Written answers
Thursday, 3 July 2025
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Prison Service
7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expand on the proposals for the use of the old prison site at Rathmore Road, Cork city; if he will engage with the...
- Immigration Policy
16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected annual cost for Ireland of participation in the EU Pact on Asylum and Migration for each of the next five years,...
- An Garda Síochána
17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on his work to permit the retrospective use of biometric technologies by the Garda; and if he will...
- Prison Service
18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to address overcrowding in prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36681/25]
- Courts Service
19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will examine the current waitlists for Naas courthouse and assign more staff to deal with the current backlog...
- An Garda Síochána
20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the community response team in an area (detailed supplied) is being considered for permanent status; if he will provide data...
- Misuse of Drugs
21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the serious damage being inflicted on increasing numbers of people, his Department, in conjunction with other...
- Freedom of Speech
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is concerned at the chilling effect the proposed Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025 will have on...
- An Garda Síochána
23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will hit his target of 1,000 new Garda recruits this year; how he will reach 5,000 recruits over the lifetime of this...
- Legislative Measures
24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the progress in establishing a new criminal justice international co-operation office; and if he will make a...
- Local Community Safety Partnerships
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the local community care partnership will have an increasing role and input for elected representatives to improve policing...
- Legal Aid
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will raise the threshold for eligibility for free civil legal aid to the same level as for free criminal legal aid; and if...
- Road Safety
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can clarify with whom the responsibility for the positioning of speed vans on national roads lies; and if he will make a...
- International Protection
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a facility (details supplied) is still being considered to house applicants for international protection; and if he will make...
- Legislative Reviews
29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to introduce stronger bail laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36663/25]
- Freedom of Speech
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is concerned at the chilling effect the proposed Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025 will have on...
- An Garda Síochána
31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on his work to increase the number of civilian staff in An Garda Síochána. [36665/25]
- International Agreements
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proactive action undertaken to ensure that if and when unnamed criminals depart from a country (details supplied), the arm...
- Road Traffic Offences
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide data on the number of seizures, arrests and prosecutions related to the illegal use of electric bikes and...
- Courts Service
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 15 May 2025, to provide an update on the operation of the court service at Youghal,...
- Local Community Safety Partnerships
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will sign the regulations to establish community safety partnerships, as provided for in the Policing, Security and...
- An Garda Síochána
36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have taken early retirement in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Community Safety Partnerships
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the replacement for joint policing committees will come into place, that is, local community care partnerships, nationally;...
- Drug Dealing
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the increasing prevalence of drugs throughout urban and rural Ireland, additional measures will be introduced to...
- International Protection
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a detailed summary of moneys paid to the owners of a hotel (details supplied), in each year and to date in 2025, as it...
- Deportation Orders
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will stop deporting children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36515/25]
- Drug Dealing
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details on the capacity of drug units in each Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his engagement with the Garda Commissioner in light of the recent Women's Aid report on domestic violence to ensure...
- Departmental Meetings
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will list the occasions when he met with the Garda Commissioner since he took office. [36229/25]
- International Protection
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the process whereby international protection applicants may, at very short notice, be moved from the...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline his plans to better integrate Garda-operated CCTV with other State-operated CCTV systems; and if he will make...
- Legal Aid
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is concerned about staffing levels within the legal aid service nationally, its ability to meet demand, and potential...
- Victim Support Services
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has considered the impact on victims of crime by those who are convicted by reason of insanity, in that...
- Human Trafficking
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions his Department has taken on foot of the US Department of State 2024 Trafficking in Persons report to seek to improve...
- International Protection
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department is aware of properties being retrofitted or acquired for IPAS use in advance of planning or public...
- Family Law Cases
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken to address and suspend the use of unqualified, unregistered self-appointed experts on ‘parental...
- Drug Dealing
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the serious problem of drug tourism, where people come to Limerick city to secure and use illicit drugs; the...
- Family Reunification
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps his Department is taking to support those applying for a family reunification visa in conflict zones such as Gaza; and...
- International Protection
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the plans for improving processing times for international protection applicants; and if he will make a...
- An Garda Síochána
55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a number of senior leadership positions within An Garda Síochána remain vacant; the impact this is having...
- Courts Service
56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that the moving of court proceedings from Youghal to Dungarvan will mean no gardaí will be in Youghal and...
- Court Accommodation
58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on funding for a new courthouse and services in Portlaoise, County Laois; to provide a timeframe around...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, given the notable increase in rape and sexual assault cases in the Louth-Cavan-Monaghan area, he will outline any planned...
- EU Agreements
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of opt-ins under Article 3 and under Article 4 of Protocol 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union...
- Prison Service
62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process in place within the Irish Prison Service system to co-ordinate services for the person being released, both in...
- Employment Support Services
63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the Building Pathways Together programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36682/25]
- Prison Service
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the progression unit in Mountjoy Prison will reopen fully; if there are plans to open a similar facility elsewhere; and if he...
- International Protection
66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1082 of 10 June 2025, the urgent steps he is taking to end the policy of not offering...
- An Garda Síochána
68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving gardaí and those had retired or resigned within the previous five years who were convicted of a crime...
- Visa Applications
71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address delays in processing times for visa applications submitted to the South Africa visa desk; and if he will...
- An Garda Síochána
72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish an historical investigations unit to allow for independent police investigation into unresolved deaths and...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing an incentive scheme to encourage farmers who have particularly old and potentially dangerous tractors...
- Bord Bia
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any concerns about questionable marketing practices used by Irish companies in west Africa in relation to fat-filled milk...
- Agriculture Schemes
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the plans, if any, to standardise the rules for people with equine premises numbers that are applying for full herd...
- Forestry Sector
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the up-to-date position regarding supports for farmers whose forestry was severely damaged due to storms, including storm Éowyn;...
- Agriculture Schemes
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he would consider reintroducing the young farmer installation aid scheme to support new entrants into farming. [36529/25]
- Trade Sanctions
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to protect Irish whiskey in international markets; the plans for expansion in that regard; and if he will...
- Nitrates Usage
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the improvements to water quality during the lifetime of the fifth nitrates action programme in...
- Inshore Fisheries
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite the long-awaited ban on pair trawling; the reason this obvious decision has not been taken before now; and if he will make...
- Wildlife Protection
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the schemes in place to support the creation and enhancement of hedgerows and other linear and connective landscape...
- Animal Diseases
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the concrete measures he is taking to tackle the spread of bovine TB. [36653/25]
- Climate Action Plan
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the specific climate action measures implemented under mission 1 of Food Vision 2030 to date; if he...
- Departmental Strategies
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will publish a plan on farm succession and generational renewal. [36528/25]
- Agriculture Schemes
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons behind ongoing delays in the issuing of basic income support for sustainability and areas of natural constraint payments...
- Common Fisheries Policy
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department’s plan to build support with his counterparts in the European Union member states for an urgent...
- Departmental Projects
103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the feasibility of a national wool scouring plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36022/25]
- Agriculture Schemes
104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce TAMS grant funding for goat herd owners in order that they can install suitable fencing and handling and housing...
- Agriculture Supports
105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the ways in which he is supporting Irish wool and developing its market potential; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Schemes
106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have taken up the TAMS grant to enable them to install solar panels on their farm, by county, in tabular...
- Forestry Sector
107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to taken to encourage landowners and Coillte to increase the percentage of native and other non-deciduous...
- Common Agricultural Policy
108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any proposed cuts to CAP, likely to be made from the EU portion of the Pillar 2 payment, will be covered by the Government; and if...
- Tillage Sector
110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, given the tillage sector is coming under increasing pressure from input costs and low prices, he will outline any proposed...
- Environmental Investigations
111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will mandate his Department to work collaboratively with other State agencies to address the environmental degradation of...
- Agriculture Schemes
112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the current funding allocation for TAMS 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35606/25]
- Common Agricultural Policy
113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the most recent discussions at the EU Agriculture Council in relation to the future funding of CAP; and if he will...
- Agriculture Supports
114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans for further supports or funding to be made available for structural damage to farm buildings during Storm...
- Agriculture Industry
115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to implement the National Women in Agriculture Action Plan to support gender equality; and if he will make a statement on...
- Animal Diseases
116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, given that TB reactors are now at a critical level, affecting farmers across the country, he will outline any support packages to...
- Agriculture Supports
117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support intergenerational farm transfer through the next CAP policy cycle; whether he is considering a...
- Departmental Bodies
118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the work of the wool council; and the actions the council has taken in order to further utilise and increase the...
- Wildlife Regulations
119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the guidance and supports available to hill farmers who are unable to carry out controlled burning due to weather conditions within...
- Fisheries Protection
120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 319 of 1 May 2025 and 132 of 20 May 2025, given it is over a year since the closure of the...
- Trade Sanctions
121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to help farmers who are worried about the threatened imposition of US tariffs; and if he will make...
- Trade Agreements
122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken to his counterparts in other EU member states in relation to the non-binding side attachments to the Mercosur trade...
- Animal Diseases
123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will step up effective efforts in conjunction with the farming organisations to agree on and put in place a TB...
- Agriculture Schemes
125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected timeline for delivering a farm succession scheme that supports generational renewal; and if he will make a statement on...
- Regulatory Bodies
127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the enforcement powers currently available to the Agri-Food Regulator; if he is satisfied these powers are...
- Animal Welfare
128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available for urban horse projects to help enhance awareness of animal health and welfare for participants and the wider...
- Environmental Investigations
129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to deal with pollution in Lady's Island Lake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36510/25]
- Animal Diseases
130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied the current badger management programme is sufficient in light of the reported explosion in badger numbers; and if...
- Environmental Investigations
131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is aware of the Environmental Protection Agency's Coastal Lagoons: Ecology and Restoration Report; the actions his...
- Forestry Sector
132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how Coillte now takes biodiversity into consideration in its work following the closing of Coillte Nature; and if he will make a...
- Animal Culls
133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions being taken by his Department to address the severe and growing problem of deer overpopulation across the country,...
- Pharmacy Services
134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to ensure pharmacies that dispense veterinary prescriptions are not losing revenue due to the roll-out of...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he will take to reduce carbon emissions from agriculture in light of the recent EPA report projecting a 1% increase in...
- Animal Diseases
136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to ensure the TB eradication programme is fully resourced, in view of staff shortages in regional...
- Nitrates Usage
137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied there is enough in the 1 January 2026 sixth nitrates action programme for Ireland to address water pollution from...
- Agriculture Supports
138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a programme available to support the development of city farms; if he will support organisations (details...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Funding
139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Carlingford Lough Commission can avail of the shared Island civic fund for the maintenance of navigational equipment (details...
- Passport Services
140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify the process by which a child can gain a passport in the situation where one parent refuses to sign the passport application form;...
- Middle East
142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any of the Irish citizens recently evacuated from Israel were current or former members of the Israeli Defense Forces. [36760/25]
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the UK Foreign Secretary in...
- Middle East
144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps the Government is taking on an EU level to end the Israeli blockade of food, humanitarian aid and baby formula which is having...
- Anti-Racism Measures
145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis on which, and by whom, the decision was taken to endorse the non-binding working IHRA definition of antisemitism; the reason this...
- Departmental Staff
146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that his Department recently advertised for two internships at the Embassy of Ireland, Paris, for which the advertised rate...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Energy Conservation
147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address matters concerning changes made to the warmer homes scheme that forbid the funding within the scheme of...
- Flood Risk Management
148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he can give a commitment to meet with a group (details supplied). [36905/25]
- Department of Defence
- Pension Provisions
149. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the nature of the work in digitising the Military Service Pensions Collection; the total number of records to be digitised; the total number...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Transport Policy
150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the development of a replacement for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; if specific supports...
- Rail Network
151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail has any plans to refurbish the CAF fleet of mark 4 trains used on the Dublin-to-Cork service; and if he will make a...
- Driver Test
152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the reduction of driving test waiting times in County Cork as of June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rail Network
156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans there are to increase the capacity of the Irish Rail service from Mallow to Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Projects
157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the repair works on the N72 Mallow to Killarney Road; when works will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on...
- Bus Services
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline plans to increase capacity on the Bus Éireann service in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36820/25]
- Driver Test
159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on actions his Department or the Road Safety Authority is taking to reduce the backlog in waiting times for drivers who are...
- Bus Services
160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the introduction of next-generation ticketing on the Cork fleet for bus services; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Greenways Provision
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update as of June 2025 on the Mallow-to-Dungarvan greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36823/25]
- Road Safety
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to immediately examine and address an extremely dangerous junction (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Driver Test
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) can expect to sit a driving test, which he needs in order to start his apprenticeship; and if he will...
- Active Travel
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of active travel projects in Cork in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [36938/25]
- Bus Services
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers currently employed to deliver the Cork city bus service and the number considered a full cohort. [36939/25]
- Bus Éireann
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid in fines by Bus Éireann to the NTA in Cork, by reason for fine, to date in 2025, in tabular form. [36940/25]
- Road Network
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on the M20 to date and the estimated final cost. [36941/25]
- Bus Services
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on maintenance and renovation of the Parnell Place bus station in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [36943/25]
- Parking Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations enforcing and protecting disability parking spaces on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36972/25]
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs
176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider expanding the criteria for help-to-buy in order for more essential workers to have access to the scheme and to settle in the areas they...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
178. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken, outside of NCT checks, to address the proliferation of illegal vehicle registration plates; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Levy
180. To ask the Minister for Finance the length of time the pension levy for Aer Lingus pensioners has been in place; and the amount collected each year since the pension levy on Aer Lingus...
- Tax Clearance Certificates
182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the Minister for housing to ensure that HAP can resume the practice of issuing a tax certificate for a 20% deduction to meet the...
- Tax Collection
183. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of registered tax collection agents; the number of accounts or advisors preparing tax returns for collection agents that is, the number of...
- Fiscal Data
184. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 24 June, to provide further detail on non-dividend related income; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Asset Management Agency
185. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 25 June 2025, that as outlined by the NAMA annual accounts there will be no more voluntary redundancy schemes for...
- Tax Data
186. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 24 June 2025, the total number of residential unit owned by the 187 landlords with over 100 properties each; the...
- Tax Exemptions
190. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of property that was exempt from CAT due to the heritage exemption in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36798/25]
- Tax Reliefs
191. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the relief from income tax or corporation tax in respect of expenditure on approved buildings and or approved gardens under...
- Insurance Industry
193. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of business owners in the outdoor recreation sector and other sectors regarding the prohibitive cost of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the Office of Public Works could liaise with a landowner (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Capital Expenditure Programme
196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reform his Department’s capital expenditure programme by giving longer-term financial commitments, for example, ten to...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Tourism Promotion
197. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a graveyard (details supplied) will be added to Ireland’s Ancient East website; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any funding streams available for the Carlingford Lough Commission for the maintenance of navigational equipment...
- Enterprise Support Services
199. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to support food enterprise and innovation in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Work Permits
200. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if clarity on this matter will be provided. [36899/25]
- Company Registration
201. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 20 May 2025, if he will instruct the Companies Registration Office to provide the...
- Exports Growth
202. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action being taken to encourage Irish businesses to grow their export markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there was a reduction in special needs assistant support for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Attendance
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department tracks the number of children living in emergency homeless accommodation who have missed school days or changed schools...
- School Equipment
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school students who do not have access to a personal digital device at home. [36700/25]
- School Enrolments
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in DEIS band 1 areas that currently have waiting lists for junior infants; and the plans in place to increase...
- Departmental Staff
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified teachers working in non-teaching posts in her Department, for example, in the inspectorate. [36709/25]
- Special Educational Needs
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a child (details supplied) is allocated an SNA as recommended by separate assessments; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a bus ticket for a child (details supplied) due to exceptional circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36727/25]
- Teaching Qualifications
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reintroduce the route for people who undertook an early childhood care bachelor degree to attend a postgraduate course in St....
- Education and Training Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the number of Gaelscoileanna operating within the country, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any of the 399 new special education classes that were sanctioned for the coming school year have had their sanctioning withdrawn; and if so,...
- Teaching Qualifications
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a pathway exists for graduates of a course (details supplied) to receive a Teaching Council number; whether route 4 continues to exist for...
- School Funding
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding can be allocated to small rural DEIS schools, such as (details supplied), to cover health and safety essential works, given...
- Education Costs
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s position on secondary schools requiring parents to purchase iPads or specific digital devices, particularly in light of...
- School Textbooks
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to simplify the tendering protocol for the free schoolbooks scheme to allow wider access to the scheme for independent bookstores; and if she...
- Special Educational Needs
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a school’s (details supplied) SNA allocation given it is inadequate to meet the needs of children attending the school;...
- Education Costs
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that some secondary schools are encouraging parents to incur financial debt by requiring the purchase of specific iPads, which...
- Schools Building Projects
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when physical work will start on the new permanent building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for completion; and if she will make a...
- Education and Training Boards
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when LMETB will start the physical work to develop the new LMETH head office building in Drogheda, as per a decision taken by Government twelve...
- Teacher Training
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will make it mandatory for those training to become a primary or secondary school teacher to complete one work placement in a...
- Teaching Qualifications
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing a new Teaching Council registration pathway to allow Montessori-trained teachers and those who hold recognised...
- School Funding
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider changing the criteria of the capitation grant for special schools to consider all school staff or the square meter area of...
- School Staff
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing an assistant principal 1 to all special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36886/25]
- Departmental Schemes
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider renaming the leave of absence following assault scheme to more appropriately reflect the complex and unintentional nature of...
- School Staff
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow for special school staff such as caretakers, cleaners and bus escorts to be paid under the online claims system, in order to...
- School Transport
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will conduct a review into the school transport requirements from Ballon, County Carlow to a school (details supplied); and if...
- School Curriculum
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann, is included in the primary or post-primary curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Patronage
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reopening a school (details supplied) under new patronage, considering that there is a sufficient demand of children in the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Sports Organisations
243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of State funding allocated to the IRFU; whether he is aware the IRFU is accumulating significant real estate...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Waterways Ireland
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will support Waterways Ireland in setting up and operating a CRM system for logging and dealing with queries raised with...
- Housing Policy
245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the development levy waiver scheme will be extended for the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Electoral Commission
246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there will be a redrawing of local electoral area boundaries in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Schemes
247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's analysis of the forecast effect on current spending on the HAP and RAS schemes as a result of the...
- Architectural Heritage
248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding any initiatives proposed by his Department that seeks to protect the architectural heritage of Georgian...
- Housing Schemes
251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 111 of 25 June 2025 and 505 of 17 June 2025, the reason the reply issued did not...
- Harbours and Piers
252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update in respect of Bray Harbour; the amount of funding released to the project to date on an annual...
- Building Regulations
253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to compensation to individuals who are subject to‘cowboy’ builders under the...
- Water Services
254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of completed housing units nationally that cannot be occupied due to a lack of capacity in water...
- Housing Provision
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update in respect of a site (details supplied) and the funds he has granted to develop same. [36833/25]
- Departmental Funding
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of all blueway projects currently being funded; and the funds released to date and status of...
- Wastewater Treatment
257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 24 June 2025, if it is his Department’s intention to allow further funding...
- Valuation Office
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of appeals lodged that directly relate to a business’s valuation certificate, since the establishment of...
- Land Issues
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine the case of persons (details supplied); to advise on a land dezoning process; and if he will make a statement on...
- Emergency Accommodation
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children who entered emergency accommodation in each region, in each of the past five years, in tabular form....
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of CPO applications made in each county to date in 2025, in tabular form. [36912/25]
- Departmental Staff
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff currently employed in the vacant homes unit in his Department, by grade level. [36914/25]
- Departmental Expenditure
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on private planning consultancies in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [36915/25]
- Housing Schemes
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the tenant in situ scheme in Cork city. [36916/25]
- Approved Housing Bodies
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided under the CAS programme to AHBs in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [36917/25]
- Housing Policy
267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if pension deductions are allowed for in the calculation of local authority rent; if, when mandatory pensions are introduced,...
- National Planning Framework
268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the revised national planning framework will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36944/25]
- Local Authorities
269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of positions that remain vacant in the housing section of Cork City Council; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Policy
271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, through his Department or local authorities, there is a policy to not allow purchase of four-bed houses through the tenant...
- Housing Schemes
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses purchased through the tenant (incremental) purchase scheme 2016 since 2016 through Cork City Council; and...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to intervene in an urgent matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36719/25]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a full-time carer in receipt of carer’s allowance is only entitled to a maximum of three weeks leave over a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total budget for the treatment benefit (PRSI used dental) scheme in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on a carer’s allowance application by a person in County Kerry...
- Social Welfare Benefits
280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36844/25]
- Social Welfare Code
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will increase carers hours by one hour in line with part time contracts (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case of a person (details supplied) and advise on entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Meals Programme
283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the quality assurance mechanisms his Department has in place to monitor the implementation of the Hot School Meals Programme;...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Emergency Accommodation
288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific health measures in place for international protection applicants residing in emergency accommodation (details...
- Asylum Applications
289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for asylum or a protection order that were determined to be fraudulent, and the number of...
- International Protection
290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 12 June 2025, if he will provide a detailed summary of costs solely associated...
- An Garda Síochána
291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of civilian staff in An Garda Síochána in the Dublin metropolitan region. [36736/25]
- Detention Centres
292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will finally ratify and implement the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture, given...
- Prison Service
293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure Ireland’s prison system complies fully with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules...
- Visa Agreements
294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a special visa programme has been considered for Palestinians undergoing war and genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. [36759/25]
- An Garda Síochána
295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an estimate of the cost to place Garda trainees on the first point of the Garda pay scale, from day one of...
- Citizenship Ceremonies
298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time it is taking from Irish citizenship ceremonies to when new citizens receive their certification; and if he...
- Visa Applications
299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a visa stamp 4 application by a person (details supplied); and if the case will be expedited. [36783/25]
- Immigration Status
300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will intervene in a case regarding an application for leave to remain (details supplied). [36799/25]
- Visa Applications
301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a detailed report on the current average processing times for visa applications submitted by Irish citizens...
- Legislative Reviews
302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of outdoor recreation businesses and others in relation to the consistent issue...
- International Protection
303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to deny any future IPAS application for a hotel (details supplied) and to support the reinstatement of the hotel for tourist...
- Asylum Seekers
304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to commit to a balanced approach to national refugee support that considers the unique economic needs of towns such as Youghal,...
- An Garda Síochána
305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí at each level in An Garda Síochána from trainee Garda to Commissioner who, prior to joining...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fisheries Protection
310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department have engaged with the Marine Institute regarding a formal stock assessment of sprat and the introduction of a total...
- Agriculture Schemes
311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers awaiting ACRES payments, by county, date of application, and date of approval. [35863/25]
- Veterinary Services
312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provision in place to help farmers gain access to a vet if they are having trouble doing so; and the plans he has to increase the...
- Agriculture Supports
313. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any Departmental research has been undertaken into the mental health impacts of climate-related crop failure or weather events on...
- Agriculture Schemes
314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the current round of TAMS applications will be processed; when approvals will issue; and if the Department will commit to faster...
- Departmental Meetings
317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he has met with the Chairman of the Agri-Food Regulator following his request for a meeting in February; if so, the outcome...
- Regulatory Bodies
318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will grant the Agri-Food Regulator the additional powers it has requested to carry out its role effectively; and if he will...
- Agriculture Schemes
319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ACRES payment for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 will issue for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Tillage Sector
320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has actively examined the growing of hemp, which is beneficial to many by-products that would help in industry and...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Disability Services
321. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the bus service for adults with special needs, who are in day services, has been cancelled for all new applications; and...
- Equality Issues
322. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to enact the Health Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2024 immediately and to extend leave entitlement to include surrogacy as no such...
- Disability Services
323. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to intervene in a case where there are major safeguarding concerns in a disability services centre (details supplied). [36680/25]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
324. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time for access to the ECCE scheme places per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36704/25]
- Disability Services
325. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the length of the waiting list for adult disability respite in each county in Ireland for each of the past five years; and if she...
- Mother and Baby Homes
326. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the decision to not excavate Sean Ross Abbey will be revised; the person who decided that the report findings were not enough to...
- Disability Services
328. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of providing an additional 1,000 personal assistance service hours in 2026. [36729/25]
- Assisted Decision-Making
330. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions his Department is taking to ensure individuals who are not computer literate are able to make an application for...
- Detention Centres
331. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions being taken in response to the serious incident at Oberstown in which nine staff were injured–four requiring...
- Disability Services
333. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the case of a person in Cork (details supplied) who requires urgent long term residential care; to advise if they are on...
- Childcare Services
334. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if childcare providers can require parents to take up and pay for a full 45 hours of childcare per week as a condition of enrolment;...
- Departmental Data
335. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality what the purpose and value was of the contingent charge recorded by the Minister for Health in 1974 (Instrument T.235/74); whether...
- Mother and Baby Homes
336. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the State funded, subsidised or insured any aspect of the operations at a location (details supplied), including buildings, care...
- Childcare Services
337. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken by her Department to increase capacity for childcare services in north Kildare; the number of families...
- Parking Provision
338. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the enforcement of disability parking spaces on both publicly owned streets and in private locations such as shopping centre car...
- Department of Health
- Home Care Packages
339. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency and recruitment agency by the HSE for the provision of home care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36874/25]
- Primary Care Services
342. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken and the progress made in relation to filling the vacant occupational therapist posts in primary care in County Laois, as there has been...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
343. To ask the Minister for Health if she is considering and investigating the use of Al-powered sensors to keep older adults safer and healthier in their own homes (details supplied); and if...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
344. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for children aged 2-6 to access speech and language therapy services in each health region; and if she will make a statement on the...
- National Children's Hospital
345. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to name the new children’s hospital in Dublin the “National Children’s Hospital Ireland”; and if she will make a...
- Medicinal Products
346. To ask the Minister for Health if she allow for Mounjaro to be accessed on the medical card (details supplied). [36712/25]
- Healthcare Policy
347. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the continued suspension of the transvaginal tape sling procedure for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women, which is clinically...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
348. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1495 of 10 June 2025, the breakdown of weekly and weekend activity, by ordinary rostered hours compared to...
- Budget 2026
350. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the pre-budget 2026 submission of an organisation (details supplied); if she will engage with this organisation in advance...
- Mental Health Services
353. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the specific concerns related to the poor mental health reported by a significant proportion of family carers; if she will...
- Health Services
354. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an urgent matter in respect of a Kerry patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36776/25]
- Hospital Appointments Status
355. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for cataract surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36778/25]
- Health Service Executive
356. To ask the Minister for Health when HSE staff (details supplied) can expect to be contacted by the HSE regarding their future in the organisation as a result of recent changes; if they will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
357. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who is suffering from severe arthritis and is in urgent need of a hip operation; if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
358. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by her Department to address wait times in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36811/25]
- General Practitioner Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending free GP care to all children under 12 years in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36827/25]
- Prescriptions Charges
360. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing all prescription charges to €0.50, with a cap of €5 per month; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Homes
362. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 25 June 2025, the reason a technical amendment is required to the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
363. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a 20-bed inpatient neuro-rehabilitation unit for the HSE south west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Home Care Packages
364. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 26 February 2025, if she will commit to investigating the delays in accessing home care in Cork (details...
- Substance Misuse
365. To ask the Minister for Health if the new national drugs strategy will include a comprehensive policy on tackling alcohol consumption; if this will be prioritised; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
366. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently investigate delay in a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a neurosurgery appointment in CUH; and if she will make...
- Dental Services
367. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to expand access to the orthodontic scheme for children and strengthen the School Dental...
- Health Strategies
369. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the Men's Health Action Plan 2024-2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36861/25]
- Health Services Staff
372. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in recruiting therapists (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36898/25]
- Dental Services
373. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) can be provided with orthodontic treatment by the HSE as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36904/25]
- Hospital Services
374. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the existing electronic care note system in Donegal community hospitals; the type, and timeframe to implement a new system; and if...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
375. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital. [36925/25]
- Primary Care Centres
376. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Blarney. [36926/25]
- Health Services
380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently awaiting an appointment at the regional eye centre in the south Infirmary and the average waiting time. [36930/25]
- Hospital Facilities
381. To ask the Minister for Health whether the number of operating theatres, and the number currently operational, in each of the Cork hospitals, in tabular form. [36931/25]
- Dental Services
382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children seen under the public dentistry service for routine checks in Cork, in each of the past five years. [36932/25]
- State Claims Agency
383. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid in compensation, or litigation, in Cork, in each of the past five years. [36933/25]
- General Practitioner Services
384. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who requested to be seen in Southdoc Blackpool in 2025; and the number seen to date in 2025. [36934/25]
- Mental Health Services
386. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting an appointment with CAMHS in Cork by urgency level, in tabular form. [36936/25]
- General Practitioner Services
387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS doctors in Cork and the number of GMS patients. [36937/25]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to adequately support those undertaking apprenticeships (details supplied) in line with the programme for Government’s...
- Third Level Fees
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the lower rate of student contribution fees as applied over the last few years will be applicable for the forthcoming academic year, taking...
- Third Level Costs
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be introduced to reduce the costs of further and higher education for students and their families, taking into account...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Irish Language
393. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the total annual expenditure on promoting the Irish language, by year, since 2022; and if he will make a...
- Regeneration Projects
394. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of town centre first plans passed by local authorities, in tabular form. [36913/25]
- Dormant Accounts Fund
395. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current status of the dormant accounts funding; the amount spent on this in the past five years, with a breakdown of...
