Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
40. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his discussions with the new Canadian Prime Minister. [30341/25]
- Economic Growth
72. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the response to Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2024, published by his Department in November 2024. [30340/25]
- Cabinet Committees
75. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on water quality will next meet. [32139/25]
- Climate Change Policy
78. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the new climate investment clearing house. [32140/25]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
82. To ask the Taoiseach the reason the Government has not committed to a full independent inquiry on the Covid-19 pandemic; and if it will commit to such an inquiry. [32098/25]
- Departmental Priorities
88. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the priorities of his Department’s housing and infrastructure unit [32279/25]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Provision
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expand the number of third level places related to therapies in the disability sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Apprenticeship Programmes
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to reach the target of 750 apprenticeships in the public service and Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Admissions
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of leaving certificate holders who accepted a university place in each of the past ten years; the number of persons who graduated from...
- Third Level Fees
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the latest update on the implementation of a ‘second chance’ provision to ensure students undertaking a repeat year or changing...
- Education and Training Provision
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the development of the Modern Methods of Construction Demonstration Park at Mount Lucas; the number of beneficiaries who will...
- Grant Payments
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the same income eligibility limits for SUSI grants are applicable for students attending approved colleges and courses outside our...
- Third Level Costs
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the targeted supports he intends to give to families for the upcoming college year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Fees
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his rationale regarding the change in the student contribution charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37620/25]
- Further and Higher Education
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department is taking to ensure that the construction of the five new higher education buildings aligns with and supports...
- Grant Payments
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the number of students in receipt of various levels of SUSI grant; his plans to improve access to higher education by expanding the...
- Education and Training Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider providing a career pathway for healthcare assistant profession through a third level course, apprenticeship, social care...
- Third Level Fees
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third level fee supports that are available for graduate medicine students; if he will outline future plans for this if none are currently in...
- Adult Education Provision
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the falling rates of literacy, meaning the increase in the percentage of adults aged 16 to 65 in Ireland who...
- Transport Policy
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to reduce commuting times for students who must travel over county lines to attend third level education. [37635/25]
- Student Accommodation
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions his Department is taking to increase access to student accommodation in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Apprenticeship Programmes
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means by which his Department is working to simplify apprenticeship pathways. [37330/25]
- Teacher Training
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that he has engaged with the president of a school (details supplied) regarding Gaeltacht placement fees for post-primary...
- Departmental Funding
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on funding to replace or upgrade basic research equipment in our universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37372/25]
- Technological Universities
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve funding for the South East Technological University's health, pharmacy, veterinary and apprenticeship buildings; and if he...
- Third Level Fees
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a detailed roadmap for implementing the promise in the programme for Government to “Continue to reduce the Student Contribution...
- Student Accommodation
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on the new student accommodation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37622/25]
- Mental Health Services
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to extensive waiting lists for mental health supports in third level institutions; the actions he will take to...
- Third Level Fees
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to reduce the student contribution fee over the lifetime of the...
- Grant Payments
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has looked at streamlining and simplifying the SUSI application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37584/25]
- Student Accommodation
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 22 May 2025, for an update on the developments made to increase the provision of student accommodation...
- Third Level Fees
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has undertaken any study to determine the impact on college uptake levels of the €1,000 reduction in the student...
- Student Accommodation
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills If he will ensure that measures are put In place to protect students from runaway inflation rates when tenancies change, as could happen under...
- Grant Payments
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the increases in SUSI grants have kept pace with the cost-of-living increases in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Costs
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he and his Department have had with stakeholders regarding pay rates for PhD researchers students, as of July 2025; and if he will...
- Technological Universities
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the development of a borrowing framework for technological universities; the timeline for the delivery of the framework;...
- Further and Higher Education
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the major capital projects that will be progressed in 2025 in the further education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37628/25]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plan for a renewed action plan to succeed the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025; if the new action plan will have a focus on...
- Student Accommodation
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to address the shortage of third level student accommodation; the measures being taken to ensure affordability of rents...
- Research and Development
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the Department’s plan to recruit US researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37585/25]
- Third Level Admissions
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that he has engaged with both Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork with a view to increasing the number of Irish...
- Third Level Staff
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 27 March 2025, if the position remains vacant; the number of positions in the university occupied by...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the target of 10,000 annual apprenticeship registrations by the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37512/25]
- Education and Training Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite work on a site (details supplied) in Killarney, County Kerry, by developing a state-of-the-art campus focusing on skills development...
- Student Accommodation
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the programme for Government commitment to ensure student accommodation leases align with the academic year, making it easier...
- Education and Training Provision
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to expanding employer placement opportunities as a formal component of university programmes; and if he will make...
- Third Level Fees
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount the student contribution fee will be for the 2025-26 academic year and the 2026-27 academic year; and if he will make a statement on...
- Further and Higher Education
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 22 May 2025, for an update on the development of a new campus for further education and training in...
- Third Level Fees
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the plans for the student contribution charge for the coming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37619/25]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a disparity in pay exists in how some apprentices are supported during their off-the-job phases of their training, that is,...
- Education and Training Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to increase the number of degree courses for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy; and if he will make a...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the expansion of apprenticeships since the publication of the action plan on apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on...
- Technological Universities
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make specific capital funding commitments to deliver the South East Technological University strategic plan; and if he will make a...
- Third Level Fees
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a strong case to Cabinet to retain the cost-of-living reduction of €1,000 for student fees in budget 2026, and to making...
- Education Policy
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to consider Ireland’s potential membership of the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline any additional supports being considered to assist students with disabilities in their transition from secondary to third level...
- Education and Training Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the steps being taken to integrate green skills across further and higher education programmes; and if he will make a...
- Further and Higher Education
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the new building for Dunboyne College of Further Education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37298/25]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Appointments
171. To ask the Taoiseach the number of the seven external experts appointed or to be appointed to the new disability unit in his Department that have lived experience of disability in Ireland....
- Trade Data
172. To ask the Taoiseach the total value of trade in goods and services between Ireland and Russia in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; the major sectors for that trade; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
173. To ask the Taoiseach his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [37003/25]
- Departmental Advertising
175. To ask the Taoiseach his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign, in each of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
176. To ask the Taoiseach his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the position or grade of those availing...
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
179. To ask the Taoiseach to outline his engagements during the UN Ocean Climate Summit in Nice. [37356/25]
- Climate Action Plan
180. To ask the Taoiseach when the climate action plan progress reports for the remainder of 2024 will be published. [37358/25]
- Trade Data
181. To ask the Taoiseach the value of both imports and exports of trade in both goods and services between Ireland and the occupied Palestinian territories in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and...
- Departmental Budgets
182. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of the €550 million allocated from the shared island fund drawn down to date; and the means by which his Department manages and tracks this. [37784/25]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Trade Agreements
183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. [36907/25]
- Northern Ireland
184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions with Members of the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to North-South issues. [36908/25]
- Departmental Expenditure
185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years 2015 to...
- Departmental Advertising
187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each...
- Departmental Expenditure
188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the position...
- Human Rights
190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the release of Belarus opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky after five years. [37105/25]
- Election Monitoring Missions
195. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to allegations of election impropriety in Albania by some international observers; the actions he will take...
- International Bodies
197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland has been invited to the emergency ministerial meeting on Palestine being hosted by the Hague Group in Bogotá on 15 and...
- Departmental Expenditure
198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over...
- Middle East
199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of people the Government accepts have been killed in the Israel-Gaza conflict to date; the number of these deaths that are...
- Human Rights
200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been brought to concerns raised about a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37327/25]
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); the assistance his Department is giving to them; and if he will make a statement...
- Passport Services
202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the next of kin which is listed on the back of a passport can be changed if the named next of kin has passed away; the current process to...
- Military Aircraft
204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of German military aircraft that have been allowed to use Shannon Airport for training, or other purposes, since 7 October 2023;...
- Foreign Birth Registration
205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37616/25]
- Departmental Expenditure
206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade is he aware of the tremendous work being carried out by an organisation (details supplied) in New York, which aims to bridge the gap between...
- Middle East
207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he accepts the findings in the report of the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied...
- Passport Services
208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport can be issued for a child (details supplied). [37762/25]
- Military Aircraft
209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the legal advice he received in relation to the use of Shannon Airport by United States aircraft carrying deportees...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Energy Policy
210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Ireland plans to formally leave the Energy Charter Treaty, particularly in light of the EU exit and Inter Se...
- Environmental Policy
211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to confirm Ireland’s stance on the Right to a Healthy Environment Campaign at the Council of Europe, specifically...
- Departmental Expenditure
212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming, and general cosmetic expenses, in each of...
- Departmental Advertising
214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his expenditure on advertising detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and...
- Departmental Expenditure
215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide...
- Energy Prices
217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a timeline for when the terms of reference for the National Energy Affordability Taskforce will be...
- Climate Action Plan
218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons for the failure to meet the deadline for completing the Climate Action Plan 2024, sub action EL/24/22, to...
- Renewable Energy Generation
219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, with respect to the upcoming rollout of the RHO (Renewable Heat Obligation) he will support the following measures for...
- Departmental Expenditure
220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of...
- Energy Infrastructure
221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the publication of the Electricity Storage Policy Framework for Ireland in July 2024, how his Department...
- Renewable Energy Generation
222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the current energy policy narrative that Ireland will become a significant exporter of renewable...
- Energy Prices
223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has undertaken any cost benefit or an electricity price impact analysis regarding the warning raised by...
- Departmental Consultations
224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the timeline for the public consultation to inform the development of Ireland's Social Climate Plan; and...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
225. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline, in respect of greenhouse gas emissions from data centres, the sectoral emissions ceiling those emissions are...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
226. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming, and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years 2015 to...
- Departmental Advertising
228. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his expenditure on advertising detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising...
- Departmental Expenditure
229. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the position or...
- Defence Forces
231. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has sanctioned the expenditure of €299,000 excluding VAT to convert artillery towing Land Rovers from diesel to...
- Departmental Expenditure
233. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over...
- EU Regulations
234. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the procedures to be followed in order for Ireland to commit to the security action for Europe regulation further to his announcement on 27 June...
- Military Archives
235. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence where the military archives for the past 50 years are held; if they are accessible to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces
236. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to ensure that Nenagh Military Barracks is maintained and a plan is put in place for its future. [37879/25]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Traffic Offences
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if sufficient legislation is in place in order for fixed-charge notices to be issues for the offence of displaying illegal number plates;...
- Departmental Expenditure
238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years 2015...
- Departmental Advertising
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each...
- Departmental Expenditure
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the...
- Regional Airports
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to Government funding to support the runway extension development at Waterford Airport. [37087/25]
- Driver Licences
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to extend the list of recognised states in the exchange of a foreign driving licence to include the United...
- Driver Test
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA could provide drivers with SMS reminders, with Eircode-specific directions and on-site signage, to prevent driving test...
- Road Traffic Offences
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional measures his Department plans to implement to prevent misuse of e-scooters, including speeding and driving on footpaths....
- Bus Services
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on proposed updates to the 318 bus service linking Ennis and Limerick city (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over...
- Road Safety
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department is using ongoing data analysis and local knowledge to identify accident-prone areas and focus road safety...
- Transport Policy
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to finalise and publish the national drone policy framework, as committed to in the programme for Government, to ensure...
- Public Transport
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the outcome of the cross-departmental task force in into driver recruitment and retention challenges. [37267/25]
- Road Safety
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to legislation that would make it mandatory for all vehicle drivers to use dipped headlights during the...
- Driver Licences
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application by a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37303/25]
- Driver Test
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review case (details supplied) and if he can expedite same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37343/25]
- Road Safety
263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking to promote safer driving, following the publication of the 2025 ETSC Road Safety Report, which...
- Road Projects
264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to develop a bypass of Innishannon, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37383/25]
- Road Safety
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will commission an updated evaluation of the Essential Driver Training programme to determine its impact on young...
- Departmental Funding
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided for footpaths to each of the 31 local authorities in each of the past five years; the distance of footpaths covered...
- Public Sector Pensions
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has provided a letter of support for CIÉ pension increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37451/25]
- Greenways Provision
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the proposed cycle greenway route through Kinvara, County Galway; the current stage of the project; and the expected...
- Public Sector Pensions
274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of issues with the CIÉ superannuation scheme 1951 (details supplied); the steps he will take, or has taken, to...
- Transport Costs
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for estimated cost of extending the young adult Leap card to encompass all those under the age of 30; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Public Transport Safety Charter; the stakeholders involved in the drafting process; and if he will make a statement on...
- Driver Licences
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of valid driving licences issued as of 2 July 2025 that rely on the condition that a certification of fitness was provided...
- Driver Test
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is aware of the issues and confusion being caused by the naming of two driver test centres in Mulhuddart, one near a...
- Driver Licences
279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting time for applications for a driving licence after a driving test has been passed; the steps he is taking to reduce...
- Parking Provision
280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department intends on strengthening the rules and regulations around illegal parking in disabled parking spaces during the...
- Transport Policy
281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any limitations to extending subsidies to commuters for the purposes to incentivise the take-up of sustainable travel...
- Bus Services
282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the newly approved Local Link service between Ballinasloe and Athlone is scheduled to commence, given that it was previously...
- Driver Licences
283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is considering measures to alleviate the financial burden on individuals living with epilepsy who are required to...
- Driver Test
284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting time between passing the driver theory test and being able to apply for the driving test; if this time is required for those...
- Taxi Regulations
285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite the introduction of taxi wheelchair accessible grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37778/25]
- Bus Services
287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the status of the promised bus service linking Athenry to Galway city, which was scheduled to commence in...
- Rail Network
288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the display signs on platforms at Connolly Station are frequently not working; when these signs which are vital tools for...
- Bus Services
289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason bus timetables are not displayed at train stations on the Northern line, including Skerries; the measures that will be...
- Public Transport
291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the coordination that takes place between the National Transport Authority, Irish Rail, and Dublin Bus to ensure...
- Departmental Schemes
293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 2 July 2025, the steps his Department has taken to develop a new needs-based, grant-led...
- Rail Network
294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details on the proposed Blanchardstown Luas line under the Luas 2050 vision; the steps taken regarding this development; and...
- Transport Costs
303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a timeline for the introduction of free public transport for children under the age of nine, which was announced in budget 2025 and...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of annual funding provided to TII for winter maintenance in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the...
- Taxi Regulations
309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider making it a requirement that all taxi drivers operating wheelchair-accessible vehicles are properly certified to use...
- Road Traffic Offences
310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when camera enforcement of bus lanes will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37923/25]
- Bus Services
312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what the next phase of the BusConnects network in Dublin is; and whether it will include 24-hour services. [37925/25]
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
313. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline, given the difficulties with getting school bus drivers, the reason those willing to drive the school bus and who may have a small pension face a...
- Departmental Expenditure
314. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular...
- Departmental Advertising
316. To ask the Minister for Finance his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies and cost of each advertising campaign, in...
- Departmental Expenditure
317. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the position or grade of those...
- Revenue Commissioners
319. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 17 June 2025, if the Revenue Commissioners is under inquiry or investigation in relation to its destruction of...
- Tax Code
320. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason married couples can share their tax reliefs and allowances between them but cohabiting couples are taxed as single individuals; and if he will make...
- Summer Economic Statement
321. To ask the Minister for Finance the date his Department plans to publish the summer economic statement; the way in which it plans to account for any proximate announcements regarding EU-US...
- National Economic Dialogue
322. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the national economic dialogue. [35902/25]
- Tax Yield
323. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in 2023 and 2024 from the vacant homes tax. [37187/25]
- Tax Reliefs
324. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the cost to the exchequer of the help to buy scheme in each of the years since its creation in 2016 in tabular form, and; an estimation of the cost...
- Departmental Expenditure
325. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over €20,000; the...
- Tax Yield
326. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised from stamp duty on shares in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [37256/25]
- Illicit Trade
327. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is confident in the methodology behind the Revenue Commissioners ready reckoner, which estimates the fiscal impact of changes to tobacco excise; if he...
- Tax Code
328. To ask the Minister for Finance if he would amend the rules governing the residential zoned land tax to exclude the period where an active planning application or appeal is underway on a...
- Primary Medical Certificates
329. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the tax reliefs allowable with the primary medical certificate in line with current vehicle values; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Exemptions
330. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the social welfare payments announced in the cost of living package in the previous year are exempt from tax; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Rebates
331. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the overcompensation provided as a result of the inclusion of poultry broiler sector within the VAT flat-rate addition scheme; and if he will...
- Banking Sector
332. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify the level of engagement his Department has with the Bank of International Settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37381/25]
- Tax Data
333. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money raised through windfall tax receipts used for current expenditure between the years 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if...
- Tax Code
334. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the anomaly that exists in regard to inheritance tax in respect of childless couples (details supplied) and bring an end to this very...
- Tax Data
335. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies (details supplied) in Ireland have failed to file their annual return by two years or more, as of 3 July 2025, in tabular form; and if...
- Tax Reliefs
338. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider raising the price cap of the help-to-buy scheme given the continuing increases house price inflation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Budgets
340. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the infrastructure, climate and nature fund operated by his Department will have its indicative allocations announced as part of the...
- Departmental Advertising
341. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each...
- Departmental Expenditure
342. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's expenditure on media consultancy in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the consultancy firms involved; and the nature of...
- Public Procurement Contracts
343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the migration from the former eTenders platform (details supplied) to the current national eTenders system, to clarify...
- Departmental Expenditure
344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 not included in the published reports of purchase orders over...
- Public Sector Pay
345. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of increasing the Garda training allowance to €579.15 per week for 2026; and if he will make a statement on...
- Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta
346. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an bhféadfadh sé trácht a dhéanamh ar an athbhreithniú ar an bPlean Forbartha Náisiúnta atá ar...
- National Development Plan
348. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether an indicative allocation of the final tranche of money raised from AIB share sales will be made and announced as part of the NDP...
- National Parks
349. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the OPW's view on whether the Phoenix Park was returned to an 'as found' condition following recent concerts, as was promised to...
- Architectural Heritage
352. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he has been approached by the Minister for Transport to give Ministerial consent to the sale of the retail units in the General...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Legislative Process
354. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the timeline for the implementation of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025; if the...
- Legislative Programme
355. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of legislation for a referendum on Ireland’s membership of the European Unified Patent Court system; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
356. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming, and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years...
- Departmental Advertising
358. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his expenditure on advertising detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each...
- Departmental Expenditure
359. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the...
- Broadband Infrastructure
361. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives currently undertaken or planned by his Department and agencies under his remit to encourage more businesses to adapt...
- Business Supports
362. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a specific targeted provision for a scheme to support small businesses in providing baby changing facilities; and if...
- Departmental Expenditure
363. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders...
- Legislative Process
364. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the full enactment of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024,...
- Artificial Intelligence
365. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to improve AI literacy on a national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37376/25]
- Legislative Measures
366. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the protections that will be in place for family home bed and breakfasts as part of the short-term letting legislation currently...
- Business Supports
367. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the success of a business (details supplied), of the number of employees working in the facility and the number of...
- Legislative Process
368. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason section 22 of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 has not been commenced....
- Artificial Intelligence
370. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, given the eight competent authorities for the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act announced in March, he will set out the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of proposed changes to the school bus service for a school (details supplied); if she is aware that parents have been informed by...
- Departmental Expenditure
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years 2015 to 2025,...
- Departmental Advertising
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies and cost of each advertising...
- Departmental Expenditure
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the position or...
- Schools Building Projects
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of each capital project funded by her Department in each year since 2020, by county, including name of school, nature of the project,...
- Teaching Qualifications
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-introduce the route for people who undertook an early childhood care bachelor's degree to attend a postgraduate course in a...
- School Accommodation
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be allocated under the application for the new summer works scheme for a school (details supplied). [37083/25]
- Schools Building Projects
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the permanent extension of a school (details supplied); the reasons modular accommodation was not provided in September...
- Special Educational Needs
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on an announced sanctioned special class for a school (details supplied); to provide details on when the admissions process...
- School Facilities
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on her Department’s engagement with Fingal County Council regarding the temporary access of land for outdoor...
- Departmental Funding
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any engagement her Department has had with an organisation (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to its...
- Special Educational Needs
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on her Department’s efforts to provide summer provision for two families (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); the reason for any delays; the projected timeframe for the issuance of the letter of...
- Special Educational Needs
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current average processing time for schools’ applications to the NCSE for additional SNA supports following a formal diagnosis; the...
- Schools Building Projects
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the extension to a school (details supplied), which was approved in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37184/25]
- National Educational Psychological Service
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current average waiting time for a psychological assessment through NEPS in DEIS versus non-DEIS school; and if she will make a statement on...
- Home Schooling
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average processing time for the home tuition grant scheme applications for children without school placements; the number of applications...
- School Staff
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for a reduction in teacher allocation at a school (details supplied), how this will impact junior and senior infants at the school;...
- Departmental Expenditure
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of purchase orders processed by her Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over...
- Special Educational Needs
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs in rural parts of the country that have to travel outside their area to receive appropriate...
- School Transport
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the parameters of the independent assessment into the feasibility of the over-70s' exclusion from the school transport scheme will be...
- Departmental Schemes
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the teaching hours extension scheme, which currently applies to post-primary schools, to include primary schools...
- School Textbooks
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of families in Kilkenny and Carlow that currently avail of the free schoolbooks scheme; the annual cost of this; and if she will make...
- Teaching Qualifications
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has considered the introduction of a post-graduate qualification in primary school teaching at University College Galway;...
- Schools Building Projects
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the new Owenabue Educate Together primary school for Carrigaline, County Cork; the stage this project is currently at; and the...
- Health and Safety
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of updating the safety in school science guidelines. [37292/25]
- School Facilities
404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of bringing secondary school science labs up to date and modernised for the new senior cycle reforms. [37293/25]
- Special Educational Needs
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a child (details supplied) in need of SNA support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37305/25]
- Schools Building Projects
407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of additional schools and funding secured in the Department's capital plan for the Donabate area; and if she will make a...
- School Enrolments
408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who travelled to school outside the Donabate area and the schools attended for the 2024-2025 academic school year, in...
- School Meals Programme
409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify when the review of the template documents for new schools joining the hot school meals scheme in advance of procurement will be...
- Site Acquisitions
410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the acquisition of land and the plans to move a school (details supplied); if she will provide a map of the land in...
- Schools Building Projects
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the application for a new building for a school (details supplied; for an update on when a new school building will be...
- Special Educational Needs
412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is aware that an ASD class sanctioned in a school (details supplied) is still not open. [37369/25]
- School Staff
413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to add school caretakers to her Department's payroll; the timeline for the implementation of same; and if she will make a...
- School Transport
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can address a case where a child with a disability (details supplied) is experiencing difficulty accessing school transport;...
- School Staff
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37422/25]
- School Accommodation
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding repairs to a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on plans for a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37439/25]
- School Admissions
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been brought to the lack of availability of co-educational primary schools in Cork (details supplied); the actions her...
- Educational Disadvantage
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently review the DEIS categorisation thresholds and ensure that DEIS rural schools are no longer punished for geography rather than need...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37575/25]
- School Accommodation
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for emergency works relative to health and safety in the name of a school (details supplied) will be expedited and approved....
- Special Educational Needs
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 1 July 2025, if her attention has been drawn to the particular shortage of special classes for...
- Education and Training Provision
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37627/25]
- Schools Building Projects
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); if it will be ready to accept students in September 2025; and if she will...
- School Accommodation
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 25 June 2025, if the application for emergency works will be granted as a matter of urgency given...
- School Equipment
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing an allowance covering the cost of a device (details supplied) for each child in a school that teaches using such...
- School Accommodation
429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will be given for additional school accommodation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence with regard to school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37707/25]
- Special Educational Needs
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been denied an additional special needs assistant (SNA) by the NCSE following a recommendation made...
- School Staff
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37736/25]
- School Funding
434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing extra support for those learning Irish as an additional language. [37752/25]
- School Facilities
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of carrying out a review of all science labs in the country to ensure they are up to date and capable of performing well in exams. [37753/25]
- National Educational Psychological Service
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS psychologists employed and working in the system to date. [37754/25]
- School Facilities
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sensory rooms there in schools across the State; and the further number required to address demand. [37756/25]
- Educational Disadvantage
438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the DEIS plus programme from September 2025. [37757/25]
- Special Educational Needs
439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 1 July 2025, the way in which she can justify 22 early intervention classes in Cork and only two in...
- School Funding
440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a request for financial support from a newly amalgamated school (details supplied) where only one grant funding will be...
- Schools Building Projects
441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of opening a new Gaelcholáiste in Dublin. [37847/25]
- School Funding
442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a funding model will be provided to introduce talks from former gambling industry employees to secondary school students; as schools are...
- School Discipline
443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether TUSLA staff have been provided with a practice directive policy or internal guidance concerning the use of physical restraint in Irish...
- Schools Building Projects
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of all capital works on schools in Tipperary that exceeded €500,000, from 2020 to 1 July 2025, by year and school, in tabular...
- Special Educational Needs
445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support people learning Braille, Irish Sign Language and other ways of communication in schools; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Expenditure
452. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each...
- Broadband Infrastructure
453. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline if the conditions for copper switch-off have now been met for this process to begin; if not, when he expects...
- Departmental Advertising
455. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and...
- Departmental Expenditure
456. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide...
- Post Office Network
458. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he recognises that investing €15 million per annum for five years in the Post Office Network is vital in...
- Artists' Remuneration
463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total cost to the Exchequer related to the basic income for the arts scheme, broken down by year since it was...
- Departmental Expenditure
469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 not included in the published reports of purchase...
- Sports Facilities
470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the situation regarding an artificial playing surface development for a club (details supplied); when...
- Sports Organisations
471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that was allocated to the Camogie Association, LGFA and the GAA in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to...
- Sports Funding
472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether funding will be granted for those involved in sport not funded by national bodies (details supplied); and if he...
- Broadcasting Sector
473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding funding for the independent film & television sector in Ireland; the measures he will be...
- Media Sector
474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount expended in respect of the activities and mission of the local democracy reporting scheme since its...
- Broadcasting Sector
475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total, in square metres, of film and television studio space in Ireland; the measures being taken to increase that...
- Arts Funding
477. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the levels of support made available by his Department, the Arts Council or other agencies of the State for the...
- Broadband Infrastructure
478. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a status update on the roll-out of the high-speed broadband network under the national broadband plan; for a...
- Sports Funding
479. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding earmarked for the development of grassroots football academies and player development; and if he will make...
- Culture Ireland
481. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocated to Culture Ireland for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37472/25]
- Sports Funding
482. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocated to the Euro 2028 advance legacy fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37473/25]
- Commemorative Events
483. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for details and costings on a possible annual commemorations programme to replacement the decade of centenaries; and if...
- Post Office Network
484. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he recognises that investing €15 million per annum in the Post Office Network is not only good value for...
- Artists' Remuneration
488. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37711/25]
- Sports Funding
489. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reasons preventing organisations combining Leader and Sports Capital Programme on a single project, notwithstanding...
- Commemorative Events
490. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the date and location for the international day of famine commemoration in 2025 will be announced; and whether he...
- Departmental Strategies
491. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Counter Disinformation Oversight Group, as committed to in the National Counter Disinformation Strategy, will...
- Sports Facilities
494. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of proposals to use lands, previously identified for a centre of excellence for soccer, as a...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Regeneration Projects
495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the implementation of the Dublin city task force recommendations will oversee regeneration of flat complexes in the south...
- Departmental Expenditure
497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the...
- Planning Issues
499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on a review of planning regulations in relation to a new and separate exempted development threshold for...
- Departmental Expenditure
500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the...
- Housing Schemes
502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the croi cónaithe cities scheme, by a list of the schemes that have or are coming to market under this...
- Defective Building Materials
503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the considerable expense that homeowners have to incur to be admitted to the pyrite remediation scheme; if...
- Waterways Issues
504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the specific environmental and infrastructural factors that led to the River Tolka’s consideration as a...
- Vacant Properties
505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for an ‘above the shop’ living refurbishment grant by topping up the vacant and derelict refurbishment...
- Housing Schemes
506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the cost to the exchequer of the first home scheme (aka shared equity scheme) in each of the years since its...
- Departmental Schemes
507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the cost to the Exchequer of the croí cónaithe scheme in each of the years since its creation, in tabular...
- Housing Schemes
508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the cost to the Exchequer of the housing assistance payment in each of the years since its creation in 2014, in...
- Housing Provision
509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address long waiting times for allocation of social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Homeless Accommodation
510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to address record homelessness figures across Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase...
- Local Authorities
512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has ever conducted an analysis, audit, or review of local authority compliance with Circular Fin 07/2012...
- Land Issues
513. 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
514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new rural planning guidelines will be published for Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Schemes
516. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will significantly increase the mortgage allowance scheme for those vacating a social house with a view to purchasing a...
- Planning Issues
517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the taxpayer is funding An Bord Pleanála to assess the planning application for the now discontinued Sceirde...
- Homeless Accommodation
518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that rough sleepers, who are homeless people by definition, are not included in the "Monthly Homeless Report"...
- Local Authorities
519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have received clarity on the process for drafting of development plans given the potential changes to be...
- Waterways Issues
520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline, in light of concerns for individuals and businesses who use and operate on inland waterways, the progress made in...
- Grant Payments
521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any financial support is available for housing extensions where household income is over the financial threshold to qualify...
- Housing Policy
522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to revise the income eligibility limit for affordable cost rental in County Cork to match the household income limit...
- Legislative Programme
524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what his department doing to ensure that The Apartment and Duplex Remediation Bill 2004 comes before the Committee on Housing,...
- Planning Issues
525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views regarding the retail planning guidelines; if there is a timeline in place for the review of the guidelines; if he is...
- Local Authorities
526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for details on possible costs for each local authority to employ an archaeologist; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Infrastructure
527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the publication of the Electricity Storage Policy Framework for Ireland in July 2024, the engagement that has taken...
- Turf Cutting
528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to cessation of turf cutting scheme applicants whose scheme is due to end this year, if the scheme will be...
- Homeless Accommodation
529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans reduce homelessness each year from 2026 to 2030, to meet the Lisbon Declaration timeframe of working towards ending...
- Homeless Persons Supports
531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on the collaborative work he plans to undertake with his colleague, the Minister for Health, on issues around health...
- Departmental Funding
532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if capital assistance scheme funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Housing Policy
533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given the ongoing housing crisis and the need to support families in mortgage-to-rent schemes in meeting their financial and...
- Homeless Accommodation
534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown on age, nationality, employment status of those in emergency homeless accommodation in Ireland;...
- Fire Service
535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of retained female firefighters within the State, and the fire station they are stationed to, in tabular form; and...
- Housing Schemes
538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the position regarding local authorities that have fully committed their 2025 funding allocation for the...
- Local Authorities
540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed at each of the 31 local authorities at the end of 2024, in tabular form. [37835/25]
- Housing Schemes
541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the reasoning behind the decision, during the biannual review, to not increase the price ceiling in Cork for houses...
- Vacant Properties
542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the position in regard to the vacant and derelict property grant (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Local Authorities
543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 1 April 2025, the number of graduate planner posts and staff officer posts in the...
- Housing Schemes
547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the number of properties purchased under the tenant in situ scheme at a national level in 2025, by...
- Local Authorities
553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will identify the additional level of funding required by Galway City and County Council as a result of Storm...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Expenditure
555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the...
- Departmental Advertising
557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies and cost...
- Departmental Expenditure
558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training;...
- Social Welfare Rates
560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any plan to increase the rate of €289 maternity benefit, considering the rising cost of living,...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the status of a review for carer’s allowance for a person (details provided); and when it is...
- Departmental Expenditure
562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase...
- School Meals Programme
563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families in Kilkenny and Carlow currently availing of the free school meals scheme; the annual cost of this;...
- Social Insurance
564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37300/25]
- Departmental Contracts
565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has instructed the successful bidders for NAERSA’s investment management services, in the context of...
- Social Welfare Appeals
566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is expected a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal (details supplied). [37359/25]
- Social Welfare Schemes
568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received under the humanitarian assistance scheme for stages 1, 2 and 3 following Storm...
- Departmental Reports
569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 24 June 2025, if he will provide a timeline for the completion of the report on...
- Social Welfare Rates
570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing all core weekly social welfare payments by €1, in tabular form. [37454/25]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the income disregards by €1 for the one-parent family payment; and if he will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Rates
577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the domiciliary care allowance by €1. [37461/25]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any plans to include schoolteachers who are without a permanent contract or a contract of indefinite duration in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will conduct a review of the social protection supports available to widowed persons (details supplied); and if he will...
- State Pensions
580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the State pension being paid to a person (details supplied) ceased without notification; if the payment will be...
- Social Welfare Benefits
582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed people who have availed of carer's benefit since it was extended to the self-employed; if he can...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the fuel allowance to working family payment recipients; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Payments
585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the average processing time for applications under each payment scheme in his Department; and how this...
- Social Welfare Appeals
586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of live social welfare appeals which have been waiting for a decision for one year or longer; if he can provide a...
- Social Welfare Rates
588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the ESRI's proposal for a second tier of child benefit; his views on whether the ESRI's proposal could give rise...
- Child Poverty
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the child poverty rate according to the survey on income and living conditions for each year 2005 to 2025,...
- Pension Provisions
592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department or any body under its aegis has any estimate of the value of unclaimed private pension assets in Ireland;...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €20,000 cap for scholarship income for the purpose of claiming disability allowance, DA, will be revised in...
- Social Welfare Payments
594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an accommodation recognition payment overpayment to a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be reviewed given the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for sickness benefits in the name of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Schemes
596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of additional humanitarian assistance payments still awaiting review, decision, and payment; the number of...
- Social Welfare Appeals
597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal by an individual (details supplied) against a refusal of invalidity pension for a...
- Social Welfare Schemes
598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an early entry process for the back-to-work enterprise allowance scheme for those people who have completed the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the up-to-date position on a review of an application request under the carer's support grant for an individual (details...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Expenditure
602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the...
- Immigration Status
606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current immigration status of a person (details supplied); when their application for the spouse of Irish national visa...
- Departmental Data
607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Belarussian citizens currently resident in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37114/25]
- International Protection
608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any Belarussian citizens currently seeking international protection in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Inquiries
612. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the calls from some of the families who lost loved ones in the Omagh bombing on 15 August 1998 for an independent...
- Domestic Violence
613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current situation around infrastructure to combat domestic violence in the State, including by providing the current number...
- Victim Support Services
615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a victim access the victims support unit through probation services (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for approval of long-stay (D) student visa applications from India, Nigeria, Brazil and China, in...
- Anti-Racism Measures
621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the practical application envisioned by his Department for the recently adopted IHRA working definition of antisemitism; and if...
- Departmental Contracts
622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount the State has paid to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the past five years; the nature of the contract...
- Departmental Expenditure
623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase...
- Road Traffic Offences
624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters tests that have been completed in the Dublin metropolitan region, the number of seizures in this...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cameras installed across the Dublin metropolitan area; the share of whom are currently operational; and the...
- An Garda Síochána
626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Gardaí added to the force in County Carlow in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of...
- Departmental Properties
631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm whether a property (details supplied) has been purchased by his Department, or by any agent, body or contractor...
- Prison Service
633. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people in prison who were on waiting lists to access psychology services, as of June 2025, by days waiting list,...
- State Pathology Service
635. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his knowledge of the circumstances of the appointment of a person (details supplied); the recruitment process which was...
- Citizenship Applications
636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions his Department is taking to remedy delays in the processing of citizenship applications as of July 2025; and if he...
- Visa Applications
638. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide data on the processing times for Stamp 4 visa applications as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prison Service
639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his plans to improve capacity issues in the Irish prison service given The Irish Penal Reform Trust has identified...
- An Garda Síochána
640. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to recruit at least 5,000 new Garda recruits and additional Garda...
- Departmental Strategies
642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to publish a new Rural Safety Strategy, as of July 2025; and if he...
- Personal Injury Claims
643. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department wants to increase the personal injury guidelines by 16.7%; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Immigration Status
644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of any changes that have been made to the process for renewing registration permission; if he can provide any...
- An Garda Síochána
645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated annual cost of recruiting 500, 1,000 and 1,500 gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37438/25]
- Private Security Authority
646. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the anomaly in the Private Security Authority guidelines (details supplied); if consideration has been given...
- Cybersecurity Policy
647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for details on the running costs of the cyber security centre, including staff, and details of future funding required to...
- Departmental Funding
649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a detailed list of the supports available to a group in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Family Reunification
650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the application for reunification of persons (details supplied). [37597/25]
- An Garda Síochána
651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of candidates from the 2022/2023 recruitment campaign that are still waiting to be called for training in...
- Visa Applications
652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the status of visa applications for a sporting group (details supplied); the steps being taken by his...
- Fines Administration
653. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals issued fines for illegally parking in a disabled parking space from 2023 to date; the number of...
- Citizenship Applications
655. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a specific timeframe for when the backlog will be cleared and finished for the remaining old paper citizenship...
- Deportation Orders
656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if part of a hotel complex (details supplied) is now a holding and detention centre for those awaiting deportation; if a...
- An Garda Síochána
659. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of simple possession searches for drugs undertaken in each Garda division for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the...
- Citizenship Applications
660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 582 of 1 July 2025, if he will clarify that checks into an applicant’s background...
- Departmental Budgets
662. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a detailed breakdown of the revised budgetary allocations now falling under the remit of his Department following...
- Departmental Functions
665. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the oversight and accountability mechanisms his Department is putting in place to ensure transparent expenditure and effective...
- Family Reunification
666. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will communicate with a person (details supplied) in order that their passport be issued as soon as possible,...
- International Protection
667. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total spent by his Department on accommodation for international protection applicants in each of the past five years; the...
- Drug Dealing
670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the quantity, by weight and the economic street value, of cocaine seized by Gardaí in each of the past ten years, by...
- Asylum Applications
671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have claimed asylum in Ireland having arrived from Sweden in each of the past 10 years; if a...
- Citizenship Applications
672. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider counting time spent residing in Northern Ireland as equivalent to time spent living in the Republic of...
- Road Traffic Offences
673. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if fixed charge notices are currently being issued for the office of displaying illegal number plates; and if he will make a...
- Legislative Reviews
674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any plans to amend the Status of Children Act 1987 to allow for court-ordered DNA testing of individuals other than...
- Departmental Programmes
675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the immigrant investor programme; if it is open or closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- International Protection
677. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of households with status, including the number of children who are due to be transferred to alternative IPAS...
- An Garda Síochána
678. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual resource allocation to the Garda National Immigration Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37870/25]
- Airport Security
680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of passport checks conducted at Dublin Airport in 2022, 2023, 2024 and the first half of 2025; and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders
684. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will intervene to reverse the deportation of a man who is facing grave danger since his deportation to Nigeria (details...
- Immigration Status
685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case of an urgent stamp 4 renewal (details supplied) given the time sensitive nature of their application. [37928/25]
- International Protection
686. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to intervene to reverse the eviction of an individual resident (details supplied) at an IPAS centre. [37929/25]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare
687. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine who a person should contact regarding horses being held in poor conditions. [37709/25]
- Departmental Expenditure
688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years...
- Departmental Advertising
690. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies and cost of each...
- Departmental Expenditure
691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the...
- Invasive Species Policy
693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department will take with the large spread of ragwort, especially on the roadsides of Kerry, as this causes the spread...
- Horse Racing Industry
694. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Horse Sport Ireland will accept a late horse registration application from a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he...
- Animal Diseases
695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide comparative data between the number of cattle that fail the bovine TB skin test and the number of cattle subsequently...
- Agriculture Schemes
697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on TAMS grant payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37154/25]
- Departmental Expenditure
698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders...
- Animal Welfare
699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm receipt of a complaint from an person (details supplied) in Dublin mid-west regarding the neglect of an animal; to confirm...
- Agriculture Supports
700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is implementing to enhance financial supports for small farmers with annual incomes below €20,000; and if he...
- Forestry Sector
701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the 2023 review of ash dieback, the progress that has been made in implementing the recommendations to support affected...
- Agriculture Industry
702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline, with respect to the Nature Restoration Law, the assurances he can provide that Irish farmers will not face mandatory...
- Agriculture Schemes
703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in establishing a verifiable framework for farmers to trade carbon credits; the way in which his...
- Flood Relief Schemes
705. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific supports or emergency flood relief schemes available to farmers affected by flooding events not caused by their actions;...
- Agriculture Supports
706. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the payment supports available to small suckler farmers who are not in receipt of any agricultural payments or supports; and if he...
- Agriculture Schemes
708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to examine a mechanism to engage with stakeholders on the design of national...
- Agriculture Supports
709. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to review the eligibility criteria for the succession planning advice grant...
- Agriculture Industry
710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the programme for Government commitments to ensure sufficient employment permits to support the agrifood sector,...
- Trade Agreements
712. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update as of July 2025 on his ongoing engagement with other EU ministers in the same portfolio regarding Ireland’s...
- Agriculture Supports
713. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update as of July 2025 in respect to the programme for Government commitment to place a specific focus on farmer mental health...
- Food Industry
714. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update as of July 2025 on the Programme for Government commitment to update and introduce a new food strategy to succeed Food...
- Animal Welfare
715. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans for an action plan to succeed the Animal Welfare Strategy 2021-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37659/25]
- Statutory Instruments
717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 762 of 8 April 2025, if the Statutory Instrument mentioned in his response, to allow sharing of...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Departmental Functions
718. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how the transfer of integration and immigration functions to her Department has impacted the residual budget allocations and...
- Parental Leave
719. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is giving consideration to extending the length and scope of parental leave; if she will respond to matters raised in a...
- Disabilities Assessments
720. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will respond to matters raised in a correspondence (details supplied) from the family of a child in Dublin 17 awaiting an...
- Departmental Expenditure
721. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years...
- Departmental Advertising
723. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her expenditure on advertising detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each...
- Departmental Expenditure
724. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department's expenditure on media consultancy in each of the years 2015 to 2025; and the consultancy firms involved; and the...
- Disability Services
725. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the case of a person will be examined (details supplied); if they can remain with the same service provider; and if she will make...
- Disabilities Assessments
726. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time in each health region for the completion of the preliminary team assessment under the standard opening...
- Departmental Expenditure
727. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of purchase orders processed by her Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders...
- Childcare Services
728. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the qualifying thresholds for the NCS scheme, given that families earning just over €60,000 are entitled...
- Disability Services
729. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of respite services in County Meath available for adults aged 18, with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities; and...
- Departmental Data
730. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 28 May 2025, the number of people currently in prison that have previously been in...
- Disability Services
731. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that some people using disability day services are being charged daily transport fees; and if she will make a...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
734. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are plans to expand the access and inclusion model to include children attending afterschool provision; and if she will...
- Childcare Services
735. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on actions already taken or commenced to improve the critical accessibility issue as set out in the programme for...
- Disability Services
736. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently provide respite services at schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37553/25]
- Departmental Funding
738. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional supports available for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37560/25]
- Mother and Baby Homes
739. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which a person can recoup from the State the charge levied on families to release a family member from country homes and...
- Childcare Services
740. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding creches not participating in the core funding scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of...
- Disability Services
741. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide information on access to full-time residential care for a person (details supplied); if she will provide details...
- Childcare Services
742. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the childcare provider case (details supplied); if access and inclusion model funding can be backdated and clarity given...
- Parking Provision
743. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department intends on strengthening the rules and regulations around illegal parking in disabled parking spaces during the...
- Disability Services
745. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a new healthcare facility will be established to replace outdated and unsuitable accommodation (details supplied); and if she...
- EU Directives
746. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 900 of 5 November 2024, if she will set out work carried out by her Department to transpose EU...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
747. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the amount of money allocated for pay for early years educators as part of core funding annually since its inception, and...
- Nursing Homes
752. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are any plans to expand funding streams for activities for adults in nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Health
- Health Service Executive
753. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of administrative staff and senior managerial staff in the HSE in 2005, 2015 and 2025, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
754. To ask the Minister for Health her Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular...
- Hospital Inspections
758. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the latest HSA audit of CUH. [37092/25]
- Healthcare Policy
759. To ask the Minister for Health if adults currently excluded from reimbursement of spinal muscular atrophy treatments can be considered for access under the HSE’s individual patient...
- Health Services Staff
760. To ask the Minister for Health when the approval to backfill recruit two WTE senior speech and language therapists will be given to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14 in order that the...
- Emergency Departments
761. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of specific care and treatment areas for patients who arrive emergency department in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda,...
- Health Strategies
763. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new rare disease strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37134/25]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
764. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the application of a CGM sensor for a person (details provided); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37142/25]
- Disease Management
765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have had cardiovascular disease screening carried out on them as part of the opportunistic case finding and chronic disease...
- Mental Health Commission
766. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the findings of the Mental Health Commission in regard to CUH; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37144/25]
- Healthcare Policy
767. To ask the Minister for Health if the treatment abroad scheme can be used in the case of a person (details supplied). [37165/25]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
768. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that all LGBTQ+ families are provided with legal recognition where the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 is currently failing...
- Social Welfare Benefits
769. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision in relation to an application for blind welfare allowance, awaited since November 2024; and if she...
- Disability Services
770. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 663 of 14 May 2024, has the position of CHO DNCC changed regarding plans to develop phlebotomy, x-ray or diagnostic...
- Medical Records
771. To ask the Minister for Health if she will take action to ensure relatives of deceased residents of private nursing homes have access to the medical records of their loved ones; and if she...
- Hospital Appointments Status
772. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37197/25]
- Health Services
773. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a child (details supplied) seeking support from the treatment abroad scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Vaccination Programme
774. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to make the shingles vaccine free for older people; if she will consider this as a measure to help older people with the cost; and if she...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
775. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date situation regarding clarifying a site for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37213/25]
- Hospital Equipment
777. To ask the Minister for Health the actions her Department is undertaking to deliver a positron emission tomography and new CT scanners to Galway University Hospital; and if she will make a...
- Health Service Executive
778. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE only began publishing purchase order data for payments over €100,000 on its website from quarter 4 of 2021 onwards (details...
- Departmental Expenditure
779. To ask the Minister for Health the number of purchase orders processed by her Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over €20,000; the...
- Health Strategies
780. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to adequately resource the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine to position Ireland as an international leader in...
- Health Services
781. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider providing sustainable funding for national physiotherapy services for people with multiple sclerosis and other neurological conditions...
- Health Services Staff
782. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes to recruit non-clinical staff off a panel in the HSE; and the length of time the recruitment of technical service officers...
- Primary Care Centres
783. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date progress report on the new primary care centre in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37269/25]
- General Practitioner Services
784. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, per county, of number of GPs (or WTE) there are for the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; in tabular form; and if she...
- Primary Care Centres
785. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has completed the assessments of tenders for the development of a primary care centre at An Spidéal, County Galway; if it has selected a...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
788. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the issue with regard to the lack of funding between the HSE and a charity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37315/25]
- Hospital Staff
789. To ask the Minister for Health if permanent contracts of employment will be offered to all radiography and radiation therapy graduates this year; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Abortion Services
790. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the recent legislation in the UK which has effectively legalised abortion for the full nine months of pregnancy; whether her Department has...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
791. To ask the Minister for Health when section 232 of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37326/25]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
792. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm that the co-location of standalone maternity hospitals with adult acute hospitals will remain Government policy into the future; and if she...
- Health Services
794. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm previous statements by Ministers for Health that any decisions about reconfiguration of health services in the mid-west will be underpinned...
- Ambulance Service
795. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed breakdown of ambulance handover times for each emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37336/25]
- Health Services Staff
796. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of total WTEs for all grade codes from 2020 – 2025; and to provide the activity analysis for the same period by HSE Region, in tabular...
- Emergency Departments
797. To ask the Minister for Health if safe staffing levels exist in each emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37338/25]
- Hospital Services
798. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to deliver the required acute hospital capacity as determined by the ESRI acute demand projections for each hospital in Ireland;...
- Misuse of Drugs
799. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the programme for Government commitment to move to a health-led approach to drug addiction and to divert those found in possession of drugs...
- Hospital Appointments Status
800. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) and expedite an appointment for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37363/25]
- Medicinal Products
801. To ask the Minister for Health to consider expanding the free HRT scheme to include those treatments that are not covered under the drug payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Services
802. To ask the Minister for Health if alternative public treatment options are available for a child (details supplied). [37379/25]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
803. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on when the HSE will make omnipod insulin pumps available to patients in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37380/25]
- Departmental Correspondence
804. To ask the Minister for Health to reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37382/25]
- Mental Health Services
805. To ask the Minister for Health if a subsidy is available for children directed to the care of a psychotherapist after six weeks (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Dental Services
806. 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. [37399/25]
- Laboratory Facilities
807. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of outsourcing routine blood samples from Letterkenny University Hospital to private laboratories for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in...
- Patient Transport
808. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on private taxis by Letterkenny University Hospital for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in tabular form. [37412/25]
- Disease Management
809. To ask the Minister for Health if she will host a rare disease conference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37420/25]
- Medicinal Products
810. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE plans to complete a full health technology assessment in relation to EYLEA (aflibercept) given this was recommended by an NCPE Rapid Review...
- Nursing Homes
811. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently expedite a case (details supplied) and allow for a long-term nursing home bed in St. Columbanus Home, Killarney, County Kerry, as this is a most...
- Hospital Appointments Status
812. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure will be expedited (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37425/25]
- Departmental Correspondence
813. To ask the Minister for Health if she will give detailed consideration to correspondence received from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Status
814. To ask the Minister for Health if a case will be reviewed and hip surgery expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37431/25]
- Hospital Facilities
815. To ask the Minister for Health further to a response by the HSE to Parliamentary Question REPDR 25/01974, if a wider issue (details supplied) will also be rectified; and if she will make a...
- Primary Care Centres
816. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a new site for a primary care centre Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon; to outline the next steps for the process; and if she will make a...
- Medicinal Products
817. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the drug "ryeqo" to treat endometriosis; if she will be willing to consider adding it to the list of reimbursable items for medical card...
- Primary Care Centres
819. To ask the Minister for Health for a status update on the planned primary care centre for Portumna; the steps being taken to expedite this; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
820. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for the St. Brigid's Psychiatric Hospital site in Ballinasloe, County Galway. [37465/25]
- Ambulance Service
821. To ask the Minister for Health to detail all requests for additional staffing for the National Ambulance Service since January 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37478/25]
- Vaccination Programme
822. To ask the Minister for Health whether the commitment in the new National Sexual Health Strategy 2025-2035 to expand access to existing vaccination programmes in "private settings" includes...
- Civil Registration Service
824. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that must be taken, and documentary evidence that must be provided, by a couple giving notification to marry to the civil registration services,...
- Mental Health Services
825. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recent meeting with HSE regional health areas-regional executive officers and teams within mental health services for Louth, Meath...
- Eating Disorders
830. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which commitments within Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone Implementation Plan 2025 - to enhance supports provided in ED are...
- Mental Health Services
831. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans or if proposals are being actively considered for the provision of a crisis resolution teams in the County Louth area, similar to the pilot crisis...
- Primary Care Services
832. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans or if proposals are being actively considered for the development of a community access support team in the County Louth area, similar to that...
- Mental Health Services
833. To ask the Minister for Health the schemes that exist for recognising the progress made by communities in relation to recovery from addiction, mental health difficulties and related issues;...
- Medicinal Products
834. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being made to make Selumetinib available for children. [37501/25]
- Nursing Homes
835. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to expand funding streams for activities for adults in nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37502/25]
- Health Services
836. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the purpose and current status of a systematic review on the outcomes of interventions for gender dysphoria in adults, which National Gender Service...
- Mental Health Services
837. To ask the Minister for Health if the vacant post for area lead for mental health engagement at Drogheda Department Of Psychiatry identified by the MHC inspection report published on 16 06...
- Health Service Executive
843. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that she has received a copy of the HSE's nationwide review of insourcing and outsourcing arrangements; if she has considered its contents; if she...
- Hospital Staff
844. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE cardiology registrars based at Saint James's Hospital, Beaumont Hospital and the Mater Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Planning Issues
845. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the following details with respect to the HSE and four planning appeals submitted to An Bord Pleanála (details supplied) if the HSE...
- Medicinal Products
846. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will instruct their Department to make oral immunotherapy as well as...
- Middle East
847. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the medical evacuation programme from Gaza; how she envisions the programme continuing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37594/25]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
848. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if the Government plans to expand access to medicinal cannabis for a larger scope of illnesses...
- Mental Health Services
849. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the €93 million being spent annually on outsourcing mental health care, including the types of services and providers...
- Hospital Equipment
853. To ask the Minister for Health if the linear accelerator and CT scanner in CUH which had been closed in recent times, remain closed as of 2 July 2025; when it is anticipated it will be in...
- Abortion Services
854. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that exist to ensure that healthcare professionals who do not wish to participate in abortions can exercise freedom of conscience in this...
- Hospital Services
856. To ask the Minister for Health if the opening hours at the medical assessment unit in Ennis Hospital are to be revised (details supplied); if so, the rational for same; and if she will make...
- Health Services
857. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the lack of access to manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) therapy for lymphedema patients across County Roscommon, where no physiotherapists...
- Misuse of Drugs
859. To ask the Minister for Health if the semi-synthetic cannabinoid hexahydrocannabinol (HHC), commonly found in vape products, will be included under schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs...
- Food Safety
860. To ask the Minister for Health if she is concerned by the absence of public guidance from the FSAI regarding the impact of UK folic acid flour fortification from October 2025, despite this...
- Departmental Correspondence
863. To ask the Minister for Health to reply to attached correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37728/25]
- Hospital Facilities
864. To ask the Minister for Health if, following a query (details supplied), a wider issue will also be rectified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37732/25]
- International Protection
865. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health supports available to children and adults in IPAS accommodation; if specialist services for trauma and, more generally, services that can...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
866. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the mini-TT 380 copper coil is not included in the free contraceptive scheme; if this coil has not been included as a reimbursable items due to a...
- Health Service Executive
867. To ask the Minister for Health the levels of expenditure that the HSE sanctions without sign-off from the HSE senior leadership team, with sign-off from the HSE senior leadership team, and...
- Clinical Trials
868. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the interim recommendations she received from the National Clinical Trials Oversight Group; and if she will make a...
- Healthcare Policy
873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals currently living with migraine; if she is aware of the WIFOR European study on the socioeconomic burden of migraine, which shows a...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
874. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the patient survey report launched by the Neurological Alliance of Ireland in June 20255, which shows significant regional differences in...
- Cancer Services
876. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts currently being made to improve the prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and quality of life for those affected by advanced ovarian cancer; and...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
877. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are currently no seizure detection devices (details supplied) eligible for funding under the local community healthcare organisation's...
- Health Services Staff
878. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of agency staff employed by the HSE for each of the past three years, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Dental Services
879. To ask the Minister for Health the actions her Department is undertaking to offer timely appointments to the 10,542 children awaiting dental screenings in CHO9; and if she will make a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
880. To ask the Minister for Health if the Dexcom One continuous glucose monitor is available on the drugs payment card scheme for individuals who do not qualify to access the continuous glucose...
- Vaccination Programme
881. To ask the Minister for Health the lessons that have been learned to date from the Laura Brennan HPV vaccination catch-up programme to inform its future development; whether there are any...
- Disability Diagnoses
883. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will recognise obsessive compulsive disorder as a disability rather than a mental health condition. [37830/25]
- Hospital Staff
884. To ask the Minister for Health if a healthcare professional (details supplied) could be trained in a hospital for breast cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Status
885. To ask the Minister for Health the expected waiting time for a hip replacement and for further information to be supplied to a patient (details supplied) and this Deputy. [37836/25]
- General Practitioner Services
887. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some GP surgeries are implementing charges on medical card holders for various tests such as blood tests, urine sample testing and changing of...
- Hospital Facilities
888. To ask the Minister for Health in which month the new 96-bed block in UHL will be open to patients. [37878/25]
- Medicinal Products
889. To ask the Minister for Health if Veoza, aimed at women who are not suitable for HRT, will be covered under the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37881/25]
- Health Services
890. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) will be funded by the HSE to eliminate the cost barrier of exercise for older people; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Meetings
891. To ask the Minister for Health if she will meet a group representing parents (details supplied) affected by the hip dysplasia scandal at Children’s Health Ireland; if she will issue a...
- Medical Cards
892. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people covered by medical cards in each year 2011 to 2025, in tabular form. [37931/25]
- Departmental Properties
894. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure the use of the Crumlin Hospital site for key worker housing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37934/25]
- Hospital Equipment
895. To ask the Minister for Health the details of equipment and machinery, such as CT and MRI scanners and linear accelerator machines, which have reached their end of life, across each...
- Hospital Services
897. To ask the Minister for Health the extent and cost of radiation therapy outsourcing to private providers, by hospital, in tabular form; and the details of total payments to private providers...
- Disability Services
898. To ask the Minister for Health the measures the Government is taking to address the unacceptable delays in accessing public psychological and speech and language therapy services for...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Schemes
928. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by his Department each year from 2020 to 2025 inclusive on the provision of personal alarms under the senior...
- Departmental Expenditure
929. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming, and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the...
- Departmental Advertising
931. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his expenditure on advertising detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of...
- Departmental Expenditure
932. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and...
- Community Care
935. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any financial supports for communities where they provide services and activities for older people in community...
- Departmental Funding
936. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to an organisation in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37561/25]
- Community Development Projects
939. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to financially support community cafes across the country. [37877/25]
- Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta
940. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh costas Ionad Pobail Mhaigh Chuilinn i gContae na Gaillimhe cuimsithe sa Phlean Forbartha Náisiúnta nua; agus...