Written answers

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Provision
      9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if statistics, by county, are available from local authorities on the number of refusals of first and second offers of social...
    • Housing Policy
      17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on plans to introduce a new local infrastructure housing activation fund-type scheme; if such a scheme could be...
    • Housing Provision
      19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a proportion of the Rathbourne Wharf development, where 326 social houses and 399 cost-rental homes funded through...
    • Housing Schemes
      20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the recent changes to the local authority housing adaptation grants regarding central heating systems, and to...
    • Local Authorities
      22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacancies in all local authority planning departments, by local authority, in tabular form; the steps being taken...
    • Housing Schemes
      23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on plans to deliver an affordable housing scheme in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rental Sector
      25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his engagement with the Department of Finance on the tax treatment of Land Development Agency cost rental...
    • Housing Provision
      26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure affordable housing is delivered in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on PPP delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35897/25]
    • Local Authorities
      29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of the equalisation fund each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35549/25]
    • Water Services
      32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for investing additional capital in Uisce Éireann to support reaching housing targets; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Provision
      33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications from Galway City Council, Galway County Council and approved housing bodies for the development of...
    • Rental Sector
      34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to protect students from rent increases when the planned new legislation comes into force; and if he...
    • Planning Issues
      35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide data on the average time between planning permission being granted and construction commencing for...
    • Wildlife Protection
      37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the project within his Department to review and update wildlife legislation, specifically in...
    • Building Regulations
      38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has assessed the cost impact of the new sprinkler system requirements on small businesses constructing...
    • Housing Schemes
      39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will work with Donegal County Council to ensure that affordable housing schemes can be delivered across the county as...
    • Housing Provision
      41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the intention within his Department to review the income thresholds for social housing applications; and if he will make a...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports in place for victims of domestic violence to access emergency accommodation in Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to address the crisis of those who qualify for social housing and HAP being unable to get...
    • Planning Issues
      44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending planning exemptions to EV home charging infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Provision
      45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to promote apartment building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35797/25]
    • Housing Policy
      46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he would advise this Deputy to respond to persons about Government housing policy, especially to those who are older, over...
    • Housing Provision
      47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social housing development schemes which are and may be affected by his decision to withhold funding for same; if he will...
    • Local Authorities
      48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to change the funding model for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35550/25]
    • Defective Building Materials
      50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the suggested cut-off point of March 2024 is not included in the amendments to the Remediation of...
    • Housing Provision
      52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the latest Construction Status Progress Report, which shows that 5,166 public homes in the...
    • Water Services
      53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement that has taken place between his Department and Uisce Éireann in relation to the progression of taking in...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a timeline for the publication of new wind energy guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35608/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position on the review being carried out by his Department on the croí cónaithe/vacant property grant;...
    • Planning Issues
      56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he is changing the planning process to assist people to own their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • House Prices
      57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that, according to reports this week, house prices have risen to a ten-year high; if, given that in Laois this...
    • Question Heading
      58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he plans to take in relation to the transfer of lands from commercial State bodies to expedite the development of...
    • Planning Issues
      59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that have been processed by his Department under the single stage process, per county, for 2022,...
    • Housing Schemes
      60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the first home scheme will be extended to second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35778/25]
    • Legislative Measures
      62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the implementation of the Planning and Development Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Issues
      64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide in the planning regulations that front garden storage for bicycles and personal powered transporters...
    • Housing Provision
      65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase properties completed nationally in 2023 and 2024; his plans for 2025 and beyond; and if he...
    • Rental Sector
      66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the increasing unaffordability of cost rental tenancies. [35825/25]
    • Housing Policy
      69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the initiatives he is taking to unlock key strategic public lands for urban brownfield delivery through infrastructure...
    • Housing Schemes
      71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the operation of the first home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35847/25]
    • Defective Building Materials
      72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his plans to bring forward amendments to the defective concrete blocks grant scheme. [35823/25]
    • Rental Sector
      73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish a national planning statement on short-term letting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35619/25]
    • Housing Provision
      74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to support modular housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35630/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the croí cónaithe cities scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35798/25]
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to establish national planning guidelines for solar...
    • Planning Issues
      78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new rural planning guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35625/25]
    • Burial Grounds
      79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will carry out a feasibility study to assess whether the remains of the Invincibles (details supplied) can be...
    • Housing Policy
      80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the urgent need for housing in Gweedore and other Gaeltacht regions in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Provision
      81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the delivery of affordable homes in the Poolbeg West SDZ. [35824/25]
    • Planning Issues
      83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the new statutory timelines for planning decisions by An Coimisiún Pleanála,...
    • Housing Schemes
      84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes he is making to enable smaller developers to apply for the croí cónaithe cities scheme; and if he will...
    • Local Authorities
      86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there has not been an increase in central Government funding for Kildare County Council; and if he will make a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the homes in County Meath seeking inclusion in the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; the...
    • Housing Provision
      89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the 2024 annual report of the special advocate for survivors of institutional abuse, the consideration given to the...
    • Urban Development
      90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he is enabling local authorities to identify suitable sites for urban development zones; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Planning Issues
      91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct the county councils to have a pre-planning meeting with applicants that are applying for planning...
    • Housing Schemes
      93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to review the housing assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35788/25]
    • Regulatory Bodies
      94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the engagement his Department has had to date with the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities regarding the...
    • National Parks
      97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the State will consider buying lands at Aghavannagh which border the Wicklow Mountains National Park to expand the size of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Government has any plans to address the shortcomings of the enhanced defective block grant scheme which continue to...
    • Housing Provision
      101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will agree that persons (mostly women, but not exclusively) who are victims and survivors of domestic abuse face...
    • Local Authorities
      102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct local authorities to end the practice of including carer’s allowance as income in the differential...
    • Derelict Sites
      103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timelines for the national rollout of supports to address derelict buildings; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on discussions between his Department and Cork City Council regarding the tenant-in-situ scheme. [35547/25]
    • Housing Provision
      106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the proposed Colbert Quarter development in Limerick by the Land Development Agency (LDA); and when he...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to end child homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35890/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding he is providing for the first home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35876/25]
    • Housing Provision
      110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposals there are to deal with issues that have arisen following the issuing of Circular 11/2025 in relation to the...
    • Housing Schemes
      111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports he is providing for affordable housing and cost rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35877/25]
    • An Ghaeltacht
      112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cathain a bheidh na treoirlínte títhíochta Gaeltachta, a bhí geallta in 2021, foilsithe; cen fáth go...
    • Derelict Sites
      113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department’s plans to tackle dereliction and vacancy in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Priorities
      114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected timeline for establishing a new towns and cities infrastructure investment fund to replace the urban regeneration...
    • Housing Schemes
      115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding provided by his Department to local authorities per site under the affordable serviced sites scheme; the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Contracts
      116. To ask the Taoiseach to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for his Department, or other State...
    • Trade Data
      117. To ask the Taoiseach to list the twenty countries which Ireland received the least imports from by value in 2024; the amounts imported in each case; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Military Aircraft
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of US military flights that have landed in Shannon Airport in each of the past six weeks in tabular form; the number of US...
    • Passport Services
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how young adults who leave State care and have no access to their parents' citizenship documents due to no contact can access passports; and...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Policy
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the reported major build up and expansion of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, on Ireland's position regarding a potential...
    • Military Aircraft
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the position regarding the permitted use of Shannon Airport by the US Military is under review, in light of increasing military tensions...
    • Departmental Contracts
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for his...
    • International Agreements
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade as to whether Ireland supports the right of the Tibetan people to select and appoint their own religious leaders, including the next Dalai...
    • International Relations
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will indicate if Ireland has raised the ongoing abuses of the Tibetan people by the Chinese Communist Party at any multilateral for a...
    • Visa Agreements
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department intends to evacuate from the occupied Palestinian territories persons who have been granted visas for Ireland; and if he...
    • Passport Services
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied) as the applicants’ travel date is imminent; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he can assist a couple in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35747/25]
    • Passport Services
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether there is any mechanism for a non-binary person to be identified as such on their passport; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 22 May 2025, if he examine documents and correspondence (details supplied); to advise in...
    • Passport Services
      135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the complex passport application (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure that this issue...
    • Departmental Staff
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an activity report on the Embassy of Ireland in Austria, including the number of staff employed, when it was established, the...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Meetings
      161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report on the first meeting of the national energy affordability taskforce; the measures actioned as a result of this...
    • Departmental Data
      162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to list the competent authorities with the authority to prepare a DMAP proposal, designated under the Maritime Area...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the preparations his Department is undertaking to contribute to Ireland’s engagement at the 2025 UN High-Level...
    • Departmental Meetings
      164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for details of the dates and attendees of all meetings if the Biomethane Implementation Group, which is implementing the...
    • Environmental Policy
      165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when planning guidelines will be put in place as part of the national biomethane strategy for biogas plants. [35316/25]
    • Departmental Meetings
      167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has met with a group (details supplied); and if not, if he will do so in the coming months. [35320/25]
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he anticipates a decision in the coming months on the three phase 1 offshore renewable energy projects for which An...
    • Departmental Contracts
      170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the...
    • Data Centres
      171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual emissions generated by all existing data centres currently operating in the State in each of the past ten...
    • Fishing Industry
      173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of man-hours devoted to preparing the draft the inland fisheries (modernisation and consolidation) Bill by his...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Departmental officials support the conservation of invasive pike (esox lucius) under the Conservation of Pike...
    • Fishing Industry
      175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the inland fisheries division of his Department will be a viable entity into the future considering how dysfunctional...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the change in name of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      179. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the renewable heat obligation legislation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35807/25]
    • Strategic Infrastructure
      181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the heads of bill of the upcoming Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve (Amendment) Bill will be brought to...
    • Departmental Data
      182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if mid-2027 is the expected delivery window for GNI’s ‘Final Business Case’ to the Minister in...
    • Departmental Reports
      183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commission an independent risk-assessment of introducing Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) infrastructure into Ireland...
    • Departmental Policies
      184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the Private Wires Policy; the likely date for publication; if legislation is planned; and if he will make...
    • Fishing Industry
      186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for treating the Suir river system as three distinct salmon fisheries for regulatory purposes; and if he...
    • EU Directives
      189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process and timescale under which Ireland will transpose and implement the RED III Directive; and if he will make a...
    • Electric Vehicles
      190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made on enabling members of the public to use electric vehicle charging facilities in his...
    • Waste Management
      191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the way in which the Waste Framework Directive will be implemented; if it will require primary or...
    • Departmental Programmes
      193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to advise on his Department’s approach to the Programme for Government commitment to “consider the use of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set-out the supports available to support homeowners who currently rely on turf for their home heating to transition to...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide data on the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the burning of turf in private homes in Ireland, both in...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Contracts
      198. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for his...
    • Defence Forces
      199. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Defence Force Regulations made by him under the Defence Acts 1954 to 2015 are not laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas or...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Greenways Provision
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to open the first completed section of the south Kerry greenway (In the vicinity of Kells Station) before the end of 2025; and if he will...
    • Driver Test
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner drivers on the driving test waiting list in County Clare, for category C, category C1, and category BE tests; the...
    • Bus Services
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus shelters that will be delivered in 2025, by local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the engagements in his ministerial diary since taking office in January 2025. [35248/25]
    • Coast Guard Service
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the number and location of helicopters currently used by the coastguard service; the range and on-scene time of each...
    • Departmental Schemes
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will contribute to the local improvement scheme fund in recognition of the wider public usage of roads being funded...
    • National Transport Authority
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of contactless payment systems on public transport from the NTA, as committed to in the Programme for...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on an application (details supplied) under the shared island fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35325/25]
    • Bus Services
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by each local authority under the bus stop enhancement programme during 2024 and to date in 2025; the reason noted for...
    • Disability Services
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing an allowance or subsidy for disabled individuals to help cover the rising costs of taxi services, given...
    • Public Transport
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current usage of public transport between Carlow Town and Dublin for 2023, 2024, and to date of 2025; in tabular form including...
    • Bus Services
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the installation of the next generation automatic vehicle location system on bus services nationally in Dublin; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NTA/TII to review capacity levels on the DART service from Bray to Dublin city centre to ensure carriage numbers...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of flights operated by Omni Air International, that have landed in Shannon Airport in each of the past six weeks in tabular...
    • Departmental Contracts
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for his...
    • Road Safety
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to list the most dangerous roads in the country based on road deaths, serious injuries and road traffic accidents; the measures he is...
    • Driver Test
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver testers in each driving test centre that are due to retire, by month, in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of making all public transport, including both public service obligation services and private commercial...
    • Road Tolls
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of abolishing the M50 and East Link tolls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35680/25]
    • Pilot Training Courses
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support individuals who wish to complete pilot training in Ireland, as the costs are currently prohibitively high for most...
    • Road Network
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation plan for the default 30km per hour speed limit in built-up areas, as provided for under the Road...
    • Rail Network
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progression of the refurbishment and enhancement works at Ceannt Station Galway; the projected costings for the...
    • Driver Licences
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the long delay in exchanging licences for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Transport Policy
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a specific update on a project (details supplied) following the allocation of funding for 2025; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Licences
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify a matter relating to an application for a licence exchange (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of assaults that have taken place on the train service between Killarney and Mallow in 2024; and if he will make a statement...
    • Free Travel Pass
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the online booking fees being charged to free travel pass holders by some bus companies; if he is aware that this...
    • Driver Test
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a driving test application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36008/25]
    • Dublin Bus
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a report on the number of electric buses Dublin Bus purchased in the past two years; the cost of these buses; the number of charging...
    • Public Transport
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are proposals to expand or enhance public transport services, including Luas frequency at peak hours on the Red Line, and Dublin...
    • Road Projects
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what engagement he has had with South Dublin County Council regarding traffic congestion and road infrastructure in its administrative...
    • Public Transport
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a timeline for the roll out of contactless payment technology in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36139/25]
    • Bus Services
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus shelters that have been sanctioned in Limerick in 2025, including a timeline for installation, in tabular form; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of bioptic driving aid technologies for people with visual impairments; to consider allowing the use of such technologies...
    • Electric Vehicles
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made on enabling members of the public to use electric vehicle charging facilities in Government Departments’ car...
    • Dublin Bus
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Dublin Bus buses parked up in a location (details supplied); the reason they are parked there; the reason they are not...
    • Rail Network
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planning process for the MetroLink; when the MetroLink can expect to be completed; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Finance
    • Housing Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for the housing measures promised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36220/25]
    • Tax Data
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the roll-out of the tax credit for unscripted television productions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36226/25]
    • Departmental Reports
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he read a report (details supplied) looking at the implications of the proposed e-liquids product tax, which has identified potential flaws in the...
    • Tax Data
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the current taxation treatment of widows and widowers, specifically in relation to factors (details supplied); and if he will outline any...
    • State Savings Schemes
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance if the freezing of a Post Office Savings Bank account (details supplied) that forms part of the Ireland State Savings range of products offered by the...
    • Insurance Coverage
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance if a universal system/process is used by insurance providers to check whether a property is located on a flood plain; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance if the vehicle classification and VRT calculation will be reviewed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for his Department, or other...
    • Tax Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the increased inconvenience placed on small businesses when paying their tax as a result of regulatory changes to the tax card payment...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance if Revenue can provide any assistance to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal with the transfer-of-residence registration of an imported vehicle; and...
    • Land Issues
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason individuals building on their own land have the land value taken into account in the approved valuation when assessing for the help to buy scheme;...
    • Tax Data
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from the dividend withholding tax applied to real estate investment trusts in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Credit Unions
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward a service level agreement between the Central Bank and the credit union movement as discussed during the Credit Union (Amendment) Act...
    • Departmental Regulations
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the appropriateness of the regulation of the buy-now, pay-later products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35785/25]
    • Credit Unions
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of loans issued by credit union below €2,000, to the end of March in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are regulatory measures that can be taken to address the failure of certain banks to pass on ECB interest rate cuts to customers; and if he will make...
    • Insurance Industry
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance for his plans to address the current situation in a residential site (details supplied) in accessing home insurance which is preventing people buying the...
    • Pensions Reform
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of proposals in the Interdepartmental Pensions Reform and Taxation Group report from 2020 that have been implemented; the number not yet been...
    • Insurance Coverage
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the new action plan for insurance reform, with specific regard to flood insurance; if the action plan will recommend changes to the...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the current vehicle registration tax and VAT exemption limits for vehicles adapted for individuals with disabilities, given the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • An Garda Síochána
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the application for a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36141/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a clause in public contracts to ensure the contractors winning public contracts must pay the industrial going rate to its...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider raising the national public procurement tender threshold for goods and services from €50,000 to...
    • Departmental Data
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on an urgent matter regarding sculptures (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35354/25]
    • Budget 2025
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the fiscal space projected to be available in Budget 2025 for new current and capital spending. [35452/25]
    • Flood Risk Management
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the data resources available to individuals seeking up-to-date, accurate information on their exposure to flood risk; the frequency with...
    • Public Sector Pay
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that every public sector worker earning under €100 thousand receives a pay increase of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when an assessment was last made by the OPW of the levels of asbestos in Garda stations across the country; and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that public bodies are compliant with their obligations for disclosing procurement information, in light of the...
    • State Pensions
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person can transfer their three years with the OPW to a local authority for pension purposes, State Pension Contributory (details...
    • Departmental Priorities
      297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the new infrastructure unit in his Department has been tasked with preparing an infrastructure priorities list; and if he will make a...
    • Protected Disclosures
      298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether existing legislation, related to whistleblowers, provides adequate protection to whistleblowers irrespective of the...
    • Housing Schemes
      299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason it was decided to not proceed with the relocation of a family (details supplied) as part of the voluntary homeowners...
    • Rail Network
      300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the Navan to Dublin rail line is included for designated funding in the review of the National Development Plan...
    • Flood Risk Management
      301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the project prepared by the OPW re the Blackpool flood relief scheme, in view of the fact that this project was...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Bodies
      302. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the Corporate Enforcement Agency is adequately resourced to carry out its functions; and if he will make a...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      304. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of registered overnight serviced accommodation, by type, by county, in tabular form, for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and...
    • Legislative Programme
      306. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the short term letting and tourism Bill 2025 will pass through the Oireachtas before the recess in July, in light of the passage...
    • Departmental Policies
      307. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s position on regarding platforms as publishers to ensure better accountability for tech companies for the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      308. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the further initiatives being considered or implemented to drive tourism in the midlands region, building on the success of...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      309. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a comprehensive AI strategy to protect the rights and livelihoods of those working in the Irish tour guide industry will be...
    • Departmental Reports
      311. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Government Departments Prompt Payment Returns report for quarter 1 of 2025 will be published by his Department; and whether...
    • Departmental Contracts
      312. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more granted by himself, the forerunner in his Department or...
    • Consumer Protection
      313. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline protections in place for consumers regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Industrial Development
      314. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures the IDA is taking to ensure that the tenant of the Greystones Media Campus fulfils its contractual obligation to develop...
    • Tourism Promotion
      319. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment following the conclusion of the Food Tourism Strategy 2018–2023, if there are plans to develop and publish a new food tourism...
    • Departmental Projects
      328. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the new Action Plan for Competitiveness and Productivity will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36228/25]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will investigate a matter (details supplied) and urgently advise of the reason for such a disparity of services between Cork...
    • School Attendance
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of children in the past five years that have left school before completing the Leaving Certificate or LCA; whether they were in...
    • Departmental Policies
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter of policy (details supplied) affecting wage increments for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35241/25]
    • School Staff
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the teacher allocation in a school (details supplied) where the pupil intake has increased since last year; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what recourse is available for a parent where their child has additional needs child and is not receiving the agreed weekly hours with a special...
    • School Staff
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school which will be losing a teacher due to being one pupil short (details supplied) will be allowed keep their current staff numbers, as...
    • Departmental Funding
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the situation regarding funding that was approved for a school (details supplied) approximately six years ago for the renovation of...
    • School Funding
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding opportunities for primary schools to provide new outdoor recreation facilities and upgrade existing outdoor...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35329/25]
    • School Admissions
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a secondary school application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35331/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35332/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to re-consider the refusal of a grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35347/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the results of the SNA allocation review at a school (details supplied); if surplus SNA posts were identified; the number of surplus posts...
    • School Staff
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if applications or the possibility to sign a fixed-term contract in a school is possible in the hope that the time-bound provision is open by...
    • Departmental Policies
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the MGLD designation from a school (details supplied) was removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35365/25]
    • Departmental Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students taught Braille by the Visiting Teacher Service in each of the past ten years, broken down by primary and post-primary...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the proposed renovation of the science laboratory at a school (details supplied); the reasons for the delay...
    • Special Educational Needs
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase investment and expand special schools and classes catering for children with mild general learning disabilities. [35423/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post primary schools with access to a dedicated mental health professional; and the estimated cost of providing one to...
    • Departmental Contracts
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by herself or the forerunner for her...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a special school issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35580/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct her Department to investigate the proposed redesignation of mild general learning disability (MGLD) schools, allowing for a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an allowance will be given to principals in recognition of leading and managing non-teaching staff (details supplied); if an allowance will be...
    • School Transport
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of the independent assessment on the feasibility of removing the exclusion of drivers aged over 70 from the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the renovation of the science laboratory at a school (details supplied); when works will commence; and the engagement her...
    • Special Educational Needs
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case for extra SNA spaces at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35612/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35614/25]
    • Departmental Budgets
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of making primary- and post-primary education totally free, i.e., abolishing all charges (including voluntary...
    • Departmental Staff
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists currently employed by NEPS; the number of sanctioned psychologist posts in NEPS; the estimated full-year cost of...
    • School Transport
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children enrolled in the school transport scheme in 2023 and 2024; the total cost of the scheme in each year; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Projects
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an urgent update regarding a school merge (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35684/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide an urgent update regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35685/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a case (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to review this case and ensure that the child in question...
    • Departmental Appointments
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a contract of indefinite duration for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal for the July Provision for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35709/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills considering the rising population and increasing demand in Dunshaughlin, Ratoath and Ashbourne, the measures she is taking to secure additional...
    • Departmental Policies
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify a matter regarding a school (details supplied). [35718/25]
    • School Admissions
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether Greystones is one of the areas to be included in the pilot common application system for the 2025-2026 admissions process; if not, if she...
    • Departmental Policies
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the summer camp services in a school (details supplied) have not been run in the past number of years. [35830/25]
    • School Transport
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the free bus service to school drops for over-18-year-olds with disabilities who are still in education have ceased (details...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence regarding mild general learning disability designation of schools (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Reviews
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review and streamline the process for engagement with the payroll section in her Department in cases in which a teacher reduces their...
    • Departmental Policies
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans for increased ASD class capacity at primary level for boys in the Clondalkin area for 2025-2026, and 2026-2027, given some ASD classes...
    • National Council for Special Education
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is currently no appeals mechanism available to schools via the NCSE website; when it will be available; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Communications
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the communication made with a union (details supplied) regarding the proposed strike action being taken by all school...
    • Departmental Funding
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) is a recipient of all supports outlined in the Education Plan 2025 and, in particular,...
    • Departmental Policies
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) have a class of 35 pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35948/25]
    • School Enrolments
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in the east Cork constituency on a waiting list for a school place in special schools, for 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be reviewed; if an additional special needs assistant support will be allocated to a...
    • Departmental Data
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the current situation at school (details supplied); if so, the details she is aware of; the total amount spent by her...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether there is a need to review the processes in place for the amalgamations of second level schools; her further views whether...
    • National Council for Special Education
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an ASD class which was sanctioned for school (details supplied) on 7 December 2023 but has since been reneged upon by the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the SNA allocation for a special school (details supplied); if this allocation will be increased given 23 new pupils with...
    • School Costs
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 27 February 2025, if she is aware that a school (details supplied) has not been contacted by her...
    • School Enrolments
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school in Bray (details supplied) missed the enrolment quota for an additional teacher by one student and will now lose a...
    • Departmental Policies
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the sanctioning of an ASD classroom for a school in Wicklow town (details supplied) was cancelled; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to define explicitly what she deems complex needs as per her use of the term in circular 0039/2025 to special schools. [36079/25]
    • School Admissions
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional primary and secondary school places are planned for the Saggart, Rathcoole and Citywest areas to meet the needs of a rising...
    • School Attendance
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on reduced school days or absences due to school-based avoidance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36099/25]
    • Teacher Training
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department is supporting teachers in educating autistic children within mainstream school classes; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of families that have children with Downes syndrome regarding the availability of special classes...
    • Schools Building Projects
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeline for construction to begin on a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36145/25]
    • School Transport
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a change to the school bus place application process for children with special educational needs; if she will outline the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress on school building projects and the projected completion dates for schools in Dublin mid-west (details...
    • Departmental Policies
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a primary school (details supplied) has not had a whole school evaluation since 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Application
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36219/25]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Pension Scheme
      417. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation...
    • Departmental Reports
      418. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received the interim report of the Advisory Committee on Restitution and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage;...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      419. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will look into the issues around very poor broadband and phone services in rural parts of Laois,...
    • Postal Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a strategic plan in place to support small to medium-sized post offices from December 2025 onwards,...
    • Departmental Contracts
      421. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the...
    • Departmental Staff
      422. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of people employed at management level in An Post, for each of the of the past 20 years. [35686/25]
    • Basic Income for the Arts
      423. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to move to a more permanent support system for members of the creative community who...
    • Arts Funding
      424. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans to improve artistic workspace and residency programme opportunities in Meath. [35773/25]
    • Sports Funding
      426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if sports capital grant approval to allow an organisation (details supplied) to award the tender and start works will...
    • Departmental Data
      428. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of available film and television studio space in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being considered to ensure that utility infrastructure capacity does not become a long-term barrier to rural...
    • Departmental Schemes
      434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures taken to implement a State savings scheme such as the Social Democrats-proposed ‘Homes for Ireland’...
    • Wildlife Protection
      435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on funding for the project to protect the corncrake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35197/25]
    • Water Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update of the application made in April 2024 on behalf of a community group water scheme (details supplied), under...
    • Rental Sector
      437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will immediately commence section 31 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, in order to restore...
    • Building Energy Rating
      438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if lower BER ratings such as B or C could be considered for new builds, as it could reduce the cost of the development of new...
    • Land Issues
      440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to create a tracking system with the land registry to enable applicants to monitor the progress of their...
    • Departmental Communications
      441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all...
    • Land Issues
      442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received for an exemption under residential zoned land tax due to actively farmed land in County...
    • Septic Tanks
      443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people who received a septic tank grant, per county, over the last three years; the number of tank inspections...
    • Departmental Meetings
      444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with a group (details supplied); and, if not, if he will do so in the coming months. [35319/25]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of offshore renewable energy applications to An Bord Pleanála that have been met within the 18-week decision...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has engaged with phase 1 offshore renewable energy applications before submission...
    • Commercial Rates
      453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if protections will be added for family home bed and breakfasts not to become commercially rateable properties, allowing them...
    • Turf Cutting
      454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average processing time for a cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme applications; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Provision
      455. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to state the number of social homes delivered via buy-and-renew in 2024; and the average cost of the delivery of these units...
    • Departmental Schemes
      457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider establishing a dedicated scheme as part of budget 2026 for local authorities to access funding for the...
    • Planning Issues
      458. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is concerned about the level of access to training available to planners and associated staff in local authorities with...
    • Land Development Agency
      459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role of the Land Development Agency in relation to the purchasing of vacant sites and units that have the potential for...
    • Departmental Contracts
      460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the...
    • Housing Schemes
      461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine the cases of persons (details supplied) regarding their application for housing aid for older people grant scheme;...
    • Rental Sector
      462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify several queries in regard to rent pressure zones (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is the long-term policy of his Department to reclassify further water bodies within Lough Corrib SAC as heavily modified...
    • Departmental Functions
      464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the transfer of responsibility for OMCs from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to his Department will...
    • Planning Issues
      465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any plans to review or increase the current planning exemption threshold for playgrounds, presently set at...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      466. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 515 and 516 of 25 February 2025 and No. 448 of 25 March 2025, all of which sought...
    • Land Issues
      467. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of hectares of land zoned under the residential zoned land tax that is currently undeveloped; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      468. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the tenant in situ scheme for Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council; the number of houses...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a report from the CCMA on the review of section 10; and to provide an update on whether he intends to...
    • State Bodies
      472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline Uisce Éireann’s current borrowing limits; its total borrowings; the source of these borrowings, in...
    • Waterways Ireland
      473. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has plans to conduct an audit of Waterways Ireland; if so, how long will this take; and if he will make a...
    • Vacant Properties
      474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant residential properties in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35736/25]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cofunding contribution expected of local authorities for the provision of wastewater infrastructure; if any support is...
    • Rental Sector
      478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine concerns in respect of persons in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      481. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timelines for the publication of the Gaeltacht planning guidelines; if each Gaeltacht language planning area will be...
    • Departmental Schemes
      482. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on establishing a deposit protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35905/25]
    • Land Development Agency
      484. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals for the Land Development Agency (LDA) to develop its land bank to engage in active land management policies and...
    • Housing Policy
      486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to increase the maximum house value limits for the first home scheme for Cork; if the city values to the metropolitan area of...
    • Planning Issues
      487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the rural planning guidelines, Gaeltacht planning guidelines and planning guidelines for the islands....
    • Departmental Reports
      488. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to publish the Mulcahy report or a summary of the report into planning irregularities in Donegal. [35994/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      489. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received any responses from the chief executives of Roscommon County Council and Galway County Council following the...
    • Housing Schemes
      490. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline details of an unpublished 2023 directive from his Department to local authorities instructing them to...
    • Rental Sector
      492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a query (details supplied) relating to RPZs. [36076/25]
    • Housing Provision
      493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline plans to increase the supply of affordable and social housing in the Saggart and Citywest areas, in light...
    • Electoral Commission
      494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in light of the timeline for the 2027 census, he will set out the subsequent timelines for completion and publication by...
    • Vacant Properties
      495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant council houses in Kerry; how soon they will be available for new tenants; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Communications
      496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an updated list of all email addresses and phone lines for use by Oireachtas Members within his Department,...
    • Rental Sector
      497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to concerns on the new rent pressure zone rules (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline, in light of recent reports concerning the status of the tenant in situ scheme in Cork city and Cork...
    • Turf Cutting
      499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when specific turf cutting compensation scheme payments will be issued to plot holders at Ballynagrenia bog, Moate, County...
    • Departmental Meetings
      500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times he has met with representatives from An Bord Pleanála since he took office; and if he will make a...
    • Vacant Properties
      501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to reduce the rate of vacancy among social houses across the country; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of An Bord Pleanála refusing planning permission due to population targets potentially being exceeded by...
    • Departmental Meetings
      503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to advise when the new Countryside Forum for Nature is to hold its first meeting; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wildlife Legislation
      504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address anomalies in wildlife legislation relating the size of fox snares and the use of crow decoys; and if he...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Budgets
      505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of implementing a pension scheme for foster carers registered with the State and currently providing care to foster...
    • Departmental Schemes
      506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if parents of Irish babies born through surrogacy can avail of the newborn baby grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on an appeal for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35252/25]
    • Departmental Data
      509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children currently residing in IPAS accommodation who are eligible for child benefit as opposed to the DEA; and...
    • Application Delays
      510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons for the persistent delays in processing applications for the domiciliary care allowance; to provide the current...
    • Departmental Reviews
      511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has examined the repercussions that the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 will have on carers (details supplied); if he...
    • Departmental Contracts
      512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the...
    • School Uniforms
      513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance will be means-tested with regard to foster care families; and if...
    • Free Travel Passes
      514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason services from a company (details supplied) are not covered by the free travel pass; whether there are plans to...
    • Bus Services
      515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the basis upon which a commercial bus operator can be covered by the free travel pass, including the main criteria...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was denied carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Parental Leave
      517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the parental leave entitlements for surrogate parents (details supplied). [35597/25]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all headline weekly social protection payment to €300 per week, excluding...
    • Pension Provisions
      520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of restoring the pension age to 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35640/25]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing child benefit by 10% and extending payment to all children aged 18 years or under,...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of abolishing the means test for carer’s allowance and providing access to all who meet...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending parent’s benefit to 52 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Meals Programme
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing free school meals for all post-primary school pupils in public schools; and if he...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons his Department does not recognise civil partnerships registered in Northern Ireland between 16 May 2016 and 12...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the weekly payments for maternity benefit, adoptive benefit, paternity benefit, and...
    • Citizens Information Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address the pay disparity affecting regional administrators in the Citizens Information Service; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing times for domiciliary care allowance claim reviews and domiciliary care allowance claim appeals; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address the issue of supports for families who are sharing custody of children with special needs (details...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an invalidity pension appeal will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No 150 of 19 June 2025, the reason for the difference between the €794 million...
    • Medical Cards
      537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a medical report (carer’s support grant) would have to be updated for a person who has a life-long...
    • State Pensions
      538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a pension in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35998/25]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration is being given to including long-Covid for social welfare benefits; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Gender Recognition
      541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he supports the implementation of the recommendation in the review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 to allow for a...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Traffic Fines
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a county-by-county breakdown of the number of fixed charge notices/parking fines issued for parking in disabled...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the SAVI 2 report, originally commissioned in 2018 by the then-Minister for Justice to provide updated national data on...
    • International Protection
      544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any instances whereby an international protection applicant would be considered for early labour market access...
    • Asylum Applications
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the current backlog of asylum applications in Ireland; the average processing time; and the steps being...
    • An Garda Síochána
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on recent figures showing significant early resignations within An Garda Síochána; the analysis his...
    • International Protection
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether emergency planning powers or Ministerial discretion have been used in the past 12 months to bypass public consultation...
    • Crime Prevention
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he accepts there has been a marked deterioration in public safety and street-level crime in major cities such as...
    • Departmental Funding
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the 2025 rounds of the International Protection Fund, the National Integration Fund and the Community Integration Fund...
    • Citizenship Applications
      552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied) and when it is likely that same will be completed; and if he will...
    • Visa Applications
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35328/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in regard to recruitment for the Garda band as there has been no recruitment since 2006 (details supplied); and if...
    • International Protection
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of families and the number of children with status, per county who have been issued with letters informing...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any formal review of interagency coordination between sexual assault treatment units, Gardaí, and social...
    • Asylum Seekers
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 472 and 473 of the 29 May 2025, if the information requested in relation to the current...
    • Student Visas
      558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for non-visa required international students having to show €6,665 in financial support to study in Ireland...
    • International Protection
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of housing units being paid for by the State for Ukrainian refugees, in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views in relation to the length of time it takes to process holiday/visit visas (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the...
    • Prison Service
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has explored average sentence length and the impact living in an area of deprivation has on these for similar crimes....
    • Crime Prevention
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the retail crime strategy; the timeline for its publication; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Peace Commissioners
      565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timelines for the processing of a peace commissioner applications for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when persons (details supplied) can expect a decision on their short-stay holiday visa appeal. [35560/25]
    • Courts Service
      567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the court building in Carndonagh, which has been closed for renovation; if it is intended to be reopened as a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding an eviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retirements, per county, and by rank, in An Garda Síochána between 2020 and to date in 2025, in tabular...
    • International Protection
      572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review will be conducted into the IPAS centre (details supplied). [35699/25]
    • Residency Permits
      573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case of a person (details supplied) and provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35712/25]
    • Visa Applications
      574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if emergency visa applications for persons (details supplied) will be expedited given the current situation in their home...
    • Citizenship Applications
      576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to obtaining citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Protection
      577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his Department’s overall approach towards accommodation contracts relating to the International Protection Accommodation...
    • Legislative Programme
      578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding draft legislation regarding the proposed use of facial recognition technology; the timeline for when...
    • International Protection
      580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the total number of incidents of misappropriation of funds that have occurred to his knowledge, within...
    • Citizenship Applications
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the conditions which currently apply for an application for Irish citizenship; his views on whether these conditions are...
    • Departmental Policies
      583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support the formation of a permanent stakeholders’ forum for licensed firearms holders; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the majority off all join family visa applications are being sent to visa HQ in Dublin when several embassies hold...
    • Immigration Support Services
      589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in his Department are working on queries which are received through the new DCC portal; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Reviews
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the non-EEA join family policy document will be completed. [35958/25]
    • Electronic Tagging
      593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected rollout timeline for the national electronic tagging programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a schedule of the number of Defence Force members that made applications to the Garda trainee programme in each year from...
    • Court Accommodation
      596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a timeframe for the complete refurbishment of the now closed District courthouse in Wicklow town; and if he will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      601. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí attached to roads policing units to date in June 2025, by division; and if he will make a statement...
    • Middle East
      602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the level of public sympathy for Palestinians in Ireland whether he will...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Strategies
      603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a strategic environmental assessment was carried out prior to the development and publication of the National Biomethane Strategy;...
    • Departmental Programmes
      604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the 2022 pilot farm environmental study programme, the delivery of which was awarded to an organisation (details...
    • Departmental Policies
      605. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to implement a ban on glyphosate use as has been done in other countries due to increasing research that it is probably...
    • Departmental Schemes
      607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will contribute to the local improvement scheme fund in recognition of the significant proportion of roads being...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers still impacted by the delay in payments under the ACRES for 2023, by county; when the issue will be resolved;...
    • Departmental Meetings
      609. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has met with a group (details supplied); and if not, if he will do so in the coming months. [35318/25]
    • Animal Welfare
      611. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the mistreatment of horses in County Clare (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure...
    • Animal Sales
      612. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the number of export licences for dogs granted by his Department for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by country of destination,...
    • Departmental Contracts
      613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      614. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the progress made by the deer management strategy group; the number of deer culled as a result of its work; and if...
    • Forestry Sector
      615. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount in terms of acres/hectares of forestry land currently owned by Coillte in the Ballycastle area; the amount of forestry...
    • Greyhound Industry
      616. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Greyhound Racing Ireland still have no strategic plan in place two-and-a-half years after the last plan expired; and if he...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department’s policy on land eligibility for CAP payments where bracken or heather encroachment has occurred due...
    • Departmental Policies
      619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered reintroducing or substituting a safe chemical alternative to Asulox for bracken control in uplands....
    • Wildlife Conservation
      620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the establishment of a new EIP or pilot project to support sustainable grazing, biodiversity and wildfire...
    • Fishing Industry
      621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department’s work to support Ireland’s sea fisheries sector. [36003/25]
    • EU Regulations
      622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when new EU regulations and conditions attaching to such regulations will be applied (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consideration given by his Department to re-establishing sugar beet processing in the State; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      624. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the analysis his Department conducted on carbon sequestration qualities of the States hedgerows and how they may be used as...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Care Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of aligning the aftercare allowance to the foster care allowance (FCA) for all foster children in the State aged...
    • Disability Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to providing more CDNT supports to mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      628. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm whether people under 18 who are currently on the waiting list for an autism assessment will not be removed from that...
    • Departmental Projects
      629. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1205 and 1206 of 22 January 2025, the status of the jointly commissioned literature review;...
    • Swimming Pools
      630. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a swimming pool in south Tipperary, owned by her Department, will be re-opened as its closure has had a huge impact on swimming...
    • Disability Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1831 of 29 April 2025, the reason for the delay in providing an answer; the reason a second...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      632. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the significant shortfall in early years childcare provision in Boyle, County Roscommon (details supplied); if...
    • Disability Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of service statements issued by each children’s disability network team in each area in 2023, 2024 and to date in...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      635. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by area, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the...
    • Equality Issues
      637. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on her Department’s consideration of including socioeconomic background as a ground for...
    • Childcare Services
      638. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of creche groups that have pulled out of core funding in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form, by county; and...
    • Disability Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality as per her Department’s announcement in March, to clarify and outline on what date successful applicants of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      643. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to funding a community neuro-rehabilitation team for the southeast in Budget 2026, in line with the Programme for...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      644. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early years students on degree courses (NFQ Level 7 and above) who attended work placements in early years settings in...
    • Childcare Services
      645. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any costing has been done on integrating early years mental health supports into childcare settings, including inpatient...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      646. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an NTPF type scheme exists for those waiting for an assessment of needs; the way they can apply; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Contracts
      647. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by herself or the forerunner for...
    • Childcare Services
      648. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated full-year cost of increasing childcare subsidies to 100% of fees paid by parents availing of childcare subsidies from...
    • School Meals Programme
      649. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated full-year cost of providing free school meals for all pre-school children in the ECCE scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Childcare Services
      650. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated full-year cost of increasing wages for all childcare workers by €2 an hour via a public subsidy; and if she...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      651. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of hiring 375 additional clinicians required to clear assessment of needs waiting lists with autism; the...
    • Disability Services
      654. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the necessary works will be carried out at the Saoirse Centre in Athboy for the adult services; if the centre will be well...
    • Departmental Funding
      655. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 24 June 2025, her plans to amend core funding to restrict the keeping of deposits where...
    • Childcare Services
      656. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures she is taking to provide extra resources and support to creches in Dunshaughlin (details supplied) in order to cater...
    • Children in Care
      657. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to extend the number of therapeutic hubs providing support to children in care across the country; whether more funding...
    • Childcare Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare places currently available in the constituency of east Cork [36033/25]
    • Detention Centres
      662. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current capacity of Oberstown Children Detention Campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36120/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      665. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are financial supports available from the HSE, or other sources, for people who want to return to education to undertake a...
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the overall percentage of the health budget currently allocated to mental health; and the increase in funding (as a percentage of GDP or GNI) that would result...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      667. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 754 of 24 June 2025, the position regarding frontline workers who are suffering from long-Covid; if he proposes to extend...
    • Middle East
      668. To ask the Minister for Health since Government approval was secured in September 2024 for Ireland to evacuate a number of sick children from Gaza for treatment and care, following an appeal...
    • Departmental Schemes
      669. To ask the Minister for Health when the community mothers scheme will be reintroduced.. [36165/25]
    • General Practitioner Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the actions her Department is taking to increase the availability of GPs in the Dublin 13 area. [35192/25]
    • Eating Disorders
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to increase facilities for adults suffering with eating disorders; if she is aware that there are only three adult beds in Ireland and...
    • Departmental Reports
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the details and dates of correspondence received from the HSE or Children’s Health Ireland regarding a report (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Health Services
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding for podiatry services has been discontinued for people with type 2 diabetes (details supplied); if so, the date this was discontinued; and if...
    • Home Help Service
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help agencies registered in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35218/25]
    • Health Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent care and procedures will be conducted for a person (details supplied). [35219/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pain management specialists currently employed in University Hospital Waterford; the number of hours they are contracted to work; and if she will...
    • Legislative Programme
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the status of her plans to replace the Dentists Act 1985 with modern and fit-for-purpose legislation; the timeline she is working towards; if she will commit...
    • Medicinal Products
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if the anti-sickness drug akynzeo can be made available on the GMS as it is the only effective anti-sickness medication for many cancer patients, including...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      680. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35270/25]
    • Health Services
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that can be taken to ensure a person (details supplied) receives the medical test results she requires promptly; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      682. To ask the Minister for Health to request that the HSE revisits the way in which a complaint was addressed at a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Procedures
      683. To ask the Minister for Health for an urgent update on a referral (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35280/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      684. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the process in relation to the section 39 funding process; to outline the process if an application is refused; the means by which an organisation...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given by her Department for the inclusion of vape devices (details supplied) in the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine...
    • Product Labelling
      688. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on any engagements her Department has had at an EU level concerning cancer warning labelling on alcohol products in Ireland; and if she...
    • Health Strategies
      689. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that alcohol is included and made a priority in the new national drugs strategy; if she will arrange to meet a coalition group that made...
    • Hospital Staff
      690. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35326/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      691. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35330/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if she will clarify the monthly quantity limits for each hormone replacement therapy (HRT) product covered under the free HRT scheme (details supplied);...
    • General Practitioner Services
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the supports she has put in place for the hundreds of patients who were negatively impacted by the closure of a practice (details supplied); if she has ensured...
    • Hospital Services
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the severe struggles outlined (details supplied), she will allow for a hospital bed, as respite is no longer an option due to high support...
    • Home Help Service
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 1 million home support hours. [35355/25]
    • Community Care
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the capital and current cost of 10 community nursing unit beds. [35356/25]
    • Medical Cards
      697. To ask the Minister for Health is she will review the qualifying income limits for a medical card to ensure that they align with social protection payments (details supplied). [35358/25]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      698. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the framework for the blind welfare allowance means assessment; and the guidelines on how savings affect the assessment. [35361/25]
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      699. To ask the Minister for Health if all regions have timely, equitable access to sexual assault treatment units; if she will provide a list of these units per County, in tabular form; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      702. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to data collected on cases involving multiple perpetrators, the trends that have emerged in relation to age, location, and reporting outcomes in...
    • Hospital Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to...
    • Mental Health Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting and retaining 1,000 additional mental health professionals, by profession, for example, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses,...
    • Eating Disorders
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 20 additional eating disorder inpatient beds and community based services. [35428/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully staffed emergency mental health services and regional crisis response teams. [35429/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the current average salary and total annual cost, including PRSI, pension, of a full-time consultant psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, mental health nurse...
    • Mental Health Services
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health vacancies across HSE community and inpatient services, disaggregated by health region and by profession. [35431/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      729. To ask the Minister for Health to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by herself or the forerunner for her Department, or other...
    • Pharmacy Services
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of discrepancies in the application of prescriptions by pharmacies (details supplied); and her plans to ensure that all pharmacies adhere to...
    • Health Services Staff
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists based at Donabate health centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [35497/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric plastic surgeons based at CHI Temple Street in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [35498/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric psychologists based at Portmarnock primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [35499/25]
    • Dental Services
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists based at Swords health centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [35500/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      735. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists based at Malahide health centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [35501/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      736. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health programmes are currently subject to output based budgeting and key performance indicators; and the estimated administrative cost of...
    • Medicinal Products
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols in place to review and adjust thyroid medication dosages for women following childbirth, particularly where the dosage was increased during...
    • Mental Health Services
      743. To ask the Minister for Health whether postnatal mental health services and screening procedures include evaluation for physiological causes such as thyroid hormone imbalance; and if he will...
    • Healthcare Policy
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to raise awareness among healthcare professionals and the public about the connection between thyroid hormone imbalance and severe...
    • Mental Health Services
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering 47 additional community teams, 17 CAMHS ID teams, 41 inpatient CAMHS beds and 20 early intervention in psychosis teams, in...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reopening Keltoi. [35531/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of developing an all island mother and baby perinatal mental health unit. [35532/25]
    • Medical Research and Training
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of funding all trainee counselling and educational psychology positions in line with their clinical counterparts. [35533/25]
    • Hospital Procedures
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving injections for macular degeneration at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital each month for the period January 2024 to end...
    • Legislative Measures
      750. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 771 of 24 June 2025, if she will clarify that “human application” does not mean the application of such...
    • Ambulance Service
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a policy (details supplied) has been in place for Ennis and Nenagh since 17 August 2023 to protect the rapid response vehicle (RRV) and ensure where...
    • Hospital Facilities
      752. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the category of patients that will be provided for under the fit-out of the existing first floor shell and cores space of Mallow General Hospital to...
    • Hospital Procedures
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of these patients, by county, who had...
    • Health Services Staff
      761. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior podiatrists and WTE basic grade podiatrists employed by the Health Service Executive, in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of...
    • Medical Research and Training
      762. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to introduce a second Level 8 University Degree programme for podiatric medicine to effectively address the shortage of qualified podiatrists...
    • Legislative Programme
      763. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the drafting of underpinning legislation for the non-statutory inquiry into sodium valproate; when this is expected to be completed;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      764. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient podiatry appointments delivered, by hospital group, in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of outpatient podiatry appointments...
    • Health Services Staff
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical podiatry specialists, WTE senior podiatrists, WTE staff-grade podiatrists that have been recruited to date to staff the HSE enhanced...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with diabetes on a waiting list by hospital group, in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of those waiting less than six months,...
    • General Practitioner Services
      770. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs registered in east Cork. [35591/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if a full HTA application for the drug Veoza has been submitted, and when it is anticipated the HTA will be complete; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assess the current allocation of funds for aids and appliances for vision impairment; if she is aware of the inequity of the current arrangement...
    • Departmental Meetings
      774. To ask the Minister for Health if she and her officials will meet with an organisation to discuss their policy concerns (details supplied). [35621/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      775. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing and staffing 1,000 additional acute beds in a public hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35667/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      777. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional 100 speech and language therapists, 100 psychologists, 100 occupational therapists and 100...
    • General Practitioner Services
      779. To ask the Minister for Health how many GP visits were there in 2022, 2023 and 2024, the average cost of visiting a GP in each year, and the total revenue from GP visits in each year; and if...
    • Hospital Charges
      780. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all inpatient and emergency department charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35672/25]
    • Primary Care Services
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing universal free primary care, including GP care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35673/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      782. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold to €10 per month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35674/25]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of scraping prescription charges for medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35675/25]
    • Hospital Charges
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated revenue from all parking charges at public hospitals in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35676/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of introducing a fully funded universal contraception scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35677/25]
    • Dental Services
      787. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the number of registered dentists in the Cork East constituency. [35694/25]
    • Product Labelling
      789. To ask the Minister for Health whether alcohol warning labels will be introduced in May 2026 as planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35726/25]
    • General Practitioner Services
      790. To ask the Minister for Health when the GP contract for Ballymore Eustace Health Centre is next due for tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35730/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      791. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [35735/25]
    • Hospital Procedures
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have undergone bone marrow transplants, on an annual basis, since 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35740/25]
    • Medical Inquiries
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the redress for families in circumstances in which parents of children have been informed by CHI that their child or children have been operated on...
    • Primary Care Centres
      794. To ask the Minister for Health if the board of the HSE has provided the final approval and sign-off for the development of the Galway city west primary care centre [35749/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the expected start and completion dates of the St. James's Hospital annexe planned for the new children's hospital's works depot on Davitt Road, Dublin 12; to...
    • Primary Care Centres
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the progress and expected completion date of the planned Curlew Road primary health care centre in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Policy
      797. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for a premises (details supplied) on Davitt Road in Dublin 12; the expected commencement date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35758/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      798. To ask the Minister for Health if it can be ensured that an urgent appointment for surgery is scheduled for a person (details supplied). [35762/25]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      799. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider extending special leave with pay for those who worked on the front line during the pandemic, contracted long-Covid and as a result are...
    • Health Services Staff
      800. To ask the Minister for Health at the time of the overview, the WTE number and grade of CR staff employed in each hub site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35842/25]
    • Hospital Procedures
      801. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who participated in a phase 3 cardiac rehab programme in each site (hospital and hub) in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used to deliver funding to support 13 permanent cardiac rehab posts to integrated health authority regions (IHA) 1 and 2 (Galway, Mayo,...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the national average wait times for audiology appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35855/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to recruit additional staff to alleviate lengthy wait times for audiology appointments nationally in Dublin north west; and...
    • Care Services
      808. To ask the Minister for Health if she or her Department are engaging with, or will engage, a company (details supplied) concerning the termination of a contract of care for a resident....
    • Hospital Inspections
      809. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the safety-care measures put in place at a hospital (details supplied) following the HSA inspection at the hospital in June 2022; if there has since...
    • Dental Services
      810. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the measures being taken to address the backlog in HSE dental check-ups for primary school children; whether a catch-up programme is planned for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      811. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans in place to extend-replace the temporary special scheme for HSE staff unfit for work due to long Covid; and if she will make a statement...
    • Healthcare Policy
      812. To ask the Minister for Health further to Government approval in September 2024 for Ireland to evacuate a number of sick children from Gaza for treatment and care, following an appeal from...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      813. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35944/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      814. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be offered to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35945/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to get sufficient number of healthcare assistants working in areas throughout the country (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Community Care
      816. To ask the Minister for Health when the new wing of Midleton Community Hospital will be officially open; the date for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35960/25]
    • Health Services
      817. To ask the Minister for Health if the old Midleton Community Hospital will be used for any specific alternative community services once the new hospital in Midleton is completed and open;...
    • Community Care
      818. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible to give the kitchen area in the old Midleton Community Hospital to the local meals and wheels in Midleton (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Mental Health Services
      819. To ask the Minister for Health when works will begin on the existing site of the Owenacurra mental health respite centre in Midleton, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based at Carrick on Shannon primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to date 2025. [35976/25]
    • Traveller Community
      824. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the National Traveller Health Action Plan in 2024; the mechanisms in place to ensure that this funding reaches Traveller-led and...
    • Hospital Investigations
      828. To ask the Minister for Health if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the audit carried out by CHI. [35992/25]
    • Vaccination Programme
      829. To ask the Minister for Health to outline details of the recent move of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee from the Royal College of Physicians to the Health Information and...
    • Traveller Community
      832. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the means by which her Department is monitoring progress on the National Traveller Health Action Plan, particularly regarding Traveller...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      835. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a surgery appointment for a 21-year-old woman suffering from scoliosis, who was first told in the summer of 2022, almost three years...
    • Departmental Data
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children shortlisted for evacuation to Ireland for medical reasons who have died while awaiting evacuation; the reason there is a significant...
    • Hospital Procedures
      837. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures for idiopathic scoliosis on public patients in a private hospital (details supplied) that have been conducted in each of the past...
    • Primary Care Services
      838. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the provision of primary healthcare services and infrastructure in the Saggart, Rathcoole and Citywest areas, specifically...
    • General Practitioner Services
      839. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the current GP-to-patient ratio in the Saggart area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36089/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      840. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the recruitment of public health nurses, specifically in the Dublin mid-west region; and if she will outline the measures are...
    • General Practitioner Services
      841. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide routine blood tests free of charge for all, as currently, the fee, ranging from €25 to €55, is causing a lot of...
    • Community Care
      842. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-stay and short-stay beds that remain unused in Kenmare Community Hospital County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of vacant beds at a nursing home (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36110/25]
    • Community Care
      848. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the opening of the community hospital Killarney; if this opening will be expedited; the current expected date for opening; and if...
    • Dental Services
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 13 awaiting dental screening; the length of time they are waiting, by CHO, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people employed at the University Limerick Hospitals Group on career break, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Ambulance Service
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls responded to by paramedic crews from Tuam ambulance base in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      853. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to a centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36169/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      854. To ask the Minister for Health when 2025 jobs for radiography and radiation therapy graduates in Ireland will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36170/25]
    • Vaccination Programme
      855. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to make the meningococcal B (MenB) vaccine available free of charge to older citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Children's Hospital
      856. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of section 9D of the Official Languages Act 2003; and if the new name proposed for the national children’s hospital complies with this...
    • Care Services
      857. To ask the Minister for Health her response to the request by an organisation (details supplied) for a €9 million investment in dementia-specific supports in budget 2026, including...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      858. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide updated figures on the number of people currently waiting for dementia-specific daycare or home care services in each CHO area; and if she...
    • Medical Research and Training
      861. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing investment in dementia research, given that it currently accounts for less than 1.5% of total health research output; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      862. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider awarding discretionary medical cards to women who underwent pelvic mesh implant surgery and were left with crippling, life-changing...
    • Medical Inquiries
      863. To ask the Minister for Health if she will carry out an independent inquiry into mesh implants, to establish the facts, the extent of harm, and develop a registry of the individuals...
    • Health Services
      864. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not reinstated a podiatry clinic in Barrack View Health Centre, Edward Street, Limerick, which has not been held since March 2025; when...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      865. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the current proposal to split Erasmus+ into a standalone mobility programme and a skills chapter of the competitiveness fund;...
    • Third Level Fees
      868. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider enforcing a scheme for Irish citizens training abroad in medicine, where tuition relief would be provided while completing...
    • Departmental Contracts
      869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more granted by him, the forerunner in his Department or other State bodies...
    • Budget 2025
      870. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding to an organisation (details supplied) did not increase in budget 2025; if he is aware of a reduction in places; if he will...
    • Third Level Fees
      871. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of abolishing tuition fees for postgraduate and repeat students; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Further and Higher Education
      872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of ensuring all postgraduate research students receive a full-year €30,000 stipend; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      873. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of doubling maintenance grants and restoring the grant adjacency rate to 24 km; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      874. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing mental health supports on campuses to ensure one counsellor per 1,000 students; and if he will make a...
    • Student Accommodation
      875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to fully fund the provision of 30,000 additional student beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35666/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      876. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for societies at third level institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35708/25]
    • Grant Payments
      877. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details of SUSI grant eligibility conditions for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35723/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail all business cases received for capital works in each technological university, including the date received, the current status of each...
    • Student Accommodation
      879. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail all options papers received from technological universities in relation to the development of student accommodation, including the date...
    • Further and Higher Education
      881. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislative basis by which technological universities, including SETU, may borrow to fund capital expenditure; if the relevant provisions...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      884. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the completion percentages in apprenticeship courses at third level, in tabular form. [35974/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      888. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for detailed information regarding the decrease in total grants paid to University College Cork from the estimated €208,787,000 in 2022 to...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Properties
      901. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the sale of a property (details supplied) the price received for the sale of this asset and the terms and conditions of...
    • Rural Schemes
      902. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up to date data in respect of the number of roads, kilometres of road and square meterage of roads being completed per local...
    • Departmental Contracts
      903. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner...
    • Rural Schemes
      904. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the town and village renewal scheme, including details of the percentage of applications to the scheme that get...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      905. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht i gcomhthéacs cheisteanna 482 agus 483 a freagraíodh an 25 Feabhra 2025 cén dul chun cinn atá déanta leis...
    • Departmental Funding
      906. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what funding has been and will be provided by his Department for community centres, libraries and recreational amenities in the...

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