Written answers

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Éireann
      96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions that can be taken to address the frequent cancellation often at short notice of the Bus Eireann Expressway No. 2 service that...
    • Public Transport
      100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on when the new DART carriages will be coming into service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is considering allocating further funding for the upgrade of the stretch of the N25 national road between Carrigtwohill...
    • Public Transport
      105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the improvements planned in 2025 to ensure greater and more seamless access to public transport for those with disabilities; and if he...
    • Ports Policy
      107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the review of the national port policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34031/25]
    • Public Transport
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider initialising a further phase of the Cork Luas project (details supplied). [34025/25]
    • Rail Network
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on plans to improve rail capacity in County Galway, in particular adding a double track between Athenry and...
    • Driver Test
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department officials have analysed the possibility of introducing a statutory ten-week wait time for the RSA to provide...
    • Transport Policy
      111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his Department’s work on the Programme for Government commitments to support decarbonisation of road freight and...
    • Electric Vehicles
      112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the roads in Clare that will be covered by phase 3 of the LDV grant scheme; the timelines for the process; and if he will make a...
    • Greenways Provision
      113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the south Kerry greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34045/25]
    • Road Projects
      114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the upgrade of the N53 will be fully completed; if, in the meantime, mitigations will be made to ensure increased road safety at the...
    • Transport Policy
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the CMATS and BusConnects projects in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34139/25]
    • Rail Network
      116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a status update on the progress of the All-Island Strategic Rail Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30606/25]
    • Road Projects
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Northern Ring road in Cork. [34103/25]
    • Transport Policy
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review of the Galway metropolitan area transport strategy, launched in 2016; when the updated transport strategy for...
    • Electric Vehicles
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his plans to increase the usage of electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34129/25]
    • Transport Policy
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for developing a new sustainable mobility action plan to promote sustainable modes and transport-oriented development; and if...
    • Public Transport
      121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress made by his Department at tackling anti-social behaviour and improving safety on public transport services...
    • Road Projects
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new N/M20 Cork to Limerick motorway will be a toll road; his Department's general policy with regard to tolling; and if he will...
    • Active Travel
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to address the delays currently being experienced by local authorities in the delivery of active travel projects;...
    • Bus Services
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take into consideration the huge demand for, and interest in, a new Local Link bus route in County Kerry by providing a...
    • Road Network
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide additional funding this year to Cavan and Monaghan County Councils for the non-national road network; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the proposed upgrade of the R624 access road to Cobh and the Great Island in east Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the reopening of the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34005/25]
    • Active Travel
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the amount of funding allocated to active travel projects, by county in each of the past five years; and if he will make...
    • Bus Services
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's plans to expand town bus services in regional towns across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his engagements about accelerating Luas extensions as part of his NDP review negotiations; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on projects in Cork east (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34138/25]
    • Public Transport
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when contactless payments will be an option on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33953/25]
    • Transport Policy
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the design manual for urban roads and streets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33555/25]
    • Bus Services
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position on the expansion of bus route 233; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34076/25]
    • Road Projects
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current earliest construction commencement and completion dates for the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney and Clontibret-to-the-Border road...
    • Haulage Industry
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with his British counterparts and seek an end to the £10 levy that applies to all Irish registered HGVs over 12...
    • Bus Services
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the rollout of BusConnects for Cork including route numbers 2a, 14a, 14b, 17 and 38; and if he will make...
    • Rail Network
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to improve the quality and comfort of the rail carriages on the Dublin to Rosslare rail line; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide confirmation of the exact funding which will be provided for the N25 in 2025; the amount of funding will be provided...
    • Public Transport
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering public transport fare reductions in his Department's estimates 2026 submission; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Services
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to address bus no-shows, delays, and punctuality in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider making the wearing of high-visibility jackets compulsory, as a road safety measure, for all pedestrians, cyclists and...
    • Rail Network
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has conducted any analysis on the viability of opening a train line from Navan to Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the measures being taken by his Department and relevant State agencies to improve the recruitment of public transport...
    • Road Network
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues regarding the inclusion of a bypass for Monaghan town in the National...
    • Road Projects
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the status of the ring road for Kilkenny; and to provide a timeline for completion. [34141/25]
    • Public Transport
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the coordinated actions that are being taken between his Department, the Department of the Climate, Energy and the Environment, and...
    • Road Safety
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his Department’s steps to improve road safety in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on actions being taken to improve accessibility at train stations (details supplied), in view of recurring...
    • Bus Services
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department’s plans for providing a town bus service for Tullamore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34106/25]
    • Road Network
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the funding allocations to Cavan and Monaghan County Councils for local roads resurfacing in 2025. [34012/25]
    • Road Projects
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider prioritising the upgrade of the N24 from Cahir to Limerick ahead of the M20 project, in light of evidence suggesting...
    • National Transport Authority
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for further information on the intention to extend the statutory transport planning remit of the National Transport Authority to the...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has met with the CEO of Transport Infrastructure Ireland since he took office; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with public transport operators in relation to these operators charging booking fees for some free travel pass holders;...
    • Road Projects
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to progress the North Ring Road in Cork city; the level of funding will be allocated for the coming...
    • Bus Services
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any additional funding will be provided for the expansion of Local Link services in County Cork in the upcoming budgetary process; and...
    • Road Safety
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the effectiveness of the review and implementation of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023, focusing on scrambler bikes and...
    • Road Projects
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure a substantial financial allocation under the road works programme to Cavan County Council for the further planning and...
    • Bus Services
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of ongoing issues with bus reliability and punctuality in Cork city and when these will be resolved and the resulting...
    • Public Transport
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the plans to introduce a metro in Waterford, Limerick and Galway, respectively; the timeline for each; and if he will...
    • Bus Éireann
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the rollout of the enhanced 243 Bus Éireann service in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34029/25]
    • Public Transport
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the introduction of a maximum Leap card fare in regional cities, similar to the 90-minute fare in Dublin for...
    • Airport Policy
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any role in relation to the pricing of food and drink in airports; if he has corresponded with Aer Rianta in relation to hugely...
    • Road Projects
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider the inclusion of the Thurles bypass in the revised National Development Plan, which is currently under review (details...
    • Rail Network
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will update on the efforts to electrify other commuter train services in the greater Dublin region, including the...
    • Road Projects
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the costing and procurement analysis carried out in relation to the contract the Government has signed with a company...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Central Statistics Office
      181. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to address the fact that data in relation to many marginalised groups such as Travellers and Roma, migrants, disabled people, and homeless people is not...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      182. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2024 and if he intends to host another competitiveness summit. [33574/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      183. To ask the Taoiseach the number of people working full-time and part-time in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department in roles that are fully on-site, hybrid, or fully...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      184. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has a designated head of procurement; and...
    • Departmental Reports
      187. To ask the Taoiseach for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department over the past ten years (details...
    • Departmental Communications
      188. To ask the Taoiseach the list of all methods of communication his Department uses to discuss policy development. [33836/25]
    • Taoiseach's Communications
      189. To ask the Taoiseach if any agreements or lists have been made or exchanged with independent TDs who now support the Government to include projects in their constituencies in the future...
    • Departmental Projects
      190. To ask the Taoiseach the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with respect to his responsibility for anti-racism policy if it remains the position of the Government that the explanatory examples given...
    • EU Presidency
      192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider Kilkenny city as a host town for meetings of the Presidency of the European Union in 2026. [33341/25]
    • Official Engagements
      193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the US Secretary of State in the past two months. [33520/25]
    • Trade Relations
      194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that are being taken to ensure that critical medicines for rare disease patients do not become embroiled in any trade tensions...
    • Middle East
      195. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 12 June 2025, his views on whether the “deferrals” in relation to the question of...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has a...
    • Departmental Data
      199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding raised through the work of honorary consuls; the amount expended in support of their work, by country and by year, for...
    • Departmental Reports
      200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department over the...
    • EU Presidency
      201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to bring some of the high-level meetings during Ireland's EU presidency to east Cork to ensure County Cork benefits from the...
    • Passport Services
      202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a passport will be processed urgently by his Department for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • International Agreements
      203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the absence of reciprocal driving licensing agreements between Ireland, America and Canada (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Passport Services
      207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in the Passport Service, by role and by year for the years 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the new measures his Department had put in place to ensure the safety of Irish diplomats serving abroad, particularly in Israel, Palestine...
    • International Agreements
      212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position which Ireland will take on the upcoming renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the European Union, Egypt and Israel...
    • Middle East
      213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether, in the course of the special EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 16 June 2025, he raised the unacceptable nature of the public...
    • Ukraine War
      214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans to further restrict the potential flow of dual use items, technology or otherwise to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Energy Conservation
      215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants that are available to first-time buyers of second-hand homes and, more specifically, to provide information...
    • Environmental Policy
      216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide the cleaning costs associated with a situation in County Kildare (details supplied) to date in 2025; and if he...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit...
    • Departmental Staff
      218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff within his Department and its agencies who hold a formal procurement qualification or certification...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department and each agency or public body under its remit uses a formal contract management system or procurement...
    • Fuel Poverty
      220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) which works to address issues of energy poverty, would be suitable for inclusion on...
    • Departmental Policies
      222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider announcing a policy recommending that, going forward, all devices, heat pumps, batteries and immersion...
    • Energy Policy
      223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Irish Social Climate Plan will provide support to energy communities, to promote collective actions to tackle...
    • Departmental Reports
      224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his...
    • Waste Management
      225. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 15 October 2024, the status of that report; its findings and his views on the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are plans to revise the solar panel grant to reflect a higher grant allowable; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Defence
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      230. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has a designated...
    • Departmental Staff
      231. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff within his Department and its agencies who hold a formal procurement qualification or certification (for example, CIPS, NFQ...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      232. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department and each agency or public body under its remit uses a formal contract management system or procurement tracking platform; to...
    • Defence Forces
      237. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of instances in 2024 and to date in 2025 in which bombs, grenades or improvised explosive devices have been used; and the number of...
    • Departmental Projects
      239. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure...
    • Departmental Data
      240. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware of the significant delays in the conciliation and arbitration scheme operated by his Department, particularly for applications...
    • Departmental Contracts
      241. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether his Department or the Defence Forces currently have any contracts with or purchase from a company (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Transport
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the NTA prior to the renewal of a service contract for a company (details supplied) to discuss performance-related...
    • Bus Services
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the NTA in relation to either establishing a new bus stop or moving the current Citylink stop in Newcastle to the...
    • Road Safety
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the guidance document on the new Government policy on speed limits in towns and city centres will be available to local authorities...
    • Public Transport
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the Taxsaver increases for Kildare commuters following the introduction of the Dublin commuter zone; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the provision of a new bridge to replace the existing Lennox bridge which connects Kinlough in County Leitrim to...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has a...
    • Departmental Staff
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff within his Department and its agencies who hold a formal procurement qualification or certification (for example,...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and each agency or public body under its remit uses a formal contract management system or procurement tracking...
    • Driver Test
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied). [33697/25]
    • Road Projects
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a road project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33776/25]
    • Transport Policy
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he will consider legislating to facilitate the use of bioptic telescopes for driving by individuals with visual impairments....
    • Road Safety
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct Meath County Council to introduce road safety measures at a location (details supplied) which has seen four road...
    • Departmental Reports
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department over...
    • Driver Licences
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support a simplified mechanism in which Ireland will recognise and allow an exchange of US driving licences for an Irish...
    • Dublin Bus
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue generated through advertisement on the sides and rear of the Dublin Bus fleet in the years of 2024 and to date in...
    • Bus Services
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Busáras in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the future...
    • Cycling Policy
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason representative organisations (details supplied) have not yet been contacted regarding the disability-proofing of the National...
    • Transport Policy
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recommendations he is considering under the Climate Change Advisory Council’s recent Transport Review; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Projects
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recommendation from an organisation (details supplied) to increase the uptake of battery electric vehicles, by...
    • Bus Services
      264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to make provision for commercial testing for bus drivers as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34015/25]
    • Transport Policy
      265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his plans to develop a new scheme to support people with disabilities to access personal transport; and if he will...
    • Road Network
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for increasing funding for the protection and renewal of the rural road network to resolve road maintenance backlogs; and if he...
    • Road Projects
      268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new N22 between Ovens and Macroom can be prioritised in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce on street EV charging infrastructure. [30251/25]
    • Bus Services
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the case for the establishment of a new bus stop in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on how he has progressed the commissioning of a preferred route for the proposed Luas extension to Poolbeg since taking...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of funding his Department or agencies under its aegis have provided to each local authority in each of the past five...
    • Bus Services
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of concerns within local authorities regarding the provision of capital funding for bus stops without providing...
    • Rail Network
      274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is next scheduled to meet the Iarnród Eireann CEO. [34261/25]
    • Road Projects
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for phase three and four of the PANCR project in County Louth given phase two is due to commence shortly. [34275/25]
    • Transport Policy
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with an organisation (details supplied) regarding its pre-Budget 2026 submission; if his Department has assessed the merit...
    • Road Safety
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has recently engaged with the Road Safety Authority in respect of any new large-scale public information campaign that could be...
    • Driver Test
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the lack of resources for bus and truck driver testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Licences
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a case (details supplied) regarding a driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34305/25]
    • Electric Vehicles
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to examine the current EV grant system and the introduction of additional incentives to encourage the uptake of EVs; and if he...
    • National Car Test
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the impact on car dealerships in getting dates from the NCT service for their vehicles within a reasonable timeframe;...
    • Electric Vehicles
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the possible roll out of the taxi EV grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34338/25]
    • Public Transport
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the work of his Department, in conjunction with the NTA, on identifying the necessary legislative proposals to progress...
    • Transport Policy
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the 'National Policy Statement on Shared Mobility and the related Development of Hubs'; and if he will make a...
    • Electric Vehicles
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his Department's work in developing a new national EV infrastructure strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Credit Unions
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for the drafting of a five-year strategy for the credit union sector, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Services
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for the implementation of Recommendations 11.2 of the retail banking review from November 2022 to bring buy-now-pay-later agreements into the...
    • Tax Code
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would have been forgone by eliminating the vehicle registration tax on both previously owned and new electric vehicles from Britain in each...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has a designated head of...
    • Tax Code
      298. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the recommendations contained in the report on the review of the fund sector, published last year, have been considered by him or the Government; if...
    • Tax Data
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 28 May 2025, the number of property owners paying LPT on one property, two properties, three properties, four...
    • Departmental Reports
      303. To ask the Minister for Finance for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department over the past ten years...
    • Fiscal Data
      304. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the €19.8 billion that will be returned to the State in sales of shares, dividends paid and any other mechanism for returning...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the Revenue Commissioners plan to have a webchat system on their website for members of the public to inquire about PAYE and other issues. [33975/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      308. To ask the Minister for Finance the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently...
    • Budget 2026
      309. To ask the Minister for Finance the date for the announcement of Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34150/25]
    • Tax Strategy Group
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to publish this year’s Tax Strategy Group Papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34152/25]
    • Tax Exemptions
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance whether there are any exemptions from the vacant homes tax for a house with a thatched roof and thus uninsurable (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance the minimum effective tax rate on individual earnings for each of the past ten years; and the level of earnings at which that minimum effective tax rate...
    • Insurance Industry
      317. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the case for putting in place a national insurance company, or legislate for commercial companies, to provide insurance for people in situations...
    • Illicit Trade
      318. To ask the Minister for Finance for a detailed update on the work of the Revenue Commissioners and JATF in addressing cross-Border smuggling of tobacco products from Northern Ireland; the...
    • Financial Services
      319. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the merits of providing low interest, Government-backed bridging loans for people seeking to move home and are unable to do so due to the cost of...
    • Tax Code
      320. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal will next conduct a clinic in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34281/25]
    • Financial Services
      322. To ask the Minister for Finance how a person in County Kildare (details supplied) can go about taking a former payment away from their credit history record, given that it no longer applies...
    • Tax Code
      323. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans to apply a zero value added tax rate to sunscreens, cosmetics containing sunscreen and other items such as garments that provide UV protection in...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • An Garda Síochána
      324. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works that have been carried out on Garda stations in Wicklow to remove asbestos (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      329. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or the Office of Government Procurement collects or maintains data on public procurement competitions that collapse...
    • Energy Conservation
      338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he is taking to ensure that public buildings comply with the energy performance of buildings directive; if he believes all...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide, in relation to commercial semi-State bodies which are permitted to undertake their own borrowing, a list of those semi-State...
    • Departmental Reports
      340. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department over...
    • Office of Public Works
      341. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the OPW plans to install a passenger lift from the ground floor to the first floor at Dublin Castle; and if not, the reason....
    • Departmental Projects
      343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the...
    • Office of Public Works
      344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his department will consider providing amenities such as public lighting, picnic tables, information signage and QR codes to link to...
    • Regional Assemblies
      345. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will give detailed consideration to a recent briefing note of the Northern & Western Regional Assembly: Regional...
    • Office of Public Works
      346. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost incurred by his Department for the commissioning and completion of the recent audit and report prepared by a company...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      347. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the current situation regarding a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34239/25]
    • Office of Public Works
      348. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the new walls constructed at Athenry Castle were designed by professional architects; the reason the walls were constructed; the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Employment Support Services
      351. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he is taking to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities, particularly in areas such as Dublin Bay...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      352. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has a...
    • Consumer Protection
      355. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he will take to improve the consumer protections of home buyers arising from a case in County Meath (details supplied)...
    • Work Permits
      356. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the most appropriate category under which a steel and plant hire company should apply for a critical skills employment permits for a...
    • Business Supports
      357. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on his Department's engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Tourism, and Employment on reaching an...
    • Departmental Reports
      358. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department...
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      359. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the recommended pay increase for the contract cleaning industry will be approved by Government. [33938/25]
    • Civil Service
      361. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s policy on the disability equality training available for staff in the Civil Service; if this training...
    • Departmental Projects
      362. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the...
    • Enterprise Policy
      363. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date on which the planned Competitiveness Summit will take place; who will be invited to participate in this Summit; whether the...
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      364. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will approve the proposed Contract Cleaning Joint Labour Committee proposal for an Employment Regulation Order (27th February...
    • State Bodies
      365. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current vacancies, by job title, at Enterprise Ireland; and the expected timeframe for the filling of each, in tabular form....
    • Enterprise Support Services
      366. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, as part of preparation of the planned Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity, he has considered the proposals submitted...
    • Departmental Strategies
      367. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to set out the planned timeline and steps involved in preparation of a new life sciences strategy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Enterprise Policy
      368. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has examined the capabilities of Irish businesses to implement market diversification, particularly in...
    • Job Creation
      369. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of foreign direct investment (FDI) jobs in counties Clare, Galway and Limerick in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in...
    • Tourism Promotion
      370. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount Discover Ireland has paid for advertisements on a platform (details supplied) in the past 12 months; if there is any...
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      371. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide information on when the Employment Regulation Order (Contract Cleaning Industry Joint Labour Committee) 27 February 2025...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether all mild general learning disability schools being re-designated as complex needs schools; if so, the reason for this; which stakeholders...
    • School Discipline
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that some schools (details supplied) are pressuring their teachers to not wear clothing that may be perceived as being of Middle...
    • Special Educational Needs
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a reader and scribe for the Junior Certificate examinations was made by a school for a child (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Enrolments
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider putting in place a common enrolment process for students in the Greystones area before the 2026-2027 academic year; and if...
    • Early School Leavers
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the current funding allocation to the Edenderry school completion programme, which receives €25,000 annually, the...
    • School Patronage
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact steps required by her Department for a school to change its patronage; the role of the school’s board of management, the...
    • Departmental Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to expand the in-school therapy programme by a factor of 100%, doubling, in effect, the number of permanent expert therapists...
    • Youth Services
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided as indicated by a DDLETB officer for a post to be split between administration and youth support worker for a group...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the possibility of learning support teachers (SET) who do not have Irish language qualifications to be able to work in schools where...
    • Special Educational Needs
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 12 June 2025 (details supplied), the number of children that account for the 92% of allocations...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under her Department’s remit also has a designated...
    • Special Educational Needs
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the redesignation of special schools will only affect children with a diagnosis of mild general learning disability (MGLD) or will affect...
    • Teacher Training
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, given that Marino Institute of Education is a third-level higher education institute and not-for-profit charity funded directly by her...
    • School Accommodation
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding modular accommodation for a special class at a school (details supplied); the position regarding application for...
    • School Staff
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if reconsideration will be given to a decision to deny additional SNA allocation to school (details supplied) for the reasons outlined; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school and it's emergency works scheme application (details supplied) following extensive damage caused by...
    • Scoileanna DEIS
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to include rural DEIS schools in the Home School Liaison Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33782/25]
    • State Examinations
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to improve the quality and accessibility of examinations.ie. [33787/25]
    • Departmental Reports
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by her Department over the past...
    • Home Schooling
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support families who choose home schooling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33820/25]
    • School Staff
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address reports of staff exhaustion in schools, particularly among SNAs and teaching staff, due to a lack of adequate...
    • School Admissions
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) can avail of tutor summer provision if the dates and activities in the school-based summer provision do not suit...
    • Special Educational Needs
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if pupils currently enrolled in a school (details supplied) who have a diagnosis of MGLD will have to move to mainstream education under her...
    • School Staff
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs employed in County Wicklow in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number that will be employed in the 2025-2026 academic year, in...
    • School Transport
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether consideration has been given to lifting the mandatory retirement age of 70 for school transport providers for children with special...
    • Programme for Government
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will introduce a new national small schools project, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [33868/25]
    • School Accommodation
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to emails on 28 May and 12 June 2025, to provide an update on the urgently needed modular units for a school (details supplied). [33874/25]
    • School Staff
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of an issue (details supplied) where SNAs moving from part-time roles to permanent staff roles are left without pay for the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meaning of ‘complex MGLD’ in the circular 0039/2025 regarding the re-designation of special schools; and if she will make a...
    • National Council for Special Education
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that the NCSE has ignored five children with additional needs who have been recommended for a placement in a special class...
    • School Staff
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the allocation of an SNA at a school in County Tipperary (details supplied); if she will ensure that the school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the process in relation to school planning matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33955/25]
    • Departmental Data
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an outline of the revised divestment process; when it will commence; the targets for same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Admissions
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it can be ensured that a child (details supplied) can avail of an appropriate school place in time for the coming school year.; and if she...
    • School Accommodation
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to take into consideration the circumstances of a school in County Kerry (details supplied); to provide a third temporary autism class for the...
    • Departmental Data
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a timeline as to when she expects her Department to conduct a survey of primary school parents and guardians on their preferences on...
    • Departmental Projects
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by her Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure...
    • School Curriculum
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to ensure reasonable accommodations for standardised testing in primary schools, such as increased time for dyslexic...
    • Budget 2026
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increase in school funding per head of student is being considered for Budget 2026 within her Department; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Staff
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the allocation of teaching resources at a school (details supplied) has been reduced; if she is aware that this reduction will result...
    • Special Educational Needs
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the retention of the mild general learning difficulties class in a school (details supplied) that has been in existence since...
    • School Staff
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is correct to state that a teacher (details supplied) would only receive an annual pension of €1982.65 after over 17...
    • School Transport
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify an issue concerning school transport in Gowran, County Kilkenny (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Funding
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for primary and post-primary schools for cybersecurity. [34202/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an urgent update on the extension project at a school (details supplied); the cause of delays in her Department’s...
    • Departmental Data
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 12 June 2025, if she will outline how the ancillary grant is calculated for each school, the total...
    • Trade Unions
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the issues raised by a union (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34246/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there been a risk impact assessment of the potential damage that could be done to children by the gender ideology elements of the Bí...
    • School Staff
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of STEM teachers in the secondary education system in each of the past ten years; the steps she is taking to increase the number of...
    • School Funding
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a specific capital support scheme in place to provide financial assistance to schools to maintain and adapt long standing...
    • State Examinations
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered the risks that could be posed to the integrity of the State examinations by allowing students to work on their...
    • Schools Building Projects
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school project (details supplied); if this project can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34364/25]
    • School Accommodation
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many schools, and school names, have applied for alternative/modular accommodation for the coming academic year; how many have been put in...
    • School Staff
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline why a school (details supplied) has reduced the allocation of teaching resources for the academic year 2025-26; if she is aware that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a status update on the safety assessment completed at school (details supplied) and a timeframe on the new building for the school; and if...
    • School Staff
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to an added allowance for school principals for leading and managing non-teaching staff; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and names of single teacher schools in County Clare in each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; the current teacher/pupil...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that she has received a letter from the principal and the chairperson of the board of management of a school (details supplied),...
    • School Textbooks
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role her Department has in ensuring the quality and curriculum integrity of schoolbooks sold to schools; if she will ensure that these books...
    • Departmental Data
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools that underwent a REPowerEU Energy Inventory Profile Survey as part of the second phase of the REPowerEU Pathfinder Programme will be...
    • School Accommodation
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on changes to classroom arrangements at a school (details supplied); if she will ensure prefab accommodation is provided so that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the planning difficulties currently being experienced by a school (details supplied) in building two special education...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of residents in an area (details supplied) regarding the ongoing issue...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      464. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s...
    • Sports Funding
      467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will inform a club (details supplied) formally of the outcome of its appeal; if successful, the way in which the...
    • Sports Organisations
      469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the powers that Sport Ireland has to compel sport's governing bodies to adhere to certain...
    • Olympic Council of Ireland
      470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the merits of producing a report into sporting bodies regarding the dedicated support they provide for...
    • Olympic Games
      471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure that athletes that have competed in previous Olympic and Paralympic games, and require further...
    • Departmental Reports
      472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his...
    • Postal Services
      473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he intends to take to ensure the viability of the post office network, especially post offices operating in...
    • Sports Facilities
      474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department expects construction of a new state of the art national velodrome and badminton centre to commence....
    • Departmental Meetings
      475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he met with a person (details supplied) during his recent visit to the US. [33961/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      476. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery;...
    • Departmental Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to list every community-based festival and summer school that has approached him or his Department directly to solicit...
    • Sports Funding
      478. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how organisations in Ireland south can access the Creative Europe culture strand funding; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      479. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he will support local and regional journalism in counties such as Laois, where local newspapers, media...
    • Housing Schemes
      481. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the housing aid for older people grant, specifically whether boiler replacements remain eligible under...
    • Rental Sector
      482. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the market rate will be determined under the proposed rental regulation changes; if there will be a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      483. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO of Gas Networks Ireland. [33521/25]
    • Defective Building Materials
      484. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that there are many families who have availed of the remediation available under the defective block grant...
    • Urban Development
      485. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline and publish in detail the selection criteria to be followed by local authorities in identifying urban...
    • Water Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 752 of 10 June 2025, if homeowners were prepared to pay the €15,000 contribution...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also...
    • Housing Schemes
      490. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to transpose the energy performance of buildings directive into national law; the measures he is...
    • Departmental Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of builders that have signed up to the statutory register under the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and...
    • Local Authorities
      495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Louth County Council has had to limit access to housing adaptation grants and related schemes; if there...
    • Rental Sector
      496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether people engaged in short-term lettings, who will soon be incorporated into rent pressure zones, will have to apply for...
    • Departmental Data
      497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if will address an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33791/25]
    • Departmental Reports
      498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his...
    • Regeneration Projects
      499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Oliver Bond flats will be subject to the same rationalisation of the refusal to fund the regeneration of Pearse House; and...
    • Defective Building Materials
      502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the ongoing delay in processing appeals under the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; the current status...
    • Water Services
      503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can give any direction to Uisce Éireann in relation to capital and/or operational matters. [33839/25]
    • Defective Building Materials
      504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the ongoing delay in providing clarification to the residents of Elm Park, Buncrana under the enhanced...
    • Departmental Data
      505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33850/25]
    • Water Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has noted the recent publication of the European Commission’s water resilience strategy and, in particular, the...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of traveller-specific accommodation funding returned to his Department, per county, in tabular form, for the years...
    • Housing Provision
      509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the proposed works at Blackberry Lanes, Athlone, County Westmeath. [33873/25]
    • Defective Building Materials
      510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options open to apartment owners experiencing the effects of pyrite but whose neighbours, also affected by the same...
    • Housing Provision
      519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing schemes, including social, affordable, cost rental or other supports, which are currently available in the Ballina...
    • Planning Issues
      525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to include tenants of houses acquired by local authorities under the part V of the Planning and Development...
    • Departmental Policies
      526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether a policy change will be considered to provide the Revenue Commissioners with the power to collect levies under the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason homeowners that have appealed the remediation options provided to them under the defective concrete blocks grant...
    • Departmental Data
      528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) is a solvent company. [34060/25]
    • Legislative Process
      529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for clarification on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Projects
      530. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the...
    • Fire Stations
      532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commit to the recommended expedited delivery of a new fire station in Ballincollig; if his Department will carry...
    • Rural Schemes
      533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the publication of the rural housing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34158/25]
    • Housing Provision
      534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of apartments completed in the four Dublin local authority areas per year from 2018 to 2024; and if he will make a...
    • Land Development Agency
      538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on the expected or set prices for each category of new home being developed by the Land Development...
    • Local Authorities
      540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times that dwellings have been deemed to be inactive and notified to his Department by a local authority in the...
    • Office of Public Works
      541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the required consent submission by the Office of Public Works to his Department, in relation to progressing the...
    • Land Development Agency
      542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes, respectively, that will be delivered through Land Development Agency...
    • Rental Sector
      543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private rented accommodation inspections carried out by all local authorities in 2024; the number of inspections...
    • Housing Schemes
      544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total value of grant payments issued by local authorities to persons who have completed works using the vacant property...
    • Departmental Data
      545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an indicative timeline on when responsibility for the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011 will be transferred from the...
    • Departmental Funding
      546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further consideration has been given to enacting regulations on service charges and sinking funds under the Multi-Unit...
    • Departmental Staff
      547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE-qualified historians employed by his Department in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Departmental Reviews
      548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the publication of the review into the response of the State and State agencies into the impact of storm...
    • Housing Schemes
      549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to raise the cap on the first home scheme and the help to buy scheme, specifically for Dublin, as new...
    • Defective Building Materials
      550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of defective concrete block appeals he has received from Donegal; the number processed to date; the number of...
    • Departmental Funding
      551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding and department supports are available under ‘Measure A8- Waste Water Collection and Treatment Needs for...
    • Housing Schemes
      552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he would consider extending housing adaptation grant schemes to include support for the purchase of generators for homes...
    • Housing Provision
      553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a newly built social housing estate (details supplied) has been vacant for seven months post-completion; and if he...
    • Departmental Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has to date been spent on the public private partnership bundle 3; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if provision has been made to continue the Economic and Social Intervention Fund in Limerick in 2026 and beyond, given that it...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • School Uniforms
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance increased to €170 for children aged...
    • Pension Provisions
      558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures in place to ensure that women forced to leave the civil service due to the marriage bar can access a...
    • Disability Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal against the decision to refuse disability allowance in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit in the name of a person (details supplied). [33603/25]
    • Gender Recognition
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department is responsible for the Gender Recognition Act 2015. [33609/25]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that due to a recent change in Department policy, activation officers are now required to meet with...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an updated timeline on the progress of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025. [33726/25]
    • Pension Provisions
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding pension payment to person (details supplied); when payment will issue given that proposed recipient...
    • Departmental Reports
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his...
    • Education Policy
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures her Department has put in place to ensure that school leaders and boards of management are not required to...
    • Departmental Communications
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason no formal communication has been issued from the Department acknowledging the impracticality of introducing new...
    • Care Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason carers allowance or benefit cannot be awarded to a family member living in a different county to help towards the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons fuel allowance has not been awarded to a person (details supplied). [33901/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number in receipt of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in 2024, disaggregated by rate of payment;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount his Department spent on advertising on a social media platform (details supplied) in the years 2024 and to date in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claims open for jobseekers benefit on 31 March 2025 before the jobseekers pay-related benefit scheme began; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding that is available for the provision of reasonable accommodations for individuals in the public sector workplace;...
    • Disability Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale behind the stipulation requiring disability allowance recipients to notify his Department before leaving the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a referral sent to the scope section by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Projects
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the...
    • Pension Provisions
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a person’s (details supplied) invalidity pension appeal; when a decision will be reached given that it...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason jobseeker’s benefit appeals are taking so long and to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans for an awareness campaign for the household benefit package targeted towards persons aged over 70. [34263/25]
    • Pension Provisions
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of individuals in receipt of the State contributory pension, paid on a monthly basis only, in Quarter 4 of 2024...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to address long waiting times for appeals being dealt with by way of a summary decision or oral hearing (details...
    • Departmental Schemes
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 909 of 10 June 2025, if it is his intention to further extend a free travel companion...
    • Pension Provisions
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will examine the case of an elderly couple (details supplied) where the husband is in receipt of a contributory old age...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of working family payments that are currently in payment in the State; the number of working family payments...
    • Departmental Schemes
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the income supports that are available for an employed person, also in receipt of disability allowance, but out of work due...
    • Departmental Data
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons availing of fish assist in each county, in tabular form. [34480/25]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the entitlements of EU and UK nationals living in Ireland to jobseekers allowance, jobseekers benefit,...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will report on progress on completing and publishing the study on benchmarking and indexing working-age social...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Fire Safety
      604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an IPAS centre which was deemed non-compliant in regard to fire safety (details supplied) is now fully compliant; and if he...
    • Departmental Data
      605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how well the State is prepared for a chemical, biological or radioactive attack or event. [34522/25]
    • Visa Applications
      606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current turnaround time for long stay employment visa applications for individuals with a general skills work permit...
    • Departmental Funding
      607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the EU is funding the development of modular homes for beneficiaries of temporary protection in Ireland given that the 11...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount a company (details supplied) has been paid by the Government to date; if the company or an associated company owes...
    • Visa Applications
      609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visit family/friend visas processed by the South Africa visa desk within the target processing time of 6-8 weeks;...
    • Departmental Communications
      610. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the long-standing practice of issuing licences for firearms should change (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the progression of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; his plans to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment...
    • Departmental Policies
      612. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to consider legal or policy changes to allow State agencies and courts to be able to refer abusers to structured, long-term...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case of a person (details supplied) requiring a temporary travel document; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an individual (details supplied) who has been waiting eight months since the date of their application for a long stay...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      616. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will bring forward robust legislation to combat the phenomenon known as cuckooing (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Departmental Programmes
      620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in the case of youth diversion programmes for those aged 8 to 11 years old, who will be responsible for referring young people...
    • Departmental Data
      622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge penalty notices issued in each month, in each county, since April 2024, in tabular form; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has been presented with a copy of and briefed on the report on the pilot scheme of Garda body-worn cameras (details...
    • Visa Applications
      624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for family unification visas being assessed presently by his Department; if he considers his...
    • Departmental Reports
      625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his...
    • Departmental Data
      626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to direct correspondence (details supplied), if he or his officials will advise of any channels available to Members of...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of penalty points issued to learner drivers that were detected by Gardaí, by county, for driving a vehicle...
    • Visa Applications
      628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when applicants (details supplied) will receive short-stay family visit visa application decision; and if he will make a...
    • International Protection
      629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case for rescinding an international protection accommodation contract (details supplied); if a full review will...
    • Prison Service
      630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average annual cost of keeping a person in prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33935/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 898 of 13 May, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in...
    • Departmental Data
      633. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons whose fingerprints were checked against EuroDac in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33968/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 899 of 13 May, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in...
    • Departmental Reports
      636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of any internal reports his Department has conducted in the past five years regarding the possibility of...
    • Departmental Projects
      637. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the...
    • International Protection
      638. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update in respect of a property (details supplied); if his Department has extended or granted a contract to provide...
    • Deportation Orders
      639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a schedule of number of deportation orders issued and fully executed from 2000 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      640. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount expended on an annual basis on commercial and charter flights, to include a schedule of ancillary costs in the...
    • Visa Applications
      641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa applications submitted to the South African visa desk in the Dublin Visa Office, for each month, from July...
    • Legislative Reviews
      643. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime ) Act 2017; and if he will address an issue regarding section 4(1),...
    • Departmental Data
      644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Parole Act 2019; and if he will address the need to ensure that persons such as the next of kin of a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount the OPW spent on installing high-speed electric vehicle charging points at Garda stations in the years of 2023, 2024...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      646. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 706 of 20 May 2025, if the necessary information has been supplied to him to answer this...
    • Departmental Data
      647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has plans to use State-owned accommodation in Meath west as an IPAS centre. [34276/25]
    • Departmental Budgets
      648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has met with an organisation (details supplied) regarding its pre-Budget 2026 submission and associated...
    • An Garda Síochána
      649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the number of full EV and hybrid EVs in the Garda fleet, by vehicle type. [34296/25]
    • Visa Applications
      650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a joint spouse visa decision will be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34336/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 667 of 20 May 2025, if the information is now available regarding the number of officers...
    • Departmental Schemes
      652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 9 April 2025, if the information sought is now available, including the financial...
    • Departmental Data
      653. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether existing gym and pool services in Citywest Hotel will continue to be open to local residents following the decision by...
    • Community Care
      654. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to a Topical Issues debate on the subject of the Citywest hotel sale in Dáil Éireann on 17 June 2025, to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      669. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to the Clare side of the Clare-Tipperary Garda division each year since 2020; the number of...
    • Departmental Reports
      673. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the IPAS statistics weekly arrivals report has not been published for the last month; and will he make these reports...
    • Legislative Measures
      674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of his memorandum to Government seeking an amendment to the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 to implement...
    • An Garda Síochána
      676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the year in which his Department was made aware of the review of asbestos surveys of Garda buildings by the Office of Public...
    • International Protection
      679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of a situation concerning an international protection applicant (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Prison Service
      680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than 15 consecutive days during 2024; the number of...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that some applicants for naturalisation who received a letter in January 2025 with a statement that the Minister...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Schemes
      683. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the complete list of recipient firms and corresponding capital grant amounts allocated to each under the 'capital...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has a...
    • Departmental Projects
      687. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the possibility of cleaning or dredging a harbour at a location (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of paying attendees at the Curragh racecourse for 2025, specifically for the Guineas weekend, to...
    • Departmental Reports
      689. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      690. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible for an ACRES payment for 2024 to be paid to farm partnerships instead of individual farmers; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail each fishery harbour centre that was allocated capital funding since 1 January 2023 to date in 2025; and the total amount...
    • Departmental Projects
      692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the...
    • Forestry Sector
      693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a pure oak plantation that is seven years old and in contract be converted to agroforestry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the last date he met formally with the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland. [34258/25]
    • Greyhound Industry
      696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the last date he met formally with the CEO of Greyhound Racing Ireland. [34259/25]
    • Fishing Industry
      697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a foreshore licence application (details supplied) submitted in November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Pollution
      698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to address water quality in areas where pollution from agricultural practices has occurred that contributes to...
    • Departmental Reviews
      699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a case can be reviewed and an update provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34444/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on when a farmer (details supplied) can expect to receive an ACRES payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount a charity (details supplied) has received from the State in each of the years 2015 to date, in tabular form. [34514/25]
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Community Welfare Services
      702. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a community neurological rehabilitation team will be put in place for the southeast, as promised in 2019, considering four...
    • Disability Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a child in Cork will have a timely review of an application to a children’s disability network team (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      704. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review correspondence (details supplied); her views on the proposal, and any potential supports or avenues of engagement...
    • Disability Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a PAS assistant given they have been trying to access this service for over four years...
    • Family Resource Centres
      706. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the new applications for family resource centres be appraised externally or within her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      708. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under her Department’s remit also has a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      709. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of staff within her Department and its agencies who hold a formal procurement qualification or certification (for...
    • Departmental Funding
      712. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the practice of early years facilities charging prospective parents a non-refundable administrative fee in...
    • Departmental Reports
      714. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by her Department...
    • Departmental Reviews
      715. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider a review of leave entitlements for parents of multiple children; the reason the Government has not acceded to such a...
    • Departmental Policies
      716. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the consideration he has given to the introduction of specific leave entitlements for reproductive and gynaecological health,...
    • Departmental Budgets
      717. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the potential total cost of increasing the foster care allowance by the equivalent of the current rates of the back-to-school...
    • Childcare Services
      718. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether TUSLA has emergency out-of-hours social workers available nationwide. [33976/25]
    • Departmental Consultations
      719. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive respite care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33982/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      720. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of funding to local authorities under the play and recreation capital funding scheme in the years 2020 to 2025; and if...
    • Family Support Services
      721. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a centre (details supplied) will again be able to offer full respite services to children and families, which I am advised,...
    • Childcare Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will examine the new regulations for childminders to ensure that they are not leading to increased paperwork for...
    • Departmental Projects
      723. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by her Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the...
    • Childcare Services
      726. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that communities seeking to establish new childcare facilities are precluded from accessing Building Blocks, the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      727. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider greater flexibility for Building Blocks, the only financial support available for childcare facilities, where...
    • Departmental Staff
      728. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE ICT data specialists employed by her Department in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [34200/25]
    • Departmental Strategies
      731. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the National strategy for women and girls; when it is expected to be published; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      732. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when her Department's action plan for administrative and regulatory simplification will be complete. [34384/25]
    • Childcare Qualifications
      733. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on her Department's plans to ensure all childminders are registered by 2027. [34385/25]
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      734. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on her Department's work to ensure the additional bureaucracy involved in registering childminders does not result in...
    • Departmental Websites
      735. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the creation of the new nurturing skills website by her Department. [34387/25]
    • Irish Language
      736. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the national plan for the Irish language in ELC / SAC will be complete. [34388/25]
    • Children in Care
      737. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social workers currently working within the Tusla 'children in care' team in County Clare; the numbers of children...
    • Childcare Services
      738. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of complaints received by HIQA relating to residential public and private childcare settings in 2020 to date in 2025, by...
    • Legislative Programme
      740. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to enact legislation to include socio-economic disadvantage as a ground for discrimination under equality legislation,...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Schemes
      741. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending the current income support scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33514/25]
    • Departmental Budgets
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to fully staff two additional ADHD teams. [33523/25]
    • Departmental Data
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine that were on duty within the accident and emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick for each...
    • Dental Services
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged under 13 awaiting dental screening in CHO3, in tabular form. [33525/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the current resources and staff allocation to Limerick Palliative Care, including the provision for home care palliative care and residential palliative care;...
    • Departmental Properties
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of temporary locations used for the Covid vaccine rollout that are still being rented in each county; the cost per county for rent since all Covid...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      748. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the long wait times for urgent appointments in the BreastCheck at the Mater Hospital, including the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Cancer Services
      749. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the options available to women who have cancer and require breast surgery as regards their access to support services including breast protheses,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      750. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to reimburse cost or part cost of private medical procedures incurred by people before the cross-Border Directive scheme and...
    • Obesity Levels
      751. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the new Obesity Policy and Action Plan, due to be published in early 2026; whether a public consultation on the new...
    • Cancer Services
      752. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the details of funding being allocated to each cancer support service (as announced by her predecessor in October 2024), by county, in 2025; to...
    • Departmental Reports
      753. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the report recommendations from an organisation (details supplied); the actions she will take to action these...
    • Departmental Data
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding frontline workers who are suffering from long Covid; if she proposes to extend the current deadline of 30 June 2025 for support payments...
    • Departmental Projects
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a number of projects submitted by a service (details supplied) for the HSE national lottery grant scheme were unsuccessful; whether this decision...
    • Insurance Coverage
      756. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE have considered implementing a standard procedure where GP practices and medical centres are in direct contact with health...
    • Departmental Schemes
      757. To ask the Minister for Health if she will extend the long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers who are unable to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33604/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      758. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures being taken to improve access to trauma-informed mental health care for individuals who are experiencing homelessness, particularly...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under her Department’s remit also has a designated head of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      762. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending reimbursement access to baricitinib under the drugs payment scheme for individuals diagnosed with severe alopecia areata, in...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      763. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a media report regarding further alleged abuses of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (details supplied); the steps she...
    • Nursing Homes
      764. To ask the Minister for Health if the national treatment purchase fund engaged individually or collectively with nursing homes (details supplied) during 2024; the basis on which they...
    • Health Service Executive
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if the common assessment approach to the needs of older people known as InterRAI is fully operational across all six HSE health regions; and if the electronic...
    • Legislative Process
      769. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the opt out register is not live in advance of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      770. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their much-needed hip operation. [33741/25]
    • Legislative Measures
      771. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display Act (2024), to outline the guarantees in place that participants will...
    • Community Welfare Services
      772. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied support from community occupational therapy services in Crumlin, on the grounds that such assessments...
    • Departmental Projects
      774. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33771/25]
    • Departmental Strategies
      777. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to promote uptake of the HPV vaccine, specifically amongst young men and boys; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33780/25]
    • Departmental Programmes
      778. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to extend BowelScreen and BreastCheck screening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33781/25]
    • Legislative Reviews
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to address the legal entitlement of both parents to be on the birth certificate of a child born via surrogacy; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Facilities
      781. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the new emergency department in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33789/25]
    • Departmental Communications
      782. To ask the Minister for Health to give a detailed response to a serious matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33794/25]
    • Departmental Reports
      783. To ask the Minister for Health for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by her Department over the past ten years...
    • Departmental Appointments
      784. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an occupational therapy appointment as early diagnosis and therapy is essential to his quality of life; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      786. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the availability of mental health services in Ballyfermot, particularly for elderly people. [33826/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      787. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the timely access to the drug givinostat required to help treatment for persons with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will...
    • Legislative Programme
      788. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 12 June 2025, the reason her Department continues to deflect responsibility for bilingual food and drink labelling...
    • Departmental Reviews
      789. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case to review the working relationship with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33833/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      790. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the impact of antimicrobial resistance on the health service in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33834/25]
    • Alcohol Pricing
      791. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the health impacts of the introduction of a minimum unit price on alcohol since it came into force; if a review by the Health Research...
    • Hospital Staff
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent radiographers, by grade, based at Roscommon University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33847/25]
    • Departmental Data
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs reimbursed (PCRS), per month, for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy, from January to date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      797. To ask the Minister for Health if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [33900/25]
    • Health Services
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to the family of a person (details supplied) in the absence of GP support. [33903/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      799. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to introduce skyclarys (omaveloxolone) into the Irish market for the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia in adults and adolescents; which is...
    • Departmental Data
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the monies that have been allocated to the Southern Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Homes
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home beds the HSE held in private nursing homes in Cork, in each of the past five years, including 2025. [33929/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded respite beds the HSE had in private nursing homes in Cork, in each of the past five years, including 2025. [33931/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      805. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) requiring an expedited OT assessment and funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33932/25]
    • Departmental Appointments
      806. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can progress with cataract treatment; when an urgent appointment will be made available to them; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      807. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade, based at Grove Court primary care centre in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33970/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      808. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent full-time job offers that Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown made to new graduate nursing posts in 2024 to work in this hospital; and of...
    • Health Service Executive
      809. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for electric-powered wheelchairs from the HSE within CHO9; and the average waiting time for same. [33972/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      810. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent full-time job offers that CHI Temple Street made to new graduate nursing posts in 2024 to work in this hospital; and of the jobs...
    • Departmental Data
      811. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pulmonary function laboratories nationwide; and the number of laboratories with vacancies for respiratory physiologists, per laboratory, in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      812. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a fair deal case in respect of a family in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33998/25]
    • Departmental Reports
      813. To ask the Minister for Health the number and details of reports, by report type, procured by Children’s Health Ireland from a company (details supplied) in the period 2020 to 2025,...
    • Childcare Services
      814. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) was refused by CAMHS for an ADHD assessment; if there is an appropriate service to provide the support required; and if...
    • Health Service Executive
      815. To ask the Minister for Health to carry out a full review of HSE recruitment policies, pay grades and working conditions for our frontline medical workers; to ensure all beds are available...
    • Medical Qualifications
      818. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time CORU takes to recognise professional qualifications for each of the professions it regulates where those qualifications are from...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the application for CORU recognition of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34048/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      820. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the total number of individuals, by grade and/or profession, employed by the HSE for each of the years 2015 to 2024, in tabular form. [34049/25]
    • Clinical Trials
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in increasing the number of clinical trials across the health sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34050/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the financial cost to date of the May 2021 cyberattack on the HSE; the measures now in place to address the exposed vulnerabilities; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      823. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which she will meet with a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34064/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      824. To ask the Minister for Health the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by her Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently...
    • Legislative Programme
      825. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department considered ethical objections, including those grounded in secular or non-religious bioethics, to the presumption of consent for organ...
    • Departmental Data
      831. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people availing of ozempic under long term illness payments, by county, in tabular form; the cost, per county, for 2023, 2024 and to date in...
    • Health Services
      835. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be provided with HSE nappy provision given the fact he has extremely complex needs; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Nicotine Products
      837. To ask the Minister for Health if she has had regard to the matter of banning of single-use lithium battery-based nicotine delivery products; if she is aware of the fire risk, as well as...
    • Departmental Data
      838. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at Cork University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are...
    • Data Usage
      840. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on how often KPI data from the National Cancer Control Programme online portal is updated; its intended use; who the KPI data is shared...
    • Health Services Staff
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade, based at Carrick-On-Suir primary care centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [34194/25]
    • Departmental Data
      846. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the services currently provided for paediatric patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff...
    • Patient Transfers
      847. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is normal procedure to transfer a public patient in a public hospital to a private hospital for care (details supplied). [34220/25]
    • Departmental Communications
      849. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 11 June 2025, to provide the requested email and phone lines available for Oireachtas members to raise queries in...
    • Departmental Data
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public defibrillators in each county; and the percentage increase or decrease of defibrillators in each county since June 2024. [34232/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      851. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on progress to designate ‘counsellor’ as a protected title; and when work will be completed by CORU to ensure regulation of rogue...
    • Departmental Reviews
      854. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 687 of 27 May 2025, if she can provide a copy of the Memorandum on the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for...
    • Health Services Staff
      856. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 690 of 27 May 2025, for each of the unfilled staff positions of the Gender Healthcare Programme, the number of applicants...
    • Departmental Schemes
      858. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the situation regarding the fair deal scheme where the HSE will not accept a registry of deeds as opposed to a land registry title; if this can be...
    • Departmental Data
      859. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine and emergency medicine registrars based at St. James's Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in...
    • Departmental Budgets
      861. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year capital and current funding required for an additional national dual diagnosis rehabilitation centre. [34255/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      862. To ask the Minister for Health the WTE staff, by job title, currently working at the supra-regional endometriosis centre at Tallaght University Hospital; the WTE vacancies, by job title,...
    • Departmental Data
      863. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at Saint James’ Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are...
    • Departmental Recruitment
      865. To ask the Minister for Health the selection criteria applied to choose the team tasked with the systemic review (details supplied); if there was an open call or advertisement for the review...
    • Hormone Replacement Therapy
      866. To ask the Minister for Health if she has been appraised of plans by the National Gender Service to ensure access to HRT for students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • National Gender Service
      867. To ask the Minister for Health the current structure, staffing, and clinical leadership of the National Gender Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34274/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      868. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation to date of Report of the Review of the Governance Arrangements and the Resources currently in place to support the HSE...
    • Programme for Government
      869. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on planned initiatives to deliver on the Programme of Government commitment on "to ensuring that patients have access to new innovative new...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      870. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation to date of ‘Digital for Care: A Digital Health Framework for Ireland 2024-2030’; to outline the current and...
    • Health Services
      871. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE mental health facility at Perrot House, Coolnagarrane, Skibbereen is closing (details supplied). [34295/25]
    • Departmental Data
      872. To ask the Minister for Health the number of urology day cases including ambulatory urology that were performed at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Budgets
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of building a surgical hub under the National Elective Ambulatory Strategy. [34304/25]
    • Hospital Services
      875. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are any plans to locate a minor injuries unit at Letterkenny University that is separate to the emergency department. [34306/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      876. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an orthopaedic appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; the current waiting times for...
    • Health Services
      878. To ask the Minister for Health if and when additional home support or day service hours will be granted to a child (details supplied) as part of the HSE summer programme, and thereafter on...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      879. To ask the Minister for Health to address the patient-on-trolley figures in Naas Hospital in May 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34312/25]
    • Health Services
      880. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has 24-7 pain and discomfort in his neck and arm region down to his hand and fingers will receive the much-needed pain...
    • Departmental Data
      881. To ask the Minister for Health the spend by each public hospital, including Section 38 organisations where it must be requested, on private ambulances in each of the years 2015 to 2024 and...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      882. To ask the Minister for Health if CHI have used National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) money to pay orthopaedic consultants at rates above the standard approved fees or during their...
    • Organ Donation
      887. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the address is needed for the opt out register of the organ donation scheme (details supplied). [34339/25]
    • Dental Services
      889. To ask the Minister for Health the average age of children and their school class in the State when they have their first dental examination and screening under the school dental scheme; and...
    • Departmental Investigations
      890. To ask the Minister for Health if she has commissioned an investigation into the response of CHI management and board to internal warnings that arose in 2022 that the allocation of...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      891. To ask the Minister for Health in response to reports that CHI orthopaedic surgeons performed hip surgeries at University Hospital Galway and Cork in recent years, who approved sending CHI...
    • Departmental Data
      892. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgeries outsourced by CHI to private providers in each year since 2020, in tabular form; the total amount paid to each private provider in each...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      893. To ask the Minister for Health whether any CHI-affiliated surgeons were involved in treating CHI patients at any private providers under NTPF contracts at any stage since 2020; to provide...
    • Departmental Investigations
      894. To ask the Minister for Health whether CHI commissioned any internal investigation since 2020 into orthopaedic waiting-list practices; the details of any such investigations; whether the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      895. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 554 of 7 May 2025, for a list of all patient representative and civil society groups that the gender healthcare programme...
    • National Gender Service
      896. To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical lead of the gender healthcare programme is engaged in clinical work at the National Gender Service; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who retired in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34365/25]
    • Health Services
      898. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital Cork University Hospital; the number and grade of staff...
    • Departmental Budgets
      899. To ask the Minister for Health the total budget for the treatment benefit (PRSI used dental) scheme in 2024 and, separately, for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34375/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      902. To ask the Minister for Health when she expects to receive and to publish the review of urgent and emergency care in the midwest; the resources and WTE staff committed to the review; and if...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      910. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1161, the reason her Department has yet to correct the inaccurate précis of statute provided by her...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      911. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene to assist a child (details supplied) in accessing an expedited appointment for a vital and time-sensitive health service. [34482/25]
    • Departmental Budgets
      913. To ask the Minister for Health the annual costs associated with the implementation of the chronic disease management programme in each of the last four years, and to date in 2025; and if she...
    • Departmental Data
      914. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at Mater University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are...
    • Vape Control Measures
      915. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has fully examined the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024, which warns of...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      917. To ask the Minister for Health the addiction services are available in Wicklow for young people and children under the age of 18; the number of patients served; the current waiting lists for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      918. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if the case will be re-examined and expedited. [34512/25]
    • Health Services
      919. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she is taking to uphold the commitment as outlined in the Programme for Government to ensure patients have timely access to new and innovative...
    • Nursing Homes
      920. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure statutory staff patient ratios are put in place and enforced at private nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34529/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      921. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 1 June 2025, or the latest date available; the number waiting 0...
    • Mental Health Services
      928. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2022. [34551/25]
    • Departmental Data
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 June 2025, or the latest date available; the way that compares to target in...
    • Hospital Services
      934. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for paediatric patients with epilepsy at Cork University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has a designated...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      938. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Marino Institute of Education will be brought under the auspices of the Higher Education Authority like all other ITE providers; and if he...
    • Departmental Reports
      940. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department over the past...
    • Exam Timelines
      941. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the feasibility of better aligning repeat PLC exam timelines with CAO offers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      942. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support Muslim students in accessing financial support to continue their education in line with their faith. [33824/25]
    • Third Level Fees
      943. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is not eligible for the free fees initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33958/25]
    • Departmental Meetings
      944. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliament Question No. 297 of 12 February 2025, for an update on the status of the discussions with a union (details supplied); the...
    • Departmental Projects
      945. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure...
    • Third Level Costs
      946. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse austerity measures made during the financial crash regarding FET learners payments, as many prospective students are not able...
    • Departmental Funding
      947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Mitchell scholarship and the funding for it; if he is supportive of the aims and continuation of this fund; and if he...
    • Third Level Fees
      948. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in introducing a tuition-fee support scheme for graduate entry medicine, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      949. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the skills gap in the advanced manufacturing sector nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34314/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      950. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on when his Department will activate the new phase of structural support funding for HEIs. [34389/25]
    • Departmental Data
      951. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report the number of Tus which failed to reach a satisfactory level of performance in their most recent annual report under the agreement, as...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      953. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how his Department has measured the success and scope for improvement following the 'Building Heroes' campaign. [34392/25]
    • Departmental Data
      954. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average CAO points received by a student for the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34393/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      959. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the further education options available for a person who already possesses a degree or master's qualification and wishes to completely...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Harbours and Piers
      960. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the development of Inis Oírr pier; if his Department has received the final business case from Galway County...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      961. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has...
    • Departmental Reviews
      964. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a review of the Community Services Programme funding will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33695/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      966. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, further to the statement in the Programme for Government (details supplied) he will assist in progressing the development of a...
    • Departmental Reports
      968. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department...
    • Departmental Projects
      969. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the...
    • Departmental Funding
      970. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans for a 2025 community recognition fund, or any such funding, to recognise community groups that have played a...
    • Departmental Staff
      971. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of WTE ICT data specialists employed by his Department in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [34199/25]
    • Library Services
      972. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and location of Clare library branches actively engaged with the My Open Library initiative; to outline all Clare...

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