Written answers

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Services
      104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the increase in the 132 bus service that was scheduled for April of this year will happen. [51677/25]
    • Rail Network
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will acknowledge the need for additional rail services from Dublin to Carlow and Kilkenny, if he has a plan to address the...
    • Road Network
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the N81 will be upgraded, having never been so previously. [51678/25]
    • Bus Éireann
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of routes and passenger journeys per year operated by Bus Éireann services in Cork from 2020 to 2025; and if he will make...
    • Disability Services
      111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his plans to improve disability access on public transport in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Transport Policy
      112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans and measures considered and implemented by publicly funded public transport operators when it becomes clear that there is a...
    • Rail Network
      113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific steps his Department is undertaking to ensure that the National Train Control Centre project is delivered in a timely and...
    • Traffic Management
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on additional safety measures and traffic management measures being considered on the N25 between Carrigtwohill and...
    • Transport Policy
      116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the research carried out by his Department into the merit of promoting the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil fuel for transport to...
    • Bus Services
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether weekend bus timetables should differ from weekday schedules, in particular whether more frequent services should...
    • Road Projects
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite the delivery of a new roadway and footpaths through Cahersiveen town on the N70 Ring of Kerry road; and if he will...
    • Bus Éireann
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will end the mandatory retirement age of 70 for Bus Éireann drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51708/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding allocated to transport projects in County Offaly in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51421/25]
    • Driver Licences
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on current work underway to establish driving licence exchange agreements between the United States of America and...
    • State Bodies
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with a company (details supplied) to discuss the exit package of its CEO; if he is satisfied with the proposed exit...
    • Road Projects
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be made available to progress the long-awaited relief road for Mountmellick town; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the risk mitigation strategies being implemented by his Department to prevent further cost escalations in the National Train Control...
    • Bus Services
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the expected impact of the implementation of the new Bus Connects routes in the Finglas and Ballymun areas; to outline...
    • Transport Policy
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether consideration has been given to extending the timetables on rural transport/local link networks for the Christmas period; and if...
    • Road Projects
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will set out the strategic importance of the N24 upgrade in connecting the west and southeast, supporting balanced regional...
    • Transport Policy
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options being considered to incentivise increased uptake of shared mobility services by commuters; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Services
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status on the BusConnects project in Cork County; the status of the CMATS project in Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Transport Policy
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a timeline for the introduction of contactless payment services on public transport throughout the country; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Test
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the use of 15,000 driving tests completed between June 2025 to August 2025 using overtime is considered necessary, when the number of...
    • Transport Policy
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the current review of small public service vehicle provision in rural areas; whether he is aware of the...
    • Rail Network
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the scale of funding that will be given in 2026, 2027 and 2028 through the National Development Plan to the Dart+ projects; and if he...
    • Bus Services
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of service challenges on Bus Éireann routes serving Ashbourne and Ratoath in County Meath; his plans to address...
    • Transport Policy
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be put toward rural public transport to continue expanding access to public transport in rural areas,...
    • Road Projects
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progression of the proposed upgrade of the R624 access road to Cobh and the Great Island in east Cork; and if he...
    • Bus Services
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on Bus Connects Galway; the current expected date that the network redesign will be implemented; the work his...
    • Transport Costs
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to simplify fare structures to ensure equity train and bus fares, in particular for those commuting to and from...
    • Bus Services
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the bus routes in the Dublin mid-west area that are 24-hour services; if there are plans to introduce 24-hour service bus...
    • Transport Policy
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the development of park and ride facilities in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51258/25]
    • Ministerial Communications
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has met with the CEO or management of Irish Rail since taking office; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Transport Policy
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress on the implementation on the national policy framework for unmanned aircraft systems; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Services
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on funding for Waterford Airport. [51388/25]
    • Bus Services
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his most recent engagements with the NTA in relation to the emerging preferred route for the Luas for Lucan which is due to be identified...
    • Rail Network
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the feasibility study for the extension of the Red Line Luas to Poolbeg, due to be complete this summer;...
    • Cycling Facilities
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spending from central Government on cycle lanes, per year, from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Transport Policy
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on increasing buses and trains at peak hours through the Dublin mid-west area; if capacity at these hours has been...
    • Bus Services
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the promised bus service linking Athenry to Galway city, which was schedule to commence in Q2 of 2025; the reason for the...
    • Transport Costs
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has undertaken any assessment on how reducing or subsidising the cost of public transport impacts on passenger numbers;...
    • Driver Licences
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his Department’s efforts to close a loophole where learner drivers repeatedly renew their permits without sitting...
    • Road Projects
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the earliest estimated completion date of the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney road project. [51820/25]
    • Transport Costs
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being considered to mitigate the impact of fare increases on students and young adults following the recent fare zone...
    • Rail Network
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his proposals, and the status thereof, arising from the strategic rail review with regards to County Monaghan; and if...
    • Disability Services
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work being done to ensure that public transport for those with disabilities is more accessible; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Transport Policy
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions being taken to decarbonise our transport fleet; and in particular the role hydrotreated vegetable oil is playing in...
    • Bus Services
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional services will be provided on the 15b bus route during the morning peak, as buses are routinely full in the mornings since...
    • Road Projects
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the Killarney bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51673/25]
    • Rail Network
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the enhancement of commuter rail services in Cork, in particular when the new stations at Blarney/Stoneview, Monard,...
    • Road Projects
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update as to the latest status of the N17 Knock to Collooney project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51686/25]
    • Disability Services
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied buses have sufficient facilities for disabled people and people with medical needs; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Traffic Management
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an assessment has been conducted on whether traffic flow can be improved within existing constraints on the N2 between Kilmoon Cross...
    • Road Projects
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the earliest estimated completion date of the N2-Clontibret to the Border road project; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the core bus corridor project from Ballymun to the City centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51812/25]
    • Airport Policy
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to increase the viability and capacity of regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Services
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current prevalence of the practice of injecting additional buses along routes when such routes have reached capacity; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on national roads upgrade funding for Waterford city and county. [51389/25]
    • Rail Network
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to the need for an additional train station in Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider amnesty, or abolish the reapplication process and practical driving test, for licences for Jeep and trailers when...
    • Transport Policy
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if public consultation is carried out in identifying local link routes or routes under the Connecting Ireland plan; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of routes and passenger journeys per year operated by local link Cork from 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Transport Policy
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve public transport services in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51420/25]
    • Departmental Meetings
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the truck driver shortages in Cork; if his Department has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding...
    • Road Projects
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on progress of the N24 Cahir to Waterford scheme, including timelines for planning, detailed design and delivery; and if he...
    • Transport Policy
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his work in the establishment of transport policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51681/25]
    • Rail Network
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions being proposed within his Department following the publication in October 2024 of the light rail feasibility study for...
    • Cycling Facilities
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the increase in the kilometres of cycle lanes across Ireland per year from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passenger journeys per year, per route, on the Intercity city route to Galway from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Cork northern ring road and the northern distributor road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51672/25]
    • Transport Costs
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the recent changes to the Dublin commuter zone fare structure; and his views on...
    • Rail Network
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passenger journeys on the western rail corridor each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51613/25]
    • Transport Policy
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the increase in the number of routes on the rural transport/local link network each year from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Taxi Regulations
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he will instruct the National Transport Authority to introduce a temporary change to taxi lifespan regulations, to allow taxi...
    • Road Projects
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to expedite major improvement works to the main road in and out of Dingle and West Kerry, the N86, a critical national secondary road...
    • Rail Network
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the review into the reopening of the Western Rail Corridor; his position on advancing...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • National Security
      197. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the proposed National Security Strategy revision which has been called on to ensure the strategy reflects the changed geo-political landscape that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      198. To ask the Taoiseach the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51372/25]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Travel Documents
      199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legislative basis of the Government's policy not to issue travel documents to non-nationals experiencing grave humanitarian disasters...
    • Citizenship Applications
      201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will confirm if a person (details supplied) is eligible for Irish citizenship based on their parent's citizenship; and if...
    • Northern Ireland
      202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps the Government has taken to ensure that the new UK Ireland framework replacing the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and...
    • Departmental Data
      203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage supplier,...
    • Legislative Measures
      204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the General Scheme of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods)...
    • Middle East
      206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of Ireland’s response to the attacks on the global sumud flotilla, which currently has a number of Irish citizens...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Fisheries Protection
      210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the nature of the issues preventing snap fishing in the Inistiog area of Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Conservation
      211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of approvals for and drawdowns of the home energy upgrade scheme loan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a systematic assessment will be carried out to quantify the number of fish killed in the recent River Blackwater...
    • Local Authorities
      213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding remedial works on a bridge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51244/25]
    • Departmental Data
      214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data...
    • Energy Conservation
      215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of problems with the removal of clothes pods, where they have become hotspots for illegal dumping and are...
    • Departmental Schemes
      217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expected cost of the business energy upgrade scheme in it's first year since being launched in November 2024; and if...
    • Energy Policy
      218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the Government’s National Heat Policy Statement; when he expects that it will be published; and if...
    • Energy Prices
      219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the expansion of the definition of ‘vulnerable customers’ to include financially vulnerable...
    • Waste Management
      220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of tonnes of farm plastic currently stored in Irish Farm Film Producers Groups approved yards; and where in the...
    • Energy Prices
      223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has received complaints or reports regarding the treatment of vulnerable ESB customers in arrears. [51965/25]
    • Environmental Policy
      224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 8 September 2025, the specific issues that led the meeting to be suspended...
    • Waste Management
      225. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide further detail on the review being undertaken by his Department of extended producer responsibility and the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Data
      226. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage supplier, in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      227. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department uses and/or has purchased products developed by a company (details supplied); if he will provide a schedule of the products...
    • Defence Forces
      228. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to ensure that Army Reserves continue to receive fair remuneration; whether he will reconsider the reported decision to...
    • Naval Service
      229. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the development of a naval base in Dún Laoghaire harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51567/25]
    • Defence Forces
      230. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on a television programme (details supplied) of 18 September 2025 in which it was alleged that the phones and geolocation of...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      231. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of recorded vessels that unlawfully entered Irish territorial waters during each of the years 2023 and 2024, and to date in...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Hedge Cutting
      232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider setting up a grant scheme to help landowners with the costs of cutting roadside hedges, as a health and safety...
    • National Security
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of recorded aircraft that unlawfully entered Irish airspace during each of the years 2023 and 2024, and to date in 2025....
    • Road Network
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date on the N72-N73 Mallow relief road scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51976/25]
    • Rail Network
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if every intercity rail journey has at least two customer service agents onboard; if not, the estimated costs needed to ensure that every...
    • Public Transport
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital funding allocated to public transport projects in the National Development Plan for the period 2026 to 2030; and if he will...
    • National Car Test
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter regarding national car testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51136/25]
    • Rail Network
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if extra carriages will be added to the morning and evening train from Rosslare to Dublin, to help with over-crowding and reduce cars...
    • Road Projects
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected timeline for completion of the N/M20 Cork-Limerick motorway project; the projected total cost; and the extent of EU funding...
    • Taxi Regulations
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the process and criteria for taxi drivers to apply for the WAV grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51185/25]
    • Bus Services
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timelines for implementation of the Bus Connect plan for the Dublin Fingal west constituency; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Licences
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding initiating driving licence agreements with US states. [51252/25]
    • Road Projects
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the N68 in County Clare to make it fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51264/25]
    • School Transport
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the funding will be provided in 2025 to include a further bundle of schools in the safe routes to school scheme; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of the proposed new bus network for Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51332/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage...
    • Bus Services
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any plans to amend the local link 391 bus service, Thurles to Limerick, to serve the village of Kilcommon, as it currently...
    • Rail Network
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the passenger numbers using the improved and now hourly-frequency rail service between Belfast and Dublin, month on month, hour by...
    • Bus Services
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus timetable can be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51459/25]
    • Rail Network
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passenger journeys per year, per route, on the commuter rail networks in the greater Dublin region from 2016 to date in...
    • Cycling Facilities
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spending from central Government on cycle lanes per year from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Greenways Provision
      274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spending from central Government on greenways from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51494/25]
    • Public Transport
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans for the €2 fare which was introduced as a cost-of-living measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51496/25]
    • Bus Services
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to specific measures to support commuters residing in areas closer to city and town centres whose bus...
    • Public Transport
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend free fares for under nine year olds to private transport operators. [51563/25]
    • Greenways Provision
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the overall spending from central Government on greenways in Cork city and county per greenway since 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount requested, broken down by each local authority, from the safety improvement works grant and specific improvement grant, to...
    • Driver Licences
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to facilitate the easier return to Ireland for emigrants, including...
    • Taxi Licences
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the reduction in the past number of years of operating taxis, particularly in rural areas; and if he will make a...
    • Border Checks
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department is preparing for changes under the new EU Entry/Exit System (EES) starting October 2025, particularly...
    • Public Transport
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full time Revenue Protection Officers (RPUs) employed by Irish Rail, and the estimated full year cost to double this number...
    • Road Safety
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reverse the decision not to implement default 30 kilometre an hour speed limits in urban areas; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what steps he will take to ensure that there is no loss of bus service for St. MacDaras Community College and Rossmore Estate as a result...
    • Public Transport
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will abolish public transport fares as a cost of living, air quality and climate action measure; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Safety
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when cameras to enforce red-light breaking will be installed. [51859/25]
    • Rail Network
      293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Cork Line Level Crossings Project will begin construction. [51861/25]
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the identified park and ride sites for Galway will be operational; the progress to-date on getting them up and running; and if he...
    • National Development Plan
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that the Dart+ southwest rail line is included for designated funding in the review of the National Development Plan;...
    • Electric Vehicles
      296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the current uptake of electric vehicles in the Dublin region; if it is in line with the Climate Action Plan’s 2030...
    • Departmental Schemes
      298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he intends to provide additional funding in 2025 for CIS schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36845/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the case of an ambulance driver for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Transport Policy
      300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the practice of 2:1 spending public transport initiatives versus roads will continue or if there will be a review of this policy under...
    • Public Transport
      301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out his policy on improving public transport in rural areas; and if he will outline any planned investments or service expansions....
    • Electric Vehicles
      302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to the proposal to provide a grant scheme to support the provision of electric vehicle charging stations...
    • Road Projects
      303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to expedite major improvement works to the main road in and out of Dingle and West Kerry, the N86, a critical national secondary road...
    • National Transport Authority
      306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the National Transport Authority to increase capacity on the 9:00 am four-carriage commuter service from Drogheda to...
    • Bus Services
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of the exact methodology that was used to assess the appropriateness of the Bus Connects proposal in relation to the...
    • Road Tolls
      308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated annual, first year and full-year costs of deferring toll charge increases. [52057/25]
    • Public Transport
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when international English language students will be granted eligibility for the young adult and student leap card. [52100/25]
    • Tax Reliefs
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in 2024 of the reduced 9 percent VAT rate for hospitality; and whether an analysis has been conducted on its effect on small...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      316. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost to the Exchequer in 2026 of mortgage interest relief and his Department's assessment of its impact on first-time buyers in Cork and...
    • Tax Reliefs
      317. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of extending the accelerated capital allowance income tax for slurry storage for 2026. [51199/25]
    • Budget 2026
      321. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the tax band thresholds in the upcoming budget for those over 65 years, and revert back to €40,000 for married couples;...
    • Departmental Data
      322. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form....
    • Energy Prices
      323. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware and if it was an unintended consequence that, of every €100 granted in budgets in recent years to ease the cost of energy for consumers,...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      324. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on a PRSA dispute with a financial company (details supplied) which has been due for adjudication according to correspondence...
    • Tax Code
      325. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a special tax levy on windfall profits accruing to private IPAS centre contracts/operators; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Banking Sector
      326. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons a research stipend of a PhD student cannot be included as income in an application for a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Regulatory Bodies
      327. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of significant delays in the adjudication of complaints by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, with some complainants waiting well...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      328. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of outstanding appellants before the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal who reside in the west of Ireland; if he will arrange for a clinic of...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      329. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the new Revenue Commissioners customs cutter vessels will be fully operational, and the number of Revenue Commissioners staff, by grade,...
    • Departmental Data
      330. To ask the Minister for Finance the take-up of the mortgage relief scheme in budget 2025; the average value of the relief paid; and if any provision has been made for renewing it for a...
    • Tax Reliefs
      331. To ask the Minister for Finance the take-up of the landlord relief; the cost of the relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51918/25]
    • Tax Code
      332. To ask the Minister for Finance the thresholds and rates for Capital Acquisitions Tax; his views on the appropriate relationship for different categories of recipient; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      333. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to extend the life of the Key Employment Engagement Programme which is scheduled to finish in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      335. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a matter (details supplied) regarding rural public houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51956/25]
    • Departmental Data
      336. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases prosecuted by the State relating to the smuggling of coal and other fuels across the Border with Northern Ireland; the value of the fines...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      337. To ask the Minister for Finance if all Government Departments and agencies that make payments to individuals and businesses that are account holders with banks or credit unions do so using...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Housing Schemes
      338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full breakdown of the average cost of €436,000 per modular home delivered under the rapid build programme,...
    • National Development Plan
      343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital funding allocated to OPW capital works projects in the National Development Plan for the period 2026 to 2030; and if he will...
    • Flood Risk Management
      344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management programme interventions the OPW plans to take in relation to...
    • Community Development Projects
      345. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and his Department will consider the small piece of land behind Lusk Garda Station for a community building which could house...
    • Driver Test
      346. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and his Department have identified a site for a driving test centre in North County Dublin which would cater for the growing...
    • Office of Public Works
      347. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 10 June 2025, regarding OPW properties lost to adverse possession, to provide further...
    • Departmental Data
      349. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has updated public procurement guidelines in the context of public bodies purchasing goods and/or services produced and or...
    • Freedom of Information
      351. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform given that the Freedom of Information Model Publication Scheme Guidance (2016) issued by his Department under Section 8 of the FOI Act...
    • Office of Public Works
      352. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE window fabricator and fitter who are employed by the OPW in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; if he will...
    • National Development Plan
      353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date he will publish the promised sectoral investment plan related to the recently updated National Development Plan; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Staff
      354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to extend the current retirement age for uniformed personnel such as firefighters in the public service; and if he will...
    • Irish Language
      355. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will support an increase in Budget 2025 to the Irish language and Gaeltacht from 0.17% of State spending to 0.4% over a 5 year...
    • Public Sector Staff
      356. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the methodology and calculations used by his Department in assessing a professional added years application, submitted by a public...
    • Public Sector Pay
      357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the new process for determining the pay of chief executives in commercial State companies following the review carried out by the Senior...
    • Office of Public Works
      360. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the years in which Office of Public Works has signed a measured term maintenance contract, and the duration of such;...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme is permitted to be availed of for the repair a road that leads to...
    • National Development Plan
      363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the revised voted capital expenditure ceilings for each Ministerial vote group in 2025 following the publication of the revised NDP, in...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm the total voted capital expenditure ceiling for 2025 has now increased to €17.1bn; if not, the additional revised...
    • State Properties
      365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 23 September 2025, the purpose for which the two properties owned by the State (details...
    • Legislative Programme
      366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline he has in place for the Civil Service Regulation and Public Service Management (Amendment) Bill 2018; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Human Rights
      367. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that textiles, clothes or materials which are imported into Ireland are not made using forced labour...
    • Business Supports
      369. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has received reports of independent retailers facing closures in Cork city in 2024 to 2025 due to rising insurance...
    • Tourism Promotion
      371. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Fáilte Ireland has considered a flagship anchor attraction for Cork city comparable to Kilkenny Castle or the Cliffs of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      372. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage...
    • Business Supports
      373. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to support the retail and hospitality sectors facing cost pressures; including through changes to VAT or PRSI, as signalled...
    • Employment Rights
      374. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the options open to employees where employers are seeking to curtail remote working for existing employees, especially where...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      378. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which the updated SME test, published in July 2025, is implemented in practice; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      380. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of establishing the newly launched National Enterprise Hub in its first year and over the next four years; and if he will...
    • Business Supports
      381. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans to provide a replacement for the growth and sustainability loan scheme after it expires on 30 June 2026; and if he will...
    • Work Permits
      384. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average processing times for employment permits in 2025; the way this compares with the same period in 2024; and if he will make...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      385. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the annual number of high potential start ups supported by Enterprise Ireland in the past decade, by year, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Industrial Development
      386. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his Department or associated State agencies have facilitated site visits for prospective new owners of a former factory...
    • Work Permits
      387. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the review of the critical skills occupations list and ineligible occupations list will take into consideration the availability...
    • Employment Data
      388. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a breakdown of the sectors of employment that those on Stamp 2 visas are working, including the percentage earning on or below...
    • Work Permits
      389. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment permits granted for bus drivers and lorry drivers during 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      390. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will commit to the establishment of a youth advisory panel in the establishment of the national artificial intelligence office;...
    • Trade Missions
      391. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade and investment mission to Singapore will be scheduled before the end of 2025. [51840/25]
    • Work Permits
      392. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average time for processing employment permit appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51944/25]
    • Industrial Relations
      395. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the action plan on collective bargaining; the timeline for the completion of the action plan; the timeline for the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      396. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list, maintained by the IDA, of the 25 North Carolina-headquartered companies with operations in Ireland; and if...
    • Industrial Development
      397. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in view of the announced €150 million facility (details supplied) in Blarney, County Cork, the timeframe for capital drawdown;...
    • Business Supports
      398. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policies he is implementing to support small businesses, especially in the hospitality sector; the assistance he is providing to...
    • Enterprise Policy
      399. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific measures he is taking to support the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52116/25]
    • Business Supports
      400. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a grant is available to a business (details supplied) [52118/25]
    • Departmental Data
      401. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide estimates of consumer spending on e-commerce in the State and on e-commerce purchases from companies located outside the...
    • Consumer Rights
      402. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he will take to rectify the imbalance in obligations for product take-back and recycling between domestic retailers and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Residential Institutions
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider a request from persons who attended Ireland’s Industrial and Reformatory Schools (details supplied) to...
    • School Transport
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if two school bus tickets will be re-issued (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51107/25]
    • School Facilities
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the national small schools project will continue after 2026; if it will be extended to include more small rural schools that could greatly...
    • School Costs
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a fashion competition (details supplied) is now charging schools a fee of €1,000 euro to enter, despite this being...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Data
      401. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide estimates of consumer spending on e-commerce in the State and on e-commerce purchases from companies located outside the...
    • Consumer Rights
      402. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he will take to rectify the imbalance in obligations for product take-back and recycling between domestic retailers and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Residential Institutions
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that health supports for survivors under the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Act 2025 will be...
    • School Transport
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if two school bus tickets will be re-issued (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51107/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the national small schools project will continue after 2026; if it will be extended to include more small rural schools that could greatly...
    • School Costs
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a fashion competition (details supplied) is now charging schools a fee of €1,000 euro to enter, despite this being...
    • Schools Building Projects
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school building project (details supplied) for four classrooms and an SEN base is stalled at Stage 2B since January 2025 and...
    • School Transport
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with Bus Éireann in relation to the lack of response and lack of specific case details following queries from Oireachtas...
    • School Curriculum
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether funding will be made available to recognise programmes which teach fifth and sixth class primary school students on business and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of an autism class for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51159/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department's policy on the use of artificial intelligence in schools. [51181/25]
    • School Equipment
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total sum in ICT grants to primary and secondary schools respectively for each of the years 2020 to 2024; if all schools availed of these...
    • School Transport
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on additional pilot school transport schemes for the 2025/2026 year; if it is envisaged that further services will be provided...
    • Special Educational Needs
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated completion date for new special classes at schools (details supplied); and when the school will commence for children with...
    • National Council for Special Education
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to recently published SNA Guidelines by the National Council for Special Education (details...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the teacher student ratio and average class size in primary and secondary schools, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Capitation Grants
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the primary capitation grant by €75 per pupil in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51266/25]
    • Budget 2026
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reduce the average class size by two pupils in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51267/25]
    • School Facilities
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a new national small schools project as outlined in the Programme for Government in Budget 2026; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce new special educational needs coordinators as outlined in the Programme for Government in Budget 2026; and if she will make...
    • School Transport
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify when a child (details supplied) will receive their school transport for academic year 2025/2026 [51273/25]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Professional Masters in Education (Primary) is fully subscribed across current higher education providers; and if it is intended that the...
    • National Council for Special Education
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stakeholders the NCSE consult with when creating the SNA review guidelines 2025/2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51307/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training that has taken place to allow schools to implement the SNA review guidelines for 2025/2026; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the development of a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51329/25]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of talks commenced at the Workplace Relations Commission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if she will provide the data storage supplier, in...
    • Health and Safety
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently provide funding towards addressing a major health and safety issue in the vicinity of a school in County Kerry (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Policies
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to alter how special needs assistants can use their parental leave due to difficulties experienced by those educators (details...
    • School Transport
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 17 September 2025, if students can avail of an existing school bus route between Loughrea and...
    • Departmental Funding
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the capitation grant for primary schools in Budget 2026, to ensure schools can meet basic operational costs without relying...
    • Departmental Policies
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider allowing primary school teachers who have been on the supplementary panel for an extended period to apply for the main...
    • Schools Building Projects
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in respect of the development of a site (details supplied) for school buildings; the amount allocated to the project to date; the...
    • Education and Training Provision
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence regarding primary education (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary question 385 of 17 June 2025, for an update regarding the provision of ASD classrooms; the steps she has taken to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the updated NCSE guidelines 2025 to 2026 regarding, insufficient consultation which has taken place with schools, SNA’s...
    • Special Educational Needs
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the SNA review process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51475/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding given by her Department to an organisation (details supplied) over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to commit to funding for repairs, upkeep and inspections of the playground adjoining a school (details supplied), which is used extensively on a...
    • School Transport
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a pupil with autism who was awarded school transport for national school must reapply for school transport when they go to secondary school....
    • School Admissions
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will issue without further delay in respect of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a case (details supplied); if he will take into account that the school in question is the only girls-only school available to...
    • School Facilities
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a matter regarding the finishing of a soft play area for school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disadvantaged Status
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding DEIS Urban Band 1 status for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51565/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which music generation and ETB music services are funded; the means by which their ongoing costs met; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a regular review of all school transport routes, in particular those that are deemed to be at capacity but...
    • Grant Payments
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review and increase the capitation grant for national schools in Budget 2026, in light of rising operational costs and the financial...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm whether plans are in place to implement the commitment set out in the Programme for Government to reduce class sizes in...
    • School Transport
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Bus Éireann will not reconsider its position regarding school transport (details supplied), to facilitate children from Moanroe,...
    • State Examinations
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details on the arrangements in place for 5th year students, who are being educated at home, to fulfil the additional assessment components in...
    • Grant Payments
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the capitation grant for primary schools in Budget 2026, in order to ensure that schools can cover essential running costs...
    • Schools Building Projects
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the construction of a new school building (details supplied), and when it is expected to be completed and opened to...
    • School Transport
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a family for transfer to a school transport route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the capitation grant for schools in the upcoming Budget, in order to ensure that schools have sufficient funding to cover...
    • Schools Building Projects
      480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position with the provision of a new school building in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the introduction of the revised primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51770/25]
    • School Transport
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children attending special schools in Cork for whom a school transport place has been sanctioned but a tender has not yet been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the SNA Workforce Plan; the date on which it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51808/25]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and five-year trend in average primary class size and pupil teacher ratio, by local authority area, and by DEIS status; the number of...
    • School Funding
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current capitation grant rates at primary level (mainstream, special school, and special class top-ups); the aggregate annual outturn for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools with three or more special education teacher (SET) posts, by local authority area; if she will introduce dedicated...
    • Schools Administration
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the evaluation findings and lessons learned from the small schools pilot project; the number and location of participating schools; if...
    • School Staff
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide 2024/2025 teacher supply and vacancy data at primary level, by local authority area (including fixed-term, permanent, and substitution...
    • School Accommodation
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a case (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to reduce class sizes and ensure that the school has an...
    • School Funding
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for emergency works for a school (details supplied) was refused an increase in funding; if additional funding will be...
    • State Examinations
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the withdrawal of spelling and grammar waivers for candidates with learning difficulties that have been granted additional time...
    • Schools Building Projects
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding the unexpected latest delay in progressing the construction of the long-awaited extension for (detail supplied); if a...
    • Education Schemes
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm if her Department is responsible for the funding of ongoing operational costs (rent, rates, staffing, administration etc.) of publicly...
    • School Closures
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to address the closure of small rural schools (details supplied); if she will provide details of school...
    • School Admissions
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 14 August 2025, the options open to a family (details supplied) to secure a school place; the...
    • School Transport
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an additional school bus service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52026/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give urgent and detailed consideration to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52041/25]
    • School Transport
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will issue a school transport ticket; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Language
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support increasing the number of Irish language medium schools to 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52047/25]
    • School Transport
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide an update on a request for a remote area grant for a child in County Kildare (details supplied), given that there are no seats...
    • School Funding
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that capitation grants for primary and post-primary schools are increased in recognition of the substantial increase in...
    • Departmental Properties
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans her Department has for a site (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52083/25]
    • School Transport
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school bus escorts hours are being reduced across the State, and if so, the reason. [52096/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNA support will be allocated for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52152/25]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      522. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a situation in which homeowners are being blocked from getting NBI broadband by another household (details...
    • Cultural Property Inventory
      523. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if snap fishing has intangible cultural heritage status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51287/25]
    • Sports Funding
      524. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next round of sports capital grant applications will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Facilities
      525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on progress within his Department on the programme for Government Commitment to conduct a nationwide...
    • Tourism Promotion
      526. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the means by which the purple flag accreditation for Cork city's night time economy contributes to tourism, safety, and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      527. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the...
    • Sports Funding
      528. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 597 of 17 September 2025, the status of the review of the previous round of...
    • Museum Projects
      529. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline any grants available to a person wishing to convert an old building into an interpretive museum, and if...
    • Sports Funding
      530. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to increasing grant funding for amateur athletes playing inter-county games to ensure,...
    • Media Sector
      531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff authorised for Coimisiún na Meán; the actual number of staff in the organisation as of 1...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Defective Building Materials
      532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the apartment and duplex defects remediation scheme will be in place and operational; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in view of the risk of rapid spread of invasive asian hornets with multiple confirmed sightings in Cork the contingency and...
    • Energy Policy
      535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the transposition of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Issues
      536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on proposals to review planning laws in relation to permitting the installation of cabin-type...
    • Fire Service
      537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will announce a new Fire Service Capital Programme for the period 2026 to 2030; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further funding will be available for local authorities to help with the backlog for housing adaptation grants for older...
    • Housing Provision
      540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to address delays in local authority housing transfers, particularly in Cork city and county, and the...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the eligibility areas of grant aid schemes administered by a local authority to upgrade, repair or replace...
    • Environmental Investigations
      543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an independent ecological damage assessment will be undertaken in respect of the River Allow, in view of its designation...
    • Architects Register
      545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 17 September 2025, if he is satisfied with the adequacy of the current...
    • Rental Sector
      546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a circular will be issued to outline the changes to tenancy laws that are coming into force in March 2026; and if he will...
    • Defective Building Materials
      547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on legislation to allow for retrospective payments under the defective concrete blocks scheme; and if he will...
    • National Development Plan
      549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the publication of the National Development Plan Review, when the towns and cities infrastructure investment fund...
    • Regeneration Projects
      550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider conducting an audit to date of a public project's (details supplied) financial, physical, social, and...
    • Electoral Process
      552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process by which his Department determines the polling day for elections; if maximising turnout rates are considered in...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to advise when updated wind energy guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51317/25]
    • Local Authorities
      554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department plans to examine the current boundaries as they pertain to the administrative areas of existing local...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data...
    • Housing Provision
      558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of two funding streams announced for the tenant-in-situ scheme, an additional €50m announced through press...
    • Heritage Projects
      560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline any grants available to a person wishing to convert an old building into an interpretive museum, and if there are...
    • Defective Building Materials
      561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of water ingress due to defects at an apartment complex (details supplied). [51518/25]
    • Housing Provision
      563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of CALF funding approvals granted to date in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of water ingress due to defects at an apartment complex (details supplied). [51518/25]
    • Housing Provision
      563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of CALF funding approvals granted to date in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding can be secured to repair a sewerage system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51620/25]
    • Planning Issues
      568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if exemptions exist for local authority planning development fees; if medically adapted extensions to properties are included...
    • Environmental Policy
      569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 18 September 2025, to provide a timeframe for the completion of the prior risk...
    • Rental Sector
      570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the Housing for All commitment to introduce a minimum BER for private rental accommodation; the timeframe for...
    • Housing Schemes
      571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position with a housing project in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Recreation Policy
      573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an infrastructural project (details supplied) will open in Kildare south; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Provision
      574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses purchased and in the process of completing purchase under the tenant-in-situ scheme, by local authority,...
    • Seanad Elections
      575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on preparations for the university panel poll in the next Seanad elections. [51793/25]
    • Housing Provision
      576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes completed by each approved housing body in the State, and the additional social homes provided...
    • Mayoral Election
      579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Government will enact the remaining provisions of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous...
    • Housing Provision
      580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social housing units completed in Cork City in each of the past three years, with a breakdown by municipal...
    • Local Authorities
      583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant local authority dwellings in Cork city as of the latest date available; the average turnaround time for...
    • Housing Provision
      584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding allocated to Cork city Council for housing delivery in 2023 and 2024; and the projected allocation for...
    • Planning Issues
      586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the publication of the rural housing guidelines; when publication can be expected; and if he will make...
    • Local Authorities
      587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's interpretation of barring orders and exclusion orders in the context of local authority tenancies, and the...
    • Vacant Properties
      594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to introducing phased payments of the grant following on from the review of vacant property...
    • Development Contributions
      595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52143/25]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why school bus escorts who have to sign on during school holidays have faced delays of up to five weeks to receive their...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused carers benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51140/25]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether her Department will review the eligibility of undocumented individuals for welfare benefits; and the safeguards which...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider increasing the household benefit package to take into account the increases in electricity costs; and if...
    • Children in Care
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of foster carers or children in foster care who were able to avail of the back to school allowance this year, and...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the abolition of the means test for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a jobseekers application which was submitted in June 2025 (details supplied); and if...
    • School Meals Programme
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the hot meals programme for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of maternity benefit applications refused on the grounds of insufficient PRSI; the estimated number involving...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in receipt of fuel allowance, by qualifying primary payment (for example State pension, disability...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost and the in-year (single season) cost of increasing the weekly fuel allowance rate by €10,...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a person’s (details supplied) carers allowance review in view of the fact it has been...
    • Departmental Reviews
      644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any recent reviews have been carried out in relation to the impact of the current fuel allowance criteria in the face of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have availed of parents benefit in each county; the number of mothers and fathers who have availed...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have qualified for the new pay related benefit since it was introduced, by county; the average...
    • Widow's Pension
      648. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a widow's pension who are under age 66; the estimated cost of allowing persons in receipt...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to extend the free travel pass to children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; the number of children who...
    • Pension Provisions
      650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to develop a pension solution for foster carers in recognition of the enormous contribution they make to vulnerable...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for applications for each payment under his Department's remit; if there are any plans to reduce...
    • State Pensions
      653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he or his Department are considering changing the gross means test of a non-contributory State pension to a means test...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his proposals to ensure that applicants for working age social welfare payments are not unduly refused upon their initial...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2026 if child benefit is increased by €12 per month. [51841/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      656. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will expedite a decision in this case; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      658. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the additional supports or secondary benefits allowed to persons on a carer's allowance; and to persons on a carer's benefit....
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the carer's support grant; the number of persons who already have carer's payments or...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      661. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the take up to date of the concession of free travel to those medically unfit to drive; and the number of children who will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      662. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children on child benefit payments; and the way that number has been affected by the extension of payments to...
    • State Pensions
      663. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on his Department increasing the allowance for pensioners over the age of 80. [51926/25]
    • School Meals Programme
      664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide clarification on the payment under the hot meals suppliers programme to specific schools (details...
    • Domestic Violence
      665. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department is reviewing the housing assistance payment and rent supplement rules to ensure victims of domestic...
    • Pension Provisions
      666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps he will take to ensure that workers subject to auto-enrolment for pensions will be entitled to make decisions about...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • An Garda Síochána
      669. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Limerick Garda division as of 19 September 2025; If he will provide same figures...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the implementation of the National Action Plan Against Racism; and the steps being taken to...
    • Departmental Regulations
      672. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline of the implementation of regulations for periodic payment orders indexation rates (details supplied); and if he...
    • Visa Applications
      673. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps his Department are taking to alleviate the backlog in visa applications, particularly for de facto partners of Irish...
    • Departmental Projects
      674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost per modular unit at the time of project initiation in June 2022; the revised estimates subsequently adopted;...
    • Visa Applications
      675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for a join family visa (category B), by month, from January 2019 to August 2025 for those whose family...
    • Departmental Strategies
      678. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the development of a new family justice strategy to succeed the current strategy, which concludes in 2025; and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is aware of the current delays associated with new citizens receiving their certificates of naturalisation;...
    • Court Procedures
      680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of files referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions regarding individuals involved in the disorder in Dublin...
    • Departmental Data
      681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data...
    • Prison Service
      682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the modern, state of the art courtroom and facilities at Castlerea prison continue to lie idle and unused, resulting...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      683. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána involved in cyber-crime prevention and detection; and if he will make a...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      684. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána that have formal training in relation to criminal activity through means...
    • Departmental Equipment
      685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department uses and/or has purchased products developed by a company (details supplied); if he will provide a schedule...
    • Work Permits
      686. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Asylum Seekers
      687. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine issues with the States labour market access permission system for asylum seekers outlined in correspondence (details...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will outline options available; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legal Aid
      689. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the status of the criminal legal aid fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51512/25]
    • Departmental Meetings
      695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51528/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and rank of Garda officers that retired and resigned from An Garda Síochána in 2023, 2024 and to date in...
    • EU Regulations
      701. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 932 of 17 September 2025, if he will list all the domestic and international stakeholders...
    • International Protection
      702. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the rate card for IPAS accommodation which he referenced in the meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice,...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      703. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of funded positions in young person’s probation; the number of filled positions in young person’s...
    • International Protection
      704. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who, having already been granted international protection or leave to remain, continue to reside in...
    • Prison Service
      709. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total sum, inclusive and exclusive of VAT, paid by the Irish Prison Service to the presenters of a podcast (details...
    • An Garda Síochána
      718. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 706 of 20 May 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      719. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the online portal to submit video evidence of road traffic offences will become operational. [51862/25]
    • Legal Services Regulation
      720. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the cadence of when the Legal Services Regulatory Authority is obliged to publish a review of the operation...
    • Departmental Policies
      721. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department maintains a policy on the purchase of data from companies engaged in real-time bidding on location data of...
    • Crime Prevention
      722. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to address crime and antisocial behaviour in the southeast inner city. [51869/25]
    • Work Permits
      723. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for employment based visa applications, by different categories such as short stay visit, short...
    • Prison Service
      724. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following a ruling from the Civil Service Arbitration Board in May 2025 (details supplied); if he intends to adjust salaries of...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      725. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a report on the bomb scare incident in Dublin airport; if he is happy with the contents of this report; if...
    • Housing Provision
      726. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which barring and exclusion orders are communicated to housing authorities, and whether protocols exist to ensure...
    • Domestic Violence
      728. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to amending domestic violence legislation to strengthen links with tenancy law, ensuring that...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      729. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a report was published by the knife crime sub-group of the anti-social behaviour forum; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      731. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of a member of a community (details supplied) in relation to delays in...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      732. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on his engagement with the retail sector in relation to the impact of criminal activity and anti-social...
    • Schools Building Projects
      733. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason construction works of the new school building at a school (details supplied) is currently paused; when he expects...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Wild Fires
      734. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take to prevent a recurrence of the weeks of gorse fires at Ticknock in August 2025 (details supplied), which...
    • Departmental Funding
      735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current funding allocated to biosecurity measures in the National Development Plan for the period 2026 to 2030; and if he will...
    • Inland Fisheries
      736. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement his Department had with Inland Fisheries Ireland regarding fish mortality events in the River Blackwater since 2024;...
    • Tax Exemptions
      738. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an issue regarding stamp duty for young farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      739. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if meat products produced through ritual slaughter methods, including halal, are required under current regulations to be labelled as...
    • Food Labelling
      740. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific meaning of the codes, such as 363 EC, found on packaged meat sold in Irish retail outlets; the extent to which these...
    • Food Industry
      741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of his Department in ensuring that consumers are provided with accurate and accessible information on the origin,...
    • Departmental Data
      742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage...
    • Agriculture Industry
      743. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support calls for the introduction of an income volatility mechanism from an organisation (details supplied); and if he...
    • Teagasc Activities
      744. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to revisit proposals from the Teagasc Pig Department regarding income smoothing measures, such as those based on the Australian...
    • Agriculture Industry
      745. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support generational renewal in agriculture with the essential requirement for low-cost finance and...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      749. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all contracting authorities under the aegis of his Department are in full compliance with Circular 05/2023, in particular the...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      752. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to expedite an aquaculture licence application in respect of persons (details supplied) to ensure that jobs...
    • Climate Action Plan
      753. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress toward achieving the target of 400,000 ha, in tillage as set out by the Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      754. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that farmers in an area (details supplied) are receiving letters from his Department seeking to reduce their BISS due...
    • Fishing Industry
      755. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant retail units in each fisheries harbour centre under the remit of his Department, and the current condition of...
    • Food Safety
      756. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if food that is recalled for reason of an outbreak of disease, or suspicion of an outbreak of disease, is disposed of; how it is...
    • Agriculture Industry
      757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the slurry spreading period by a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51908/25]
    • Animal Diseases
      758. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to a review being undertaken on the current TB income supplement scheme, in particular in respect of...
    • Animal Welfare
      760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the Government’s plans in relation to chicken welfare; if his Department has a specific roadmap for aligning with...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      761. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications to date received for the mother and baby payments scheme; the number of applications approved; the amount...
    • Departmental Data
      763. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the numbers of new general foster carers approved in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Jan to June 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      770. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to ensure that all public buildings, GP surgeries, churches, bars, restaurants, etc. have adequate accessible toilets, i.e raised...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      771. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if she will provide the data storage...
    • Childcare Services
      772. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51476/25]
    • Budget 2026
      773. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will support in Budget 2026 the raising of disability allowance, domiciliary care allowance, and carer’s allowance by...
    • Child and Family Agency
      774. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the immediate actions being taken to address the understaffing and funding issues within Tusla; the means by which she plans to...
    • Budget 2026
      775. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she intends to allocate funding in the upcoming Budget for a team for the southeast, in line with the Programme for Government...
    • Child and Family Agency
      776. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the waiting times of two to three years for shared care placements, similar to the case of a child (details...
    • Childcare Services
      779. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review correspondence regarding foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51597/25]
    • Family Resource Centres
      781. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review an application under the family resource centre programme (details supplied); if she will outline the reasons this...
    • Childcare Services
      782. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the granting of an extension for a childcare service (details supplied) under the building blocks improvement...
    • Disability Services
      790. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children at early intervention stage who started in a primary school ASD class in the Mid-West in September 2025; if...
    • Health Services Staff
      791. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1857 of 8 September 2025, if she will clarify information provided (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      792. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the role, work programme, KPIs and reporting schedule of the Special Advocate for Survivors; the funding provided to...
    • Childcare Services
      793. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the core funding levels of support per hour to childcare providers; the payments for specific additional elements delivered, which...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      796. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the Access and Inclusion Mode (AIM) has been extended beyond ECCE years; the range of services which are available within ECCE...
    • Childcare Services
      797. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has received an update on the assessment of the administrative burden for providers of childcare services in complying with...
    • Disability Services
      798. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the merits of creating a grant scheme to support families with adult children, that have additional needs, to build...
    • Health Service Executive
      799. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider removing the means test as a qualifying criteria for blind welfare allowance, in recognition of the additional...
    • Child and Family Agency
      800. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of money spent by Tusla on private residential settings for children in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, with the...
    • Children in Care
      802. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in State care currently without an assigned social worker. [51952/25]
    • Childcare Services
      803. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to restructuring the core funding model for childcare services with a view to providing additional...
    • Care Services
      805. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans to provide a person (details supplied) with long-term, full-time residential care; when the details will be conveyed to...
    • Disability Services
      806. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current centres that provide adult disability overnight respite services in County Monaghan; the number of places provided in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      810. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department allows for the backdating of payments under the national childcare scheme in cases where administrative...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      811. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1013 of 17 September 2025, to clarify an issue (details provided) regarding the building...
    • Disability Services
      812. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 23 September 2025, the number of persons waiting to access children's disability network...
    • Departmental Funding
      813. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 23 September 2025, the number of WTEs allocated to CDNT services in Cavan and Monaghan;...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      815. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will expand AIMS to support school age care in afterschool, as recommended by the recent evaluation, in Budget 2026 to ensure...
    • Departmental Funding
      816. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide urgent funding for a case (details supplied) to ensure a child with additional needs can access afterschool and...
    • Detention Centres
      817. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the changes made to policy or practice at Oberstown Children Detention Campus since the reported increase in assaults on staff in...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      823. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1169 of 10 June 2025, the status of the review of the payment charged to disability day...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      824. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in view of the findings of the Farrelly Commission, if she will ensure that all future inquiry reports concerning disabled people...
    • Child Detention Centres
      825. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of times gardaí have attended at the Oberstown Children Detention Campuses following complaints, by year, in tabular...
    • Legislative Measures
      826. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the progress to amend the Equality Acts and related legislation to include socioeconomic status as a protected category...
  • Department of Health
    • Healthcare Policy
      827. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support calls to immediately introduce a statutory, universal home support scheme, with specific rural adaptation funding; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Research and Training
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the research her Department is supporting into the causes, treatment and recovery from strokes; and if her Department is working with hospitals and...
    • Hospital Staff
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in limb reconstruction based at University Hospital Limerick in the years of 2023,...
    • Ambulance Service
      835. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances, rapid response vehicles and motorcycles based at each ambulance station within Limerick which are available to attend emergency calls...
    • Healthcare Policy
      836. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to implement spinal muscular atrophy screening in the national heel-prick test (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      837. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for occupational therapy and respite for a person (details supplied); when the person's file will be transferred from Limerick to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      838. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract surgeries carried out in Cork hospitals in 2024; the average waiting time for surgery; and the number of patients currently awaiting...
    • Health Services
      840. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full time care allocated which has been allocated, with no care provided at weekends; and if she...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      841. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will get an assessment for a hip replacement, as he is in a lot of aggravating pain and has no suitable medication to deal...
    • Health Services Staff
      842. To ask the Minister for Health the number of lactation consultants currently in position across the country, by area, in tabular form; the number of lactation consultant positions that...
    • Medical Cards
      843. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the weekly income threshold/means test for persons applying for a medical card aged over 70 years old, to keep in line with the rising...
    • Health Services
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the number of service users currently awaiting assessment by the National Gender Service (NGS); the number of service users who have been assessed since the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      846. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the removal of graffiti on the bridge outside Connolly Hospital; if estate management have contacted Fingal County Council’s bridges...
    • Cancer Services
      847. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2502 of 8 September 2025 and the failure of the HSE to provide a full response to the question, if the HSE will confirm...
    • Ambulance Service
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and number of paramedic cars stationed in each of the LEAs in County Clare, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; her plans to increase...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      850. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51285/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      851. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed update and specific timeframe on a CAMHS assessment for child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51304/25]
    • Health Services
      852. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund the home support hours for children (details supplied), at the minimum back to home tuition support hours provided two years ago; and if...
    • Medicinal Products
      853. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the full subsidy of maintenance and reliever therapy inhalers for those with asthma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51313/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      854. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a new report on men's health (detail supplied); her views on the key asks; the steps she is taking to address the issues...
    • Departmental Data
      857. To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if she will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form....
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the status of legislation regarding the future of vaping, particularly with regard to rules introduced in neighbouring jurisdictions and in the North of...
    • Hospital Services
      859. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [51390/25]
    • Medical Cards
      865. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider raising the income threshold for medical card eligibility due to the increase in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disease Management
      866. To ask the Minister for Health if public health authorities sample for the presence of the polio virus in wastewater; if so, if it has been detected since the start of 2025; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      867. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); to ensure clinical and administrative policies have been followed; if an update will be provided;...
    • Mental Health Services
      869. To ask the Minister for Health when capital approval will be granted to transition a medical facility (details supplied) in County Donegal from a residential model to a recovery-focused...
    • Health Services
      870. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51467/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      871. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding was removed from the existing health research board funded national clinical trials office (details supplied) before an alternative was put...
    • Healthcare Policy
      872. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations from the national clinical trials oversight group she plans to progress; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      873. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist in the urgent case of a person seeking help with his claim for continuous glucose monitoring reimbursement; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff
      874. To ask the Minister for Health when the senior speech and language (SLT) post covering the Loughrea area, which became vacant due to maternity leave in July 2025, will be filled; the interim...
    • Healthcare Policy
      876. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the calls of an organisation (details supplied) for the introduction of viable fees for public eyecare schemes (medical card and...
    • Food Safety
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of on-site checks on food quality the Food Safety Authority has made in each of the past ten years. [51523/25]
    • Food Labelling
      881. To ask the Minister for Health the reason food labelling has become so lacking in detail (details supplied); and if she will seek accurate food labelling. [51527/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      882. To ask the Minister for Health the number of frontline healthcare professionals employed in each hospital within the Saolta University Health Care Group, by professional category including...
    • Hospital Admissions
      883. To ask the Minister for Health the number of knife violence presentations to each hospital for each of the years from 2019 to date in 2025. [51566/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      884. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the resource needs of Ukrainian organisations in Ireland working on mental health support; if she will consider multi-annual...
    • Health Services
      885. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a child with autism and complex needs (details supplied) in need of a residential placement; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Healthcare Policy
      886. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that were on the drug alcarizax through the discretionary hardship arrangements; if patients were informed where they received this drug...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      888. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still awaiting ultrasound treatment in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51596/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      889. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 778 of 8 July 2025, the reason the Health Service Executive only began publishing purchase order data for payments over...
    • Hospital Inspections
      892. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 764 of 17 June 2025, if she will confirm that the HIQA review into hospital services in the midwest will still be...
    • Healthcare Policy
      893. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to allow those with a medical card for long-term illness to receive free blood tests from their GP's; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      895. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the project to provide a new hospital at St Vincent's Athy, Country Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51743/25]
    • Hospital Inspections
      896. To ask the Minister for Health if she has visited Naas General Hospital since her appointment as Minister, and, if so, the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [51834/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the specialist teams and services in place to support children requiring prosthetics alongside complex abdominal and stoma care; and if the HSE has sufficient...
    • Healthcare Policy
      899. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the damage to public health caused by weeks of gorse fires at Ticknock (details supplied); if she will liaise with the appropriate...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      902. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will expedite the appointment in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51870/25]
    • Food Safety
      903. To ask the Minister for Health the number of food recalls, and the name of the food processors involved, in 2025 to date, in tabular form. [51889/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      907. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for additional post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds in the south west, in line with the programme for Government commitment to develop more...
    • Medical Cards
      908. To ask the Minister for Health the income thresholds which now apply for the medical card and for the GP only card; the current level of population eligible for each scheme; and the way the...
    • Health Services Staff
      909. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies on the North Tipperary CDNT team; when the vacancies will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51922/25]
    • Health Services
      911. To ask the Minister for Health the services and supports which are available for children who need to access early intervention in North Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      912. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the 37 healthcare assistants and 18 staff nurse vacancies in older care services in CHO7 which are currently subject to approval; the expected...
    • Departmental Data
      913. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for PrEP appointments; the waiting time through the sexual health programme, by clinic, for 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Hospital Services
      914. To ask the Minister for Health if she will meet with Oireachtas Members in relation to the downgrading of maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, as requested in view of the...
    • Health Service Executive
      915. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a site (details supplied); the HSE plans for the lands retained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51936/25]
    • Home Care Packages
      916. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Roscommon and Galway on waiting lists for a new home care package; and additional hours under current home care package, in...
    • Health Services
      917. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Roscommon and Galway on waiting lists for primary care, by service (e.g. occupational therapy, speech and language), and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      918. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on a CAMHS appointment in counties Roscommon and Galway, in tabular form. [51939/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      919. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of vacancies in primary care in counties Roscommon and Galway. [51940/25]
    • Health Services
      923. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital for Cork as of the end of September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51948/25]
    • Medical Cards
      925. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that some GP surgeries are implementing charges on medical card holders for various tests such as essential blood tests; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      926. To ask the Minister for Health the current average phone answering times for Caredoc services in Carlow and Kilkenny; the number of calls currently waiting at peak times; the steps being...
    • Health Service Executive
      928. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has received the risk assessment part of a review (details supplied; and if she will commit to publishing it in full and unredacted. [52024/25]
    • Departmental Investigations
      930. To ask the Minister for Health why was there no investigation into a matter (details supplied) regarding the sale of a property [52079/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      931. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any audit of social inclusion and addiction funding in IHA Dublin north county and Dublin City and west from 2019, following on from a...
    • Health Services
      932. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that will be put in place for a person (details supplied) who received a medication (details supplied) under the hardship scheme, but is no longer...
    • Hospital Admissions
      933. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the hospital readmission rates for each acute hospital under the remit of the HSE over the past five years, by readmissions occurring...
    • Hospital Services
      935. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2993 of 29 July 2025, to provide further details with respect to a tender for paediatric orthopaedic procedures for...
    • Legislative Programme
      936. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to bring forward comprehensive adult safeguarding legislation; if she will confirm that the legislation will enshrine disabled persons right to live...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      937. To ask the Minister for Health when an orthopaedic appointment at CHI Crumlin will be made for a child (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Programme
      938. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the definition of 'specialist stores' that will be permitted to sell vaping products under new legislation currently being prepared by her...
    • Healthcare Policy
      939. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress made to date on the Obesity Action Plan committed to in the Programme for Government; when specific actions are expected to flow...
    • Health Services
      940. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to introduce and expand access to medical retinal procedures within the public health system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52123/25]
    • Health Strategies
      941. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a National Ophthalmology Audit, similar to those in orthopaedics, ICU, and dementia care, given that cataract surgery is the...
    • Departmental Data
      943. To ask the Minister for Health the most recent figures on the number of patients on ophthalmology waiting lists in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52127/25]
    • Health Services
      948. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Women and Infants Health Programme pilot system to collect more information about abortion services in Irish maternity hospitals will record...
    • Departmental Funding
      949. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) in Budget 2026, that are experiencing a significant increase in demand for...
    • Medical Cards
      950. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of a person’s medical card appeal (details supplied); if consideration will be given to awarding the medical card appeal [52142/25]
    • Departmental Reports
      951. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the North Kerry CAMHS report; the reasons for delay in publication; to provide a timeframe for publication; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Schemes
      952. To ask the Minister for Health if the compensation scheme for children and families will be expanded to North Kerry for their treatment in CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • EU Directives
      953. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of the revision of the EU Directive on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use, specifically in respect of...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Provision
      954. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the 16% reduction in Reach funding for 2025, and the impact assessment carried out before this cut was made to community...
    • Departmental Funding
      955. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide long-term, core funding to independent community education providers, to reduce reliance on short-term and project-based...
    • Education Policy
      956. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means by which the role of community education will be recognised and resourced in future strategies for adult learning and further education...
    • Departmental Funding
      958. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that Youthreach have had their budget cut by 30 percent (details supplied) affecting their ability to provide an education and...
    • Grant Payments
      960. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a further review is carried out in relation to a SUSI grant assessment (details supplied); if he will confirm that all...
    • Departmental Data
      961. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage supplier, in...
    • Education and Training Provision
      962. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for significantly reduced numbers allocated to the vocational training opportunities scheme programme for 2025/2026, when there is...
    • Third Level Costs
      963. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of PhD candidates funded by Research Ireland, including legacy IRC/SFI awards, who have received stipend-equivalent maternity,...
    • Departmental Policies
      965. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current distribution of PhD stipend levels across HEIs and funders; the number and share below €25,000; if he will set a national...
    • Departmental Projects
      966. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress which has been made on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51418/25]
    • Education and Training Boards
      967. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out, for the 94 educational sites under the control of the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB), a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      971. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the current waiting times for apprentices registered under the GRETB, including those on the manufacturing engineering...
    • Departmental Funding
      972. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is considering introducing a national training voucher scheme from the National Training Fund; and, if so, whether private or...
    • Grant Payments
      973. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is considering extending SUSI funding to all QQI-validated programmes at independent third level institutions. [51688/25]
    • Third Level Fees
      975. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his Department's position regarding the collection and usage of student levies by higher educational institutions. [51690/25]
    • Third Level Education
      976. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is planning to regulate the prevalence of 'exploding licences' for ebooks and journal subscriptions for further and higher...
    • Third Level Costs
      977. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update regarding the work of officials within his Department towards encouraging access to graduate-entry medicine student loans....
    • Grant Payments
      978. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is planning to require higher education institutions to provide a booklist to students in advance of their courses beginning,...
    • Education and Training Provision
      980. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the development of a traineeship in modern methods of construction, as is expected to launch in quarter 3 of 2025. [51695/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      981. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the mid-term review of the national access plan. [51696/25]
    • Departmental Strategies
      982. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected publication date of the updated careers in construction action plan. [51697/25]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      983. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of apprenticeship options to be available for enrolment in the coming academic year; and the level of respective enrolment in...
    • Grant Payments
      985. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who will become eligible for the maintenance payment for postgraduate study in 2025. [51920/25]
    • Education and Training Provision
      986. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of courses and places available in the coming academic year under Springboard and under the human capital initiative; whether new...
    • Student Accommodation
      988. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the current student accommodation crisis, if his Department will begin the process of collating data on the numbers of students studying...
    • Third Level Fees
      989. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department can provide details of the amount of funding accrued from international student fees towards third level institutes in the...
    • Third Level Admissions
      990. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for a student who applied through the CAO system to pursue her nursing qualification using her QQI level 5 results in...
    • Irish Language
      991. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the roll-out of free Irish language classes based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages to all third...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      993. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the membership of the Trading for Impact Stakeholder Engagement Group; the terms of reference of the group; the details of the...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      994. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage...
    • Rural Schemes
      995. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a rural regeneration and development fund (RRDF) application (details supplied) will be expedited; when he expects to announce...
    • Departmental Schemes
      996. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount Pobal and her Department have spent on the senior alert scheme from Sept 2021 to date in 2025, in the four areas...
    • Community Development Projects
      1001. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he intends to advertise another round of community centre investment fund grants; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Library Projects
      1002. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 10 July 2025, for a further update on the works to a library (details supplied) as...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      1003. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will support the restoration of the Gaeltacht housing grant scheme to assist Irish speakers to live in the Gaeltacht; and...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      1004. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will support giving powers to Údarás na Gaeltachta to purchase land and houses to provide for housing and other...
    • Community Development Projects
      1005. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available for a childcare facility for works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Budget 2026
      1006. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will adequately support the Irish language and the Gaeltacht in budget 2026 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Community Development Projects
      1007. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding in place for communities to apply for new-build community centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

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