Written answers
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Artificial Intelligence
1. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and in what contexts. [55706/25]
- Climate Action Plan
2. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the progress of the annexe of actions contained with each annual climate action plan; to provide a breakdown of the actions completed, that are in...
- National Security
4. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department, or the National Security Analysis Centre has received any briefings from the Defence Forces, the Garda National Crime and Security Intelligence Service...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Artificial Intelligence
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and in what...
- Human Rights
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has considered the possibility of initiating an Article 259 TFEU case against Hungary specifically regarding the banning of...
- National Security
8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has conducted any internal review, or received any intelligence briefings, concerning Chinese state-linked influence or...
- Departmental Correspondence
12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 17 September 2025, for an update on the evacuation process for an individual (details supplied);...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Inland Fisheries
13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that Inland Fisheries Ireland operates a facility (details supplied) in County Galway under licence...
- EU Regulations
14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the recreational fisheries which will be subject to fishing authorisations and catch declarations in the future as per...
- State Bodies
15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the specific responsibilities and powers of Coimisiún na Meán in relation to the enforcement of take-back...
- Inland Fisheries
17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there have been any resignations from the Board of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) this calendar year considering that...
- Legislative Measures
19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will issue a Section 14 Authorisation under the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959, for the operation of a facility...
- Angling Sector
20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a Departmental policy has been agreed to impose a total catch and release model for recreational salmon angling in the...
- Legislative Measures
21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is the intention of his Departmental officials to legislatively take control of stock management (invasive pike...
- Energy Infrastructure
23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the intended scope and purpose of the newly announced National Biomethane Market; if this initiative...
- Budget 2026
29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the specific measures and initiatives to which the additional €157 million dedicated to circular economy measures in...
- Artificial Intelligence
34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of...
- Departmental Schemes
35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average cost to retrofit a home to a BER cost optimum standard under the better energy warmer homes scheme in the years...
- Departmental Funding
37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead B4 of the revised estimate in each of...
- Departmental Schemes
39. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the average cost to install domestic solar PV under the solar PV scheme; and the average size of...
- Departmental Funding
42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided for community energy grants in 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes
43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report on SRESS 1; the number of projects which were successful in their applications; to report on their progress; when...
- Budget 2026
44. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the expansion of district heating; the funding that was allocated for 2026 as part of Budget 2026;...
- Energy Production
45. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion of the target of 5.7TWh indigenously produced by 2030 that has been achieved to date; and if he will make a...
- Wind Energy Generation
46. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion of the 2030 target for onshore wind that has been achieved (energised) to date; and if he will make a...
- Energy Production
48. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion of the 2030 target for solar PV that has been achieved (energised) to date; and if he will make a statement...
- Wind Energy Generation
49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion of the 2030 target for offshore wind capacity, specifically for renewable hydrogen, which has been achieved...
- Legislative Measures
50. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for the threshold in the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025 that states the Act will not apply to suppliers...
- Budget 2026
52. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the funding ringfenced for Just Transition as part of Budget 2026; under which subheads these...
- Ministerial Communications
55. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government Communications the reason the figures for the Ministerial Vote Group Gross Voted Capital Expenditure were based on the...
- Department of Defence
- Artificial Intelligence
56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and in what...
- Defence Forces
57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital expenditure on Columb Barracks, Mullingar by his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025. [55780/25]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Programme for Government
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will raise at upcoming meetings of the EU Energy Council the issue of EU anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on US-origin...
- National Transport Authority
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to capacity issues on a bus route (details supplied); the actions he will take to work with the NTA to...
- Electric Vehicles
61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV grants awarded, by county; the average vehicle value; and the average award value, in each of the years 2020 to date in...
- Rail Network
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department, along with Irish Rail, would carry out a feasibility study to assess whether there is a need for trains every half hour...
- Parking Provision
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a company (details supplied) has all of the parking contracts in the Irish Rail car parks across the country; and if he will make a...
- Road Projects
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Cork-Limerick N/20 motorway project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55558/25]
- Departmental Funding
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of establishing a new shared mobility hub; the total funding provided in 2025 and to be provided in 2026 to support the...
- Budget 2026
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the preferred locations for the 90 new EV recharging hubs and 192 new fast (100kW+) recharging points announced as part of Budget 2026;...
- Departmental Funding
73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to allocate funding to expand free travel for children under nine years to commercial bus operators under the 2026 PSO funding...
- Public Transport
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to increase public transport fares in 2026. [55600/25]
- Bus Services
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the availability of the child Leap card to commercial bus services in line with the current policy for the young adult...
- Budget 2026
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the inclusion of commercial operators in free fare schemes is being considered under the 40% increase in the allocation for the...
- Bus Services
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking to encourage the uptake of hydrotreated vegetable oil for commercial bus operators; and if he will make...
- Dublin Bus
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the routes that will be serviced by proposed two new BusConnects core bus corridors in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Safety Authority
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the closure of the Charlestown driving test centre; if the Road Safety Authority consulted with his Department prior to the...
- Artificial Intelligence
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and in...
- Bus Services
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the steps being taken to ensure that bus routes (details supplied) are better serviced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Transport
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the monthly passenger figures for major public transport services from January to September 2025, by month, in tabular form; and if he...
- Electric Vehicles
88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding by category (details supplied) that was allocated to the EV grant scheme in 2020 to 2025; in tabular form. [55864/25]
- Public Transport
92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the plans to progress active travel both in urban and rural Ireland; the plans for Kerry in particular; and if he will make a...
- National Transport Authority
93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on discussions he has had with Irish Rail and the NTA about opening up catering services on additional routes; the progress...
- Budget 2026
94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation that was ringfenced to expand light rail in the State as part of Budget 2026; under which subhead this allocation appears;...
- Public Transport
95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will rule out fare increases on public transport in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55897/25]
- Student Travel Card
96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Irish students attending university in Northern Ireland are no longer able to obtain TFI student Leap cards online; if this is...
- Departmental Inquiries
97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons or justification for the collection of birth certificates or passports of minors and their guardians as part of the...
- Department of Finance
- Housing Schemes
98. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the number of housing units realised in the cities of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Waterford, by city, that have received tax...
- Departmental Funding
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff working in each of Revenue’s frontier management branches as of the end of September 2025; the level of funding allocated in 2025...
- Tax Data
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules which apply to the setting of reduced VAT rates for categories of goods and services subject to a historic VAT derogation. [55583/25]
- Revenue Commissioners
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners will take to ensure that the electronic products tax is being paid on all eligible products; and if inspections will be...
- Artificial Intelligence
108. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and in what contexts; and if...
- Budget 2026
109. To ask the Minister for Finance if cinemas will be covered by the reduced vat rate of 9% announced in Budget 2026. [55723/25]
- Tax Data
110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he would consider allowing farmers to average their taxable income over a multi-year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55749/25]
- Budget 2026
113. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to publish the Research and Development Compass referred to in his Budget 2026 speech; if he will engage with key stakeholders, including...
- Tax Data
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions his Department and the Revenue Commissioners are undertaking to ensure that personal service professionals who operate their services from their...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Data
118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a policy is in place on the payment of legal fees to applicants taking judicial reviews against the State or public bodies, in the...
- Artificial Intelligence
127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and in...
- Departmental Data
128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the €3.5 billion allocation for EirGrid and ESB in the NDP review, if any parameters were put in place regarding the...
- Funeral Services
129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if further consideration has been given to the proposed reinternment of a person (details supplied) in Glasnevin Cemetery where space is...
- Local Authorities
130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Kildare County Council have confirmed a lease can be pursued at (details supplied); the date when it was given the go ahead; and if...
- Flood Relief Schemes
131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on plans by his Department to increase the upper funding threshold for flood prevention works under the OPW's minor...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Budget 2026
132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that a review of the grow digital voucher and the possible reintroduction of the Enterprise Ireland online retail...
- Consumer Protection
134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific responsibilities and powers of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in relation to the enforcement of...
- EU Regulations
135. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to ratify EU Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/2337 of 28 November 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Artificial Intelligence
136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and...
- Departmental Programmes
137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the expected timeline for finalisation and publication of the planned Scaling for Finance Implementation...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being proposed by Government to enhance access to finance for scaling Irish SMEs, including in the context of additional...
- Departmental Bodies
139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has investigated the possibility of permitting the CRO to accept e-signatures; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Teaching Council of Ireland
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify a recent statement by the Teaching Council about a timebound provision that will allow teachers who trained abroad to...
- Schools Building Projects
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline on the revised stage 1 submission for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55542/25]
- Special Educational Needs
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the NSCE to begin the process of distributing SNAs among schools following an allocation of 1,717 additional SNAs under Budget...
- School Transport
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address an urgent matter regarding school transport (details supplied); if she is aware that the bus transporting six children to the...
- Schools Building Projects
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding a school extension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55647/25]
- Artificial Intelligence
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and in what...
- Departmental Data
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hours a person (details supplied) has completed in both national school and in secondary school since their time registered with...
- School Transport
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport system will be reformed so that by 2026, all children are eligible for school transport, as universal access will ensure...
- Schools Building Projects
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of school building projects in County Kildare for the years 2022 to 2025, including the status and expected completion dates,...
- School Admissions
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide primary and post-primary enrolment numbers in County Kildare for the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- State Examinations
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the proposed introduction of additional time during State examinations for students with dyslexia and other learning...
- Schools Building Projects
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position regarding the completion date for the construction of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to sanction more early intervention classes in Kerry; the number that will be available in 2026; the number of places...
- School Staff
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to combat the shortage of substitute teachers available to cover leave. [55875/25]
- State Examinations
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other learning difficulties, will be allotted extra time when sitting State examinations; the plan...
- Schools Building Projects
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55909/25]
- School Staff
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the proposed timebound provision to allow teachers that qualify outside the State to apply for registration and complete their...
- Schools Building Projects
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that may be available to help a school (details supplied) to improve its outdoor play areas by adding colourful picnic benches, high...
- School Staff
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that may be available to help a school (details supplied) to provide school buses for school trips; if a parents association can...
- Departmental Funding
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that may be available to help a school (details supplied) to provide toys for the classroom; if a parents association can apply for...
- Departmental Policies
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if patronage will feature as part of the national convention on education. [55967/25]
- Departmental Surveys
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the parental survey on patronage will be published. [55969/25]
- Departmental Meetings
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an official from her Department has not undertaken a site visit of a school (details supplied) following their request; and if she...
- Departmental Funding
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase funding for youth services in south Dublin City; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55985/25]
- National Council for Special Education
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the concerns raised by parents and clinicians following the publication of the SNA review process for 2025-2026 guideline by...
- Special Educational Needs
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her policy on the provision of places for children with autism in fee-paying schools, whose teacher salaries are paid by the taxpayer; the way in...
- Schools Building Projects
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for emergency works to address structural problems with a roof (details supplied). [55988/25]
- Departmental Funding
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a request for funding to equip two modular SEN classrooms, as currently, the school cannot fully equip the classroom for full...
- Schools Refurbishment
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for emergency works funding to repair a collapsed roof that contains asbestos (details supplied). [55990/25]
- Schools Building Projects
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new build for a school will proceed (details supplied). [55991/25]
- Special Educational Needs
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application by a school (details supplied) for repurposing of existing space to accommodate two special classes. [55992/25]
- Schools Building Projects
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the Budget 2026 commitment (details supplied) that ‘80 school buildings will progress to construction across 2026 &...
- School Management
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a new IT system for school payroll systems; the scope and stage of development of this system and the anticipated cost;...
- Teacher Training
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider giving student teachers a grant to cover the cost of supplying materials for class use by pupils while on their placements...
- Special Educational Needs
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional SNAs will be made available to a school (details supplied) following a review done in June that stated that the number of SNAs...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Artificial Intelligence
190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of...
- Departmental Schemes
191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will finalise the application process for applications for the basic income for artists scheme; and if he will...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will update the wind turbine guidelines; and when it is expected they will be published. [56042/25]
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason risk assessments for only two invasive freshwater fish species (chub and common carp) out of four listed in the...
- Departmental Data
195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when site data for Irish wetland birds surveys since 2021 will be made available online. [55567/25]
- Departmental Expenditure
196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when local authorities will receive compensation for expenses incurred as a result of storm Éowyn; and if he can confirm...
- Local Authorities
197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether applicants who previously owned a property that was either re-possessed or sold for a vastly reduced price as a result...
- Departmental Reviews
198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of the coordinated response to storm Éowyn established to examine all aspects of the State response to the...
- Departmental Reports
199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a list of all reports commissioned by his Department that have not yet been published, from 2020 to October 2025. [55680/25]
- Artificial Intelligence
200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic...
- Departmental Data
201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for information on the terms and the parties involved in the proposed action plan led by Wexford County Council and the time...
- Housing Policy
202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans for the National Housing Agency to purchase a housing estate (details supplied) where all the tenants have...
- Departmental Data
203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the number of housing units realised in the cities of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Waterford that...
- Housing Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current estimate for housing completions in 2025 and 2026; the variance between those estimates and the published Housing...
- Departmental Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total SEEP funding requested by Cork City Council under the NWQR in 2025; and the total amount allocated. [56030/25]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Budget 2026
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families in each county currently receiving the working family payment that will qualify for the fuel allowance...
- Social Welfare Benefits
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in view of the fact that the domiciliary care allowance for a child with type 1 diabetes stops when the child is 16 years...
- School Meals Programme
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procurement and certification standards applied to meat and poultry products supplied under the free school meals and...
- Artificial Intelligence
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic...
- Budget 2026
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the expenditure allocation for disability activation supports will decline in 2026 to €25.99 million from...
- Social Welfare Payments
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider allowing partial capacity payment as a qualifying payment for fuel allowance (details supplied); and if...
- Departmental Funding
227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding sources available to foodbanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55752/25]
- Social Welfare Payments
228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being taken to address delays in fuel allowance payments for persons who are in receipt of another welfare...
- Departmental Inquiries
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of carers allowance and is working 18.5 hours is paid by their employer for their break times and are...
- Budget 2026
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason his Department is projecting less spending on jobseekers benefit by €175 million in Budget 2026 when...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Equipment
231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any directive has been issued to State agencies, local authorities or public bodies regarding the use of...
- Data Protection
233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, as part of the increased expenditure of €3 million allocated to the Data Protection Commission in Budget 2026, he...
- Budget 2026
234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the new funding allocated to youth justice measures in Budget 2026; for a breakdown for where this funding will be...
- Artificial Intelligence
237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic...
- Ukraine War
238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider supporting the withdrawal of temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees from the Oblasts of Volyn, Rivne,...
- Departmental Data
239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the powers he has to issue removal orders to EU citizens who have been convicted of criminal acts or any other reasons; the...
- Victim Support Services
240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline how a victim of sexual violence can secure a protection order against a convicted perpetrator where that victim has...
- Departmental Investigations
241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has commissioned or received any risk assessment concerning Chinese intelligence or influence operations...
- Departmental Data
242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline what inter-agency coordination currently exists between his Department, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade...
- Budget 2026
246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department’s Budget 2026 allocation has provided for an increase in the daily expense allowance for children in...
- Departmental Funding
247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the plans for increasing funding allocations for youth services for Ringsend/Sandymount area; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Data
248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of employees working in immigration visa services, broken down by role; and the number of applications currently...
- Animal Breeding
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to placing the dog breeding establishment guidelines on a statutory footing. [55730/25]
- Departmental Data
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the number of dog breeding establishments inspected; the number of unannounced inspections; the number of improvement...
- Forestry Sector
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the neonicotinoid insecticide acetamiprid will be used in State-owned forestry within the zone of influence of Lough Corrib SAC in...
- Veterinary Services
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review and update current veterinary medicines regulations to permit the legal use of sarcoid cream as an evidence-based...
- Departmental Expenditure
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department and by the Veterinary Council of Ireland on legal fees, investigations and fitness to practice...
- Grant Payments
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans to introduce grant aid support under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme for the replacement of farm building...
- Departmental Data
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of slaughterhouses currently licensed to perform halal slaughter; the proportion of national beef, lamb, and poultry...
- Animal Slaughtering
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all halal slaughter in Ireland requires pre-stunning of animals; what animal welfare standards and veterinary supervision apply;...
- Artificial Intelligence
262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and...
- Water Pollution
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for support with provision of funding and staff resources to adequately monitor and reduce water pollution at Lady’s Island...
- Departmental Reviews
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will review the compensation ceilings in the TB scheme, as they are not meeting current market values. [55748/25]
- Departmental Data
266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received by his Department regarding transfer of title of lands to date; the number that have been...
- Departmental Projects
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the scope, timeline, pilot areas and budget allocation for the newly announced bovine tuberculosis cooperation project with the...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Departmental Inquiries
269. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the case of a student (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55530/25]
- Departmental Funding
270. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will intervene, with the HSE, to ensure that funds are immediately released for the Wexford Strengthening Children's...
- Artificial Intelligence
271. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and...
- Departmental Data
272. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of the proportion of the €620 million in additional current funding for Disability under Programme An...
- Childcare Services
275. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details on the NCS evaluation; to outline how parents, educators and representative organisations can make contributions...
- Budget 2026
276. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has received funding in Budget 2026 for a parent and toddler grant initiative in 2026 through the county and city childcare...
- Childcare Services
277. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if support can be provided to prevent the closure of a creche (details supplied); if she will engage with the creche owners; and if...
- Departmental Funding
280. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the additional money that has been allocated for Core Funding in 2026; the additional money which has been allocated for...
- Department of Health
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
281. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken since becoming Minister to ensure that the an organisation (details supplied) will have sufficient funding to open the remaining 34...
- Departmental Data
282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a home help package in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products
283. To ask the Minister for Health to prioritise the provision of the planned online drug payment scheme refund application system to allow online application and document upload capabilities...
- Departmental Data
284. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for CAMHS services, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55532/25]
- Hospital Services
288. To ask the Minister for Health if the warfarin clinic (the 4th practice) is currently open for patients in Mallow, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55537/25]
- Budget 2026
290. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement reforms expected at her Department as announced in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55590/25]
- Health Strategies
291. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to publish a national eyecare strategy in view of current high ophthalmology waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55591/25]
- Nursing Education
292. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff that have been included in HSE funded level 8 nursing degrees from September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Records
293. To ask the Minister for Health when all health care facilities in Sligo including Sligo University Hospital will use digitised health records as set out under the Digital for Care: A Digital...
- Primary Care Centres
294. To ask the Minister for Health if a podiatry clinic will be included in the new Birr primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55629/25]
- Ambulance Service
295. To ask the Minister for Health the components of the remuneration packages which are given to senior public servants at the National Ambulance Service (details supplied). [55630/25]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
296. To ask the Minister for Health if she is concerned that guidelines for the treatment and management of Covid-19 were not issued to GP's until 27 April 2020, ninety days after the first case...
- Traveller Community
301. To ask the Minister for Health which of the community health organisations within the HSE offer specific mental health services for members of the Travelling community; and if she will make...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
302. To ask the Minister for Health when the €15 million in staff funding will be provided to a facility (details supplied) to enable it to open the remaining 34 beds that have been unable...
- Budget 2026
303. To ask the Minister for Health the funding in Budget 2026 that was allocated to local drug and alcohol taskforces; the funding for the previous five years; in tabular form; and if she will...
- Disease Management
304. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no acute asthma management plan in place, in and being adhered to in University College Hospital Galway; or if there is such a plan, if she...
- Medicinal Products
305. To ask the Minister for Health if she will reconsider the decision to introduce a €5 weekly charge per patient for blister pack preparation from January 2026, in light of the impact...
- Artificial Intelligence
306. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and in what contexts; and if...
- Departmental Expenditure
307. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the direct web links to the All Agencies Prompt Payments Returns for Q2 2019 through Q4 2020 (details supplied). [55724/25]
- Nursing Homes
308. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to including fees charged by nursing homes for social events to be included in an allowable deduction under the fair deal...
- Health Services
309. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has a severe visual impairment and a neurological muscular condition that affects his ability to...
- Mental Health Services
310. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE applies such short timeframes for parents or guardians to return additional information forms requested after a referral has been made for a...
- Nursing Education
317. To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduates which were in the academic year 2024-2025 through the sponsorship scheme for public health nurses; the number which were located in the...
- Disability Services
319. To ask the Minister for Health for a progress report on the recruitment of CDNT staff in teams 6 Palmerstown, 4 Clondalkin, 5 Rossecourt, 8 Chamber House; and if she will make a statement on...
- General Practitioner Services
320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of registered general practitioners, by county from 2022 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55792/25]
- Ambulance Service
321. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance response times in County Kildare for each year from 2022 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55793/25]
- Home Care Packages
322. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours delivered in County Kildare from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55794/25]
- Medical Research and Training
323. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene to facilitate the return of historic human remains from the Royal College of Surgeons to a family (details supplied); and if she will...
- Dental Services
324. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the case of a child (details supplied) in County Longford who requires orthodontic treatment; if she will outline the current...
- Hospital Staff
325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies within University Hospital Kerry, broken down by specific role and department, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on occupational therapy waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Dental Services
328. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting dental appointments in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
329. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on physiotherapy waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
332. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the consultant psychiatrist of a person (details supplied) will be permitted to diagnose them with ADHD and prescribe appropriate...
- Hospital Facilities
333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of buildings on HSE hospital sites that do not have planning permission; if this affects their ability to get fire certification; and if a lack of...
- Hospital Services
334. To ask the Minister for Health the outsourcing of hospital services at University Hospital Kerry, broken down by Department, procedure and cost in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if she...
- Healthcare Policy
335. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the new HRT scheme to include the drug veoza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55882/25]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
338. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on progress regarding the commencement of section 232 of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; if Court Rules have been changed to...
- Budget 2026
339. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been extended to doner-assisted IVF as part of the allocation to her Department in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Care
341. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55907/25]
- Primary Care Centres
342. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55908/25]
- Medical Register
343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants there were for the PRES exams this year, and for the last five years. [55912/25]
- General Practitioner Services
347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors/locums that have taken up the rural GP programme in each of the last five years. [55916/25]
- Medical Qualifications
348. To ask the Minister for Health of the doctors who have done the PRES 3 exam in the last five years, the number that are still registered with the Medical Council to date. [55917/25]
- Health Strategies
349. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to develop a national strategy to reduce sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and epilepsy-related deaths; and if she will make a statement...
- Medicinal Products
350. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to a drug (details supplied); if it will be available through the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55951/25]
- Care of the Elderly
353. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, and consideration being given, to assigning a social worker (within primary care teams or older persons services) dedicated to the care of older...
- Laboratory Facilities
354. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the new laboratory IT system (details supplied) ; the length of time this system has been in development, the timeline for rollout, the...
- School Meals Programme
355. To ask the Minister for Health if she will conduct a review of the school meals and place mandatory minimum nutritional and quality guidelines in place for service providers when contracting...
- Health Services Staff
356. To ask the Minister for Health whether an agency, and all other private nurse and carer providers that the HSE outsource work to, are fully regulated and vetted; where a public patient is...
- Qualifications Recognition
358. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy within CORU not to recognise degree programmes from universities in illegal settlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Education and Skills
- Budget 2026
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans for the allocation of the €810 million in capital funding announced in Budget 2026; if investment is planned for the development...
- Artificial Intelligence
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and in what...
- Education Policy
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in the setting up of a hospitality education college at the former site (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Rural Schemes
362. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the allocation of funding under the local improvement scheme will be announced; if consideration will be given to the various...
- Artificial Intelligence
364. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI,...
- Budget 2026
365. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the allocation to subheading A.5 rural and regional supports in the years 2024 and 2025; the measures that this...
- Rural Schemes
367. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the allocation to the town and village renewal scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, and for 2026; the...
- Departmental Funding
368. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the allocation to rural regeneration and development fund in each of the years 2020 to 2025, and for 2026; the...
- Rural Schemes
371. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the allocation to the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and for 2026;...
- Departmental Programmes
372. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the allocation to the social inclusion and community activation programme in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and...
- Departmental Funding
374. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the allocation to the community centre investment fund in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and for 2026; the...
- Rural Schemes
375. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the local improvement scheme; when funding allocations will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
377. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a list of projects in County Laois allocated funding by his Department in each of the last three years, in tabular form; and...
- Budget 2026
378. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether the increase in the community centre investment fund to €20 million, as announced in Budget 2026, will extend to...
- Departmental Reviews
379. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he expects the review of the eligibility criteria of CLAR to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
