Written answers
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of the ongoing retention of a person (details supplied); the actions he will take to encourage the...
- Foreign Birth Registration
2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of foreign birth register applications that have been made from persons residing in the USA in the past five years, including this...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
3. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the concerns of the liquid fuel home heating sector that the obligation rates planned for the forthcoming...
- Department of Defence
- Diplomatic Representation
4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 25 June 2025, if he will provide further details, specifically, to name the range of stakeholders...
- EU Bodies
6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to potential overreach and undermining of the sovereignty of EU Member States by the European Commission under...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Transport Costs
7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is he has considered the need to include commercial operators in the planned expansion of free travel or children under nine years old...
- Rail Network
11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to extend the 22.25 train from Galway to Athlone, which currently only operates Monday to Friday to...
- Regional Airports
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will provide funding for the runway extension at Waterford Airport; if he will report on a recent engagement with the local...
- Road Projects
13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has sought or received any further information on N24 or N25 upgrade projects; when he will sanction funding to advance these...
- Bus Services
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if bus services after midnight will be expanded into north Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38168/25]
- Department of Finance
- Central Bank of Ireland
15. To ask the Minister for Finance if he accepts that Article 127 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union requires the Central Bank of Ireland to act with a view to contributing...
- Tax Code
16. To ask the Minister for Finance to support the hospitality sector by reintroducing the 9% VAT rate as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/25]
- Tax Reliefs
17. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in light of the estimate of the €200 million cost of extending the current employer tax relief to the auto-enrolment cohort contained in the 2022...
- Tax Credits
18. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the eligibility criteria for the home carer tax credit to extend entitlement to single individuals and non-jointly assessed carers...
- National Asset Management Agency
19. To ask the Minister for Finance if a property (details supplied) remains in the control of NAMA; if this is no longer the case, to whom the property has been sold; and if he will make a...
- Revenue Commissioners
20. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide data for the first six months of the year outlining the number of cigarette and tobacco seizures carried out by the Revenue Commissioners; to...
- Tax Code
21. To ask the Minister for Finance whether a recalibration of the capital gains tax regime will be introduced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38244/25]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to investigate the delay in the signing of a lease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38015/25]
- Public Sector Pensions
23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Garda pension fund has current and previous investments in IPAS centres. [38021/25]
- Local Government Reform
24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to bring forward legislative reform to strengthen the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Standards in Public...
- Flood Risk Management
25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a standard flood barrier height being delivered under the Midleton and east Cork individual property protection (IPP) scheme;...
- Office of Public Works
26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Chief State Solicitor’s Office or Kildare County Council provided the OPW with confirmation that they could continue to...
- National Parks
28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether he would advance the concept of an enclosed off-leash area for dogs in the Phoenix Park, close to the Ashtown Gate or the Hole in...
- Heritage Sites
29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the plans to roof the exposed part of Donegal Town Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38317/25]
- Departmental Expenditure
31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Supports
32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 448 of 10 June 2025, the position regarding the review of errors made under the increased cost...
- Job Losses
35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule including the total number of notifications of proposed collective redundancies forms (Form CRN1) his...
- Job Creation
36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of the total number of jobs announcements he and his Department have issued to the press; the job...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Policy
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently address an important issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37951/25]
- School Staff
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to correspondence received by a teacher (details supplied), if she will clarify the position relating to the provision of incremental...
- Special Educational Needs
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SNA allocation for moderate general learning disability classes could be reviewed in order that the allocation is on par with ASD classes,...
- Mental Health Policy
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department accepts that the lack of dedicated spaces for young people is contributing to poor mental health outcomes and loneliness, given...
- Youth Services
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider a pilot programme to fund the development and operation of State run one-stop-shop youth spaces in partnership...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently address concerns (details supplied) and ensure that multi-grade classroom teacher pupil ratio will be given favourable consideration;...
- Special Educational Needs
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for additional special needs assistants submitted to her Department; and the number of these applications approved and...
- Schools Building Projects
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, and the reason why, a large number of trees were removed from their location by contractors, despite not being part of the site for a building...
- School Staff
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to reform how teaching posts are allocated to schools; if she recognises that a system based on the previous...
- Special Educational Needs
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) with a diagnosis of autism and a clear recommendation for one-on-one SNA support in a mainstream class has...
- School Textbooks
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38125/25]
- Special Educational Needs
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to ensure approval and that resources are allocated to allow the opening of an ASD unit at a school (details supplied)....
- Teacher Training
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the Teaching Council’s work to make it mandatory for all student teachers to undertake one mandatory school placement in a...
- School Enrolments
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 3 July 2025, the number of students enrolled in the school each September from 2015-2024; the number...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 1 July 2025, if she will review the current staffing appeals process to provide a mechanism for...
- Special Educational Needs
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will overturn the planned freeze on SNA allocations for schools due to the increasing need for such staff and the vital role they play in...
- Schools Building Projects
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a new school building project (details supplied); if tenders have been assessed and awarded; if so, to whom; and if she will make...
- School Accommodation
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the additional school accommodation scheme in respect of a school (details supplied); if steps will be taken to expedite this...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Meetings
70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with a campaign group (details supplied) with regard to the ongoing independent review of the...
- Broadband Infrastructure
71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to complete installing high-speed fibre broadband to 1.1...
- Sports Facilities
72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to explore new mechanisms for the creation of football...
- Sports Organisations
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to work with three organisations (details supplied) and all...
- Sports Funding
75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to expand support for para-sports and special needs programmes...
- Swimming Pools
76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to implement the New National Swimming Strategy by investing in...
- Sports Organisations
77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to work with all sporting organisations to promote a...
- Broadband Infrastructure
78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to include a property (details supplied) in the intervention (amber) area for fibre broadband; when this property will...
- Departmental Legal Cases
80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update from the Chief State Solicitor's Office on a matter (details supplied). [37991/25]
- Arts Council
81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, in light of his contribution to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Culture, Communications and Sport on...
- Departmental Bodies
82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has been in contact with the Department of Finance and the Department of Social Protection around the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wildlife Conservation
84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is concerned about the scarcity of hares in the area of Roseberry, County Kildare, as highlighted in the attached...
- Local Authorities
85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of apprenticeships commenced through local authorities for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make...
- National Archives
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, given that his Department previously advised that it was unable to locate the policy files for S.I. No. 254/1986 - European...
- Rental Sector
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of rent arrears (rent owed by housing tenants) in each local authority across the country, in tabular form;...
- Housing Provision
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any grant or funding opportunities through his Department towards the purchase of a mobile home where a family...
- Local Authorities
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will urgently provide additional funding to Westmeath County Council in relation to housing aid for the elderly and...
- Regeneration Projects
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason he proposed to delete the specific words recognising “the sacrifice of the men and women of 1916, who fought...
- Wastewater Treatment
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the eligible areas under the domestic wastewater treatment systems grant scheme; if he has any plans to extend those...
- Water Services
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the multi-annual water programme 2024–2026 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38046/25]
- Rental Sector
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he will legislate to ensure that there is an obligation on landlords and letting agents to inform tenants of any...
- Departmental Expenditure
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training;...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) for domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline his plans to increase further the income disregards for the carer’s allowance and ultimately abolish the...
- Social Isolation
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020–2025. [38451/25]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that have attested from the Garda College from 2020 to 1 July 2025, and the station they were...
- Crime Prevention
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the educational or awareness initiatives currently in place to inform young people of the consequences of knife crime for both...
- Victim Support Services
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the victim support at court, or V-SAC service, which is funded and supported by his Department; the plans...
- Probate Applications
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to delays in the probate process (details supplied); the actions he will take to expedite this...
- Airport Security
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an individual coming to this country from Israel will be stopped from entering if they have previously served in the Israeli...
- Joint Policing Committees
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commit to ensure Garda presence at future Joint Policing Committee meetings; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Immigration Status
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can remain in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38229/25]
- Departmental Expenditure
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department publishes details of purchase orders over €20,000 in value on an annual basis, when the...
- International Protection
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans provide international protection accommodation at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Control of Dogs
117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the salaries of all dog wardens, per county, to include starting salary, increments and top rate of...
- Education and Training Provision
123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 922 of 13 May 2025, if he will request a formal update from Teagasc and report on three issues...
- Animal Welfare
124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider appointing a national animal welfare director; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38000/25]
- Agriculture Supports
125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the commission on generational renewal in farming will be introducing an early retirement scheme; if this will be included in...
- Veterinary Services
127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements currently in place for the procurement and delivery of veterinary services at dog shelters; if he will detail any...
- Control of Dogs
128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has plans to review the effectiveness of the new regulations introduced in respect of XL Bully dogs; if he is satisfied that...
- Animal Welfare
129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal welfare offences committed, per county, in each of the various categories of offences, for the years 2022, 2023,...
- Animal Breeding
130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all dog breeding establishments, per county and per category of establishment, for the years 2022, 2023,...
- Animal Sales
131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dogs exported from Ireland in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Control of Dogs
132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dog attacks, per county, and the number and nature of the offences, for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025,...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Assisted Decision-Making
133. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a decision-making representation order is required for a relative of a person in residential services to request a second opinion...
- Disabilities Assessments
134. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in light of the ongoing delays in the provision of assessments of need and therapeutic supports, and the well-documented crisis in...
- Disability Services
135. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will outline the measures being taken to address the inconsistency and disruption in therapy services experienced by young...
- Childcare Services
136. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 2 July 2025, if she is aware of concerns from childcare providers about how complex and...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
139. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the provisions being put in place for a child (details supplied) and other children with special needs who have lost access to...
- Gender Equality
140. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the expected timeline for the transposition for the EU Pay Transparency Directive, indicating in any assistance that will...
- Child Protection
141. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the UNCRC Second Optional Protocol will be ratified before the summer recess (details supplied); and if he will provide an...
- Disabilities Assessments
142. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need conducted in each local health area or community healthcare network in 2023 and 2024 and to date...
- Disability Services
144. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for initial contact for each children’s disability network team at the end of June in...
- Disabilities Assessments
146. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total spend on insourcing and outsourcing of assessments of need in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38133/25]
- Disability Services
147. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total spend on insourcing and outsourcing of disability services, by service type, in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in...
- Disabilities Assessments
148. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of assessments of need completed within timelines as provided for in regulations in each quarter for each...
- Disability Services
149. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of people with a disability who are in receipt of less than their full allocation of home support at the...
- Childcare Services
152. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address concerns raised about childcare provision in Kilcullen (details supplied); the plans her Department has for...
- Departmental Expenditure
153. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Services
154. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date and timeline for implementing the recommendations of the review of radiation therapy, in tabular form. [37942/25]
- Hospital Equipment
155. To ask the Minister for Health the unit cost per fraction of treatment utilising a linear accelerator in the public system. [37943/25]
- Hospital Staff
159. To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiation therapists which are on panels awaiting a job offer, in tabular form. [37947/25]
- Hospital Equipment
160. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will fund a PET scanner for Letterkenny; and whether there is any service agreement with Altnagelvin Hospital for such services to avoid...
- Legislative Measures
161. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to future proof nicotine product legislation and regulation in forthcoming legislation on such products to ensure that amendment bills...
- Departmental Reports
162. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all reports, reviews, and other publications containing policy measures or recommendations which were published by the Minister for Health...
- Hospital Services
163. To ask the Minister for Health the level of Saturday activity occurring due to insourcing arrangements across each specialty for each statutory and section 38 hospital, by health region, in...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
165. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will conduct a retrospective audit to discern the level of harm which has occurred due to vaginal mesh implants before considering the lifting of...
- Primary Care Services
172. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the current situation with the ophthalmology services at Longford Clinic; if there is a doctor attending this clinic each...
- General Practitioner Services
174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional GPs, per county, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37982/25]
- Medicinal Products
175. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing the dosage threshold for the treatment of type ii diabetes mellitus (details supplied) to 2 mg, bringing Ireland in line with...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
176. To ask the Minister for Health when a start date for the new 40-bed community nursing unit project for Clifden will be announced; the reason for the delay in announcing this project given...
- Primary Care Centres
177. To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the development of the primary care centre on Cleveragh Road, Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37997/25]
- Addiction Treatment Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug-related intimidation and violence engagement leads per local drug and alcohol taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Mortality Rates
179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of excess deaths in Ireland for each of the past five years. [38010/25]
- Healthcare Policy
180. To ask the Minister for Health to request advice from the HSE on a matter (details supplied); if alternative pain management injection administration approaches and related issues will be...
- Vaccination Programme
181. To ask the Minister for Health if the shingles vaccination will be included in the national immunisation programme, similar to Northern Ireland and throughout the UK (details supplied); and...
- Hospital Services
182. To ask the Minister for Health the number and details of international clinical quality registries, quality improvement registries, or quality assessment registries, or any other similar...
- Energy Usage
185. To ask the Minister for Health the energy consumption of each statutory and section 38 acute hospital for each year in the period 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; the display energy...
- Primary Medical Certificates
186. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to ensure people with cerebral palsy can adapt their cars to continue living independent lives; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Emergency Departments
188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations and admissions in the first six months of each year from 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form; and of...
- Emergency Services
190. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to within 19 minutes in the first six months of each year from 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular...
- Cancer Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of symptomatic breast cancer attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 whose referrals were triaged as urgent and which did not adhere...
- Hospital Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health whether and how the health service is measuring and comparing productivity of consultants during core activity hours in comparison to insourcing clinics; and...
- Hospital Investigations
199. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is her view as a matter of standard policy and governance that where a concern arises regarding a potential misuse of funds, that such a matter...
- Medicinal Products
200. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medication (details supplied) is administered in Letterkenny Hospital rather than in a community setting where its efficacy has been demonstrated...
- Hospital Staff
201. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staffing by each statutory and section 38 hospital in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the total figure...
- Departmental Expenditure
205. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on management consultancy and external professional services in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the...
- State Claims Agency
206. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation against the HSE and her Department in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, including awards made...
- Mental Health Services
207. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of accepted referrals and re-referrals offered an appointment and seen within 12 weeks by general adult community mental health teams...
- Vaccination Programme
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of children aged 24 months who received the MMR vaccine at year end 2023, 2024, and at the end of June 2025, in tabular form. [38148/25]
- Departmental Correspondence
212. To ask the Minister for Health if she will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38161/25]
- Mental Health Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists by community healthcare network and length of wait at the end of quarter 2 of each year from 2023 to 2025, in...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter 2 of 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38172/25]
- Dental Services
215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of quarter 2 for each year from 2023 to 2025 by local health office in tabular form;...
- Medicinal Products
218. To ask the Minister for Health whether she has been made aware of the current shortage in Ireland of a number of pain relief medications (details supplied); if she can outline the role the...
- Emergency Departments
219. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive,...
- Hospital Procedures
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each quarter of each year 2022-2025, inclusive by hospital group and...
- Hospital Transfers
221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for the first six months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive, at each location, in tabular form; the number of delayed...
- Hospital Admissions
222. To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive, in tabular...
- Hospital Overcrowding
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days on which full capacity protocols were active for each statutory and section 38 hospital for the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025,...
- Patient Safety
224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [38185/25]
- Health Services Staff
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [38186/25]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025,...
- Home Care Packages
228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive in tabular form, including...
- European Union
230. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of any changes to medical evacuation requests as provided for by the Union Civil Protection Mechanism; if there are any attempts to expand or...
- Patient Safety
231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extreme and major incidents reported to the national quality and patient safety directorate in the first six months of each year 2023-2025, by...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
232. To ask the Minister for Health the weighted average wait time for a person’s first access to outpatient departments at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38194/25]
- Hospital Acquired Infections
235. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of new cases of hospital acquired infections, by infection type by location, at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38197/25]
- Patient Safety
236. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of medication incidents as reported to the national incident management system per 1,000 beds, by location, at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular...
- Health Services
240. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who were not seen by a forensic clinical examiner within three hours of a request to a sexual assault treatment unit for...
- Hospital Transfers
241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost due to delayed transfer of care for each location for the year to the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38208/25]
- Vaccination Programme
242. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of children aged 24 months who received the complete course of six-in-one vaccine at year-end 2023, 2024, and at the end of June...
- Cancer Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of women in the eligible population who have had a complete mammogram at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38210/25]
- Primary Care Services
246. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of children reaching 12 months within the reporting period who have had their 9–11 month public health nurse child health and...
- Ambulance Service
248. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken in response to ensure female paramedics feel safe within the National Ambulance Service and that the issues that emerged from an...
- Departmental Budgets
249. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38230/25]
- Hospital Staff
250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants working in each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38231/25]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
253. To ask the Minister for Health if she will give due consideration to providing epinephrine injections (EpiPens) free of charge to the families of children (not in receipt of medical cards)...
- Departmental Reports
254. To ask the Minister for Health if she has concluded her review of the 2017 Dickson Report regarding Paediatric Urology; her views on same; if she intends to publish this report; and if she...
- Ambulance Service
256. To ask the Minister for Health if she will clarify the policy of the National Ambulance Service regarding the transfer of nursing home residents to hospital appointments, in particular in...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Irish Language
270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the funding for the Pacáiste Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh initiative cancelled for families living outside of the...
- Community Development Projects
271. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on the progress made on implementing the "Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities: A five-year...
