Written answers
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Artificial Intelligence
1. To ask the Taoiseach whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these technologies is...
- Departmental Contracts
2. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management, accounting and auditing, Department and cost, each...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- International Relations
3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any bi-lateral relations with Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57640/25]
- Diaspora Issues
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given that work is underway on developing a new diaspora strategy, to consider a scheme included under the strategy to cover the repatriation...
- European Union
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support Ireland is providing to candidate countries to the European Union; when he envisions certain countries may come into membership;...
- Human Rights
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on challenges to human rights and the rule of law in Hungary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57468/25]
- Artificial Intelligence
8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use...
- North-South Ministerial Council
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the recent North South Ministerial Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57649/25]
- Departmental Contracts
10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management, accounting and...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Just Transition
11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the body/authority that made the decision regarding the geographical areas/municipal districts within counties in relation...
- Energy Policy
15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will outline the safety evaluations they considered in relation to lithium-ion battery energy storage...
- Renewable Energy Generation
16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Ireland will transpose the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2023/2413 (RED III); and the interim measures which are in...
- Wind Energy Generation
17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether a national policy framework is being developed to facilitate the lifetime extension of older wind farms and...
- Artificial Intelligence
18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of...
- Departmental Contracts
19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management,...
- Department of Defence
- Artificial Intelligence
20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of...
- Departmental Contracts
21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management, accounting and auditing,...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Aviation Industry
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of implementation of the national policy framework on drone operations, including drone delivery systems; the measures being...
- Dublin Airport Authority
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he can take against the virtual monopoly by the DAA at Dublin Airport for car parking and the significant increasing of prices...
- Bus Services
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the frequency of the 39A bus service given issues surrounding reliability (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Artificial Intelligence
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the...
- Departmental Contracts
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management, accounting and...
- Department of Finance
- Housing Schemes
29. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in respect of the help-to-buy scheme, he will consider increasing the purchase price limit of €500,000, for homes in Dublin, where the average...
- Tax Code
30. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the operation of the local property tax in view of the financial hardship it places on older citizens and their carers, particularly those on...
- Banking Sector
33. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage loans sold by banks to non-bank entities vulture funds in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he plans to introduce further protections for...
- Crime Prevention
34. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Central Bank of Ireland’s latest data indicating that fraudsters stole approximately €160 million from Irish consumers...
- Artificial Intelligence
37. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these...
- Tax Code
38. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homes that will move into a higher band for the local property tax upon revaluation, by county or region; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Contracts
39. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management, accounting and auditing, Department and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- State Properties
40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the sale of a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57529/25]
- Civil Service
41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants across all Government Departments based in Dublin; and the numbers in each location outside of Dublin. [57607/25]
- Artificial Intelligence
42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Defective Building Materials
43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the technical review of IS 465 will be published given the consultation on the review has closed for submissions since July 2025...
- Redundancy Payments
45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to increase the cap on the statutory redundancy payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57527/25]
- Industrial Relations
46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the development of Ireland's collective bargaining action plan; if the plan is on track to be completed and published by...
- Tourism Funding
47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a detailed overview and breakdown of the €70 million announced in Budget 2026 to develop Irish tourism SMEs and...
- Industrial Relations
48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Section 4.4 of SI 146/2000 in practice obliges an employer to permit an employee to be represented by a trade union official of...
- Artificial Intelligence
49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if...
- Industrial Relations
50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures his Department and the industrial promotion agencies under the remit of his Department will implement to protect...
- Departmental Contracts
51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management, accounting and...
- Work Permits
52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has had any contact from the Department of Education and Youth regarding the interpretation of employment permit...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) for speech and language therapy and occupational therapy; and if she will...
- School Accommodation
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application under the 2025-2026 summer works scheme (details supplied); and if she will assist in expediting the application in...
- Special Educational Needs
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Kildare with ASD units each year from 2022 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57474/25]
- School Funding
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the financial difficulty a national school (details supplied) is experiencing; if she will takes steps to provide funding to...
- School Accommodation
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional monies her Department received in Budget 2026 will allow for the additional accommodation scheme application made by a school in...
- Schools Building Projects
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 14 October 2025, the reason hand dryers are not permitted under the Department's School Design Guide....
- Special Educational Needs
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a distinction between emotional support and behavioural management in relation to Circular 0030/2014; the supports available for...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered mandatory training for the use of EpiPens in schools, as well as the provision ofEpiPens to schools as part of an emergency...
- Education and Training Provision
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the proposed ETB development at Dryton Villa, Clara, County Offaly. [57559/25]
- Departmental Correspondence
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 14 October 2025, if she will consider and address the matters raised in correspondence (details...
- School Enrolments
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place for families that have recently relocated to Ireland from abroad in relation to enrolling their children in school; the...
- Artificial Intelligence
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of...
- Schools Building Projects
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the permanent school building application by a school (details supplied); and if further guidance will be issued to the school...
- Special Educational Needs
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to open a speech and language class in Connemara, in order that families living in Connemara are not required to travel long...
- School Transport
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus route will be provided with a larger bus to accommodate students (details supplied). [57646/25]
- Departmental Contracts
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management, accounting and auditing,...
- Work Permits
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has had any contact from the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment regarding the interpretation of employment permit...
- Disadvantaged Status
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned mechanisms for the distribution of the €48 million allocated to DEIS Plus; to confirm whether the funding and associated...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Sports Funding
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will make it a condition for State funding for sporting national governing bodies that there should be an athlete...
- Sport and Recreational Development
75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the costs his Department had in the dispersion of NFL starter kits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Sports Organisations
76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a detailed up-to-date report in respect of a sports club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Artificial Intelligence
77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Contracts
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management,...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware of any cases in which young people have been asked to prove that they were ‘abandoned’ by a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in County Kildare each year from 2022 to 2025;...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will provide a decision timeline for the case of illness benefit for a person (details supplied), an...
- Pension Provisions
98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will report on his Department’s engagement with employers and the SME sector in relation to the introduction of...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will clarify whether the homemaker’s scheme or...
- Artificial Intelligence
100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of...
- Departmental Contracts
101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management,...
- Budget 2026
102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 15 October 2025, for an approximate breakdown of the 3,000 beneficiaries,...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Housing Policy
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the progress made in regulating service charges and sinking funds; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures which will be taken to deal with the delays in processing of non-EU Visa applications (details supplied); and if...
- Prison Service
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the prisons that permit conjugal visits; the number of these which took place in each of these prisons in the past three years...
- Naturalisation Applications
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1644 of 8 September 2025, if any research has been carried out into the merits of...
- An Garda Síochána
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí stationed in County Kildare each year from 2022 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Family Reunification
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the lengthy delays in processing join family spouse visas for holders of a critical skills employment permit,...
- Ukraine War
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give serious consideration to the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the ARP payment...
- Road Traffic Offences
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of HGV drivers who have been prosecuted for driving in the outer lane of a motorway; and the number who were...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence 2022-2026 will run until June 2026, or to the end...
- Legal Services Regulation
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 720 of 30 September 2025, the timeframe in which he expects to conclude and make public...
- Courts Service
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current legal status regarding broadcasting of court proceedings and if there are proposals to advance such broadcasting;...
- Visa Applications
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the targeted processing time for visas in the case where an applicant is married to an Irish citizen seeking to return home...
- Coroners Service
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the decision by University Hospital Waterford to discontinue the provision of coronial post-mortems at...
- International Protection
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a company which operates international protection accommodation at a site (details supplied) are facing legal proceedings...
- Cybersecurity Policy
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in view of growing opposition to State proposals for mandated encryption backdoors, if he will publish the legal advice...
- Departmental Data
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the number of Sudanese nationals currently living in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Contracts
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management,...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Common Agricultural Policy
121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in ensuring that adequate funding is provided for CAP in the next Multiannual Financial Framework; and if he...
- Grant Payments
123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the payment and expected timeline for...
- Wildlife Conservation
124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021; when the Bill will be brought before Dáil Éireann; if...
- Animal Diseases
125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ceilings which apply to the on-farm market valuation scheme for animals removed from farms arising from the TB Eradication...
- Fishing Industry
128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the existential warnings from the Irish fishing sector, if he will publish the Government’s sectoral impact assessments...
- Artificial Intelligence
129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI;...
- Departmental Contracts
130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management, accounting and...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Disability Services
131. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding allocated to Cavan CDNT each year from 2020 to 2025; the funding to be allocated in 2026; and if she will make a...
- Childcare Services
136. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of grant aid that will be available in 2026 for the upgrading or provision of new childcare accommodation, both for...
- Asylum Seekers
137. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the efforts being made to reunite minors who come to Ireland seeking asylum without their parents; the name of the company procured...
- Disabilities Assessments
138. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by area, in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the number overdue...
- Artificial Intelligence
141. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider proposing that HSE organisations pilot artificial intelligence tools for the administrative work within...
- Disability Services
143. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a review of existing practices, related to the provision of additional needs supports for children, with a view to removing...
- Childcare Services
145. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will clarify the elements of the recently announced core funding changes & employment regulation order in relation to...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
147. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the building blocks scheme will re-open for applications; and if funding will be available for the construction of new premises...
- Disability Services
148. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children that received one-on-one occupational therapy appointments with Cavan CDNT for each month from January 2024...
- Departmental Legal Cases
156. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of legal actions initiated against her Department in respect of the Disability Act in each year since 2020 to date in...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
159. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will publish a report (details supplied) on the review of processes linked to publicly funded early learning childcare...
- Artificial Intelligence
160. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI;...
- Disability Services
161. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an appointment for an autism diagnosis for a child (details supplied) will be expedited as a matter of urgency; and if she will...
- Departmental Contracts
163. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management, accounting...
- Disabilities Assessments
164. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting a long time on an assessment of need in Cavan and Monaghan. [57714/25]
- Department of Health
- Health Services Staff
165. To ask the Minister for Health if she will sanction the appointment of a WTE consultant paediatric endocrinologist into Letterkenny University Hospital (details supplied) to fully support...
- Wildlife Regulations
166. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline which authority is responsible for enforcing the provisions of the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act 1919; the measures in place to ensure...
- Dental Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application to the Dental Council (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing same; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Alcohol Pricing
168. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the impact of the minimum unit pricing policy on alcohol since its introduction, in light of recent data from the Health Research Board...
- Mental Health Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS referrals received and accepted in each county, each year from 2022 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57450/25]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
172. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting a long time on an assessment of need in Cavan and Monaghan. [57461/25]
- Planning Issues
173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of buildings on hospital campuses across the country that have been erected without planning permission in each of the past ten years; the number of...
- Hospital Appointments Status
174. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [57475/25]
- Mental Health Services
175. To ask the Minister for Health when a contract of employment for the position of assistant director of nursing post in Kildare west Wicklow mental health services will be offered to a person...
- Health Service Executive
176. To ask the Minister for Health if any recruitment embargos that were in place across the HSE have been lifted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57478/25]
- Departmental Reports
177. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the progress of the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan; if she has received the report from the working group that was due...
- Hospital Staff
178. To ask the Minister for Health if she will sanction the appointment of a WTE consultant paediatric endocrinologist into Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) which has been listed by...
- Home Help Service
181. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied), who has been awarded home help hours will have a home help allocated to them. [57496/25]
- Dental Services
182. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children which are waiting for public orthodontic treatment in County Meath; and the number of children who require braces to date. [57499/25]
- Youth Services
186. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken by her Department to address youth suicide rates nationally, with particular reference to counties with elevated incidence; and if she...
- Mental Health Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health the level of investment in mental health infrastructure in County Kildare for each year from 2022 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Executive
190. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the HSE will not fund a treatment for a person (details supplied) without an exceptional funding request to their hospital's regional executive...
- Departmental Reports
191. To ask the Minister for Health if she has received the report from the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan that was due by end of Quarter 2 as per Terms of Reference; and if she...
- Departmental Reviews
192. To ask the Minister for Health when the external healthcare record review into the standard of care provided to the service user (details supplied) will be finalised. [57519/25]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
193. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of including reciprocal IVF in State-funded IVF treatments; if there is scope to include them in the lifetime of this Government; and if she...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Health when the Swords surgical hub at unit 1, Swords Business Campus will be fully operational; the expected timeline for completion of construction and fit-out; and...
- Health Services
196. To ask the Minister for Health the projected number of patients expected to be treated at the Swords surgical hub on a monthly and annual basis; the estimates for day-case procedures, minor...
- Departmental Programmes
197. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 9 October 2025, if her attention has been drawn to Coimisiún na Meán’s published Work Programme...
- Health Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health if she has considered introducing access to oral immunotherapy for those with allergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57550/25]
- Mental Health Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals for ADHD assessments received by Cavan CAMHS in each month since January 2023 to date; the number therein which resulted in an...
- Departmental Programmes
202. To ask the Minister for Health if she will publish the National Endometriosis Framework, which her Department has stated is ready for publication; the allocation provided to the Framework in...
- Budget 2026
203. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to implementation of the new National Sexual Health Strategy 2025 – 2035 in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of the...
- Health Service Executive
208. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if 6,000 funded posts have been left vacant by the HSE in 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57569/25]
- Departmental Projects
212. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the continued implementation of the HSE Health Regions; the actions that will be taken in 2026 to further implementation; the expected...
- Budget 2026
213. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to implementation of the HSE Health Regions in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57574/25]
- Health Service Executive
214. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 2 April 2025, the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing and private recruitment firms to date in 2025, in...
- Land Development Agency
218. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE issued a formal S53 Notice to the LDA regarding the Baggot Street Hospital Site in Dublin; if any relevant State bodies formally declined in writing...
- Health Services
219. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the significant delays in accessing primary care psychology services, particularly for children with complex needs such as autism, ADHD,...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
220. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the current average waiting time for an initial primary care psychology appointment in north Dublin; the measures being taken to reduce...
- Health Services
221. To ask the Minister for Health if she will reconsider the current list of qualifying conditions under the medical cannabis access programme, in order to allow people with chronic conditions...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
223. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist in the provision of a new wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57616/25]
- Artificial Intelligence
224. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these...
- Departmental Inquiries
225. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan; if she has received the report from the Working Group that was due by end of Quarter 2 as...
- Departmental Contracts
226. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management, accounting and auditing, Department and...
- Mental Health Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2025. [57667/25]
- Home Help Service
228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 October 2025 or the latest date available; the way that compares to targets...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 October 2025 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of...
- Departmental Data
230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges at the end of September 2025 for each public and voluntary hospital; and the total number to date in 2025, in tabular form....
- Health Services Waiting Lists
232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than four months for treatment for both Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street...
- Medicinal Products
233. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is considering the inclusion of ozempic on the long-term illness and medical card schemes for purposes such as the maintenance of kidney...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Grant Payments
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students receiving SUSI grants in County Kildare in each year from 2022 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Apprenticeship Programmes
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships registered in County Kildare in each year from 2022 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57480/25]
- Artificial Intelligence
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of...
