Written answers

Tuesday, 4 November 2025

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Facilities
      13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the roll out of solar panels for schools; the proportion that have been fitted with solar panels; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will formally announce the reforms of the way in which teachers get CID, changing from the current two consecutive years for...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the proposed summer works scheme for 2026; the amount of funding being made available for the scheme in 2026; the themes which...
    • Education Schemes
      18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review of the assistive technology scheme; if her Department plans to move away from diagnosis-based eligibility criteria;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a planned meeting of stakeholders will take place regarding a joint school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether schools in Carlow and Kilkenny will lose teachers for the school year 2026-2027 due to a decline in pupil numbers; and if she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59760/25]
    • School Accommodation
      22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received a request from the board of management and management team of a school (details supplied) to initiate a full...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to address the need for capital works at a school (details supplied) with defective concrete blocks; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update in relation to the school transport pilot scheme, in particular in relation to the evaluation of 14 pilot projects undertaken...
    • Special Educational Needs
      25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has taken a position to open no more "reading classes" for children with severe dyslexia; to clarify the basis on which any...
    • School Funding
      26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be an increase in the capitation grant for secondary level schools; the cost to the exchequer of the €50 increase in...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking vis-à-vis AI and all of her Department's responsibilities, including primary and secondary education...
    • Special Educational Needs
      28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to improve access to appropriate education for children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will recognise a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59737/25]
    • School Transport
      30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to conduct a review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59398/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to expand youth mental health support within schools and community youth centres; if there are plans to enhance coordination...
    • Special Educational Needs
      33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals to ensure adequate provision of SNAs for schools this academic year. [59757/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate the delays related to the design and planning of the new development for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department's 'Guidance on Artificial Intelligence in Schools' was benchmarked, if it all, with European counterparts; the...
    • Education Policy
      37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has any plans to open another non-denominational co-educational post-primary school in the Clontarf-Raheny-Killester...
    • School Transport
      38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that Bus Éireann is failing to respond to representations made by elected members and parents regarding special school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to support children without a special needs school place in this school year. [59598/25]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the special education teacher allocation in DEIS schools in Limerick, where there remains a shortfall of special education teachers...
    • Education Policy
      41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which parents are consulted in relation to the new primary curriculum, particularly the aspects dealing with relationships and...
    • Youth Services
      44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken by her Department to support both youth worker-led and volunteer-led youth services across the State; and if she will...
    • School Staff
      45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review can be conducted of the impact of removing a teaching post from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Phase 2 of the building works at a school (details supplied) is scheduled to commence; if she will provide an update on the timeline for its...
    • School Funding
      48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals to ensure that primary and secondary schools are adequately funded. [59476/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59759/25]
    • School Staff
      52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has carried out an assessment of the impact the current teacher shortages are having on students, particularly in rural schools...
    • Schools Building Projects
      53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59134/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding provided for special education at primary and second level in 2025; the total financial provision for this sector in 2026; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the three secondary schools in west Wicklow (details supplied), which are awaiting building projects to commence; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason education therapy services have not been provided to children with additional needs in mainstream schools in Budget 2026; and the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the new school building project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of repurposing works at the new special school site (details supplied) in County Cork; to provide an estimated timeline for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the proposed Gaelcholáiste project has still not gone to tender despite repeated assurances that it would do so by the end of Q3...
    • Youth Services
      60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to youth programmes in disadvantaged areas, such as the Ballinfoile Youth Activities Project in Galway, that wish...
    • School Transport
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will implement the recommendations of the school transport review concerning lowering the minimum distance limits in relation to the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of special education capacity in County Waterford. [57740/25]
    • Education Policy
      63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether it is appropriate for the new educational psychologist doctoral programme in Maynooth University to depart from the standard placement...
    • School Staff
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding received by her Department in Budget 2026 will be directed towards tackling the problem of vacant teaching posts at primary and...
    • School Admissions
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department will gather and use feedback from schools and families in Kildare north following the pilot of the online school...
    • School Staff
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the loss of a teaching post at a school (details supplied), which has now resulted in split classes and increased class sizes; and if...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills conas a chinnteoidh sí nach mbeidh an suirbhé náisiúnta ar thuismitheoirí maidir le soláthar agus rogha scoileanna...
    • Special Educational Needs
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans she has to recruit 1,717 special needs assistants and 860 special education teachers announced in Budget 2026; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Surveys
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the survey of primary school parents and guardians and parents and guardians of children not yet in school on their preferences...
    • School Facilities
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider expanding the summer works scheme to include astro turf surfaces, rather than restricting the funding to play areas, tarmac, and...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for capital works submitted by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59715/25]
    • Education Policy
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means by which she intends to provide resources to inform students the way in which to combat misinformation and political disinformation; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the Stage 2a meeting arrangements for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59681/25]
    • School Accommodation
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school (details supplied) where children were offered places for September 2025 and the classroom is not available yet; and if...
    • Education Policy
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her strategy to prevent a digital divide and ensure that every student, regardless of their socioeconomic background or geographic location, has...
    • Residential Institutions
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plan to provide survivors of institutional abuse with a HAA medical care and a full contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of special needs assistants in schools in County Waterford. [57739/25]
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cathain a fhoilseofar an polasaí don oideachas lánGhaeilge lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht agus an dtabharfaidh sí uasdátú maidir...
    • Education Policy
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the level of demand is assessed regarding the lower threshold of 400 students to establish a new Gaelcholáiste; her plans to...
    • School Transport
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ask her Department to urgently liaise with Bus Éireann to approve the extension of a school bus route (details supplied); and if...
    • School Funding
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals to ensure that schools are not reliant on so-called voluntary contributions to fund their day-to-day operation. [59756/25]
    • Education Policy
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding the finalising of the governance and employment structure for the school completion programme. [50211/25]
    • School Funding
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration being given to providing additional funding to a project (details supplied), that has previously received funding through the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the forward planning and provision of special class and special school places for September 2026. [59718/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills Education for an update on the status of the proposed new school building for a school (details supplied); the steps her Department is taking to...
    • School Transport
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on progress made to date in relation to the introduction of e-ticketing as part of the school transport scheme; if this will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the school building programme for Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59449/25]
    • School Accommodation
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to address the need for capital works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59686/25]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Parental Leave
      98. To ask the Taoiseach the statistics that are collected in relation maternity and paternity leave in Ireland including whether they are taken, the duration of leave taken, whether they availed...
    • Departmental Funding
      99. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have submitted reports or...
    • Cabinet Committees
      100. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing last met; when it will meet next. [58247/25]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      102. To ask the Taoiseach when the CSO will publish an updated set of the Employment Analysis of Maternity and Paternity Benefits 2019-2022. [58414/25]
    • Northern Ireland
      103. To ask the Taoiseach given the commentary in a newspaper (details supplied) that debates on Irish unity must account for identity and cultural plurality, the way in which he plans to engage...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      104. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in each case....
    • Departmental Staff
      105. To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form [58501/25]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      107. To ask the Taoiseach the percentages by country of origin of imports of solar panels into Ireland. [58926/25]
    • Northern Ireland
      108. To ask the Taoiseach if he will address the Shared Island Initiative, and the matter of preparing for a new Ireland as raised in correspondence (details supplied). [59238/25]
    • Regeneration Projects
      109. To ask the Taoiseach the current status of the Government’s commitment to establish a Cork city centre taskforce, as publicly referenced by him and by officials of his Department...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Presidency
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates during Ireland's Presidency it will host a summit meeting of the European Political Community and an informal meeting of the...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made on holding a referendum to extend voting rights in Presidential elections to Irish citizens living in the north of...
    • Middle East
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the work his Department has undertaken to ensure the safe evacuation of a family (details supplied) to Ireland from...
    • European Union
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the European Union’s plans to improve the competitiveness of the region for the bio-pharmaceutical sector, in view...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the original budget approved for the construction and fit-out of Ireland House, Tokyo, in 2018;...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57933/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations, NGOs, by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the establishment of an embassy in Armenia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58161/25]
    • Military Aircraft
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total costs of air traffic control fees paid by the State on behalf of US military aircraft that transited through Irish airports and...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all ambassadors stationed abroad, their salaries, all Irish embassies and consulates abroad and the cost in 2024 of maintaining each...
    • Northern Ireland
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the commentary in a newspaper (details supplied) that debates on Irish unity must account for identity and cultural plurality, the way...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if...
    • Departmental Staff
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Departmental Bodies
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by grade,...
    • Foreign Policy
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the key achievements of Ireland's international development policy since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58864/25]
    • Diaspora Issues
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which services and supports for Ireland’s diaspora have been expanded since 2020; the key priorities for the next five...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of the flights which sought diplomatic clearance to land in Shannon Airport from his Department in the past 12 months, by...
    • EU Presidency
      143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade as we prepare to assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026, if he will outline thematic priorities that have been...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times to date in 2025 when the Irish Consular General based in Sydney has met with the Governor of New South Wales. [59310/25]
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Irish citizen who has been imprisoned for allegedly disrupting a facility in Ulm (details supplied); the engagement his...
    • Middle East
      151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to address a serious issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59611/25]
    • Trade Agreements
      152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of Ireland’s formal request for clarity from the European Commission regarding its partial suspension proposal of the...
    • Middle East
      154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to layout his intention to advocate for the release of health workers from Palestine currently detained in prisons in Israel; and if he will...
    • Official Engagements
      156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last met with the Croatian Ambassador to Ireland. [59927/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount his Department paid towards a cost-of-living allowance and local post allowance to his departmental officials posted at the Irish...
    • Middle East
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the recent condemnation of the strikes in Gaza by the Government and the increasing visibility of Ireland in international...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Data Centres
      159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding any data centre that requires frequent use of back up generators due to unreliable energy supply;...
    • Grant Payments
      163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grant supports which are available to an individual who requires grant support for the replacement of double-glazed...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether a strategic environmental assessment, SEA, has been, or is being, undertaken by his Department in respect of the...
    • Electricity Grid
      165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the €3.5 billion investment in electricity grid infrastructure announced under...
    • Environmental Policy
      167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether his Department has made an assessment of the prevalence of inferior or non-compliant batteries being placed on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the breakdown, by local authority of the number of domestic solar panel installations, by county for 2023 and 2024, in...
    • Electricity Generation
      172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the statutory bodies that are responsible for regulating and enforcing compliance with building and electrical safety...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five...
    • Departmental Staff
      175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since...
    • Energy Policy
      177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the means by which the Government is supporting investment in energy storage to complement wind generation and ensure...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans in place to accelerate offshore wind development to meet the 2030 targets and diversify our renewable portfolio;...
    • Foreign Policy
      179. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the existing mutual aid agreement with the United Kingdom, as referenced in the Review of Storm Éowyn...
    • Recycling Policy
      181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to implement an app for the deposit return scheme similar to that proposed by a person (details supplied)...
    • Litter Pollution
      184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he would consider updating the Litter Pollution Act 1997 so as to increase the current fines structure of an...
    • Energy Conservation
      185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households in County Kildare that availed of the SEAI home energy upgrade grants from 2022 to date in 2025,...
    • Recycling Policy
      186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the details regarding the unclaimed deposits of €66 million from the deposit return scheme...
    • Electricity Grid
      187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether any portion of the €3.5 billion grid investment will be directed towards reinforcement or capacity upgrades...
    • EU Presidency
      188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of Ireland’s forthcoming EU presidency and the Government’s recent briefing to cabinet on visiting...
    • Inland Fisheries
      189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons for the inaction in publishing the Western Lakes Management Plan, considering that the plan has been proposed...
    • Environmental Policy
      198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the levy on disposable cups, as provided for in the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022, will be...
    • Business Supports
      199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the supports available for small businesses in Mallow and surrounding areas to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the means by which his Department will support community-led renewable energy cooperatives over the next three years; and...
    • Just Transition
      201. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the Government’s Just Transition Plan for workers affected by the move away from fossil fuels; and...
    • Waste Management
      203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the recent figures showing that 1.2 million tonnes, 42 percent, of municipal waste is...
    • EU Directives
      204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action his Department is taking to implement the EU Energy Efficiency Directive; his views on whether the targets will...
    • Energy Conservation
      205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans he has in place to encourage more tradespeople to register with SEAI; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if will clarify whether a company (details supplied) had and-or has a contract with his Department in the years 2020 and...
    • Departmental Properties
      209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of State property under the remit of his Department (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Official Engagements
      210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the dates he has met each energy supplier in Ireland, by energy supplier; the issues discussed; if he has plans to meet...
    • Energy Prices
      211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the breakdown of the average household electricity bill in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Waste Management
      213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the agencies responsible for ensuring that waste and recycling collection companies meet the obligations under their...
    • Energy Conservation
      214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether his attention has been brought to Britain's National Audit Office report about failures of insulation schemes with...
    • Marine Protected Areas
      215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of kilometres squared that are designated as marine protected areas (MPAs); if further proposals will be...
    • Energy Prices
      217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been a review into the cost of energy for domestic users relative to other European countries; and if he will...
    • Legislative Measures
      221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the benefits to County Kerry in respect of the publication of a Bill (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Energy Conservation
      222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homes in the Naas area that have availed of the SEAI warmer homes scheme in the past year; and if he will...
    • Climate Change Policy
      232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided to Meath County Council in the past five years to implement local climate action plans, in tabular...
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Corps
      234. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of an air ambulance base (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58048/25]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      235. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so,...
    • Departmental Staff
      236. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Departmental Bodies
      237. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by grade, in...
    • Defence Forces
      238. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on when the ordnance cadetship competition is expected to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Properties
      241. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of State property under the remit of his Department (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • European Union
      242. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update regarding all Irish interactions and operational developments regarding the Common Information Sharing Environment since January...
    • Defence Forces
      245. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of cases currently pending against his Department from former and serving members of the Defence Forces in relation to the use of a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Transport
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will consider bringing forward limited no-fault mechanisms for public transport passengers involved in accidents whilst...
    • Aviation Industry
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received for exemptions to permit the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft received in the year...
    • Public Transport
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a role for an organisation (details supplied) in addressing the lack of compensation available for persons injured in...
    • Aviation Industry
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has granted exemptions for the carriage of munitions of war through Irish airspace that are bound for Israel in the past 12 months;...
    • Graffiti Policy
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of graffiti at a location (details supplied), in view that this reoccurring...
    • Road Projects
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost of the realignment of the road from the Golden Nugget, Fossa, Killarney to the Gap Cross which has been completed...
    • Driver Test
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to reduce the waiting time for driving test appointments at a test centre (details supplied); and if...
    • Road Tolls
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to explore the possibility of implementing a system of charging a toll on the M50 based on the entry and exit of a person's journey....
    • Bus Services
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding given to the route 70 bus since 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57839/25]
    • Departmental Data
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of enforcement inspections and confiscations of inferior or non-compliant batteries which have taken place at Irish ports and...
    • Official Engagements
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a meeting request sent by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57905/25]
    • Departmental Meetings
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of engagements between his Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade since the publication of the...
    • Road Safety Authority
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the name of the contract partner employed by the RSA to attempt to manually match court disqualification orders with a driver; and if he...
    • Driver Licences
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 16 October 2025, the number of drivers disqualified that resulted in a mismatch being...
    • Transport Policy
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date progress with the alternative mobility scheme the transport support scheme which was to replace the motorised transport...
    • Bus Services
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the recent change to the C2 Ballinagh bus stop location; if he will consider the introduction of a designated...
    • Road Projects
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is in a position to support the re-commencement of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Network
      274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any research has been carried out into the merits of requiring the speed limit to be painted on the roadway on all national roads; if...
    • Commercial Vehicle Testing
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimate his Department has for the number of commercial vehicle roadworthiness test premises that are currently not compliant with...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of red-light infringement enforcement cameras that have commenced operation; the timeline for the full roll out; the location...
    • Driver Test
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for his Department and the Road Safety Authority to close the loophole whereby learner drivers can continually renew their...
    • Driver Licences
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the State still allows Ukrainians residing in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive to drive here on their current...
    • Public Transport
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is he aware of the increase in child fares based on travel by zones impacting school children from an area (details supplied) given...
    • Bus Services
      286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering a proposal (details supplied); and if the inclusion of commercial bus operators in the under-9 free travel scheme is...
    • Rail Network
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 308 of 14 October 2025, if he will outline the works carried out at Newbridge train station for the...
    • Road Projects
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to upgrade Ireland’s the Ring of Kerry road, that is currently 70% substandard; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Test
      293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers on the waiting list for a test centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58264/25]
    • Electric Vehicles
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy and regulatory basis under which ESB Networks treats electric vehicle (EV) charge points located in private residential...
    • Seirbhísí agus Tacaíochtaí Gaeilge
      299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport maidir le ceisteanna parlaiminte uimhir 8-12, an 24 Meán Fómhair, an bhfuil pleananna ann líon na dtástálaithe...
    • Electric Vehicles
      300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has conducted any assessment comparing the average annual cost of home electric vehicle (EV) charging in Ireland with...
    • Rail Network
      301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details on a proposed train station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58403/25]
    • Public Transport
      302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the expansion of free travel to under 9s, if a single adult Leap Card may be loaded with a 'Family Child' travel product to...
    • Electric Vehicles
      303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline all pilot infrastructure projects, by local authority, underway at the Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland office in...
    • Road Safety
      304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to address the accident blackspot at Poulgorm Bridge at the turn-off to Kenmare from the main Killarney to Cork...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and...
    • Rail Network
      306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the State will have an opportunity to recoup any costs associated with the DART+ Coastal North project, in light of ongoing delays in...
    • Departmental Staff
      308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by...
    • Rail Network
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new pension agreement for Irish Rail will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58561/25]
    • Departmental Meetings
      311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) over proposals under the European Commission clean corporate vehicles...
    • Road Safety
      313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road safety audits completed for new road infrastructure projects in County Kildare for each year from 2022 to 2025, in...
    • Driver Test
      314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner permit holders that must be contacted by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) to inform them of the incoming regulations...
    • Public Transport
      315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ensure a 24 hour public transport service is urgently developed to serve Cork Airport (details supplied); if he will consider a...
    • Bus Services
      316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the lack of a direct bus service from Chapelizod to Dublin city centre; his plans to address this gap...
    • Driver Licences
      320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a drivers license; if he will rectify this matter; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the 2026 PSO allocation of €940 million in Budget 2026 will include funding to expand the child adult Leap card and the under-9...
    • Rail Network
      322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an independent feasibility study will be funded for the Metro south west project, as per the Programme for Government. [58802/25]
    • Road Network
      323. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the national guidelines for a speed limit review will be provided to Waterford City and County Council in respect of a specific...
    • Rail Network
      327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the expected timeline for the deployment of the new battery-electric train sets, in view of the further...
    • Bus Services
      335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his current plans to improve the bus service available in Rathbone village given issues that have arisen (details supplied); and if he...
    • Legislative Reviews
      336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the operation of laws introduced by the previous Minister with regard to e-Scooters; his plans to review the...
    • EU Presidency
      337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of Ireland’s forthcoming EU presidency and the Government’s recent briefing to cabinet on visiting EU and non-EU...
    • Bus Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made by the National Transport Authority on improving the reliability of Bus Éireann Route 64 between Galway and...
    • Rail Network
      341. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a new proposed station (details supplied) will replace the existing station as part of the Dart+ extension; the engagement his...
    • Active Travel
      343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been allocated to improve safety and active travel infrastructure on the N20 between Mallow and Cork; and if he will make...
    • Rail Network
      345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to increase the frequency of train services between Mallow and Cork city to support commuters and reduce car dependency; and if...
    • Active Travel
      346. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm if active travel projects in Cork’s northside including Blackpool and Ballyvolane will be funded in 2025; and if he...
    • Road Safety
      347. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when safety improvement works will be carried out on the N20 corridor through Mallow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      348. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress in extending suburban rail services northward to serve areas like Blarney and Monard; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Transport Policy
      349. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that Cork city and county receive a fair allocation of funding under the National Sustainable Mobility Policy; and if...
    • Bus Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the delivery of BusConnects Cork; the expected timeframe for the northside of the city; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Projects
      351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the N20 Cork–Limerick project will include a rail alternative as part of the appraisal process; and if he will make a statement...
    • Transport Policy
      352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected carbon savings from the National Development Plans transport projects; whether modal share targets for public transport are...
    • Public Transport
      353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on plans to roll out a single integrated ticketing system for all public transport operators; and if he will make a...
    • Road Tolls
      354. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider ending toll charges on the M3 between Navan and Kells for a 3 month trial period to see the benefits it has on...
    • Road Safety
      355. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to implement emergency measures to address the lethal accident blackspot at Poulgorm Bridge, County Kerry at the turn-off to Kenmare from...
    • Road Projects
      356. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to give a detailed progress report on the Killarney to Farranfore Bypass; if he will ensure this critical project is delivered for County...
    • Active Travel
      357. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a progress report in regards to the South Kerry Greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59055/25]
    • Public Transport
      361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of small public service vehicles currently licensed which are due to reach the ten-year maximum permissible age limit in each...
    • Road Safety
      364. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will examine a roadway (details supplied) to establish if a reason for a recent uptick in collisions along the stretch...
    • Driver Test
      365. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of no shows for scheduled driving test appointment, by month, from January to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on improvements of the station customer service systems at Connolly Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Éireann
      371. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann will provide a direct service from Kerry to Galway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      372. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the underpass at Ashtown Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59080/25]
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the CIÉ pension negotiation process not including non-unionised members in its discussion; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Test
      374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting time for learner drivers who are on the driving test waiting list to sit their test in the English language, by...
    • Bus Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the B3 under the BusConnects B-Spine service will run on a 24-hour schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59142/25]
    • Road Safety
      377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will liaise with Kildare County Council to address the safety concerns of residents in a location (details supplied);...
    • Active Travel
      379. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to expedite all outstanding accommodation works and compensation agreements with all landowners/farmers along the South Kerry Greenway;...
    • Rail Network
      381. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the recent decision by An Coimisiún Pleanála to grant planning permission to Iarnród Éireann for two extra tracks...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      383. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road deaths and serious injuries by county, and Dublin region, in the years 2020-2025. [59216/25]
    • Driver Test
      388. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total service volume of each driving test centre, in tabular form. [59267/25]
    • Rail Network
      390. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the capacity impacts of the autumn rail timetable on the Northern Commuter and DART corridor including Howth,...
    • Departmental Contracts
      392. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if will clarify whether a company (details supplied) had and or has a contract with his Department in the years 2020 to date in 2025; and...
    • Bus Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to improve bus services in Cork city, in particular the route 207 service, given frequently recurring...
    • Transport Policy
      394. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to create a transport security force; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      395. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the current platform length at MacDonagh Junction railway station in Kilkenny; the rationale for the decision to...
    • State Pensions
      396. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a request (details supplied) from a person on State pension; his plans to assist with such requests; and if he will...
    • Road Tolls
      397. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total profit earned through an operator (details supplied) broken down by year from 2018 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      399. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional details will be provided on the work that is needed on the drafting of the horse drawn carriage Bill; when the Bill will be...
    • Public Transport
      400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details on the proposed Blanchardstown Luas line, Tyrrelstown Luas line and Orbital West Luas line as shown in the Luas 2050...
    • Bus Services
      401. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details on the replacement of the 122 Dublin Bus under BusConnects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59474/25]
    • Energy Conservation
      402. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 8 September 2025, for an update on correspondence with an organisation (details supplied);...
    • Public Transport
      403. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the Cork Luas and a timeline for its delivery and whether funding has been provided to the National Transport...
    • Seirbhísí Dátheangacha
      405. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an bhfuil sé i gceist aige iachall a chur ar Údarás Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath deimhin a dhéanamh de go mbeidh...
    • Seirbhísí agus Tacaíochtaí Gaeilge
      406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cén fáth a gcuirtear moill ar iarrthóirí ar an tástáil do cheadúnais tiomána má...
    • Transport Policy
      407. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the great island connectivity scheme, in particular in respect of a new bridge crossing to Great Island, Cobh;...
    • Public Transport
      408. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the approach of Dublin Bus to meet expected demand when Dart improvements are taking place; whether this took place for the...
    • Road Safety
      409. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when applications will open for the Safe Routes to School Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59571/25]
    • Driver Licences
      410. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to establish a reciprocal ‘drivers’ licence exchange agreement with the USA; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      411. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a clear timeline and funding pathway for the repair of the L6061 road will be provided (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      412. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if An Garda Síochána have limited access to data on the National Vehicle and Driver File regarding disqualified drivers; if...
    • Bus Services
      413. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the steps being taken to ensure the reliability of the H2 Dublin Bus service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Network
      414. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current speed restrictions that apply to motorbikes on national roads; and the penalties for speeding and the number of speeding...
    • Bus Éireann
      415. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with Bus Éireann to discuss the service provision of bus routes in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is he is aware of the ongoing issues with the 207 bus route in Cork city, and consistent issues with the provision of the service; and if...
    • Rail Network
      417. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a report from Irish Rail into the series of issues and delays on the evening of Tuesday, 28 October 2025 on multiple...
    • Road Tolls
      418. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the justification for the increase in tolls that has been announced for 1 January 2026 for a number of motorways in the national road...
    • Road Network
      422. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progression of the Cork to Limerick motorway (M20); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59811/25]
    • Driver Licences
      424. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the current legal and administrative arrangements which allow persons from Ukraine residing in Ireland under temporary...
    • National Car Test
      425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Ukrainian-registered vehicles currently operating in the State; the estimated number that have not undergone NCT testing;...
    • Road Safety
      426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans for an additional call for the Safe Routes to School Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59995/25]
    • Active Travel
      427. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to expand active travel projects in County Cork, in particular funding for active travel...
    • Public Transport
      428. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise regarding ongoing issues for a student Leap card applicant (details supplied); if he is aware that similar issues are...
    • Bus Éireann
      430. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the frequency and capacity of Bus Éireann route NX, as current services between Navan and Dublin are insufficient...
    • Driver Test
      431. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting times for driving tests in each test centre in County Meath; the number of applicants currently waiting beyond ten to...
    • Bus Services
      432. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions that are in place to increase the local link bus service within the Navan Municipal District to improve rural connectivity...
    • Road Safety
      433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport where Navan is included in the safe routes to school programme, and which schools in Navan have been approved for upgrades. [60086/25]
    • Public Transport
      434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that all current and future public transport infrastructure projects, including DART+, MetroLink, and BusConnects,...
    • Bus Services
      435. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the NTA have recently decided not to approve funding for an additional 33D bus service from Portrane to Dublin City...
    • Road Tolls
      436. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review correspondence regarding toll fee increases (details supplied); if he will address concerns raised; and if he will make...
  • Department of Finance
    • Financial Services
      437. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 55526 of 14 October 2025, if he can provide electronic access to the reports listed in his response; and if he will make...
    • Legislative Measures
      438. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing legislation to ensure that consumers retain the right to pay in cash for goods and services, given that an increasing number...
    • Tax Code
      440. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons the deemed disposal issue relating to exchange-traded funds was not addressed in Budget 2026 and if he intends to address it in the future. [57770/25]
    • Regeneration Projects
      441. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the living cities initiative scheme to other large towns with historic centres, such as Ennis in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Yield
      442. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the number of houses in each LPT band, in each of the years 2015 to 2025; and the income from each band by year for the same period, in...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      443. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide for comparative purposes, the number of staff working in each of Revenue's frontier management branches in 2022 to 2024, and to end of September...
    • Tax Code
      444. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine a matter regarding an investment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57906/25]
    • Banking Sector
      445. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has engaged with the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom regarding a banking group's (details supplied) potential...
    • European Central Bank
      451. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Irish sovereign debt held by the ECB each year since 2008, in tabular form. [57965/25]
    • Tax Code
      452. To ask the Minister for Finance the ‘market value’ homeowners affected by defective concrete blocks are expected to declare for local property tax purposes, given that many of...
    • Rental Sector
      453. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential rental properties which are held in approved retirement funds that are caught in rent pressure zones, while increasing in value, and...
    • Departmental Funding
      454. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have submitted...
    • Tax Code
      455. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding any consideration or review ongoing into creating allowances for people that live in properties that have increased significantly in...
    • Departmental Policies
      456. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider engaging with the Brazilian authorities on the development of a bilateral tax treaty between Ireland and Brazil to address issues of...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      457. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fiscal implications of minimum unit pricing for alcohol, including the extent to which increased consumer costs have resulted in additional...
    • Tax Code
      458. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the reintroduction of the 9% VAT rate for cinemas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58096/25]
    • Tax Data
      460. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE taxpayer units who may have either underpayments or overpayments for the 2023 and 2024 tax years respectively; the number who have not yet...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      461. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the MV Matthew; when the vessel removed will be; the steps that have been taken to date to remove the vessel; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      462. To ask the Minister for Finance when the ECB drops the tracker rate, for non-bank entities, when are these financial institutions required to drop the tracker rate to the customer. [58181/25]
    • Tax Code
      463. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the radical increase in the price of vaping liquid in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58237/25]
    • Customs and Excise
      465. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which import and customs fees are calculated for small consumer goods purchased from outside the EU; and how it can be considered proportionate...
    • Departmental Policies
      466. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 286 and 287 of 21 October 2025, to provide details on the proposals considered to address the problem of the use of...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      467. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in...
    • Departmental Staff
      468. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      469. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Data
      470. To ask the Minister for Finance using data from local property taxes, to provide the number of multi-property owners with over one hundred residential properties, including the total number...
    • Tax Yield
      474. To ask the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of the income raised from each county from the local property tax for the past four years, in tabular form. [58613/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      476. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 22 October 2025, if future reviews of the help-to-buy scheme will consider adjusting the purchase price limit for...
    • Tracker Mortgages
      477. To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision will be made by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman regarding a tracker mortgage resolution in the case of a person (details...
    • Tax Credits
      478. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of recipients of the rent tax credit in County Kildare from 2022 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Directives
      479. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of EU Directives transposed by his Department in 2020 to 2025; the number of Directives that missed the transposition deadlines in the same...
    • Departmental Staff
      480. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department in each year from 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58870/25]
    • Credit Unions
      482. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions who have changed the frequency and number of their board meetings as allowed for under Section 54(1) (a) and (b) of the Credit...
    • Legislative Measures
      483. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on section 30 of the Credit Reporting Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58874/25]
    • Departmental Data
      486. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and number of buy now pay later transactions in Ireland, by year, from 2023 to date in 2025,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58877/25]
    • Credit Unions
      488. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and average value of mortgages outstanding by credit unions at end September 2023, September 2024 and September 2025; and if he will make a...
    • EU Meetings
      492. To ask the Minister for Finance if a date has been finalised for the Informal Ecofin meeting during Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026; and if he will...
    • Credit Unions
      493. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Irish Government Bonds held by Irish credit institutions and Irish credit unions; for an update on Ireland’s position on the regulatory...
    • Tax Credits
      494. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the research and development activity subsidised by the State through the research and development tax credit that is conducted outside of...
    • Credit Unions
      497. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the recent cancellation of the family life plus funeral cover policy by a credit union (details supplied), which has left dozens of members...
    • Tax Code
      498. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider tax breaks on ICT equipment purchased through a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59160/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      500. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the recommendations of the 2022 Retail Banking Review; the number of actions outstanding; the timeline for their completion; and if he will make...
    • European Union
      501. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress on the European Deposit Insurance Scheme; Ireland’s position on these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59384/25]
    • EU Directives
      502. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress on the Payment Services Directive and Regulation; Ireland’s position on these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Credit Unions
      503. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress on the Programme for Government commitment to “draft a five-year strategy for the credit union sector to ensure it can fully leverage new...
    • EU Presidency
      504. To ask the Minister for Finance the likely priorities on banking and financial services during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      505. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the significant challenges the primary medical certificate presents for persons with disabilities and chronic illnesses, particularly when...
    • Departmental Policies
      507. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered introducing a savings scheme similar to the UK’s individual savings account (details supplied). [59586/25]
    • Tax Code
      508. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the case regarding inheritance tax outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59609/25]
    • Departmental Data
      510. To ask the Minister for Finance the total current liabilities of the State, including contingent and off-balance-sheet liabilities such as public sector pension obligations, State guarantees...
    • Departmental Functions
      511. To ask the Minister for Finance the methodology used by his Department to calculate general Government debt; to outline the categories of liabilities which are excluded from that measure;...
    • Departmental Data
      512. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish, alongside each annual Budget and Stability Programme Update, a consolidated schedule of contingent liabilities and public sector pension...
    • Haulage Industry
      518. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been contacted by his ministerial colleagues about delivering a financial support package for the Irish road haulage sector which was initially...
    • Tax Yield
      519. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised through capital gains tax (CGT) for the financial year ending 2024; and the percentage of the total taxation revenue CGT...
    • Business Supports
      520. To ask the Minister for Finance if matters raised in correspondence by a local business (details supplied) will be examined; the means by which his Department can facilitate businesses to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      521. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has received any requests or proposals from the Department of Finance regarding pension terms for senior Garda officers from the Department...
    • Tax Code
      522. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 22 October 2025, if non-medical aids and appliances for people with vision impairment would fall within Annex III...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pensions
      523. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the most recent actuarial valuation of the total public sector pension liability; the projected annual cost of meeting those obligations...
    • Electoral Process
      524. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of operating polling stations for the recent presidential election; broken down by the cost of renting locations,...
    • Departmental Policies
      526. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which potential conflicts of interest are managed where elected representatives may have personal or financial connections...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      528. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the south Galway flood relief project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57872/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      529. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant...
    • Heritage Sites
      530. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors to Athenry Castle, by month, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [58059/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      531. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Dublin Zoo was allocated funding in 2025 from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58179/25]
    • Flood Risk Management
      532. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to ensure that the people of Midleton, and east Cork, can be safeguarded against the vulnerability of future...
    • Office of Public Works
      533. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update regarding the refurbishment works for the glass houses in the botanical gardens; and when these works will be...
    • Coastal Erosion
      534. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas in County Kerry that are subject to coastal erosion and flooding that will be funded; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      535. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the homes and properties at a location (details supplied), that are subject to tidal flooding, will be protected; and if he will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      536. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of concerns regarding the proposed development of the new Garda station at Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, including the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      537. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of instances where suppliers increase prices on the basis that the purchaser is a public authority or State body; and if...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      540. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      541. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of each of the aggregate amounts for 2025 decisions, public sector pay agreement, increase in recipients, other,...
    • Departmental Staff
      542. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      543. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by...
    • Heritage Sites
      544. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a possibility of traders using the grounds at a facility in Cork (details supplied); what plans there are to develop...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      545. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on each ongoing and proposed flood relief scheme in County Donegal, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Architectural Heritage
      547. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 4 March 2025, when works at a public property in County Cork (details supplied) will be...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      548. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital investment allocated to County Kildare under the National Development Plan from 2022 to 2025, by year, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Projects
      552. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made by his Department in establishing a Unit for Future Planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58760/25]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      554. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood relief measures his Department have put in place for Kilcock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59094/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      560. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rules regarding State agencies permitting staff to earn flexi time credits while working remotely; whether there are any upcoming...
    • Civil Service
      561. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of people hired during the most recent civil service hiring competitions for third secretary, clerical officer and...
    • Archaeological Sites
      562. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a start date has been agreed for the commencement of remedial works on cairn T at the Loughcrew heritage site near Oldcastle, County...
    • Budget 2026
      563. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 15 including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations....
    • Departmental Data
      565. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59647/25]
    • Irish Language
      566. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of males and females that are fluent in Irish from the most recent HEO recruitment campaign within the civil service that are...
    • An Garda Síochána
      567. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the construction of a new divisional headquarters for An Garda Síochána at Northern Cross. [60026/25]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Human Rights
      568. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures the Government has in place to ensure that no goods made using forced labour in Xinjiang, China are imported into...
    • Tourism Industry
      569. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has examined the reported decline in overseas visitor demand, and concerns regarding our reputation as a tourism destination,...
    • Business Regulation
      570. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to regulate the beauty industry and his engagement to date with beauticians and salon operators regarding same. [57780/25]
    • Regulatory Bodies
      571. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that the regulatory functions of the new AI office are carried out in compliance with section 70 and...
    • Departmental Consultations
      572. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of consultancy services which have been commissioned to assist with the establishment of the new AI Office; the...
    • Architectural Heritage
      573. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to Galway County Council from his Department for the full restoration and development of Dunguaire Castle; and...
    • Health and Safety
      574. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of fires involving e-scooters and e-bikes which have been attributed to inferior or non-compliant battery products in each...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      575. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to protect Irish artists, writers, and performers from the unauthorised use of their work,...
    • Industrial Relations
      585. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the development of an action plan for promoting collective bargaining as set out in Article 4 of the EU Adequate...
    • Departmental Funding
      586. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      587. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 905 of 19 July 2016, which of the appointees had relevant Garda experience; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Strategies
      588. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timelines for the publication of the forthcoming Life Sciences Strategy; if it is intended that the strategy will be published in...
    • Consumer Protection
      589. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the work of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission regarding their examination of restrictive...
    • Employment Rights
      590. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the flexibility set out in section 22 of the Employment Permits Act 2024 could be applied to a case (details supplied); and if he...
    • Business Supports
      594. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the increased cost of business scheme grant and power up grant, for small and medium-sized businesses to help with rising...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      595. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date;...
    • Departmental Staff
      596. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      597. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by...
    • Industrial Development
      598. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits by the IDA in 2024/2025 to date, on a county-by-county basis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Policy
      600. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proposed timescale for the introduction of a single application procedure for immigration and employment permission; and if he...
    • Consumer Protection
      601. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any consideration has been given to moving the Consumer Protection aspects of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      602. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and qualifications of staffing envisioned for the planned National Artificial Intelligence Office, when recruitment for...
    • Trade Promotion
      603. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government’s plans to increase trade with EU partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57163/25]
    • Industrial Development
      604. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on IDA and Enterprise Ireland investment plans in Cork north central and the Mallow area; and if he will make a...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      605. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for small and medium enterprises affected by high commercial rents in Cork city; and if he will make a...
    • Job Creation
      606. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps which are being taken to attract new enterprise and investment to Mallow and to the north Cork region; and if he will make...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland is supporting any start-up hubs or co-working spaces in Cork north central; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Living Wage
      609. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on implementation of the living wage; if it will be mandatory for public procurement contracts; and if he will...
    • National Minimum Wage
      610. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will review the operation of the national minimum wage to ensure that it keeps pace with inflation and...
    • Employment Rights
      611. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department is ensuring decent work and fair pay in new green and tech industries; and if he will make a...
    • Work Permits
      613. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will review a case relating to an employment permit for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if the potential...
    • Employment Rights
      615. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rules regarding State agencies permitting staff to earn flexi time credits while working remotely; whether there are any upcoming...
    • Patent Applications
      616. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of plans for Ireland’s membership of the European Unified Patent Court System; when it is expected a referendum on...
    • Tourism Policy
      617. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider asking Failte Ireland to standardise check in and check out times for hotels in Ireland (details supplied) [59472/25]
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      618. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the Government’s 15-day prompt payment requirement applies to all payments made by Departments and agencies, including...
    • Business Supports
      619. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has undertaken any assessment of the decline in business confidence within our experience economy, as identified in...
    • Tourism Industry
      620. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures his Department is taking to address the impact of sustained inflation, labour policy changes and wage pressures on...
    • Employment Rights
      621. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with the European Commission regarding the so-called ‘crisis mechanism’ within...
    • Industrial Development
      622. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of the IDA Ireland client companies with operations in County Clare, in tabular form. [59919/25]
    • Trade Agreements
      623. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in view of the newly identified opportunity from the EU-India trade deal for Irish spirits exports, the targeted supports (grants,...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • National Council for Special Education
      624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged with the National Council for Special Education on the potential implications of the new SNA guidelines for...
    • Gender Recognition
      625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her current position on gender identity education in primary schools, in light of statements made by the former Minister for Children (details...
    • Youth Work Projects
      626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that despite clear local need, a recent application for a new UBU funded youth project was rejected for the CityWest/Saggart area; and...
    • Departmental Data
      627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools that have opened in the past year, broken down by county and type of school, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Education Schemes
      628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to exclude a school (details supplied) from the DEIS Band 1 programme; if she will outline the process that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a date for a stage 2a meeting with a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57746/25]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on if a ‘bridging’ or ‘adaptation’ pathway will be developed for a secondary school teacher (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in developing a model for smaller schools, that due to their size don't meet the threshold of six pupils with special needs, to...
    • Capitation Grants
      635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasoning behind the different levels of capitation grant for primary and post primary schools; and if she plans to equalise those grants;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the establishment of a dedicated speech and language class for the Connemara region (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Schools Building Projects
      637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school project for a school (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57827/25]
    • Education Policy
      639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for schools in the south suburbs of Dublin including areas such as Rathfarnham and Templeogue, where single sex post-primary schools...
    • Departmental Funding
      640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57830/25]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to a school (details supplied) to undertake a security and access control project that will see a fob-based...
    • Special Educational Needs
      642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special classes for children with developmental language disorder or speech sound disorder of unknown origin currently operating in...
    • Climate Action Plan
      643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a climate action summer works scheme 2026 application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new ASD class will open at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57878/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on emergency works applications by a school (details supplied). [57928/25]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties being experienced by already qualified teachers on supply panels (details supplied), who appear to be losing...
    • School Transport
      649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost associated with the school transport scheme for children with special educational needs; the daily costs associated with...
    • Departmental Data
      650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children nationwide who sought a letter of eligibility for a place in a special class or special school through the parents notify...
    • Irish Language
      651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to tackle the increasing and worrying levels of student receiving exemptions for the Irish language; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that a school project (details supplied) )will proceed to tendering as planned in the last quarter of 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Irish Language
      653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils studying in Irish-medium schools over the past 20 years, by school type, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • School Curriculum
      655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns that schools may be accessing and utilising age-inappropriate material supplied by an organisation (details supplied) as part...
    • Irish Language
      656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work being undertaken to deliver the Programme for Government commitment to increase dedicated Irish-medium teacher training programmes; and...
    • Election Management System
      657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason national schools have been repeatedly closed for elections over the past two years, despite alternative community halls being...
    • Departmental Funding
      658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have...
    • Special Educational Needs
      659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to grant an appeal in respect of additional SNA hours for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58002/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the approved modular buildings for a school in Cork city (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application to establish a special class by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58005/25]
    • Grant Payments
      662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update in relation to the underpayment of an ancillary services grant for a school (details supplied) in Cork; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      663. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to assistant principal allowances for a school (details supplied) in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      664. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of teacher vacancies in schools, per county; and the plans to fill these posts. [58014/25]
    • Schools Administration
      665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on waiting lists for enrolment in primary and post primary schools per county. [58015/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review correspondence regarding the allocation of special education resources and staffing supports in a school (details supplied); if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress on school building projects and the projected completion dates for schools in Dublin mid-west (details...
    • School Transport
      669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to improve school transport services for students travelling from a location to a school (details supplied); if she will...
    • Departmental Reviews
      671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the DEIS banding for a school (details supplied) given that over 20% of pupils are living in IPAS or emergency accommodation...
    • Special Educational Needs
      673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied), operates a junior autism class without access to peer integration with junior infants, senior...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent from 2019 to date in 2025, by her Department to a company (details supplied) for services rendered as part of the design...
    • Departmental Contracts
      680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of all construction project management companies contracted by her Department to project manage construction, renovation or retrofitting...
    • School Transport
      681. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider including a location (details supplied) in the next phase of the school transport pilot scheme given the increasing...
    • Grant Payments
      682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 14 May 2025, for an update on the emergency works grant for a school (details supplied) ; her views...
    • Special Educational Needs
      683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58156/25]
    • Grant Payments
      684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grant funding awarded to a school (details supplied) in 2024 to develop an autism class provides for the provision of a sensory garden; if...
    • Psychological Assessments
      685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department is ensuring that the scheme for the commissioning of psychological assessments (SCPA) is sufficiently resourced...
    • School Staff
      689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied) has been informed by her Department that it is to lose a teacher; if this decision can be...
    • School Transport
      690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she aware of a refusal by the National Council for Special Education to facilitate an escort for children on their school transport bus to an...
    • School Enrolments
      691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a start date has not yet been provided to a child (details supplied); if she received correspondence from their family in relation to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      692. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeline for works to commence on a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58216/25]
    • State Examinations
      693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in regards to the 2027 Leaving Certificate Gaeilge oral examinations, in particular the number of Strath...
    • Schools Building Projects
      694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place or criteria necessary to support the establishment of a new Gaelscoil at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • State Examinations
      695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has reintroduced examination fees for Junior Cycle students and Leaving Certificate students expected to sit State examinations...
    • Irish Language
      696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who currently hold an Irish language exemption for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence regarding the SNA review process for 2025-2026 (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      698. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have applied for registration with the Teaching Council under route 4 with Montessori education from 31 December 2023...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons wishing to work in early childhood education, specifically in the special education sector, need to obtain a master’s...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider the establishment of a route to registration with the teaching council for persons who specifically work in early...
    • Education and Training Provision
      703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide sanctions to private providers of early intervention education on a minimum three-year basis to allow for...
    • State Examinations
      704. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider waiving the fees for the Leaving and Junior Certificate 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58300/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 14 October 2025, to confirm the receipt of the revised plans from the architect which were submitted...
    • Departmental Funding
      708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is proposed to provide dormant accounts funding to WALK for the Peer Ability Programme in counties Louth , Dublin ,West Meath ,Cavan and...
    • Education and Training Provision
      709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the success of the Youthreach Programme since its inception, and having regard to the fact that a small number of students at senior...
    • Schools Building Projects
      710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an improvement works project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58358/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when DEIS plus resources will be made available to qualifying schools. [58389/25]
    • School Staff
      713. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the need for an additional teacher at a school (details supplied) and the school's appeal to obtain such a teacher. [58396/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the planned new school for a school (details supplied). [58397/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      715. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature of any reviews of how the education system operated during Covid-19; the procedural changes that have been made as a result; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of primary schools taking part in the modern foreign languages initiative (details supplied); the languages offered, by number...
    • Departmental Strategies
      717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by her Department to prepare for the expansion of school or education facilities in areas where rapid population growth is...
    • Departmental Properties
      718. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to use the now vacant building that previously served as a school (details supplied). [58401/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      719. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the location of two primary schools approved and in early architectural planning in the Donabate area; the timeline for the delivery...
    • Special Educational Needs
      720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child with autism (details supplied) will not be given an SNA this year, nor will three other children in the same class with...
    • Education Policy
      721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the pupil teacher ratio in primary schools across the country for the 2026/2027 school year; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department and bodies under her aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so,...
    • Departmental Data
      723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills of the number of early intervention classes available in each of the years 2015 to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form. [58469/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence from a school (details supplied) and if she'll provide an update on this project; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views regarding the appointment of special education coordinators in every school; her views that it be included in a post of responsibility...
    • Departmental Data
      727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the location and staffing allocation in each UBU project in the country in 2025; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she intends to implement Action 50 of the Education Plan 2025, which reinforces the emphasis on inclusive decision-making and representation...
    • Departmental Projects
      730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her views in relation to having a small schools pilot project, which operates as clusters with one administrator working on behalf of...
    • Departmental Staff
      731. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees currently in her Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Departmental Bodies
      732. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees in each of the agencies under her Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by grade, in...
    • School Staff
      733. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the current process for applying for incremental credit for teachers who are not route 1 qualified, particularly in cases...
    • School Funding
      734. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available for resources and assistive technology, such as ipads, in autism classes; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      736. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently address the urgent need of further supports for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58533/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether at least one of the suppressed posts at a school (details supplied) will be reconsidered to help alleviate unsustainable strain; and if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      740. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58621/25]
    • School Funding
      741. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all of the €48 million Deis plus allocation in Budget 2026 will be paid directly to schools rather than to agencies; if she will ensure...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      742. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58632/25]
    • School Facilities
      743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58633/25]
    • Irish Language
      744. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the concerns expressed by the Irish-speaking community about the establishment of Aonaid (details supplied), to clarify whether new Aonaid...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      746. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a secondary school (details supplied) under the multi-annual climate action summer works scheme; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      748. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind the recent changes introduced by the National Council for Special Education to the role and allocation criteria for special...
    • School Transport
      754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review a concessionary ticket application for school transport in the case of a family (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; if her Department has acquired or intends to...
    • Departmental Funding
      759. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all grants currently available for registered afterschool services for capital works, equipment, or storage...
    • Schools Building Projects
      760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a large scale project being delivered under the School Capital Programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will formally announce the reforms of the way in which teachers get contract of indefinite duration (CID), changing from the...
    • Departmental Policies
      787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy of her Department regarding Garda vetting for volunteers in school-based Parent Associations, in particular volunteers who...
    • Special Educational Needs
      788. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) for a school seeking to expedite approval for an ASD class.; and if...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to delays in progressing electrical installation emergency works for a school (details supplied); the actions she...
    • Schools Building Projects
      790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58911/25]
    • Irish Language
      792. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria currently used to approve exemptions from studying Irish (primary and secondary); the timeframes these criteria are audited or...
    • Schools Building Projects
      796. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the new building proposed for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58967/25]
    • School Textbooks
      797. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will be provided with exam papers under the post primary school book scheme. [58968/25]
    • Grant Payments
      799. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the mainstream class teacher grant, which encompasses a furniture and ICT grant will be paid to schools before the new school term begins in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      800. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on school building and extension projects in Cork north central, including Gaelscoileanna and DEIS schools; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      801. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports will be provided for students with special educational needs in Cork city schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      804. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to upgrade school buildings in the northside of Cork city that are over 50 years old; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staff
      805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to address the shortage of secondary teachers in key subjects such as maths and science; and if she will make a...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      806. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand DEIS status to additional schools in areas of disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59034/25]
    • Education Policy
      807. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline progress on reducing class sizes at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59035/25]
    • School Textbooks
      808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the timeline for full roll out of the free schoolbook scheme at post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      809. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties that have arisen for parents as a result of the introduction of the requirement for a letter of eligibility...
    • School Transport
      810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 404 of 21 October 2025, to provide a copy of the safety assessment report upon which they based their...
    • Departmental Policies
      811. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 14 October 2025, whether she will provide funding for specific Leaving Cycle Coordinator roles, in...
    • Third Level Fees
      812. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the scope for the free fees initiative which caps undergraduate fees at €3000, or €2500 as of the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      813. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the progress made establishing special school and special class places in County Meath, and whether further expansions are...
    • Education Schemes
      814. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current supports available to provide music education in primary schools across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Air Quality
      816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider providing air purifiers for classrooms for covid prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59133/25]
    • National Development Plan
      817. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will publish the National Development Plan (NDP) implementation plan, which is due this Autumn; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      818. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the report on alterative education has been completed; if she will publish the report and the recommendations she plans to implement; and if...
    • School Transport
      820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address safety concerns regarding the transportation of children from a particular location to a school (details supplied); and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the development of a construction project of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59201/25]
    • Education Policy
      827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59340/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      828. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports will be provided to special schools to assist with the day-to-day running costs, similar to supports provided in Budget...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      831. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new regulations recognising teachers who trained abroad, will recognise the cohort of Irish teachers with teacher training abroad whose...
    • School Transport
      832. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school bus ticket will be awarded to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59392/25]
    • Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge
      834. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills faoin iarrachtaí atá déanta ina Roinn chun cuir leis an méid Gaelscoileanna sá tír; agus an ndéanfaidh sí...
    • Education Costs
      835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a re-instatement of Junior- and Leaving Certificate fees for the academic year 2026-2027; and her plans to ensure that these...
    • School Transport
      837. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide any documents outlining the agreed selection process with Bus Éireann that is used to determine who is deemed...
    • Schools Building Projects
      838. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new primary school projects commenced and completed between 2016 and 2020; between 2020 and 2024; the number which have been...
    • Departmental Properties
      839. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of State property under the remit of her Department (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Policy
      840. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where parents can find guidance on the structure for children opted out of religion under the new primary school curriculum; if her Department...
    • Special Educational Needs
      841. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy in relation to supplementing above SERC SNA allocation with hours from mainstream SNA's; her views on whether it is...
    • National Council for Special Education
      843. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of cases taken against the NCSE in each of the past five years including 2025 to date. [59463/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      844. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans for increasing supports for special schools; if she will meet with a school (details supplied) regarding resourcing needs; and if she...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      845. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students per classroom in either primary or secondary school; her Department recommendations for schools in a situation where there...
    • Schools Building Projects
      846. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of a new school site (details supplied); when the new schools will be operational; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      848. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with the principal of a school (details supplied) to discuss the urgent need for an additional autism class; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      849. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a school extension could go to construction (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59570/25]
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      850. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén tacaíocht ar leith atá ar fáil do mheánscoileanna atá ag feidhmiú ar na hoileáin amach ón...
    • School Staff
      851. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the future employment of teachers taken on due to the large influx of students arriving here, escaping the invasion of Ukraine; if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      852. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on when a new school building (details supplied) will be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59607/25]
    • School Accommodation
      853. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on when an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) will be progressed; and if she will make...
    • School Staff
      854. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the suppressed teaching post at a school (details supplied) could be retained until the end of the school year; and if she will make a...
    • Third Level Education
      855. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue regarding a proposal from University College Cork (details supplied); for a timeline when the Department’s...
    • Special Educational Needs
      856. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to fund play therapists, including play therapists through school completion programme. [59692/25]
    • Bus Services
      857. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action her Department is taking to tackle recruitment challenges of bus drivers under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      858. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to increase the number of special education places in Limerick city schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Funding
      859. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline any indicative plans for the increase to core funding (capitation grant) for the primary education sector to bring it in line with...
    • State Examinations
      861. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the eligibility criteria and additional time allowed in the SEC’s pilot for extra time in State exams under the RACE...
    • School Admissions
      863. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects to review the new pilot online school admissions system; if this system can be expanded nationwide; and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      864. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her Department’s plans to increase the number of SNAs and special education places, and to improve school buildings, school...
    • Youth Services
      866. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the name and location of UBU-funded youth services, per ETB; the funding provided to each service in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and...
    • Youth Work Supports
      868. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the 'Opportunities for Youth: National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services 2024-2028'; which of the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the availability of school places in County Laois for children with autism; the number of children currently without a school...
    • School Staff
      870. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department is taking to address the current shortage of qualified teachers, particularly in DEIS, special education, and...
    • School Attendance
      871. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the scale of school absenteeism since the COVID-19 pandemic, by DEIS and non-DEIS schools; the specific actions in place to...
    • Departmental Strategies
      872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means by which her Department is tracking progress on the 100+ actions in Education Plan 2025, particularly those involving education therapy...
    • School Transport
      873. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received for the academic year for transport for children with additional needs; and the number that have been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      874. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available to children with special educational needs in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the additional places planned and the...
    • School Accommodation
      878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will commit to a full audit of the current building housing a school (details supplied), with a view to securing significant...
    • School Staff
      879. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional measures her Department will introduce to ensure that staff working in social, emotional and behavioural difficulties designated...
    • Irish Language
      883. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider producing a policy for the Irish language in the youth work sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59856/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      884. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the importance of the role played by mild general learning disability schools in the mix of schools; if she will protect their...
    • Gender Recognition
      885. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has issued guidance to schools regarding the use of preferred pronouns and names for children identifying as transgender; if...
    • School Curriculum
      891. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review school curriculum materials and textbooks that discuss transgender or non-binary identities to ensure that a balanced and...
    • School Accommodation
      910. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish the list of schools in County Clare awaiting major works approval from her Department, in tabular form. [59929/25]
    • National Council for Special Education
      913. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently on a waiting list with the NCSE for an assessment of needs; the number of children on a waiting list from 2019...
    • School Staff
      914. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reversing her Department's decision to suppress a developing teacher post at a national school (details supplied); and if...
    • School Accommodation
      915. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects to make a decision regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60054/25]
    • School Enrolments
      916. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school capacity assessment has been carried out for the towns of Navan,Trim, Enfield, County Meath, to identify current and projected demand...
    • School Accommodation
      917. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of all school building and extension projects approved for Meath under the school building programme, including timelines for...
    • School Transport
      918. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the number of applications for school transport in County Meath for the 2025-2026 academic year; the number of pupils who were...
    • Mental Health Services
      920. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the additional resources being allocated to strengthen mental health supports within schools, including counselling, NEPS...
    • Special Educational Needs
      922. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing an ASD unit for a school in Kildare south (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Youth Services
      926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for UBU funding for an area was not successful (details supplied); if this application will be reviewed given the real...
    • Departmental Reviews
      928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has conducted any condition assessment, structural survey, or capital review of the Mayfield Sports Complex in Cork City, which...
    • Special Educational Needs
      932. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature and extent of State support provided to fee-paying schools in relation to the establishment and operation of special classes; the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      933. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the establishment of the committee for a root and branch review of the workload being placed on teachers; and if she will make a...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      934. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on establishment of a sub committee on the use of AI in our schools, as per the senior cycle redevelopment support measures; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the ring fenced SEN hours, as agreed in the ring fenced senior cycle redevelopment support measures; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Circulars
      936. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has signed off on a circular in relation to one year CID; if not, when she plans on doing so; if those who entered into a school this year...
    • School Accommodation
      937. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the delays in the delivery of extra classrooms in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the new building will be...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Media Sector
      938. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has been consulted on proposed changes to the oversight structure or governance framework of RTÉ...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      939. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if provision has been made within the National Development Plan or any capital allocation framework for the renewal or...
    • Departmental Funding
      940. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the conditions attached to the funding provided by his Department and its agencies to music, culture, arts and sports...
    • Commemorative Events
      942. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a date has been announced for the Annual Famine Commemoration Day overseas; if it will be held on the same day as...
    • National Broadband Plan
      943. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s view of potential broadband blackspots that are unviable for commercial operators and outside...
    • Commemorative Events
      944. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department plans to fund a major, one hundred years commemoration in 2027 of Charles Lindbergh's reaching...
    • Sports Funding
      945. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a leisure centre (details supplied) which received moneys to progress detailed design in the 2024 round of LSSIF...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      946. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five...
    • Departmental Staff
      947. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      948. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      949. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to intervene urgently to prevent the collapse of a women’s sporting organisation (details supplied). [58527/25]
    • Artists' Remuneration
      950. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the basic income for artists, the measures he will take to ensure that there is no gap between the end of the...
    • Sports Funding
      951. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the means by which the Government will ensure sustained and increased investment in Gaelic games infrastructure,...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      952. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the strategies that are in place to promote Gaelic games more widely, both domestically and internationally, as a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      954. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to address the gap in the basic income for the arts payment given the final month of support is...
    • Departmental Funding
      955. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding breakdown being allocated under the B6 subhead for 2026 in relation to the night time economy. [58612/25]
    • Sports Funding
      956. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a breakdown of funding provided to sport by scheme (details supplied) in each of the past five years, by...
    • Departmental Funding
      957. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will be allocating capital funding in 2026 towards the noise mitigation grant scheme; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      958. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the roll out of the National Broadband Plan in rural parts of North Cork including Grenagh,...
    • Departmental Funding
      963. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of Exchequer funding each national culture institution under the remit of his Department will receive in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      964. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applicants for the basic income for the arts scheme; if his Department will be able to support when the...
    • Estimates Publication
      965. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 33, including the provisional subhead and programme...
    • Departmental Meetings
      966. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has held discussions with representative bodies such as IBEC and Fáilte Ireland regarding the...
    • Departmental Funding
      967. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide details on the €3 million in funding provided in budget 2026 for League of Ireland academies; and if...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      970. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has replied to queries from the Shared Environmental Services in the North of...
    • Tourism Industry
      971. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will engage with a park (details supplied) in County Cork, to provide short-term financial assistance or...
    • Housing Policy
      973. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the review of the exempted development regulations and, in particular, the proposals to allow for the...
    • Housing Schemes
      976. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of State-supported housing developments that have been discontinued permanently or temporarily due to cost issues,...
    • Grant Payments
      977. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grant supports which are available to an individual that requires grant support for the replacement of double-glazed...
    • Vacant Properties
      978. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the number of previously vacant or derelict properties that have been retrofitted and returned to use...
    • Defective Building Materials
      980. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm whether the homeowner liaison officer appointed under the defective concrete blocks scheme has ever met with...
    • Statutory Instruments
      987. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the dates, locations and attendance of all formal meetings of the statutory appeals panel under the defective...
    • Housing Schemes
      989. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the evidence, including reports, submissions, correspondence, or consultation records, on which his Department...
    • Defective Building Materials
      990. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given that the structural risks associated with defective concrete, including pyrrhotite and sulphate attack, are already...
    • Mental Health Policy
      993. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to mitigate the severe mental and psychological harm caused by prolonged uncertainty and limbo caused...
    • Defective Building Materials
      995. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to ensure that the voices and experiences of homeowners affected by defective concrete are adequately...
    • Housing Schemes
      997. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the amendment to the defective concrete blocks grant scheme asserts that homeowners who completed remediation early were...
    • Weather Events
      1001. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Sligo and Leitrim local authorities' storm damage claims in relation to storm Éowyn are paid; if not, when management...
    • Housing Provision
      1002. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units completed in Q1 and Q2 of 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Rental Sector
      1005. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding short-term lettings; and if he will...
    • Local Authorities
      1007. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the list of reserved functions for local authority members, including the statutory revision for each; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      1009. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the...
    • Housing Policy
      1010. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to increase the threshold income for social housing applicants given people on low incomes in many cases are excluded from...
    • Derelict Sites
      1012. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on the derelict sites levies levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed; the number of sites CPOed in the...
    • Rental Sector
      1013. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to publish the draft planning guidelines on short-term letting; and to confirm that he will consult with the...
    • Vacant Properties
      1014. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend certain planning exemptions to convert vacant commercial properties into new homes (details supplied); if...
    • Local Authorities
      1016. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the figures in respect of the housing sector by local authority for 2016 to 2024 will be published (details supplied),...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      1018. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of persons within the National Parks and Wildlife Service who currently hold authorised person status under...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      1020. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department last requested the Department of Health to provide its position on wind turbines, given environmental...
    • Local Authorities
      1021. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the reduction of funding for smaller local authorities particularly the reduction of €1.3 million to...
    • Building Regulations
      1022. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if current or planned building regulations and technical guidance for apartments will facilitate either individually metered...
    • Construction Industry
      1024. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the introduction of a national trade licensing system for construction workers and contractors, similar...
    • Housing Schemes
      1025. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time that applications for HAP from Fingal County Council took to be processed, from application to payment,...
    • Rental Sector
      1027. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government following on from the transfer of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 (MUDs Act) to his Department, his views on the issue...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1028. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the Housing Agency's report on defective concrete blocks in Fingal; if he will outline the findings...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      1030. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years...
    • Water Pollution
      1031. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the dates, details and outcomes of successful prosecutions undertaken by Uisce Éireann for water pollution...
    • Departmental Staff
      1032. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1033. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since...
    • Housing Schemes
      1035. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 21 October 2025, the way in which the funding for housing programmes is made to...
    • International Agreements
      1039. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the existing mutual aid agreement with the United Kingdom, referenced in the Review of Storm Éowyn...
    • Departmental Data
      1041. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of the distribution of the local property tax funding to each local authority for the past four years, in...
    • Local Authorities
      1043. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when each local authority will be reimbursed for the storm damage clean-up of storm Éowyn; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      1044. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects that new rural housing guidelines, which are currently in draft format, will be officially approved and...
    • Urban Development
      1045. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has written to local authorities requesting them to designate urban development zones in their administrative area; and...
    • Data Protection
      1046. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of concerns amongst homeowners that have received emails from the Housing Agency, confirming that a third...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1048. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government following his recent assertion in a motion passed by Dáil Éireann (details supplied), if he is aware that a...
    • Housing Schemes
      1052. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the income assessment criteria for social housing eligibility, with particular reference to the including...
    • Vacant Properties
      1056. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant; if he will review the...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      1057. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the National Parks and Wildlife Service has been supported since 2020; the key achievements in that time;...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      1058. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department provides funding to assist the work of a service (details supplied); the amount provided from 2021 to date...
    • Departmental Data
      1059. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment applications/claimants with Somalian nationality from 2021 to date in 2025; and if...
    • Property Registration
      1060. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government Government if he aware that applications are being paused due to an issue with the Tailte Éireann Central Filing...
    • Housing Schemes
      1061. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funds allocated for counties Wicklow and Wexford for the tenant-in-situ scheme for 2026; in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Rental Sector
      1062. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he proposes to prioritise and bring into effect a rental deposit protection scheme in Ireland, as was set forward in...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      1063. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe to carry out the public consultation on Environmental Impact Assessment thresholds referred to in the...
    • Planning Issues
      1064. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the rezoning of lands for residential purposes by local authorities in 2025, as requested by him,...
    • Housing Provision
      1065. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of funding applications by Cork City and Cork County Councils for social and affordable housing developments in...
    • Derelict Sites
      1066. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to increase funding to Cork County Council to address vacancy and dereliction in towns such as Mallow and...
    • Housing Schemes
      1067. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the allocation of resources for the repair and leasing scheme in Cork North Central, particularly in the...
    • Housing Provision
      1068. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will be approved for the regeneration of older housing estates in Cork North Central, including Knocknaheeny,...
    • Vacant Properties
      1069. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the number of vacant and derelict properties identified in Mallow; and the progress which has been...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      1072. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to ensure fair and timely allocation of affordable homes delivered through approved housing bodies;...
    • Housing Provision
      1073. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide updated national targets for social housing completions for 2025; and to detail if they will be met. [58982/25]
    • Emergency Accommodation
      1076. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available for families living in emergency accommodation in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      1077. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the retrofitting programme for local authority housing in Cork city and county, particularly in older...
    • Housing Provision
      1079. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the number of social and affordable housing units currently under construction in Meath; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      1080. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be allocated to Meath County Council to accelerate the delivery of serviced sites in Navan, Trim...
    • Vacant Properties
      1082. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant or derelict properties identified in County Meath; and the number of these that have been brought back...
    • Housing Schemes
      1084. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department provides specific funding to local authorities for the purposes of refurbishment of vacant social housing...
    • Departmental Data
      1085. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units that have been realised in the past five years from projects that availed of the vacant homes...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      1086. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the measures his Department is taking to address homelessness among the over 65s and to prevent...
    • Housing Schemes
      1087. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the newly introduced two-year eligibility requirement is being reviewed or removed from the tenant-in-situ scheme;...
    • National Parks
      1088. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of acres of land which was added to the Connemara National Park from 2020 – 2025; the total cost of same;...
    • Planning Issues
      1090. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if section 9 of the Planning and Development Act 2024 has been commenced by ministerial order, and if not, the reason for...
    • International Protection
      1091. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the statutory basis upon which S.I. No. 376 of 2023 was made; and if the Attorney General advised that the regulation...
    • Departmental Data
      1092. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has conducted a comparative analysis of Ireland’s housing stock per capita versus other EU...
    • Planning Issues
      1093. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reforms planned to reduce the timelines for planning application decisions for major housing and infrastructure. [59222/25]
    • Housing Provision
      1094. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has reviewed the governance structures of housing delivery agencies to ensure they are aligned with...
    • Urban Development
      1095. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any plans to designate Drogheda as a city in law, and for local Government administrative purposes; and if he...
    • Electoral Process
      1100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is his intention to lower the voting age to 16; if there are plans for a referendum on this matter, and the timeline...
    • Rental Sector
      1101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding guidance on the new short-term rental regulations register and planning exemptions due to be issued to...
    • Water Quality
      1102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which his Department supports Dublin City Council in monitoring and reporting bathing water quality at designated...
    • Housing Schemes
      1103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of delays to the progression of affordable purchase schemes as local authorities must now redo costing for...
    • Departmental Funding
      1104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has responded to the request by Leitrim County Council for funding support to deal with historic structural...
    • Departmental Properties
      1105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of State property under the remit of his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if carer’s allowance income is accessible when local authorities assess the income of a person in receipt of social...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if homeowners who have already undertaken remediation works due to confirmed pyrite damage will be eligible to...
    • Vacant Sites
      1109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that the original protected station building at MacDonagh Junction in Kilkenny has been served with a derelict...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      1111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 265, 266 and 267 of 18 September 2025, to confirm that there is in fact no list,...
    • Estimates Publication
      1115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 34 including the provisional subhead and programme level...
    • Planning Issues
      1118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is considering legislation to permit retention planning applications for sites currently used as...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which retrospective payment will operate in practice, and the timeframe for the provision of same regarding...
    • Student Accommodation
      1122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the HAP can be used to cover student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59745/25]
    • Housing Schemes
      1123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the pathways to housing for people in recovery from addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether Cork City Council has submitted an application under the energy efficiency upgrade programme phase 2, or any...
    • Local Authorities
      1125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that have applied for the works in lieu scheme; the amount of funding allocated to each of...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      1126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the instruction to the NPWS to consider a suite of options for the control of Cherry Laurel; when he expects...
    • House Sales
      1127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if greater protections will be considered for buyers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59848/25]
    • Electoral Process
      1128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether all polling stations should be fully accessible, without exception; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      1130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the settlements that were submitted for funding under Measure A8, Waste Water Collection and Treatment for Villages and...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a place or service available for a person (details supplied); and the supports available to assist such a person...
    • Departmental Funding
      1132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when CAS 1 approval will be granted for a project by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the inclusion of Carlow and Kilkenny in the defective block scheme; the known number of...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      1134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether it is acceptable that sewage is still on Callery Street, Tullamore, over a week since flooding occurred;...
    • Departmental Funding
      1135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions on Policy or Legislation of 16 October 2025, if he intends to provide additional funding...
    • Housing Schemes
      1136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority can accept an application for social housing on medical grounds in circumstances where only one medical...
    • Local Authorities
      1137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loan applications submitted to Meath County Council to date in 2025; and the length of...
    • Departmental Funding
      1138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm whether Fingal County Council received an additional €10 million from his Department under the Second-hand...
    • Urban Development
      1140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Cork City Council has submitted, or intends to submit, an application under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund or...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the general scheme for redress for Celtic Tiger-era building defects; the means by which apartment owners...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Employment Support Services
      1145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the correspondence (details supplied); if he will outline the agencies, institutions or supports that are...
    • Tax Reliefs
      1146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will examine the feasibility of introducing a targeted PRSI rebate or similar relief to offset the rising wage and...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has evaluated the potential impact of cashless payment policies on people who are dependent on social...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the decision making process on setting the limit on the length of time a person can work while been in receipt of...
    • Pension Provisions
      1149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the auto-enrolment pension will be classified as an occupational pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Code
      1150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm if increased PRSI contributions for the self-employed to allow them to avail of social welfare entitlements, such...
    • Pension Provisions
      1153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if income earned in a family home under the rent a room scheme is taken into account for the means test for the increase for...
    • Widow's Pension
      1155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the widow's pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57937/25]
    • School Meals Programme
      1156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children in primary schools in receipt of hot dinners; the number of children who have opted out of meals; the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review correspondence regarding a carer's allowance application for a person (details supplied); if the decision...
    • Departmental Funding
      1158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if...
    • Budget 2026
      1159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if response will issue to matters raised in correspondence arising from the recent Budget (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact people on the job initiative scheme are not eligible to claim the fuel...
    • Pension Provisions
      1161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to arrange for a review of the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied). [58031/25]
    • School Meals Programme
      1162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review correspondence regarding the decision to deny funding for a school breakfast club (details supplied); if...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports which are available to a parent/guardian when the second parent has passed away (details supplied); and if he...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pension Provisions
      1168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the UK social insurance record of a person in County Kerry (details supplied) was used in assessing their rate of State...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of all contracts, and the value of each, awarded to external IT consulting firms between 2020 and 2024; and if...
    • Food Poverty
      1170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding streams available through his Department for foodbanks, or other initiatives involving food supports. [58334/25]
    • School Meals Programme
      1173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a State-funded primary school may refuse to participate in the free school meals programme; the circumstances in which it...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of people who have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit continuously since...
    • Pension Provisions
      1178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the specific circumstances under which a person who is working is not entitled to be auto-enrolled in My Future...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the refusal of a fuel allowance application can be re-examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Civil Registration Service
      1184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the law restricts civil solemnisation exclusively to HSE-employed registrars; whether there are policy or...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to reconsider the application for disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      1188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department and bodies under its aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years...
    • Departmental Staff
      1190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in County Donegal who will be affected by the changes in Budget 2026 to the living alone allowance; the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals submitted in County Kildare for disability allowance for each year from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form;...
    • Pension Provisions
      1197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine an application for the state contributory pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will revise the fee paid to dentists holding contracts under the dental treatment benefit scheme; the status of these...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 2 October 2025, the reason the information requested is not collected given...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to urgently review a fuel allowance payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); the options which are currently available to provide assistance;...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied) who has submitted an additional payment under the...
    • Pension Provisions
      1204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a non-contributory pension for a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his intention to decrease the age where parental income is taken into account for jobseekers allowance applications; and if...
    • Employment Support Services
      1206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for employment support uptake figures in Naas in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59084/25]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the child benefit application for a person (details supplied); when the payment will commence; and if...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if will clarify whether a company (details supplied) had and or has a contract with his Department in the years 2020 to date...
    • Birth Certificates
      1220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasoning behind limiting the options on a birth certificate to ‘male, female and undetermined’; and if he...
    • School Meals Programme
      1222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools affected by the withdrawal of hot school meal provision by county, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Pension Provisions
      1223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether it is Government policy to support a balanced approach between small-scale pension investors, including...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to expedite an appeal for disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time each social welfare appeal takes, in tabular form; what his Department is doing to reduce these times;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to urgently investigate and allow a pro rata payment of maternity benefit for a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will ensure an application for working family payment is approved for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath....
    • Pension Provisions
      1233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify the precise timing at which an individual’s participation in a private pension scheme is recognised for...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person in County Cork (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Diplomatic Representation
      1237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider establishing a visa centre in Yerevan in Armenia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58160/25]
    • Asylum Seekers
      1239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is engaging with Cork County Council regarding integration supports for asylum seekers and refugees in...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      1240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider establishing a national awareness campaign to address the impact of violent pornography on young...
    • International Protection
      1241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons from Ukraine residing in Ireland under temporary protection who have entered employment remain eligible for full...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60021/25]
    • Student Visas
      1245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the reporting obligations of higher education institutions and private colleges in respect of non-EEA students...
    • Visa Applications
      1247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure used for a person from Cameroon to apply for a visa to live and work in Ireland, and to join a parent who is a...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      1248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the trainings and assessments members of An Garda Síochána receive for unconscious bias and anti-racism, including...
    • International Protection
      1249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his current plans, or plans in development, for an IPAS centre, a temporary accommodation centre or any other accommodation...
    • State Bodies
      1252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of all existing quasi-judicial bodies established under article 37 of the Constitution; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the substantial delay in processing the citizenship application for a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      1254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the risk assessment or bias testing was carried out on public facing AI chatbots used by his Department (details supplied) in...
    • Electoral Process
      1258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether An Garda Síochána is still responsible for the collection of ballot boxes after elections, for safe keeping...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the turnaround time for naturalisation applications submitted in 2023; if further timeframes are provided in cases where...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      1260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of learner permit holders, by county, who were disqualified in court in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number...
    • Voluntary Sector
      1261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the...
    • International Protection
      1262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total period in which a company (details supplied) was utilised for accommodation for IPAS and/or beneficiaries of TPD;...
    • Departmental Staff
      1263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. No. 301 of 3 July and 248 of 15 October 2025, if staffing levels in the Dublin visa...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      1264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when part 5 of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording Devices) Act, 2023, concerning authorisation for installation...
    • Visa Applications
      1265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of visa applications (details supplied); when a decision will be made on same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      1268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the review of PPO legislation; and the timeframe for same. [58165/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 9 October 2025, the specific areas or Garda divisions that have been assigned the...
    • Departmental Data
      1270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of accused and convicted offenders in Irish courts who are legal and illegal immigrants, respectively in comparison...
    • Deportation Orders
      1271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of IPAS applicants currently in the State who have been served with a deportation order; the reason they remain in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a citizenship application will be completed given it is 30 months since the application for a person (details supplied)...
    • Court Procedures
      1273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Gardaí or Courts Service have an in-house translation and interpretation function; the number of times a year the...
    • Crime Prevention
      1274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to take urgent and immediate action to prevent any repeat of a serious incident (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • EU Directives
      1275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the forthcoming Reception Conditions Directive provisions, required under the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, will be fully...
    • Legislative Measures
      1276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Government intends to progress or reintroduce the Community Sanctions Bill 2014; if work is currently underway to...
    • Sentencing Policy
      1277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the Government's relationship with the Judicial Council in terms of its sentencing guidelines function...
    • Deportation Orders
      1278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department can confirm how an individual subject to a live deportation order was permitted to remain in the State...
    • Legislative Process
      1280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of so-called "Sharia Law" in Ireland; and whether his Department or any State agencies monitor attempts to enforce...
    • Asylum Seekers
      1281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of the recent violent disruption outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Dublin (Citywest Hotel) and the serious...
    • Crime Prevention
      1282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps his Department is taking to address the issue of knife crime, and the rise of knife-related injuries presenting in...
    • International Protection
      1283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; and if he will make a...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      1284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years...
    • Departmental Staff
      1285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular...
    • International Protection
      1287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of minors currently residing in the IPAS centre at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Crime Prevention
      1288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the information provided to him regarding an assault on the owner of a restaurant (details supplied) by an...
    • Legislative Programme
      1289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on his intention to bring forward the Garda Síochána (powers) Bill; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      1290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times for visa appeal decisions specifically related to Long Stay (D) Join Family applications; and if...
    • International Protection
      1291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans to purchase a facility (details supplied) for use as IPAS accommodation; the number that may be accommodated if the...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      1292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the domestic violence Garda register will be introduced; if it will include all previous offenders; and if he will make a...
    • International Protection
      1293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level, occurrence and frequency of engagement with listed stakeholders regarding a facility (details supplied) [58854/25]
    • Departmental Bodies
      1295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of persons referred by his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department to a service (details...
    • Departmental Data
      1297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons with Somalian nationality that entered emergency accommodation from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will...
    • International Protection
      1298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm if the vast majority of Somali nationals living in Ireland that have been granted international protection have...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the person that has been arrested for a murder (details supplied), was an adult at the time of the alleged killing; if so,...
    • Departmental Projects
      1300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is engaging with the Minister for Children,Disability and Equality with respect to the working group...
    • International Protection
      1301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide for the inclusion of local TDs in the community-engagement process regarding the establishment of IPAS and...
    • Deportation Orders
      1304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the person or agency with responsibility for the non-deportation of an individual (details supplied); if the individual is in...
    • Crime Prevention
      1307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding policing and the use of drone technology as an aid to police work. [58914/25]
    • International Protection
      1308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of companies which have applied not to be named in the quarterly publication list of IPAS contracts in each of the...
    • Legislative Programme
      1310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to commence the Family Courts Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59063/25]
    • Departmental Programmes
      1311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for the status of the International Investor Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59156/25]
    • Departmental Bodies
      1315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used in a review to determine whether an individual is detained in or released from a centre under the Criminal...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      1316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the filling of a post (details supplied) in the Probation Service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Protection
      1317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if IPAS centres are subject to the same notification and consultation requirements as other developments under the Planning...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      1318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 865 of 13 May 2025, the status of an application made by a person (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Data
      1320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given recent reports of serious disturbances outside asylum accommodation in the Dublin region, and criticism of...
    • Immigration Policy
      1323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding Irelands immigration policy; and if he...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the 70-day foreign travel allowance for applicants applying for a certificate of naturalisation; the way in which...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that An Garda Síochána spent on purchasing new vehicle stinger devices in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025,...
    • Crime Prevention
      1328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of legislation on the national fraud database, due to start in 2025, as set out in Recommendation 5.1 of the...
    • Death Certificates
      1329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the delay for families to receive death certificates (details supplied); the steps he is taking to reduce...
    • Visa Applications
      1330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a cohabitation visa application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59391/25]
    • Departmental Properties
      1331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of State property under the remit of his Department (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      1332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details his Department has recorded in relation to subjects of deportation orders, including occupation and occupational...
    • International Protection
      1333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the qualifications, training, and regulatory oversight which will apply to individuals appointed as legal counsellors under...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      1335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his intended plan to advocate for a person (details supplied) currently in German prison; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      1336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the new local community safety partnership in Limerick to be established; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legal Aid
      1339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to reconsider an application for legal aid for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Deportation Orders
      1340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 2 October 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Legislative Measures
      1341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans to establish a national will register; if there are any plans to progress with the legislation necessary to put it...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently based in Leixlip Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59573/25]
    • Departmental Priorities
      1348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to address serious concerns (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59623/25]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the processing time of an application (details supplied) has exceeded the published processing times. [59741/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff employed by An Garda Síochána in the wider Cork area; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Measures
      1357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to sign into effect the regulations on service charges and sinking funds, which were drafted in February 2022;...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied). [59918/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized by Gardaí within Clare-Tipperary Division for having no insurance in 2024 and to date in...
    • Prison Service
      1360. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new recruitment campaign to recruit prison officers will be launched before the end of 2025. [59921/25]
    • International Protection
      1363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons residing in Ireland under international protection or temporary protection who are convicted of a crime and...
    • Departmental Policies
      1370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade travel advise warning Irish citizens, particularly women, about safety...
    • Legal Aid
      1371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the total annual cost of providing free legal services to asylum seekers and persons seeking international...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports which have been made to date using the traffic watch online reporting portal on the Garda.ie website,...
    • Deportation Orders
      1381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have received deportation orders to date, but are still remaining in the State; if he can provide...
    • Local Community Safety Partnerships
      1382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department has advised councils to restrict media access to the new Local Community Safety Partnerships; if he...
    • Departmental Data
      1384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of safe homes in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60097/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Gardaí assigned to all stations in county Meath in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      1386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline how long-term planning for migration and integration will be improved, including investment in housing,...
    • Student Visas
      1387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the systems currently in place to monitor compliance with departure conditions for non-EEA nationals who enter the...
    • International Protection
      1388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagements that are planned with the community in Citywest/Saggart following recent events; if he will meet with and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review matters raised in correspondence regarding concerns about the revocation of Irish citizenship for...
    • Prison Service
      1392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the conditions in a prison (details supplied) [60990/25]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fishing Industry
      1393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal questions regarding the future licensing of salmonid hatcheries within the jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement...
    • Forestry Sector
      1394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action that will be taken in relation to the felling of many acres of mature native trees in Cork recently; and if he will make...
    • Dairy Sector
      1395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the number of dairy calves and suckler calves registered with his Department from 2020 to date; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of the increase in funding for ACRES in 2026, to provide a breakdown of the ACRES budget for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025,...
    • EU Regulations
      1401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made at national level to implement Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) regulation and to develop a national...
    • Forestry Sector
      1402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard the development of a national framework for carbon farming, if Irish forest owners will see direct benefits from the...
    • Environmental Policy
      1405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if forestry generated carbon sequestration is included as part of the assessment of Ireland’s net greenhouse gas emissions;...
    • Forestry Sector
      1406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislation and regulatory requirements in place with regard to the prevention of the importation of invasive insects, such as...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received from Árann, Inis Meáin and Inis Oirr, under tranche 2 of ACRES; the number of these...
    • Road Safety
      1408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to take urgent action to address/prevent the numerous accidents that occur almost on a daily/nightly basis on roads across County...
    • EU Regulations
      1410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm whether his Department has conducted an independent risk analysis prior to designating an organisation (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Staff
      1411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any senior officials within his Department currently hold or have held directorships or governance roles within an organisation...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      1413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the peer-reviewed scientific evidence used to justify the inclusion of an organisation (details supplied) in the sheep...
    • EU Regulations
      1414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has reviewed the terms and conditions of an organisation (details supplied) for compliance with EU Regulation...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has received complaints from breeders regarding the removal or alteration of genetic indexes by an...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm whether Teagasc staff involved in the governance of an organisation (details supplied) are required to declare personal...
    • Departmental Priorities
      1419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names and locations of properties that were transferred in County Laois (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      1420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-productive investment applications received under the ACRES and ACRES-CP schemes for 2023 to date in 2025, in...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if air modelling is required for spreading imported manure and organic fertiliser from the North of Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      1423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding streams available through his Department for foodbanks, or other initiatives involving food supports. [58335/25]
    • Harbours and Piers
      1424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if urgent improvement works can be carried out at Kilkeveragh Pier, Portmagee, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Animal Welfare
      1425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban the import of non-native honey bees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58368/25]
    • Fishing Industry
      1426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to establishing a dedicated funding for on-island fisheries infrastructure in line with recommendations (details...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the development and safety upgrade of Dunmore East Fishery Harbour, in light of ongoing dangerous conditions...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      1429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department and bodies under its aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to...
    • Departmental Staff
      1430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by...
    • Forestry Sector
      1432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the destruction of up to 30 acres of mature forestry in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58595/25]
    • Fishing Industry
      1433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Brown Crab Working Group will resume with definite quarterly meetings. [58707/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      1435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of projects which has been organised to date for County Wexford’s coastline with the €7 million funding...
    • Grant Payments
      1436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of grants paid out for the construction of anaerobic digesters, in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently introduce a scheme to assist farmers and landowners who need to carry out critical coastal protection works to their...
    • Departmental Regulations
      1439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the regulations for anaerobic digesters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has given consideration to implementing measures to target the issue of re-occurring dual claim cases on a yearly...
    • Departmental Regulations
      1441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any objections, appeals, or formal submissions were received from industry stakeholders regarding the Sea-Fisheries (Sprat...
    • Trade Agreements
      1442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements on the Mercosur trade agreement. [59168/25]
    • Harbours and Piers
      1444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently examine the feasibility of providing a landing facility in one in the oldest fishing villages at Cromane in County...
    • Departmental Funding
      1446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide emergency financial support to a park (details supplied) in County Cork, following its temporary closure due to...
    • Veterinary Services
      1447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a requested fresh veterinary inspection will take place (details supplied); and for an update on the complaint lodged with his...
    • Departmental Properties
      1448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of State property under the remit of his Department (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fishing Industry
      1449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the east coast mussel seed fishery can be opened as a matter of urgency, given that weather conditions are now deteriorating; and...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      1450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures taken to expedite the outrageous waiting times for the processing of aquaculture licenses; and if he will make a...
    • Trade Agreements
      1451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the reported near-finalisation of the UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement and the outstanding concern over checks...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for publication of results of the public consultation on the extension of the ban of surgical artificial insemination...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that fall within the cohort known as the so-called forgotten farmers; the amount of funding necessary to...
    • Forestry Sector
      1455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is proposed to amend legislation and regulations in relation to forestry taking into account the widespread concerns of...
    • Food Prices
      1457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures the Government is taking to bring the increases in food prices under control; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Meath waiting on ACRES payment for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60100/25]
    • Trade Agreements
      1459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with the forthcoming enforcement of the EUDR in January 2026 and the ongoing UK-EU SPS/trade negotiations, if he will provide...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review correspondence (details supplied) regarding restricted herd sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60198/25]
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Disability Services
      1461. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on the waiting list for a CDNT appointment in Dublin south central; how long they have been waiting; and for...
    • Childcare Services
      1465. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on a building blocks extension grant application for a creche (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      1466. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the proposal to create a €1,000 savings account for newborns (details supplied); if this is under...
    • Disability Services
      1468. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting for autism assessments, speech and language therapy, and occupational therapy, by regional...
    • Childcare Services
      1469. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details on the 700 additional childcare places announced in Budget 2026; where these places will be located;...
    • Disability Services
      1471. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the means by which the funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) to pay for privately provided assessments of need...
    • Departmental Data
      1472. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social workers in Dublin south central. [57948/25]
    • Disability Services
      1474. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children attached to the CDNT team 5 in Clonmel who are waiting to be seen by therapists including psychology,...
    • Departmental Funding
      1478. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the...
    • Disability Services
      1479. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when occupational therapists will be appointed for child disability network teams in Laois; if HSE recruitment is underway; if a...
    • Childcare Services
      1480. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people on waiting lists for childcare, per county. [58016/25]
    • Disability Services
      1481. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding will be provided to open an overnight respite centre (details supplied) in Caherciveen, County Kerry on a permanent...
    • Parental Leave
      1482. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will widen the parental leave scheme from its current model, which allows for some of the leave to be transferred if both...
    • Disability Services
      1483. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the implementation of interim discipline manager roles within children's disability network teams...
    • Childcare Services
      1486. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will address the inconsistent staffing ratio requirements for childcare facilities that are subject to the time...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1487. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding which is available for a Waterford based family resource centre to upgrade and refurbish a recent building acquisition;...
    • Children in Care
      1488. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in County Cork living in State care. [58211/25]
    • Child and Family Agency
      1489. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there will be an immediate investigation into TUSLA activities following a serious incident involving a ten year-old girl in...
    • Children in Care
      1491. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to take steps to improve aftercare support and a guaranteed transition plan for all young people leaving care; and if she will make...
    • Disability Services
      1492. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to provide urgently needed respite for families of children/adults with profound disabilities in County...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1494. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the rapid review being conducted by Tusla following the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Family Support Services
      1497. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures her Department can take to promote the establishment of parent and toddler groups in each county, in view of the large...
    • Missing Children
      1498. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of reports received from Tusla or her Department on the number of children missing from foster care placements, given...
    • Departmental Funding
      1503. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding that is available to initiatives (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58327/25]
    • Disability Services
      1504. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address concerns that have arisen regarding implementation of section 16A of the Disability Act 2005 (details...
    • Health Services
      1505. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the work carried out to date on the Government's commitment to "advance legislation to ban conversion therapy...
    • Childcare Services
      1506. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the correspondence from a childcare facility (details supplied); if she will address the concerns raised...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1507. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she will take, in light of Budget 2026's allocation of €3.2 million to expand the Family Resource Centre (FRC)...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      1508. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department and bodies under her aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to...
    • Departmental Staff
      1509. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of employees currently in her Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1510. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of employees in each of the agencies under her Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by...
    • Parental Leave
      1511. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a child’s parent from a one-parent household can avail of 52 weeks of parental leave, as opposed to 26 weeks; and if she...
    • Health Services
      1513. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will allocate funding through the HSE to support the establishment of a dedicated counselling service for people living with...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1514. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the process for an individual to receive reimbursement for the cost of an assessment of need when the individual had to go private,...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1515. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider the need for a family resource centre in north Cork city; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Childcare Services
      1516. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to detail the financial supports that are available for community-based childcare services operating in school settings (details...
    • Children in Care
      1517. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the consideration given to extending residential and foster care up to the age of 21; and for aftercare support to be available up...
    • Paternity Leave
      1519. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review existing paternity leave policies with a view to expanding supports for new fathers, as part of broader measures...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1520. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which additional funding to clear the backlog of assessment of need applications, allocated under Cara’s Fund,...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1521. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider granting inclusion for a centre (details supplied) in the Family Resource Centre Programme funding which was...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1522. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the pathways and timeframes for accessing a section 16(a) S.I. No. 704/2021 - Disability (Assessment of Needs, Service Statements...
    • Health Services
      1524. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review an application (details supplied) with the HSE; if she will provide a timeframe for a decision on the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1525. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the person that has been arrested for a murder (details supplied), was an adult at the time of the alleged killing; if so, the...
    • Child Abuse
      1526. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the working group established to look at institutional and organisational abuse, including its examination of the...
    • Health Services
      1527. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the community neurorehabilitation team will begin operating in Clondalkin; the location they will be operating from; the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1528. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of all contracts that companies (details supplied) have or have had with her Department, or with Tusla, since 2022,...
    • Health Services
      1529. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm whether Cork north central will benefit from the roll out of additional community neuro-rehabilitation services; and if...
    • Disability Services
      1530. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department’s strategy to reduce waiting lists for children’s disability services nationally; and if she will make...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1531. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a family resource centre is being considered for a centre (details supplied) in the recent funding announcement of 10 new Family...
    • Childcare Services
      1532. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on childcare service capacity in Cork North Central; if additional funding will be provided to support community...
    • Gender Proofing of Policies
      1535. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the new gender pay gap reporting portal for public and private organisations will be fully launched as promised on...
    • Disability Services
      1537. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider launching a nationwide text alert system for disabled parking to allow individuals to report illegally parked...
    • Childcare Services
      1538. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on required staffing levels for education centres such as play schools and creches; and to outline any plans to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1539. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if additional capital funding will be made available to early years providers in County Meath to expand or upgrade facilities...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1542. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details of properties acquired by purchase, rental or transfer from another State agency or organisation for...
    • Health Services
      1543. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she intends to allocate funding through the HSE to support the establishment of a dedicated counselling service for people...
    • Childcare Services
      1544. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the rising cost of childcare; and if she will...
    • Child Protection
      1545. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe mandated for responding to child protection notices; the number of child protection notices received in the first six...
    • Disability Services
      1546. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding allocated to Kildare children's disability network teams from 2022 to 2025, year; and the funding that will be...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1547. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding streams available in her Department to family resource centres for capital projects; and if she will make a statement...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1548. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is considering an increase in the capitation grant for ECCE services given the grant has not been increased since 2018; and...
    • Parental Leave
      1551. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider increasing parents leave available to parents of twins and triplets to reflect the same uplift in child...
    • Childcare Services
      1552. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider the introduction of regulations around the management of waiting lists in childcare facilities including rules...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1553. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the potential operational impact of the work-to-rule action by Pobal early years specialists on the delivery of supports to...
    • Childcare Services
      1555. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for the reopening of the building blocks capital grant scheme; if the eligibility criteria will remain the same, or be...
    • Departmental Properties
      1557. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of State property under the remit of her Department (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1558. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need completed by each children's disability network team, by area, in each of the years 2020 to 2025,...
    • Disability Services
      1563. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential places for people with a disability currently being provided as of 1 October 2025 or latest date...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1565. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently on a waiting list with the NCSE for an assessment of needs; the number of children on a waiting...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1567. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage of early years and SAC services that have signed up to the current core funding scheme 2025-2026; and the way in...
    • Departmental Funding
      1576. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of the way and where the new €125 million received by her Department in Budget 2026 will be spent; and if the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1577. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of the October 2025 early years pay increase through the ERO process; the estimated cost of the June 2024 early...
    • Childcare Services
      1584. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the approximate national cost of fees charged to parents after all funding schemes are taken into account, based on the most recent...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1587. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on and the status the building blocks grant. [59516/25]
    • Childcare Services
      1588. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on and the status of the provision of 700 childcare places through the acquisition of State-led childcare services in...
    • Departmental Functions
      1589. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the terms of reference for the new future planning section within her Department; and her views in relation to same. [59518/25]
    • Departmental Contracts
      1590. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reasons the company name of contractors who in 2024 were in receipt of approximately €1.5 million in payments for...
    • Employment Rights
      1591. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department is considering proposals to introduce statutory leave entitlements for those undergoing fertility treatment...
    • Departmental Funding
      1593. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the means by which play therapists can access funding to provide their service to children with disabilities. [59693/25]
    • Disability Services
      1594. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to address deficits accruing to major section 39 providers of disability services; and if she...
    • Departmental Funding
      1595. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm the total funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and proposed funding for 2025. [59796/25]
    • Disability Services
      1596. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department’s plans to address waiting lists for disability services in County Monaghan. [59820/25]
    • Children in Care
      1599. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to introducing a formal pension entitlement or long-term social protection provision for foster...
    • State Bodies
      1600. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will engage with the HSE and relevant agencies to address the failure of inter-agency collaboration in supporting pupils in...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1601. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the unfairness of payment levels based on need under the Health (Residential Support Services Maintenance and...
    • Children in Care
      1602. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in the care of Tusla; the number of children who were in the care of Tusla from 2020 to 2024, by...
    • Adoption Services
      1605. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adoptions that have been facilitated by Tusla from 2020 to 2024, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • School Costs
      1606. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); the back-to-school supports which are currently in place for foster...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1611. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the newly announced family resource centre in Carrickmacross; when this centre will become operational; the number...
    • Care Services
      1612. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department or Tusla, are aware of any legal challenges being brought before the Workplace Relations Commission by staff...
    • Disability Services
      1622. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the improvements being made to disability services, including the provision of personal assistant hours,...
    • Childcare Services
      1623. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new childcare places that have been opened in County Meath for the years 2024 and 2025, respectively. [60108/25]
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Services
      1624. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that the paediatric cardiology department at Crumlin Hospital is no longer seeing children in clinic, and only prioritising emergencies; and...
    • Departmental Reports
      1626. To ask the Minister for Health if she has received the report from the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group that was due by end of Q2 2025, as per the terms of reference; and if she...
    • Hospital Services
      1627. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to fund a national intestinal failure centre for adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57767/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1629. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals in Ireland estimated to be living with chronic intestinal failure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57769/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1630. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department has taken following the final report on the inclusion health framework (details supplied) which was submitted earlier in spring 2025;...
    • Departmental Policies
      1631. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to regulate the beauty industry and her engagement to date with beauticians and salon operators regarding same. [57781/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1632. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, the reason transgender men who may have had their ovaries removed are excluded from the free HRT...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1634. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on progress regarding the proposed new 60-bed community nursing unit Cashel, County Tipperary; if the site option appraisal and...
    • Medicinal Products
      1635. To ask the Minister for Health if ozempic, is available under the drugs payment scheme (DPS) or general medical services card for patients who have had it prescribed; if not, whether there...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      1638. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the background to the current vaping legislation and her plans for the future in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Qualifications
      1641. To ask the Minister for Health if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to CORU psychotherapy regulation. [57832/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1642. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57836/25]
    • Regulatory Bodies
      1643. To ask the Minister for Health the status of admissions to St. Augustine’s Community Nursing Unit in Ballina, County Mayo; the current position regarding HIQA’s registration...
    • Medical Cards
      1644. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy regarding charges for routine blood tests for medical card holders; if she is aware of any discrepancy between information provided by the...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      1645. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of patients seen for consultations by consultants in the health service; the number of patients seen by those same consultants under the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have been offered an outsourced pathway to surgery for scoliosis through CHI; the breakdown of the number relative to the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1647. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a child (details supplied); the number of cases that were reviewed; the number of cases recommended for surgery; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for surgery relative to scoliosis/spinal correction in Carlow and Kilkenny; the number being considered by CHI for surgery...
    • Home Care Packages
      1649. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a person seeking home care supports (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57879/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      1650. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to engage with the market authorisation holders of medications (details supplied) to submit pricing and reimbursement applications for...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1652. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people on ophthalmology waiting lists as of September 2025; and the number awaiting cataract surgery, by county. [57887/25]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1654. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 336 and 337 of 15 October 2025, the systems in place to facilitate the communication between healthcare providers and...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1655. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a comprehensive list of day procedures which are currently done in each of the Ennis Hospital Group- St John's Hospital, Nenagh Hospital...
    • Nursing Homes
      1657. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) and allow for nursing home care close to their family; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Services
      1658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff that will be working in the Adamstown primary care centre when it opens; the disciplines involved; whether the staff will be new staff or...
    • Health Services
      1659. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure a person (details supplied) will receive a diagnostic exploration required without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Admissions
      1660. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist and find an available bed for a person (details supplied) at West Kerry Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57956/25]
    • Health Services
      1662. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women which have applied for treatment abroad for endometriosis through the HSE scheme to date in 2025; the expected average wait time for...
    • Health Strategies
      1663. To ask the Minister for Health when the first meeting of the newly established endometriosis advisory group is scheduled to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57981/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1666. To ask the Minister for Health when a position in the HSE will be filled (details supplied) which has been vacant for a considerable period; and if she will give a start date on this...
    • Departmental Funding
      1667. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations, NGOs, by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have submitted...
    • Health Services Staff
      1668. To ask the Minister for Health if occupational therapists are in place in County Laois; if so, the number of therapists available; if a recruitment process is underway for occupational...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1670. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of patients waiting for cardiothoracic surgery per RHA; and the average waiting time. [58013/25]
    • Health Strategies
      1671. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on adding chrome colitis and renal failure on to the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58019/25]
    • Health Services
      1672. To ask the Minister for Health if the service which was provided prior to Covid by opticians and then discontinued, of carrying out eye tests at home for people who are house bound and...
    • Medical Cards
      1673. To ask the Minister for Health the areas in which it is not possible for medical card holders to get free access to vasectomies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58026/25]
    • Health Strategies
      1674. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that HIQA reach out to an organisation (details supplied) in the process of forming an expert advisory group as they begin a health technology...
    • Health Service Executive
      1675. To ask the Minister for Health the cost spend on medical claims by the HSE; and amount spent in legal fees on cases for the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1679. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will address the concerns raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58039/25]
    • Dental Services
      1680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children qualified for free orthodontics under the HSE scheme in the CHO9 area between 2017-2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Eurozone Issues
      1686. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the EuroMOMO z-score for Ireland for each week from the beginning of November 2024 to the end of March 2025; the z score in respect of each...
    • EU Data
      1687. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of hospitalisations per 1,000 cases of influenza in adults aged 65 and over in Ireland, alongside available comparative data for other EU...
    • Health Services
      1688. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand community physiotherapy to the Phibsborough area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58056/25]
    • Derelict Sites
      1689. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant and derelict properties currently owned by the HSE in Offaly; the details of all properties, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Qualifications
      1690. To ask the Minister for Health to consider maintaining the requirement for personal therapy during psychotherapy training, given CORU's Standards of Proficiency and Criteria Trainees'...
    • Health Services Staff
      1693. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2896 of 29 July 2025, to provide an update on the development of the framework to guide policy on the regulation of...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1694. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Greece and Romania have been excluded from the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme (ESAIS); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1696. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider fully subsidising maintenance and reliever therapy inhalers, recognised as the new gold standard in asthma treatment, on a phased basis...
    • Health Strategies
      1697. To ask the Minister for Health if she will commission and publish a national review of asthma-related deaths in Ireland, similar to the UK's 2014 National Review of Asthma Deaths, to...
    • Health Services
      1698. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that each severe asthma clinic in the country has a dedicated advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) post, in recognition of the proven role of...
    • Departmental Data
      1700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of asthma-related deaths and hospital admissions recorded in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the steps being taken to bring Ireland's...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      1701. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider measures to ensure that any future review of minimum unit pricing includes consultation with addiction service providers and public...
    • Pension Provisions
      1704. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently review a decision regarding a person's pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58092/25]
    • Medical Qualifications
      1705. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding concerns over CORU's proposed changes to psychotherapy training standards, including the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1706. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to extending the free HRT scheme to men prescribed HRT for low testosterone levels; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Process
      1711. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, the reasons for the inclusion of a phrase (details supplied) in a definition in the Health...
    • Medicinal Products
      1712. To ask the Minister for Health to consider making melatonin available through the drugs payment scheme for neurodiverse children to assist with sleeping; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      1713. To ask the Minister for Health to consider making melatonin available through the general medical card for neurodiverse children to assist with sleeping; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1714. To ask the Minister for Health to consider making melatonin available through the long-term illness scheme for neurodiverse children to assist with sleeping; and if she will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1715. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a child (details supplied) needing a wheelchair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58115/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1716. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of costs of legal cases by providers of legal services to the HSE, in order of highest to lowest from 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      1717. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [58124/25]
    • Departmental Strategies
      1718. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the €9 million in full-year funding allocated in budget 2025 to support vital cardiovascular initiatives has impacted the cardiac...
    • Departmental Staff
      1720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of lactation posts, by integrated healthcare area, total number of posts, number of posts filled and number of vacancies; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1721. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has adopted a new strategy to deal with public waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58129/25]
    • Home Help Service
      1722. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures which are being taken to address the ongoing difficulties in the provision of home help services in County Longford; if she is aware of...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1723. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58134/25]
    • Health Services
      1724. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58144/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      1725. To ask the Minister for Health if the CEO of UHLG ever blocked a member of staff from transferring to the community; the number of persons who have been blocked; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      1728. To ask the Minister for Health the reason permanent administrative positions in Ennis General Hospital are being filled by agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      1730. To ask the Minister for Health the reason agency staff who fill temporary vacancies owing to staff shortages and are in a position for longer than 12 months are not regarded as having a...
    • Hospital Staff
      1731. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to convert the three agency staff in Ennis hospital to permanent staff, since a number of agency staff in administration in Ennis hospital have been...
    • Departmental Circulars
      1732. To ask the Minister for Health the current circular which governs eligibility for the allowance for advanced paramedics; the details of this circular and eligibility conditions; the details...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1734. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is considering establishing a healthy living agency to build on initiatives by Healthy Ireland and reduce reliance on HSE services through...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1735. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the provision of blood tests. [58202/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1736. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure in 2024 on health and social care research and development; to provide a detailed breakdown of this expenditure by programme, funding...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1737. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients on waiting lists in University Hospital Galway and Portiuncula University Hospital who have received care via third party...
    • Departmental Data
      1739. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who were admitted to the Central Mental Hospital for 2024; the number who were discharged; and the number of people in the Central Mental...
    • Health Services
      1740. To ask the Minister for Health the background work which has been carried out by the Minister of State for Mental Health to progress trans healthcare and making endocrinology services...
    • Departmental Staff
      1741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dietitians in the Dublin south, Kildare and west Wicklow area; if there are plans for the recruitment of dietitians in the coming months; and if...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1742. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list times to see a dietitian in the Dublin south, Kildare and west Wicklow area; the measures being taken to reduce these times; and if she will...
    • Medical Qualifications
      1743. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a series of matters in relation to the recently published Standards of Proficiency and Education and Training Requirements...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1744. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for knee surgery in regional hospital Tullamore. [58261/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1745. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to matters raised correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58263/25]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1746. To ask the Minister for Health if she shares the concern of polio survivors regarding the lack of a specialist neurology clinic in the State; and if she has plans to establish such a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1747. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which polio survivors are ineligible for a medical card under the long term illness scheme; and if she will review the scheme to include polio...
    • Departmental Staff
      1748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE positions in each CHN, by position type; the number of each that is currently vacant; and if she considers if CHN teams have sufficient...
    • Medical Cards
      1749. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to introducing specific concessions or exemptions to the income thresholds for medical card eligibility for individuals...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1750. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for an appointment since June 2024; if, due to the patient’s serious health...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1752. To ask the Minister for Health when she plans to meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58293/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      1753. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a change of approach in the provision of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58294/25]
    • Health Services
      1754. To ask the Minister for Health the type of services that will be on offer in the new primary care centre in Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58296/25]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1755. To ask the Minister for Health when the new primary care centre in Nenagh, County Tipperary is due to open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58297/25]
    • Primary Care Centres
      1757. To ask the Minister for Health if the new primary care centre in Nenagh has been fully staffed yet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58299/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      1758. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the approval of linzagolix by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics for the public prescription of this particular drug; and if she will...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      1759. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which injured Gazans will be assisted given the Taoiseach remarks indicated in a report (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      1760. To ask the Minister for Health the average annual cost of providing a Health (Amendment) Act 2020 (HAA) card, per person; the number of people who have the HAA card as of the latest data...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1763. To ask the Minister for Health if the treatment abroad scheme is available to patients who have been referred to a private hospital abroad for urgent treatment. [58338/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients of Children's Health Ireland who received spinal surgeries through outsourcing arrangements in a private hospital (details supplied),...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1766. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that women with epilepsy who need to take medication to aid sleep as a consequence of menopause as advised by medical professionals cannot...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1767. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on CAMHS appointment for child (details supplied); if the appointment will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58443/25]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      1768. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department and bodies under her aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1769. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a timeline for when stakeholder engagement will take place regarding the national breastfeeding strategy; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1770. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting since 2019 for an appointment in primary care psychology services in Cavan; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff
      1771. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees currently in her Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1772. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees in each of the agencies under her Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1773. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the long-term illness (LTI) scheme, as committed to under Sláintecare; if her Department has begun this work; if she is...
    • Health Service Executive
      1774. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised in relation to adult safeguarding legislation (details supplied); and if she will instigate an audit of adult safeguarding in...
    • Medical Consent
      1775. To ask the Minister for Health the safeguards in place to ensure that genomic services uphold the highest ethical standards, particularly regarding informed consent, data privacy, equitable...
    • Health Services
      1776. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the interim measures being taken to restore mammogram services in County Mayo, following the retirement of the resident radiographer and the delay...
    • Departmental Staff
      1777. To ask the Minister for Health if an interim radiographer has been identified or appointed to resume mammogram services in County Mayo; if not, the specific actions being taken to expedite...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1778. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the current waiting times at the Galway Breast Clinic, which is now servicing all of Connaught; if she will outline how urgent referrals,...
    • Health Services
      1779. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the BreastCheck mobile unit has ceased operating outside Mayo University Hospital for the past year; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1782. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [58560/25]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1783. To ask the Minister for Health to reply to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58564/25]
    • Departmental Projects
      1784. To ask the Minister for Health the indicative timelines in respect of the procurement process for the digitalisation of medical records in Irish hospitals; if she will provide anticipated...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1785. To ask the Minister for Health the itemised details of spending to date on all external contractors and/or management consulting firms on the digital automation of electronic health records...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1786. To ask the Minister for Health her vision and expectation for national electronic health records given the rising costs of technologies and digitisation on the foundational technology used...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1787. To ask the Minister for Health when the gynaecological theatre will be built on the same floor of the maternity unit in Portiuncula University Hospital as per the 2018 Walker report. [58577/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      1788. To ask the Minister for Health when the seven whole-time equivalent obstetrician posts will be filled to support maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital, as per the 2018...
    • Departmental Reports
      1789. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the implementation of the "one hospital, two sites" governance structure recommended in the 2018 Walker report for...
    • Medical Cards
      1791. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a medical card application that was refused on means will be examined for a person (details supplied). [58581/25]
    • Health Services
      1792. To ask the Minister for Health if a child in County Kildare (details supplied) can be assisted with the cost of necessary medical interventions; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1793. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with the national dementia registry as recently announced in May 2025 by the Minister of State in her Department; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Policies
      1794. To ask the Minister for Health the reason retired nurses are required to fill out the pension allowance declaration form annually; if she will consider removing this process; and if she...
    • Childcare Services
      1795. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) who, despite having been diagnosed with ADHD by VHI psychologists, and dyslexia and...
    • Health Services
      1796. To ask the Minister for Health her commitments on the availability of respite beds in south Dublin; when a person (details supplied) will receive a respite/recovery bed in accordance with...
    • Mental Health Services
      1797. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of the new and expanded mental health services that have been provided in Meath since 2020; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Projects
      1798. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of the main health infrastructure projects completed in Meath since 2020 for both acute and community care; and if she will...
    • Departmental Data
      1799. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed location of the new HSE primary care centre in Belmayne/Clongriffin; the services that will be delivered through this centre; and if she will...
    • Departmental Staff
      1800. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in community mental health teams in County Kildare for each year from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1801. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1916 of 8 September 2025, if the company with the successful tender has been officially appointed; where the site is for...
    • Health Service Executive
      1802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patient files the HSE has registered as lost from 2018 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58619/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1803. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of unused PPE from the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58620/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      1804. To ask the Minister for Health if she will establish an independent audit of adult safeguarding services; if she will support establishing an adult safeguarding authority that is...
    • Departmental Staff
      1805. To ask the Minister for Health if the advanced paramedic role for Roscommon was advertised externally; if so, to provide details of this advertisement; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      1806. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the implementation of the National Men’s Health Action Plan 2024–2028; if she will consider allocating an...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1809. To ask the Minister for Health if she will adopt an outreach-based approach to engage men, boys and carers in adopting healthy lifestyles, self-management and timely access to healthcare;...
    • Health Services Staff
      1811. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review and expand investment in comprehensive training programmes such as (details supplied) to strengthen the healthcare workforce’s...
    • Departmental Policies
      1812. To ask the Minister for Health if she will advance and support research to better understand how men engage with their health and healthcare services, to ensure that health promotion...
    • Departmental Funding
      1813. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider aiding in the medical evacuation of a person from Gaza (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58669/25]
    • Insurance Industry
      1814. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to deal with the exorbitant increases in health insurance premiums, as many policies have doubled in price in the past five years; and if she will...
    • Departmental Staff
      1815. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pathologists currently employed in the State; their location; the number of locum pathologists in employment and their location; the reason...
    • Health Services
      1816. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she has taken to ensure the continuation of pathology and coroner services at UHW; if she has engaged with the Coroners association and the...
    • Medicinal Products
      1817. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to including the shingles vaccine (Herpes Zoster Vaccine) in the national immunisation programme, specifically for those with...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1818. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [58709/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      1819. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure a life changing prostate cancer medication (details supplied) will be made available to medically suitable patients; and if...
    • Hospital Equipment
      1820. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to install a PET Scan at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58725/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1821. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of persons waiting to be seen at all endometriosis hubs, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58728/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1822. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a person to receive an initial appointment in each of the endometriosis hubs following a referral to the hub, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      1823. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in each endometriosis hub by total WTE and filled WTE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58730/25]
    • Health Services
      1824. To ask the Minister for Health if it the case that a service (details supplied) is not accepting any more referrals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58731/25]
    • Departmental Policies
      1825. To ask the Minister for Health to review the Community Pharmacy Agreement to ensure that the most vulnerable that is, people who have reading difficulties, people with mobility...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1826. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people on ophthalmology waiting lists as of September 2025; the number awaiting appointments via public healthcare; and the number...
    • Hospital Services
      1829. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a defined timeline and specific areas of expansion planned for the new diagnostic services in hospitals, as referenced in Budget 2026. [58750/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      1831. To ask the Minister for Health if Members of Dáil Éireann will be informed as to when the letter of determination will be sent to the HSE and if it will be circulated to Members;...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1832. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the current HSE policy that prevents carers from administering PEG (gastrostomy) feeds to children with disabilities, even where families...
    • Health Services
      1833. To ask the Minister for Health if she will clarify the way in which families are expected to utilise allocated homecare hours when no HSE-approved provider can supply staff qualified to...
    • Dental Services
      1834. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive urgent dental treatment. [58775/25]
    • Home Care Packages
      1835. To ask the Minister for Health if she will establish a ring-fenced fund of €600,000 to support home care packages for people living with more severe forms of epidermolysis bullosa,...
    • Medical Qualifications
      1839. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the concerns raised by practitioners regarding the recent publication of the Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by CORU;...
    • Departmental Data
      1840. To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of students in eligible schools immunisation cohort who received dose 1; completed the HPV vaccination course in each of the...
    • Cancer Services
      1846. To ask the Minister for Health the current laboratory testing policy for head-and-neck, anal and cervical cancers regarding p16 immunohistochemistry, HPV DNA genotyping, and where available...
    • Ambulance Service
      1847. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of an ambulance base in Killorglin, County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pharmacy Services
      1848. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the ongoing shortage of salbutamol nebuliser solution in community pharmacies; the actions being taken by the HSE, the Medicines...
    • Departmental Data
      1849. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845, of 30 September 2025, to provide a breakdown of the gender affirmation surgeries funded abroad by category...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1851. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, the process through which individuals are assessed and approved for HSE funding for gender...
    • Health Service Executive
      1852. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, whether the HSE recognises gender dysphoria as a medical or scientific condition; and the...
    • Departmental Data
      1853. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845, of 30 September 2025, the aftercare supports which are provided to individuals who undergo gender affirmation...
    • Health Service Executive
      1854. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, the protocols which are in place for individuals who later regret or reverse their decision to...
    • Independent Review Mechanism
      1855. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, if an independent review or audit of the HSE’s overseas gender affirmation surgery...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1856. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, the criteria used by the HSE to assess eligibility for funding gender affirmation surgery...
    • Departmental Data
      1857. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, whether individuals whose applications for HSE funding for gender affirmation surgery abroad...
    • Health Service Executive
      1859. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, if there is a standardised clinical review or multidisciplinary panel within the HSE that...
    • Departmental Data
      1860. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, whether any applications for gender affirmation surgery funding abroad have been refused on...
    • Health Service Executive
      1861. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, if individuals who are refused HSE funding for gender affirmation surgery abroad are offered...
    • Departmental Data
      1862. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, the age profile of service users who have undergone gender-affirming surgery through the...
    • Health Services
      1863. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, the assessment process in place for service users prior to being approved for gender-affirming...
    • Departmental Data
      1864. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, the percentage of the total cost of gender-affirming surgery that is covered by the...
    • Mental Health Services
      1865. To ask the Minister for Health the current rates of vacancy for mental health staff across counties Wicklow and Wexford; a breakdown per profession; the length of time the roles have been...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1866. To ask the Minister for Health if she accepts that the average cost of a legal claim for medical negligence in Ireland is almost three times higher than in the UK; that cases take over 50...
    • Departmental Data
      1867. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the 2026 Budget for mental health, including programme-level funding per county, including regional health allocations; to include...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1869. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to an email (details supplied); the actions she will take to engage with this case; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      1871. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of adult ICU critical care beds per hospital; the bed occupancy per year, per hospital, from 2022 to date in 2025; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      1873. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of patients who have initially been advised that they are suitable for surgery, that have deteriorated to such an extent that they are no...
    • Medical Qualifications
      1874. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the concern held by professional bodies representing psychotherapists regarding new accreditation standards proposed for the profession by...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1875. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all contracts that companies (details supplied) have or have had with her Department, or with the HSE, since 2022, including when each contract...
    • Health Services
      1876. To ask the Minister for Health if a CA125 test could be included in the routine schedule of annual blood tests for women; her plans for the inclusion of the CA125 test as standard; and the...
    • Hospital Services
      1877. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence regarding cancellations of surgery for a child (details supplied); if she will outline the reasons for these...
    • Departmental Data
      1878. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe, scope, and public reporting arrangements for the inquiry into delays in children's urology and spinal surgeries, in view of reports of possible...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1879. To ask the Minister for Health the date and implementation plan for the dissolution of Children's Health Ireland; to provide assurances regarding continuity of paediatric specialist...
    • Health Services
      1880. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of the planned "root and branch" reforms to address paediatric spinal surgery waiting lists; to confirm that these...
    • Hospital Services
      1881. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on plans for expanded health services at Mallow General Hospital, including the re-establishment of 24-hour emergency cover; and if she will...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1882. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce waiting times for primary care services in Cork North-Central, particularly mental health and dental services; and if she will...
    • Ambulance Service
      1883. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to improve ambulance response times in the North Cork region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58988/25]
    • Hospital Services
      1884. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for enhancing services at Mallow General Hospital, including diagnostic and outpatient services; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      1885. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address staffing shortages at Cork University Hospital; the impact of those steps on waiting times for patients from Cork north...
    • Mental Health Services
      1886. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to reopen or expand the number of community mental health teams serving the north side of Cork city; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Care Centres
      1887. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to open a new primary care centre in Blackpool or Mayfield; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58992/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      1888. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is reviewing the future funding model for public hospitals to ensure equitable access to care across regions; and if she will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1889. To ask the Minister for Health the Government’s plans to expand access to GP care in under-served urban and rural areas; if incentives for new GP practices are being considered; and...
    • Health Services
      1890. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for full implementation of Sláintecare’s community-based care model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58997/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1891. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all contracts that a company (details supplied) have or have had with the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) since 2022, including...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1892. To ask the Minister for Health the actions she will take to combat the ongoing misuse of the oncology car park by non-oncology patients in HSE hospitals; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Data
      1893. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to source a suitable long-term care solution for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59068/25]
    • Hospital Services
      1894. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, in particular to confirm the current status of its emergency department; and if she...
    • Ambulance Service
      1895. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for a new ambulance base in County Meath to improve emergency response times; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      1896. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on respite care services, retirement homes, and living facilities for pensioners in County Meath; and whether additional respite...
    • Hospital Services
      1898. To ask the Minister for Health her views on cancelled scheduled appointments for surgery for a person (details supplied), due to a shortage of beds in Beaumount Hospital. [59120/25]
    • Departmental Strategies
      1899. To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to support individuals with polycystic ovary syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59121/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      1900. To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to expand IVF schemes to those that do not currently meet eligibility criteria's; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      1901. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently examine concerns raised by the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      1903. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 8 May 2025, for an update in respect of the status of orthodontal treatment for a child (details supplied); if...
    • Health Services Staff
      1904. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the national transfer list exists for some grades within the HSE but not for health & social care professionals, including speech and...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1906. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for restricting the free contraception scheme to women aged 17–35; if she will outline the evidence base used to determine these age...
    • Mental Health Policy
      1911. To ask the Minister for Health if a policy decision will be taken that when a young person is transferring out of CAMHS services to adult mental health services, the person will be given a...
    • Ambulance Service
      1912. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the confirmation that the Director of the National Ambulance Service is in receipt of an advanced paramedic allowance (details supplied); if this...
    • Health Services Staff
      1913. To ask the Minister for Health to publish the attendance rate of advanced paramedics to clinical status 1 calls (RED and PURPLE) from 2015 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form, in line...
    • Health Services
      1914. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of PURPLE, RED, ORANGE and YELLOW calls from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and the number that received an intermediate...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1917. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for the inclusion of SMA in the national newborn screening programme and implement the heelprick test (details supplied); and if she...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1918. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the urgent need for reform in prosthetic provision for children in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      1919. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59198/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1920. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 830 of 14 October 2025, if she will provide further information regarding the roll-out of the National Epilepsy Patient...
    • Care of the Elderly
      1921. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the opening of the new Killarney community nursing unit, and the transfer of patients from the old Killarney community hospital; if she will...
    • Community Care
      1922. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for development of the enhanced community care centre in Mallow; the location; the services which will be provided from there; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      1923. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a new mental health facility in St. Stephen’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59211/25]
    • Ambulance Service
      1924. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a new national ambulance service base at Mount Alvernia Hospital, Mallow, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1925. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the proposed new ESS Modular Build at Mallow General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59213/25]
    • Health Services
      1926. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the waiting times for HSE dietician services in south Kildare; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      1927. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline as to when the Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority will be in a position to oversee and regulate donations of embryos for the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1929. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an urgent surgery appointment for a person (details supplied). [59290/25]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      1930. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries postponed at Beaumont Hospital in each of the past three months due to overcrowding; the contingency plans in place to...
    • Departmental Data
      1931. To ask the Minister for Health the current GP-to-population ratios nationally, in each county, and specifically in Dublin bay north; the steps being taken to recruit, retain and support...
    • Hospital Staff
      1932. To ask the Minister for Health if the staff canteen in Nenagh hospital is subsidised for staff (details supplied); the number of staff working in the patient accounts/cash office in Nenagh...
    • Health Services
      1933. To ask the Minister for Health if there are issues regarding the supply of a medication (details supplied) from manufacturers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59299/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1934. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [59301/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      1935. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) roll-out to date for the HSE; if IFMS is privately owned or publicly owned; if it is privately...
    • Pharmacy Services
      1939. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE covers the cost of blister packing services from pharmacies, in particular for those who obtain antidepressant medication in small doses due to...
    • Health Services
      1940. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure the drug tofersen is approved for the treatment of motor neurone disease in suitable cases as a matter of urgency. [59312/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1941. To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduates in the academic year 2024-25 through the HSE sponsorship scheme for public health nurses; and the number located in Kildare integrated...
    • Hospital Services
      1943. To ask the Minister for Health the specific winter contingency measures that will be in place for Naas General Hospital ahead of the 2025-2026 winter season including extra acute and step...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1944. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for children to receive prosthetic limbs and subsequent upgrades or replacements. [59317/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      1945. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); the measures taken to improve access to mental health supports for students; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      1946. To ask the Minister for Health the funding streams available in her Department to family resource centres for capital projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59324/25]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1948. To ask the Minister for Health if there is GP discretion in charging a fee for an initial consultation for an expectant mother to apply for the maternity and infant care scheme; if a GP is...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1949. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for a treatment facility in Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59337/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1950. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of supports that are in place for former patients of psychiatric asylums and their families who have experienced neglect and abuse; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1953. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting both a CT scan and MRI at the Mater Hospital; if these appointments could be...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1954. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that can be taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) can be allocated a residential care home placement in the mid-west region,...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1956. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to expanding the range of services offered in primary care centres to include minor procedures and additional clinical...
    • Health Service Executive
      1957. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drugs payment scheme covers only testosterone therapies designed for men and not female-specific formulations, such as androfeme; her views on...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1958. To ask the Minister for Health the mental and physical health supports available for students in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59389/25]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1959. To ask the Minister for Health for the capacity and location of all public in-patient specific addiction treatment centres currently available in the State; and if she will make a statement...
    • Substance Misuse
      1962. To ask the Minister for Health the total State funding expended on awareness campaigns on the threat of alcohol addiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59406/25]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1963. To ask the Minister for Health the total State funding expended on awareness campaigns on the threat of illicit substance addiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59407/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      1966. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of inpatient beds within public acute inpatient mental health facilities specifically for the treatment of those suffering addiction; and...
    • Dental Services
      1969. 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 each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Properties
      1970. To ask the Minister for Health the status of State property under the remit of her Department (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59426/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1974. To ask the Minister for Health if the hospitals in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group have any unauthorised developments, or buildings without planning permissions in place on any of the...
    • Health Service Executive
      1975. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has appointed a responsible person for the implementation of the HSE Service Plan 2025; if the action to provide FM system technology for...
    • Home Care Packages
      1977. To ask the Minister for Health if the home care hours package promised by the DOP, St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, in respect of a person (details supplied) will be provided immediately as...
    • Mental Health Services
      1978. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS, by community health organisation, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form from 2020 to date in...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1979. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the north Kerry lookback review; when it will be published; the reasons for ongoing delay to publication; if it will be published...
    • Dental Services
      1980. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for adult special care needs GA waiting list for routine dental care in each hospital, in tabular form. [59482/25]
    • Home Care Packages
      1981. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting for a home help package in County Kerry, by area and length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      1982. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Kerry, by area and by length of time, from 2015 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      1983. To ask the Minister for Health her plans regarding special leave with pay for healthcare workers who remain unfit for work after 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59522/25]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1985. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the HPV vaccination schemes being provided through the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59529/25]
    • Community Care
      1986. To ask the Minister for Health if she will carry out a review of the Community Pharmacy Agreement to ensure that the most vulnerable i.e. people who have reading difficulties, people with...
    • Home Care Packages
      1987. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for a new home care package; the additional hours under current home care package, broken down by county in each of the...
    • Health Service Executive
      1989. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund remote ISL interpreting for patients availing of treatment abroad under the EU Cross-Border Directive; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medical Qualifications
      1990. To ask the Minister for Health whether the appropriate proportionality assessment was carried out by her or the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU ahead of its...
    • Health Services
      1992. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to address the current laws on fertility treatment, egg freezing, IVF and surrogacy in Ireland (details supplied); and if she...
    • Medicinal Products
      1994. To ask the Minister for Health when a medication (details supplied) will be available again here, for prescription for patients of the menopause hub; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Substance Misuse
      1998. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the level of funding for local and regional drug and alcohol task forces in 2024 and 2025, respectively; the allocation for 2026; the level of...
    • Departmental Funding
      1999. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of funded but unfilled HSE posts nationwide as of the latest date available, broken down by grade and region, and the number of such posts in...
    • Health Services Staff
      2000. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to expedite the recruitment and appointment of staff to approved but unfilled HSE posts, particularly in Cork and the wider Munster...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2003. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted any assessment of the impact of ongoing HSE staffing vacancies on waiting lists, emergency department pressures, and community...
    • Health Services Staff
      2004. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a dedicated regional recruitment and retention initiative for the South/South-West Hospital Group to address chronic vacancy...
    • Departmental Funding
      2005. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of Exchequer funding allocated for HSE pay and staffing in 2024; the amount drawn down to date; and the proportion of that funding which...
    • Health Service Executive
      2006. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the unspent HSE pay allocation, by hospital group and community health organisation, specifying the value of salary funding...
    • Departmental Funding
      2007. To ask the Minister for Health whether any portion of the funding allocated for unfilled HSE posts in 2024 was re-purposed for non-pay expenditure; and if so, to provide details of those...
    • Health Service Executive
      2008. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has carried out an audit of unfilled HSE posts that have remained vacant for more than six months; and if she will publish the findings of...
    • Health Services Staff
      2009. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated financial cost of reliance on agency or locum staff to cover long-term HSE vacancies, compared with the cost of filling those positions on a...
    • Home Help Service
      2012. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail the impact of the current recruitment embargo on home support staffing levels in south Tipperary; and if any derogations have been sought...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2014. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to introduce a free shingles vaccination programme for older people given that many have difficulty with affordability; and if she will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2015. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the drug payments scheme who are in receipt of insulin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59661/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      2016. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons 917 applicants were not approved for reimbursement support for CGM sensors between 1 December 2023 and 31 December 2024; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services
      2017. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at Sligo University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to...
    • Departmental Funding
      2018. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been used to fund MyOptions, in the categories of staff salaries, advertising, and other costs by year from 2019 to date in 2025,...
    • Health Services
      2019. To ask the Minister for Health the number of communications received by HSE MyOptions from women seeking post-abortion counselling from 2020 to date, by category (phone or webchat), by...
    • Departmental Data
      2020. To ask the Minister for Health for a timeline of the demolition of a site (details supplied). [59687/25]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2021. To ask the Minister for Health for a timeline of the development of a centre (details supplied). [59688/25]
    • Health Services
      2022. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of the implementation plan in response to the report entitled The Use of Uro-gynaecological Mesh in Surgical Procedure; and if...
    • Health Service Executive
      2023. To ask the Minister for Health the company that provides the HSE with Covid and flu leaflets that are distributed to local surgeries; and the amount spent by the HSE on these leaflets....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2024. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm when a person (details supplied) will receive a follow-up appointment in Beaumont Hospital following a biopsy, since multiple scheduled...
    • Health Services
      2025. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an individual to be seen by an occupational therapist in Cork following a referral from a general practitioner; and if she will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2026. To ask the Minister for Health if staffing levels are adequate at a facility (details supplied); the average waiting time for a service user to be assessed; the average waiting time for a...
    • Hospital Services
      2027. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated at Mallow General Hospital medical assessment unit from January 2024 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      2028. To ask the Minister for Health whether the LGBTQI+ strategy includes provisions for individuals who have de-transitioned; if so, the specific supports and services being offered to this...
    • Departmental Reviews
      2029. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken any review or assessment of current practices in Ireland regarding the care, support, and guidance provided to children...
    • Health Services
      2030. To ask the Minister for Health whether the LGBTQI+ strategy includes provisions for individuals who have de-transitioned; if so, the specific supports and services are being offered to this...
    • Health Service Executive
      2032. To ask the Minister for Health what review, if any, the Health Service Executive has undertaken in relation to the findings and recommendations of the Cass Review on gender identity...
    • Departmental Data
      2035. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of reports from individuals who have de-transitioned after undergoing medical interventions for gender dysphoria (details supplied); and the...
    • Medical Cards
      2036. To ask the Minister for Health if all persons residing in Ireland under temporary protection from Ukraine are automatically issued medical cards; if there is any means-testing applied; the...
    • Health Services
      2041. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of research and evidence, including the book "Trans" by Helen Joyce, which outlines the theoretical underpinnings of gender identity theory...
    • Childcare Services
      2042. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has reviewed current practices regarding the care, support, and guidance provided to children experiencing gender dysphoria, in light of the...
    • Health Services
      2044. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists based at University Hospital Limerick in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [59923/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      2046. To ask the Minister for Health the locations within Clare where HSE community specialist teams provide respiratory outreach service clinics and diabetes outreach service clinics, in tabular...
    • Mental Health Services
      2047. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior counselling psychologist within CHO 3 mental health services in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [59926/25]
    • Medical Qualifications
      2048. To ask the Minister for Health if she will intervene with CORU to ensure that standards for the recognition of psychotherapy qualifications are maintained at present levels, notably the...
    • Health Services
      2050. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case for providing treatment in a hospital closer to home for a person (details supplied). [59985/25]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      2051. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a place or service available for a person (details supplied); and the supports available to assist such a person in securing safe accommodation,...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      2052. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an MRI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59989/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      2053. To ask the Minister for Health if she will include all ostomy products under the long-term illness scheme, given their essential role in daily patient care. [59990/25]
    • Medical Cards
      2054. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a medical card specifically for ostomy patients to ensure access to necessary supplies. [59991/25]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      2055. To ask the Minister for Health if she will remove the prescription requirement for ostomy products due to the financial burden and access issues it creates for patients. [59992/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      2056. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff currently at work in positions (details supplied) in Portlaoise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59999/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      2057. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60009/25]
    • Dental Services
      2058. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in County Mayo; the plans to expand the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2062. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the waiting list to access the free HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) remains high or growing despite a Government pledge to eliminate new HIV...
    • Medical Inquiries
      2063. To ask the Minister for Health if the external expert panel review, established following the audit (details supplied) of hip surgeries in Children's Health Ireland (CHI), is commissioned...
    • Health Services Staff
      2070. To ask the Minister for Health the management structure above the director of nursing in Cobh Community Hospital; if it is the same line of management over Midleton Community Hospital; if...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2072. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the shortage of GP’s accepting medical card patients in County Meath; the steps she is taking to address this issue; and if she will...
    • Home Care Packages
      2073. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Meath on waiting lists for a new home care package; and additional hours under current home care package, in tabular form; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      2075. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs registered in County Meath. [60078/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2076. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practices currently accepting new medical card patients in County Meath and at the same point in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      2077. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the number of children in County Meath that received all routine dental check-ups through the Schools Programme; the number who have not; and...
    • Hospital Services
      2078. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and outpatient appointments that have been cancelled at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan in quarters 1 and 2 of 2025; and if she will...
    • Mental Health Services
      2079. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the specific steps being taken to expand access to mental health services across the country, given the continuing high levels of mental...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      2081. To ask the Minister for Health if any compensation will be provided for long covid patients following the termination of the long covid scheme in December 2023; if any other scheme will be...
    • Health Services
      2082. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure a person (details supplied) can receive an S2 letter of referral they require to access treatment in another country; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2084. To ask the Minister for Health if officials from her Department have been in contact with the Medical Council over the apparent bottleneck in the Pres 3 testing system; if there is any...
    • Health Services
      2085. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite the provision of braces to a child (details supplied), as the family were informed it would be 5.5 years before they would receive this;...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      2086. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether a child (details supplied) could apply for funding under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in order to get braces; and if she will make...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2087. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the actions her Department is taking in order to reduce dental waiting times for children on public patient lists; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      2088. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be funding opportunities for dental schools in Cork and Dublin to undertake primary research into the area of oral heath for schoolchildren; and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Policies
      2090. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider making Irish-medium education a strategic priority for his Department; whether he will create a comprehensive policy that...
    • Departmental Programmes
      2091. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with the Minister for Education & Youth on coordinated action regarding introducing the CEFR for the Irish language;...
    • Youth Services
      2092. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review staff to pupil ratios in Youthreach facilities across the State, as in many cases the staff to pupil ratio exceeds the health...
    • Grant Payments
      2098. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the SUSI rate was changed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57939/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      2099. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding supports, bursaries or Government-backed schemes will be introduced to help Irish healthcare professionals train in critical-need...
    • Departmental Programmes
      2102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the programme of research undertaken by his officials in partnership with the Economic and Social Research Institute,...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      2103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has conducted an independent review of SOLAS and the National Apprenticeship Office’s performance in delivering...
    • Education and Training Provision
      2110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has considered the establishment of a separate, dedicated construction training board to operate independently of SOLAS; and...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      2112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific measures his Department will adopt to rapidly increase construction apprenticeship numbers, given the current crisis-level shortage...
    • Science Foundation Ireland
      2113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department can provide further and detailed information based on an online investigation report (details supplied) that listed Science...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      2114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the policy under which an apprentice's training allowance is reduced when their employer rejects college placement offers,...
    • Departmental Funding
      2116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the announcement of Ireland's associate membership of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, CERN, the estimated level of...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      2118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department and bodies under its aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and, if...
    • Youth Services
      2119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update regarding the alignment of the Youthreach calendar year with the second level calendar year. [58471/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      2120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Departmental Bodies
      2121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by grade, in...
    • Third Level Costs
      2122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is still his plan to implement the major recommendations from the national review of State supports for PhD researchers, particularly...
    • Visa Applications
      2123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to streamline visa application processes for non-EU PhD researchers,...
    • Education Costs
      2124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with higher education providers to standardise postgraduate fees across the higher education sector. [58625/25]
    • Departmental Data
      2125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices registered each year from 2020 to 2024, by sector or industry, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      2129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs under the Budget 2026 Skills Development Programme and supported by the National Training Fund; the specifics of the expansion of the...
    • Education Costs
      2134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his intention to decrease the age where parental income is taken into account to access SUSI grants; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      2136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from Kildare north enrolled in apprenticeships for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      2137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from Kildare north enrolled in further education for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Admissions
      2139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first-year students enrolled in Maynooth University for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education Costs
      2142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a parent's income is included in calculations of household income for the purposes of determining eligibility for SUSI where a...
    • Departmental Programmes
      2144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Programme for Government commitment to ‘review the financial supports available to adult learners and promote access to...
    • Budget 2026
      2145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he sought or obtained any additional supports for financial literacy and financial education in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement...
    • Third Level Admissions
      2146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is appropriate for publicly funded universities to maintain entry criteria that are unrelated to the content of the course and that...
    • Education Costs
      2147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider expanding the definition of student from a lone parent family in the student assistance fund priority groups to encompass...
    • Departmental Reports
      2148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the statutory, policy or administrative basis under which his Department publishes its consultancy spending reports (details...
    • Education Costs
      2149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider expanding the criteria for the Student Assistance Fund by redefining the priority groups to include those who come from lone parent...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      2151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department’s plans to increase the up-take of apprenticeships in the building trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education and Training Boards
      2152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the creation of a dedicated construction training board to improve standards for construction education; and if he will make a...
    • Education Schemes
      2153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports available for students who lose their parents during their undergraduate years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      2154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital Investment for ATU Mayo, due to the introduction of the electrical apprenticeship programme at the college; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      2155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who will attend ATU Mayo from phase one to six under the Electrical Apprenticeship Programme for 2025-2026, by number of...
    • Departmental Advertising
      2158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount expended to date on the advertising campaign described in the media as costing nearly €450,000 to entice Irish...
    • Construction Industry
      2161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 913 of 21 October 2025, if he will provide the key performance indicators and metrics from the campaign...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Programmes
      2162. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme funding can be used in support of the payment of salaries and rents by...
    • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      2163. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ina Roinn chun tús a chur leis an athfhobairt ar Choláiste Lurgan in...
    • Irish Language
      2164. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific requirements placed on non-governmental organisations in receipt of Government funding to ensure that they cater for...
    • Departmental Funding
      2165. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional financial support will be made available to community development organisations, in terms of their core funding...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2166. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when successful applications will be chosen for the town and village renewal scheme from the latest round of applications; and if...
    • Road Network
      2167. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the correspondence his Department has received regarding a TII road safety section recently carried out review of some bus stops...
    • Departmental Programmes
      2168. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he expects Community Services Programme to open for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58065/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      2169. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on correspondence regarding funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      2170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on applications from Kerry County Council under the outlook recreation infrastructure scheme; if he fully supports...
    • Departmental Programmes
      2172. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on applications from Kerry County Council under the CLÁR programme; if he fully supports these applications;...
    • Men's Sheds
      2173. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide additional funding for men's sheds in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58374/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      2174. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide funding for women's sheds in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58375/25]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      2175. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to...
    • Departmental Staff
      2176. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular...
    • Departmental Bodies
      2177. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015,...
    • Departmental Funding
      2178. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether his Department has any suitable funding streams for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2179. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on an application (details supplied) made under CLÁR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58627/25]
    • Departmental Funding
      2180. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actual funding versus the targeted funding allocated to the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030, each year...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2182. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his Department's plans to publish the review of the pilot scheme for the town centre first scheme which included towns in Cork...
    • Departmental Funding
      2184. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the next round of funding for the Community Centres Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Family Resource Centres
      2185. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available in his Department to family resource centres for capital projects; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      2186. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which community groups and charitable organisations can seek funding through the dormant accounts fund; and if he will...
    • Budget 2026
      2187. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 42 including the provisional sub head and programme level...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2188. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further Parliamentary Question No. 2744 of 8 September 2025, the status of an application for CLÁR funding for a club...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      2189. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding currently is in place for connected hubs and other not-for-profit work hubs; and if he will make a statement on the...

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