Written answers

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      66. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure will next meet. [48433/25]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      67. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the Independent Covid-19 Evaluation; and if any other means of inquiry is being considered for those who have lost loved ones in nursing homes (details...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      68. To ask the Taoiseach to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (in line...
    • Child Protection
      70. To ask the Taoiseach if he will meet with the Ombudsman for Children to discuss his recent remarks and proposals for reform of the child protection review system. [47994/25]
    • Child Poverty
      71. To ask the Taoiseach regarding the Child Poverty and Well-Being Programme Office, the cross-Departmental actions that have been initiated to coordinate responses on income supports, housing,...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the EU-Israeli Association Agreement review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47603/25]
    • Trade Relations
      75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his and other Departments' engagement with the EU and US in relation to the possibility of tariffs; and if he will make a...
    • Middle East
      77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on any recent engagement there has been between his Department and the Palestinian Authority; and if he will...
    • Passport Services
      78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current number of passport applications being processed; the total number of passports issued to date in 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Middle East
      80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on any recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is aware of any plans by the EU to reduce the overseas aid budget; if he will outline any engagement his Department has had...
    • Ukraine War
      82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Russian aggression in Ukraine; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the engagement with the British government in relation to the case of a person (details supplied). [47697/25]
    • Northern Ireland
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the engagement with the British government in relation to the Northern Ireland Troubles Legacy Act 2023; and the status of...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders...
    • Trade Relations
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic initiatives planned in Budget 2026 to assist the Irish fashion sector in navigating post-Brexit rules-of-origin requirements...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a detailed report regarding an urgent matter outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Policy
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken or statements he has made related to the alleged downing of a plane used by the President of the European Commission...
    • Official Engagements
      91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the new UK foreign secretary. [48213/25]
    • Passport Services
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review correspondence (details supplied) in relation to a passport application; if he will address the concerns raised; and if he...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times the Irish Ambassador based in Vienna has met with the Mayor of Vienna in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48609/25]
    • EU Meetings
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Foreign Affairs Council sessions which have taken place since he took up his post; the number he has attended; and if he will...
    • Official Engagements
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last met formally with the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Ireland. [48648/25]
    • Statutory Instruments
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail the human rights, anti-racism, academic and civil society groups his Department engaged with in relation to the adoption of the...
    • Departmental Data
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to publish the terms of reference, membership, selection criteria, and code of conduct for the Ireland-India Economic Advisory Panel; the...
    • Air Navigation Orders
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason five US Air Force Hercules C130 aircraft landed at Shannon Airport on 29 August 2025 (details supplied); the steps that were...
    • Trade Relations
      105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the growing concern over external risks to exports, especially through possible US tariffs or EU trade deal disputes, the...
    • Foreign Policy
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department has taken to ensure the safety of Irish citizens engaged in the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza from Tunisia,...
    • EU Presidency
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the list of priorities for the upcoming Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU; if advocating for the tackling of sexual and domestic...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of recent controversy in the United Kingdom over diplomatic vetting as in a case (details supplied); the current standards and...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Energy Policy
      110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to work on possible grant schemes or changes to the Resource Health & Safety Services to facilitate...
    • Environmental Schemes
      112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current grant schemes available for anaerobic digestion (AD); if enhancements to these grants are being considered;...
    • Recycling Policy
      113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of retailers and producers currently operating the deposit return scheme; the challenges faced in the...
    • Energy Prices
      114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the high costs of energy in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47689/25]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on plans to deliver onshore and offshore wind power and solar power in a sustainable way and on engaging...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has taken to improved energy infrastructure and security; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Measures
      119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expected timeframe for the enactment of the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Policy
      120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action being taken to prepare for the coming winter period to reduce power outages across the country caused by fallen...
    • Environmental Policy
      121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the environmental impacts of nitrous oxide canisters have been examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the targeted solar PV scheme for medically vulnerable persons is still in operation; if so, the criteria for the...
    • Energy Prices
      123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the supports available to a household facing high electricity bills due to essential medical equipment; and if he will...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to expedite and provide a detailed up-to-date progress report in relation to the provision of a liquefied natural gas...
    • Air Quality
      125. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the locations of air monitoring stations in the Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare areas; the criteria for where these stations...
    • Recycling Policy
      126. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are requirements for a regular review of the operations or scope of the deposit return scheme; if he plans to...
    • Energy Prices
      127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to protect consumers from rising energy costs, to reduce wasted renewable energy, to build a grid...
    • Just Transition
      128. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that the State received from the European Just Transition Fund in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025;...
    • Environmental Policy
      129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the engagement his Department has had with the supermarket sector to encourage the reduction in use of non-recyclable...
    • Fuel Quality
      130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to establish an independent fuel quality control body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48484/25]
    • Climate Change Policy
      131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Ireland will officially endorse the development of a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty as a matter of our climate...
    • Illegal Dumping
      132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will allocate specific funding to protect tourism hotspots from illegal dumping, such as the Shannon fishing areas;...
    • Electricity Grid
      133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progression of restoration works across the national electricity network following...
    • Statutory Instruments
      136. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement...
    • Electricity Grid
      137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the planned spending on improving the electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Environmental Policy
      138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a carbon credit scheme for quality fuels such as wood pellets; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Prices
      141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the breakdown of electricity costs in Ireland by generation, transmission, distribution, and taxes/levies; and how these...
    • Departmental Data
      145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of domestic electricity customers in arrears and the average value of the arrears; the number of commercial...
    • Inland Fisheries
      146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he has taken in response to the fishkill on the River Blackwater; if he has met with Inland Fisheries...
    • Official Engagements
      147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has met with Re-turn since taking up his Ministerial role; when these meetings took place; the matters discussed;...
    • EU Directives
      148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he aware that the European Commission has launched infringement proceedings for delaying the transposition of the...
    • Energy Conservation
      149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide updated figures on the homes retrofitted to B2 or above, by year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49075/25]
    • Just Transition
      151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding provided to projects and initiatives in County Laois from the National and European Just Transition...
    • Environmental Policy
      152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will expand the role and powers of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), given the number of offences and...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to supporting social enterprises such as a charity's (details supplied)’ bike...
    • Energy Conservation
      154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of SEAI warmer home applicants who applied for a replacement boiler pre-January 2025, and whose applications...
    • Illegal Dumping
      158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the European Union enforcement order requiring the remediation of illegal dumping at Murphy’s Rock,...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to drive the delivery of Ireland's offshore wind targets; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Grid
      162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress being made to reinforce grid infrastructure across the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      163. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on peacekeeping operations involving members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Naval Service
      168. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service vessels which are operational and currently able to patrol Irish waters; his plans to put additional vessels in...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      170. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders...
    • Departmental Strategies
      172. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the expected date of publication of the maritime security strategy; the way in which potential newly identified capabilities will be funded in...
    • Naval Service
      173. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the recent article in a publication (details supplied) regarding the future of the multi-role vessel project; the project...
    • Defence Forces
      174. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will publish a percentage breakdown of capital investment by service branch, when he sets out his plan for the national development plan...
    • Air Corps
      175. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the PC-9M fleet can continue in service beyond its current expected end-of-life in 2025; and if he will make a statement...
    • Naval Service
      176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new cadetship recruitment campaign for the Naval Service will be launched during quarter four 2025. [48199/25]
    • Defence Forces
      177. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeline for the publication of the updated Commission of the Defence Forces Implementation plan and the 12-year plan to reach LOA3. [48258/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      178. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is concerned by the European Defence Agency's latest report which showed Irish defence spending decreasing as a percentage of national...
    • Defence Forces
      182. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an overview of all unmanned aircraft systems used by the Defence Forces; and his plans for future systems. [48263/25]
    • Statutory Instruments
      185. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48673/25]
    • Defence Forces
      187. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the medium lift helicopter replacement programme. [49027/25]
    • Official Engagements
      188. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline engagements with the UK defence secretary; if those discussions included discussions on policing of Irish airspace; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces
      189. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made to increase Defence Forces personnel towards the target of 11,500 by 2028; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Air Corps
      190. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital works projects recently completed, ongoing and in the procurement stage at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces
      193. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of inductions into the Defence Forces in the first six months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49288/25]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Fire Safety
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to conduct a review of fire risk in George's Dock and climate-resilient design, including consideration for...
    • Road Safety
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on progress made on the work plan for 2025 by his Department, in conjunction with other agencies and...
    • Bus Éireann
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the work being carried out to recruit more bus drivers and mechanics to Bus Éireann; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the N53 project in county Louth and any possible interim plans to ensure safety at the Crossmaglen...
    • Road Safety
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to include traffic calming measures and a speed reduction at a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
    • Departmental Data
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47714/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the web links to his Department's Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders...
    • Departmental Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider renaming a driving test centre to prevent confusion for motorists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cycling Policy
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for ending the TFI Bike Scheme in Cork city; the plans he has to replace the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the Leap card fare system to areas like Mullingar, and beyond, in order to deliver fairer and more affordable access...
    • Driver Test
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the case of delays in securing a bus driving test appointment for a person (details supplied); if a test will be...
    • Fuel Prices
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the price volatility of hydrotreated vegetable oil fuel for transport; his views on whether, if the...
    • Public Transport
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the National Transport Authority and Íarnród Éireann to extend the Leap card system to Mullingar,...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address concerns raised in relation to CIÉ’s current pension ballot process (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Policies
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason search and rescue helicopter crews can have their hours of work artificially reduced (details supplied) as this does not...
    • Active Travel
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Department-issued funding streams available to local authorities for the development of new footpaths; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the dates and times in 2024 and to-date in 2025 when any lifts at Howth Junction/ Donaghmede Dart Station were out of order; and the...
    • Bus Services
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will fund the installation of a bus shelter at Dublin Bus pole number 738. [48113/25]
    • Road Projects
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Mallow relief road and the Government's commitment to the project as of September 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding the resumption of catering services onboard Intercity rail services; and if Iarnród Éireann has...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which he last met the Chief Executive Officer of Dublin Airport Authority; the issues discussed; and the date of the next...
    • Public Transport
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider expanding the under-9 free travel scheme in Budget 2026 to include commercial bus operators; and if he will make a...
    • National Car Test
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps undertaken to ensure that a vehicle passed as fit under the Northern Ireland vehicle roadworthiness testing process meets the...
    • Aviation Industry
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine issues with an airline expressed in correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; and if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if a response will issue to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he has considered the establishment of a rail link between Youghal and Midleton in east Cork; if any feasibility studies or...
    • Noise Pollution
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the powers that exist to address noise pollution by vehicles (details supplied); if he will introduce further regulation or legislation;...
    • Public Transport
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected timeline for commencement and completion of the proposed light rail system for Cork city; and if the project is guaranteed...
    • Bus Services
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the BusConnects Cork programme, including consultation feedback, revised routing, and delivery milestones; and to...
    • Road Network
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to delivering the full upgrade of the Cork to Limerick N20 as a motorway by 2030, given its designation as a strategic...
    • Driver Test
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason it has been impossible for individuals to obtain driving tests for category C and D licenses in Ennis, County Clare since July...
    • Bus Éireann
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if new double decker buses being procured for Bus Éireann will have adequate floor space on the ground floor for one wheelchair user...
    • Transport Policy
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the roll out of the new disabled drives and disabled passengers (tax concessions) scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Tolls
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing a reduced toll rate or commuter discount scheme for regular users of the M4 motorway (details supplied)...
    • Road Safety
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the application process for the safe routes to school programme will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48492/25]
    • Public Transport
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter regarding public transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48505/25]
    • Airport Policy
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of concerns of residents in the north Dublin area regarding an increase of flights over residential areas and resultant...
    • Legislative Measures
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal provisions designed to prevent the abuse of scrambler bikes, e-bikes or quads on public roads or public spaces; and if he will...
    • Rail Network
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the new DART line from Celbridge to Dublin city; when the Cabra stop will be constructed as part of this project; and...
    • Statutory Instruments
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Éireann
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Bus Éireann and request an increase in services on the 332, Limerick to Cashel via Newport bus service,...
    • Public Transport
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the under-9 free transport scheme to include commercial operators; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Airport Policy
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review the regulation of Dublin Airport noise given the issues that have been raised by people in the local area (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Data
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48886/25]
    • Greenways Provision
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the development of the south Wicklow Greenway; to outline the benefits it could bring to the area; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider restoring catering services on trains (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48927/25]
    • Taxi Licences
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason previously implemented Covid related extensions to taxi licence age limits, specifically for vehicles originally reaching...
    • Transport Policy
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the requirements for a limousine licence; his plans to introduce an age limit for vehicles as is the case for taxi...
    • Legislative Measures
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 has not yet been commenced; the timeline for its commencement; and if...
    • Driver Test
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on efforts to tackle the issue of long waiting lists at the driving test centres in Killester and Raheny; the...
    • Public Transport
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the Transport for Ireland decision to not allow third level students to renew their student Leap cards if they...
    • Traffic Management
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any consideration has been given to a bypass or traffic alleviation measures for Bunclody, County Wexford on the N80; and if he will...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider amending an element of the Road Traffic Acts (details supplied); if he is aware of claims that the limited three-hour...
    • EU Budgets
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding commitments which have been secured in the current EU budget negotiation for transport infrastructure improvements in Cork...
    • Commercial Vehicle Testing
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting list times for commercial vehicle testing, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Airport Policy
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update in relation to Waterford Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49224/25]
    • Transport Policy
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered updating the classification and licensing requirements for quadricycles, to bring Ireland more in line...
    • Public Transport
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of local area hackney licences active in County Tipperary as of August 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an appeal on refusal of a primary medical certificate for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48747/25]
    • Insurance Industry
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an assessment of the State's ability to attract more companies offering public liability insurance into the market to ensure savings for policy...
    • State Bodies
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide financial details and a timeline on the purchase and sale of Israeli war bonds by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; and if he will make a...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of any interactions his Department or other Departments have had, and any legal advice that they have sought, to end the facilitation of...
    • Insurance Industry
      273. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an assessment of the impact of the duty of care and Personal Injuries Assessment Board legislation on insurance premiums for customers; and if he...
    • Tax Credits
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the latest figures for the number of people who have availed of the rent tax credit in this tax year, broken down by county; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's plans to engage with Northern and British authorities on the issues facing cross-Border workers and employers, and particularly cross-Border...
    • Credit Unions
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to change the operating rules for credit unions, such as increasing the lending limits for credit unions; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Policies
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing financial supports for people living with coeliac disease, in recognition of the additional cost burden associated with...
    • Credit Unions
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding lending by credit unions to support the development of student residences;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over...
    • Customs and Excise
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of private aircraft searched by customs for drugs from 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47792/25]
    • Climate Change Policy
      288. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the merits on financially incentivising the use of HVO fuel instead of diesel to support achieving Ireland’s climate emission targets; and...
    • Tax Yield
      289. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual yield to the Exchequer from VAT on clothing and fashion retail sales in the latest year available; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Credits
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he will consider sector-specific reliefs or supports such as enhanced capital allowances or start-up tax credits for the fashion and design industry...
    • Departmental Policies
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will cost the annual Exchequer impact of increasing the guide-assistance dog allowance from €825 to €1,250; and if he will examine...
    • Tax Credits
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a non-refundable tax credit for veterinary expenses for large family pets (cats and dogs), conditional on proof of microchipping, licensing...
    • Tax Code
      297. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the VAT treatment of veterinary services and companion-animal medicines, including the scope under the EU VAT directive to apply a reduced...
    • Departmental Policies
      298. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the tax strategy group to prepare a paper for Budget 2026 on options to improve affordability for assistance-dog owners and for households...
    • State Bodies
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance if any monies invested on behalf of the State through ISIF/ the Irish Whiskey Growth Fund have been lost for any reason, including liquidation, examinership,...
    • Tax Code
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered the introduction of a site value tax or equivalent measures to discourage speculative landholding that withholds serviced...
    • Tax Reliefs
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance views on a matter regarding tax relief (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48010/25]
    • Tax Code
      302. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the dividend withholding tax exemption to investment limited partnerships (ILPs) in order that ILPs are treated on a par with...
    • Departmental Policies
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expedite targeted modernisations to the Section 110 regime, including rectifying unintended impacts of recent credit rule changes, modifying the...
    • Departmental Data
      306. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank of Ireland holds data on the average and median credit card limits of new mortgage applicants in each of the past five...
    • Tax Exemptions
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of increasing the small gift tax exemption from €3,000 to €4,500 per year. [48208/25]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance the capital budget allocation for the Revenue Commissioners in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [48209/25]
    • Fiscal Policy
      313. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s warning that the €9.4 billion Budget package risks overheating the economy; and the means by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      316. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a full breakdown, by Department, of current expenditure overruns to date in 2025, including both voted and non-voted expenditure; and how these...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      317. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the criteria set out in s 36(b)(ii) of the Finance Act 2020; if she will ensure that those with severe neurodevelopmental disabilities are...
    • Tax Code
      318. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing local property tax, assuming a 0% adjustment, at each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48444/25]
    • Tax Yield
      319. To ask the Minister for Finance if the revenue projections contained in the annual progress report for 2026 incorporate a carbon tax rate of €71; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Reliefs
      320. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims under section 273 balancing allowances in respect of capital expenditure, and the total expenditure the claim relates to; the cost to the...
    • EU Data
      323. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential impact of an ongoing investigation by the EU (details supplied); if he has been in contact with the Department of Enterprise, Trade...
    • Tax Reliefs
      325. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing tax relief for club memberships of sporting clubs for the parents of children who join clubs to support more children getting...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      326. To ask the Minister for Finance when revised criteria to qualify for a primary medical certificate (PMC) will be published; his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who has been...
    • Electric Vehicles
      327. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of Budget 2026, he will review the current operation of benefit-in-kind as it applies to electric vehicles, in particular the "original...
    • Tax Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 8 September 2025, the reason for the rapid decline in persons self-declaring for the high-income...
    • Statutory Instruments
      329. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025 [48676/25]
    • Tax Exemptions
      330. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 8 September 2025, the projected cost in 2026 of extending the tax exemption under Section 216D of the Taxes...
    • Departmental Policies
      331. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail his Department's reservations in relation to AE supervision cited in 2024, the changes that were sought, which were accepted; and the current...
    • Tax Data
      332. To ask the Minister for Finance the share of VAT, PSO levy, and other taxes in Irish household electricity bills; and if he will review taxation policy to ease costs for households. [48837/25]
    • Energy Prices
      333. To ask the Minister for Finance if the high electricity prices in Ireland are having a measurable effect on disposable incomes, consumer spending, and inflation compared with the rest of the...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      334. To ask the Minister for Finance to change the legislation and exempt compulsory purchase order compensation from capital gains tax, recognising that this is not a voluntary disposal of land;...
    • Tax Code
      335. To ask the Minister for Finance the exact date when the e-liquid products tax will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48865/25]
    • Tax Reliefs
      336. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs or other supports that exist for where an individual gifts land to a sporting, artistic, cultural or community organisation for the...
    • Departmental Reports
      337. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he is taking on foot of the publication of his Department's report, Future Forty. [49029/25]
    • Tax Yield
      338. To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenue generated by the residential property tax in 2024; and the projected totals for 2025 and 2026. [49030/25]
    • State Bodies
      339. To ask the Minister for Finance if any moneys invested on behalf of the State through ISIF/ the Irish Whiskey Growth Fund has been lost; the reasons for the loss including liquidation,...
    • Departmental Reports
      340. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish corporation tax revenue sensitivity scenarios. [49938/25]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works
      341. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail all the OPW-owned sites in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47668/25]
    • Flood Risk Management
      342. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail engagement with Louth County Council and the OPW in relation to Ramparts Blackwater River in County Louth, his plans to deal...
    • Pension Provisions
      345. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the interdepartmental working group looking at the procedures for qualifying for the payment of an...
    • National Development Plan
      348. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plan for the management of the NDP rollout and breaking into project financing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47675/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase...
    • Departmental Policies
      351. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rules and legal framework governing contract variations or modifications to public contracts after award, including the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      352. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will publish the procurement related payment reports (details supplied) in machine-readable formats such as CSV or...
    • Budget 2026
      357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to support a pre-Budget 2026 submission in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Coastal Protection
      359. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide emergency funding for coastal protection works at Rossbeigh Beach, Glenbeigh, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Government Procurement will mandate enhanced pre-award checks for high-risk social care contracts (details supplied);...
    • Office of Public Works
      364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of OPW owned and leased sites and buildings in County Kildare, in tabular form. [48198/25]
    • National Transport Authority
      365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has signed off on the business case for the National Transport Authority’s next generation ticketing project;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the statement by the accounting officer of his Department before the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts on 10 July 2025...
    • Departmental Budgets
      370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total in budget overruns, if they occurred, by each Government Department, by year, from 2015 to 2024. [48367/25]
    • National Development Plan
      372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the new infrastructure delivery unit will publish regional breakdowns of NDP expenditure and project delivery status, specifically in...
    • Fiscal Policy
      374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he accepts the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s assessment that the credibility of the Budget process is being undermined by...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      379. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood relief works currently ongoing at present that are being funded by the OPW; when each of those flood relief works will be...
    • Sports Facilities
      381. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide details of the clubs (details supplied) which have a pitch allocation in the 15 acres in the Phoenix Park; and the person or...
    • Departmental Properties
      382. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the current usage and future plans for a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Office of Public Works
      383. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the future concerts which are planned in the Phoenix Park; and if a community gain clause will be included in future events; and if he...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      384. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a company (details supplied) is on the Office of Government Procurement framework to provide security or steward personnel to public...
    • Statutory Instruments
      385. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      386. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Blackpool flood relief scheme; the reason no works have commenced to date despite plans being finalised; and the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      387. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the interim or temporary protective measures the OPW will put in place for households along the Commons Road, Blackpool, Cork...
    • Departmental Data
      389. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the State has conducted supplier due diligence on the major litigation regulatory exposure of a company (details supplied); and the...
    • Departmental Staff
      391. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gender breakdown of secretary generals and assistant secretaries across all Government Departments; and if he will make a statement...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      392. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update and timeframe for delivery on proposed works (details supplied) following the completion of a consultation period;...
    • Illegal Dumping
      394. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm whether any public funds, including infrastructure allocations under the national development plan, have been...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Industrial Development
      397. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the work of the IDA in County Louth in the past 12 months, including the work carried out to try to...
    • Economic Data
      398. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an assessment of the state of the pharma, technology and med-tech sectors in the economy; and if he will make a...
    • Enterprise Policy
      399. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the work being carried out by his Department, in conjunction with other Departments, on the development of an all-Ireland...
    • Tourism Promotion
      400. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work his Department has carried out to increase cross-Border tourism; if work is underway to market the Newry, Mourne, Gullion,...
    • Departmental Policies
      401. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work being carried out by his Department and any engagement with other Departments and Government agencies to address concerns in...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      402. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work being carried out by his Department and any engagement with other Departments and Government agencies and companies to build...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      403. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase...
    • Business Supports
      405. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will open an appeals process for all those that for various reasons did not apply in time and for those that lost out on the...
    • Employment Data
      408. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has an estimate of total employment direct, indirect, and induced supported by the Irish fashion industry; and if...
    • Budget 2026
      409. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether dedicated enterprise supports will be introduced in budget 2026 for SMEs in the fashion and design sector for example, in...
    • Business Supports
      412. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review a decision on a grant application for a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Measures
      413. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48043/25]
    • Business Supports
      414. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to introduce initiatives to tackle the rising costs of doing business in Ireland, as a matter of priority and to save jobs; and if he...
    • Museum Projects
      415. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding supports that exist for individuals or communities with plans to build, develop or establish a museum; and if he will...
    • Legislative Measures
      416. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the implementation of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025; when the legislation will be enacted;...
    • Work Permits
      417. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if motor mechanic, plasterer and plumber trades can be added to the critical skills occupation list for employment permits to work in...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      418. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will provide figures for the approximate total number of hotel or tourism accommodation beds in the State, by type...
    • Enterprise Policy
      419. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if specific investment incentives are being built into the NDP to attract foreign direct investment and indigenous enterprise to...
    • Copyright Infringement
      420. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a company (details supplied); the obligations Irish businesses, namely bars and restaurants, have...
    • State Bodies
      421. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, vacancies, by job title, at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; the...
    • Work Permits
      422. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a decision will be made on an employment permit appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Policies
      423. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role international recruitment is expected to play in meeting the labour demands of Ireland’s housing programme; and if...
    • Heritage Sites
      424. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department, through Fáilte Ireland or other agencies, will provide support to Cork City Council and local stakeholders in...
    • State Bodies
      425. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget for the Health and Safety Authority in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [48653/25]
    • Statutory Instruments
      426. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of all statutory instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Policies
      427. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the means by which the State ensures balanced representation on high-level advisory panels with foreign business leaders, including...
    • Energy Prices
      428. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assessment that has been made of the impact of Ireland’s high household electricity costs on competitiveness, given that...
    • Product Labelling
      430. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department or affiliated consumer protection bodies have received representations from retail associations, butcher...
    • Business Supports
      431. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to micro-breweries, small distilleries and other such enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised by parents regarding the school...
    • Youth Services
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans in her Department, including Budget 2026 plans, for an assessment of the funding of youthwork services in the State; and if...
    • School Staff
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her and the Government's engagements and plans to deal with the ongoing strike by school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans and timelines for the expansion of the School Inclusion Model and school-based therapies for special schools, for autism classes and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to streamline the school building programme application model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47581/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department intends to develop a strategic plan for the provision of SEN at primary schools over the next three years; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to update the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47585/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to update the educational system at primary and secondary level to cater for students with mild learning disabilities; and if...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessment process for the next round of DEIS; the criteria for schools to qualify for DEIS status; the process by which principals of...
    • School Accommodation
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); the position regarding assessment...
    • Special Educational Needs
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct the NCSE to engage with a school (details supplied) awaiting official decisions on two SERCs and an exceptional needs review;...
    • School Accommodation
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the assessment process of an application for additional school accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Facilities
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on the proposal by school principals to her Department to slightly alter the location of modular units to maximise the playground...
    • School Transport
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the number of applications for school transport in counties Westmeath and Longford for the 2025-2026 academic year; the number...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the web links for her Department’s quarter 1 2025 and quarter 2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or...
    • School Transport
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus ticket can be issued to a pupil (details supplied). [47781/25]
    • School Admissions
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a child with an unsuitable school place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47819/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a modular build for a school (details supplied) will be expedited. [47828/25]
    • School Facilities
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking to respond to a survey at a school (details supplied) which is reported as being in very poor condition. [47849/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided in each county under the summer works scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Teacher Training
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding in place for the training of teachers at all school levels; the specific training that will be provided to teachers in response to...
    • Pension Provisions
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of providing pension parity to school caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47899/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the refurbishment project for a school (details supplied); the actions she will take to progress this work; and if she...
    • EU Funding
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a REPowerEU Programme application by a school (details supplied); if she plans to approve further applications; and if she will...
    • After-School Support Services
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to identify primary schools for after-school childcare services; the up-to-date position on the review of guidelines on...
    • School Uniforms
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance she has given to schools in 2025, to encourage school uniform swap shops to reduce the financial burden of sending children back to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of paying student teachers on placement in schools as part of their college degree. [47963/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision on a home tuition grant will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine and respond to points raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48029/25]
    • Education Schemes
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for schools to qualify for DEIS status; the progress of a DEIS+ model and when this will be delivered; if she will consider a school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider addressing issues on the lack of certainty around work hours for special transport assistants (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Transport
      479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process in place to ensure bus services will be in place prior to the commencement of the school term for students, particularly for children...
    • Special Educational Needs
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools, by county for which an outstanding SNA review was ongoing at the commencement of the new school year; if she will...
    • State Examinations
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeline for the expansion of the Junior Certificate school programme demonstration library project as committed to in the Programme...
    • Special Educational Needs
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which parents can meet the deadline when the system is not equipped to provide documentation which is a legal requirement (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature of capital works projects funded by her Department carried out at a school (details supplied) from 2023 to date in 2025, by year, in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite the opening of an autism unit in a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48123/25]
    • School Transport
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on imbalances in the tendering system for transport in County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to commencing the reduction in the student to teacher ratio from 23:1 to 19:1 in Budget 2026 as outlined in the Programme for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date toward the construction of new premises at a school (details supplied); when the project will progress to the next...
    • Departmental Data
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school students in the State. [48175/25]
    • Education and Training Provision
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans for the provision of secondary school places in Cherrywood, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding targeted funding to support schools to provide HEPA filters in areas that are prone to wildfires that lead to poor air...
    • Schools Building Projects
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to build new post primary schools and or expand capacity at other schools within County Kildare. [48197/25]
    • Departmental Data
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the delivery of autism classes in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48246/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the delivery of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teaching Qualifications
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will implement criteria that acknowledges the service of those teaching abroad if they return to Ireland and teach here; and if, the...
    • Pension Provisions
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that teachers who return to Ireland from teaching abroad find that there is no scheme for repaying public sector pension...
    • Public Sector Pay
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding incremental credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48290/25]
    • Departmental Strategies
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to recognise school assistance dogs within the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People’s implementation framework; and to...
    • School Transport
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the development of a pilot school bus scheme linking Ferns, County Wexford with Bunclody County Wexford, in view of the fact...
    • School Staff
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to amend teacher allocation rules in order that the numbers allocated are not simply determined on enrolment returns from October of...
    • School Transport
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the final number of tickets issued under the school transport scheme, by category, and by county, for each of the school years from 2015-2016 to...
    • Departmental Data
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and name of schools in the Dublin 1, Dublin 3, Dublin 7 and Dublin 9 catchment area that have applied for upgrades to their school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the masterplan to be developed for the new educational campus to include a school (details supplied). [48335/25]
    • Departmental Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school age children, of whom her Department is aware, who are seeking a school place and have yet to receive one, as of September...
    • Departmental Strategies
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to recognise school assistance dogs within the National Human Rights Strategy For Disabled People’s implementation framework; and to...
    • School Accommodation
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 974 of 8 September 2025, if delivery of the permanent school building is due later in the calendar year or...
    • Schools Building Projects
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the building of a school (details supplied) will be completed; the reason this school building project is ongoing since 2018; and if she...
    • School Staff
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the introduction of the new model of allocation for school secretary hours, in light of increasing administrative workloads in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the expansion of special class provision in primary and post-primary schools for the 2025-2026 school year; the way in...
    • School Transport
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for school transport for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48608/25]
    • School Staff
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing one additional guidance counsellor positions for schools with more than six hundred students. [48617/25]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to renovate schools (details supplied); the timeframe for the renovation works of the schools; and if she will make a statement...
    • Teacher Discipline
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the stage 3 process for a school (details supplied) began; the processes involved in Stage 3; the length of time on average Stage 3 will...
    • School Transport
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interim arrangements in place to financially compensate parents impacted by the lack of school bus services at the start of this school year;...
    • School Admissions
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the appointment of an inspector to investigate legal breaches (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy on the eligibility of persons aged 70 years and over to drive school transport buses; her plans to revise this policy to allow...
    • Departmental Policies
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures for the way in which a primary school can be included in the DEIS scheme; if her Department has considered a school in County Cork...
    • Statutory Instruments
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by her in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48674/25]
    • State Examinations
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra time will be provided to students sitting State exams in 2026 with dyslexia and other additional needs; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding school transport for children travelling from a location (details supplied). [48697/25]
    • Education Schemes
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an updated report will be completed on the work done by the working groups, based on the findings, for the out of school education provision...
    • Schools Building Projects
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine issues with a building project in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48746/25]
    • School Patronage
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if patronage will feature as part of the national convention on education. [48809/25]
    • School Attendance
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff on the School Completion Programme payroll, including coordinators, project workers and sessional staff; and the number who...
    • Departmental Data
      561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount committed and paid by religious organisations to date, following the Ferns report, including any future commitments, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department pays to religious orders or trusts for the rental of school property, broken down by county, in tabular form. [48818/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Department funding for a school (details supplied) that is left over from completed works can be re-directed in view of damage caused by such...
    • Departmental Policies
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay (details supplied) in opening the timebound provision system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48824/25]
    • Period Poverty
      565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will ensure that period products are available for free in all schools, as per the Programme for Government commitment to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48890/25]
    • School Transport
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on school transport for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48891/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the time-bound provision; and if she will confirm that the provision will open in Q4 of 2025. [48913/25]
    • School Staff
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the removal of the ancillary grant to a school (details supplied); if the basis for this decision could be...
    • School Facilities
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a parking solution for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48981/25]
    • Qualifications Recognition
      572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an Irish citizen who trained in the UK cannot gain employment to carry out dyslexia assessments for young students in Ireland, despite...
    • School Funding
      574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the potential funding options available to a Waterford school for a project (details supplied). [49017/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education units in primary and secondary schools in Laois; the number of children in these units at primary and secondary...
    • School Staff
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers, overall staff numbers and number of students at two schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school bus ticket (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49052/25]
    • Education Policy
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if primary education measures, to reduce class sizes, increase school funding, support inclusive education and strengthen rural schools (details...
    • School Transport
      585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the location of a school bus pick up point will be reviewed as it is on a turn with little or no parking for parents (details supplied). [49166/25]
    • School Attendance
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all secondary schools in Wexford that are taking part in phase 1 and phase 2 of the attendance initiative, Anseo pilot...
    • Education and Training Boards
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns in correspondence (details supplied) regarding pension entitlements in the ETB sector; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Heritage Projects
      588. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a walk (details supplied) will be added to the National Trails Register, to ensure it stays maintained and open for...
    • Tax Reliefs
      589. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update following the stakeholders’ forum and on plans for section 481 to ensure that...
    • Social Media
      590. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on social media disinformation and combatting it; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Funding
      591. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update and timeline on LSSIF and sports capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Organisations
      592. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) regarding long-term planning to...
    • Sports Facilities
      593. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) on the delivery of the new...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      594. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the fact that in many rural parts of the State existing broadband providers cannot or will not...
    • Media Sector
      596. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being taken by his Department to further support local and community radio stations; if his Department is...
    • Sports Funding
      597. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next round of community sports facilities fund will be available to local sporting clubs and organisations;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      598. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related...
    • Departmental Funding
      600. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to support a pre-Budget 2026 submission in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Heritage Projects
      604. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding supports that exist for individuals or communities with plans to build, develop or establish a museum; and...
    • Ministerial Communications
      605. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met formally with the executive director of a theatre (details supplied); when the next meeting with the...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      606. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the research programme undertaken by his Department in relation to basic income for the arts;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      612. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review correspondence (details supplied) in relation to a scheme; if an extension is planned under Budget...
    • Statutory Instruments
      613. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Commemorative Events
      614. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will arrange a major commemoration event for the 100th anniversary in 2027 of the first non-stop flight by...
    • Media Sector
      615. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department plans to introduce online advertising regulations that would prevent companies from advertising on...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      616. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the redevelopment of the National Concert Hall. [49031/25]
    • National Library
      617. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the redevelopment of the National Library. [49032/25]
    • National Cultural Institutions
      618. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre. [49033/25]
    • Sports Funding
      619. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next round of sports capital funding will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a policy or guidelines to manage the dramatic increase in the number of applications for large-scale...
    • Postal Voting
      621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that people registering for a postal vote due to disability or illness are required to have their application...
    • Housing Schemes
      622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans for further funding of local authorities for the housing adaptation grant schemes...
    • Housing Provision
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an assessment has been or is being carried out on the modern methods of construction used at a housing project at Grange...
    • Housing Schemes
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the total amount spent in each local authority area on housing assistance payment from January 2025 to June...
    • Local Authorities
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to conduct a local-authorities based review of estate management issues and solutions; and if he will make...
    • Housing Schemes
      628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason retrofitting targets in Louth are lower than targets achieved in previous years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his engagement with Uisce Éireann on dealing with clean and wastewater infrastructural deficits impacting on housing...
    • Housing Provision
      632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social, affordable and cost rental housing targets and delivery in county Louth; the issues holding up specific...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or...
    • Housing Policy
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department remains committed to the development of retirement villages as a viable long-term solution to housing the...
    • Community Development Projects
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Limerick Council submitted a stage 2 application to his Department for a...
    • Election Management System
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his reasoning for scheduling the Presidential election on Friday on 24 October; if he will consider scheduling all future...
    • Housing Policy
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is legal for a person in an asylum centre or on a student visa in the State to successfully apply for a local authority...
    • Rental Sector
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider implementing a deposit protection scheme for renters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47935/25]
    • Housing Policy
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has assessed the impact of bulk-purchasing by State housing agencies on market prices for new homes; the...
    • House Sales
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to publish the average price paid per unit by approved housing bodies and local authorities when purchasing newly built homes;...
    • Housing Provision
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has updated its estimate of the annual number of new homes required to meet demographic demand and household...
    • Planning Issues
      649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to streamline zoning and planning approval for housing projects; whether delays are contributing to...
    • House Prices
      650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if her Department has conducted research into the impact of housing unaffordability on young adults and families, including...
    • Architects Register
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the case of a company (details supplied); the actions he will take to engage with an...
    • Legislative Measures
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the effectiveness of the enforcement mechanisms under section 18 of the Building Control Act 2007 regarding the...
    • Housing Schemes
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the tenant-in situ scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48015/25]
    • Invasive Species Policy
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in light of the second confirmed Asian hornet nest in Cobh, the immediate and medium-term measures being funded for...
    • Planning Issues
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to urgently amend the National Planning Framework and the Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines, 2005 as county development...
    • Housing Schemes
      662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the help-to-buy and first home schemes in view of reports that many first-time buyers cannot afford new...
    • Housing Provision
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the number of hectares newly zoned for residential use following enactment of the Planning and Development...
    • Legislative Programme
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to account for the delays in publishing the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024; and whether he expects the...
    • Departmental Functions
      666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the full transfer of responsibility for the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011 from the Department of Justice, Home...
    • Child Poverty
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the means by which his Department is addressing the role of high housing costs in driving child poverty; and whether he...
    • Housing Provision
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether Cork City Council and Cork County Council will receive proportionate infrastructure funding to deliver on regional...
    • Housing Schemes
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason persons on the working family payment are not entitled to HAP (details supplied). [48439/25]
    • Housing Policy
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that have been taken to ensure that local authorities respond positively and proactively to the objectives of the...
    • Housing Provision
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department is working with other Government departments and agencies to address labour capacity constraints in the...
    • Housing Policy
      678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Modern Methods of Construction Action Plan; and the way these...
    • Heritage Sites
      679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commission an assessment of an area (details supplied), with a view to placing it on Ireland’s tentative...
    • Electric Vehicles
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities will grant planning permission to install a private EV charger in a public space such as for apartment...
    • National Parks
      683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to have Glenveagh National Park in County Donegal return to being open on Mondays and Fridays; the details of the...
    • Statutory Instruments
      684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing applications currently under appeal in Westmeath County Council. [48729/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1237 of 8 September 2025, if there is a timeline for the passage of this legislation...
    • Local Authorities
      687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1138 of 8 September 2025, if a reply will issue specifically to the question, which was...
    • Housing Schemes
      688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a national phone line where applicants of the vacant home scheme seeking information and support with...
    • Housing Provision
      692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households currently on the social housing list in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the number of households on the...
    • Rental Sector
      693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current policies and supports available for tenants who fall into rent arrears; the procedures in place to ensure that...
    • Student Accommodation
      694. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken any analysis of the impact of the housing crisis on youth emigration, given that 94% of...
    • Departmental Funding
      695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to a centre (details supplied). [48821/25]
    • Weather Events
      696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application for storm damage funding (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Issues
      697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in view of the proposed stricter thresholds on legal challenges to planning decisions, the measures his Department will put in...
    • Regeneration Projects
      698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of occasions on which officials from his Department met with Dublin City Council regarding the regeneration of...
    • Commercial Rates
      699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing an exemption of commercial rates on registered charity shops; and if he will make a statement...
    • Building Regulations
      701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on plans to make above the shop development easier, including through changes to fire regulations; and if he...
    • Urban Development
      702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the Castlebar historic core reactivation initiative project and the Castlebar military barracks...
    • Human Rights
      706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the legislative observations made by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in...
    • Wildlife Protection
      708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No.1308 of 8 September 2025, if the number of I-WeBS sites surveyed set-out in the...
    • EU Directives
      709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposals submitted by his Department to the EU Commission on the review of the Nitrates Directive that is currently...
    • Water Services
      710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to reduce delays in the water connection process; whether Uisce Éireann has specific targets or...
    • Fire Stations
      711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the proposed new fire station in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Urban Development
      712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the Cork Events Centre project, including the expected dates for the publication of the prior information...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      719. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 3 July 2025, to provide details of the seven projects approved for funding under...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Contracts
      720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the project's public spending code stage gates and sanctioning approvals, including any value-for-money...
    • Social Insurance
      721. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing weakly income threshold from €527 to €735 class employer PRSI threshold for...
    • Employment Data
      722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on the work being carried out to resolve the problem of bogus self-employment in the building...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      723. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or...
    • Industrial Disputes
      725. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports being made available to school workers who are directly affected by the current strikes that is, bus escorts,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      729. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to an issue concerning the wage subsidy scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      730. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools under contract to a supplier (details supplied) under the hot school meals programme; the number of...
    • Budget 2026
      731. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether current employment in the fashion, textile, and clothing retail sectors making PRSI contributions has been quantified...
    • Social Welfare Code
      732. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will update the operational guidance for the additional needs payment to explicitly include emergency veterinary...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      733. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disability allowance applications refused in the past five years for people with chronic conditions that...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      734. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare claims currently awaiting a decision, in each scheme in Longford and Westmeath; and the average...
    • School Meals Programme
      735. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps he is taking to ensure schools affected by companies pulling out of contracts due to procurement criteria in the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      736. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to a household facing high electricity bills due to essential medical equipment; and if he will make a...
    • School Meals Programme
      737. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which food waste is monitored in the hot school meals scheme; the latest data in relation to same; and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      738. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if teachers who take a career break to work abroad, and whose contracts will not resume until September, are entitled to...
    • Health Services
      739. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection where an individual with special dietary requirements will get financial assistance with ongoing weekly expenses associated...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      740. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions he plans to take in order to address concerns that social welfare payments are not moving in tandem with the...
    • Departmental Staff
      741. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE qualified legal advisors working in his Department in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48211/25]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      742. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding any Departmental review of the existing rate of payment under the living alone allowance to reflect...
    • School Meals Programme
      744. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason Youthreach services are excluded from qualifying for the school meals grant. [48316/25]
    • Child Poverty
      745. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he accepts the ESRI’s finding that one in five Irish children are living in poverty once housing costs are...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      748. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the living alone increase; if the rate of payment has been reviewed to reflect the rising costs...
    • Departmental Policies
      749. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has undertaken analysis on the way in which the projected doubling of the older population over the next 25...
    • Departmental Consultations
      750. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department is collaborating with the HSE and voluntary organisations such as an organisation (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Policies
      751. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has considered targeted supports for carers of older people, in recognition that early intervention and...
    • Budget 2026
      752. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection given the shift toward permanent, targeted measures in Budget 2026, the provisions that will be specifically allocated to...
    • Child Poverty
      754. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which current child poverty reduction targets are being aligned with housing-adjusted poverty measures; and the...
    • Departmental Policies
      755. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional supports, such as an enhanced qualified child allowance, targeted housing subsidies, or expanded childcare...
    • Child Poverty
      756. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the indicators and timelines being used to measure progress against the reduction of housing-cost-adjusted child poverty...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      757. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will have their supplementary dietary allowance reinstated. [48533/25]
    • Irish Sign Language
      758. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of registered ISL interpreters currently available in each county. [48537/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      762. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the data-hosting location(s) for My Future Fund; if all personal data will remain within the EEA; the list of...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      768. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cybersecurity standards required of the contractor for example, ISO 27001, SOC 2, the cadence of independent security...
    • School Meals Programme
      770. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a primary school can refuse the hot school meals programme against the wish of parents. [48601/25]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      771. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and percentage of applications for disability allowance that were refused in each month for the first eight months...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      772. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case for travel cost assistance for the parents of child (details supplied) who attends a school for the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      773. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average wait time for a decision on an appeal for each social welfare payment, in tabular form. [48654/25]
    • Statutory Instruments
      774. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      775. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare entitlements of a person (details supplied). [48688/25]
    • School Meals Programme
      776. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to ensure students in small schools have access to hot school meals as a result of their provider ceasing the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      785. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider equalising jobseeker’s payments for persons under 25 with those over 25, in light of recent...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      786. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason social welfare appeal decisions are taking up to 18 months in some cases; the number of applicants currently...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      792. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider increasing the fuel allowance for single people, as many are finding it increasingly difficult to heat...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      793. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that rent supplement is only available to those who work under 30-hours-per-week; and if he plans to expand...
    • Departmental Policies
      795. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if measures will be introduced to expand employment opportunities for deaf and disabled individuals (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Funding
      796. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if funding and supports will be allocated to organisations such as a charity (details supplied), which is the largest...
    • Departmental Policies
      797. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the Programme for Government commitment to “continue to significantly increase the income disregards for...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      798. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the justification for only allowing persons to qualify for half-rate carer’s allowance in instances where they are in...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Citizenship Applications
      800. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); the expected timeline for the application to be...
    • EU Meetings
      801. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail the recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding migration in Europe; and if he will make a...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      802. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for dealing with cyber threats, online scams and dealing with spyware such as predator and pegasus; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      803. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to cut the current citizenship application processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47699/25]
    • Visa Applications
      804. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the visa IT/Portal system which has huge technical issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Probate Applications
      805. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the lengthy processing times for grants of probate at probate offices in the State, the plans to speed up the...
    • Departmental Policies
      808. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the progress of establishing community safety partnerships and possible review mechanisms; and...
    • International Protection
      809. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on processing times for IP applicants; the timeline on proposed further changes including...
    • Control of Firearms
      810. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for legislation that will impact on the licensing and operation of firearms for hunting and sports; and if he will...
    • Drug Dealing
      812. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his Department have plans to address the huge issues being caused by illegal drug trade (details supplied); and if he...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      813. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or...
    • Family Reunification
      818. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of join family category A applications with Irish citizen sponsors, which have been approved or rejected since June...
    • An Garda Síochána
      821. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Gardaí attached to the Limerick city division, in each of the years since 2008, in tabular form;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      822. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made by American citizens for Irish citizenship on grounds of "Irish Associations" under Section 16...
    • Courts Service
      824. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on issues that have been noted within the family court system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Measures
      825. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected timeline for the enactment of the Family Courts Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47866/25]
    • Crime Prevention
      826. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding setting up the new community safety partnership in Fingal, including Dublin west. [47869/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      827. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of Garda numbers across every Garda station in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [47870/25]
    • International Protection
      830. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who are currently in the IPAS system and working. [47877/25]
    • Asylum Seekers
      831. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is any charge put on people for rent and board in IPAS locations where it has been proven that they have falsely...
    • Deportation Orders
      847. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who received deportation orders in the past five years; the number of these that have left the country;...
    • Child and Family Agency
      848. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children who were referred by An Garda Síochána to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in each year...
    • Deportation Orders
      849. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons deported by the State and the number issued with a deportation order respectively over the past five...
    • International Protection
      850. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of IPAS contracts due to expire each month in 2026; the number of beds attached to each of these contracts, in...
    • Divorce Process
      851. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons awaiting the granting of a divorce through the courts; the average waiting time for an application to be...
    • An Garda Síochána
      852. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and rank of Gardaí stationed on Clonmel Garda Station at 1 July 2025 and 1 September 2025; and if he will make...
    • Child and Family Agency
      854. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that sufficient coordination exists between Gardaí and Tusla in cases of children known to the agency...
    • Visa Applications
      856. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for requesting expedited processing of visa applications; and if pregnancy is considered in such cases. [47996/25]
    • International Protection
      858. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of IPAS centres that have no fire doors and no fire alarms. [48016/25]
    • Citizenship Applications
      860. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to expedite an Irish citizenship application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48021/25]
    • Visa Applications
      861. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to expedite the processing of visa applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48027/25]
    • Legal Aid
      863. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is mandatory that when an individual is brought to a Garda station for questioning that they are entitled to be presented...
    • Prison Service
      865. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2024, noting 213 prisoners sleeping on cell floors representing a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      866. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants outstanding in the Garda R district as of 1 September 2025. [48119/25]
    • Prison Service
      867. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the number of prisoners sleeping on mattresses on cell floors in each prison; the number of bail-eligible...
    • Road Safety
      875. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded cases involving prosecutions for the illegal use of e-scooters and electric bikes; and if he will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      876. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda prisoner transport vans currently in the fleet; if he will provide the same figures as of 1 September 2021,...
    • International Protection
      882. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if applications for international protection (asylum) have been received from nationals of the United States of America; if so,...
    • Courts Staff
      883. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if waiting times in family court will be reduced by recruiting more administrators or judges to address this issue. [48318/25]
    • Legislative Measures
      884. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his position on the Protection of Private Residences (Against Targeted Picketing) Bill 2021; if he is minded to adopt the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      885. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí trained and currently deployed in specialist units for cyber-crime, serious and organised crime and...
    • Departmental Data
      889. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the latest information on the re-direction of proceeds of crime into community endeavours and projects; and if he will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      890. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the powers available to An Garda Síochána to deal with underage/juvenile crime; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Community Welfare Services
      891. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to prohibit attacks on minority communities; and the progress that has been made in relation to the...
    • Coroners Service
      892. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1092 of 19 March 2025, if he will investigate the delay in the publication of the Report...
    • Schools Building Projects
      893. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the building of a school (details supplied) will be completed, the reason this school building project is ongoing since...
    • An Garda Síochána
      894. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in County Clare currently on leave for medical reasons; the length of time each member has been on...
    • Residency Permits
      898. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to support non-EEA parents of Irish citizen children who are unable to renew their residence permission...
    • An Garda Síochána
      899. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the establishment of a Garda station in Castletroy, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      900. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of scrambler and quad bikes seized, by county, since the introduction of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      901. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community policing Gardaí, by station, in the Limerick policing area; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      902. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug dealing convictions, under mandatory minimum sentencing provisions, for possession of drugs over a value of...
    • International Protection
      903. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of large-scale accommodation contracts currently in place in Wicklow for Ukrainian accommodation; and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      909. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48534/25]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      910. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrests, prosecutions and confiscations that have been made under the provisions of the Roads Traffic and Roads Act 2023,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      911. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí stationed in Dublin in 2005, 2012 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48576/25]
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      919. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases the Dublin west divisional protective services unit has dealt with in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in...
    • Statutory Instruments
      921. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Airport Security
      922. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the screening measures in place at airports and ports of entry here to detect people who have served in the Israeli Defence...
    • Citizenship Applications
      923. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adult Irish association applications his Department has made a final decision on since the guidelines were issued...
    • Departmental Bodies
      925. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the body which holds FIOSRÚ accountable; the person who is responsible for reviewing how the office is working; whether a...
    • Direct Provision System
      926. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will intervene to return a mother and daughter (details supplied) to County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Protection
      927. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review the decision to sign up to the Child Sexual Abuse Material regulation, given issues around privacy that have been...
    • Departmental Reviews
      928. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for implementation of the recommendations of the Review of the Role of Expert Reports in the Family Law Process,...
    • Departmental Data
      929. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of thefts of companion pets reported to An Garda Síochána in each of the past three years and to-date in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      931. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the long-awaited review of Garda vetting will finally be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48893/25]
    • EU Regulations
      932. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of Ireland’s position regarding the EU's new chat control legislation, the Regulation to Prevent and...
    • Prison Service
      935. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported sexual assaults in Irish prisons, by prison and location of the reported assault in each prison such as...
    • Legal Aid
      940. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if financial assistance in the form of legal aid is available for people going through the probate process; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff
      942. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.333 of 27 March 2025, with regard to the four vacancies in the driving training school in...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Grant Payments
      943. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants will be available in the near future similar to the Brexit adjustment reserve local authority marine infrastructure scheme;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase...
    • Agriculture Supports
      946. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of planned supports in Budget 2026 for the Irish wool sector aimed at improving farmer returns, such as investment in...
    • Animal Welfare
      947. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expand the annual animal welfare grant to rehoming charities with a ring-fenced subhead for rescue adoption supports...
    • Agriculture Supports
      948. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide an update on the work of the independent Commission on Generational Renewal in Farming and efforts being made to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      949. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he will take to ensure continuity of ACRES for a farm (details supplied) following the intestate passing of a co-farmer...
    • Agriculture Supports
      950. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a best practice guide for dealing with wild fires; if there is an obligation on a land owner to clear gorse...
    • Departmental Data
      951. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of food products, plant products or any other products that were seized by his departmental officials at ports of entry to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      952. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full entitlements of ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Functions
      953. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently intervene to assist an organisation (details supplied) which is facing eviction and seeking to relocate to a new...
    • Departmental Data
      954. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered animal sanctuaries operating in Ireland, by county. [48275/25]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      955. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reopening applications for the forgotten farmer scheme, in view of the many cases where a forgotten farmer who...
    • Trade Agreements
      956. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's assessment of the potential implications of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement for Ireland's beef sector; the...
    • Agriculture Supports
      957. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to recognise the need to put greater emphasis on policies and supports for the tillage sector (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      958. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to put in place a realistic support scheme for the viability of tillage farming, to increase the percentage of farmland tilled; and...
    • Departmental Regulations
      960. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to improve the regulations and licensing system for milling of animal feed, to ensure that feedstuff labelled as Irish does not...
    • Departmental Functions
      961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance his Department can provide to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) can continue operating; if his Department...
    • Statutory Instruments
      962. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      963. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of payments in 2024 under the basic income support for sustainability scheme, by county; the total number of farmers paid...
    • Greyhound Industry
      968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing and in trials to date, by type of injury, in 2025; the date and location where they...
    • Food Labelling
      969. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current legal requirements and guidelines concerning the labelling of meat products certified as Halal; to detail his...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      974. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm whether any area off Portmarnock Beach is officially licensed for razor shell fishing; the enforcement measures in...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      977. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the level of CAP funding received by his Department on its lands; and if he will provide a detailed list and funding...
    • Agriculture Supports
      979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are delays in TB compensation payments; if so, the action that is being taken to address the issue; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Industry
      980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of cattle traded through dealer numbers in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49069/25]
    • Animal Diseases
      982. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific additional measures that will apply to dealers in his TB Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Industry
      984. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herd numbers that have been re-designated as dealer numbers since 1 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Measures
      985. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a timeline for the transfer of policy and legislative responsibility in relation to the Dog Breeding Establishment Act...
    • Hedge Cutting
      986. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider setting up a grant scheme to help landowners with the costs of cutting roadside hedges, as a health and safety...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Care Services
      987. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the list of the counties in which home share is available for those seeking respite; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Psychological Assessments
      988. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in primary care in County Longford for 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if...
    • Childcare Services
      989. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the initiatives planned by Government to support the establishment of new childcare and preschool facilities in communities where...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      990. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the responsibilities that have been devolved to the Minister of State with responsibility for disability; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      991. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans in relation to the ongoing research and planning on the development of assistive technologies to be used to assist...
    • Departmental Projects
      992. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of progress of a pilot project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47557/25]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      993. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for assessing the best means of carrying out assessments of needs and therapies provision for those with autism; and if...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      994. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the waiting lists for those awaiting assessment of needs, by time and county; the projected waiting list by the end of 2025, in...
    • Departmental Staff
      997. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the unfilled positions, by CDNT team; the plans to fill these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47562/25]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      999. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the engagement there has been with foster carers to deliver on their requests regarding the foster...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1000. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on early child and family interventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47565/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      1001. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the positions and teams unfilled for community neuro rehabilitation teams, by region; the plans to...
    • Disability Services
      1003. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans, the timeline and estimated cost to deliver around 1,200 additional day service places each year to ensure places for...
    • Health Services
      1004. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans, the timeline and estimated cost to deliver 800,000 additional personal assistance hours, and 110,000 additional home...
    • Disability Services
      1005. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans, the timeline and estimated cost for continued expansion of respite services, including alternative respite options such...
    • Low Pay
      1008. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the independent review of low pay in section 39 organisations will commence as committed to in the 2025 WRC agreement; if she...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1009. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the national disability strategy and the plans to implement it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      1011. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the web links to her Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1013. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on a building blocks extension grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47829/25]
    • Family Resource Centres
      1014. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will list the new family resource centres provided since 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Protection
      1015. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when Tusla closed the case with the young boy from north Dublin who is currently believed to be dead; and the other State agencies,...
    • Family Support Services
      1018. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to strengthen families in order that they are better equipped to raise their children. [47903/25]
    • Child Protection
      1019. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children that have gone missing from State services in 2025 to date and for each of the past five years. [47904/25]
    • Children in Care
      1020. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of reports sent to the Gardaí for crimes that were committed against children while they were in State care over...
    • Child Protection
      1021. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Tusla cases involving individual children that have been closed, for each of the past 15 years. [47906/25]
    • Family Resource Centres
      1022. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of senior management in a resource centre (details supplied) related to the...
    • Child Protection
      1023. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she accepts the Ombudsman for Children's finding that the National Review Panel is "not a powerful vehicle" and "disrespectful...
    • Childcare Services
      1029. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken by her Department to increase the provision of childcare services in east Cork given the current high...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      1030. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine an application for a person (details supplied) under the mother and baby payments scheme; the way in which a review of...
    • Home Care Packages
      1031. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a person with a major brain injury (details supplied), whose family need extra home support hours, cannot receive the...
    • Disability Services
      1033. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current average waiting times for an occupational therapy appointment at Cavan children's disability network team, CDNT; and if...
    • Home Care Packages
      1038. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the list of the counties in which home share is available for those seeking respite; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1039. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the current contract with a respite centre for children (details supplied) is due to expire; if it is proposed to extend that...
    • Disability Services
      1040. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of a new children’s disability respite centre in Monaghan; the additional respite places that will be available...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1051. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the number of children on the books of Tusla; the number of children who have gone missing from Tusla care in the past...
    • Ombudsman for Children
      1052. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the powers available to the Ombudsman for Children to investigate any body or bodies, who have responsibility in any way...
    • Budget 2026
      1053. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to prioritise in the Budget 2026 the chronic shortage of respite beds in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Protection
      1054. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will bring forward legislation to establish a statutory independent review mechanism for cases involving the death or...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1055. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will set out the Department’s current procedures for data quality assurance of Tusla case management systems; if she...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1056. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of outsourcing assessments of need in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, by Health Region-CHO. [48141/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      1057. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the consideration that has been given to extend still birth leave in cases in which babies are born at 18-weeks; and if she will...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1058. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the date Tusla first became aware of fraud convictions regarding persons connected to a service provider (details supplied);...
    • Child Protection
      1064. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if all special emergency arrangement providers have undergone a post-case audit since April 2023; the number audited and the number...
    • Disability Services
      1065. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of adults with an intellectual disability waiting for residential placements nationwide, by health region and...
    • Parental Leave
      1067. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider extending the parental leave scheme past the existing 962 hours, in recognition of the challenges parents are...
    • Child Protection
      1068. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason and the basis on which, the case of a missing child in Donabate has been referred by Tusla to the National Review Panel...
    • Ombudsman for Children
      1072. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions her Department is taking on foot of the Ombudsman for Children’s child death report to ensure that a...
    • Childcare Services
      1075. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early years services, excluding child minders, which have signed up to the core funding partnership from September...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1078. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the organisations she consulted in the preparation of the National Human Right Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030; the reason...
    • Home Help Service
      1079. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the allocation of additional home support services care for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make...
    • Disability Services
      1080. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE vacancies, by job title at the children's disability network team in Cashel, County Tipperary; and the timeframe...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1082. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons under 18 years-of-age who are on an autism assessment waiting list in County Wexford; the length of time on...
    • Disability Services
      1083. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of student placements, by discipline offered to children's disability network teams within CHO5 in 2024 and to date in...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1084. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of child protection officers working with Tusla in 2023, 2024 and 2025. [48475/25]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1085. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine concerns raised in correspondence regarding ECCE scheme eligibility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Legislative Programme
      1086. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality that status of the drafting of legislation to ban conversion practices; when she expects to bring the heads of Bill to Cabinet for...
    • Childcare Services
      1087. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the capital funding supports available to enable the development of new early years facilities in communities with no existing...
    • Disability Services
      1088. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the current funding model for disability day services, particularly the standard six-hour day, with a view to...
    • Health Services
      1096. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of children waiting for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychology services in south...
    • Disability Services
      1098. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding awarded to organisations through the Children’s Disability Grant Fund has been received by the organisations; if...
    • Health Services
      1099. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for the full national rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1101. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Donegal that have been identified as requiring respite in their assessment of need; the efforts being...
    • Departmental Policies
      1102. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to extend the two-year period for when parents can claim parents' benefit after their child is born; and if she will...
    • Statutory Instruments
      1103. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all statutory instruments signed by her in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      1104. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a residential placement will be provided for a person (details supplied). [48779/25]
    • Homeless Accommodation
      1105. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the approach of Tusla to housing pregnant homeless people where there are welfare issues. [48820/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      1106. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will recognise the role of school assistance dogs within the implementation framework of the National Human Rights Strategy...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1108. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider removing the age eligibility of two years and eight months by 31 August for the free ECCE scheme, allowing children to...
    • Childcare Services
      1109. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that a Montessori operating an inclusive model of education and care (details supplied) is not forced to reduce...
    • Departmental Policies
      1110. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is formally considered by the Cabinet Committee on Disability, in order...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1111. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the location of each young parent support programme; the catchment for each of these young parent support programmes, in tabular...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Services
      1113. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing respite care for patients with dementia or Alzheimer's (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Emergency Departments
      1114. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that there is no overcrowding at the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      1115. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on podiatry services in the Louth area; her plans to ensure adequate personnel and services; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      1116. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the progress by the national oral health office for orthodontists to provide care to grade 5 dental patients; and if she will...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider additional funding for addiction services provided through the northeastern regional drugs and alcohol task force; and if she will make a...
    • Obesity Levels
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider additional funding and a strategy to deal with obesity issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47631/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1121. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of the Northern Planned Healthcare Scheme from June 2024 to June 2025; if she will detail the types of treatment received,...
    • Health Services
      1122. To ask the Minister for Health the range and nature of diabetes services available to Louth based adults and children at hospitals; if she plans to improve the diabetes service currently...
    • Health Services Staff
      1123. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to introduce specialist public health nurses as proposed in the national early years policy framework; the number and the cost; and if she will make...
    • Primary Care Services
      1124. To ask the Minister for Health the positions unfilled in primary care; the number on waiting lists in each county, by team, and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1125. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe and details of service for the proposed primary care centre in Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47636/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      1126. To ask the Minister for Health the positions unfilled in CAMHS; the number on waiting lists in by county, by team and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1129. To ask the Minister for Health the plan and timeframe to deliver a fully populated primary care centre in Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47640/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      1130. To ask the Minister for Health the plan and timeframe to deliver the ten-bed extension in Drogheda DOP, Crosslanes; her plans to improve the acute mental health bed provision in...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1131. To ask the Minister for Health the plan to deal with the lack of general practitioner provision in Louth and throughout the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47642/25]
    • Dental Services
      1132. To ask the Minister for Health the plan to deal with the lack of dental services for those on medical cards and PRSI patients; the engagement she has had with an organisation (details...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      1133. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the MCAP scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47644/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      1134. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals being considered for mental health services in county Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47656/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1136. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a vascular surgery appointment, as this has been rescheduled multiple times; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1137. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a proposal under the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47730/25]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      1138. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the web links to her Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      1140. To ask the Minister for Health the total over expenditure on capital health projects in 2023-2025; the updated timeframes and costs for Cork University Hospital, the Mercy University...
    • Mental Health Services
      1141. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to address the situation whereby persons in a mental health crisis in the Tuam area of County Galway have a current wait time for a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1145. To ask the Minister for Health the reason certain procedures are not covered through the community health organisation scheme by private facilities where a patient is referred by their...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in the preparation and publishing of a formal national position on cannabis regulation following engagement with other countries and health...
    • Substance Misuse
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken with international bodies on drugs policy, including the British-Irish Council, the European Union, the new drugs agency, and the...
    • Hospital Services
      1150. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will make funding available for a new oncology stand-alone unit in UHK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47811/25]
    • Substance Misuse
      1151. To ask the Minister for Health to identify the members of the National Drugs Strategy review steering group. [47817/25]
    • Cancer Services
      1152. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for cancer patients to start chemotherapy treatment following a diagnosis in the Cork region (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1153. To ask the Minister for Health whether she plans to include motor neurone disease in the long term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47821/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist neurology nurses in each CHO, since 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47822/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      1155. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite approval and funding of a new drug (details supplied) to treat those living with Barakat Syndrome; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Substance Misuse
      1156. To ask the Minister for Health whether she increased core funding for addiction services; the services that benefited from this funding increase, in tabular form; the way in which her...
    • Departmental Funding
      1158. To ask the Minister for Health if her department increased core funding, as opposed to funding for pilots, one-off pieces of work or research, for local drug and alcohol taskforces; and to...
    • Health Services
      1159. To ask the Minister for Health if she has considered mobile medically supervised injecting facilities in areas of need, building on the ongoing work at Merchant’s Quay. [47835/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      1160. To ask the Minister for Health if she has increased the availability of naloxone-trained individuals on its use and equipped gardaí with naloxone to carry on the beat. [47836/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1162. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment for surgery will be expedited (details supplied). [47838/25]
    • Care Services
      1163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of care facilities that cater for those with complex mental health needs, including the number of spaces currently available to new patients, as...
    • Departmental Funding
      1164. To ask the Minister for Health the funding currently provided to an organisation (details supplied); if increased funding is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      1165. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total cost to build and fit out the new National Maternity Hospital; and the estimated total square metre cost to build and fit out the new...
    • Ambulance Service
      1169. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of both newly qualified paramedics and advanced paramedics within the National Ambulance Service (details...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      1170. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person with chronic pain due to arthritis can avail of a prescription for medicinal cannabis; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1171. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in relation is to appointing an optometrist in south Tipperary to assist with the backlog that has been building since the retirement of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1172. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for admission to Beaumont Hospital for spinal surgery; if all options are being...
    • Departmental Funding
      1173. To ask the Minister for Health whether funding has been allocated by her Department, or by bodies under its aegis, for research on new treatments for triple negative breast cancer; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1174. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [47930/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1175. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); if she is aware of the gap in service provision caused by the vacant consultant...
    • Departmental Data
      1177. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47974/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      1178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which operate out of each ambulance station nationwide on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; and the breakdown of this on an hourly and...
    • Health Services
      1179. To ask the Minister for Health when the completed 50-bed community nursing unit at Glenconnor, Clonmel will be opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47979/25]
    • Child Protection
      1182. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE services were involved with the child concerned in the Donabate case; if there was communication with Tusla regarding the child's welfare; and if she...
    • Health Services
      1183. To ask the Minister for Health if the issuance of letters of authorisation to practice, in the case of recently qualified paramedics, have been disrupted (details supplied); if so, the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1194. To ask the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding mesh surgery and treatment options in Ireland; if she will clarify the options...
    • Medical Cards
      1195. To ask the Minister for Health if the urgent provision of a medical card will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) to ensure continuous care; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      1196. To ask the Minister for Health the current provision of prosthetics for children in Ireland, including access to advanced prosthetic options; and whether this provision is sufficient to...
    • Health Service Executive
      1200. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for the derelict HSE building in Pettigo, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48056/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1201. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the request by an organisation (details supplied) to establish 20-bed inpatient neuro-rehabilitation unit to serve the Cork and Kerry region....
    • Departmental Data
      1202. To ask the Minister for Health the daily 8am trolley counts for Cork University Hospital for each day of July–September 2025; the number of single-room isolation beds available and...
    • Health Services Staff
      1203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants in emergency medicine, consultants in critical care and emergency medicine registrars on duty each night within the accident and...
    • Home Help Service
      1204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO9 awaiting home support services; and the average waiting time for such services. [48116/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1205. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the example of the hospital appointments system in the Netherlands (details supplied); if such a system will be utilised in Irish hospitals; and if...
    • Cancer Services
      1207. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the staff and open the hospice beds in St. Anne's Hospital, Cahersiveen, County Kerry as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      1208. To ask the Minister for Health to reopen the two hospice units in St. Anne's Community Hospital Cahersiveen, County Kerry as a matter of urgency as this is an incalculable loss to the...
    • Mental Health Services
      1210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on waiting-lists in primary care services for occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, physiotherapy and speech...
    • Health Services
      1212. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if an appointment will be expedited. [48167/25]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1213. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to an organisation that provides addiction treatment for adults and young people (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1214. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to reduce the waiting time for children approved for public orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1215. To ask the Minister for Health the action she will take in the case of a person (details supplied) who urgently needs early intervention and assessment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      1216. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1099 of 13 May 2025, the position regarding the status of the 732 (15%) of applications which were returned for more...
    • Health Services
      1217. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative supports available to an individual diagnosed with type 2 diabetes aside from insulin tablets and injections; the likelihood of access to...
    • Hospital Admissions
      1220. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times in the emergency departments of both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin. [48204/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE administrative staff based at Leixlip Health Centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, by grade, in tabular form.; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      1222. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that the HSE paid towards covering partial costs of external chiropody services for medical card holders aged over 65 who have a chiropody...
    • Health Services Staff
      1223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetists with a special interest in pain management based at Naas General Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1224. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to accommodation for parents at the New Children’s Hospital; the level of accommodation for parents that will be provided; and...
    • Health Services
      1225. To ask the Minister for Health the status and timeframe for the delivery of a single point of access for families to enter into appropriate services for therapies, such as primary care and...
    • Departmental Data
      1226. To ask the Minister for Health if she is confident in the quality and safety of the services provided to the general public at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1229. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a review of the fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48281/25]
    • Home Help Service
      1230. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help availability (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48302/25]
    • Medical Cards
      1231. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to removing the income threshold for over 70s medical card applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48305/25]
    • Departmental Programmes
      1232. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the development of the fair deal scheme to be extended to allow people to stay in their homes rather than be cared for in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1233. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2527 of 8 September 2025, if an immediate appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); the reason they...
    • Departmental Data
      1234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of generic medicine producers that supply medicines to the HSE. [48340/25]
    • Health Services
      1237. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the most recent estimates, of the prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension and high cholesterol among adults over 65, by age cohort; if she accepts...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for a podiatry appointment at CHO2. [48381/25]
    • Legislative Measures
      1250. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing legislation to ban vaping in indoor settings and in public spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48383/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1251. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the current waiting times for access to HIV PrEP services; the number of individuals currently on waiting lists by RHA; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE environmental health officers employed by the HSE that are based in CHO3 in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48404/25]
    • Hospital Services
      1253. To ask the Minister for Health the range and nature of diabetes services available to Tipperary-based adults and children at hospitals; and the plans to improve the diabetes services...
    • Departmental Data
      1254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric gallbladder removal surgeries that were carried out in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48406/25]
    • Hospital Equipment
      1255. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to establish a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme to ensure the timely upgrading of linear accelerator machines; the estimated...
    • Departmental Policies
      1257. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure cancer patients have access to up-to-date radiotherapy comparable to international best practice; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Equipment
      1258. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) that delays in replacing outdated radiotherapy equipment are resulting in poorer...
    • Hospital Staff
      1259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric neurologists based at Cork University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48434/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases in County Longford which have been moved from disability services to primary care in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      1264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant ENT surgeons working in the public health service; her plans to expand this number; the international recommended best practice ratio...
    • Ambulance Service
      1265. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of life-threatening calls that National Ambulance Service attended within 19-minutes in County Wexford in the first eight...
    • Health Services Staff
      1266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff that have had their positions made redundant as a result of the integrated financial management and procurement system (IFFS)...
    • Medicinal Products
      1267. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on a medication being made available through the drugs payment scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1268. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the proportionality assessment completed by her Department relating to the standards and criteria implemented on 11 July, 2025, by CORU,...
    • Health Service Executive
      1269. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the relationship the HSE has with an company (details supplied). [48500/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE social workers that were filled within primary care system CHO2 in each of the years from 2023 to date in 2025, by grade, in tabular form....
    • Hospital Staff
      1271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant interventional radiologists based at University Hospital Galway in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48513/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE podiatrists, by grade, employed by the HSE working in older persons services within CHO2 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48514/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      1273. To ask the Minister for Health the funding supports available to community groups (details supplied) seeking funding assistance towards the cost of a second-hand ambulance; and if she will...
    • Departmental Policies
      1275. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed tribunal to deal with cases of people who have been injured as a result of taking the Covid vaccines will be established; and if she will...
    • Medicinal Products
      1277. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a medication (details supplied) for the treatment of diabetes insipidus has been removed from the long-term illness scheme; and her views on...
    • Medical Cards
      1278. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card holders can recoup the cost of private dental work (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48606/25]
    • Dental Services
      1279. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card holders can recoup the cost of private dental work (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48607/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1280. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in paediatric anaesthesiology with exposure to paediatric intensive care medicine based at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date...
    • Health Service Executive
      1281. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE funds fissure sealant treatment to children through the school dental programme. [48611/25]
    • Departmental Programmes
      1283. To ask the Minister for Health if every model 3 and model 4 hospital is now compliant with the national clinical programme for self-harm and suicide-related ideation guidance issued in...
    • Departmental Data
      1284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric clinical nursing specialists, psychiatric advanced nurse practitioners and psychiatric non-consultant hospital doctors assigned in...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1286. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48651/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      1287. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologist and urology registrars based at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48652/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      1288. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the approval of a drug (details supplied) used to treat people affected by Duchene muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1289. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children waiting for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychology services in primary care in south Kildare; and the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1290. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be allocated for the establishment of the promised community neurorehabilitation team in the midlands; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      1291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child respite beds which exist and are available to be used in each county, broken down by those which are provided by the HSE and provided...
    • Medicinal Products
      1294. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to placing the drug known as Mounjaro under the HSE reimbursable items list as a treatment for obesity; and if she will make a...
    • Statutory Instruments
      1295. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by her in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48679/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      1296. To ask the Minister for Health if the expert group on the next suicide reduction strategy will consider the matter of mental health emergency departments or emergency rooms; if the group...
    • Health Service Executive
      1297. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE stated in an April 2024 freedom of information request that no serious incident review existed in relation to the murder of a person...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1300. To ask the Minister for Health when the file review will be completed and published into the HSE care provided to a person (details supplied) prior to the murder of another person, in light...
    • Health Services Staff
      1302. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding the recruitment of public health nurses in Drimnagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48695/25]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1303. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that blood donors are being asked if they are still the same sex that was assigned at birth; if she is aware that some donors are refusing to...
    • Coroners Service
      1304. To ask the Minister for Health when the decision was made to discontinue the service of coronial post-mortems for counties Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow that was being...
    • Departmental Policies
      1307. To ask the Minister for Health if there was any consultation with coroners in counties Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow in relation to the discontinuation of coronial...
    • Departmental Data
      1308. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full adult post-mortems carried out per year from 2015 to date in 2025 in University Hospital Waterford, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      1309. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to replace the service of coronial post-mortems in University Hospital Waterford to ensure that this service can be carried out in counties...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1310. To ask the Minister for Health if a labour water pool is planned for Mayo University Hospital (details supplied), given Limerick University Hospital has a labour pool since 2018; and if she...
    • Departmental Consultations
      1311. To ask the Minister for Health when her Department will commence negotiations on a framework agreement for the pricing of medicines (details supplied) which is due to expire on 30 September...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1312. To ask the Minister for Health the status and timeframe for the delivery of a single point of access for families to enter into appropriate services for therapies that is primary care and...
    • Departmental Data
      1314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that presented to the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda either by ambulance, through GP referral or...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1316. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting a long time for an operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48830/25]
    • Hospital Charges
      1317. To ask the Minister for Health if she will introduce a national policy to ensure that all hospitals, both those directly managed by the Health Service Executive and those receiving public...
    • Food Safety
      1319. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of Food Safety Authority of Ireland audits or inspections in recent years concerning Halal certification, including how many were...
    • Food Labelling
      1320. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are specific legal provisions governing the importation, certification or labelling of Halal meat products; which regulatory authorities oversee...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1321. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently examine the case of a fair deal claim (details supplied); to lend assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48860/25]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1322. To ask the Minister for Health the current uptake rates on the HPV vaccine programme, by county and or region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48899/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      1323. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug givinostat will be available through the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48901/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      1324. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the position of HSE clinical lead on foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) prevention will continue to be funded and filled, pending...
    • Departmental Policies
      1325. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48921/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      1326. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the entitlements of GPs under the GMS scheme in relation to practice managers, clinical nurses and secretarial staff, and the criteria for each...
    • Departmental Data
      1327. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the locations from which Westdoc operates in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48923/25]
    • Health Services
      1331. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently intervene in the case of a Fair Deal application (details supplied); to approve this application on the grounds of hardship; and if she will make...
    • Health Strategies
      1332. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the development and publication of a national cardiovascular strategy; if this strategy will take into account the recent review of cardiac...
    • Health Services
      1333. To ask the Minister for Health if she has considered the introduction of a national screening programme for structural heart disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48963/25]
    • Health Strategies
      1334. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has engaged with the European Commission in the development of the EU-wide cardiovascular disease strategy; and the way in which Ireland...
    • Health Services
      1335. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals or plans to discontinue using the Health Performance Visualisation Platform in HSE and voluntary hospitals; if so, the reason this is...
    • Health Strategies
      1336. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to progress reforms of the medico-legal system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48966/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1337. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or voluntary hospitals carry out exit interviews with staff on leaving the organisation; if so, the categories and grades of staff with which such...
    • Health Services
      1338. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department plans to remove the need for the patient to be involved in the DPS refund process and instead utilise an automated system; and if she will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1340. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on moving the refund process of the drugs payment scheme from paper based to digital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      1341. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the merits of providing grant funding for HEPA filters and similar filtering systems for residents frequently impacted by gorse fires and the...
    • Departmental Data
      1342. 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...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1343. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a review (details supplied); the dates on which interim reports were or are due; the timeframe for completion; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      1344. To ask the Minister for Health to list all of the handover dates for the new children’s hospital, in chronological order, from the original target date, in tabular form. [49003/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      1345. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of an ambulance base in Connemara; and the timeline for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49006/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1346. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if the consultant working in a clinic (details supplied) has retired; if the vacancy has been filled; if children waiting to be seen need to be...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1347. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the long-term illness scheme to ensure that people living with inflammatory bowel disease can be accommodated as part of the scheme; and if...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1348. To ask the Minister for Health if she will incorporate inflammatory bowel disease into the National Chronic Disease Management Programme, in recognition of the long-term and often...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1349. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing an appointment to a person (details supplied) who urgently requires surgery and has received referral and an...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1351. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the diet supplement for coeliacs, to assist them with the additional costs associated with a gluten free diet; her plans to...
    • Departmental Data
      1352. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on medications available under the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49057/25]
    • Departmental Programmes
      1358. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme featuring ring-fenced annual funding to support a planned ten-year...
    • Departmental Data
      1360. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the current age profile of radiotherapy LINAC machines under the HSE; the replacement schedule in place; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      1361. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure cancer patients have access to up-to-date radiotherapy comparable to international best practice; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Equipment
      1362. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address concerns raised by a group (details supplied), that delays in replacing outdated radiotherapy equipment are resulting in poorer outcomes...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1363. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied) and address the concerns raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49088/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1364. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person will be urgently addressed (details supplied) and a hospital appointment expedited, in light of the severe pain this person endures...
    • Legislative Process
      1366. To ask the Minister for Health to outline all work carried out to date in the drafting of the proposed Public Health (Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill; to outline a clear timeline for its...
    • Ambulance Service
      1367. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason a recent decision was made to award a contract for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area to a private ambulance...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1368. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of ongoing funding issues regarding low vision aids within the midlands region (details supplied); in view of the funding shortfall, the steps...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1369. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of a body regarding a decision (details supplied); the actions she will take to address these concerns; and if...
    • Medicinal Products
      1370. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug cemiplimab is available in Ireland; if it is covered under the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49145/25]
    • Disability Services
      1371. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided to support workplace well-being initiatives for employees with disabilities, including continued access to well-being...
    • Departmental Data
      1372. To ask the Minister for Health the screening target for the BowelScreen Programme, and the number of individuals who have received screening between the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in...
    • Abortion Services
      1373. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of cases which occurred in which a baby was born alive following a termination of pregnancy by gestational age, cause of...
    • Alcohol Sales
      1383. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that certain events (details supplied) are not in breach of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; the engagements she has...
    • Dental Services
      1384. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure timely access to special care dentistry for adults and children with intellectual, physical, or sensory disabilities, in...
    • Disability Services
      1386. To ask the Minister for Health if hospital based dental services for adults and children with disabilities in Galway have been suspended or closed; if so, the reasons for this decision; the...
    • Home Care Packages
      1388. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current waiting times for access to home care packages across Carlow and Kilkenny and nationally; and the steps being taken to...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1389. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on all primary care centre projects in Carlow and Kilkenny. [49221/25]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1390. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the tender process for the new national maternity hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49248/25]
    • Alcohol Sales
      1394. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being considered by her Department for the introduction of a minimum distance requirement from schools for the establishment of new off-licence...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Data
      1395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on timelines, budgets and the terms of reference for a review of disability issues across further and higher...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the progress made on Colleges of the Future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47618/25]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline any plans for new apprenticeships; when will they be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47620/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      1402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the funding issues for SOLAS and ETBs, and any delays in apprenticeships or cuts to courses or staff across all aspects of the...
    • Adult Education Provision
      1403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on any plans to deal with issues being faced by adult educators across the ETB sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      1404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders...
    • Departmental Data
      1406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places currently available in veterinary medicine in each institution across the country; if he intends to make more spaces...
    • Departmental Funding
      1407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether funding has been allocated by his Department, or by bodies under its aegis, for research on new treatments for triple negative breast...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will urgently review the case of a Leaving Certificate student (details supplied); if flexibility or discretionary measures can be applied...
    • Third Level Education
      1409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the next phase of the development of the College of the Future project at the Kickham Barracks site in Clonmel, which was given...
    • International Students
      1410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if accommodations will be made to support international students studying third-level courses in Ireland who have to deal with unforeseen and...
    • Departmental Data
      1411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pipe fitting apprentices who registered their four-year apprenticeship in 2021; and the number that have completed their course,...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      1412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature of capital works projects funded either by his Department and or SOLAS at an education centre (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to...
    • Departmental Data
      1413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students ordinarily resident in the State who enrolled in third-level education institutions; the number of international students...
    • Third Level Fees
      1414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider retaining the €1,000 college-fee reduction introduced as part of the cost-of-living measures, in light of the ongoing...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures his Department have in place to promote the DiscoverEU travel programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48373/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average time it took from phase 1 to completion of each apprenticeship, by trade in County Tipperary in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the involvement he or his Department had in reaching a settlement with the former director of an agency (details supplied); the cost to the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to expand the skilled workforce required to meet the Government’s annual housing delivery target of 50,000 homes;...
    • Departmental Funding
      1419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding for non-apprenticeship training will be released to ETBs from the National Training Fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Technological Universities
      1420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for funding to be made available to the Technological University Dublin to develop its campus at Broombridge; and if he will make...
    • Statutory Instruments
      1421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48678/25]
    • Student Accommodation
      1422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeline for the delivery of the DCU student accommodation project for the promised funding of 405-beds, which is currently...
    • Education Standards
      1423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department announced and made public to the schools or student population in the North the recommended equitable CAO points conversion...
    • Third Level Fees
      1425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the abolition of third-level fees and apprentice contributions as a means to reduce financial pressures on students, in view...
    • Education Schemes
      1426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports in place for students who travelled recently from Gaza; the fees that they must pay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Education and Training Provision
      1427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students studying graduate education medicine by institution for each year from 2015-2016 to 2024-2025; if statistics on...
    • Education Costs
      1428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full economic cost of the graduate education medicine programme; the fees charged to students; the financial supports available to those...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      1429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on a building project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48934/25]
    • Education Costs
      1430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students and their families are expected to pay the full student contribution charge if they are on an internship year, and not...
    • Education and Training Provision
      1431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to supporting and funding further QQI-certified training programmes specifically designed for members of the deaf...
    • Education Schemes
      1432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing measures to help families with more than one child going to college in terms of the fees. [49222/25]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      1433. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on future plans for the community recognition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47677/25]
    • Community Development Projects
      1434. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams that will be available for community gardens or allotment projects; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      1435. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams that will be available for social enterprise projects in Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1436. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of the community centre investment fund will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      1437. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or...
    • Departmental Funding
      1439. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on a Rural Regeneration and Development Fund category 2 application (details supplied); when it is likely that the...
    • Departmental Data
      1441. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ensure that a CLÁR appeal (details supplied) is granted. [48052/25]
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      1442. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department intends to carry out a feasibility study or impact assessment on a voluntary code for bilingual labelling and...
    • Departmental Data
      1443. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider an application under CLÁR 2025 measure 1 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1444. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding allocating funding to a walk (details supplied) to allow urgent maintenance and restoration works to be...
    • Departmental Data
      1445. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to urgently assist with a Clár application for a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Projects
      1447. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the progress of a project funded under the Community Centres Investment Fund New Build Measure (details...
    • Departmental Funding
      1457. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for the Clár funding under measure 1 and measure 2 in 2024, and to-date in 2025; and the number...
    • Statutory Instruments
      1462. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1463. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a comprehensive breakdown of all funding allocated and paid by his Department to recipients in counties Carlow and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1465. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of town and village renewal scheme funding allocated and paid to projects in counties Carlow and Kilkenny,...
    • Departmental Funding
      1466. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list all CLÁR funding approvals and payments in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, respectively from 2020 to 2024 and to date...
    • Departmental Projects
      1467. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of all ORIS projects in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, respectively from 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in...
    • Departmental Funding
      1468. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of LEADER funding allocations, commitments and payments for counties Carlow and Kilkenny, respectively,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1469. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual SICAP allocations and outturns for the Carlow LCDC and the Kilkenny LCDC including implementing partner, total...
    • Departmental Funding
      1470. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list all CSP supported organisations in County Carlow and County Kilkenny; the funding paid showing organisation name, service...
    • Departmental Projects
      1471. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual CEP/CSF allocations to Carlow LCDC and Kilkenny LCDC and the project-level awards listing recipient, project purpose,...
    • Community Development Projects
      1472. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list all approvals and payments under the Community Centres Investment Fund to County Carlow and County Kilkenny detailing...
    • Departmental Funding
      1473. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of public library funding to Carlow County Council and Kilkenny County Council distinguishing capital grants,...
    • Community Development Projects
      1479. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details of Community Recognition Fund allocations and payments to County Carlow and County Kilkenny including project,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1480. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list all awards under the community and voluntary energy support scheme and any other once-off DRCD energy cost-of-living...
    • Departmental Funding
      1482. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Dormant Accounts Fund allocations and payments administered by his Department to recipients in County Carlow and County...
    • Community Development Projects
      1483. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide all town centre first supports to County Carlow and County Kilkenny, including town regeneration officer posts, town...
    • Departmental Funding
      1484. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list all awards under the Covid-19 Stability Fund and any other Covid-19 related Department supports to organisations in...
    • Departmental Projects
      1488. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48932/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      1490. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the merits of providing grant funding for HEPA filters and similar filtering systems for residents frequently...

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