Written answers

Thursday, 12 June 2025

  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made on the implementation of the rulings of the adjudicator and arbitration board regarding the prohibition of the appointment...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress his Department has made regarding the establishment of a joint cybersecurity command and other actions related to cybersecurity...
    • Defence Forces
      22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if maritime ship-borne radar will be included in the implementation of the military radar programme due to roll out in 2026; and if he will make...
    • Military Neutrality
      24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has considered the concerns raised by academics and Defence Forces personnel (details supplied) regarding the proposed removal or amendment...
    • Naval Service
      25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the development of a naval base in Dún Laoghaire Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30439/25]
    • Defence Forces
      26. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeframe to achieve level of ambition 2 enhanced capability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30995/25]
    • National Development Plan
      27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital projects his Department is proposing for inclusion in the review of the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces
      28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware of a campaign group (details supplied) and its calls for the GPO to be given as a veteran centre; and if he will make a statement...
    • Military Neutrality
      30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline his Department's understanding of the distinction between 'peacekeeping' and 'peace-enforcement' missions under the UN framework; how...
    • Defence Forces
      32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding any initiatives that seek to encourage both recruitment and retention of personnel in the Defence Forces; and if he will...
    • EU Presidency
      44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role members of the Defence Forces will play in Ireland’s holding of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July to...
    • Military Neutrality
      45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline those situations where he wishes to deploy Defence Forces personnel where he has been precluded from doing so by the triple...
    • Defence Forces
      46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will be proposing a renewal of the UNIFIL mandate for a further 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30836/25]
    • Naval Service
      47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will provide the Naval Service with the specialist equipment and resources it requires to properly patrol and protect Irish territorial...
    • Defence Forces
      49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the preparatory work under way in relation to the provision of additional accommodation to cater for increased enrolment in the Permanent Defence...
    • Naval Service
      50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has examined the potential of using remotely operated vehicles to monitor Ireland’s network of undersea cables; and if...
    • Defence Forces
      52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Defence Forces; the number of these personnel in full-time induction training (recruits, two-star training, cadet...
    • Departmental Properties
      53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department's plans for the old military barracks on Summerhill in Nenagh. [30794/25]
    • Defence Forces
      54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the Office of Reserve Affairs. [31254/25]
    • Air Corps
      57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of missions completed by the aeromedical service since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30612/25]
    • Defence Forces
      59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the non-commissioned officer rank of lance corporal will be created for the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service, as it was a key...
    • Departmental Strategies
      63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the development of a national strategy for the resilience of critical entities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces
      64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how he is improving pay and conditions for serving personnel in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31116/25]
    • Air Corps
      68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps being taken to increase the numbers of personnel serving in the Air Corps to ensure an appropriate level of service; and if he will...
    • Departmental Contracts
      70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 8 May 2025, to provide details of the 2025 work programme of the Institute for Security Governance...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if consideration is being given to amending the Army Pensions Acts 1923 to 1980 following the case of a person (details supplied) who has been...
    • Defence Forces
      75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report on the progress of recruitment campaigns for school leavers considering a career in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement...
    • Official Engagements
      82. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his attendance at a recent conference (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31253/25]
    • Naval Service
      83. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total cost of the most recent public recruitment campaign for the naval forces; and the current number of new recruits who have joined the...
    • Civil Defence
      84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of volunteers with the Civil Defence; the plans to help promote participation in the Civil Defence; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Curriculum
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the recent publication of the new specification for the senior cycle engineering subject; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following her recent visit to a school (details supplied), if she will provide an updated timeline for the delivery of the permanent school...
    • School Funding
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase capitation payments for primary schools, taking into consideration increased costs over recent years and the particular...
    • School Transport
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on her engagement to date with the Department of Transport and Bus Éireann to increasing the upper age limit of...
    • School Staff
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to prevent a school (details supplied) from having its number of teachers reduced; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications who have been paid on time of the total tickets for school transport ahead of the 2025-26 school year; the number of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the Clonturk-Swords Road educational campus and capital programmes on site; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Educational Disadvantage
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how schools in DEIS and other schools at a disadvantage are equipped to provide the full range of leaving certificate courses for students; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will remove the cap on SNA allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30978/25]
    • School Funding
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will increase the capitation grant by €75 per pupil given the financial difficulties experienced by many primary...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional primary and second level schools will be included in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31250/25]
    • Irish Language
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of counties that have stand-alone lán-Ghaeilge secondary schools; the counties that have none; the counties that have an...
    • Special Educational Needs
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the roll-out of new ASD classes in secondary schools. [30838/25]
    • School Enrolments
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the plan her Department has to introduce more new school in north Kildare given an increase in housing that is being introduced; and...
    • Irish Language
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to increase the number of Gaelscoileanna in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31301/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the proposed new school building for an educational facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeline for construction to begin on a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31317/25]
    • Education and Training Boards
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will use her discretion to prioritise increased funding for the UBU allocation to the Laois Offaly Education and Training Board, to...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of any policies, guidelines and supports for second level educators in relation to the effective...
    • School Facilities
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans in place to ensure school facilities are utilised in communities outside of teaching hours; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns raised by schools that they are unable to plan for the coming academic year due to delays in allocation of resources by...
    • School Funding
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the emergency works application of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31248/25]
    • Education Policy
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of any intentions within her Department to re-engage with primary schools on the ‘keeping childhood...
    • Special Educational Needs
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline plans in relation to opening five new special schools for the 2025-26 school year; if these additional school places will be created...
    • School Transport
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the Department's decision to not provide school transport for students of a school to their temporary location (details supplied), to...
    • School Staff
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30983/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a school (details supplied) in south Tipperary that had previously had a new special class sanctioned has had the class withdrawn...
    • Education Policy
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the STEM education policy statement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30704/25]
    • School Funding
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide further funding for the ICT and minor works grants for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30081/25]
    • School Staff
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly qualified primary school teachers employed in the State in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Irish Language
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider more flexibility on the Irish criteria for students in relation to at-risk schools that are on the border of a Gaeltacht...
    • School Transport
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 8 May 2025, if she will provide an update on her Department’s plan to publish a timeline for...
    • School Accommodation
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of roof repairs at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30789/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe in which a permanent special school will be delivered in Monaghan. [31311/25]
    • School Transport
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action her Department is taking to increase the number of school bus drivers in view of ongoing recruitment challenges of bus drivers under...
    • School Funding
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she intends to tackle soaring school running costs; if she will initiative a comprehensive review of school running costs and schools...
    • Special Educational Needs
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to ensure children with Down's syndrome have access to school places and supports appropriate for their particular...
    • School Transport
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the implementation of the review of the school transport scheme. [30837/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on introducing a new common application system for children applying to special schools and classes; and if she will make a...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the National Educational Psychological Service to support an increased number of assessments each year; and if she will make...
    • School Funding
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will make a decision on the provision of an emergency works grant to a school (details supplied) to enable it undertake...
    • Youth Services
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding to date this year for independent youth projects in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31113/25]
    • School Funding
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on concerns in relation to ICT funding for 2025, as raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Curriculum
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will pause the introduction of senior-cycle redevelopment for all tranche 2 subjects, not just English and accounting, in order to allow...
    • Education Policy
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the most recent occasion her Department provided guidance, through Department circular, curriculum guidelines or any other method, to...
    • Youth Services
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board, ETB, for new UBU projects in 2025, given its status as the lowest-funded...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she plans to expand trauma-based therapy; if this will be focussed in DEIS and DEIS+ schools or otherwise; the extent to which these supports...
    • School Staff
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her engagement with stakeholders, including trade unions, regarding pay and pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers, and...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which a school can appeal refusal of its application for DEIS status. [31312/25]
    • School Funding
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the urgent need for investment in national schools in Donegal; if she will take action to provide the much-needed funding; and...
    • School Staff
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will pay primary-school caretakers' wages directly rather than wages being paid by schools themselves. [30172/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on advancing a school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31162/25]
    • Education Policy
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail her plans to hold an education convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30555/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a meeting of all stakeholders will be organised to discuss the revised design options for the building projects taking place at a school...
    • School Facilities
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the shortfall in availability of after-school places in the Dún Laoghaire area, including, but not...
    • School Patronage
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1018 of 29 April 2025, if her Department has considered the transition of an existing post-primary school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special classes in County Mayo; the number of autistic children currently awaiting a school place in County Mayo, in tabular form;...
    • School Facilities
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her Department’s views on the need to provide a playing pitch for a school campus (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a legal maximum class size for primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30981/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the timelines and details for the roll-out of school-based therapies for special schools, schools with units and general mainstream...
    • School Staff
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consultation is under way with regard to outstanding pay and conditions for school secretaries and ancillary staff; and if she will make a...
    • School Management
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to reduce the workload and administrative burden on school principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans, if any, her Department has to increase the capacity nationwide of school transport currently available organised under her Department;...
    • School Enrolments
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline any plans her Department has to deliver a new secondary school in Dublin 2,4 or 6; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the roll-out of additional supports for students with additional needs ahead of the 2025 academic year; for a...
    • School Admissions
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure every child will have access to an appropriate school place in their local community this September. [30980/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on schools’ SNA allocations for the 2025-26 school year; to outline the process involved in making...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the plans for DEIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30554/25]
    • School Transport
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction the provision of a minibus to provide transport under the school transport scheme, to convey primary students from the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has given consideration to the request of a school (details supplied) to undertake a full rebuild of the school, as the current...
    • Special Educational Needs
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light of the critical shortage of speech and language therapists, SLTs, across Ireland, her Department will engage with CORU and other...
    • School Accommodation
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the provision of modular accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Admissions
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will guarantee that every child will have access to an appropriate school place in their local community this September. [30979/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs without a place in a school, by county, in tabular form; the measures being taken to...
    • School Facilities
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of her Department's review of outdoor play areas in schools; the supports available to schools to enhance sports facilities; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the issuing of Circular 0039/2025 regarding the forward planning for special education provision since many teachers who...
    • School Staff
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review the current provisions for teacher allocation to schools to avoid or minimise instances where the loss of a teacher...
    • Special Educational Needs
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the current one-size-fits-all system whereby a minimum of six pupils are needed to establish a special education class and...
    • Education and Training Boards
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when works on the LMETB headquarters will be completed in Drogheda town, given the building work commenced in 2017 with the contractors on site...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Programmes
      181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when training will be made available to Ministers in advance of their JHA Council meetings chair responsibilities under Ireland’s...
    • Passport Services
      182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to accessing passport records (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited to...
    • Departmental Contracts
      184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in...
    • Ukraine War
      185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the threat by the Russian Ambassador to Ireland that "a day of reckoning" will face Ireland as a result of our support for...
    • Foreign Policy
      186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures that are being put in place to assist with an urgent matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to respond to correspondence (details supplied) on an urgent matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31537/25]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he intends to take in response to Israeli forces recently shooting at Irish peacekeepers serving with the United Nations mission...
    • Foreign Policy
      189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports a right of return for displaced Palestinian communities whose families were displaced from what is now considered to be...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Recycling Policy
      202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a consumer pays the €1.50 recycling charge when they purchase a new motorcycle tyre, if they are exempt from...
    • Illegal Dumping
      205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding allocated to addressing illegal dumping in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31613/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the breakdown of the funding provided to the Irish environmental network in each of the years 2020 to 2025 broken down by...
    • Waste Management
      213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the State's plans for waste disposal given the country's operational landfill sites are almost at...
    • Climate Action Plan
      215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to the climate action fund; a breakdown of the amount of the funding was...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      216. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are deployments being planned in anticipation of the removal of the triple lock, for example, with EU Battlegroups or other...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      218. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited to cost...
    • Departmental Staff
      219. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that a person (details supplied) has been refused a disability pension even though they developed psychosis after taking the drug...
    • Departmental Strategies
      220. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report on his Department’s progress on publishing its new Statement of Strategy. [31401/25]
    • Air Corps
      221. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report the number of fishery protection patrols undertaken by the Air Corps in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [31402/25]
    • Defence Forces
      222. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to confirm if a critical review of the RDF regeneration and development plan is scheduled at any point, to assess the plan’s...
    • Departmental Contracts
      223. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in...
    • Air Corps
      224. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there is consideration underway to reduce the hours of operation of military flight operations due to shortages of qualified air traffic...
    • Defence Forces
      225. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report on the milestones that have been reached by the 11 actions within the RDF Regeneration and Development Plan that are directly linked...
    • Departmental Strategies
      238. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the development of the national maritime security strategy; and when this strategy is expected to be completed. [31779/25]
    • Defence Forces
      239. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has received the most recent quarterly report regarding the delivery of actions of the Strategic Framework–Transformation of the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Coast Guard Service
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can clarify matters relating to the Irish Coast Guard (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31342/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding reports related to the use of Shannon Airport by the US military (details supplied); the actions he will take to...
    • Departmental Contracts
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details of the public-private partnership contract for a bridge (details supplied). [31406/25]
    • Traffic Management
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been allocated for the Traffic Calming scheme in County Kerry (details supplied); the amount that has been...
    • Departmental Policies
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any regulations guiding the painting of rainbow crossings in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice...
    • Greenways Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detailed breakdown of all monies spent to date on the south Kerry greenway, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if cases in which bus operators are being told by the RSA (driver testing section) that they cannot book a test for D1 or D Category at...
    • Electric Vehicles
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the funding provided for EV charging infrastructure in each of the years 2020 to 2025 broken down by year, in...
    • National Transport Authority
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to publish, or lay before the Oireachtas, any legal advice received by his Department or the NTA regarding the lawful basis for funding...
    • Driver Test
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the number of driving test instructors in each of the years 2020 to 2025, by year, in tabular form. [31688/25]
    • Bus Services
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the Connecting Ireland rural bus scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, by year, in...
    • Road Projects
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to road maintenance in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and a breakdown of the funding...
    • Departmental Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average cost to establish a mobility hub. [31694/25]
    • Public Transport
      268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the funding that has been allocated to making public transport accessible in each of the years 2020 to 2025, by...
    • National Car Test
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of and reasons for NCT appointments cancelled by the NCT service for each test centre in County Donegal in 2024 and to date in...
    • Rail Network
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the efforts made to progress the Navan rail line; the amount of funding allocated in each of the years 2020 to 2025, by year...
    • Road Projects
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts made to progress the A5 upgrade; the amount of funding allocated in each of the years 2020 to 2025, by year to progress this...
    • Rail Network
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts made to progress the recommendations of the all island strategic rail review; the amount of funding allocated in each of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to safe routes to school in each of the years 2020 – 2025, by year. [31730/25]
    • Rail Network
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the first and full-year cost of operating a catering trolley on all train services where it is available, by service in each of the years...
    • Departmental Funding
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the funding allocated for EV grants for taxis; to outline the number of grants that have been provided, by county; to outline...
    • Departmental Data
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the number of flights that have departed in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31773/25]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will commit to the retention of existing vital tax relief and extend for the lifetime of this Government to give certainty to the agricultural...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited to cost categories...
    • Legislative Process
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the Attorney General's legal advice on the Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025 or a section of the Attorney...
    • Budget 2026
      285. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the betting tax in Budget 2026; and if he intends to use revenue from the betting tax to provide additional funding to soccer....
    • Universal Social Charge
      286. To ask the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5 to 0%; reducing the second rate of USC from 2 to 0%; and increasing the threshold to...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      287. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 26 February 2025, if Revenue Commissioners require prior to the transfer of a pension within the EU, a signed...
    • Vacant Properties
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 28 May 2025, if he will confirm that the substantial decline in properties declared as vacant for the purposes of...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 28 May 2025, to clarify that credit servicing firms, regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, are allowed to own...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 28 May 2025, to clarify if a section 110 special purpose vehicle that has only beneficial ownership of the loan...
    • Tax Data
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to reverse the carbon tax increase for petrol and diesel, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, as well as the planned increase in 2026, in tabular...
    • Tax Collection
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the revenue earned from the carbon tax increase in each of the years since the measure was introduced broken, in tabular form. [31587/25]
    • Tax Credits
      297. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of an €100, €500 and €1,000 increase respectively in the standard rate band; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Yield
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the concrete blocks levy in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31763/25]
    • Tax Credits
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings from removing tax credits from incomes above €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31764/25]
    • Tax Yield
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance the work, if any, that has been conducted in his Department to estimate the revenue that would be earned by collecting an air passenger duty similar to...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Expenditure
      302. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited...
    • Departmental Properties
      303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the name, location and extent of all lands currently vested in him, pursuant to Section 28 of the State Property Act...
    • Public Appointments Service
      304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the number of recruitment competitions run by the Public Appointments Service that have utilised...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to give a detailed progress report in relation to a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Office of Public Works
      306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to explain to the boatmen, all those involved in the hospitality sector, the local community in Iveragh and throughout the south Kerry...
    • Departmental Contracts
      307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice...
    • Departmental Properties
      308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an agreed lease for a community playground in west Kerry (details supplied) will be issued to allow the project to proceed; and if he...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Expenditure
      310. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Data
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools taking part in the pilot of in-school therapy. [31668/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request her Ministerial colleagues to grant immediate pension parity to school secretaries and caretakers, as they are integral to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on special education classes in second level schools that are provided for children with Down’s Syndrome; if she will give a...
    • Departmental Policies
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure consultation with stakeholders while rolling out Leaving Certificate reform. [30861/25]
    • School Admissions
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the number of children without an appropriate school place for this September. [30860/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to recruit a sufficient number of SNAs, therapists, SLTs and OTs to match the demand of SEN students this September. [30859/25]
    • School Staff
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that a new principal will be appointed to a school (details supplied), as the principal retired on the 15 May 2025; if...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén beartas atá i bhfeidhm chun a chinntiú go bhfuil deis ag dalta freastal ar scoil lán-Ghaeilge sa chás ina bhfuil an...
    • Special Educational Needs
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to concerns that a special school in Blackrock (details supplied) will be reducing services or integrating with any other schools....
    • Departmental Data
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the teacher pupil ratio to 19:1. [31352/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the current recognition process for overseas teaching experience, particularly in cases where experienced teachers from the UK...
    • Departmental Budgets
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of her Department including but not limited to cost...
    • Special Educational Needs
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she would consider a special class for autistic learners in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31390/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the geographic areas in Wicklow the three educational welfare officers in Tusla cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31395/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the timeline on the tendering process for the construction of a permanent building for a school (details supplied) now that planning...
    • School Transport
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications to the school transport scheme in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the years 2020 to 2025 inclusive; the number...
    • Special Educational Needs
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has directed a school (details supplied) that from the 2025/2026 academic year it will no longer be accommodating pupils with a mild...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current qualification requirements for learning support (SET) teachers in Ireland, specifically, the need for candidates to hold...
    • Departmental Contracts
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a schedule of the amount expended by her Department, and bodies under her aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in...
    • Departmental Data
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools and the number of classrooms in the primary school system for the 2024-2025 school year that have 30 children or more, by...
    • Pension Provisions
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of pension entitlements for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [31523/25]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to assist with an important matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31542/25]
    • Departmental Data
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of officers in her Department dealing with applications for incremental credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31547/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has effectively capped SNAs staffing levels for secondary schools; and if any impact assessment has been taken regarding this...
    • Departmental Policies
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider amending Circular 0072/2022 (details supplied) to allow teachers to engage in remote or online teaching during unforeseen...
    • Special Educational Needs
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the free-of-charge summer programme for students with special education needs to provide a place for every child with...
    • Departmental Budgets
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing teacher numbers by 1,850, 2,000 and 3,000, in tabular form. [31573/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding being provided to Traveller/Roma/refugee supports in schools. [31576/25]
    • Scoileanna DEIS
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing trauma-informed care training to teachers in DEIS schools and then an overall cost for all teachers. [31579/25]
    • Departmental Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of nurture rooms open and active in schools across the State. [31580/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has any intention to remove the Irish language requirement for SET’s, particularly when some SET teachers are already working in a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider undertaking a feasibility study into the establishment of a new secondary school in Cork for students with complex needs,...
    • Departmental Projects
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position regarding a project (details supplied); the likely timeline for this project to proceed to the next stage; and if she...
    • School Transport
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the school transport review; in a case in which a student that attends an all girls primary school and wants to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the system of approving supports for children with additional needs will be amended to ensure more timely provision of such supports (details...
    • Departmental Reviews
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a full review of the PME. [31649/25]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of holding a citizens’ assembly on education. [31650/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project will proceed to the next stage (details supplied) in view of the urgent need to provide additional accommodation; and if she will...
    • School Facilities
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a school’s (details supplied) application for improved toilet facilities under the emergency works scheme, as a...
    • Departmental Funding
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to safe routes to school in each of the years 2020 – 2025, by year. [31731/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the SNA allocations will be released for the 2025/2026 school year. [31746/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage in view of the urgent need to provide additional accommodation at this school;...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Expenditure
      370. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department...
    • Departmental Strategies
      373. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on his Department’s progress on publishing its new statement of strategy. [31686/25]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Departmental Funding
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that has been allocated to implement the Nature Restoration Regulation (details supplied) broken down by year, in...
    • Departmental Programmes
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on the work of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning, particularly in regard to planning the response to...
    • Waterways Ireland
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of Waterways Ireland’s efforts to enhance biodiversity and habitat protection on the canal network in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cross-Border or shared Island initiatives currently being progressed by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the latest bundle of public private partnerships social housing projects; whether any of the bundle of six...
    • Departmental Properties
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any concrete timelines for implementation of the proposed exemptions to planning regarding detached cabins and...
    • Departmental Policies
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that State policies support the collaborative development of standard house and apartment types to drive...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to give a detailed progress report in relation to a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Contracts
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations...
    • Departmental Funding
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the mechanism through which funding allocations allocated to each local authority for the provision of disabled persons grant...
    • Departmental Policies
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether Fingal County Council is currently in breach of statutory obligations under section 19 of the Planning...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Insurance
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated saving from restricting the employer PRSI exemption for share buy-back to SMEs; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case for the awarding of a pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31432/25]
    • Social Welfare Code
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person in County Kerry (details supplied) who is caring for their elderly parents and in receipt of the...
    • State Pensions
      403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will examine the introduction of an additional top-up or increased payment to recipients of the old age pension who...
    • Departmental Contracts
      404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Business Regulation
      405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the regulation of owners' management companies (OMCs); if his attention has been drawn to concerns...
    • International Protection
      406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has offered an International Protection Application Services, IPAS, contract to an individual or group at a...
    • Visa Applications
      407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delayed waiting times for the granting of a short-term stay visa for South African citizens; the reasons for...
    • International Protection
      408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31356/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department, including, but...
    • Departmental Meetings
      410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the dates and attendees at all meetings he has had with the Garda Commissioner since he took office. [31385/25]
    • Departmental Functions
      411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, following the change of Departments, the full transfer of functions from the Department of Children, Equality and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that have been closed permanently since 2000; to provide for a list of same; and the location of...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case for the reinstatement of wages for a person (details supplied). [31415/25]
    • International Protection
      415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the modular housing development in Clonmel; the completion and handover date, per unit cost, and the long-term...
    • Departmental Contracts
      416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations...
    • Courts Service
      417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a court service in Killorglin town, to serve Killorglin and the greater mid-Kerry region as a matter of priority...
    • Visa Applications
      419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite the processing of a family spouse unification visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) as...
    • An Garda Síochána
      420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has yet acquired water cannon to address public disturbances; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Protection
      421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the services his Department or any bodies reporting to it are carrying out in Carrigtwohill (details supplied). [31528/25]
    • Family Law Cases
      423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being put in place to deal with an urgent matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Miscarriages of Justice
      424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to recent podcasts by a newspaper (details supplied) regarding the miscarriages of justice in the Sallins mail train...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision can be expected in relation to an application submitted in July 2023 on behalf of an individual (details...
    • Visa Applications
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the long-stay join family (D) visa applications of a person (details supplied); if the visa process can be...
    • Social Impact Bonds
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position regarding the creation of a social impact fund under the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland; the...
    • Departmental Functions
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Department’s progress on publishing its new Statement of Strategy. [31736/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the work of his Department in reaching targets for Garda recruitment. [31744/25]
    • Prison Service
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the work of his Department to address overcrowding in prisons. [31748/25]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Data
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the ACRES and ACRES-CP scheme who are awaiting payments for 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Tax Reliefs
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update regarding farm related tax relief schemes currently available; schemes that he is considering; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not...
    • Grant Payments
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the application for the farm succession grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Animal Breeding
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Implementation Team established for developing the XL Bully Regulations is a sub group of the dog control stakeholder group;...
    • Animal Welfare
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the results of his Department’s consultation on surgical artificial insemination in greyhounds will be made publicly...
    • Departmental Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list the organisations included in the dog control stakeholder group; and how this group intends to engage with dog welfare...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite the processing of a licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31470/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and...
    • Departmental Reviews
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will carry out an ACRES commonage score review as a matter of urgency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fisheries Protection
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on his Department’s work in collaboration with the Department of Defence in the protection of fisheries. [31657/25]
    • Animal Welfare
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the work of the Dog Control Stakeholder Group as the Group announced an intention to produce an interim...
    • Animal Breeding
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to review the penalties for breaching the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 in the proposed new Control of Dogs...
    • Departmental Strategies
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on the Department’s progress on publishing its new Statement of Strategy. [31660/25]
    • Animal Welfare
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calls or reports to the dedicated e-mail address and helpline in place for reporting suspected cases of animal welfare...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Staff
      462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of providing enough staff to reduce assessment of need waiting times to six months. [31575/25]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will consider introducing miscarriage leave for those who have experienced a miscarriage; and...
    • Departmental Data
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the detailed breakdown of the number of early learning and childcare providers that have received financial...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of her Department...
    • Childcare Services
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider extending the speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy services schemes...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      468. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the childcare fee cap will be considered;...
    • Departmental Data
      469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and details of applicants who were unsuccessful in the applications for funding under the building...
    • Childcare Services
      471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and details of childcare facilities in County Galway providing the access and inclusion model support...
    • Departmental Contracts
      472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a schedule of the amount expended by her Department, and bodies under her aegis, on external...
    • Missing Children
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that are being taken to address the issue of missing children (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Departmental Data
      474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new service providers that are private companies that were contracted by the State in the...
    • Childcare Services
      475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the work of her Department in addressing the acknowledged acute shortage of childcare places for...
    • Departmental Strategies
      476. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on her Department’s progress on publishing its new statement of strategy. [31663/25]
    • Disability Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on her Department’s progress in developing a new national policy for personal assistance...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      482. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on her Department’s progress on the development of targeted legislation to bring the AON in...
    • Departmental Strategies
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on her Department’s work on a Neuro-Rehabilitation Strategy for specialist community-based...
    • Disability Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on her Department’s work to increase the provision of respite services. [31672/25]
    • Departmental Strategies
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the progress of implementing the actions set out in the autism innovation strategy. [31674/25]
    • Departmental Budgets
      487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report the budget for her Department’s disability, governance and performance unit. [31675/25]
    • Child and Family Agency
      488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of special emergency arrangements used by Tusla since 2020. [31676/25]
    • Legislative Reviews
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to set out a timeline for the updating of the Childcare Act 1991. [31679/25]
    • Childcare Services
      492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report the number of facilities in Dublin that received Building Blocks capital funding. [31680/25]
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Homes
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if HIQA has the ability to prosecute entities under its remit who act outside of regulations in a nursing home setting; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      495. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address the long delay in treatment in respect of a child (details supplied); if a surgery appointment will be expedited; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE makes enteral feeding syringes available free to patients in public nursing homes but not in private nursing homes; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of her Department, including, but not limited to, cost categories...
    • Departmental Strategies
      498. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the National Strategy on Genetics and Genomics, specifically the timeline for the establishment of the National Genomic...
    • Health Service Executive
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on taxi fares between hospitals (details supplied) covered by the HSE; to breakdown the reasoning behind the fares, in tabular form;...
    • Medicinal Products
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if the approval of a drug will be expedited considering its urgent need by a person (details supplied). [31405/25]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      503. To ask the Minister for Health to advise on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31410/25]
    • Departmental Investigations
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if she will investigate the circumstances around the recent admission to a Dublin hospital for treatment for chronic pain, the management of the case and the...
    • Health Services Staff
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of staffing levels at a care centre (details supplied) for the years 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; if she will outline the...
    • Health Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an updated position on the future of the physiotherapy service currently based at a location (details supplied); if she is aware that the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if financial support is available to reimburse a person (details supplied) for expenses incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31441/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE board has submitted a comprehensive plan to her Department to help monitor and measure the value gained as a result of the implementation of the new...
    • Departmental Data
      512. To ask the Minister for Health if consultants, across all specialities that have outpatient clinics, are now automatically receiving monthly data showing how their outpatient data compares...
    • Health Service Executive
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the action the HSE board has taken on foot of concerns raised by her predecessor in relation to the lack of a standardised approach to large variations in the...
    • Departmental Funding
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the Access to Care fund from 2021 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, by amount allocated to each hospital, public and private...
    • Health Service Executive
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the work and remit of the HSE Access Programme team; the number of staff employed in the team, the total salary cost of the team since its inception, broken...
    • Departmental Funding
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if a framework is in place regarding contractual and pricing agreements on funding programmes under the Access to Care funds; if she will publish any such...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      521. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline plans to reduce dependency on insourcing and outsourcing care to reduce waiting lists; if a multi-annual plan exists to achieve same; and...
    • Health Service Executive
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the steps the CEO of the HSE has taken to manage conflicts of interest in relation to the insourcing of care at public hospitals; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      526. To ask the Minister for Health to outline any meetings she has held with the CEO of the HSE, the CEO of CHI and the Secretary General of her Department on the HIQA report into the use of...
    • Departmental Data
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to any CHI oncology risk assessments carried out at CHI; if she is taking any action following these risk assessments; and if...
    • Cancer Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to of concerns regarding post surgical complications on children in oncology services at CHI; if she was made aware of...
    • Health Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a term called “orphan children” contained in any CHI report she has received; if she was identified the number...
    • Departmental Contracts
      532. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a schedule of the amount expended by her Department, and bodies under her aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      533. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 28 May 2025, to clarify a matter (details supplied). [31505/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      535. To ask the Minister for Health is she is aware that at present approximately 20 adults are excluded from access to approved SMA treatments solely because they were over 18 at the time of the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in the Ballymun area network, Blakestown area network, Blanchardstown area network, Coolock area network, coastal area network,...
    • Nursing Homes
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the sanctions, penalties, suspensions, termination of contract, etc. that are in place, if any, to safeguard the general public and residents when a private...
    • Departmental Schemes
      546. To ask the Minister for Health if she can provide a number of updates on a scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31568/25]
    • Health Services
      547. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the very welcome roll-out of free HRT, whether additional supports will be provided to the small cohort or perimenopausal and menopausal women, such...
    • Health Services Staff
      548. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of recognised asthma centres that specialise in severe asthma that have and do not have a leading Advanced Nurse Practitioner in post. [31588/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Wexford General Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31591/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade, working at Portiuncula University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31592/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulances and incident response vehicles based in Kerry in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31595/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologist based at St. Vincent's University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31596/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the special leave with pay scheme, and that some form of long term support will be put in place for these workers,...
    • Healthcare Policy
      560. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a baby loss certificate for early pregnancy loss-miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the current services provided by her Department to parents who have suffered pregnancy loss or miscarriage; the additional plans she intends to put in place;...
    • Care Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure all care home providers and nursing home providers have proper standards and are regularly checked; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the standards those employed in nursing homes have to have in terms of qualifications before being employed; the ongoing training that is provided; and if she...
    • Care Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Health if a care home group (details supplied) are operating any care homes or nursing homes in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      565. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31682/25]
    • Departmental Strategies
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals, if any, to introduce additional safeguarding legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31723/25]
    • Nursing Homes
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the inspection regime undertaken by HIQA in respect of both public and private nursing homes is adequate to ensure proper standards...
    • Health Services Staff
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in increasing the future supply of healthcare workers across all disciplines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31759/25]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Expenditure
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department, including, but not limited to,...
    • Education and Training Provision
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Springboard courses delivered by further and higher education institutes nationwide for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Contracts
      572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in...
    • Technological Universities
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update as to the current status of the application by a university (details supplied) to develop its Wexford campus. [31520/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of current and capital funding that was given for the establishment of the Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland; and the...
    • Student Accommodation
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeline for when his Department expects the short-listed projects under stage 2 of the technological sector student accommodation...
    • Departmental Meetings
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ministerial management board meetings he has attended since his appointment. [31713/25]
    • Student Accommodation
      579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if preparations are in place to run the rent-a-room campaign; and when he expects this campaign to begin. [31716/25]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of phase 2 off-the-job training places available for craft apprentices; and if the number of places has increased or decreased over...
    • Departmental Staff
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff, and from which units, who make up the team from his Department that has been charged with the periodic critical review of...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to identify each of the ten steps as part of the National Apprenticeships Office’s ten-step process for the development of new...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Expenditure
      585. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not...
    • Departmental Schemes
      586. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme funding that has been drawn down by Kerry County Council for the Inch Beach...
    • Departmental Funding
      587. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Kerry County Council has provided a timeline for the commencement of the works on the Kilderry loop amenity walk in Milltown,...
    • Departmental Contracts
      588. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and...
    • Departmental Funding
      589. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available to develop a town park following the fabulous gesture by a family (details supplied) to donate...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      590. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a bhfuil súil aige le hiarratas críochnúil a fháil ó Chomhairle Contae na Gaillimhe, le...
    • Fostaíocht sa Ghaeltacht
      592. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht faoín deis atá ann i mbliaina árdú ar na rátaí pá a thuilleann mná tí faoi scéim...
    • Irish Language
      593. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures he is taking to encourage Irish businesses to provide food information bilingually to promote the Irish language; and...

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