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the increasing number of prospective house buyers turning to social housing due to affordability concerns...
    • Legislative Measures
      809. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a timeline for the publication and progression of legislation to underpin the defects remediation...
    • Planning Issues
      811. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review of the Guidelines for Planning Authorities relating to Childcare Facilities; to list the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      820. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his response to the motion recently passed by Donegal County Council (details supplied). [29761/25]
    • Construction Industry
      822. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of the mandatory registration to the Construction Industry Register Ireland due at the end of 2025; and if he...
    • Waterways Issues
      823. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the cleaning of the canal by Ross Castle, Killarney, County Kerry into the lake (details supplied) will be expedited; and...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      824. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time staff within the National Parks and Wildlife Service who are dedicated to the fulfilment of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      825. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he is aware that the allocation of funding to Fingal County Council for tenant in situ accommodation has been...
    • Departmental Data
      826. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the housing need and demand assessment targets for each local authority have been agreed and communicated to the relevant...
    • Planning Issues
      828. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the 14 actions set out in the Ministerial Action Plan on Planning...
    • Local Authorities
      830. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the role of local authorities in the regulation of commercial drone delivery operations, including their...
    • Housing Policy
      832. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to increasing the income threshold for cost rental housing outside of Dublin, in particular...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      833. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given that the €1,500 cap on educational supports for councillors undertaking QQI-accredited courses was set in 2014...
    • Legislative Measures
      835. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the marine protected area legislation; if this legislation will be a Bill in its own right and not amending...
    • Marine Protected Areas
      836. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the conservation measures in place for Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      837. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if powers have been delegated to the Ministers of State in his Department; and if so, to list those delegated powers and the...
    • Housing Provision
      838. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the housing crisis and provide affordable and social housing by directing local authorities in Kerry and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      840. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans in place to raise the current means limit to qualify for social housing in Donegal and nationwide (details...
    • Planning Issues
      843. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the 2001 Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Childcare Facilities in order to address gaps in the...
    • Land Development Agency
      844. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if each of the developments being progressed by the Land Development Agency include the provision of childcare facilities; if...
    • Departmental Funding
      846. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the decision not to provide funding to Galway County Council to take ownership of Dunguaire Castle, Kinvara,...
    • Planning Issues
      847. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the direction being given to local authorities for balanced, common-good and needs-based planning in the areas of renewable...
    • Departmental Data
      852. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for the breakdown of the value of commercial rates collected by Kilkenny and Carlow County Councils for each of the years 2020...
    • Planning Issues
      853. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the planning development charges imposed by county councils on successful applicants for one off houses will be suspended...
    • Departmental Data
      854. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing projects that will now be transferred from the Peter McVerry Trust to local authorities and other...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      855. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of providing Housing First with wraparound supports to a single adult experiencing long-term homelessness;...
    • Departmental Budgets
      856. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 9 of the Annual Progress Report 2025 that is designated for the...
    • Derelict Sites
      857. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected revenue yield (full-year) from an increase in the derelict site levy to 20%; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      858. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on wind energy guidelines; the date on which updated guidelines will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      859. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the EU legislation that requires transposition into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee; to provide a...
    • Programme for Government
      862. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Programme for Government Commitment to establish statutory timelines for the RTB and enhanced enforcement powers...
    • Departmental Staff
      866. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE staff in his Department, by grade, at the end of May 2024 and 2025; the number of vacancies, by grade, at...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      867. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is aware of the ongoing issues relating to the provision of emergency replacement mobiles or caravans to...
    • Coastal Protection
      870. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the measures being taken to address coastal erosion and coastal flooding risks in Dublin and along the east...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Staff
      872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE departmental staff by grade that are currently dealing with carer's allowance applications. [28913/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      873. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the qualified child allowance for children aged under 12 increased to €55 per week and...
    • Legislative Measures
      874. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeline for the enactment of the legislation implementing the Supreme Court decision in the O'Meara case; if...
    • Departmental Schemes
      875. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he intends to reopen the diet supplement for new applicants who for medical reasons require gluten-free, low-lactose,...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to the introduce an employer PRSI rebate for small firms or any other plans that might support small and...
    • Departmental Data
      878. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of divorces granted in each year from 2015 to date; to provide a breakdown of the number which are opposite-sex...
    • Pension Provisions
      880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority will conclude an information-sharing agreement with...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who will receive the carers support grant in June 2025; if he will provide a county breakdown of the...
    • Maternity Leave
      883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider introducing an additional payment for expectant mothers who are not eligible for maternity payment...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      884. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department notifies holders of a free travel pass a minimum of one month prior to expiry of their free travel pass,...
    • Departmental Policies
      893. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 27 May 2025, if can confirm when this policy was enacted; the Minister that...
    • School Meals Programme
      894. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has reviewed, or is intending to review, the nutritional standards set by his Department in relation to the...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      898. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of humanitarian assistance scheme 1 applications, per county, received following Storm Éowyn; the number...
    • Pension Provisions
      902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a claim for invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) was refused; if he will provide details of the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      904. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of carer’s allowance that are caring for someone under 18 years of age. [29453/25]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      905. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person on a job initiative scheme is not receiving the same amount of remuneration as their section-39...
    • Pension Provisions
      908. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans to introduce new rules in relation to the widow's pension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the extension of a travel companion under the free travel scheme entitlement for recipients of a State pension is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      910. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that have been taken to address the long processing times for those awaiting a decision on their domiciliary...
    • Freedom of Information
      912. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the regional citizen information companies are subject to FOI, the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Public Accounts...
    • School Meals Programme
      913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the school meal scheme for post primary schools to all post primary schools in the State....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      916. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the back-to-school allowance universally for all families in the State; and the estimated...
    • Pension Provisions
      920. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of invalidity pension for the years 2020 to 2025, by county; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      922. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of disablement benefit for the years 2020 to 2025, by county; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Meals Programme
      928. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the school meals programme to all post-primary schools in the State. [29832/25]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      929. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people claiming children’s allowance in 2025 and the estimated cost of providing a double payment in...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      931. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 14 May 2025, if being six months pregnant at the time of death is covered under...
    • Departmental Offices
      932. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider the development of an Intreo office to facilitate the Gaeltacht population of south Conamara and Cois...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      933. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); that serious consideration...
    • Pension Provisions
      934. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to change the treatment of those in receipt of the widows pension, who are working and if they become ill and are...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      935. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he is conscious of the need to maintain...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 937
      937. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will classify long Covid as an occupational illness as has been done in other European countries; if he will extend the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      938. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider ensuring that people with intellectual disabilities and autism retain their free travel pass permanently...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      940. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the eligibility criteria for the EmployAbility Service to include individuals attending Section...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      941. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider the precarious nature of work in the film and television industry and find ways in which his Department...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      944. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the farm assist appeal of a person (details supplied) will be finalised as the appeal was submitted over six months ago...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      945. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a record of insurance contributions made by a person (details supplied); if these contributions qualify...
    • School Meals Programme
      947. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of primary and post primary DEIS schools that were denied funding for breakfast club for the school year...
    • Departmental Data
      948. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 28 May 2025, for an explanation of the numbers contained in the table; how the...
    • School Meals Programme
      949. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of primary and post primary DEIS schools not being provided with a breakfast club; and the estimated cost of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      951. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any social welfare benefits available to self-employed parents (farmers); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      953. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update in relation to the introduction of auto enrolment; the engagement with different stakeholders; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      954. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the details of his Department's review of means testing across all social assistance schemes, with particular...
    • Paternity Leave
      959. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending paternity benefit by two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30687/25]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      960. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making the fuel allowance available for 32, 40 and 52 weeks per annum; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Programme for Government
      966. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 will move from the Department of Justice to the Department of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      967. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to Mayo/Roscommon and Longford divisional protective services unit as of 26 May...
    • Prison Service
      968. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers that retired from Irish Prison Service in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28902/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      969. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to Meath/Westmeath roads policing unit as of 26 May 2025. [28915/25]
    • Data Protection
      972. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of requests or complaints received by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) under Articles 17 and 19 of the GDPR...
    • Direct Provision System
      973. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the problems encountered by families with children with autism who have obtained citizenship and are...
    • Departmental Communications
      974. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a response will issue to a query (details supplied). [29034/25]
    • Visa Applications
      975. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration would be given to the provision of a mechanism to afford flexibility in certain visa cases, in particular for...
    • Death Certificates
      977. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of a case (details supplied) in which a death certificate has not been issued to the family of the deceased over...
    • Departmental Data
      978. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if EU nationals who arrive in Ireland and stay beyond three months are checked to ensure they have not overstayed their...
    • An Garda Síochána
      979. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to the Donegal roads policing unit as of 20 May 2025; if he will provide the...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      981. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality ; if he will provide an outline of engagements in his Ministerial diary and that of any Minister of State at his Department for...
    • An Garda Síochána
      982. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1639 of 29 April 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Student Visas
      985. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications and approvals for student visa from students in Australia in each of the years 2021 to date in 2025,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      986. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding provided towards Garda airport liaison officers in the years of 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [29181/25]
    • Departmental Data
      989. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify if his department has conveyed any concerns to the Department of Health regarding the Assisted Human Reproduction...
    • Road Safety
      990. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatal road accidents involving a HGV vehicle that occurred in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make...
    • International Protection
      993. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any plans or actions being undertaken to provide IPAS accommodation at a location (details supplied). [29283/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      994. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who are currently suspended from duty; if he will provide a breakdown of how long they have been...
    • International Protection
      995. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for protection that have been issued with a notice upon making their application advising them of the...
    • Departmental Policies
      996. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm the protocol under which Ireland opted out of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO); and the...
    • International Protection
      997. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the general scheme of the Bill to reform the coroners service will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      999. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Israeli nationals seeking a visa to visit Ireland are required to provide information as to whether they served in the...
    • International Protection
      1000. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 787 of 7 November 2023 the consideration given to extend the 2001 Temporary Protection...
    • Departmental Data
      1001. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total value of all drugs seized in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [29360/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1003. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of van/personnel carrier courses that were held for Gardaí within the Kildare division in 2024 and to date in...
    • Departmental Investigations
      1004. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any investigation to the alleged leak of the identity of an alleged Russian spy in the Oireachtas called...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1006. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite and provide the necessary funding for the long-awaited CCTV system for Killarney town; and if he will make...
    • Visa Applications
      1007. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a holiday visa for their foreign-born partner who currently resides with them in...
    • Crime Prevention
      1008. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the retail crime strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29487/25]
    • International Protection
      1009. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding community integration supports for a proposed IPAS centre (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Process
      1010. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has had any consideration on bringing forward legislation concerning the introduction of silent fireworks to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1011. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on the application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1012. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a family (details supplied) will receive remediation through the Stardust redress scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Forensic Science Ireland
      1014. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE civilian forensic accountants attached to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau in 2024 and to date in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1015. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of the number of Gardaí staffed at each Garda station in the country, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Legislative Measures
      1016. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans or proposals to introduce legislation relating to spent convictions in this Dáil term. [29588/25]
    • Visa Applications
      1020. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for an entry visa under the critical skills programme for a person (details...
    • Passport Services
      1023. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if issues regarding a passport renewal for Irish residents who are citizens of Myanmar has been drawn to his attention; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1024. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date the current Garda Commissioner's term ends officially. [29724/25]
    • Legal Services Regulation
      1025. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the dates and attendees of all his physical or virtual meetings with the Bar Council since he took office. [29740/25]
    • Immigration Support Services
      1026. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all applicants applying for asylum or protection in Ireland are required to provide a birth certificate and photo...
    • Visa Applications
      1030. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to expedite Irish visitor visas in respect of a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Meetings
      1031. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with the family of a person (details supplied) to discuss how best to assist them in their search for truth...
    • Legislative Process
      1032. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1517 of 29 April 2025, the reason he did not make available the draft report of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1033. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the citizenship application made by a resident of County Clare (details supplied); and if he...
    • Public Inquiries
      1035. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the motion passed by Donegal County Council in December 2024 calling for an independent statutory judicial public...
    • Departmental Data
      1036. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if prisons or places of detention are defined in any way under the Constitution; and if not, whether there are any...
    • Prison Service
      1039. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has plans to introduce constitutional or legislative reforms that would more explicitly define the role, function, or...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      1040. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an overview of his Department's responses to recommendations made in the report of the Citizens' Assembly...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1041. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the next three dates on which new Garda recruits will graduate from Garda Training College; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Courts Service
      1045. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will appoint additional district court judges in north Kildare as currently there are people within the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1046. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of competitions held in 2024 and to-date in 2025 for sworn Gardaí to apply to join community policing units...
    • Departmental Data
      1048. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE staff, by job title, working at the Irish visa offices based in Ankara, London, Abu Dhabi, New Delhi and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1049. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked Garda vehicles attached to the north Dublin roads policing unit as of 4 June 2025. [30405/25]
    • Prison Service
      1051. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Thornton Hall prison site in north County Dublin, Fingal, in light of recent announcements on the increase...
    • International Protection
      1052. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the exact process of site selection for International Protection Accommodation Service centres; are local authorities using...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1053. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30434/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1054. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Gardaí assigned to Arklow, Avoca, Rathdrum, Carnew, Aughrim, Tinahely and Gorey stations each year over...
    • Departmental Data
      1055. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for the crime figures for counties Wicklow and Wexford over the past five years, by category, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1056. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Gardaí to date in each of the stations in Arklow, Avoca, Aughrim, Carnew, Tinahely and Gorey, in...
    • Youth Services
      1057. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for new youth diversion programmes in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      1058. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the opening hours for Graiguenamanagh Garda station; the number of Gardaí assigned to the station; and if he will make a...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      1059. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to correspondences (details supplied) how the IHRA definition of antisemitism supports or complements the National...
    • Courts Staff
      1061. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mandatory training judges, court-appointed assessors, and legal practitioners receive on domestic violence, particularly...
    • Family Reunification
      1065. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of family reunification sponsor applications made to date in 2025; the number of these applications made by minors...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1072. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for Irish citizenship received so far in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      1076. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on visa application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30601/25]
    • Legislative Programme
      1077. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to deal with the parental rights for those convicted of killing their...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1078. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30675/25]
    • International Protection
      1080. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international protection applicants who have not been offered accommodation on arrival in each month in 2025 to...
    • Domestic Violence
      1083. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of providing an additional 335 domestic abuse refuge spaces to meet Ireland’s obligations under the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1084. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application; when it is likely that same will be completed, in view that it is over 28 months...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Programmes
      1085. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department proposed to use the Teagasc soil and subsoils map for the implementation of the Good Agricultural and...
    • Departmental Staff
      1087. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full year cost to recruit three additional WTE agricultural inspectors and three additional WTE veterinary inspectors...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      1088. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that the Cong Salmon Hatchery run by Inland Fisheries Ireland in county Galway is not located within a special area of...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1089. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when PG1 status will be approved in respect of a food product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Surveys
      1090. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he would outline what stock surveys have been conducted to date; what surveys are underway at present and what further surveys...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1091. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will look favourably on an appeal by a person (details supplied) of the extensively grazed pasture; and if he will...
    • Veterinary Services
      1092. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff, by job title currently at the regional veterinary offices based at Raphoe, County Donegal; the WTE...
    • Departmental Funding
      1093. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the costing and a detailed breakdown of the costing for the funding provided by his Department to the Irish...
    • Trade Missions
      1094. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the locations of trade missions he will participate in over the next three months, in tabular form. [29176/25]
    • Horse Racing Industry
      1095. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he was aware of the issues facing Horse Sport Ireland with registering and access to a passport for foals born in 2024; and the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1096. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount in funding Horse Sport Ireland receives each year from the State. [29247/25]
    • Horse Racing Industry
      1097. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of passports issued in each of the past five years by Horse Sport Ireland; and the number of applications still...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      1100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates in 2025 where he has visited each of the fisheries harbour centres under the remit of his Department; and the purpose of...
    • Animal Culls
      1101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will bring an end to the culling of badgers by the Department, in light of scientific evidence that it is ineffective in...
    • Animal Welfare
      1102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if intensive agriculture and larger herd sizes have increased TB rates in cattle, the measures he will take to address this; and if...
    • Animal Culls
      1103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out any analysis of the impact on biodiversity of culling badgers; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disease Management
      1104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the present position in relation to Johne's disease in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29511/25]
    • Animal Sales
      1106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer is allowed to sell animals either at a mart or factory if they carried out tests on their cows, heifers and calves and...
    • Disease Management
      1107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer carries out tests on cows, heifers and calves and they test positive for Johne's disease if the animals are culled; and...
    • Animal Welfare
      1109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase the rebate paid to local authorities for horse welfare and impounding instances given the current cost far...
    • Fishing Industry
      1110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if fishing trawler boats can access the sea off the coast of Portrane and close to the beach as a number of trawlers have been seen...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      1111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of capital funding allocated to fishery harbour centres and local authority owned peers and harbours since 2015, broken...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and attendees of all his physical or virtual meetings with Coillte since he took office. [29734/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      1113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projects at a company (details supplied) that received funding under CAP schemes for the climate and the environment. [29771/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the environmental work under way at a company (details supplied). [29772/25]
    • Animal Welfare
      1115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that charges under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 and the Control of Horses Act 1996 will be pursued against...
    • Departmental Investigations
      1116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update into the investigation into the operations of a company (details supplied) ; and g when the investigation will...
    • Departmental Data
      1117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the 2024 Acres payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29819/25]
    • Natura 2000
      1118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Fisheries Natura Declarations which have been completed for Natura 2000 sites in the marine and coastal environment,...
    • Departmental Data
      1119. 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. [29824/25]
    • Departmental Programmes
      1120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the long-awaited ban on pair trawling and explain in detail the reason this decision has not been introduced to...
    • Departmental Properties
      1121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of addresses of all properties under the ownership or control of his Department or its agencies which have...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date for when a person's (details supplied) knowledge transfer group details will be cleared for payment; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Welfare
      1123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the Deer Management Strategy and the establishment of local deer management units; if the locations of each of...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      1124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider transferring the forestry holdings of Coillte to the National Parks and Wildlife Service to ensure that...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on phase 2 of the land use review; when it will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Horticulture Sector
      1126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider a ban on the general sale of wasp poisons given the danger of their use against bees and the need to protect bee...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,677 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 that were being tracked on Rásaíocht...
    • Wildlife Protection
      1132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Deer Management Strategy Group, set up by his predecessor is considering the total removal of the Japanese Sika species to...
    • Departmental Investigations
      1133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of containers inspected by his Departmental officials following arrival into Shannon Airport from 1 January 2024 to 2...
    • EU Regulations
      1134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of an EU regulation that is affecting the export of ram lambs intended for fattening that requires testing for...
    • Beef Sector
      1135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the An Rialálaí Agraibhia (Agri-Food Regulator), can establish the true market value of the fifth quarter within beef...
    • Departmental Data
      1136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of addresses of all properties under the ownership or control of Coillte which have been lost due to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new tillage scheme outlined in the food vision tillage report will be in place before cover crops are sown in July 2025 and...
    • Climate Action Plan
      1138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strategies and actions his Department is taking to ensure that the Government meets its target under the Climate Action Plan to...
    • Departmental Funding
      1140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is seeking to ring-fence the €32 million paid to the tillage sector as part of Budget 2025 for the next...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Data
      1141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department received any correspondence from the Law Society in relation to the recent changes made to...
    • Departmental Funding
      1143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide funding for a community neurorehabilitation team for the midlands in Budget 2026, in line with the...
    • Ombudsman for Children
      1144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on recommendation three from an Ombudsman for Children report (details supplied); if this...
    • Departmental Staff
      1145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade working in Longford children's disability network team in 2023,...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a delayed assessment of need for a child (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will...
    • Equality Issues
      1148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, wherein the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade...
    • Departmental Data
      1151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting on occupational therapy appointments in Dublin mid-west; the average time...
    • Childcare Services
      1155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting more than six months for an assessment of needs in Dublin mid-west; the number...
    • Departmental Funding
      1156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when funding will be provided for an occupational therapy service in south Tipperary; to outline the current...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a date for an assessment of need for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      1158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an outline of engagements in her Ministerial diary and that of any Minister of State at her...
    • Departmental Staff
      1159. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth she will provide the status levels of CDNT staff in CHO6; if any vacancies remain unfilled; if she will provide...
    • Disability Services
      1160. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans for the improvement and expansion of disability day services. [29167/25]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1161. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if the assessment can be expedited; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Funding
      1162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be provided in this year’s Budget to deliver a community neurorehabilitation team for...
    • Childcare Services
      1163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 20 May 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of the 48% of early...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will investigate a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29205/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that are in place to address the financial pressures and staff shortages currently being faced by...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment of need; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      1167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the Government's plans to further reduce the cost of childcare for families...
    • Disability Services
      1168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will address concerns regarding disability services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Transport Costs
      1169. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the daily transport charge, which parents of adults and children with special needs were required to pay for...
    • Departmental Staff
      1170. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her position on the recognition or otherwise of university-level social worker qualifications from other EU...
    • Disability Services
      1171. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children with disabilities on waiting list for overnight respite care in County Kildare; and the...
    • Health Service Executive
      1172. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the HSE’s plans to reduce the funding for people with an intellectual difficulty that live in a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1173. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will approve additional home help hours for a person (details supplied). [29434/25]
    • Childcare Services
      1176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 24 April 2024, to provide an update on the hiring of 300 therapy...
    • Departmental Staff
      1177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessment of need liaison officers employed in CHO2 area as of 31 January 2023 and 28 May 2025,...
    • Health Services Staff
      1178. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all vacancies for intellectual disability nursing posts within CHO2; and the locations of...
    • Departmental Funding
      1179. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will ensure that a sustainable funding stream will be provided to a centre in Tipperary that provides...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1180. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Action Plan for Administrative and Regulatory Simplification for the Early Learning and Childcare...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1185. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement her Department has had with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding...
    • Shared Services
      1186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the data-sharing agreement between her Department and the National Council for Special...
    • Departmental Funding
      1187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers, by county and city local authority administrative area that have exited from...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1190. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people in receipt of blind welfare allowance for the years 2020 to 2025, by county; and if she...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1192. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment can be carried out for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1194. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive their autism assessment; if that will happen before they turn 18,...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1195. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will assist in an urgent case involving an assessment of needs for a pre-school child (details...
    • Childcare Services
      1196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the CDNT 5–west Galway city service is currently operating with a full cohort of staff; the roles...
    • Departmental Data
      1200. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) was not included as one of the priority areas of...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the 14,000 additional places that are required in total up to 2030 or whether 14,000 additional places each...
    • Disability Services
      1202. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date on which successful applicants of the children’s disability services grant were provided...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      1203. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the case where parents are receiving assessment of need reports stating that autism is not a...
    • Childcare Services
      1204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the recent visit to a school (details supplied) by the Minister for Special Education, if she will...
    • Health Services Staff
      1205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of his/her Department’s engagement with the WRC to restore pay parity between Section 38 and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will supply further detail on the Programme for Government commitment to provide a dedicated funding...
    • Childcare Services
      1208. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she and her Departmental officials are aware of the shortage of creche and child-minding facilities in...
    • Departmental Data
      1209. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 27 May 2025, to provide an estimation of the cost to the exchequer...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1211. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications submitted for the building blocks extension scheme by organisations in Counties...
    • Health Service Executive
      1212. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hours individual assessment of needs are taking to complete in 2023 and 2024, by Year, by HSE...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total value of applications received under the recent building block grant scheme; if all eligible...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1216. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the work carried out to date to develop an action plan to build an affordable,...
    • Departmental Funding
      1218. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to provide capital investment to build or purchase State-owned childcare facilities; if this will be...
    • Childcare Services
      1220. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department is carrying out a mapping exercise to identify the parts of the country where State...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1222. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to extend the National Childcare Scheme to childminders working in the family home; and if she will...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1224. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of eligible children not availing of the ECCE programme, by county; her views on the reasons some...
    • Departmental Data
      1225. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the median full-time fees charged by childcare providers in each Local Authority area, in tabular form; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1226. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she provide an update on the work to date to transform the supply management unit into a forward planning...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1227. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to ensure that childcare provider’s fees are open, transparent and equitable and readily...
    • Health Services Staff
      1228. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the need to improve pay, terms and conditions within the childcare sector in order to attract and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1232. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has engaged with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in...
    • Childcare Services
      1233. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to examine the establishment of a professional register for childminders and early years educators,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1234. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has engaged with the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the development of State-led childcare...
    • Childcare Services
      1235. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement she has had with the with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on how we can continue to build up the Equal Start Programme, ensuring children experiencing...
    • Departmental Data
      1238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of making available an extra hour of ECCE each day in the second year of preschool; and if...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1239. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of Early Learning and Childcare and School Age Childcare closures, by county in 2021, 2022,...
    • Childcare Services
      1240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of services providing a baby room for babies aged 0-1, by county; the number of baby rooms...
    • Disability Services
      1242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year costs of providing 60,000 additional home support hours. [30408/25]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider expanding the access and inclusion (AIMS) model to support children below the current age...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of the €25 million funding allocated through the building blocks scheme; and if she will make...
    • Disability Services
      1247. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason Parliamentary Question No. 1831 of 29 April 2025 has not been answered; when an answer will be...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps her Department is taking to ensure there is incentives for graduates to remain in the early years...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasons a child (details supplied) has not gotten his assessment of needs appointment; and if she will make...
    • Disability Services
      1250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department provide urgent nurse-led respite care services for children with complex need in Laois; and...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of referrals or disclosures received by Tusla concerning sexual abuse, where the person subject of...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Staff
      1257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiation therapists and radiation therapist clinical specialists at Beaumont Hospital as of 26 May 2025 and as of 31 December 2022, in...
    • Mental Health Services
      1258. To ask the Minister for Health the current WTE positions filled in Longford-Westmeath CAMHS teams, broken down by discipline, in tabular form. [28909/25]
    • Health Services
      1259. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update and timeline for the rollout of peanut oral immunotherapy for Children. [28910/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      1260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE theatre nurses based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28911/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      1261. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that HSE staff such as do not have their long-Covid payments cut at the end of June. [28916/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      1262. To ask the Minister for Health if she will follow the lead of the NHS in England in rolling out mental health accident and emergency departments and consider the same for Ireland; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1263. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will undergo a procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28941/25]
    • Medical Inquiries
      1264. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 20 February 2025, for an update on the epilim inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28942/25]
    • Health Services
      1265. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the midlands has received no funding for local community neuro-rehabilitation teams as promised; when will they receive this funding; and if she...
    • Dental Services
      1266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses and dental hygienists based in each primary care centre and health centre within Meath in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1267. To ask the Minister for Health the number of minor and major treatment bays within accident and emergency department of Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [28960/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      1268. To ask the Minister for Health the hours per week each consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon is based at St. James's Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28961/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1269. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [28962/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      1270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant podiatrists posts within Meath. [28963/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1271. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide data on the prescribing of mental health medications in County Donegal, over the past ten years; if she will provide a breakdown, by...
    • Medical Cards
      1272. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the freestyle libre monitoring device (or a similar device) is not provided under the medical card for people with type 2 diabetes; if she will...
    • Mental Health Services
      1273. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of a mother and baby psychiatric unit; when it will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29005/25]
    • Health Services
      1275. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29007/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      1276. To ask the Minister for Health where a child under the age of 18 can avail of mental health support in a case where their parents are either unable to give consent for them to access...
    • Departmental Priorities
      1277. To ask the Minister for Health if she will take measures to ensure that all individuals living with spinal muscular atrophy in Ireland, regardless of age, can access approved life-changing...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1278. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider adding Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis to the long-term illness scheme to assist with the cost of medication; and if she...
    • Departmental Data
      1279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed by the HSE, broken down by the number who are in receipt of the public-only consultant contract and the number who are not,...
    • Mental Health Services
      1280. To ask the Minister for Health if she will establish dedicated mental health accident and emergency departments in all hospitals here, similar to those planned in England, to get patients...
    • Departmental Priorities
      1281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give the approval for the drug givinostat to be permitted for treatment to patients suffering with Duchene muscular dystrophy; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Data
      1282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on dietitian appointments in Dublin mid-west; the average time waiting; for a breakdown of numbers waiting, by month; and if...
    • Hospital Staff
      1284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical directors employed by the health service; the details of their location and number of consultants which they are required to oversee in...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1285. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in regard to utilising HSE buildings and lands across County Kerry for...
    • Departmental Data
      1286. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown, by county, of the number of children who underwent hip dysplasia surgery at Temple Street and Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospitals between 2010 and...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1287. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure the continuation of home help support at a location (details supplied) where service users have been informed that this...
    • Cancer Services
      1288. To ask the Minister for Health when a new cancer medication (details supplied), which has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, will be approved in Ireland and included in the HSE...
    • Mental Health Services
      1289. 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. [29105/25]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1302. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is providing free GP visits to members of Roma communities, protection applicants and undocumented migrants only; the numbers of clinics...
    • Disability Services
      1303. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for speech and language services from primary care centres in Dublin from the date of referral; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Irish Language
      1304. To ask the Minister for Health if she has engaged with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to discuss the promotion of bilingual food labelling in Ireland;...
    • Hospital Investigations
      1307. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery performed on a person (details supplied) was necessary; whether there will be any examination of surgeries performed on children prior to 2021; and...
    • Hospital Services
      1308. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm, in view of the fact that the renal dialysis unit in Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) is running at maximum capacity for a long time, the cost...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 1310
      1310. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the expenditure on private ambulances by Letterkenny University Hospital for 2024. [29147/25]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      1311. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money paid to private hospitals via the NTPF from the outsourcing of waiting list elective in-patient and day-case surgeries at Letterkenny...
    • Hospital Staff
      1312. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm, given that over 60% of hospital consultants have now signed the new contracts which significantly enhances their salary and contains a clause on...
    • Disability Services
      1313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists based at primary care centres within CHO1 in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1314. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for an ultrasound can be expedited for a person (details supplied). [29153/25]
    • Dental Services
      1315. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme within Donegal in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Cancer Services
      1316. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to detect breast cancer at the earliest possible time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29157/25]
    • Hospital Equipment
      1317. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CT scanners, MRI scanners and PET scanners available for use at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number...
    • Hospital Services
      1318. To ask the Minister for Health the types of procedures that will be carried out at the new north Dublin surgical hub due to open later this year; and the number of medical and nursing staff...
    • Hospital Staff
      1319. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant gastroenterologists based at the Mater Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [29175/25]
    • Disability Services
      1320. To ask the Minister for Health when the new CDNT services will be operational in the Clondalkin primary care centre on Boot Road, if she will outline the level of service that will be...
    • Health Services
      1321. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE have considered implementing a standard procedure where medical service providers are in direct contact with health insurance...
    • Mental Health Services
      1322. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts recommended in A Vision for Change and the number of posts filled in CAHMS by the following Departments: Psychiatry, Nursing, Occupational...
    • Health Services
      1324. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of Spinal Muscular Atrophy testing in the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme, further to her...
    • Ambulance Service
      1327. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address potential recruitment shortfalls in the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Programme
      1329. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2024 which includes provisions to allow domestic and international surrogacy is being reconsidered in light...
    • Health Services
      1330. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to open an ADHD clinic in Navan/Meath area, as this service would be a very valued resource for people in the area and their families;...
    • Home Care Packages
      1331. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the current HSE recruitment efforts for home support service staff in north Tipperary, particularly in the Lorrha and surrounding areas...
    • Health Services
      1332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff (full-time equivalent) employed by the HSE MyOptions service, broken down by year and by category, as qualified nurses, qualified...
    • Primary Care Services
      1334. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive appointments for speech and language and occupational therapy at their local primary care centre; and if she will...
    • Mental Health Services
      1338. 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. [29268/25]
    • Mental Health Policy
      1349. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has considered creating a statutory right to timely mental health care for children under 18. [29280/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      1350. To ask the Minister for Health her response to recent data showing over 4,200 children on CAMHS waiting lists, with over 620 children waiting longer than one year; and the policy changes...
    • Abortion Services
      1351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of second consultation claims that were made via the primary care reimbursement scheme for termination of pregnancy in each of the years 2019,...
    • Medicinal Products
      1352. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for excluding evorel 100mcg patches from the new hormone replacement therapy (HRT) scheme, given its widespread use as a substitute for...
    • Health Services
      1353. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the location of each health centre in County Donegal that is no longer functional; if she will outline the plans for their disposal and...
    • Home Help Service
      1354. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation given to home support services for older people in the Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29336/25]
    • Home Care Packages
      1356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have been granted home care support in 2024 and to date in 2025, that are awaiting their care packages to be fulfilled by a...
    • Hospital Services
      1359. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures hospitals should follow regarding move on plans for patients with dementia from hospital to convalescent care; whether hospitals must consult...
    • Mental Health Services
      1360. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the two early intervention, in psychosis teams promised for Limerick and Dublin in Budget 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Home Help Service
      1364. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours can urgently be put in place for a person (details supplied). [29351/25]
    • Social Workers Register
      1365. To ask the Minister for Health is she is aware of recognition and registration issues impacting a social worker (details supplied), whose principal social work qualification is from a...
    • Health Services
      1367. To ask the Minister for Health if she will make respite available to a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29359/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cubicle treatment bays within accident and emergency department of Naas General Hospital. [29365/25]
    • Health Services
      1370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended each outpatient clinic held at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date in 2025; the frequency in which each of those...
    • Ambulance Service
      1371. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the National Ambulance Service fleet for each of the years 2022 to 2025 inclusive and the number of vehicles by type, in tabular form. [29367/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      1372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts by speciality currently at St. Vincent's University Hospital; the estimated timeframe for filling each of those...
    • Health Services
      1373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapy resources (details supplied) in the Cork south west area. [29380/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1374. To ask the Minister for Health if she will allocate funding to an organisation (details supplied) from the 2026 National Service Plan for a programme to directly employ nine senior...
    • Hospital Staff
      1375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at the Mater University Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, St....
    • Home Help Service
      1376. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown, by regional health area, of the number and size, in weekly home support hours; her views on disparities in availability...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1378. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29439/25]
    • Hospice Services
      1383. To ask the Minister for Health to reopen as a matter of urgency the two hospice units in St. Anne’s Community Hospital in Cahersiveen, County Kerry (details supplied), as this is an...
    • Hospital Services
      1384. To ask the Minister for Health to outline details in relation to a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29464/25]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1385. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her consideration of the request made to her and to the Taoiseach by an organisation (details supplied) and the victims and survivors of a...
    • Health Services
      1386. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently on offer in the postnatal hubs already established; if there are plans to expand these services; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Promotion
      1387. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the inconsistency in breastfeeding advice being given to women across the healthcare service; if any consideration has been...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1390. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing some pelvic-floor rehabilitation as a matter of course, not just for those suffering birth injuries, such as that...
    • Care Services
      1391. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on plans for respite services in the District Hospital in Killarney; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29481/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1394. To ask the Minister for Health if she will conduct a review of the system of clinical directors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29490/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      1395. To ask the Minister for Health if any private companies have been contracted to answer calls to the information line established for families whose children have been identified for...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1397. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all prescription charges under the general medical service scheme. [29493/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      1398. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €72, €50, and €0 respectively. [29494/25]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1399. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State to fully subsidise the cost of all prescribed inhaled asthma medications and related devices. [29495/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1400. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the long-term illness scheme included as part of a review of the current eligibility framework carried out under commitments...
    • Hospital Staff
      1402. To ask the Minister for Health the current and known upcoming vacancies at Cavan and Monaghan Hospital group; the dates on which the vacancies arose or will arise and the dates when...
    • Nursing Homes
      1404. To ask the Minister for Health the intentions of the HSE with regard to a nursing home (details supplied); if this facility will continue under the control of the HSE; and if she will make...
    • Home Care Packages
      1405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children experiencing delayed discharge due to a delay in accessing paediatric homecare packages, both funded and those who are waiting on...
    • Cancer Services
      1407. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Hereditary Cancer Model of Care in Ireland; the funding that has been provided for this initiative and the plans for future funding; and if...
    • Health Services Staff
      1409. To ask the Minister for Health if staffing levels of public health nurses have increased in the past twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29543/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      1412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists based at Galway University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      1413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have contacted the HSE drug and alcohol helpline in and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      1414. To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme has been completed; if so, if she publish the recommendations of the review; and if she will...
    • Departmental Properties
      1415. To ask the Minister for Health when capital approval will be granted to transition Radharc na Sléibhte, Carndonagh, County Donegal from a residential model to a recovery focused crisis...
    • Health Services Staff
      1416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pulmonary function laboratories in Ireland; the number of laboratories with vacancies for respiratory physiologists; the number of respiratory...
    • Legislative Measures
      1418. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for pre-legislative scrutiny, the drafting, publication and introduction of the proposed nicotine inhaling products Bill; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      1419. To ask the Minister for Health if projects (details supplied) in University Hospital Limerick, as outlined in the HSE Capital Plan 2025, will be completed and fully operational in 2025; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      1420. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is considering a review of pay scales for clinical radiographer practice tutors to align with salaries for comparative tutor grades in other...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on psychology appointments in Dublin mid-west; the average time waiting; for a breakdown of numbers waiting, by month; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      1424. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase the income thresholds for the awarding of medical cards, given the rising cost of living; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1425. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a necessary medical procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29607/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in stroke medicine at Beaumont Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [29608/25]
    • Nursing Homes
      1427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 28 May 2025 in CHO9. [29609/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      1428. To ask the Minister for Health if consultant paediatric neurologists or paediatric neurologist registrars are on call at CHI Temple Street on a 24-7 basis. [29610/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists based in each primary care centre within CHO9 as of 28 May 2025. [29611/25]
    • Medical Cards
      1430. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided in the case of a person having difficulty obtaining a medical card (details supplied). [29612/25]
    • Primary Care Centres
      1431. To ask the Minister for Health to progress a request (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29636/25]
    • Home Care Packages
      1433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in RHA West and Northwest waiting for home support for longer than 1, 3, 6 months and longer than 12 months broken down by integrated...
    • Home Help Service
      1435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for HSE home support (older people) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29646/25]
    • Health Services
      1438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a waiting list for orthodontic assessment and for orthodontic treatment in Cork city and county; the steps being taken to...
    • Departmental Funding
      1439. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a sustainable funding stream will be provided to a centre in Tipperary that provides training, support and employment for people with...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1441. To ask the Minister for Health if an electric recliner chair will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29668/25]
    • Medical Cards
      1442. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person who holds a medical card be reimbursed for the cost of their monthly prescription for the drug stelazine 5mg as it is currently not...
    • Health Services
      1443. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Cork will receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29677/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      1444. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the UK's decision to ban selling or supplying disposable vapes; the measures being taken to address increased use of disposable vapes in Ireland;...
    • Health Services
      1445. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time a person has to wait before gaining access to dialectical behaviour therapy within the HSE, by county; and if she will make a...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      1446. To ask the Minister for Health to detail her recent engagement with the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29699/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1447. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of money spent in 2022, 2023 and 2024 in public hospitals on hospital waiting list initiatives, broken down by year and by hospital, the...
    • Medicinal Products
      1450. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a shortage of a skin cancer drug efudix through pharmacies; the action being taken by her Department in relation to same; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      1451. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a specific HSE support service for parents has been moved online (details supplied); if her Department will consider reversing this decision; and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent speech and language therapy posts offered annually to new graduates in the HSE, in each of the past five years; to provide...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1453. To ask the Minister for Health if she is considering expanding the long-term illness scheme to include inflammatory bowel disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29718/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      1454. To ask the Minister for Health if she has received a copy of a study; if she has responded to the author of that study; if she intends to request that the Health Information and Quality...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1455. To ask the Minister for Health if the review into urgent and emergency care in the mid-west region has been completed; if she has received a copy of this review; if not, the date at which...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1456. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. of 27 May 2025, if she can confirm the dates in which the correspondence detailed was issues (details supplied); and if...
    • Hospital Services
      1457. To ask the Minister for Health when she expects the HIQA report into the requirement of a second accident and emergency model 4 hospital in the midwest to be published. [29723/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1458. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a protocol governing the treatment of referrals on the waiting lists when they are being referred back to primary care from a CDNT. [29746/25]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1459. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reimbursement of the shingles vaccine by the corporate pharmaceutical unit of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      1460. To ask the Minister for Health when James Connolly Memorial Hospital will be used to give a dental service to those who need specialist care under general anaesthetic; and if she will make...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on waiting lists for specialist dental care under general anaesthetic, in tabular form. [29753/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      1462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of anaesthesiologists will be working in James Connolly Memorial Hospital to reduce the two year long waiting list for treatments requiring general...
    • Dental Services
      1463. To ask the Minister for Health if recruitment of public dentists is still facing an embargo due to HSE budget constraints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29755/25]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1465. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of an academic study (details supplied) that shows increased public health benefits, including increased vaccine coverage rates, in...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1466. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to implement the Programme for Government commitment to investigate new methods for earlier reimbursement of certain treatments,...
    • Medicinal Products
      1467. To ask the Minister for Health if she is concerned by the latest data from the EFPIA Patient Wait Indicator 2024, indicating an average wait time of 645 days for access to new medicines in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1469. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a vaccine alliance, aimed at boosting the uptake of childhood vaccines and reducing vaccine hesitancy, which was first...
    • Medicinal Products
      1470. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the findings of a report (details supplied) in relation to the development of a system of transferable exclusivity vouchers; whether she is...
    • Ambulance Service
      1471. To ask the Minister for Health if she has replied to correspondence from a representative organisation (details supplied); the steps she will take in response; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1472. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new Collinstown Clondalkin primary healthcare centre in Rowlagh, Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      1473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days outpatient services were suspended in Nenagh Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      1476. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details of the progress of the vaccine damage solidarity scheme; if the scheme has been considered by the Department of Public Expenditure...
    • Middle East
      1477. To ask the Minister for Health the possibility of undertaking a medical evacuation of a person (details supplied)), to reconsider the possibility of implementing a formal medical evacuation...
    • Dental Services
      1478. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to fill the role of the senior dental surgeon (special needs) post in the north Tipperary area which has been vacant for over two years....
    • Health Strategies
      1480. To ask the Minister for Health if she has concluded her consideration of the new National Rare Disease Strategy; the timeline she is working towards for publication; and if she will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      1481. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate; the work carried out to date; the timeline for...
    • Hospital Investigations
      1482. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the independent panel review into osteotomies in CHI at Temple Street and NOHC, if all patients who received this operation so-called less...
    • Medical Cards
      1484. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders in Westmeath only qualify for an eye test every two years through the medical card system, while card holders in other...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1485. To ask the Minister for Health when the new major trauma helipad at Cork University Hospital will be completed and ready for full usage; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1486. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for cataract surgery as they are visually impaired and their condition is impacting on their...
    • Departmental Data
      1487. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young people born with Down syndrome each year for the last five years by county, in tabular form. [29880/25]
    • Health Services
      1488. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to expand the provision of dialectical behavioural therapy services by the HSE, particularly in areas where waiting lists are longest...
    • Hospital Admissions
      1489. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a bed in West Kerry Community Hospital as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      1490. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on long awaited legislation to ban flavoured nicotine inhaling devices and restrict the packaging design and advertising of nicotine...
    • Legislative Measures
      1492. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the health Acts as passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas where sections of the Acts have not yet commenced since 2005, broken down by...
    • Hospital Services
      1493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of osteotomies carried out on children from 2010 to date, broken down by year and, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1496. To ask the Minister for Health the total payment made to consultants for carrying out appointments, procedures or surgeries on weekends as part of waiting list initiatives at CHI from 2010...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1498. To ask the Minister for Health the total capital funding allocated to each Model 4 Hospital from 2011 to date, broken down by hospital, by each capital allocation amount, by year and the...
    • Community Care
      1499. To ask the Minister for Health the hours during which Shannon Doc operates in Roscrea, County Tipperary; if she will provide a breakdown of each day that the Shannon Doc service did not...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for a neurology appointment within University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29933/25]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      1507. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline all reports or correspondence she has received in relation to concerns about NTPF funding since she came into her post; and if she will...
    • Health Promotion
      1509. To ask the Minister for Health if she will respond to five queries (details supplied) concerning Ireland’s consumption of ultra-processed foods. [29975/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      1510. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available from her Department to support the development of new national health registries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29977/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      1511. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving biologics medicines for severe asthma in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the specific biologic medicines included, in tabular...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1515. To ask the Minister for Health if she has engaged with the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh regarding correspondence (details supplied); if she will refer the person in question to the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care psychology child and adolescent service posts, by grade (assistant, basic, senior, principal) and by regional health area,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1518. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider adding Crohn’s disease/ulcerative colitis to the list of medical conditions covered under the long-term illness scheme; and if she...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1519. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the commencement of the proposed pilot programme to improve HPV vaccine uptake rates among underserved communities; to outline the proposed...
    • Pharmacy Services
      1521. To ask the Minister for Health to outline her plans to further enhance the ability of community pharmacists to administer vaccinations in the community; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Cancer Services
      1522. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to develop a new National Cancer Strategy, as the current strategy concludes at the end of 2026; what specifically will be done to ensure that a...
    • Medicinal Products
      1523. To ask the Minister for Health if work has begun to explore early access schemes for certain medicines, as outlined in the Programme for Government; the person in her Department that will...
    • Health Services
      1524. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider implementing a streamlined outpatient follow-up system for patients with stable chronic conditions such as leukaemia in remission,...
    • Health Services Staff
      1526. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 29 May 2025, for an update on the number of clinical nurse coordinator posts currently filled nationwide; the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1527. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE still allocates a general practitioner for patients who cannot find a GP and have had three GPs decline to take them on as patients; whether this...
    • Health Services
      1528. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30020/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      1529. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of addresses of all properties under the ownership or control of the HSE which have been lost due to adverse possession since 1...
    • Health Services
      1530. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that can be taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) can be allocated a residential care home placement in the mid-west region preferably...
    • Health Services Staff
      1531. To ask the Minister for Health the vacancies that exist in dermatology services at Letterkenny University Hospital; when any vacancies will be filled; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      1532. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the capital submission for the proposed mother and baby unit at St Vincent's Hospital. [30051/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      1541. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies there are within CAMHS in County Donegal, by area; the length of time the roles have been vacant; the action that has been taken to...
    • Health Services Staff
      1542. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30100/25]
    • Pharmacy Services
      1543. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that there is a shortage in supply of the ADHD medication concerta in pharmacies; the measures being taken taking to resolve the issue; if...
    • Mental Health Services
      1544. To ask the Minister for Health if a psychiatric bed will be made available in the Mater Hospital for an individual (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30107/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      1545. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is considering including hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) in the long-term illness scheme, as it is a lifelong condition which requires...
    • Mental Health Services
      1546. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of a recent Mental Health Commission report that has confirmed that general emergency departments are failing people in a mental health crisis...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1547. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the procurement and roll out of the new national immunisation system which will be used to record all vaccine programmes offered by the State...
    • Health Service Executive
      1548. To ask the Minister for Health further to previous Parliamentary Questions on this issue, the status of the HSE pension entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      1549. To ask the Minister for Health when a child in Cork will receive an appointment with CAMHS (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30120/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      1551. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 787 of 20 May 2025, around the reimbursement list scheme, the answer states that liraglutide (saxenda) is the only...
    • Health Services
      1552. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his/her Department’s engagement with the WRC to restore pay parity between Section 38 and Section 39 workers; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      1553. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider making the three-year retention of the medical card permanent for people with intellectual disabilities and autism who gain employment,...
    • Health Services
      1554. To ask the Minister for Health the funding streams available for Section 39 organisations to provide for sensory equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30165/25]
    • Health Strategies
      1555. To ask the Minister for Health if a periodic audit of outcomes including emergency medical care and ectopic pregnancy diagnosis following medical termination of pregnancy, as recommended in...
    • Cancer Services
      1556. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of the cancer patient advocacy group (details supplied) regarding the provision of cancer treatment drugs; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1557. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [30179/25]
    • Hospital Services
      1558. To ask the Minister for Health if she has received the HIQA Report in relation to accident and emergency services in the mid-west region; when she intends to publicly publish this report;...
    • Hospital Staff
      1559. To ask the Minister for Health if she will request University Hospital Waterford to provide the name of the doctor involved in a particular case (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1560. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Freshford health centre; the start date for the approved extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30205/25]
    • Cancer Services
      1561. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the implementation of the Model of Care for Hereditary Cancer, the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1562. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the assessment currently underway for the RSV immunisation 2026-2027 season and beyond; if there is a commitment to retain...
    • Health Services Staff
      1565. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE community development workers based at Blanchardstown Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      1570. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of her Department's responses to recommendations made in the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use; and if she will...
    • Home Care Packages
      1571. To ask the Minister for Health the number paediatric home care packages currently being delivered, by HSE health region, in tabular form; the total allocated hours; and the total funded...
    • Health Services Staff
      1574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in infectious disease’s based at University Hospital Limerick in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1575. To ask the Minister for Health the public hospitals that carry out cataract procedures, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30285/25]
    • Dental Services
      1576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental nurses and dental hygienists based at Ennis primary care centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1577. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of GP training places to 440; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30287/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the regional endometriosis hub based at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      1579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant child psychiatrist for intellectual disability services based in Clare in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if...
    • Primary Care Services
      1580. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for primary care services by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30303/25]
    • Community Care
      1582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of closed beds in Killybegs Community Hospital (details supplied) due to staff shortages; the steps being taken to have enough staff in place to...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 1583
      1583. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent follow-up appointment for a child (details supplied) will be expedited. [30311/25]
    • State Examinations
      1584. To ask the Minister for Health if further capacity will be created to allow persons (details supplied) to complete their exams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30326/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1585. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ban the use of hexahydrocannabinol vapes in Ireland; the timeline for the ban; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30333/25]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1586. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the shortage of general practitioners serving rural towns such as Rathcormac in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      1587. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to address the lack of anaesthesiology consultants assigned to the HSE mid-west, appreciating that the region has the lowest number of such...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1593. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will undertake their ADHD assessment in a timely manner and if she will engage...
    • Health Services
      1594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of midwifery-led clinics operational in Tipperary currently, the clinic staff levels and hours provided for such clinics. [30395/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      1595. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric neurologists based at Cork University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [30396/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1596. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs of fully staffing four additional early intervention in psychos (EIP) teams; and the job title of staff required to fully...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1598. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to reintroduce statutory schemes that ceased in 2012 to supplement the cost of existing or newly diagnosed patients with coeliac disease...
    • Health Strategies
      1599. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of women affected directly by the misreading of their cervical smear tests to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30424/25]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1602. To ask the Minister for Health if the guidelines for vaccination against SARS COV 2 of infants, children and adolescents, who do not have medical conditions that increase their risk of...
    • Health Services Staff
      1603. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the status of the recruitment of an interim locum ophthalmologist for the South Tipperary region (details supplied); if a candidate has been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1604. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the long wait times for initial assessments for speech and language therapy services (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1605. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to provide the shingles vaccine for free, given it has been shown to reduce the risk of developing dementia in older adults. [30444/25]
    • Health Services
      1606. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied); if a resolution will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30465/25]
    • Dental Services
      1607. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which dentists affiliate to the dental treatment services scheme (DTSS); if there are plans to address the present deficit in DTSS in Swords;...
    • Health Services
      1608. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will introduce oral immunotherapy for people who have severe allergies; if she will provide a timeline on its introduction; and if she will...
    • Dental Services
      1610. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public dentists who have retired in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1614. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations in place on HHC vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30523/25]
    • Medical Cards
      1616. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the medical card renewal application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30529/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1617. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the approval of a vaccine injury compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30547/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1618. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will receive MRI results and a follow-up appointment at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1619. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 786 of 20 May 2025, the reason the question has not been answered; when an answer will be forthcoming; and if she will...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1620. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Parliamentary Question No. 684 of 25 March 2025 has not been answered; when an answer will be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1621. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in a local newspaper (details supplied); the range and the number of equipment items for children with disabilities that were in...
    • Health Services
      1622. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of homebirth service provision, including any timelines or milestones the HSE in the north west has set for reintroducing these services;...
    • Hospital Services
      1623. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of blood tests for Letterkenny University Hospital that are outsourced; the cost of this outsourcing; if there is any plan to address the...
    • Health Promotion
      1627. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has examined the area of regulation of commercial milk formula advertising and marketing; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products
      1629. To ask the Minister for Health when a drug (details supplied) will be available on the drugs payment scheme to ensure that for those unable to take any form of HRT, now free, can access the...
    • Ambulance Service
      1630. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to restore 24/7 advanced paramedic cover on the rapid response vehicle in Roscommon. [30657/25]
    • Disability Diagnoses
      1634. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any progress on the implementation of a standard diagnostic regime for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      1639. To ask the Minister for Health if there are supports, such as a helpline or counselling, available for Irish residents who travelled to Liverpool and were caught up in the serious incident...
    • Departmental Data
      1640. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied) and expedite this appointment for injection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30712/25]
    • Disability Services
      1643. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline how she plans to respond to the 2025 World Health Assembly Resolution on Rare Diseases, with particular reference to improving equitable...
    • Health Services
      1644. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a system to allow doctors to review routine blood test results remotely and, where appropriate, issue prescriptions and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Educational Disadvantage
      1645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new, targeted measures that have been introduced since the publication of the 2023 Funding the Future – Options Paper on the Cost of...
    • Departmental Data
      1646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department holds or has requested data on the socio-economic background of applicants and entrants to graduate entry medicine programmes...
    • Education Costs
      1648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being considered to provide greater financial supports for PAYE families who are just above the threshold for SUSI grants and are...
    • Research Funding
      1649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation for Research Ireland in the years 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [29370/25]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants to commis chef apprenticeship level 6 programme in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [29371/25]
    • Education and Training Provision
      1651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will acknowledge the importance of the hospitality industry to County Kerry and Ireland by expediting the development of a training centre...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will be issued to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29456/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when discussions regarding the alignment of the Youthreach calendar year with the second level calendar year will conclude; when an announcement...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason further education and training funding to the LMETB was cut (details supplied) for service plan 2025; if he will immediately reverse...
    • Research Funding
      1655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Research Ireland (RI) criteria for applications deemed 'high-risk' and the reasons for rejection without any constructive feedback on same...
    • Departmental Data
      1656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of third level courses for several roles (details supplied); the number of students that selected these courses...
    • Grant Payments
      1657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if under-23-year-olds who are living independently but not estranged from their parents can apply for SUSI independently of their parents; and...
    • Education and Training Provision
      1658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider expanding social care qualifications through the Springboard+ initiative for staff working in Section 39 organisations; and...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he last met formally with the Dean of UCD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30291/25]
    • Third Level Education
      1660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature of capital works funded either by his Department and or the Higher Education Authority at Dublin City University in 2024 and to-date...
    • Youth Services
      1661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to Youthreach Services in Cavan-Monaghan in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he last met formally with the Dean of Trinity College Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30294/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      1663. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new, targeted measures that have been introduced since the publication of the 2023 Funding the Future – Options Paper on the Cost of...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any available information in relation to the cancellation of intake for apprenticeship phase 2 classes at certain specific SOLAS...
    • Student Accommodation
      1667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the publication of the strategic plan for student accommodation will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30589/25]
    • Third Level Education
      1668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason mental health is not considered under exceptional circumstances by the Student Grant Appeals Board where a student seeks a SUSI grant...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      1670. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget allocation for Charities Regulator in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [28905/25]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      1671. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Dormant Accounts Fund; when it will reopen for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Schemes
      1672. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for costings of setting up a fund to cover the capital costs of setting up social enterprise hubs similar to a named example...
    • Cúrsaí Gaeilge
      1675. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has considered introducing policy measures to promote or require the use of bilingual packaging on food...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1676. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he expects that his Department will next provide local improvement scheme funding to local authorities; if he will provide a...
    • Rural Schemes
      1677. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he expects that his Department will next provide local improvement scheme funding to local authorities; if he will provide a...
    • Cúrsaí Gaeilge
      1678. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific arrangements that have been put in place—either by his Department or in conjunction with Foras na Gaeilge and...
    • Legislative Process
      1679. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the commencement of the sections of the Charities (Amendment) Act 2024 relating to the...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      1680. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will confirm who the current tenants are at Unit 2, Údarás na Gaeltachta, Bunnacurry, Achill Island, Westport,...
    • Rural Schemes
      1681. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his response to the motion recently passed by Donegal County Council (details supplied). [29762/25]
    • Men's Sheds
      1682. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide funding for Women's Sheds in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29814/25]
    • Library Projects
      1684. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on a project (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30190/25]
    • Rural Schemes
      1685. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to support a CLAR grant application for a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30477/25]
    • Men's Sheds
      1686. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken to fund women’s sheds in counties Carlow and Kilkenny and across the country; and if he will make a...

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