Written answers
Thursday, 2 October 2025
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Culture Policy
8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on his Department’s engagement with Galway City Council regarding the next steps for the...
- Departmental Bodies
13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the latest meeting of the steering committee set up under the National Counter Disinformation...
- National Broadband Plan
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the next steps his Department will take to find a new fibre line if a fibre cabinet is full following National Broadband...
- Sport and Recreational Development
18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions his Department is taking to encourage the participation of females in sport. [52514/25]
- Online Safety
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the works of Coimisiún na Meán in implementing the online safety code; the number of cases...
- Sports Facilities
21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had any recent engagement with the FAI regarding its search for a new location for a centre of excellence in...
- Sport and Recreational Development
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans for research into sustainable initiatives to better finance sporting bodies into the future; the funding...
- National Broadband Plan
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has identified any local barriers to the provision of high-speed broadband to every home, business and...
- Sports Facilities
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure the provision of playing pitches, courts and sports facilities in new residential or mixed-use...
- Arts Funding
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to consider expanding funding opportunities for amateur theatre productions in order to support the wider theatre scene...
- Sports Funding
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the work being done to assess the project delivery under the first two rounds of the LSSIF 2018...
- Sports Facilities
33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific supports in place to ensure grassroots sports clubs have access to adequate and safe facilities,...
- Sport and Recreational Development
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the assertion in the pre-budget submission by the Federation of Irish Sport that physical activity reduces...
- Sports Facilities
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to support the development of Dalymount Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sport and Recreational Development
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken to support and increase participation in sport for traditionally excluded populations, such as the trans...
- Sports Funding
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to the Federation of Sport pre-budget submission request for a 10% compound increase in...
- Culture Policy
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the progress of the night-time economy policy, including the opening of new night-time cultural venues;...
- National Broadband Plan
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of the national broadband plan in Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52212/25]
- Swimming Pools
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps Galway County Council should take in order to secure funding for a swimming pool in Loughrea, County Galway;...
- Olympic Games
42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Government's strategy to support athletes for the 2028 Los Angeles and 2032 Brisbane Summer Olympics; and if he will...
- Legislative Measures
43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he intends to take on board the recommendations of the joint Oireachtas committee in its pre-legislative scrutiny...
- Post Office Network
44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he will implement to enable the post office network to provide additional public services; and if he will...
- Artists' Remuneration
45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the development of a successor to the basic income for artists scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Arts Policy
46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to improve access to the arts, particularly in terms of accessibility of arts spaces...
- Sports Funding
47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the sports capital grant will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52017/25]
- National Biodiversity Plan
48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the progress of the national broadband plan in County Offaly, particularly in rural communities still...
- Arts Funding
51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to consider the introduction of a capital grant system similar to the sports capital grant for arts and cultural...
- Sports Events
52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to make a fresh bid for Ireland to host a stage of the iconic Tour de France cycle race; and if...
- Sports Funding
53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the large-scale sport infrastructure fund scheme to be opened in 2026; and if he will make a statement...
- Arts Funding
54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the schools selected to participate in the 2025 Creative Schools programme will be announced; whether there will be...
- Sports Funding
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects the application window for the community sport facilities fund to open; the amount of funding expected...
- Sports Organisations
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions his Department is taking to support the integration of the GAA, Camogie Association and Ladies Gaelic...
- Sports Facilities
59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the progress being made regarding the playing pitches fund, as committed to under the programme for...
- Arts Funding
60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the proposed arts capital scheme as set out in the programme for Government. [52177/25]
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on work currently being undertaken within his Department to liaise with the private sector to...
- Swimming Pools
62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being taken by his Department to encourage the establishment of swimming pools in towns that currently have...
- Arts Funding
63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the introduction of a culture card for 16- and 17-year-olds to access theatre, music and art events has been...
- Sports Facilities
64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in view of the increased and growing population of west Wicklow, if he will advise on development of sports facilities...
- Emergency Planning
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1329 of 29 July 2025; for an update on the procurement of a cell-based public...
- Culture Policy
66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the steps his Department is taking, in conjunction with the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and...
- Artists' Remuneration
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost to date of running the basic income for artists scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52244/25]
- Culture Policy
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the work of the night-time economy adviser; if consideration is being given to expanding the role or...
- National Broadband Plan
69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the roll-out of high-speed fibre broadband to communities across the Galway East constituency; and the...
- Departmental Schemes
70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to clarify if any advance notice was given by him or by his Department to potential applicants of the first-come,...
- Artists' Remuneration
72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend the basic income for artists scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51142/25]
- Broadcasting Sector
73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the means by which he plans to ensure meaningful, ring-fenced and accessible funding for the independent radio sector in...
- National Broadband Plan
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures to be taken to improve on the timelines given by NBI on the roll-out of fibre broadband for the...
- Swimming Pools
75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process by which Monaghan County Council can secure capital funding towards the development of a public swimming...
- Department of Health
- Cancer Services
88. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate plans to increase the current resources at the Mater hospital to reduce the waiting time for those seeking an oncology appointment; and if she...
- Medicinal Products
89. To ask the Minister for Health the status on a medication being available on the drugs payment scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52014/25]
- Health Services
90. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of urgent care clinics (details supplied) and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51127/25]
- National Children's Hospital
92. To ask the Minister for Health the handover date for the new children’s hospital; if there is a compliant programme of works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52531/25]
- Coroners Service
93. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the decision by the HSE and University Hospital Waterford to discontinue the provision of coronial post-mortems at University Hospital...
- Health Services
94. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the HIQA independent review to inform decision-making around the design and delivery of urgent and emergency healthcare services in the...
- Ambulance Service
95. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the planned new ambulance base for Gorey, County Wexford. [52566/25]
- General Practitioner Services
96. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on increasing the number of GPs and GP practices across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52210/25]
- Commissions of Investigation
98. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a commission of investigation into the activities of a person (details supplied) in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if she will make a...
- Primary Care Centres
99. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the promised new primary care centre on Inisbofin, following the transfer of land on which the airstrip is located from the...
- Disease Management
100. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a 30% rise in the incidence of tuberculosis in the past year; if she will provide an update on the implementation of...
- Medicinal Products
102. To ask the Minister for Health when Givinostat will be available to people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; if cross-border and early access programmes have been considered; and if she will...
- Health Services Staff
103. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of HSE staff currently employed in acute services and the proportion employed in community health services; the equivalent figures at the end of...
- General Practitioner Services
104. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the number of GP posts currently vacant or unfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52352/25]
- Healthcare Policy
105. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a new model of care for transgender healthcare services; the current timeframe for competition of this work; if she will...
- Hospital Staff
106. To ask the Minister for Health the plans she has to engage further with Mayo University Hospital in relation to staff shortages in the accident and emergency department; and if she will make...
- Hospital Facilities
107. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the new community nursing unit at Midleton Community Hospital, Midleton, County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Equipment
108. To ask the Minister for Health if she will commission a feasibility study into the provision of MRI and CT scanners at Monaghan hospital. [52348/25]
- Hospital Staff
109. To ask the Minister for Health if she has any concerns about Children's Health Ireland surgeons who may have performed unnecessary operations on children continuing to operate on them today;...
- Cancer Services
110. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans, within the next year, to increase resources nationwide to address the wait times for those seeking an oncology appointment; and if she will...
- Hospital Facilities
111. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the bed capacity across the hospitals in Cork; if she will provide an update on the commitment made in 2024 to provide an...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeframe for the funding for the construction of the next phase of the extension of Mountmellick Community Nursing Home, County Laois (St...
- Patient Transfers
113. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in Mayo University Hospital who have been clinically discharged but remain in hospital; and the length of time such patients have been...
- Pharmacy Services
114. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pharmacies participating in the HRT scheme, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52209/25]
- Patient Transport
115. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to resolve the issue of public patients in nursing home care being unable to access ambulance transfer to hospital appointments when...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
116. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has in place a strategy to cut the waiting lists for speech and language therapy assessments; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
117. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce waiting lists for gynaecology outpatient and inpatient appointments and procedures. [52557/25]
- General Practitioner Services
118. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the strategic review of general practice; and the bringing forward of a new, modern GP contract. [52362/25]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Health for an overview of the health capital projects currently in construction and in design across Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52194/25]
- Medicinal Products
121. To ask the Minister for Health if she has engaged with the HSE on the recent approval of Belimumab for the treatment of lupus; if funding will be given in budget 2026 towards this treatment;...
- Mental Health Services
122. To ask the Minister for Health whether the proposed 50-bedroom mental health facility on the grounds of St Stephen’s hospital, Glanmire, is compliant with the UNCRPD; and if she will...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
123. To ask the Minister for Health for a status update on the funding required for the women's health unit in the Coombe Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52445/25]
- Health Strategies
124. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on developing a successor policy to the national cardiovascular policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52431/25]
- Legislative Measures
125. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the legislation being drafted to further regulate nicotine inhaling products and single-use vapes; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff
126. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical graduates at all clinical levels who graduated since 2020 and who are currently employed in the HSE; and if she will make a statement on...
- Primary Care Centres
127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres planned to be delivered in Offaly; the means by which the centres are helping to achieve the aims of Sláintecare; and...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
128. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to address the large number of people in County Donegal on waiting lists for occupational therapy; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Primary Care Centres
129. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52296/25]
- Hospital Services
130. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the current status of maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe; and to outline the measures being...
- Primary Care Centres
131. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to open more primary care centres and expedite the delivery of the existing pipeline to construction. [52384/25]
- Departmental Inquiries
132. To ask the Minister for Health if she will agree to a statutory inquiry into possible malpractice at Children's Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52559/25]
- Disease Management
133. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand specialist services in endometriosis. [52387/25]
- Vaccination Programme
134. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of a free shingles vaccine for older people, in particular those over 66 years-of-age, in line with best practice in...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
135. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her review of the use by the health service of third-party insourcing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52366/25]
- Pharmacy Services
136. To ask the Minister for Health when she will introduce a proper disposal of unused medicines scheme as required by EU law since 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52119/25]
- Care Services
137. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of a daycare centre for Macroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52015/25]
- Ambulance Service
138. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the current ambulance dispatch system ensures timely and equitable emergency response across all regions; and if she will make a...
- Home Care Packages
139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours provided for older people in Roscommon in 2024; the target for same in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Official Engagements
140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times she has visited hospitals in Meath and Louth since she took office; if she will list the hospitals she has visited in those counties; and...
- Mortality Rates
141. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to reduce premature mortality among men; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52533/25]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Health her Department's plans for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52297/25]
- Disabilities Assessments
143. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a child who has a waiting time of 60 months for an autism assessment with the primary care autism assessment team can have the cost of a...
- Health Services Staff
144. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment plan for public health nurses in Dublin mid west; if P2 and P3 services will be available in all parts of the constituency in...
- General Practitioner Services
145. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to provide additional supports for GP practices in rural areas and areas of increased need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52378/25]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
146. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce waiting times for treatment for rheumatoid arthritis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52365/25]
- Nursing Homes
147. To ask the Minister for Health the total bed capacity of a community nursing unit in Carraroe (details supplied); the number of beds currently in use in the unit; the number of beds...
- Hospital Services
148. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to reopen the lymphedema clinic in St. James’s Hospital to support patients with this debilitating condition and which is closed over a year...
- General Practitioner Services
149. To ask the Minister for Health for a report on plans to increase the number of GPs through a combination of international recruitment and increased training places. [52367/25]
- Primary Care Centres
150. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the planned new primary care centre for Gorey, County Wexford. [52565/25]
- Health Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for a neurorehabilitation unit in Cork to include 20 post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds, in 2026, in line with HSE proposals in...
- Medical Records
153. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the digitalisation of the health service overall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52246/25]
- General Practitioner Services
154. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a comprehensive women's health programme in general practice. [52386/25]
- Emergency Services
155. To ask the Minister for Health if she has ensured a permanent solution to the helicopter emergency medical services crewing model safety concerns raised by paramedics who resigned from the...
- General Practitioner Services
156. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which she is expanding GP access to community diagnostics schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52379/25]
- Ambulance Service
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call-outs received in 2025 that were unable to provide an eircode. [51604/25]
- Vaccination Programme
158. To ask the Minister for Health when she will extend public immunisation schemes to provide free RSV and shingles cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52530/25]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
161. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the restrictions the HSE is placing on diabetics getting access to CGM (continuous glucose monitoring); if she will be raising the matter of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
162. To ask the Minister for Health if a dermatology consultant has been appointed to deal with the enormous waiting list in Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disease Management
164. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to include COPD and asthma in the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52353/25]
- Suicide Prevention
165. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of the next suicide reduction strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51261/25]
- Ambulance Service
166. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies in place to reduce response times for ambulances in the Dublin metropolitan area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52176/25]
- Health Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that current recruitment and retention strategies are sufficient to address staffing shortages across the health service; and if she will...
- Dental Services
168. To ask the Minister for Health if she will report on the provision of orthodontal services in the north-east region; the reasons for delays in accessing services; and her proposals to ensure...
- Home Help Service
170. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the number of individuals on the waiting list for home help in County Mayo; the plans in place to reduce this list; and if she will make a...
- Alcohol Advertising
171. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the merits of amending the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 to remove the loophole that allows alcohol companies to advertise 0.0% versions of...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists, by grade, based in County Laois, for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; the current average...
- Medical Cards
173. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical card scheme does not cover the cost of providing a GP medical cert, which is a requirement for over 70-year-old applicants to a renew a...
- Health Services
175. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to expand the provision of health services in the Iveragh Peninsula; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52238/25]
- Primary Care Centres
176. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of primary care centres for Millstreet and Kanturk towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52408/25]
- Ambulance Service
177. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which her Department, along with the national ambulance service, proposes to increase the availability of ambulances and skilled paramedics in...
- Emergency Departments
178. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital. [52389/25]
- Disease Management
179. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for the expansion of the Chronic Disease Management Plan to include other conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52185/25]
- Patient Safety
180. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Nayagam report, including when and whether it will be published; the reasons it is taking so long to complete; and if she will make a...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the timeline and delivery of the new elective hospital for Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52195/25]
- Hospital Staff
182. To ask the Minister for Health when interviews for the recently advertised post for a radiographer clinical specialist at the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, will take place; when the...
- Disease Management
183. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the development of standard protocols for the identification and management of PANS/PANDAS in paediatric hospitals given that PANS/PANDAS...
- Emergency Departments
184. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on safe staffing levels in the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital; the plans to address recruitment and retention at the emergency...
- Health Strategies
186. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to implement the Men’s Health Action Plan 2024 to 2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52432/25]
- Nursing Homes
187. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of community nursing home beds in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51260/25]
- Health Strategies
188. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in developing a new national drugs strategy; if she will ensure that adequate financial support is provided for family support services;...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures that have been carried out in Northern Ireland under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
190. To ask the Minister for Health the interim measures being put in place to support mothers experiencing severe perinatal mental health difficulties while the dedicated mother and baby unit is...
- Pharmacy Services
191. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the drastic impact that the ending of reason one and reason four for phased dispensing in the recent community pharmacy deal will have on...
- Alcohol Advertising
192. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the advertising of zero-alcohol products in locations where alcohol advertising is prohibited under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 (details...
- Health Services Staff
193. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will provide funding for a multiple sclerosis community worker for Sligo and Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52012/25]
- Hospital Facilities
194. To ask the Minister for Health if she is confident that the 4,000 to 4,500 new and refurbished inpatient hospital beds across the country that have been committed to in the programme for...
- Emergency Departments
195. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to alleviate staff shortages in the accident and emergency department in Mayo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on...
- Hospital Facilities
196. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development for 24 new inpatient beds in Mallow General Hospital, which received €7.5 million in capital funding during 2025; and...
- Health Services Staff
198. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing benchmarks she is aiming to implement in primary care services for young people where waiting lists across disciplines are in crisis; if she will...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for a new acute hospital in north Dublin. [52390/25]
- Ambulance Service
200. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the National Ambulance Service regarding the need for a rapid response vehicle at Tuam ambulance base, County Galway; and if she will...
- Mental Health Services
201. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on CAMHS services in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52237/25]
- Primary Care Centres
202. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed new primary health care centre for Rowlagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52506/25]
- Hospital Services
203. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to enhance and expand services at Louth County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52345/25]
- General Practitioner Services
205. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives she is putting in place to increase the number of GPs in County Laois; the timeline; the funding allocated for this; and if she will make a...
- Home Help Service
206. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the Government has in place to address the large number of people in County Donegal on waiting lists for home support; and if she will make a...
- Medical Cards
207. To ask the Minister for Health to consider automatic qualification (removal of means test) for a medical card for lung fibrosis patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Humanitarian Aid
208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the help available to the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo; and the plans to ameliorate the deteriorating humanitarian situation...
- Human Rights
209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he will raise the case of a person (details supplied) from Saudi Arabia who is in currently detained in Bulgaria, with his...
- Departmental Strategies
213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the development, timelines and key features of the successor to the National Strategy for Women and Girls...
- Trade Agreements
214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position Ireland will take at Council on 2 October 2025 regarding the signature and provisional application of the proposed amendments...
- Official Engagements
215. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement between his Department and the Government of Kuwait in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on...
- EU Regulations
216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work being undertaken by his Department regarding the implementation of the EU’s plan to offer digital identity to all of its...
- Human Rights
217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any action taken to support the Pécs Pride march in Hungary; if the Hungarian government's proposal to ban it...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
221. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans to end Army reserve pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52651/25]
- Military Neutrality
230. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans with regard to the triple lock; and if this will be retained. [52687/25]
- Naval Service
231. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new contract for the replacement of both the LÉ Róisín and LÉ Niamh naval ships will be put out to tender before end of...
- Defence Forces
235. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of new recruits to the Reserve Defence Force for the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Development Plan
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the Kilkenny Northern Transport Project is identified within the current NDP/National Investment Framework; what, if any,...
- Driver Licences
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a licence exchange can be expedited (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52644/25]
- Parking Provision
238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people that have applied for the disabled parking permit over the past five years, per county, in tabular form; and if he...
- Legislative Measures
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the drafting of the revised National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2025; to provide an indicative timeline for when the...
- Rail Network
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that as part of the DART+ West project there are some stations along the proposed Maynooth line which will not have an...
- Bus Éireann
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of Bus Éireann PSO fleet that are over 12 years old, as of 22 September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Greenways Provision
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA funding allocation for the full delivery of phase 4 of the Royal Canal greenway project remains in place and is protected,...
- Driver Licences
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner permit holders, by county, who were disqualified in court in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number that...
- Road Traffic Offences
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a mandatory requirement on drivers disqualified in court to present their licence or permit, to the court clerk on...
- Road Projects
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the €44 million announced in July 2013 for completion of the Kilkenny ring road was formally allocated, drawn down or...
- Active Travel
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures under active travel which will be considered for the village of Boolavogue, County Wexford, particularly to enhance school...
- Road Network
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the completion of the M11 motorway to Rosslare. [52908/25]
- Bus Services
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Bus Éireann route 132 serving Bunclody to Dublin is frequently cancelled; his views on whether the service is being...
- Department of Finance
- Fiscal Policy
262. To ask the Minister for Finance if he accepts that Ireland's fiscal policy must be cognisant of risks surrounding indexation on corporate tax, introduces to our ability to fund the...
- Tax Exemptions
263. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of new residential properties which were exempt from stamp duty; the total number of residential properties where stamp duty was paid; and the...
- Insurance Levy
264. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the life insurance premium levy; if the recommendations in relation to this levy, outlined in the report titled ‘Funds Sector...
- Tax Code
265. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding life assurance exit tax (LAET), including consideration of reducing the current 41% rate, abolishing the 1% Government levy, and reviewing...
- Fiscal Policy
266. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has conducted an assessment of the likely impact on Irish pharmaceutical exports and State tax receipts of recent tariff announcements by the United...
- Tax Reliefs
267. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made to the Revenue Commissioners to 1 September 2025 for the mortgage interest tax relief scheme, by county; the number of...
- Legislative Measures
269. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes he plans to make to the Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 that will allow medical charities operating GP practices to continue on a sustainable basis...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Capital Expenditure Programme
270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he accepts that it is critical the State moves to multi-annual budget envelopes for key infrastructure projects and delivery bodies...
- Flood Relief Schemes
275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the progress of the Midleton flood relief scheme; the estimated timeframe for completion; and if he will...
- Public Appointments Service
276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Public Appointments Service will launch an Irish-language higher executive officer in the civil service competition in quarter 4...
- EU Regulations
277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to date of delivering the national Government digital wallet initiative involving over 500 public servants, as part of the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Consultations
278. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the technical review of IS 465 will be published now that the consultation on the review is closed for submissions since July...
- Business Regulation
279. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on that of an organisation (details supplied) that changes in our regulatory environment are critical to a more competitive...
- State Bodies
280. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies at the Corporate Enforcement Authority, by job title; the timeframe for each of those vacancies being filled,...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Enrolments
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to increase capacity in a school (details supplied) to cater for the growing number of applicants in the area; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is concerned that the new SNA review process guidelines for 2025-2026 published by the NCSE narrows the definition of 'complex needs' and...
- Public Sector Pensions
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person can expect to receive their pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52664/25]
- Special Educational Needs
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the home tuition grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52665/25]
- School Accommodation
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for classroom extensions for autism classrooms in a school (details supplied); if the application will be expedited;...
- School Funding
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a project in a school (details supplied); if her Department will review the emergency works scheme applications...
- Online Safety
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding to support online safety programmes for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52711/25]
- Schools Building Projects
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a new school building project (details supplied). [52714/25]
- School Uniforms
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her Department’s position in circumstances where schools require pupils to wear uniforms but are not affording...
- Educational Disadvantage
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of each primary and post-primary school that has been granted DEIS band 1 and DEIS band 2 status, respectively, in every year from 2019...
- Special Educational Needs
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has received no additional SNA support since becoming a DEIS school in 2019. [52811/25]
- State Examinations
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review of the RACE scheme, including any proposals for public consultation; and whether this review will be in place before...
- School Transport
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 24 September 2025, if she will re-engage with Bus Éireann for clarification in relation to this...
- Departmental Policies
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's working definition of the terms 'man', 'woman', 'male' and 'female' as used in official Departmental documents, policies,...
- School Curriculum
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the redeveloped primary school curriculum, and the associated well-being strand, includes any definitions or references to gender identity,...
- Special Educational Needs
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department and the National Council for Special Education will urgently review the allocation of SNA support for a school (details...
- Site Acquisitions
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider acquiring a site at a location (details supplied) with appropriate zoning which will facilitate use by two schools in the...
- Schools Building Projects
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the extension works in a school (details supplied); to confirm if a tender was issued by the end of Q1 2025 as planned; if the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Sports Organisations
308. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to ensure that all State-funded sporting bodies have robust safeguarding protocols...
- Online Safety
309. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the increased level of support and funding outlined for Coimisiún na Meán for...
- National Broadband Plan
311. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the inclusion of larger rural towns such as Skerries in the national broadband plan; and if he will...
- Sports Facilities
315. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 27 June 2023, if there is an update on the matter in relation to the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Hedge Cutting
316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when hedges can be cut if there is an actual or perceived threat to road or pedestrian safety; and if he will make a statement...
- Building Regulations
317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if her Department will ensure that local authority building control departments enforce compliance with the 2014 Building...
- Homeless Persons Supports
318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline and action plan for meeting the targets to work towards ending homelessness, as agreed in the Lisbon Declaration;...
- Departmental Schemes
320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of the schemes that are currently, or have previously, come to market under the croí cónaithe...
- Housing Policy
321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans to adjust the social housing income limits upwards to reflect house inflation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Housing Schemes
322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a landlord in receipt of HAP from a local authority in respect of a tenant, must inform that local authority when there is...
- Ethics in Public Office
323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an elected Member of the Oireachtas (Teachta Dála or Seanadóir) can make representations on behalf of a member of...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department plans to extend financial supports for widowers who face financial challenges as sole caregivers supporting...
- School Meals Programme
325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the school meals scheme, if a special school that has not yet availed of the scheme can apply for funding for...
- State Pensions
326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated total costs of expenditure on State pensions based on increased life expectancies in the decades ahead; and if...
- Social Welfare Appeals
327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time it takes to hear a social welfare appeals case; the measures being put in place to reduce such time...
- Social Welfare Rates
328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the living alone allowance will be increased in budget 2026 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Fraud
329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to request an audit of a company’s (details supplied) 2023 declarations; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual figures since 2015 for appeals lodged with the social welfare appeals office querying a refusal based on the...
- School Meals Programme
331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all special schools are part of the schools meals programme; if not, the names of special schools that are not part of the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the fuel allowance payment for a person (details supplied) was stopped, and the options available to them; and if...
- EU Regulations
334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has undertaken any work toward assisting with the roll-out of a digital ID system; if his Department is...
- Social Welfare Fraud
335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on recent reports (details supplied) that the child benefit payment system is subject to abuse by non-resident...
- Social Welfare Schemes
337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money reimbursed to private operators since 2022 for the operation of the free travel scheme for over-66s,...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Asylum Applications
340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has raised concerns regarding the circulation of asylum coaching materials; and the actions taken to address...
- Prison Service
342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and percentage of prisoners attending prison education and training centres at present and during each of the past...
- Courts Service
343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases before the Small Claims Court in each of the years 2020 to 2024; the plans for developing the service; and...
- Visa Applications
344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that, in relation to visa decisions, wait times for the spouse of an Irish citizen has grown from less than one...
- Local Community Safety Partnerships
345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all the local community safety partnerships set to be established within in the Fingal local authority...
- An Garda Síochána
346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda attestations to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52667/25]
- International Protection
347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the recognition rate, including appeals, for all international protection applicants; and the recognition rate, including...
- Visa Applications
348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time to receive a response from the South Africa visa office for applicants who wish to come to Ireland...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the application under the humanitarian admissions programme (details supplied); if he will...
- Deportation Orders
350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which his Department ensures that people who are the subject of deportation orders are removed from IPAS...
- Immigration Policy
352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons and the number of family units who have received financial assistance under the State’s voluntary...
- Departmental Schemes
355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total administrative cost of operating the voluntary return programme in each of the past five years, including staffing,...
- An Garda Síochána
362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents recorded on the PULSE system regarding a property (details supplied) in 2024 and from 1 January 2025 to...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount An Garda Síochána has spent on maintenance of existing Garda CCTV camera systems in the years of 2023,...
- An Garda Síochána
369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of competitions An Garda Síochána has held for sworn gardaí to apply to join divisional armed support...
- Departmental Strategies
374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the membership of the National Governance and Strategy Group that was to be established under the National Youth...
- Naturalisation Applications
375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on an application for naturalisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Electric Vehicles
376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of high-speed EV charger points currently available at Garda stations within the Limerick division; and if he will...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Control of Dogs
377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be made available to local authorities for the provision of additional dog wardens in 2026, given the impact that dog...
- Agriculture Schemes
378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the forgotten farmers; if consideration has been given to broadening the age and time restrictions for...
- Climate Action Plan
379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current situation with respect to carbon credits which may arise as a result of the planting of trees by farmers and other...
- Animal Culls
380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the approximate total number of deer in the State; and to outline the work of the Deer Management Strategy Group; and if he will make...
- Agriculture Supports
381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the State's strategy on the way in which to ensure the collection and sustainable use of sheep wool; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes
382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total sum paid in ACRES payments to date in 2025; to provide an estimate of the total sum remaining to be paid; and if he will...
- Animal Diseases
383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress in tackling bovine tuberculosis; the details of the current strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Animal Welfare
384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports which will continue to be made available to a facility (details supplied); the action being taken on a recent complaint...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Thalidomide Victims Compensation
385. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of an application by thalidomide sufferers to a foundation (details supplied); when she expects that the applications...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
386. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children registered for early years and school age childcare for the 2025-2026 programme year; the number which were...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
393. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 18 September 2025, if she will instruct her Department to provide supports to carers of...
- Departmental Reports
394. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to implement the recommendations of the 2024 PLACES report commissioned by her Department on pregnancy loss. [52791/25]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
395. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of equipment issued under AIMS in 2024, and for the first eight months of 2025; the type of equipment issued, and time it...
- Childcare Services
396. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how the NCS IT system was able to process applications in respect of school-going age for 41 hours per week. [52806/25]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
399. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when exactly early years services will receive the additional supports committed to them on foot of the reduction in the fee cap...
- After-School Support Services
400. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the discrepancy in funding available to providers of after-school services for between junior and senior infants and...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
401. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of pre-school places in each county in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and her definition of pre-school in terms of...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Waiting Lists
403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, on waiting lists in University Hospital Limerick who have received care...
- Mental Health Services
405. To ask the Minister for Health given that the HSE has yet to provide dedicated mental health support to families affected by the unnecessary DHH surgeries and, in the interim, the HSE has...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
406. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to requests to add the device (details supplied) to either the drugs payment scheme or the long-term illness scheme; the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
407. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on an appointment for a person (details supplied) for a pain management clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52653/25]
- Suicide Prevention
409. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to reduce the rate of male suicide; and the specific supports available to men experiencing mental ill health. [52668/25]
- Suicide Incidence
410. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken any study to determine which age cohorts are most at risk of suicide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52669/25]
- Hospital Appointments Status
412. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [52671/25]
- Health Services Staff
413. To ask the Minister for Health if the pay imbalances for healthcare assistants in Cork and Kerry will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52684/25]
- Patient Transport
414. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on non-emergency ambulance patient transport in the greater Dublin area; if the contract for this will remain with the National Ambulance...
- Hospital Staff
415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent admin staff in Ennis hospital, Nenagh hospital and UHL; if permanent admin positions are being filled by agency staff in Ennis and if...
- Medical Records
416. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of ehealth records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52698/25]
- Cancer Services
418. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of person (details supplied) diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, who is currently ineligible for CAR T-cell...
- Health Service Executive
419. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE’s IT payment systems are not fully operational, resulting in delays to small medical supply companies receiving payment for goods and...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
420. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will review a decision not to include a glucose monitoring system (details supplied) for persons with type two diabetes for reimbursement...
- Hospital Appointments Status
421. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the waiting list for benign brain tumour surgery for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52709/25]
- Online Safety
422. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding to support online safety programmes for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52710/25]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
423. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the guidelines for the treatment abroad scheme; if she is aware that the level of support through this scheme is currently very...
- Hospital Appointments Status
424. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52722/25]
- Mental Health Services
425. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of Ireland’s first inpatient Mother and Baby Mental Health Unit at St. Vincent’s University Hospital; the...
- Disease Management
430. To ask the Minister for Health the practical steps being taken, and future planned actions, to expand specialist endometriosis services and improve support services for women; and if she...
- Health Services Staff
432. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded posts currently filled in each of the regional and supra-regional endometriosis centres; if her Department has a timeframe for full...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
434. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department collects data on the number of women travelling abroad for endometriosis treatment under the EU cross-border directive; if not, whether she...
- Disease Management
436. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to requests from an organisation regarding care for persons with asthma (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- General Practitioner Services
437. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of the GP shortages in towns in Kildare North, in particular Maynooth, which has a rapidly increasing population and growing GP...
- Medical Qualifications
438. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 721 of 27 May 2025, the status of the HSE’s review of the physician associate grade; if she will publish the terms...
- Hospital Facilities
439. To ask the Minister for Health if she will allocate funding in budget 2026 for post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds in the south west, in line with the programme for Government...
- Healthcare Policy
440. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 23 September 2025, the conditions included in the free hormone replacement therapy scheme under ‘medically...
- Health Services Staff
441. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will engage with the relevant authorities regarding facilitation of these clinical...
- Humanitarian Aid
442. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the discrepancy between her Department’s stated position with respect to medical evacuations of paediatric patients (details supplied);...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
443. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the elective hospital for Cork; if she expects planning permission to be sought in 2026; and if she will give a commitment that, subject to...
- Ambulance Service
445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls made to the National Ambulance Service to attend a property (details supplied) in 2024 and from 1 January 2025 and to date in 2025. [52780/25]
- General Practitioner Services
446. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls made to Westdoc to attend a property (details supplied) in 2024 and from 1 January 2025 to date in 2025. [52781/25]
- Official Engagements
447. To ask the Minister for Health if she has spoken formally with the UK health secretary in the past three months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52801/25]
- Hospital Staff
448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts, by speciality, currently at Limerick Maternity Hospital; the expected timeframe for each of those vacancies being...
- Cancer Services
449. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing complement of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory, by discipline and grade, in tabular form; the required staffing necessary to...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology services via primary care systems in CHO 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52804/25]
- Hospital Staff
451. To ask the Minister for Health whether there is a vacant position for a speech and language therapist at St. Columba's Hospital, Thomastown, County Kilkenny; how long the post has been...
- Medicinal Products
452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of oncology drugs approved for use by the European Medicines Agency in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and to specify which of these are currently...
- Cancer Services
454. To ask the Minister for Health the average time taken by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics and her Department to complete health technology assessments and reimbursement decisions on...
- Primary Care Centres
464. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the acquisition of a site for the new primary care centre in Rathdowney, County Laois; the timeframe for when it will be...
- General Practitioner Services
465. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to introduce a dedicated daytime GP home visit service in the Dublin 12 area, in view of concerns raised by persons regarding the lack of access to...
- Health Services
466. To ask the Minister for Health the current structure of stroke recovery services within the HSE; and the supports in place for patient's post-discharge. [52916/25]
- Hospital Services
468. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the country’s main neurological hospitals (including Beaumont) select patients to participate in clinical research [52918/25]
- Health Services
469. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to expand opportunities for stroke survivors to participate in trials or innovative treatments. [52919/25]
- Hospital Facilities
471. To ask the Minister for Health if infrastructure limitations, such as theatre allocation, are preventing the development of stem cell treatment trials for stroke patients; and the way in...
- Healthcare Policy
472. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to international approaches, such as the Australian or UK models, for stroke rehabilitation; and if Ireland plans to adopt...
- Vaccination Programme
474. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recipients of the flu vaccine for each of the past four years, by county or geographical area; by age category; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Grant Payments
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a SUSI grant application for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [52626/25]
- Business Supports
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he supports the introduction of a national training voucher scheme that would support employers, and particularly SMEs, in addressing both the...
- Technological Universities
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on proposals to introduce professorship grades at technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52683/25]
- Education and Training Boards
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met formally with the CEO of Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board in the past three months; and if he will make a...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Funding
479. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a group (details supplied) will be provided with multi-annual funding commencing with budget 2026; and if he will make a...
