Written answers

Thursday, 17 July 2025

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Development Plan
      2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that will be allocated under the review of the National Development Plan to public capital investment in housing, public...
    • Departmental Priorities
      8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Dundalk and Drogheda will remain a key priority as key economic growth areas due to their location on the Dublin to Belfast economic...
    • Burial Grounds
      10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 363 of 20 May and 79 of 1 July 2025, if he will carry out a feasibility study to assess whether...
    • Departmental Policies
      13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is reviewing the infrastructure guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39797/25]
    • Departmental Consultations
      17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the public engagement event he hosted on accelerating infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Funding
      20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the remaining three payment requests under the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility will be formally submitted to the...
    • National Development Plan
      21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 5 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
    • Office of Public Works
      22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status and occupancy of the OPW-owned Garda station in An Rinn, County Waterford. [40161/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the new Accelerating Infrastructure Taskforce; when it will report; what are the emerging issues that have been...
    • Departmental Strategies
      24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 1 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
    • Third Level Fees
      26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding discussions his Department has had with other Government Departments about reducing or increasing third level...
    • Departmental Funding
      28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the allocations for the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund operated by his Department will be made known; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will bring forward a public investment Bill; the rationale for the Bill; the likely objectives of such legislation; and if he...
    • Flood Risk Management
      30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when flood defence works will commence for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40142/25]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of capital allocations made to public infrastructure projects located in Dublin Bay north, including investments...
    • Departmental Policies
      32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made in his Department on reviewing the infrastructure guidelines and creating a public investment Act, requiring...
    • Office of Public Works
      33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a preferred site has been identified by the OPW for Northern Cross Garda station; the expected capacity of the site; and if he will...
    • National Development Plan
      34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the review of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38945/25]
    • Flood Risk Management
      35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on flood protection measures currently being undertaken in Rathcormac, Killeagh, Mogeely, Castlemartyr and Midleton...
    • National Development Plan
      37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if meeting Ireland's climate targets will be a consideration in the allocation of the final tranche of money raised from AIB share sales,...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on a flood relief scheme for Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38436/25]
    • Economic Data
      39. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his response to the recent IMF report on the Irish economy, especially in relation to the areas under his remit; and if he will make a...
    • Office of Public Works
      40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the proposed new Garda station for Northern Cross in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Development Plan
      41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 9 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the new protocols implemented to ensure that future IT upgrades of State or public bodies will be fully thought out, have robust...
    • National Development Plan
      44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 8 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
    • An Garda Síochána
      45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 29 May 2025, for a further update on a commencement date for the construction of the new...
    • Heritage Projects
      46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the plans for the proposed new visitor centre development at Trim Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      47. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the National Public Procurement Strategy review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39587/25]
    • National Development Plan
      48. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 6 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm the level of capital spending on Cork and Dublin in the years 2022 to 2024; the major capital spending plans for Cork going...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which public expenditure to date in 2025 compares to the same period in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Properties
      51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he is taking to speed up the delivery of local projects on publicly owned land; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Development Plan
      52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if sustainable management of water and other environmental resources will be a key priority of the new National Development Plan; and if...
    • Public Sector Pay
      56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on his Department’s work to recover pension overpayments from existing and former ministers and...
    • Public Sector Staff
      57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of cases before his Department for certain workers to be re-categorised as public service workers; and if...
    • National Development Plan
      58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 10 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recent efforts made to progress the Blackpool flood relief scheme given the continual delays on the project; and if he will make a...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the roll-out of the guidelines for responsible use of artificial intelligence in the public service; and if he...
    • Office of Public Works
      62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will urgently address the long delays signing a lease for a playground to be developed in conjunction with Kerry County Council on...
    • National Development Plan
      63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 3 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Staff
      64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures put in place to ensure value for money as a result of the expansion of civil and public service numbers; and if he will make...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date with the proposed Cavan town drainage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39853/25]
    • Courts Service
      68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Roscommon Courthouse refurbishment has been considered for inclusion in the National Development Plan, following positive engagement...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to broaden the remit of the National Development Finance Agency to provide expert advice for major infrastructure delivery; and...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on reform of the ethics in public office legislation, given that the review of the statutory framework was...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the merits of producing national and local authority level statistics to outline how an individual's income taxes are spent,...
    • National Development Plan
      72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 2 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for progress reports on the Whitechurch flood alleviation scheme and Poddle flood alleviation scheme; when these will be completed and...
    • Vacant Properties
      77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on vacant publicly owned buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40155/25]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Enrolments
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on her plans to address the projected population growth in Portmarnock; the projected impact this will have on school places;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will bring forward a plan to support children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39783/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will work with the DDLETB to fast track the application for a new building for a school (details supplied) which has faced...
    • School Accommodation
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of the extension to a school (details supplied); the timeline for the delivery of the extension; when the project is...
    • Youth Services
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the supports that are available for capital development for youth facilities from her Department; the plans she has to expand these;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she will take to ensure that every child has an appropriate school place with all necessary supports in their local area in September....
    • Educational Disadvantage
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for schools to qualify for DEIS status; the progress of a DEIS+ model; when this will be delivered; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that adequate financial provision is made to enable the appointment of SNAs to all schools from September where such needs have...
    • School Enrolments
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently awaiting a place in a secondary school; her Department’s plans to ensure that every child who finished...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review can be carried out on the process for assessing teaching allocations, given a number of primary schools in County Louth have been...
    • School Curriculum
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on plans to roll out senior cycle redevelopment in light of the rejection of the implementation plan by an organisation...
    • Schools Building Projects
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in providing a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39777/25]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any intention within the Department to progress the development of guidelines and additional supports for schools on supporting...
    • Youth Services
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is aware of financial constraints currently being experienced by independent youth projects in Dublin; if she will put in place...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to ensure that a school (details supplied) receive a decision on their emergency works grant application to enable the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering a strategic plan to attract qualified teachers, who have left the service to work abroad, back to the education service in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered increasing the availability of Irish phonics resources to assist students with dyslexia studying Irish; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on school building projects in Dublin mid-west (details supplied) and their projected completion dates. [40006/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications made for an additional SNA in counties Galway and Roscommon, where the application has been denied by the NCSE; and if...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will be added to the DEIS list; and when the next list of additional schools to the DEIS programme will be announced (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s plans to provide alternative models of learning for children who struggle with the larger conventional classroom model...
    • Schools Building Projects
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update of the timeline for the budget allocation and commencement of the new school building for a school (details...
    • School Accommodation
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide further clarity on the reason a school (details supplied) was not facilitated to open a new autism classroom; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of speech and language therapists assigned to schools in Dublin for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on her Department’s evaluation of pilots run under the revised school transport scheme for 2025-2026; the next...
    • Special Educational Needs
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of schools in Mayo which are due to open autism classes in September 2025; the names of schools which were due to open autism...
    • School Patronage
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for reconfiguration numbers at the end of the 2025 academic year. [39684/25]
    • School Transport
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will announce the next pilot routes on the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39997/25]
    • School Accommodation
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the timeline for the budget allocation and commencement of a new two-storey extension comprising four classrooms, specialist rooms,...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills na céimeanna atá glactha aici chun déileáil leis an easpa téascleabhar as Gaeilge atá ar fáil do dhaltaí...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason two secondary schools in Tipperary town have no resources under the DEIS programme (details supplied) given they serve the same...
    • Special Educational Needs
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to pause the reconfiguration of MGLD schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39685/25]
    • Education Policy
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions underway in primary schools to ensure that children have adequate digital literacy skills. [40002/25]
    • Child Abuse
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to acknowledge and provide restitution for survivors who experienced abuse in Irish schools under the guideline of ‘corporal...
    • School Transport
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 8 May 2025, the position regarding the school transport pilot scheme; if the scheme will be extended...
    • Special Educational Needs
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she is taking to increase the numbers of SNAs and special education teachers available to teach in schools; and if she will make a...
    • Education Schemes
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that children have access to summer provision and adequate supports during the summer months; and if she will...
    • School Staff
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38943/25]
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an aontaíonn sí go bhfuil líon na ndaltaí atá ag fáil díolúintí ó staidéar a dhéanamh...
    • Special Educational Needs
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to increase ASD unit capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40140/25]
    • Sports Facilities
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 1 October 2024, if it is still the intention of her Department to make a green area available for...
    • Irish Language
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider introducing a funding stream in her Department in order that all secondary school students would be entitled to have a free...
    • Special Educational Needs
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Government will address the shortage of early intervention classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40139/25]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department have undertaken to reduce the pupil teacher ratio in an effort to maintain teaching posts while there is a temporary dip...
    • Special Educational Needs
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to address the urgent issue of special needs assistant (SNA) resourcing in the Roscommon-Galway constituency,...
    • School Staff
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to address the teacher supply crisis in advance of September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with additional needs who have yet to secure appropriate places in primary and secondary schools in the next academic...
    • Schools Building Projects
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on a design team been appointed to a new school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Language
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children attending Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí, including in Gaeltacht areas, in each of the past three years; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children from Dublin Bay north who were on a waiting list for a place in a special school in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the long-awaited capital works at a school (details supplied). [40148/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that all children who meet the criteria for a special needs class will get a place in a special needs class in September 2025;...
    • Irish Language
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is concerned by reports that large numbers of students in post-primary schools are receiving exemptions for Irish; and if she will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the projected population growth in Donabate outpaces her Department’s delivery of new primary and secondary schools for the area; if...
    • Irish Language
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any initiatives that seek to increase the provision of Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí at a national level; her...
    • School Staff
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the urgent steps being taken to ensure equality for school secretaries and caretakers; the details of her engagement to date with their trade...
    • School Transport
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update in relation to the implementation of the terms of the school transport review to reduce distance criteria and expand...
    • Education Policy
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure schools that are operating via Windows 10 are supported to upgrade all ICT infrastructure; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that pupils with a diagnosis of dyslexia will be allowed additional time to complete their State exams in 2026; and if she...
    • Youth Services
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work that has been undertaken since youth work came under her remit. [39686/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to combat the use of AI in assessments; the concerns her Department has; the steps she is taking to reduce its...
    • School Transport
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with the Minister for Transport and the Road Safety Authority regarding allowing those over 70 years to drive for school...
    • School Staff
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an overview of steps she is taking to ensure that school secretaries and care-takers receive better pay and conditions; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the number of special needs assistants will be carried out for a school (details supplied); to outline the recommended student-SNA...
    • Education Policy
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will reassess the need for a secondary school for Newcastle given the population is growing faster than projected in the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a new primary school for Carrick on Shannon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38425/25]
    • State Examinations
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the accommodations currently in place for visually impaired students sitting the Leaving Certificate examinations. [40001/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the treatment of abuse survivors and the need for a redress scheme for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the development of a school (details supplied); and to outline plans for its future growth. [40069/25]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date...
    • Departmental Contracts
      177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to...
    • Departmental Meetings
      178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on Ireland's contributions at the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development which was held in...
    • Departmental Reports
      179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's position on sovereign debt restructuring and debt forgiveness in the global south in the context of the fourth...
    • Irish Communities Abroad
      181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has created contingency plans to help Irish citizens in the US should they be deported by the Trump administration to...
    • Departmental Reports
      184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will conduct an impact assessment on the potential application of tariffs between the EU and US markets; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the cause of the breakdown of negotiations between the EU and the US which has resulted in the imposition of tariffs on the EU...
    • Ukraine War
      186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current and future engagements he has had in relation to Ukraine in terms of meetings here in Ireland or with European counterparts,...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Departmental Reviews
      187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the sectoral emissions ceilings for carbon budgets 1 and 2 in view of the Environmental Protection...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure,...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but...
  • Department of Defence
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      191. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      192. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since...
    • Departmental Contracts
      193. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet...
    • Naval Service
      194. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service which are operational, and currently able to patrol Irish waters. [40639/25]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Licences
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of time an applicant (details supplied) can expect to continue to wait for a retest for a driving licence and if he will...
    • Rail Network
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider improving the frequencies of the Westport to Dublin train service to a two hourly service similar to Sligo and Galway...
    • Public Service Obligation
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider restoring the catering services across all railway networks, including Westport to Dublin, by Public Service...
    • Taxi Licences
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the previously implemented Covid-related extensions to taxi licence age limits, specifically for vehicles originally reaching...
    • Road Safety Authority
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress made in identifying a new permanent site for the RSA test centre in the west of Galway City, which is...
    • Bus Services
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times across the State for the walkaround test to complete a driver certificate of professional competence for bus drivers,...
    • Disability Services
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale given for mandating that disabled parking permits have a validity length of two years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Emergency Services
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the services he has designated as emergency services for the purposes of the road traffic Acts; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Irish Rail to provide luggage storage lockers at the principal railways stations; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Directives
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to implement Directive (EU) 2019/1936 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/96/EC...
    • Transport Costs
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected cost of a transport development (details supplied); the services envisaged to operate from this facility; the timeline for...
    • Road Safety Authority
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the operational status of a test centre (details supplied); when a driving test was last held at this facility; and if...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date...
    • International Agreements
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to put in place a bilateral reciprocal driving licence exchange agreement between Ireland and the US; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people who entered and exited the State through seaports this year to date and in each of the last five years, in tabular...
    • Public Transport
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the free public transport for children under nine years of age as committed to in Budget 2025, will be implemented; and if he will...
    • Departmental Contracts
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to...
    • Departmental Funding
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding given to each county under the active travel investment programme in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in...
    • Road Safety Authority
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any assistance is given for people who have limited reading and writing capacity for CPC tests; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Éireann
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Bus Éireann to consider adding a stop for the route 2 service from Arklow to Dublin Airport at UCD Belfield; and...
    • Departmental Data
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the volume of seafarers that applied and were subsequently registered annually by his Departments Mercantile Marine Office in...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Schemes
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding given to each county under the vehicle registration tax relief scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Fuel Inspections
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has raised any concerns around the high level of fossil fuel financing which comes through Ireland, its potential impact on Ireland's...
    • Tax Data
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering reform of the capital acquisitions tax thresholds in Budget 2025 to address the disparity facing individuals without children or whose...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since 2010; and to...
    • Tax Exemptions
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance to review and remove VAT on sunscreen protection products, as they are an essential health product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40441/25]
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Central Bank has gone beyond the requirements of EU rules on the regulation of financial services; if in the regulation of any...
    • Departmental Schemes
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the approved profit-sharing scheme in 2025 and 2026. [40520/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the deduction for retrofitting expenditure in 2025 and 2026. [40521/25]
    • Employment Schemes
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the Employment Investment Incentive in 2025 and 2026. [40522/25]
    • Exchequer Payments
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the foreign earnings deduction in 2025 and 2026. [40523/25]
    • Tax Reliefs
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the exchequer of the remote working relief in 2025 and 2026. [40533/25]
    • Tax Credits
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the exchequer of the rental tax credit in 2024. [40534/25]
    • Tax Reliefs
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by introducing a 25% or 50% cap, respectively, on corporation tax relief utilised in a single year by all banks, in first- and...
    • Exchequer Payments
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the exchequer of SARP in 2026. [40536/25]
    • Tax Data
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of individuals subject to high-income individuals' restriction; the estimated additional income tax raised each year since 2007, in tabular...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of revenue staff based in the O'Connell Street offices; the total office space used by the revenue office on O'Connell Street; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Contracts
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet connectivity,...
    • Tax Reliefs
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of workers that avail of the full 40% income tax relief on pensions; the share of workers eligible for the 40% income tax relief on...
    • Universal Social Charge
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5 to 0%; reducing the second rate of USC from 2 to 0%; and increasing the threshold to...
    • Tax Data
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount a three-year waiver on capital gains tax for the sale of above-the-shop units in Ireland would cost under various scenarios with regard...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units who have self-assessed with Revenue as non-domiciled in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the total number of...
    • Tax Collection
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by ending the non-domiciled status for individuals that are resident or ordinarily resident in the State. [40680/25]
    • Departmental Data
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of Israeli bonds held by any State body under the aegis of his Department; the details of any purchase or sale of Israeli bonds in the past...
    • Departmental Bodies
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline any engagement his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department have had with the Department of Social Protection to tackle bogus...
    • Tax Data
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance how foreign earnings are treated for capital acquisitions tax purposes. [40699/25]
    • Tax Avoidance
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raise by applying a mandatory surcharge of 100% on all cases of tax avoidance above €10,000, €50,000 and €100,000...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pay
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the net cost to the exchequer of a 1% increase in the public sector pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40538/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify which Department or agency holds overall responsibility for the monitoring, governance, and financial oversight of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to...
    • Office of Public Works
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total floor space of the properties held by the OPW on O'Connell Street; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40556/25]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Inflation Rate
      265. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives in place to monitor supermarket price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40315/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      266. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has engaged with representative groups for voice actors on the protection of their work and their voices from use...
    • Departmental Schemes
      267. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the increased cost of business grant and power-up scheme appeals process that was recently approved; and if...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      268. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      269. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end...
    • Rental Sector
      270. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to take into consideration the serious implications that a short-term let register will have on established short-term let...
    • Consumer Protection
      271. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will task the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission with investigating the practice whereby supermarkets are mandating...
    • Employment Support Services
      273. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in view of the concerns of employees at a company (details supplied) if he will outline the supports being provided by his Department...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      274. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether additional funding will be granted to the competent authorities and fundamental rights authorities designated under the EU...
    • EU Regulations
      275. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the proposed omnibus legislation which seeks to weaken the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive...
    • Departmental Contracts
      276. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited...
    • Departmental Regulations
      277. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to sign the draft Employment Regulation Order from the Security JLC which he received in June; when the Order will be...
    • Departmental Meetings
      278. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has engaged with representative groups for musicians and music producers on how to best legislate for reform of...
    • Departmental Policies
      279. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will release a timeline on the publishing of the Government's action plan on the promotion of collective...
    • Departmental Data
      280. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports his Department has provided to SMEs to reduce the impact of tariffs on their businesses; if these supports were...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      281. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department have taken to mitigate job losses, job displacement, and lower levels of new recruitment due to the adoption...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Schemes
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the new doctorate in educational psychology at Maynooth University, scheduled to commence in September 2025, includes mandatory...
    • Trade Unions
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on engagements he has had with representatives of school secretaries and caretakers in relation to their demand to be included in civil...
    • Disability Services
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to pause the reconfiguration of mild general learning disability schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40609/25]
    • Education Schemes
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is taking any steps to streamline the application process for the summer programme for parents; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of teachers allocated in a school (details supplied) for the academic year 2025/2026 has been reduced; and if so, the reason. [40217/25]
    • Electoral Commission
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department offers senior cycle students talks or workshops from election registration teams about the election voting process, to ensure...
    • Departmental Data
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants working in all schools, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40234/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has reviewed international models of one-stop-shop State run support services tailored to young people; if so, how these...
    • School Costs
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means by which she will support schools facing funding challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40259/25]
    • School Staff
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the SNA allocation for a school (details supplied). [40274/25]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all capital projects currently underway in Kilkenny city and county, in tabular form; the stages the various...
    • School Accommodation
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school classrooms during the 2024-2025 school year of 30 pupils or more; the location of each nationwide; and if she will...
    • School Patronage
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of schools in Dublin south-central that currently operate under multi-denominational patronage; and the specific actions being...
    • School Funding
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a timetable for rolling out DEIS+ in Dublin south central, including confirmation of funding allocations and implementation dates, in...
    • School Staff
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans on introducing changes to the Irish-language requirements for PME courses to allow access to increased numbers and in turn more...
    • Departmental Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full year cost of providing an additional nurture room to every DEIS school with a special educational class. [40347/25]
    • International Protection
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the emergency supports available for schools adjacent to IPAS and Ukrainian refugees that accommodate high percentages of such children and may...
    • Irish Language
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional EAL supports can be made available to Gaelscoileanna in non-Gaeltacht areas that taken in high proportions of children whose first...
    • International Protection
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools that applied for DEIS status in March 2022 will be permitted to reapply, given the increases in population reflected in the Census,...
    • School Funding
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports and allowances that can be made to schools experiencing unpredictable mid-year enrolment and withdrawal, such as a school...
    • Departmental Data
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of detailed correspondence received from a school (details supplied) regarding the need for DEIS status to be formally reviewed...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under her remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since...
    • Teacher Training
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether applications to transfer initial teaching licences from overseas to the Teaching Council can be accepted (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Staff
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the recently announced changes around contracts of indefinite duration for teachers will differ from the current system for the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project at a school will proceed to the next stage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40474/25]
    • School Funding
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding given to each county as part of the minor works grant in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Departmental Contracts
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet...
    • School Admissions
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional needs application from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her plans for a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40632/25]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Postal Services
      351. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 1 July 2025, if his Department intends to renew the current three-year...
    • Departmental Data
      352. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the safeguards that are in place to ensure that installers of private optical fibre infrastructure will remove legacy...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      353. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure,...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      354. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value,...
    • Departmental Contracts
      355. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including...
    • Grant Payments
      356. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there have been any funding or grant requests with his Department or bodies under its aegis in the past 12 months...
    • Sports Funding
      358. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to expand ice skating and hockey facilities in Dublin under the National Physical Activity Plan for...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Office of Public Works
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding given by the Office of Public Works to each county under the built heritage investment scheme from 2015...
    • Housing Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if under the new rules introduced, and the section regarding the rights of landlords/ tenants, that from 1 March 2026 there...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people homeless in Dublin south central, in tabular form. [40318/25]
    • Housing Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an individual can contact the land registry office directly to request the deeds of their house; to outline this process;...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a letter from a person (details supplied); if he will issue a response; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defective Building Materials
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reconsider excluding the Department from the Multi Stakeholder Working Group set up to address issues around...
    • Departmental Programmes
      377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the framework for the next multi-annual rural water programme beyond 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure,...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and...
    • Departmental Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the amount of funding provided to each of the 31 local authorities for voids in years 2020-2025; the number...
    • Departmental Projects
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on progress on the Dowth National Park project; when he expects the park and associated facilities to be...
    • Defective Building Materials
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the process by which the home of a person (details supplied) will be included in the defective blocks...
    • Vacant Properties
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person can avail of the vacant property refurbishment grants (croí cónaithe) if the property title is held by a...
    • Town Councils
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to reintroduce town councils in Killarney, Tralee and Listowel, County Kerry as a matter of priority; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not...
    • Departmental Data
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff working in Tailte Éireann for each year from 2015 to 2025; the average processing time for an...
    • Legislative Process
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the timeline for the proposed amendments to the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete...
    • Departmental Schemes
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his Department's plans for the tenant-in-situ scheme, given recent reports that both Fingal County Council...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Employment Support Services
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available from his Department to help people with disabilities into employment, and to sustain employment; and...
    • Departmental Data
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding allocated to each county as part of the training support grant in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to...
    • School Meals Programme
      392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when hot school meals will be extended to all non-fee-paying post primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if compensation under the victim’s payment scheme paid out to persons resident in the State, as a result of the...
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the rationale behind the Citizens Information Board's decision to increase the pay of local administrators in...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure,...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and...
    • Carer's Allowance
      397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance, now under appeal, will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [40453/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not...
    • Departmental Reviews
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review an application (details supplied); if the decision will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fuel Allowance
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of extending the fuel allowance by one week. [40595/25]
    • State Pensions
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of abolishing the means-test for the State pension (non-contributory). [40596/25]
    • Departmental Budgets
      403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the cash income a person can earn under the State pension (non-contributory) by €100. [40598/25]
    • Departmental Data
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his Department's total expenditure under the community employment scheme, by county, in each year of the programme’s...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will clarify the entitlement of part-time school wardens to jobseeker's allowance during school closures, specifically...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to give clarity on issues with granting visas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40457/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine a decision affecting the stamp 1 for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Measures
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to introduce legislation to reform the coroner service; the proposed changes; if verdicts available to the...
    • Departmental Data
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of property owners in each county that were in receipt of the accommodation recognition payment in January 2023,...
    • Departmental Reviews
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of reviews or reports regarding the impact of the accommodation recognition payment on the private rented sector...
    • Legislative Reviews
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce amendments to modernise the Prohibition of...
    • Departmental Data
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the Garda fleet in each Garda station (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Courts Service
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to make the court process for attaining a protection order more trauma informed and victim centred; and if he will...
    • Departmental Communications
      434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the communications have taken place with her Department regarding additional specific emergency supports for local schools in...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure,...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and...
    • Visa Applications
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if visa applications submitted by religious orders or faith based organisations are processed expeditiously given the...
    • Missing Persons
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality according to the Garda database, the current number of persons reported missing in the State; and if he will make a statement...
    • Visa Applications
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it took so long for the visa application for the 33 young players and 14 mentors for the Moataz Sarsour GAA club in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not...
    • International Protection
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if passenger name record data is used as part of the process to verify whether a person who is not entitled to remain in the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 10 July 2025, the amount his Department spent on external services from a company...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is aware of a matter (details supplied); the action his Department is taking to formally investigate the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered introducing a law to make it an offence to use a person’s features to produce artificial...
    • International Protection
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if private homes are leased for IPAS accommodation; the number of private homes leased for IPAS accommodation in tabular form;...
    • Visa Applications
      449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the refusal of a Stamp 4 visa for a person (details supplied) in the light of other doctors in similar...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Meetings
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the chairperson of an organisation (details supplied) will meet with another organisation to explain the reason current costings,...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of acres of farmland taken up with solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40264/25]
    • Departmental Data
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of acres of farmland purchased by the State in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Afforestation Applications
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department can take to expediate afforestation applications that are currently being appealed, in most cases, these...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end...
    • Animal Welfare
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that it is now illegal to export live animals from the UK and the way in which this affects Irish livestock and...
    • Legislative Measures
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce legislation to ban surgical artificial insemination in all dogs, including greyhounds; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the basic income support for sustainability from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 10 July 2025, if he will provide further details on how artificial intelligence is used...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Departmental Reviews
      475. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the review on rehabilitative training; when the report of each review will be completed and published; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      476. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a multi-year capital plan will be developed and implemented to support residential and independent living options for people...
    • Departmental Funding
      477. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding given to each county as part of the equal start scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025,...
    • Disability Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on CDNT waiting lists in Donegal, broken down by team and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      479. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review advancements in the science of DNA testing with a view to extending the DNA testing to family members who are...
    • Disability Services
      480. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the role that local authorities will have in implementing the new National Human Rights Disability Strategy; if...
    • Childcare Services
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of crèches, by county, over the past five years, in tabular form. [40294/25]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      482. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports, including capital or operational funding, planned for voluntary early-years providers in Dublin south central,...
    • Childcare Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of crèche facilities in Kildare that have expanded their capacity in the past five years and in the past ten years;...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      484. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of changes in the number of preschools every year for the past ten years, by county, in tabular...
    • Home Help Service
      485. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people awaiting a home help package in Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Nursing Homes
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of individuals under 65 years of age residing in nursing homes; the total number of under 65-year-old individuals...
    • Disability Services
      487. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of both unfilled and filled positions across each CDNT in the State in 2024 and 2025 to date, by CHO, and by...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under her remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end...
    • Family Resource Centres
      492. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will give detailed consideration to the issues raised by an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the urgent actions her Department will take to address the backlog of over 14,000 overdue assessments of need for children requiring...
    • Disability Services
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a timeline for the development and implementation of a national workforce strategy for children's disability...
    • Departmental Funding
      500. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding given to each county as part of the enhancing quality fund to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Departmental Contracts
      506. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of both unfilled and filled adult multidisciplinary therapy posts in the State in 2024 and 2025, by CHO, and by occupation, in tabular form....
    • Health Services
      508. To ask the Minister for Health that Children's Health Ireland would produce a booklet of medical acronyms that can be given to parents of all new admissions in the CHI group. [40463/25]
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people identifying as survivors or former residents of mother and baby institutions that have taken up counselling to date under the National...
    • Hospital Staff
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies within Letterkenny University Hospital, broken down by specific role and department, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services
      515. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for a person (details supplied) to access the general medical scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40253/25]
    • General Practitioner Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlements available to general practitioners under the general medical scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40254/25]
    • Health Services
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the location of a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40255/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the means by which she plans to increase the number of consultant gynaecologists with specialist training in endometriosis, and specifically in advanced...
    • Health Strategies
      523. To ask the Minister for Health when she expects the National Endometriosis Framework to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40261/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if a senior radiographer vacancy (details supplied) has been filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40263/25]
    • Disability Services
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours being charged to the HSE by an organisation (details supplied); the number of hours actually delivered to clients on an weekly basis; the...
    • Cancer Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if she will request that Children’s Health Ireland publishes the 2021 oncology risk assessment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if she has received correspondence (details supplied); her response to the proposal related to Ireland assuming the Presidency of the Council of the European...
    • Hospital Deaths
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths that have occurred on the operating table during open heart surgery in Irish hospitals, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Care of the Elderly
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms in place within her Department to ensure the meaningful engagement of older people in the development, formulation, and evaluation of policies...
    • National Children's Hospital
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be sufficient car parking spaces in the new Children’s Hospital and the associated Ronald McDonald House to cater for the demand of spaces...
    • Primary Care Centres
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the current ownership status of each site and the building of each primary care centre, respectively, nationwide, delivered via her Department and HSE public...
    • Medicinal Products
      532. To ask the Minister for Health to outline details of any programmes under which the HSE may facilitate access to medicines in emergency circumstances for medicines not on the reimbursement...
    • Health Services Staff
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the working status of certain employees (details supplied) is not considered 'permanent'; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40330/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on occupational therapy waiting lists in Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women in Ireland with endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40354/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on physiotherapy waiting lists in Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Dental Services
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting dental appointments in Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      541. To ask the Minister for Health when services that were removed from St. Joseph’s Community Hospital in County Donegal will be returned; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new Lifford Community Hospital project; the timeframe for the delivery of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40362/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      543. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 684 of 25 March 2025, the reason it has still not been answered; the reason for the failure to answer the question; and...
    • Mental Health Services
      544. To ask the Minister for Health for the number of vacancies that exist within CAMHS in County Donegal, broken down by area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      545. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      546. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under her remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since 2010; and to...
    • Healthcare Policy
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if she will give detailed consideration to the issues raised by an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40426/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if she has taken any action to resolve the financial dispute between the HSE and Dublin City Council which has resulted in the Council taking court action...
    • Health Services Staff
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to recruit and retain additional therapy staff to meet growing demands in both children's and adult services; and if she will make a...
    • Abortion Services
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reimbursement claims submitted and reimbursed (PCRS), per month, for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy by GPs, from...
    • Health Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the status of the National Ophthalmology Programme as it relates to children residing in County Laois; if she is aware that...
    • Health Services Staff
      552. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2426 of 29 April 2025, the status of filling the post for an ophthalmologist in Clonmel, the absence of which is causing...
    • Health Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the treatment pathways available to women with endometriosis; the location of specialised treatment clinics or hospitals with the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      554. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40446/25]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which HSE employees suffering long-Covid can engage with senior officials to determine their future pay and conditions or sick pay entitlements...
    • Healthcare Policy
      556. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the funding to roll out the provision of allergy kits including EPI pens and anapens at locations throughout the country accessible to the...
    • Home Care Packages
      557. To ask the Minister for Health if the appropriate level of home care hours will be provided for persons (details supplied). if she will expedite a review of the case and substantially...
    • Health Services Staff
      558. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently examine and address an anomaly that exists in awarding posts in midwifery (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40454/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      559. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an ambulance base in Killorglin, County Kerry as a matter of priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40477/25]
    • Primary Care Centres
      560. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a primary care centre in Cahersiveen, County Kerry as a matter of priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40478/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet connectivity,...
    • Health Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments offered and children seen following the audit into pelvic osteotomies at Children's Health Ireland; whether any surgeries have been...
    • Hospital Services
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is currently considering stopping the practice of insourcing in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to each county as part of community funded schemes in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to each county as part of community services enhancement fund in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Eating Disorders
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to each county as part of eating disorder teams expansion in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Funding
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to each county as part of the rare diseases fund in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Departmental Programmes
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to each county as part of the Sláintecare healthy communities programme in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025,...
    • Departmental Funding
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to each county as part of the Healthy Ireland funding in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the expected date for the commissioning of phase 1 of the (new wing) of St. Vincent’s Hospital, Mountmellick, County Laois; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to families who seek a second opinion regarding surgeries performed on children with hip dysplasia who have now emigrated and live...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that exist to promote and fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund arising from the Programme for Government over the next three years; and if she...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Funding
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding given to each technological university, institute of technology and specialist college as part of the targeted enhancement...
    • Third Level Costs
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has discussed the proposed increase of student contribution fees and the continuing shortfall in core higher education funding with the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on plans to construct the Mayo College of Further Education at the Military Barracks in Castlebar; and if he will make a statement...
    • Education Policy
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions his Department will make to ensure those working in further education and adult education will have access to appropriate and...
    • Grant Payments
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grounds on which a SUSI grant recipient can change their status from dependent to independent; and the documentation required as evidence of...
    • Third Level Education
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage increase in core funding to third-level institutions planned over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since...
    • Education and Training Provision
      589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of specialist training programmes which has been ongoing since 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Contracts
      590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet...
    • Departmental Schemes
      591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to each county as part of the vocational training opportunities scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to...
    • Departmental Funding
      592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to each county as part of the back-to-education allowance in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025,...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Irish Language
      598. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding given to each county as part of the scéim na bhfoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge in each of the years 2014 to...
    • Rural Schemes
      600. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the RRDF Newport Regeneration Project in Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40228/25]
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      602. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le ceist 190 den 7 Samhain 2024, an mbeidh na pleananna teanga nua ullmhaithe roimh dheireadh na tréimhse seacht...
    • Rural Schemes
      603. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a person with a part-time bed-and-breakfast business would be disqualified from applying for the local improvement scheme; and...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      604. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      605. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      606. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not...
    • Rural Schemes
      608. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the seniors alert scheme, by local authority/ local authority area in each year 2014 to 2024, and...
    • Departmental Programmes
      609. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme, by local authority/local authority area...
    • Rural Schemes
      610. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the town and village renewal scheme, by local authority/local authority area in each year 2014 to...
    • Departmental Programmes
      611. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the RAPID programme, by local authority/local authority area in each year 2014 to 2024, and year...
    • Library Services
      612. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the Libraries Investment Programme, by local authority/local authority area in each year 2014 to...
    • Departmental Programmes
      613. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the National Organisations Supports Programme, by local authority/local authority area in each...
    • Departmental Funding
      615. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the community centres investment fund, by local authority/local authority area, in each of the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      617. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the community services programme, by local authority/local authority area, in each of the years...
    • Departmental Schemes
      620. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the local improvement scheme, by local authority/local authority area, in each of the years 2014...
    • Departmental Funding
      622. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the rural regeneration and development fund, by local authority/local authority area, in each of...
    • Rural Schemes
      623. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the rural walks scheme, by local authority/local authority area, in each of the years 2014 to...

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