Written answers

Tuesday, 7 October 2025

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons recorded as unemployed for 12 months or more; of those, the numbers unemployed for 24 months or more and those unemployed for at least three years,...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      2. To ask the Taoiseach if public sector employers, colleges and public bodies have moved to 20% home and remote working as per the Making Remote Work strategy. [52681/25]
    • Employment Data
      3. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons in receipt of sub-minima rates of pay for those aged 17, 18 and 19 years, in tabular form. [53298/25]
    • Official Travel
      4. To ask the Taoiseach if he has used transport modes other than a car on the island of Ireland; and, if so, to outline what those modes are and the frequency of use since his appointment as...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      5. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on his engagements at the seventh summit of the European Political Community. [53917/25]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland
      6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work being done to strengthen enforcement of the Windsor Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53188/25]
    • Middle East
      7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to advocate for the immediate release of Palestinian customs income currently being withheld from the Palestinian...
    • Passport Services
      8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to review the passport renewal process for minors where one parent is deceased, with particular reference to the current requirement...
    • Middle East
      9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has plans to join the Hague Group. [53225/25]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans to increase funding for Irish Aid in order to compensate for the collapse of USAID-funded schemes abroad. [53250/25]
    • Consular Services
      11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to intervene in the case of a sibling of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is detained in Venezuela; and whether his Department will...
    • Foreign Policy
      13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 30 September 2025, whether the Government has any issue recognising the state of Lebanon,...
    • Middle East
      14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures that have been taken to date to bring an end to the genocide in Gaza; the other measures the Government will take to cease the...
    • Foreign Policy
      15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 30 September 2025, wherein he considers that an organisation proscribed for terrorism cannot...
    • Middle East
      17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on any recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Contracts
      19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any product or services acquired or purchased by his Department from Australia in the past three years. [53614/25]
    • Foreign Policy
      20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the systematic violence being employed by the Myanmar military, including airstrikes on civilian areas with a view to clearing...
    • Middle East
      21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the current welfare and position of the Irish nationals detained by Israel following their being detained after...
    • Humanitarian Access
      22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current blockages of aid to locations in Darfur, Sudan, for example, El Fasher; and the position of the Irish Government...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he is aware of breaches of the arms embargo to Sudan; if he has communicated with any governments suspected of breaking the arms...
    • Official Engagements
      24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he met with his Japanese counterpart during the recent UN General Assembly week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53846/25]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts being made to reduce carbon emissions within the public sector workforce; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Recycling Policy
      27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether he will commit to reviewing the Government’s recycling contract (details supplied) that launched in 2024, as...
    • Waste Management
      34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to exempting agricultural tyres from the extended producer responsibility scheme, as...
    • Energy Prices
      35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason only a small amount of the total balance of the market cap fund has been spent; what the currently distributed...
    • Departmental Funding
      36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide details of the €27 million funding announced for the acceleration of Ireland's circular economy...
    • Waste Management
      38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new waste action plan for a circular economy is planned to be delivered after the current plan is due to expire at...
  • Department of Defence
    • National Security
      45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the Department or entity responsible for the deployment of counter unmanned aerial vehicle capabilities to protect State infrastructure; and the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Government continues to purchase military equipment from Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52925/25]
    • Air Corps
      47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for details concerning the purchase of H145 helicopters by the Defence Force Air Corps, in particular the details of the tendering process ahead...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report on the recent multi-agency cyberattack exercise targeting Cork Port; to state whether any vulnerabilities were identified in port or...
    • Defence Forces
      50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of females who are currently in cadetship training in each of the three branches of the Permanent Defence Forces. [53357/25]
    • Air Corps
      55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps being taken to increase the numbers of personnel serving in the Air Corps so as to ensure an appropriate level of service; and if he...
    • Civil Defence
      57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of volunteers with the Civil Defence; the plans to help promote participation in the Civil Defence; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Emergency Services
      58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of missions completed by the Aeromedical Service on an annual basis since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces
      59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new infrastructure development plan is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53503/25]
    • Naval Service
      64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new cadetship recruitment campaign for the Naval Service will be launched before the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Security
      65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline his engagements in respect to new proposals for a ‘drone wall’ on the EU’s borders to detect, jam or...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Transport Policy
      67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to roll out schemes similar to the smart mobility hub scheme, run by Dublin City Council and Smart Dublin, across other public...
    • Public Transport
      68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has, in collaboration with other stakeholders including the Department of Health, carried out analyses of the capacity...
    • Bus Services
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the bus route 235 from Cork to Rylane; the frequency of service as part of the Connecting Ireland Rural...
    • Driver Test
      74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 29 July 2025, if the member of the public can seek a copy of the report of the investigation...
    • Road Tolls
      75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider making M50 toll payments tax deductible for commuters who rely on the motorway for their daily commute; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider providing an additional train service running from the Castleknock area to the M3 Parkway given the number of students and...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the recent multi-agency cyberattack exercise targeting Cork Port; to state whether any vulnerabilities were identified in...
    • Driver Test
      82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of proposals to reduce the driving test wait times at a test centre (details supplied) in view of the fact it is still well...
    • Road Network
      83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received a business case (details supplied); when a decision on this will be reached; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety Authority
      84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the employment status of all persons delivering periodic driver CPC training, as required by EU legislation, is in...
    • Road Safety
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department have conducted health and safety analysis following junction narrowing works to assess the safety of pedestrians,...
    • Emergency Services
      89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider and respond to concerns around the air, sea and rescue helicopter expressed in correspondence (details supplied)....
    • Cycling Facilities
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has conducted any study or analysis to examine the effectiveness of cycle lanes constructed to date in increasing...
    • Active Travel
      91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of Exchequer funding allocated to active travel schemes since 2020; the amount spent; and the amount of this funding leftover...
    • Bus Services
      93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Local Link bus serving Route 887, New Ross to Carlow, arriving in Bagenalstown to...
    • Official Engagements
      94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53358/25]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the payment of the five percent increase for those availing of the CIÉ pension; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the due diligence his Department has completed in assessing the greenhouse gas emissions impacts resulting from State intervention to lift...
    • Traffic Management
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Departments plans to tackle traffic congestion on the M1 and M50 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53582/25]
    • Airport Policy
      99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm the plans to develop a new terminal three at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53583/25]
    • Rail Network
      102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail plans to have a new 10 a.m. Monday to Saturday Dublin Heuston to Westport train service; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE qualified structural engineers employed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in...
    • Electric Vehicles
      107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of clubs within Donegal that have been included in the scope of all-island sports club EV charging project; and if he will...
    • Airport Security
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an assessment of Dublin Airports preparedness to counter drone threats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53650/25]
    • Air Services
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with an airline (details supplied) regarding the decision to phase out paper boarding passes; and the consumer...
    • Transport Policy
      114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a 2024 end-of-year report on the Connecting Ireland plan for County Donegal; the funding that was allocated and spent;...
    • Road Safety Authority
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of HGVs, coaches and buses that were inspected by the Road Safety Authority in 2024, and for the first seven months of 2025;...
    • Driver Test
      116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 18 September 2025, if there are any further plans to open a driving test centre in the rest...
    • Public Transport
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sectoral investment plan will be ready for his Department with respect to public transport projects and the National Development...
    • Bus Services
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the ongoing capacity issues on the 101x commuter bus service, which is frequently full before reaching the final stops...
    • Driver Test
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views around the challenges being experienced by unaccompanied learner drivers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Tolls
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will carry out a review of the physical payment options currently available to pay the M50 toll since road users, who avail of the...
    • Road Projects
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding the proposed upgrade of the A5 road in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a spouse who is legally required to vacate the family home under judicial separation loses principal private residence relief for capital gains...
    • Tax Code
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review and address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53037/25]
    • Illicit Trade
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his response to the increase in illegal tobacco products in circulation in Ireland, and the increased tax losses to the exchequer; and if he will...
    • Fiscal Policy
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the warning by the Central Bank Governor about overheating ahead of Budget 2026, if he will outline the fiscal rules currently guiding expenditure...
    • Illicit Trade
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts being made to prevent the abuse of the green lane system with cross-border fuel smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53184/25]
    • Tax Exemptions
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance to increase the qualifying square area for an exemption of stamp duty on new residential property in view of the fact this can act as a supply side activation...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a review of the criteria needed in order to obtain a primary medical certificate (PMC) set out under s 36(b)(ii) of the Finance Act 2020;...
    • Tax Code
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the issue in which pensioners start paying tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53231/25]
    • Tax Yield
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of residential zoned land tax collected in total and by each Local Authority, and the amount paid by each local authority to revenue in residential...
    • Tax Reliefs
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance if issues with the help to buy scheme will be addressed (details supplied); if second hand homes will be included in the scheme to further assist people in...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the vehicle registration tax enforcement statistics for May, June and July 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered changes to the inheritance tax policy for individuals without children; if measures to increase the inheritance tax exemption under the...
    • Tax Rebates
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the introduction of a proposed draught excise rebate scheme that would deliver a 40% rebate on draught excise (beer and cider up to 5%...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • State Pensions
      140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received advice from the Department of Finance or the Central Bank recommending an increase in the State pension age; and if...
    • Post Office Network
      141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his engagement with An Post in respect of the Rathmines Post Office since May 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53302/25]
    • Freedom of Information
      142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 232 of 23 September 2025 and 365 of 30 September 2025 (details supplied), the details of the...
    • Heritage Schemes
      143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of OPW heritage cards purchased in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53364/25]
    • State Properties
      144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 356 of 30 September 2025, if additional information can be provided on the circular (details...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has assessed whether publishing the estimated contract value for public procurement tenders inflates final bid prices;...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an impact assessment study was carried out before the decision to stop sending payslips to civil and public service pensioners,...
    • EU Regulations
      147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected timeframe for the introduction of at least one EU digital identity wallet here in advance of the 2026 deadline. [54345/25]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Consumer Protection
      148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures his Department has in place, or plans to put in place, to protect the professional title of ‘accountant’;...
    • Employment Rights
      149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the annual number of reported cases of sexual harassment or assault in workplaces serving the public; the number of incidents...
    • Company Registration
      150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies registered as companies limited by guarantee at the end of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Work Permits
      152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 25 September 2025, whether he will issue guidance to employers concerning the...
    • Online Safety
      153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a full list of organisations which have been granted "Trusted Flagger" status by Coimisiún na Meán under the EU's...
    • Work Permits
      154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has made a decision in a visa appeal case for a person (details supplied); and if not, the timeframe for when the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has updated public procurement guidelines in the context of public bodies purchasing goods and/or services produced and/or...
    • State Bodies
      158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he last met the CEO of the Corporate Enforcement Authority; when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO of Corporate Enforcement...
    • Regional Development
      159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to name all of IDA Ireland client companies with operations in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53694/25]
    • Business Supports
      160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of differences in eligibility criteria for certain business types (details supplied) paid under the power up grant;...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of difficulties facing many transport companies (details supplied); if she has plans to make changes to the process; and if she...
    • Youth Services
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the implementation plan of the National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services 2024-2028, which was published in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52960/25]
    • Youth Services
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been given to the youth sector for capital projects in the past ten years, broken down per county; and if she will make a...
    • School Facilities
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new toilet block in a school (details supplied) will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53010/25]
    • School Transport
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review and address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53022/25]
    • School Funding
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review and address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53024/25]
    • State Examinations
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the dates students will receive their junior certificate and leaving certificate results for the 2026 State examinations; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the serious concerns raised by parents, educators and school leaders regarding the recently published NCSE guidelines for the...
    • School Curriculum
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the opt-out arrangements for children in primary schools where parents choose to withdraw their child from the new relationships and...
    • School Management
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider giving greater devolved power over school spending to school management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53081/25]
    • School Transport
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) is still without school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53118/25]
    • School Funding
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53137/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to approving the establishment of a special class in a school (details supplied) for the 2026-27 academic year, in...
    • School Transport
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on school transport for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53175/25]
    • Child Abuse
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend entitlement to the Health (Amendment) Act card to all survivors of industrial and reformatory schools, in recognition of the...
    • School Transport
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) can be examined; if a school transport ticket can be issued in this case; and if she will make a...
    • School Management
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the closure of schools in some cases is at the discretion of her Department. [53221/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all of the ongoing projects in Dublin West under the planning and building unit, broken down into five core stages (details...
    • Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é an stádas reatha chun foirgneamh buan a thógáil do scoil (sonraí curtha ar fáil) i gContae Bhaile Átha...
    • School Funding
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will set out the process by which schools may apply for funding for the development of playground facilities, particularly where such...
    • Teacher Training
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to keep teachers who return home from abroad up to date with the new curriculum. [53277/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend Circular 0010/2013 to allow for funding to be deposited into a school's account in order for it to purchase assistive...
    • School Admissions
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 17 September 2025, to provide an update on the response of the school in question to the instruction...
    • School Accommodation
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the position of a school (details supplied) will be considered having regard to the fact the school, when requested, opened a special ASD...
    • Schools Building Projects
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of a school (details supplied) will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53343/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 25 September 2025, if she will provide the figures confirming the cost to date of the installation...
    • Health and Safety
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the departmental policy relating to the presence of asbestos in school buildings and whether it is acceptable that children would be walking on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools a project management company (details supplied) has been appointed by her Department to project manage or provide other...
    • School Staff
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently address the disparity in salary for special needs assistants (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Abuse
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider providing access to a HAA medical card and a full pension to industrial school survivors; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to alter the status of tutors working under the home tuition scheme in terms of their recognition and inclusion within the broader...
    • School Funding
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 30 September 2025, the plans to allow private independent music schools access to funding for the...
    • School Transport
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify growing concerns among school bus escorts around their payment; if it is the case that school bus escorts are only paid from the...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment for dyslexia, given they are not meeting developmental milestones; and if she will...
    • School Funding
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the amount of the €450,000 total Education for Sustainable Development Fund available for schools that has been drawn down; and...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider establishing an independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Accommodation
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding a request for additional accommodation for a school in Cork city (details supplied) to provide appropriate and urgently...
    • School Funding
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capital funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53617/25]
    • School Attendance
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department is taking to address the rise in absenteeism in Cork secondary schools, where the percentage of school days lost has...
    • School Enrolments
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the number of children from the Donabate and Portrane area travelling to primary and secondary school outside of the area in the 2024...
    • Schools Building Projects
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the details of the schools included in the national development plan in the Donabate area; to confirm if funding has been secured for...
    • School Transport
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 23 September 2025, if she will confirm the length of time families ordinarily expect to wait before...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the number of skills assessment tests (textiles, fashion and design skills for home economics) that have been requested by the...
    • School Accommodation
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the applications for the additional accommodation scheme for both primary and post-primary schools in Cork county; the...
    • Youth Services
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider her Department's policy for the UBU project applications submitted for each county; if she will reconsider that Cork...
    • School Funding
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of school principals related to the level of capitation funding not keeping pace with the rate of...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will have this matter examined; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Funding
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increase in capitation funding for primary schools will be considered in view of rising costs; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the opening of a special class at a school (details supplied). [53785/25]
    • School Transport
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 23 September 2025, the number of children who have availed of the exceptional interim grant in Cork;...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • EU Regulations
      237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on Ireland's preparations for the implementation of the European Digital Identity...
    • Culture Ireland
      238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in relation to a commitment made by his predecessor that she would pursue with Culture Ireland alternative showcasing...
    • Sports Facilities
      239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether funding schemes exist to support the development of gym facilities on rugby club grounds; and if he will make a...
    • Swimming Pools
      240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the next large scale sports infrastructure fund will allow for purchase of a site, design and planning as well as...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on the recent multi-agency cyberattack exercise targeting Cork Port; to state whether any vulnerabilities...
    • EU Regulations
      242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work being undertaken by his Department regarding the implementation of the EU’s plan to offer digital...
    • Sports Funding
      243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a list of all approved individual sports capital grants, noting the total amount granted and the total amount drawn...
    • Post Office Network
      244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his engagement with An Post in respect of the Rathmines Post Office since May 2025; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Records
      245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will investigate the reason the records of the Departmental Council and its working party created during the...
    • Sports Funding
      247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of payments of sports capital grants to Dublin in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Broadband Plan
      253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the progress of the national broadband plan in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Emergency Planning
      255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the new public warning text system; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a decision is expected on plans to extend the basic income for artists scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Strategies
      258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on progress made to date and the plans for the future for the expansion of the night-time economy action...
    • Arts Council
      259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants available through the Arts Council; the overall cost of these grants for 2024; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of grants and the cost of these grants under the latest stream of the cultural capital scheme; and if he...
    • Commemorative Events
      261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there will be a fund for commemorative events celebrating the history of cultural institutions over the next few...
    • Departmental Contracts
      262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding any product or service that has been acquired or purchased by his Department from Australia, in...
    • Sports Funding
      263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on a project (details supplied) as of October 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53770/25]
    • Artists' Remuneration
      264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans to ensure the basic income for the arts scheme is made permanent and expanded beyond the current pilot...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Schemes
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on Government spending on the long-term housing scheme from the start of scheme to now; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of the legislation he intends to bring forward during the current Dáil session. [52965/25]
    • Housing Provision
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the annual expenditure on LIHAF; the total number of homes in each year activated via this measure; the total...
    • Housing Schemes
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will consider removing the two-year tenancy rule on tenant in situ applications. [53009/25]
    • House Prices
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has calculated the proportion of households by income decile that are priced out of purchasing the average...
    • Housing Provision
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of second-hand homes currently available to purchase nationally; and the way in which this compares with the...
    • House Prices
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions his Department is taking to address regional disparities in house price inflation, including rises of over 8% in...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53139/25]
    • Housing Policy
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the data he has available on the number of households that were rendered ineligible for social housing due to an...
    • Housing Schemes
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a summary of all changes to the rental accommodation scheme in the past year, including any relevant circulars...
    • Defective Building Materials
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a homeowner who withdraws from the statutory appeals process under the enhanced defective concrete blocks scheme thereby...
    • Heritage Sites
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if jobs have been advertised to address the closure of tours for Glenveagh Castle in County Donegal on Mondays and Friday due...
    • Planning Issues
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied by the adequacy of measures in the Planning and Development Act 2024, intended to disincentivise and...
    • Water Services
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the projects approved as part of the Uisce Éireann RC4 Capital Investment Plan 2025-2029; and if he will make...
    • Housing Provision
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the current proposals by Cork City Council, Cork County Council and approved housing bodies for the provision of...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targets for the CPO activation programme in 2024; and the numbers achieved by local authority, in tabular form. [53316/25]
    • Grant Payments
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the merits of creating a grant scheme to support families with adult children, that have additional needs, to...
    • Housing Provision
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to the 'Section 28 Guidelines - NPF Implementation: Housing Growth Requirements' which issued in July 2025 and...
    • Planning Issues
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a detailed outline of the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) process that can be undertaken between...
    • Housing Policy
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to the question as to whether the procedures and standards imposed by his Department on local...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved housing bodies owning and-or managing fewer than 50 residential units in the years 2010, 2020 and 2024,...
    • Housing Policy
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Afghani families who have been allowed to enter the state as part of “Community Support Programme” and who...
    • Water Services
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement his Department has had with local authorities as to the concerns in new housing estates being connected for...
    • Defective Building Materials
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of transitional applications that remain to be processed by the Housing Agency arising from the transfer of...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify if bird shooting is prohibited at the Broadmeadow Estuary, Donabate in the vicinity of the Corballis Cottages; to...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the strategic review of the approved housing body sector. [53703/25]
    • Vacant Sites
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total value of the vacant site levy since its inception, per annum, in tabular form; if he is content it is having the...
    • Regeneration Projects
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase funding for Economic and Social Intervention Fund for the years 2026 and beyond, appreciating the need for...
    • Vacant Properties
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken, and the support being offered, by his Department, to local authorities to hasten the turnaround of void...
    • Housing Provision
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the compilation of a central database within his Department of all social and affordable housing capital...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the County And City Management Association review of Section 10 funding; when the review was...
    • Legislative Process
      318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill, including pre-legislative scrutiny by autumn 2025 and...
    • Fire Safety
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date on the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes; the number of...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the €50 million allocated nationally to support persons leaving emergency accommodation, of which Cork City...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which artificial intelligence is being used or the way he envisions it could be used by his Department and agencies...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will issue new guidelines on the way in which onshore wind farms should be developed; and if he will make...
    • Emergency Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the State’s response to storm Éowyn. [49218/25]
    • Housing Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline when the local authority acquisition figures for Q2 and Q3 2025 will be available; and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Authorities
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will simplify the calculation on the way in which local authorities retain property tax collected in their county. [39988/25]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that section 179(4) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005's criteria for when a relevant person shall...
    • Gender Recognition
      382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will enact the recommendations from the 2018 review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and the former Minister’s...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to revise the approach to the income disregards for the means test for the carers allowance (details supplied). [53805/25]
    • Employment Support Services
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on a submission regarding Pathways to Work 2026-2030 (details supplied); if he is supportive of the proposals...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether officials within her Department are authorised to share information received from members of An Garda...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2026 of increasing the income limit to be eligible for fuel allowance for persons aged over 66 to...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2026 if the living alone allowance increased to €26 per week; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Offices
      389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether employment opportunities will become available in the near future with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date by which he will appoint the members of the new South Dublin Local Community Safety Partnership so they may meet and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a citizenship application submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Louth who is working as an...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mandatory training in place for staff in workplaces within his Department, or bodies under its aegis, that deal with the...
    • International Protection
      394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any engagement took place with local representatives, NGOs, schools, healthcare providers, or community groups in relation...
    • Crime Prevention
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures his Department is taking in response to the reported 13 percent increase in overall crime in Cork city in the past...
    • An Garda Síochána
      400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a comparison of Garda personnel strength in the Cork city division in 2020 versus 2025. [53129/25]
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total value of payments made by the Department of Children, Disability and Equality on behalf of his Department since 1 May...
    • Immigration Status
      402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of an application by a person (details supplied); the expected timeline for a decision to be completed; and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2071 of 29 July 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Domestic Violence
      404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide figures on the number of domestic violence victims presenting to services under the umbrella of Cuan in 2024. [53161/25]
    • Prison Service
      405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average percentage of bed capacity used in Irish prisons, by male and female, in 2024; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Immigration Policy
      406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plan to ensure that people living here on stamp 3 visas are supported to go to university; access work; and if he will make...
    • An Garda Síochána
      407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probationer Gardaí and other additional Gardaí assigned to Cork, by rank, in each of the past five...
    • Departmental Reviews
      409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on departmental reviews of the temporary release of persons convicted of certain offences and section 29 of the...
    • Immigration Policy
      410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the proposed payments to asylum seekers to leave the State, the protections in place to prevent re-entry by...
    • An Garda Síochána
      411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.1560 from 8 September 2025, if he has received the necessary information in order to...
    • Youth Services
      413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile liaison officers across each Garda district for each of the years 2020 to 2025. [53370/25]
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list the location of each probation service team across the country, and the staffing allocation per grade, for each service...
    • Sentencing Policy
      417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the share of offenders that are offered restorative justice/practice as part of their sentencing in 2024, and to date in 2025....
    • Historical Conflicts
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he intends to take regarding concerns that there was never a proper and thorough investigation into the 1975...
    • Family Law Cases
      420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for when he expects to receive guidelines from the Judicial Committee established in July 2024, further to a...
    • Rights of the Child
      424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the work of the Voice of the Child working group; the timeframe in which he expects Voice of the Child...
    • An Garda Síochána
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that a person seeking employment which requires a disclosure from the National Vetting Bureau is obliged to make...
    • International Protection
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail, per venue and by county, the number of beds for accommodating Ukrainians in receipt of temporary protection which...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the recourse available to a person under the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 with regard to making a...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of developing a new National Cyber Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53494/25]
    • Youth Services
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the counties in which the bail supervision service operates; the number of persons which have been able to access the service,...
    • International Protection
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money the State spent in 2024 and 2025 on taxi journeys for International protection applicants; and the details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a citizenship application for a person (details supplied) will be completed, in view that it is almost 30 months since the...
    • Legal Aid
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken by his Department to process and address the long delays being experienced by practitioners in the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for Irish citizenship on grounds of "Irish Associations" under Section 16 (1) (a) of the Irish...
    • An Garda Síochána
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the counter unmanned aerial vehicle capabilities that An Garda Síochána possess currently; and if he will make a...
    • Official Engagements
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has spoken formally with the President of Interpol since his appointment as Minister; and if he will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probationary Gardaí allocated to each Garda station, in each county, by division, in tabular form. [53651/25]
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Community Safety Partnership will be finalised and implemented for County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the long awaited Community CCTV extension that was awarded for Letterkenny, County Donegal will be approved by the Garda...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has any plans to legislate on the issue of the lack of compensation for persons injured in non-negligent...
    • Visa Applications
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine a case (details supplied) in which an applicant is experiencing significant delays in their de facto partner...
    • Deportation Orders
      449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals under the age of 18 in the State who are subject to a deportation order, broken down by age cohort...
    • International Protection
      450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to his Department’s statement that it costs an average of €122,000 per person to process an international...
    • Deportation Orders
      454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost of the deportation flight to Pakistan on 23 September 2025, which carried 24 people on board; and if he will...
    • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
      459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures in place to ensure full compliance with the sex offenders register, in particular when an offender fails to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the age profile of the vehicles currently attached to the Garda dog unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53850/25]
    • Prison Service
      461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the payments made by the Irish Prison Service to podcasts, influencers, or media outlets since 1 January 2020; the recipient in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an account of the new Garda districts and sub-districts set up in the past ten years; and if he will make a...
    • International Protection
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to his statement at the Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on 23 September 2025, in which he...
    • An Garda Síochána
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who have retired or left the force; and the number of probationary or additional Gardaí assigned...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Invasive Species Policy
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the Asian hornet monitoring programme includes dedicated resourcing for ports in response to recent sightings of the Asian...
    • Agriculture Industry
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek to have the National Ploughing Championships hosted in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Greyhound Industry
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 that were active on the race management system between the dates...
    • Tillage Sector
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that the tillage sector is experiencing a prolonged period of challenges; the efforts he is making to support the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to reports that Ireland will have to use more than 75 per cent of its allocation from the Regional and National...
    • Animal Welfare
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional funding will be made available in Budget 2026 for animal welfare charities given the very challenging circumstances at...
    • Fisheries Protection
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to reopen the east coast mussel seed fishery at the earliest possible date and take into consideration the importance of this measure...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review the pension payments of a retired person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53353/25]
    • Veterinary Services
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and percentage of veterinary inspectors employed by his Department that are female, as of 30 September 2025; if he will...
    • Greyhound Industry
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1721 of 8 September 2025, the number of non-coursing greyhounds active on the...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is currently a facility in the State licensed to slaughter equines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53406/25]
    • Poultry Sector
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current strength of the poultry sector; how the situation in relation to export stands; if he has concerns about the volume of...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when works on a new passenger embarkation pontoon at Killybegs Fisheries Harbour Centre will be fully completed; and if he will make...
    • Control of Horses
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized under the Control of Horses Act 2015 in each of the past three years, by local authority, in tabular...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53713/25]
    • Nitrates Usage
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of derogation farms by farm size and number of dairy cows, as per tables (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Childcare Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children supported by income-assessed childcare subsidies, by county, in 2025; and if she will make a statement...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      501. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of pre-school places operating in the years 2020 to date in 2025, according to size such as <25, 25-49, 50-74, 75-99...
    • Childcare Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will publish detailed, disaggregated data showing the number of childcare providers entering and leaving the sector...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      510. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of agencies under her Department’s remit who currently receive training on recognising and responding to...
    • Rights of the Child
      511. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on her Department's work in relation to the development of a national policy on the rights of children living...
    • Care Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the care package available to a person (details supplied) as his mother is elderly and wants to ensure he can be cared for long into...
    • Disability Services
      514. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has any plans to expand the use of braille signage in public spaces; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Care Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); the actions she will take to ensure that this child has...
    • Disability Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the difficulties in transitioning from paediatric disability services and adult disability services, particularly...
    • Residential Institutions
      519. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the Government’s consultation with survivor groups on memorialisation and archives; if she...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      520. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when an organisation (details supplied) will be receiving their contacts for the building blocks grant scheme. [53276/25]
    • Childcare Services
      521. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she can provide a location and date of closure for the 759 childcare providers within the State who have closed their doors over...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      523. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to reduce the qualifying age for the AIM programme run by her Department from two years and nine months to the age of...
    • Disability Services
      524. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1033, 1034, 1047, 1048 and 1049, of 17 September 2025, the reason single discipline waiting...
    • Departmental Strategies
      525. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the development, timelines and key features of the successor to the National Strategy for Women and...
    • Disability Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current vacancies by job title within Community Neuro-Rehabilitation Team based in Donegal; the timeframe for filling each of...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      531. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children as of 1 October 2025, or latest date available, that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      533. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      536. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2408 of 29 July 2025, the position regarding the work ongoing with various groups (details...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      539. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will consider a location (details supplied) to be equivalent to a mother and baby institution for the purposes of...
    • Childcare Services
      540. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the policy for the cap on childcare fees for parents whose children attend facilities for less than 50 hours per week (details...
    • Family Resource Centres
      541. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports she is providing for family resource centres; if she will commit to delivering requests from the Family Resource Centre...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      542. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider removing the means test as a qualifying criterion for blind welfare allowance, in recognition of the additional...
    • Family Support Services
      543. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the locations within Dublin 5, 13 and 17 where young parent support programmes are located, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      544. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time for an occupational therapist to make an assessment for a housing adaptation within CHO 9 area; and if she...
    • Childcare Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the progress being made in relation to reviewing the 2001 planning guidelines for childcare facilities; if an audit...
  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      546. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any further plans to extend the scheme of paid leave for public health employees who are still unfit for work post-Covid 19 infections; and if she...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      547. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent appointment for hip surgery in Croom Orthopaedic Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Primary Care Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the reason diabetic services are no longer available at the Carrick-on-Suir primary care centre; the status of the centre of excellence for diabetic services...
    • Patient Safety
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the date by which it is expected to publish the complaints and patient safety policy. [52940/25]
    • Primary Care Centres
      550. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of the proposed primary care centre at Curlew Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12, including a timeline for when the project will...
    • Hospital Equipment
      551. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of healthcare reforms under Sláintecare and building the capacity of public hospitals, if her department is considering allocating funding...
    • Hospital Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and support which will be provided to improve services and increase capacity at Beaumont hospital in the interim period before the new emergency...
    • Emergency Departments
      553. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a progress report on the delivery of the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; if she will confirm that the current expected timeframe for...
    • Patient Transport
      554. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has, in collaboration with other stakeholders including the Department of Transport, carried out analyses of the capacity of public transport...
    • Emergency Departments
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays and cubicles currently within the accident and emergency department of Kerry University Hospital; and if she will make a...
    • Dental Services
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in Kerry in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists by grade based in each primary care centre within CHO 4 in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if...
    • Hospital Staff
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant radiologists based at Kerry University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Emergency Departments
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the number on trolleys in emergency departments and wards in all model four hospitals, and Connolly Hospital, University Hospital Kerry, Letterkenny University...
    • Disease Management
      561. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2547 of 8 September 2025, if her attention has been drawn to the correspondence from the HSE in relation to the provision...
    • Emergency Departments
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who presented to accident and emergency departments, per level four hospital, but leave before they are fully assessed in the years 2023,...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the measures which will be taken to ensure access for a person (details supplied) to occupational therapy without further delay; and if she will make a...
    • Pharmacy Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department plans to provide for the delivery of free cardiovascular health checks in pharmacies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52994/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy with respect to the national screening of newborns for spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency; if her Department...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of installing bike shelters at a hospital (details supplied), including the date of installation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [53005/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      574. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on what section within the HSE is responsible for the purchase and evaluation of insulin delivery systems; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Ambulance Service
      576. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a project (details supplied); what is the timeframe for finalising it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53017/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting lists for paediatric hip surgeries at CHI in Crumlin over the past five years; the average waiting time for children...
    • Primary Care Centres
      578. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the status of Mullinavat Health Centre, County Kilkenny; to confirm the capital works that are in the pipeline for this area; and if she will...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if legislation is being considered, similar to that set to be introduced in the UK, that will create a smoke-free generation by banning the sale of tobacco to...
    • Legislative Measures
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if the forthcoming Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine-Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill will prohibit all e-liquid flavours, bar tobacco, or will...
    • Health Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53041/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a child (details supplied), with spina bifida and autism, whose occupational therapist recommended and fitted her for a...
    • Disease Management
      583. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to update the long-term illness scheme to include asthma or eosinophilic asthma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53045/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      584. To ask the Minister for Health for an urgent update on the business case that has been submitted for an optometrist in South Tipperary; to provide details on when this was submitted; the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children from South Tipperary who have been given appointments with the ophthalmology services via the University Hospital Waterford...
    • Health Services Staff
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the training and recruiting of therapy assistants by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53058/25]
    • Hospital Charges
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid by HSE-run hospitals to debt collection agencies in each of the past five years, by hospital group; and to explain the Department's...
    • Healthcare Policy
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the implications for public health of requiring people to work into their late sixties, in particular regarding occupational...
    • Care of the Elderly
      598. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the national roll-out of Age Action’s care and repair scheme, as committed to in the programme for Government, if she will outline a...
    • Health Services
      599. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if three children (details supplied) will be included in the next planned Gaza Medevac Initiative evacuation; when this evacuation will take place;...
    • Disease Management
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is concerned regarding the rise in tuberculosis cases in the State, particularly drug-resistant strains; if she will commit to public funding...
    • Health Services
      602. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on when spinal muscular atrophy screening will be included in the new born heel-prick test; the implementation for roll out; and if she will make...
    • Emergency Departments
      603. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the HIQA review of emergency services in the mid-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53163/25]
    • Nursing Homes
      604. To ask the Minister for Health when the Nenagh community nursing home is due to open, especially now that the HSE have vacant possession of the building for the transfer of patients from a...
    • Medicinal Products
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) will be approved for the treatment of Von Hippel-Lindau disease in view of the fact that this medication has EU approval....
    • Health Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure an individual seeking medical evacuation from Gaza (details supplied) is given a specific medical offer from CHI Crumlin, as all other prerequisites...
    • Disease Management
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the tuberculosis (TB) crisis in Ireland; if she will confirm funding for the National TB Centre and Clinical Team, and for the...
    • Health Services Staff
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if she will designate a liaison officer within the HSE to support survivors of industrial and reformatory schools in accessing community health and social care...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      610. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an auditory brainstem response hearing test which the person was referred for in June 2023, or...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      611. To ask the Minister for Health if she will investigate the potential cost of extending the availability of glucose monitors to persons with diabetes, other than type 1 diabetes, including...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the dates/occasions upon which each hospital in the country entered surge escalation, over the past twelve months; and the number of patients in surge beds...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a mammogram in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53271/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a procedure for a person (details supplied) will be expedited as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to families with adult children with mental health difficulties that are at risk of homelessness; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for patients referred from primary care to dermatology services for assessment of potentially cancerous moles; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Homes
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if supports will be made available to move people with dementia to nursing homes closer to their families; even if it is outside their catchment area; and if...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      618. To ask the Minister for Health when building of the surgical hub at Letterkenny University Hospital will commence; the expected time frame for completion; and if she will make a statement on...
    • EU Directives
      619. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 953 of 30 September 2025, the reason Ireland has not advocated deletion of Article 1 paragraph 10(a). [53296/25]
    • Home Care Packages
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons who have applied for home care support through the HSE and who are awaiting the allocation of home care in each county, in tabular...
    • Nursing Homes
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to HIQA in respect of nursing homes in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of adverse findings made in...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      622. To ask the Minister for Health when the building of the surgical hub at Sligo University Hospital will commence; the expected time frame for the building of the surgical hub to be completed;...
    • Health Strategies
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement her Department has undertaken with racialised women in the development of women’s health policies and strategies, including through task...
    • Healthcare Policy
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department collects, ethnicity-disaggregated data in reproductive and maternal health services; if so, to outline the categories used and how the data...
    • Medical Qualifications
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to including the advanced health care apprenticeship on the list of approved courses as per the Programme for Government's plan...
    • Primary Care Centres
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to provide a public health centre within the Sandyford Business District given the rapidly growing population in the area. [53330/25]
    • Health Services
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the actionable plans in place to improve labouring options for women in Castlebar in the context of birthing/labouring pools; and whether there has been any...
    • Medical Internships
      631. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a serious concern affecting Irish students studying physiotherapy in the Netherlands who are seeking 12-week hospital placements in Ireland; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based in Cork city mental health services in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53359/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries that are part of the dermatology department of St James's Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the hours each secretary...
    • Mental Health Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of vacancies by job title within CAMHS in County Wicklow. [53361/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      635. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of vacancies, by job title, within the neurosurgery department of Beaumont Hospital; the length of time each vacancy has arisen; and the...
    • Mental Health Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people admitted to a mental health service funded by the HSE in the past five years. [53365/25]
    • Primary Care Centres
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the month in which the new HSE outpatients and primary care centre in Nenagh will open fully. [53367/25]
    • Health Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the areas where the HSE home birth services are available; their proposals regarding the service; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of maternity consultants that work under public only contract; the number that work under private only contract; the number working under...
    • Cancer Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Health to implement the necessary measures to improve cancer services across the country and save lives (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Care Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if a business case has been presented to her department from a hospice (details supplied) for the redesignation to section 38 hospice; the communication she...
    • Disease Management
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the current specialist services available to patients with sarcoidosis in Ireland; the hospitals/clinics designated to provide such care; the referral pathway...
    • Hospital Services
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the current resourcing and staffing levels (consultant sessions, CNS posts, multidisciplinary supports) for interstitial lung disease/sarcoidosis services at...
    • Disease Management
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the diagnostic supports available for suspected sarcoidosis (including access to high-resolution CT, PET-CT where indicated, tissue biopsy, cardiac MRI, and...
    • Insurance Industry
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has carried out an assessment of the cumulative impact of recent premium increases by private health insurers on families and older persons;...
    • Hospital Facilities
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the capacity at Kinsale Community Hospital by an additional 100 beds and improving both inpatient and outpatient...
    • National Children's Hospital
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the year she expects the new national children’s office to be fully opened. [53446/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all contracts that the HSE have entered into for the purchase of lands or buildings here in the years 2023, 2024 and to 1 October 2025. [53487/25]
    • Health Strategies
      663. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on developments and progress in women’s health and, specifically, the women’s health action plan; and if she will make a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available through the HSE to assist with the cost of a private dyslexia assessment for a child (details supplied) given that they are not meeting...
    • Health Services Staff
      665. To ask the Minister for Health to review issues in correspondence (details supplied) specifically in relation to Cavan Monaghan; the steps her Department has taken to fill this vacant...
    • Care Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the current number and location of respite beds in Cork; the staffing numbers for respite services in Cork; and the number of unfilled posts, in tabular form....
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for respite services, by LHO or the smallest possible area; and the waiting times for respite services, by LHO or the smallest...
    • Abortion Services
      668. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will accept the recommendations of a report (details supplied) into abortion services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53547/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been left waiting indefinitely for necessary orthognathic surgery, despite being...
    • Health Service Executive
      670. To ask the Minister for Health to outline all contracts entered into by the HSE for the purchase of property and land in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, by hospital group and the...
    • Hospital Services
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to enhance and expand services at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [53609/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE environmental health officers employed by the HSE based in CHO 8 in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53610/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant cardiologists that are on call after 8 p.m. during the week and at the weekends at the Mater hospital. [53611/25]
    • Hospital Services
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the current up-to-date position regarding a centre of excellence for diabetes care at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which are available on a 24-7 basis at each ambulance station within Donegal in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Dental Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health when a scheme will be operational (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53628/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait times for a mental health crisis appointment across Galway city and county; the number of patients in each area of Galway currently awaiting a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been reached regarding the healthcare investment framework for the supervised residential unit at a location (details supplied). [53673/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time permanent job offers that Letterkenny University Hospital made to newly graduated physiotherapists to work in the hospital in 2025; and...
    • Ambulance Service
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times in Cork North Central; if the response times are meeting those as set out by HIQA; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the current emergency out of hours mental health services that are currently available in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53692/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      683. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department will include a medication (details supplied) in the drug payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53695/25]
    • Nursing Homes
      684. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) who is in a nursing home and in receipt of the fair deal support will be examined. [53697/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds in St. James Hospital, University Hospital Limerick, the Mater Hospital and St. Vincent's University Hospital, in tabular form;...
    • Hospital Procedures
      686. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the number of inpatient and outpatient appointments that have been cancelled at University Hospital Limerick in quarters 1 and 2 of 2025; and if she...
    • Emergency Departments
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances in 2025 in St. James's Hospital, University Hospital Limerick, the Mater hospital and St. Vincent's University...
    • Hospital Procedures
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatre appointments, by procedure type, that were cancelled at University Hospital Limerick in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Emergency Departments
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have waited more than 24 hours to be treated following presentation at the emergency department of University Hospital Limerick to...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the speech and language therapy further treatment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months, waiting 4-12...
    • Disease Management
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if a range of measures (details supplied) can be introduced to support asthma sufferers. [53760/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      694. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the gaps in health outcomes that are widening between the North and South of Ireland each year. [53761/25]
    • Health Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any systematic research carried out by her Department into health services that are available in the South of Ireland and not in the north,...
    • Medical Qualifications
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider reviewing a case (details supplied) in which a UK-trained clinical psychologist, and Irish citizen, cannot return to Ireland to practise...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent funding will be provided to develop a new, stand-alone oncology-haematology unit on the grounds of University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      699. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on an appointment for an operation for a person (details supplied). [53799/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      700. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a person seeking treatment for her eyes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53820/25]
    • Health Promotion
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the specific State supports in place to help those looking to quit nicotine inhaling products, such as vapes and nicotine pouches; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of trainee psychologists graduating from doctoral courses in 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of those graduates who took up positions with the...
    • Hospital Services
      704. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 914 of 30 September 2025, to identify the regional representatives, as regards constituencies she is engaging with, given...
    • Disease Management
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the changes to be made in the provision of DAFNE courses for Type 1 diabetic patients (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53862/25]
    • Misuse of Drugs
      706. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 808 of 20 May 2025, for an update following the Departments consultation with it’s legal advisers (details...
    • Medicinal Products
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE will not fund the prescribing of a medication (details supplied) for the treatment for severe alopecia totalis; and if the HSE have any...
    • Health Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the progress to date on the Programme for Government commitment to make eye care services more accessible to everyone; and to review the National...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      709. To ask the Minister for Health whether data is currently compiled to track the number of patients currently travelling to Northern Ireland for cataract surgery; if that data is published;...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if her plans to build national capacity for clinical genetic testing includes the establishment of a public sector-run national genomics laboratory; if so, the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the rise in unregulated hairdressing services operating from homes and informal settings, in view of the impact on legitimate...
    • Education Policy
      721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that permission is required to use the words “campus” or “college” in the name of a business; the cost to...
    • Third Level Admissions
      722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from the Twenty-six Counties who applied to universities and colleges in the North of Ireland, by county, per year between...
    • Technological Universities
      724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline progress toward allowing the creation of professorships in the Technological Universities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Accommodation
      725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline progress on the construction of new on-campus student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53078/25]
    • Third Level Fees
      726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if consideration has been given to recognising other proof of residence for...
    • Grant Payments
      727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure international students on stamp 3 visas can access SUSI supports to continue their studies here; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Consultations
      728. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of stakeholder submissions received by his Department as a result of the stakeholder consultation on amendments to the National...
    • Grant Payments
      729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI applications received each year for the past three years; and the number of applications which were successful. [53327/25]
    • Education and Training Provision
      730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the establishment of a national skills observatory as per recommendations made by the National Skills Council. [53328/25]
    • Grant Payments
      731. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has appealed the decision regarding their SUSI grant to the Student Appeal Board;...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      732. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the expansion of apprenticeships since the publication of the action plan on apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Fees
      741. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who benefited from the reduction in the student contribution charge in each of the past three years; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      742. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional students who qualified for SUSI assistance following the increase in income level thresholds; and if he will make a...
    • Further and Higher Education
      744. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the focus of Springboard in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53517/25]
    • Legislative Measures
      747. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the legislation to amend the National Training Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53520/25]
    • Education and Training Provision
      748. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a detailed plan on how the National Training Fund will be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53521/25]
    • Student Accommodation
      749. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of supporting higher education institutions in developing on campus student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Costs
      751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is sufficient support in place to assist mature learners to attend further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Fees
      753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has considered freezing student contribution fees for students who are participating in an internship and do not avail of...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Irish Language
      754. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the vital work that Cuntóir Teanga do within the education system under the Cúntóirí Teanga...
    • Sports Facilities
      756. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether funding schemes exist to support the development of gym facilities on rugby club grounds; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      757. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline any possible funding sources to assist an organisation nationally to purchase equipment to digitise patient details and...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      758. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plan to replace the Dormant Accounts Fund allocation for social enterprise, which has decreased by 13% since 2023, with a more...
    • Community Development Projects
      759. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline any funding streams appropriate for a residents’ group to apply for funding roof repairs and large-scale...
    • Poverty Data
      760. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the deprivation rates in each of the electoral areas in the State for each of the past three years and at present in 2025, in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      761. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding any product or service acquired or purchased by his Department from Australia in the past three years....

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