Written answers

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Departmental Consultations
      4. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason her Department did not engage with all disability organisations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Family Resource Centres
      14. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the work of her Department to support the opening of new family resource centres; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Services
      18. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to address delays in accessing children’s disability services in County Offaly, in particular access...
    • Child and Family Agency
      19. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the dates upon which she spoke to the CEO of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Strategies
      20. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the oversight mechanisms her Department will put in place in relation to the sectoral plans in the new disability strategy. [50189/25]
    • Disability Services
      21. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to enhance respite services for children with neurological disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Childcare Services
      23. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the action plan for childcare, as per the Programme for Government. [50180/25]
    • Departmental Programmes
      24. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for a report on the Bia Blasta lunch scheme for pre-school children in disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      25. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department holds any statistics on the average cost of childcare in each of the past ten years; and the steps her Department...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      26. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 17 June 2025, for an update on efforts to secure further contributions from the religious...
    • Disability Services
      27. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the CDNTs with the longest average waiting times for first contact commencement of therapy; the actions being taken to address these...
    • Childcare Services
      28. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the action her Department is taking to address the lack of childcare places in County Louth. [50190/25]
    • Child and Family Agency
      29. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure that there are no more deaths of children who have been under the care of Tusla; and if she will...
    • Childcare Services
      30. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps that will be taken in Budget 2026 to advance a public model of childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      31. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the proportion of early learning and care and school-age childcare services that have signed up for the fourth year of core funding...
    • Childcare Services
      32. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions planned to ensure childcare providers participate in the core funding scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Service
      34. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to address the increased challenges for staff of Oberstown youth detention centre in County Dublin to ensure...
    • Disability Services
      35. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress to date in reducing waiting lists for children with additional needs accessing therapies in Cavan and Monaghan; and if...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      36. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently overdue an assessment of needs in Cork; and the number of private assessments that have been funded...
    • Health Services
      37. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans and indicative timeline for the establishment of a community neuro-rehabilitation team to support patients with...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      38. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Roscommon currently awaiting an assessment of needs under the Disability Act 2025; the number of those...
    • Childcare Services
      39. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child. [50127/25]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      40. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting times for children in County Offaly to access assessments of need and therapeutic supports through the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      41. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to ensure that early childhood care and education providers are adequately resourced and supported to fully...
    • Child Poverty
      42. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to eradicate child poverty. [50210/25]
    • Childcare Services
      43. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the gradual reduction of childcare costs, as committed to in the Programme for Government; the steps she has...
    • Ombudsman for Children
      44. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions she is taking on foot of the Ombudsman for Children's child death report to ensure that a comprehensive and appropriate...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      45. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of actions underway to reduce waiting lists for assessment of needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Childcare Services
      46. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to expand on the number of community based childcare providers for County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      49. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will consider reviewing existing capacity in community centres; if he will consider expanding existing community centres into...
    • Family Resource Centres
      51. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the supports she is providing for family resource centres. [49984/25]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      52. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress to-date on development of the national plan to further the development of Irish language provision in the Early Learning...
    • Child and Family Agency
      54. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will detail the function and purpose of the National Review Panel, which conducts reviews into the deaths of children in State...
    • Disability Services
      55. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of community disability network teams not fully staffed in the State; the number which are fully staffed; and if she will...
    • Childcare Services
      56. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken by her Department to address significant childcare waiting lists, including the almost 2,400 children currently...
    • Health Services
      57. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of significant issues with complex care coordination for children with neurological conditions, and that there is a...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      59. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the report by the special advocate for survivors’ in relation to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme;...
    • Childcare Services
      60. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe in which it is intended to deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to reduce the cost of childcare to...
    • Disability Services
      61. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding she is providing for digital and assistive technology projects for people with disabilities; and if she will make a...
    • Family Resource Centres
      62. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the lack of a family resource centre in north west Kildare, in particular the Allenwood area; and if she would...
    • Childcare Services
      63. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details regarding her Department’s plans to reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      64. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports she is providing crèches in rural areas with lower populations. [50164/25]
    • United Nations
      65. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the action she is taking to implement the optional protocol of the UNCRPD. [50142/25]
    • Disability Services
      66. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement she has had with the Minister for Transport on issues being faced by disabled persons driving or as passengers; and if...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      67. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the Action Plan for Administrative and Regulatory Simplification for the Early Learning and Childcare Sector will be published;...
    • Disability Services
      68. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the promised delivery and monitoring committee for the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030;...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      70. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has assessed whether current core funding allocations are adequate to support the sustainability of baby rooms,...
    • Children in Care
      72. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports offered to birth mothers of children in State care; the ways through which they are supported through the process of...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      73. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the action she is taking to ensure that childcare facilities are delivered where needed. [50128/25]
    • Child and Family Agency
      74. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality his plans for Ferryhouse, Clonmel, a building in the ownership of TUSLA; the full list of activities and number of staff working out...
    • Disability Services
      75. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the action being taken to address the gap in community disability services for children between 16 and 18 years; and if she will make...
    • Childcare Services
      76. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of creche groups that have withdrawn or pulled out of CORE funding in Cork in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      77. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are any funding schemes in her Department to support organisations in developing changing places toilet facilities. [50028/25]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      79. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on the waiting list for an assessment of need; the number of those waiting over one year; and if she will make...
    • Disability Services
      80. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of policies within CDNTs where they recommend a 'wait and see' approach for children presenting with developmental...
    • Family Resource Centres
      81. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she intends to increase the core funding for family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50209/25]
    • Childcare Services
      82. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department’s work regarding the development of State-led childcare facilities. [49997/25]
    • Disability Services
      83. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress to date in recruiting additional therapists for disability services for Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a...
    • Ombudsman for Children
      84. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department’s plans to increase funding to the Ombudsman for Children, following reports (details supplied) that a lack of...
    • Childcare Services
      85. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider the construction or acquisition of State-owned childcare facilities in Dublin mid-west, given the high demand...
    • Family Resource Centres
      86. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of family resource centres that applied to come in under the national forum that were not successful; and if she will make...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      87. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the waiting lists for assessments of needs in CDNTs in County Meath; the way in which the waiting lists in 2025...
    • Health Service Executive
      90. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to facilitate the opening of a service (details supplied) on a full-time basis, seven days and nights per week; her views on whether...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Middle East
      91. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid...
    • Departmental Data
      93. To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish an up-to-date audit of the number and proportion of people with disabilities who are in employment, broken down by sector and region, to allow...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      94. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items (details supplied) not stored in his...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Trade Agreements
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the stage the Mercosur talks have now reached; the safeguards that will be put in place to protect the livelihoods of Irish farmers in the...
    • Passport Services
      96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the passport office will not accept apostrophes as part of legal names e.g. O’Connor; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Middle East
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent activities of the Irish Consulate in Mumbai including staffing number [49808/25]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland’s strategic response to Russia’s incursion into Polish airspace; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Agreements
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 8 September 2025, whether the Government has a preference regarding the manner of implementation...
    • EU Presidency
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which his Department will consult on shaping the agenda of Ireland's Presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a...
    • Trade Data
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the communications he has had with the European Commission to date in 2025, in respect of the impact of tariffs on the pharmaceutical and...
    • Departmental Data
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who have been arrested and/or charged with supporting a terrorist organisation under the UK’s Terrorism...
    • International Relations
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Ireland’s support of Taiwan’s participation in multilateral fora such as ICAO, UNFCCC and INTERPOL; and...
    • Official Engagements
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to visit Italy before the end of 2025. [50383/25]
    • Human Rights
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the actions he is taking to raise it at an EU level; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items (details...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the results and reporting from the Green Public Procurement (GPP) Strategy and Action Plan, particularly with regards to...
    • Energy Conservation
      115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the warmer homes scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50882/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the...
    • Energy Prices
      118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for allowing retail energy companies to increase their unit price for domestic energy; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the WTE staff by job title working within the Geological Survey Division of his Department as of 10 September 2025; the...
    • Environmental Policy
      121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the State can address the problem of producers avoiding their obligation under Extended Producer...
    • Departmental Staff
      122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that there are two principal officers assigned to the Inland Fisheries Division, as stated by his...
    • Fisheries Protection
      123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) should continue operating as a statutory body considering its...
    • EU Directives
      126. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the implementation of the EU Directive EU/2024/1275 Recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, his plans...
    • Climate Action Plan
      127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in relation to the action in Climate Action Plan 2024 which reads DECC will assess whether mandated caps...
    • Energy Conservation
      128. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the long waiting time for BER assessments in County Clare; and the steps his Department is taking to...
    • Fisheries Protection
      130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration is being given to establishing a compensation scheme to assist anglers affected by the large scale fish...
    • Energy Prices
      132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to avoid the spike in arrears that the Commission for Regulation of Utilities said was likely...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of...
    • Defence Forces
      136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all chronic illnesses and medical conditions that currently preclude members of the Defence Forces from serving; whether...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      137. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items (details...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Funding
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a request for funding support for an organisation (details supplied) in Cork. [50256/25]
    • Road Network
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the provision of a second bridge in Newbridge, County Kildare. [49577/25]
    • Bus Services
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the provision of a town bus service in Newbridge. [49578/25]
    • Electric Vehicles
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a system of regulation for the provision of EV charging services on public networks across the country; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years,...
    • Electric Vehicles
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale behind the decision to include a green stripe on the registration plates of electric and hybrid vehicles; what this will be...
    • Motor Industry
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of motorway service stations on motorways across the country; if the ownership of each station can be set out, in tabular...
    • Departmental Schemes
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new mobility vehicle support scheme will open (details supplied); who will qualify especially families applying under PMC...
    • Driver Licences
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49729/25]
    • Driver Test
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the lease agreement for Mallow driving test centre; if the testing facilities will remain in Mallow; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a consumer satisfactory feedback on public transport, to provide a spur to delivering passenger needs has been carried out in the past...
    • Rail Network
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue generated for Irish Rail from the €2.50 each direction seat reservation fee on intercity journeys in the...
    • Bus Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will prioritise the rollout of the N8 orbital route under Bus Connects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to amend legislation regarding penalties for driving under the influence of drink and/ or drugs; if he intends that any...
    • Driver Test
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner permits a driver will be allowed before they must sit a driving test to obtain a subsequent permit according to the...
    • Driver Licences
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver’s licence application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49869/25]
    • Public Transport
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date plans to improve public transport links from South Kilkenny into the new public transport hub in Waterford city; and if he...
    • Bus Services
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date plans in relation to the proposed A90 bus route; when it is expected to be up and running; and if he will make a statement...
    • Driver Test
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the location of the new driving test centre in South Dublin; the rationale for choosing this area; when it will be operational; and if he...
    • Greenways Provision
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a progress report regarding the South Kerry Greenway; to open the first completed section prior to the end of 2025; and if he will...
    • Noise Pollution
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns of residents in Dún Laoghaire and Glasthule (details supplied); if the provision of...
    • Road Safety
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to protect motorcyclists on our roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49930/25]
    • Driver Test
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average waiting time for a driving test in Longford-Westmeath, broken down by test centre; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Services
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns relating to the reliability of a bus service (details supplied); the actions he will take to...
    • Active Travel
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocated for active travel spending in 2025; and the estimated number of kilometres of new cycling infrastructure that this...
    • Parking Provision
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has examined the feasibility of creating a single nationwide parking platform, similar to the UK National Parking...
    • Tax Rebates
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider advocating for the introduction for a rebate on hydrogenated vegetable oil fuel costs incurred by operators in the...
    • Bus Services
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus stop (details supplied) will be moved to a safer location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50171/25]
    • Rail Network
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of capacity issues on a rail service (details supplied); the plans for investment to increase capacity on this service;...
    • Bus Services
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the typical capital cost of a bus shelter provided by the National Transport Authority. [50228/25]
    • Rail Network
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to communications from the National Transport Authority (details supplied) the estimated cost of ensuring that all out of order...
    • Regional Airports
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the work that has taken place to achieve the extension of the runway at Waterford airport, and to introduce commercial flights...
    • Transport Policy
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy and BusConnects projects in Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a proposed tunnel through Bray Head was included in the cost analysis of double tracking the Rosslare-Dublin rail line;...
    • Driver Test
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new Drogheda driving test centre will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50361/25]
    • Taxi Licences
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for a company (details supplied) prohibiting hackney drivers who are small public service vehicle licence holders from...
    • Road Network
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of planning, design, and funding for the Mallow relief road; the total cost estimate; the amount which has been committed in...
    • Air Services
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the national U-space steering group will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50443/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items (details...
  • Department of Finance
    • Local Authorities
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of local authorities that own land liable to residential zoned land tax; the amount of revenue raised through local authorities since the...
    • Tax Yield
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue raised from the operation of the deemed disposal rules under the capital gains tax code, broken down per year, from 2020 to present;...
    • Middle East
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and...
    • Tax Reliefs
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider tax relief on school voluntary contributions; the estimated total sum in monetary terms made in terms of such contributions by the public...
    • Local Authorities
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if the waiving of local authority section 48 development contributions and the refunding of Uisce Éireann water and wastewater connection charges...
    • Tax Code
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance considering OECD and EU forecasts showing slowed growth and risks from trade policy or tax policy shifts, the contingency planning in place to address...
    • Insurance Industry
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed the disproportionate impact of rising insurance premiums on small and medium-sized businesses in Cork, particularly in the...
    • Financial Services
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if the office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman will accelerate the award of proceedings for older people towards the end of their life who...
    • Insurance Industry
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered targeted supports or legislative interventions to protect voluntary groups in Cork, including sports clubs, cultural festivals and...
    • Banking Sector
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the banking and financial regulatory framework in Ireland is sufficient to detect and mitigate schemes involving large-scale ATM withdrawals conducted...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to add ensuring competition to the mandate of the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50157/25]
    • Tax Collection
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance the research that was carried out as to whether VAT cuts made in recent years were passed on to the consumer; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in line with the proposal in the new Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity, he will introduce an accelerate capital allowance or other tax...
    • Budget Process
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he accepts the Central Bank’s warning that the Budget package is too large at this stage of the economic cycle; and if so, the measures he...
    • Fiscal Policy
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he has considered strengthening fiscal rules or expenditure benchmarks to ensure that growth in current spending does not outpace the long-term...
    • Tax Collection
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason corporation tax forecasts from his Department have been inaccurate for 13 consecutive years; the reason this has not prompted an independent review...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items (details supplied) not stored...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Middle East
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years,...
    • Local Authorities
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the obligations of local authorities under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and the EU Open Data Directive...
    • State Properties
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the properties owned by the State on Spa Road in the Phoenix Park, Dublin 8; and if he will provide details and uses of all buildings on...
    • Office of Public Works
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the need for all OPW-managed sites to have life-saving equipment. [49895/25]
    • Office of Government Procurement
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of Irish produced beef the Office of Government Procurement have procured in the past five years; the plans to increase this;...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the progress of the Glashaboy flood relief scheme; the estimated timeline for completion; and if he will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW carried out at Garda stations within Mayo/Roscommon and Longford Garda division where the...
    • Budget Process
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will commit to a more consistent and transparent methodological approach and in terms of the presentation of data in respect of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Middle East
      240. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two...
    • Public Spending Code
      242. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 309 and 310 of 25 March 2025, which confirmed that under Government decisions of 19 May 2009,...
    • Departmental Reports
      243. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in view of the aggregated Government Departments Prompt Payment Returns covering the period from 2009 to 2022, which were previously...
    • Legislative Measures
      244. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 697 of 8 September 2025, to confirm when the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and...
    • Employment Rights
      245. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to launch a national employer awareness campaign on supported employment, with associated benefits and financial incentives...
    • Medicinal Products
      246. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is concerned by delays within Ireland’s system of reimbursement of new medicines; his views on whether this is an...
    • Departmental Data
      247. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will publish data on the number of business closures in Cork city and county in the past five years where high...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      248. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of employers in the hairdressing and barber sector related to increased operational...
    • Business Supports
      249. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if they would investigate reopening the ICOB application process for appeals by businesses who missed the original deadline. [49977/25]
    • Enterprise Policy
      250. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an assessment was carried out on the Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity to ensure its compliance with public sector...
    • Industrial Relations
      251. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the completion of an Action Plan on Collective Bargaining is not a priority action under the Action Plan on...
    • Enterprise Policy
      252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the resources being provided to ensure transparency, enforcement and compliance in the sale of dual use products, in view of...
    • Business Supports
      254. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if primary retail purpose is a criterion for the increased cost of business grant. [50275/25]
    • EU Presidency
      255. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will be carrying out a consultation on the way in which to shape the agenda of Ireland's Presidency of the EU...
    • Industrial Development
      256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to appoint Ireland's semiconductor advisory committee as set out in the recommendations of Ireland's National...
    • Employment Rights
      259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether a third level student who is resident in Ireland on a stamp 3, and is required to do work placement to complete their college...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      260. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if a ticket for the person can be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify when the timebound provision will open for new teacher registrations; if there are plans to ensure that the Teaching Council...
    • Middle East
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by her Department in the past two years, by...
    • School Transport
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine correspondence regarding a school bus ticket application (details supplied); if a ticket will be issued; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the project’s progress within her...
    • School Enrolments
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 8 September 2025, the options available to a person (details supplied) to secure a secondary school...
    • School Transport
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence (details supplied) and address the concerns raised; if the new service mentioned can be considered; and if she...
    • School Funding
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an application under the CASWS which was uploaded in error to the emergency works portal and accepted; if the application...
    • School Transport
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will address the concerns raised; if an arrangements can be put in place to ensure...
    • Special Educational Needs
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made from the publication of the full findings of the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act...
    • School Transport
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence regarding school transport (details supplied); if tickets will be issued; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Youth Services
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she aware of the increase in referrals of youths to youth services in Swords from the fast growing Donabate area (details supplied); and the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when teachers, employed in ETB schools, who have submitted their application in advance of the 31 July deadline, can expect to receive their...
    • School Transport
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the operation of the school transport pilot scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49834/25]
    • School Admissions
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision of a mainstream class in respect of a school in County Kerry (details supplied) can be expedited; and if she will make a statement...
    • Home Schooling
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure that students educated at home have equal access to the newly implemented additional assessment component in...
    • Education Policy
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Irish exemptions in post-primary schools, by local authority, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal by a school (details supplied) to develop two ASD modular units within the existing play area of the school; the...
    • Departmental Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49924/25]
    • School Transport
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether concessionary Bus Éireann school bus ticket holders (details supplied) will be accommodated with permanent seats on school bus...
    • Irish Sign Language
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress of the Irish sign language specialist classroom support programme pilot; when further applications will be...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure that the statutory timeframes for assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005, and obligations under the...
    • School Transport
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline when a school bus ticket and route will be issued for a child (details supplied). [49974/25]
    • School Management
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a detailed update on the proposed lease agreement between schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49981/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of all correspondence between her Department and a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her Departments plans to provide adequate accommodation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an SNA resource for a school (details supplied) previously deemed necessary was subsequently deemed unnecessary following an SNA...
    • Schools Building Projects
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the extension of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50006/25]
    • School Accommodation
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be made available for repairs to prefabs at a school (details supplied) while they wait for their new extension; and if she...
    • Youth Services
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation for the local youth club grant scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [50017/25]
    • School Transport
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the application of a person (details supplied) to become a taxi driver under the school transport scheme; and if she will...
    • School Facilities
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the proposed services (details supplied); the progress made to date; the expected timeline for delivery; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the proposed building works at a school to provide appropriate and urgently needed teaching space for children with additional...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers with a further education qualification and currently working in the primary and secondary school system are discriminated...
    • School Funding
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a climate action summer works scheme application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in special schools in Cork who are sanctioned transport provision, but for whom a contract has not yet issued. [50238/25]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the date for signing the timebound provision instrument; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50242/25]
    • Child Abuse
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schemes currently in place for survivors of sexual abuse at Christian Brothers schools; to provide details separate to any schemes for...
    • School Accommodation
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to progress the application for a new school building for a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the revised Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations, 2016 will come into force in order that the timebound provision can be implemented;...
    • School Transport
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties being experienced on a school transport route (details supplied); the steps being taken by her Department to...
    • School Funding
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that many schools are in need of a grant calendar to ensure they can budget for upcoming expenses and not have to rely on the...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans to update the DEIS plus plan before the end of 2025; the timeline for the publication of this document; and if she will...
    • School Transport
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the implementation of the school transport review; if her Department will prioritise schools and areas with ongoing eligibility...
    • National Council for Special Education
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an NCSE matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50365/25]
    • School Staff
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to student teachers who are on placement given the cost of these placements has risen substantially; and if she will make...
    • Education Policy
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reducing primary school class sizes as outlined in the pre-Budget 2026 submission by an organisation (details supplied),...
    • School Funding
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider increasing the capitation grant for primary schools, specifically a €75 increase per pupil, as proposed by an...
    • Special Educational Needs
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific measures her Department will support to enhance inclusive education across primary and special schools, as outlined by organisation...
    • Education Schemes
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider expanding the small schools pilot project to a national level, as recommended by the INTO, to support rural schools and...
    • School Funding
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise investment in primary and special education for Budget 2026, in line with the proposals put forward by an organisation...
    • School Staff
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to address the growing teacher shortages and improve retention rates, particularly in primary and special education settings,...
    • School Funding
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has consulted with education stakeholders, including teachers' unions, school principals, and rural school representatives, on...
    • School Transport
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school bus tickets issued to children nationwide for the 2025/2026 school year for which no corresponding bus service was...
    • Home Schooling
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a formal protocol or process in place to facilitate home-schooled students, particularly those with additional educational needs such...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a proposal (details supplied) which could help alleviate the shortage of NEPS psychologists; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if she will provide a breakdown of items (details...
    • Online Safety
      348. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding any regulatory restrictions in place related to advertising on digital platforms; the role...
    • Sports Funding
      349. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration is being given to adjusting or increasing the grant allocated to players (details supplied) to bring...
    • European Union
      350. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment given threats to EU critical infrastructure arising from geopolitical developments and the subsequent attacks on...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      351. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he will commit to expanding and extending basic income for the arts in Budget 2026, in light of the publication...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      354. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to accelerate the roll out of high-speed broadband in underserved rural communities; the...
    • Local Authorities
      355. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is a requirement for the local authority to own the building they apply for the artist workspace scheme for; or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      360. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the waiving of local authority section 48 development contributions and the refunding of Uisce Éireann water and...
    • Rental Sector
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he accepts that the requirement to sell with tenants in situ significantly reduces the market value of rental properties in...
    • Waterways Ireland
      363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of banding and grading in Waterways Ireland; the retrospection of pay for same; and if he...
    • Housing Schemes
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide clarity on the tenant-in-situ scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50548/25]
    • Middle East
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past...
    • Heritage Schemes
      367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the qualification criteria of the built heritage scheme; whether the scheme applies to all buildings; if there are any...
    • Derelict Sites
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the application of the derelict sites register in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area; his views on the progress in bringing...
    • Local Authorities
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review of existing local authorities' rates for retailers is being considered to reflect the lower level of footfall in...
    • Housing Policy
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assistance or supports currently available to assist a person to downsize their home; the steps he will take to assist...
    • Housing Provision
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given the Summary Social Housing Assessment 2025 for Cork city, the current net need figure; the number of households who...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Statutory Instrument No. 374 of 2024, European Union (invasive Alien Species) Regulations 2024, are retrospective to before...
    • Local Authorities
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to alter the eligibility criteria for the local authority home loan where long-term State benefit payments may only...
    • Housing Policy
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected cost and allocation for the temporary waiver of the development levy and water connection charges in 2026. [50042/25]
    • Electoral Process
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline any plans or work he and his Department have undertaken to extend the postal vote entitlement to those who are on...
    • Rental Sector
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to protect renters who are subletting; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Schemes
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to re-open the long-term leasing initiative, which was closed to new applications from 31 December 2021. [50266/25]
    • Vacant Properties
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review correspondence regarding grant aid for a property (details supplied); if he will advise if the person is...
    • Defective Building Materials
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the increased 10% to the maximum grant for the defective concrete block and the increased 'per square metre' rates, which...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a comprehensive review of the national list of invasive alien species is needed before adding a single species,...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will continue to expand the NPWS farm plan schemes in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50327/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the financial supports available to people with damaged roofs in private housing; and if he will make a statement...
    • Electoral Process
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given reports that non-party/independent councillors are aligning to endorse a presidential candidate through county council...
    • Planning Issues
      399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of planning decisions being taken contrary to public health advice (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Urban Development
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether a town centre living grant will be introduced. [50474/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline for the past four years, the average time between reviews for recipients of a carer’s allowance;...
    • Middle East
      404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the correspondence (details supplied); if a decision regarding a carer’s allowance application could...
    • Employment Schemes
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will ensure that the Pathways to Work strategy includes dedicated funding for disability-related transport costs,...
    • State Pensions
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department examined the contributions made by a person (details supplied) when they applied unsuccessfully for a...
    • Child Poverty
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will ensure the new national child poverty target published 10 September 2025 is made publicly available on gov.ie; the...
    • Poverty Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason it is not standard practice across the board in the Department’s research, data collection and reports to...
    • Budget Process
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated increase to the WFP threshold included in the base projections for Government expenditure contained in the APR...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who were in receipt of living alone allowance and subjected to a review by his Department in 2023, 2024...
    • Pension Provisions
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide details of the pension security for persons who remain at a disadvantage due to unpaid caring...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the time it takes to reactivate the PPS numbers for returning Irish emigrants, compared with the timescale involved in...
    • Social Welfare Code
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider increasing the fuel allowance thresholds for those in receipt of the contributory State pension and the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the weekly household income limit for back to school clothing and footwear allowance was last increased. [50380/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has reviewed the current eligibility criteria for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance, in light of...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Financial Irregularities
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of suspicious transaction reports submitted to the Financial Intelligence Unit in 2024 in relation to identity...
    • Citizenship Applications
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost associated with applications for Irish citizenship; if the cost will be examined; if there are plans to reduce this...
    • Probate Applications
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 9 July 2025, how the progress in reduced probate processing times outlined (and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of manned entry points at which the Garda National Immigration Bureau operates passport checks; and if he will make...
    • Airport Policy
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the basis for not providing a dedicated channel for people arriving from within the common travel area at Dublin Airport, in...
    • Middle East
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider putting in place a requirement on the operators of internet applications that would ensure real, genuine...
    • An Garda Síochána
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars registered to and for use by An Garda Síochána, by Garda region; and if he will make a...
    • Prison Service
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for changing the kennelling requirement for prison service dogs to home-kennelling; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1703 of 8 September 2025, if he will provide a comprehensive breakdown of the overall...
    • Official Engagements
      445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the dates and attendees at any meetings he or his officials have had with the new Garda Commissioner (details supplied). [49720/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of senior management of an Garda Síochána, by date of appointment to each position; and if...
    • Communications Surveillance
      449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can guarantee that An Garda Síochána has never intercepted communications involving journalists given the...
    • Control of Dogs
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported incidents to An Garda Síochána involving uncontrolled dogs in public places in each year from...
    • Youth Services
      456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality is he aware of the increase in referrals of youths to youth services in Swords from the Donabate area from the Garda juvenile...
    • Visa Applications
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a couple (details supplied) are still waiting on their visas to be approved despite applying for them in January...
    • An Garda Síochána
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases that the Garda Human Trafficking Investigation and Co-Ordination Unit have dealt with in the years of 2023,...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of disqualified drivers prosecuted for failing to surrender their licence/permit to the Road Safety Authority in...
    • Emergency Services
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle theft and damage of life-saving equipment in public places; and his views on the need to ensure that good...
    • An Garda Síochána
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department was first made aware of the 999 Garda call scandal. [49918/25]
    • Departmental Data
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is aware of Operation Teach 2 and to clarify the meaning of it. [49920/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide Garda numbers in the Dublin Metropolitan Region North since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Provision
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an extension of accommodation will be considered and provided to a person in the short-term (details supplied) until housing...
    • Visa Applications
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times for Short Stay (Type C) and Long Stay (Type D) visa applications; the efforts being made by his...
    • An Garda Síochána
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for the number of community Gardaí, by station, in Ronanstown, Lucan, Clondalkin, Rathcoole and Tallaght, for each year...
    • Departmental Schemes
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing or supporting a grant or subsidy scheme to assist small and independent pharmacies with the...
    • Programme for Government
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to roll out restorative justice service provision as promised in the Programme for Government; his plans to...
    • Legislative Measures
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to progress the Criminal Justice (Promotion of Restorative Justice) Amendment Bill. [50262/25]
    • Visa Applications
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the backlog of join family visa applications; the work his Department is undertaking to decrease waiting times...
    • An Garda Síochána
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for Garda vetting in the years from 2023 to date in 2025, by quarter, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being considered by his Department for the introduction of a minimum distance requirement from schools for the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether a third level student who is resident in Ireland on a stamp 3, and is required to do work placement to complete their...
    • Citizenship Applications
      491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applications received from Thai nationals in 2024; and the number of these applications processed to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the introduction of a Garda vetting card to prevent multiple ongoing applications to various different groups,...
    • Judicial Reviews
      493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied) regarding judicial reviews; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the representation made on a missing naturalisation certificate (details supplied); if an enquiry has been...
    • International Protection
      495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to prioritise international protection applicants who are sleeping rough; his plans to prioritise...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Middle East
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two...
    • Departmental Funding
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a detailed update on the status of each of the 18 facilities that have been grated funding under round 1 of the National...
    • Local Authorities
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dog wardens currently employed by each local authority in 2020, 2022, 2024, and the latest figures available in 2025....
    • Fines Administration
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of fines issued under the Control of Dogs Acts in each of the years 2020 to 2024, by local authority. [49754/25]
    • Departmental Data
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are national guidelines or statutory requirements governing the patrol frequency of dog wardens in public parks and other...
    • Departmental Reviews
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has conducted any review of the effectiveness of the control of dogs Acts; and if he will consider a full review in...
    • Greyhound Industry
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,686 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 who were being tracked on Rásaíocht...
    • Veterinary Services
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE superintending veterinary inspector and senior superintending veterinary inspectors employed by his Department as...
    • Animal Sales
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider a review of his Departments approach to online restricted herd sales, in order that marts are allowed to operate...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 and 2025 ACRES payment is expected to issue to a farm partnership (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Animal Welfare
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the impending closure of an animal rehabilitation centre (details supplied); if his Department has plans for the...
    • Forestry Sector
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) can expect to have their delayed forest premia payments made to them; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Parental Leave
      518. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider increasing the number of days for parental leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50008/25]
    • Disability Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of respite care facilities operated by HSE or funded partners which are available to children with disabilities in Cork...
    • Departmental Communications
      524. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the planned playground for Newbridge, County Kildare. [49579/25]
    • Middle East
      525. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by her Department in the past two...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      527. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting to access speech and language therapy in the CHO7 area, by CDNT, in tabular form; the number of those...
    • Departmental Funding
      528. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding status for SOS Kilkenny’s respite services; to outline when the funding that has been promised will be released;...
    • Education and Training Provision
      530. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the opposite trends in the direction of preschool (decreasing) and school age (increasing) services over the past...
    • Childcare Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of ECCE-only services, by county, in 2020 to 2024 by year; her definition of ECCE-only services; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      532. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of part-time only services by county in 2020 to 2024 by year; her definition of part-time services; and if she will...
    • Departmental Data
      533. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of sessional services by county in 2020 to 2024 by year; her definition of sessional only services; and if she will...
    • Childcare Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children supported by income-assessed childcare subsidies, by county, in 2020 to 2024, by year; and if she will...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      540. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Tusla registered childminders, by county, in 2020 to 2024, by year. [49798/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      541. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will consider adjusting core funding allocations for services caring for children aged zero to one years of age in...
    • Departmental Policies
      542. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the policy measures her Department is considering to address the high demand for baby room places including in Dublin mid-west where...
    • Childcare Services
      543. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the development of a forward planning model to identify and compare areas in terms of childcare need; and if she...
    • Departmental Data
      546. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of applications for an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 that were completed within the...
    • Disability Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the expected date by which the proposed private panel for autism and disability assessments will be operational; the criteria that...
    • Departmental Funding
      549. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional funding allocated in 2025 to address the waiting list for assessments of need; if this funding is being provided from...
    • Disability Services
      550. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being put in place to ensure equitable access to autism and disability assessments under the private panel across all...
    • Departmental Data
      551. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reporting requirements that will apply to providers under the new private panel for assessments; if she will publish quarterly...
    • Childcare Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the lack of sufficient childcare services, particularly after school programmes in Cork (details supplied); the...
    • Departmental Data
      553. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of community disability network teams in the State; the locations of the teams; the number of CDNTs that are fully...
    • Departmental Schemes
      554. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the evaluation of the national childcare scheme promised for 2025; the status of the evaluation; the timeline for...
    • Departmental Data
      555. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting to be seen by CDNTs in the CHO2 area, by team and number of weeks waiting; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department’s engagement with disabled persons’ organizations and other disability stakeholders in the preparation...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      564. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he has plans to increase the number of places which allow for the incarceration of individuals under the age of 17 years who have...
    • Departmental Projects
      565. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the action being taken on foot of the post-acute inpatient rehabilitation mapping project; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Strategies
      566. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to publish an updated national strategy for women and girls, and tackle gender inequality. [50234/25]
    • Disability Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will provide a manual application form for enduring powers of attorney through the DSS (details supplied) as the...
    • Childcare Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on phase 2 of the National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      569. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2032 of 8 September 2025, wherein he indicated that the Section 38 and HSE disability...
    • Grant Payments
      570. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reasons the application of an organisation (details supplied) was not successful in progressing to the next stage of the process...
    • Childcare Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childminders who have registered with TUSLA and are part of the national childcare scheme, since the expansion of the...
    • Departmental Data
      572. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies, by job title in each children's disability network team based within Mayo; the expected timeframe for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      576. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if she will provide a breakdown of items...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Data
      577. To ask the Minister for Health given recent figures released by the HSE regarding the horrendous growth in the number of children on waiting lists in Kerry and in the Kerry/Cork region for...
    • Disability Services
      578. 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...
    • Budget 2026
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in Budget 2026 to provide for Belimumab for those with lupus who are in urgent need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49580/25]
    • Health Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the current restrictions on CAR-T cell therapy, which limit access to patients under the age of 26, in light of the case of a...
    • Hospital Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HIQA review of Midwest urgent and emergency care. [49584/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy regarding access to CAR-T cell therapy for patients over the age of 26 with refractory acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; the rationale for the...
    • Health Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to extend the MRI service at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital to a seven-day service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49599/25]
    • Middle East
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by her Department in the past two years, by description and...
    • Health Services
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if CAR T-cell therapy, which is currently unavailable in Ireland to patients over the age of 26 years of age, can be administered in older adult patients...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently intervene in an extremely difficult case (details supplied), and allow for CAR T-cell therapy to be provided at the earliest possible...
    • Dental Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a child needing dental treatment outlined in correspondence (details supplied); if she will address the concerns raised; if the...
    • Health Services
      590. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 7 May 2025, the current status of the National Gender Service moving to a new location. [49686/25]
    • Programme for Government
      592. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether the Programme for Government commitment to review the reimbursement process is entirely separate from the previous review carried out by a...
    • Disease Management
      593. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether there is a need for a cross-departmental approach in respect of rare disease policy in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the health budget and respective amounts allocated to expanding/enhancing immunisation programmes in 2024 and 2025; the plans to increase...
    • Health Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if she will instruct her Department to consider expanding CAR-T therapies for patients over the age of 26 years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Provision
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeline between eviction notices being served in Cobh, the sale and transfer of the properties, refurbishment and re-letting; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      598. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the waiting list for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49766/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who have left before their regular retirement age, in St. James’ Hospital, Crumlin Hospital and Temple St. Hospital, in tabular...
    • Health Services
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the CAR T-cell therapy (details supplied); the reason this care option is not available for patients over the age of 26; and if she will...
    • Dental Services
      601. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to introduce an independent regulator for dentistry in Ireland that will oversee the registration of dentists, which is currently handled by the...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      603. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand the HSE's assisted human reproduction services to provide for IVF for families using a donor, addressing the current exclusion of single...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to address the extensive waiting lists for children seeking appointments for speech and language therapy; the number of...
    • Departmental Budgets
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to ensure universal access to dedicated menopause counselling supports and screening for cardiovascular osteoporosis risk factors....
    • Departmental Data
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged under 18 years of age who have a diagnosis of ataxia telangiectasia; and the treatment that is available to them within the State...
    • Hospital Staff
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthopaedic registrars based at Portiuncula University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [49804/25]
    • Cancer Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALLtype B cell) who, at 35 years of age (details supplied) is not eligible to...
    • Healthcare Policy
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if the costing provided for in a document included hormone replacement therapy prescribed to transgender women (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Strategies
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if a proposal will be considered by the expert advisory group established to guide the next suicide reduction strategy (detail supplied); and if she will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      613. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred 18 months ago to University Hospital Limerick for an MRI scan to address chronic...
    • Departmental Contracts
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for outsourcing a contract for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area to a private ambulance provider, given that the National...
    • Hospital Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are...
    • Departmental Funding
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of ring-fenced annual funding for radiotherapy equipment replacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the establishment of a national body with radiotherapy expertise to identify patient and technology specific needs; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49890/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      620. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the need to provide life-saving equipment in addition to AEDs and life rings; and her plans to issue new guidelines on appropriate life-saving...
    • Medicinal Products
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that patients being prescribed concerta for the treatment of symptoms associated with ADHD by doctors in the CAMHS service have to leave that...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      622. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on Connolly Hospital’s engagement with the National Transport Authority regarding a plan to upgrade road infrastructure within the...
    • Hospital Staff
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of security staff hired directly and through agency in Galway University Hospital; the number that are hired directly, and through agencies; the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      624. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand the availability of free HRT products beyond the treatment of menopause symptoms to transgender people as part of gender-affirming...
    • Home Help Service
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a home help package in Donegal, by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE audiologists, by grade that were based within older persons services in Waterford in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49945/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE cognitive behaviour therapy posts that were actually filled at University Hospital Waterford in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form....
    • Dental Services
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists and dental nurses, by grade based at Dungarvan primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49947/25]
    • Departmental Data
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons within CHO5 awaiting podiatry appointments within primary care service on 12 September 2025. [49948/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade based at Waterford primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49949/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the special leave with pay scheme (SLWP), and that some form of long term support will be put in place for these...
    • Ambulance Service
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a private operator has been chosen for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area while the National Ambulance Service already...
    • Departmental Policies
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is considering classifying long-Covid an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49973/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied); if speech and language therapy for down syndrome children is funded...
    • Health Service Executive
      635. To ask the Minister for Health for the make-up of audiology service provision in HSE Dublin and North East region, broken down by former LHO area, detailing the number of services provided...
    • Health Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if CAR T-cell therapy is available in Ireland (details supplied); if so in which hospitals; and if not, if she plans to introduce it; and if she...
    • Hospital Staff
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiologists that are only treating public patients at University Hospital Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Budgets
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing all emergency departments with liaison psychiatrists for two years, in tabular form. [50011/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the recent decision to award a contract for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area to a private ambulance provider; if...
    • Departmental Schemes
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider including inflammatory bowel disease in the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50014/25]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      643. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a progress report and timeline on the delivery of a new primary care centre at a location (details supplied) which was listed as a priority...
    • Disability Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if she will investigate the case of a young person with complex needs (details supplied); if she will acknowledge that their parents have coped with the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [50036/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      646. To ask the Minister for Health if she will approve the use of CAR T-cell therapy for a patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50037/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that 'family carer' is formally included as an occupation option on the HSE’s iPass system, given that there are over 500,000 family...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      649. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the reason CAR-T cell therapy treatment has not been approved for patients over the age of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      650. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1144 of 13 May 2025, the status of the HSE Service Improvement Programme’s review of the existing provision of...
    • Departmental Policies
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the reasoning behind the use of Car-T therapy being restricted to just those under the age of 26 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50153/25]
    • Departmental Data
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have received Car-T therapy over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50154/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      656. To ask the Minister for Health if she has been made aware of case of a person (details supplied); the steps the HSE is taking in relation to this case; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the reason incontinence surgery is not currently provided in Ireland (details supplied); if she plans to make this service available in Ireland; and if not, if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if the appointment can be expedited as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Policies
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to support frontline healthcare professionals who continue to suffer from long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50235/25]
    • Hospital Services
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the reason several persons whose routine mammograms are due, have not received appointments in Galway following the postponement of mammography services at...
    • Departmental Funding
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the exchequer funding if any which was provided to an organisation (details supplied) from 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50271/25]
    • Health Services
      665. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new surgical hub for Cork; the estimated date for opening; the number of operating theatres and procedure rooms it will consist of; the...
    • Hospital Staff
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of any plan to increase the level of nursing staff at the emergency department in Mayo University Hospital (MUH), Castlebar; if she...
    • Dental Services
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthodontists posts filled within Mayo dental services in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Facilities
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Mayo University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; if each of those capital...
    • Departmental Data
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing the grants for hearing aids to cover the full cost of the hearing aids; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50318/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the current proposals to add inpatient neurorehabilitation beds to serve the Cork and Kerry (HSE South West) region; if she will confirm whether funding will...
    • Health Services
      671. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50332/25]
    • Eating Disorders
      672. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on phase one of the review of the model of care for eating disorders; and the timeline for the commencement and completion of phase two of the...
    • Mental Health Services
      673. To ask the Minister for Health if she considered broadening the eligibility criteria for clinical psychologists qualified abroad, specifically in the UK, to practice in Ireland; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if she will put in place a permanent scheme of paid leave for eligible public health sector employees suffering from long covid; to replace the existing scheme...
    • Cancer Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the lack of progress in implementing the recommendations of the national radiation therapist review; the status of the implementation group;...
    • Nursing Homes
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in each month of 2025 who have been discharged from nursing homes; the proportion of same who were recipients of fail deal supports; and...
    • Cancer Services
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a proposal to establish a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme (details supplied); if she will commit to...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for automatic wearable blood sugar sensors can be provided for those Type 2-rated patients whose condition makes them prone to regular, dangerous...
    • Departmental Data
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of assaults reported/recorded against patients at Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, for each quarter for each of the years...
    • Vaccination Programme
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE to fund vaccinations for persons with a condition (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50377/25]
    • Dental Services
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the number and locations of WTE senior dental surgeons with a special interest in special needs posts, that were filled within the primary care system of CHO7...
    • Hospital Staff
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in knee and hip replacement surgery based at St. James's Hospital in the years 2023,...
    • Health Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the funding approved for an organisation (details supplied) given key commitments outlined in Budget 2025 by the Minister for Health; and if she...
    • Legislative Programme
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing the draft heads of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2025;...
    • Legislative Measures
      698. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill, listed for priority drafting in the...
    • Legislative Programme
      699. To ask the Minister for Health further to publication of the Government's Autumn legislative programme, the rationale for the proposed revised approach to legislation on nicotine inhaling...
    • Nursing Homes
      700. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently allow for a person (details supplied) to be placed in a nursing home, close to their family and friends; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Gender Recognition
      701. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the waiting times for gender-affirming care in Ireland, which are currently more than ten years; if members of the trans...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if she will provide a breakdown of items (details supplied) not stored...
    • Pharmacy Services
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the introduction of the common conditions service in community pharmacies; if it is her intention to have this service operational by year...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the issue of pension provision for research staff grades who do not have access to public service pensions in...
    • Middle East
      706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by...
    • Further and Higher Education
      708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual funding provided to each of the universities in the State, broken down by institution, for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a...
    • EU Presidency
      709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will carry out a consultation on the way in which to shape the agenda of Ireland’s Presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make...
    • Further and Higher Education
      710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on measures taken since the beginning of the 34th Dáil to enhance the supply of therapists available to provide direct support...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department covers the cost of any unitary charges arising from public private partnership contracts for further or higher educational...
    • Further and Higher Education
      713. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a course (details supplied) has been considered for MTU Tralee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50250/25]
    • EU Presidency
      714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will carry out a consultation on how to shape the agenda of Ireland's presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      715. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items (details...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Middle East
      716. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two...
    • Departmental Data
      718. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the merits of putting in place a quota, that would require a percentage of advertising to be produced through the...
    • Irish Language
      719. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he or any member of Government plans on attending a protest (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      720. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department will outline the funding streams currently available to Ukrainian-led community organisations to support...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      721. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to seasonal charities operating in the Christmas period; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Funding
      722. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has received EU funding for capital works projects under the remit of his Department, in 2024 and to date in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      723. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items...
    • Departmental Programmes
      724. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application (details supplied) under the Clár funding scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

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