Written answers
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- European Union
1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Irish Government was consulted, through the Foreign Affairs Council or otherwise, in advance of the High Representative of the...
- Diplomatic Representation
4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of defence attachés accredited to Ireland, both resident and non-resident; when defence attachés were first accredited to...
- Middle East
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contents of the official acknowledgement by the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in response to the concerns he raised...
- European Union
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is the view of the Government that representations by the President of the European Commission regarding the European Union's Common...
- Diplomatic Representation
8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give consideration to opening a new Irish Consulate General office in the Bahamas. [34721/25]
- Departmental Contracts
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of companies his Department has contracts with for transferring of furniture, artwork and so on, from embassies of Ireland and...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Energy Infrastructure
10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he will implement to ensure adequate safety measures are in place in relation to the development of battery...
- Renewable Energy Generation
11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of what stage the tendering process is at for an installation company to carry out installation works on...
- Fishing Industry
12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether Inland Fisheries Ireland has set a cap on the number of recreational salmon angling licences on the River...
- Grant Payments
13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will urgently address the long delays, currently over two years, in SEAI grant processing times in County Kerry; and...
- Fishing Industry
14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether the board and or senior management team of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has given notice to Departmental...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Projects
15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 19 March 2025, he will set out the steps that have been taken to date to implement the Programme...
- Diplomatic Representation
18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, in light of the recognised importance of An Garda Síochána's police liaison officer network in embassies abroad, particularly in...
- Air Corps
21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if consideration is being given to the acquisition or long-term leasing of a dedicated strategic or tactical airlift capability for the Defence...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether a person (details supplied) can be granted a driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34559/25]
- Bus Éireann
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the concerns of commuters using Bus Éireann services on the Cavan-Dublin route in relation to the excessive...
- Road Projects
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to date for each phase of the Waterford to Glenmore road scheme; the amount of funding drawn down to date; and the...
- Greenways Provision
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will update the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34607/25]
- Parking Provision
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 4 March 2025, the reason the response has not been received; if the response will be sought;...
- Primary Medical Certificates
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the implementation of the revised primary medical certificate grant scheme, as outlined by a sub-group under the...
- Public Transport
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered extending the young adult Leap card to those aged 26-30; the cost of extending this scheme by each...
- Bus Services
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm the intention of the National Transport Authority to licence and seek an operator of the 414 service between Galway and Bearna...
- Public Transport
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether it is the intention of his Department to review the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bus Services
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Tullamore might receive a bus service akin to that recently established in the town of Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Transport
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the safer routes to schools programme will be opened for new applications, if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Services
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a bus stop will be provided for a village (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34792/25]
- Rail Network
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if toilets will be provided on the new DART+ North trains being procured as part of the DART+ programme; and if he will make a statement...
- Bus Services
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to provide more bus shelters at bus stops particularly exposed to harsh weather or on large roads; and...
- Public Transport
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is and will take with regard to Luas operating capacity; how he will support the growing demand for Luas...
- Bus Services
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is aware of the ongoing infrequency of some older bus routes following the most recent phase of bus connects, such as...
- School Transport
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expand on his closing comments on Wednesday’s private members motion on public transport experience regarding over...
- Protected Disclosures
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the formal determination of the Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner (details supplied); if...
- Department of Finance
- National Asset Management Agency
45. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of employees at NAMA that have not entered into a voluntary redundancy scheme; the number of employees that have not entered a redundancy...
- Central Bank of Ireland
47. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide each risk grading that is, low, medium and high that was assigned to Israeli bonds prospectus based on the Central Bank of Ireland's risk-based...
- Tax Data
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the category of taxpayer that is liable for the VAT information exchange system; the rate at which the tax is levied; whether the VIES tax collected is...
- Departmental Programmes
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that have availed of the Key Employee Engagement Programme each year since its introduction, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- An Garda Síochána
53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail all capital works done on Santry Garda station since 2000; by year, in tabular form. [34595/25]
- Ministerial Staff
54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the procedures relating to the screening of ministerial civilian drivers, and whether convictions for driving offences...
- Departmental Staff
55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE accountants working within his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [34728/25]
- Departmental Policies
56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline a procedure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34770/25]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Artificial Intelligence
57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he supports and if his Department has been involved in discussions surrounding, a proposal for an European Artificial Intelligence...
- Intellectual Property
58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether any stakeholder within the music sector lobbied the Government for the transfer of functions relating to dispute resolution of...
- Departmental Bodies
62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to set-out his Department's engagement and collaboration with an organisation (details supplied), including participation in advisory...
- Industrial Development
63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to set out his plans to provide additional funding and to introduce changes to policy in order to support the new IDA Strategy...
- Business Supports
64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in view of the concerns of employees at a company (details supplied), if he will ensure the best possible support is provided by his...
- Departmental Contracts
65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide the terms of reference of the procurement of what the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment recently referred to...
- Work Permits
66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of works permits issued to persons from outside the UK and EEA intending to take up positions of dentists and dental nurses...
- State Bodies
67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE sales and marketing executives, by gender, employed by IDA Ireland as of 18 June 2025. [34733/25]
- Departmental Bodies
68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail the efforts by agencies within his Department to attract an investor to operate a former factory (details supplied) in...
- State Bodies
69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on a funding application (details supplied) to Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34786/25]
- Civil Service
70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the procedures in place to ensure disability liaison officers are adequately trained and held responsible for ensuring that no...
- Corporate Governance
71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the proposed omnibus amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD); the safeguards that are in...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Staff
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of concerns of school principals, boards of management, and parents of children with additional needs where there is not...
- Departmental Policies
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether it is the school or her Department which bears responsibility under the Bí Cineálta framework, in circumstances where a child is...
- School Accommodation
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 17 June 2025, regarding a school (details supplied) if she will ensure, given the significant health...
- School Staff
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns raised by a school (details supplied) with respect to caretaker costs; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Policies
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether an organisation in receipt of State funding (details supplied) should provide an apology to the mother of a girl who died in...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in the context of teacher supply challenges, a date for the implementation of the Teaching Council's proposed creation of a...
- School Staff
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34712/25]
- Special Educational Needs
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline all schools in the Swords area, as of June 2025, that will be providing special classes for the 2025/2026 school year; the number of...
- School Staff
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address teacher shortages in schools in north County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34720/25]
- Special Educational Needs
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be provided a third temporary autism class for the 2025-2026 academic year only, creating junior, middle and...
- School Accommodation
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on proposals to provide new accommodation for a school in County Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- School Funding
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding allocated to schools in each county, by funding scheme, for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [34845/25]
- School Staff
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure fairness and parity for school secretaries and caretakers; if she will engage with their trade union (details...
- School Curriculum
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of concerns (details supplied) in relation to imminent changes to the senior cycle; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the number of special education classes currently available at second level schools in Dublin Bay north; the projections for the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Heritage Council
97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide the list of museums, universities and archives in Britain contacted by the advisory committee on the...
- Artists' Remuneration
98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the basic income for the arts will be considered in Budget 2026; if the pilot scheme will be extended beyond 2026;...
- Arts Funding
104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of eligible applicants to the grassroot music venue supports scheme who met necessary criteria to avail of...
- Artists' Remuneration
107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans regarding proposals for a successor scheme to the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; if he will commit...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Regulations
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to include in the classes of development requiring an...
- Wild Fires
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans that are in place to prevent, and treat, wildfires in the coming summer months; and if he will make a statement on...
- Housing Schemes
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 17 June 2025, to provide a statistical breakdown of applications and approvals...
- Local Authorities
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will put in place guidelines to local authorities for the reletting of casual vacancies setting a maximum...
- Rental Sector
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the commencement of sections 48 to 50 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015, which provide for...
- Housing Schemes
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding his Department provided for the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with disabilities...
- State Savings Schemes
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has considered a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34769/25]
- Legislative Programme
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a status update on the General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill; to explain the delays in this...
- Planning Issues
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning applications that are referred to An Bord Pleanála, that are subsequently approved; to provide a...
- Waterways Issues
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his position on the removal or bypassing of man-made barriers on the River Blackwater, in line with the EU’s objectives...
- Local Authorities
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the resources provided to all local authorities for the provision of social work staff, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Rental Sector
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how full-time students living in privately rented accommodation on leases of less than six years will be protected from having...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will urgently assess the impact of their random reviews of means tested payments to the very old and...
- Pension Provisions
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline, in relation to the forecasts underpinning the forthcoming auto-enrolment scheme, the number of contributors he...
- Social Welfare Benefits
129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available from his Department to bereaved parents of children. [34682/25]
- Departmental Policies
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his Department's standard operating procedures for dealing with bereaved parents of children; if staff training has been...
- Social Welfare Benefits
131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34796/25]
- Social Insurance
132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options that may be available to a person (details supplied) to rectify an historical recording error regarding an...
- State Pensions
133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people approaching the State pension age of 66 years within the remainder of 2025 who do not have the required...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the case of an Afghan national (details supplied) with family in Ireland; the actions he...
- Departmental Schemes
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 27 May 2025, to advise which application form is needed for a person (details...
- Middle East
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will intervene in the case of an injured individual (details supplied) in Gaza awaiting approval of his visa to ensure...
- An Garda Síochána
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 20 May 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
- Courts Service
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants outstanding in the Donegal division as of 18 June 2025. [34724/25]
- An Garda Síochána
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the age profile of the Garda fleet within the DMR north division, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider extending the right to citizenship to great-grandchildren of Irish citizens, without the need for their...
- Courts Service
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the family court system to improve the enforcement of child maintenance orders, including the use of wage...
- International Protection
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is engaged in any negotiations, planning, or contractual arrangements for the use of the Old Rectory site in...
- Prison Service
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality on each occasion since January 2024 where a serious offender was granted bail or released early due to prison or detention...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Food Industry
151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has examined the capabilities of Irish food and drink SMEs to implement market diversification, particularly in...
- Animal Passports
152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horse passports issued annually, by passport issuing organisation; and by year since 2008, in tabular form. [34655/25]
- Horse Racing Industry
158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the Department's strategy for supporting the wider equine sector, particularly small-scale breeders and leisure horse...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline by which he expects ministerial functions to be delegated to the Minister of State for Fisheries and the Marine, if he...
- Animal Slaughtering
161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned about the closure of smaller scale abattoirs and the difficulties now facing small producers and organic producers...
- Fishing Industry
162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a license was issued (details supplied) in spite of not all the requirements being met; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Detention Centres
163. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current official operational capacity of Oberstown Detention Campus; the number of beds actually available for remand, as of 20...
- EU Directives
164. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the planned timeline for the transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive; the measures being taken to ensure employers will...
- Healthcare Policy
165. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will introduce statutory leave entitlements for those undergoing fertility treatment such as IVF, and for those who experience...
- An Teanga Gaeilge
166. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality an bhfuil sé mar riachtanas ag naíonraí atá ag feidhmiú trí Ghaeilge i gceantair Ghaeltachta go mbeidh...
- Disabilities Assessments
167. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the roll out of regional assessment hubs; the location and status of each; details of who will be working...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to funding a community neuro-rehabilitation team for the south east in this Budget 2026 in line with the...
- Disabilities Assessments
169. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reasons a child (details supplied) who was referred for an assessment of need (AON) three years ago has still not received an...
- Disability Services
171. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for services provided by children’s disability network teams, by CHO area and by...
- Sports Facilities
177. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for a detailed update on Tusla’s plans for a sport complex (details supplied) just outside Clonmel, in particular, the future...
- Detention Centres
178. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality what measures she is taking to support workers at Oberstown Detention Centre in light of recent incidents (details supplied); the...
- Department of Health
- Nursing Homes
179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds specifically available to individuals with Alzheimer's, per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
- Legislative Programme
180. To ask the Minister for Health to provide clarity regarding the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024 on who will have the authority...
- Nursing Homes
181. To ask the Minister for Health whether a person (details supplied) can be transferred from their present nursing home to another location. [34574/25]
- Healthcare Policy
182. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken by her Department to increase awareness about sickle cell disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34575/25]
- General Practitioner Services
183. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided from the years 2020 to 2025 for the employment of HSE-salaried general practitioners, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Funding
184. To ask the Minister for Health the 2025 funding allocation for the National Genetics and Genomics Office on a full-year basis; the 2025 funding allocation for the National Strategy for...
- Primary Care Centres
185. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34592/25]
- Health Services Staff
186. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment of the six WTE public health nursing posts in the Dublin midlands region as allocated under Budget 2025; and if she will make...
- Cancer Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if it is considered best practice that all pancreatic cancer patients, regardless of family history, receive genetic testing to identify and detect...
- Pharmacy Services
188. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the disposal of used oestrogen gel packaging in pharmacies, many pharmacies will not take this packaging...
- Hospital Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff...
- Tobacco Control Measures
192. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 29 February 2024, and given the continuing prevalence of the large, colourful and attention-grabbing tobacco price...
- Insurance Coverage
193. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify whether it is a legal requirement for all private medical insurance to include maternity, newborn and fertility sections on all policies, regardless...
- Dental Services
194. To ask the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to increase the number of dentists practising in Ireland and increase the number participating in the dental treatment services...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health if she has set a deadline for a design for the elective hospital for Cork in Sarsfield Court, Glanmire, to be finalised; whether she has set a deadline for the...
- Hospital Facilities
196. To ask the Minister for Health if she will work with the HSE to provide additional funding and resources that are required for the pulmonary arterial hypertension unit in the Mater Hospital...
- Medicinal Products
197. To ask the Minister for Health if she will prioritise the Programme for Government commitment to investigate early access schemes for orphan medicines; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disease Management
198. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the establishment of a national clinical programme for pulmonary arterial hypertension, along with rare heart diseases; and if she will...
- Primary Care Services
201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE endodontics within CHO3 primary care services in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [34729/25]
- Emergency Departments
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of minor and major treatment bays within the accident and emergency department of Cork University Hospital. [34731/25]
- Medical Cards
203. To ask the Minister for Health if akynzeo will be made available under the medical card scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34755/25]
- Dental Services
205. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has engaged with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science with a view to increasing the number of...
- Departmental Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who have travelled abroad under the treatment abroad scheme to receive dental treatment for each of the years ending 31 December...
- Hospital Facilities
209. To ask the Minister for Health for a projected date for the opening of the new surgical hub in Merlin Park; the services that will be provided therein; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Strategies
210. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts within her Department to develop a new national drugs strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34777/25]
- Period Poverty
211. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department has taken to develop a plan to make free period products accessible in more locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Vaccination Programme
212. To ask the Minister for Health if recent evidence from UK studies indicating that the shingrix (recombinant zoster) vaccine may reduce the risk of dementia and provide cognitive benefits has...
- Legislative Measures
213. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the alcohol labelling provisions under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Pharmacy Services
215. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies that are in place to ensure the continuous supply of prescription drugs to pharmacies throughout the country which have been negatively impacted...
- Hospital Facilities
216. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to upgrade University Hospital Kerry to Model 4 Hospital status, thus enabling staff to administer radiotherapy treatment to...
- Medical Cards
217. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider providing medical cards in Budget 2026 to all those qualifying for an old age pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Healthcare Policy
218. To ask the Minister for Health if an initiative will be considered whereby a subsidisation of fees for medical students in return for a set period practising in rural Ireland; and if she...
- Mental Health Services
219. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of all approved mental health centres currently registered with the Mental Health Commission; to indicate for each whether it is...
- Hospital Services
220. To ask the Minister for Health the current procedures in place to facilitate emergency marriages in hospital settings, particularly for patients who are terminally ill; if she will consider...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
221. To ask the Minister for Health the supports currently in place for healthcare workers suffering from long Covid, particularly those who contracted the virus in high-risk front-line settings;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
222. To ask the Minister for Health if she will clarify the Government’s position on formally recognising long Covid as an occupational illness, particularly in light of recent...
- Healthcare Policy
223. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the current HSE criteria for access to approved treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, particularly in relation to the exclusion of...
- Assisted Decision-Making
224. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the major increase in the workload of an organisation (details supplied) arising from the Assisted Decision Making ( Capacity ) Act 2015 and...
- Hospital Services
225. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for paediatric patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff...
- Regulatory Bodies
226. To ask the Minister for Health to identify the legislation or statutory instrument that will provide the Health Information and Quality Authority with the power to investigate specific...
- Emergency Departments
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting at the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she...
- Health Services Staff
228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists, by grade, based at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she...
- Pharmacy Services
229. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position of her Department’s focused talks with a union (details supplied) on the community pharmacy contract and associated services and...
- Vaccination Programme
230. To ask the Minister for Health if the shingles vaccine will be made available free to immuno-compromised individuals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34896/25]
- Departmental Schemes
231. To ask the Minister for Health if a rapid review will be carried out for inclusion of leqembi for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease on the drugs payment scheme; and if she...
- Tobacco Control Measures
232. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the merits of implementing a ban on the sale of all nicotine inhaling products within a 500-metre radius of any primary or secondary school; if...
- Healthcare Policy
235. To ask the Minister for Health the progress her Department has made in honouring the Programme for Government commitment that an early access programme for medicines would be established by...
- Cancer Services
236. To ask the Minister for Health her Department's plans to increase funding and resources for a hereditary cancer model of care. [34960/25]
- Health Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of virtual medical related appointments in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of prescriptions provided at these virtual...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 19 June 2025, if he will provide supplementary information in relation to highlighted matters...
- Dental Services
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of newly qualified dentists who qualified in Ireland, the number who were Irish/EU students and those who were non-EEA students...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- An Teanga Gaeilge
249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht bhfuil sé mar riachtanas ag naíonraí atá ag feidhmiú trí Ghaeilge i gceantair Ghaeltachta go mbeidh...
- Departmental Funding
250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide funding for the Silvermines playground if an application is received from Tipperary County Council for such...
- Coláistí Samhraidh
251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad dalta atá ag freastal ar na coláistí samhraidh sna Gaeltachtaí i mbliana; agus an...
