Written answers

Wednesday, 5 November 2025

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Management
      8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of co-operation on a cross-Border basis in relation to flooding and drainage issues; if there are specific proposals to deal...
    • Office of Public Works
      11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider upgrading Swords Garda station to ensure it is fit for purpose. [53794/25]
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his Department carrying out a review of public financial procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Risk Management
      13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions the Office of Public Works has undertaken since 2020 along the River Shannon, its tributaries and tidal trenches, in County...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the main flood scheme for Ballinhassig, County Cork. [60150/25]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the report on stakeholder engagement and emerging themes on infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has had engagement from Ministers or officials in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      19. 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. [59982/25]
    • Flood Risk Management
      20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the issues being caused by the National Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management maps being used by...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will commit to long-term financial guarantees for infrastructure projects to facilitate longer-term planning; and if he will make a...
    • National Development Plan
      23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date under national strategic outcome 9 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Services Provision
      24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he is taking to provide the public services and the infrastructure necessary to enhance living standards for people and...
    • Departmental Strategies
      25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his Department’s new Statement on Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60188/25]
    • Public Spending Code
      26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he is taking to promote value-for-money and ensure the Government’s investment delivers tangible results; and if he...
    • EU Funding
      27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on Ireland’s third payment request under the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility; and if he will make a...
    • Construction Industry
      28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the most recent meeting of the construction sector group; if there is a work plan for this group for 2026; and if...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Graiguenamanagh flood relief scheme; and the timeframe for completion [59967/25]
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on public expenditure to date in 2025; if all Departments are within profile; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on his plans to reform the ethics legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59697/25]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to ensure that record capital investment under budget 2025 leads to timely infrastructure delivery, particularly in...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider establishing a unified and modern framework to close the transparency loop in public procurement, linking tenders,...
    • Office of Public Works
      37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the construction of the new Garda station in Macroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on any property protection schemes for east Cork relating to flooding; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the implementation of the ‘Guidelines for the Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in the Public...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he is taking to ensure public spending is sustainable, credible and strengthens economic resilience; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Functions
      42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the work of the new infrastructure division within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps the accelerating infrastructure task force within his Department is taking to reduce the regulatory burden on bodies...
    • Office of Public Works
      44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the proposed new Garda station for Northern Cross in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Services Provision
      45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the Digital Transformation Strategy is being implemented to improve access to front-line public services in Kildare...
    • Office of Public Works
      46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of works completed by the Office of Public Works on a Garda station (details supplied) over the past ten years, by year and in...
    • Public Spending Code
      49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to provide greater level of detail to the public on the way in which public moneys are spent; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports issued in each of the first nine months of 2025, in tabular form. [60252/25]
    • United Nations
      53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement Ireland had at the United Nations in advance of the Security Council vote on the so-called ‘autonomy plan’ for...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Irish embassy in Morocco has recently engaged with Moroccan officials regarding the continued occupation of Western Sahara; the...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60428/25]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Environmental Schemes
      56. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on progress towards our goal of 500,000 retrofit upgrades by 2030. [60239/25]
    • Grant Payments
      57. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homes in Kildare North that have successfully received a solar electricity grant in the past five years; and...
    • Waste Management
      58. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on plans to introduce a levy on disposable cups proposed in the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      59. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures adopted by Ireland to transpose Article 16(5) of the RED III Directive, which requires that applicants and...
    • Fisheries Protection
      60. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the work his Department is undertaking to prevent any future incidents similar to the Blackwater incident which occurred...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      62. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expected amount of energy generated by wind in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60337/25]
    • Energy Infrastructure
      63. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 18 September 2025, the progress to date in preparing legislation to enhance...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Strategies
      64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the implementation of the Technology Strategy and Roadmap for the Department of Defence; the expected costs of implementation;...
    • Defence Forces
      65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of funding allocated to Defence Forces infrastructure in each of the past five years; the number of projects completed; the number...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans for capital expenditure within his Department under the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60321/25]
    • Defence Forces
      67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current number of vacancies within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60331/25]
    • National Security
      71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the Government’s current strategy for aligning Irish defence and maritime security policy with its international obligations, ensuring...
    • Defence Forces
      73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which the Reserve Defence Forces will benefit from the increased financial support provided in Budget 2026; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Services
      76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would engage with the NTA in order to improve the current bus service from Blarney to Ballincollig (details supplied); and if he...
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount raised through parking charges at both car parks at Connolly and Heuston stations in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Rail Network
      78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been made available in 2026 to lengthen the existing carriages on the Red Luas Line. [60246/25]
    • Road Tolls
      79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount raised via road tolls in the years 2015 to date; where such income was allocated to and for what purpose, by year and by road;...
    • Bus Services
      80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for recent reliability and cancellation figures for the L26 bus route. [60318/25]
    • Rail Network
      81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that there are no trains from Tara mines to Dublin Port at present. (details supplied); and when the rail option will...
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to provide formal park and ride or park and carshare facilities along the M11; the mechanisms in place to establish such...
    • Coast Guard Service
      83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the planned new coastguard station for Courtown Harbour, County Wexford. [60342/25]
    • Road Safety
      84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place to address dangerous bends on country roads; if a particular scheme will be developed [60343/25]
    • Road Projects
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a project in County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60448/25]
    • Greenways Provision
      86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a project in County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60449/25]
    • Rail Network
      87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a business case has been created for a project (details supplied) as per infrastructure guidelines; the projected cost of the project;...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Exemptions
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the operation of the local property tax exemption for homeowners whose properties are affected by defective concrete; if there is a time...
    • Tax Code
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance if a Ministerial regulation or guidance under section 46(1) VATCA 2010 clarifying that supplies of completed apartments under combined transaction structures...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance the total sums written off by the Revenue Commissioners as a result of an individual or company going into liquidation or bankruptcy for each year from 2015 to...
    • Fiscal Policy
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance given the recent completion of the State’s investment recovery in AIB Group €390 million returned, the final accounting position on...
    • Banking Sector
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the proposed sale of Permanent TSB, if he will ensure that employment is protected in this bank and also the retention of the branch network, which...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the provision of a new Garda divisional headquarters in Sligo, which has been agreed by An Garda...
    • National Development Plan
      94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for his Department to publish plans for how it intends to spend its funding allocation following the review of the National...
    • Freedom of Information
      95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to include the Abbey Theatre under FOI. [60247/25]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Enterprise Support Services
      97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the targeted measures being developed under Priority Action 5.6 of the new National Human Rights Strategy to support disabled...
    • Business Supports
      98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to consider expanding the criteria of payments designed to help businesses with the costs of operation, as the ICOB and Power Up...
    • Work Permits
      99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the delay in processing the employment permit review for a person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue....
    • Job Creation
      100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs created in towns in Kildare (details supplied) in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Data
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of all secondary schools in Dublin south central. [60212/25]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher on a conditional Teaching Council registration who chooses to undertake the assessment only route for post primary (details...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a school (details supplied) has access to child psychologists through the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if the application could be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied) will be down a teaching post despite increased admission numbers for the next school year. [60229/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a project (details supplied) for an ASD class; the reason for the delays; if the project will be expedited; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Reviews
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected publication date of the updated progress report on the implementation of the Out of School Education Provision implementation Group...
    • Residential Institutions
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider granting a HAA medical card and a full contributory pension to survivors of institutional abuse; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a bus will be available from Rathcore to a school (details supplied) given the demand has been demonstrated. [60274/25]
    • School Management
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish a board of management for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60319/25]
    • School Transport
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the additional pilot school bus schemes that have been introduced for the 2025/2026 school year. [60359/25]
    • School Accommodation
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports her Department is providing to a school (details supplied), in terms of their future accommodation needs in the context of the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Weather Events
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that has been made in view of the impact of storm Éowyn regarding the reduction of severe weather...
    • International Agreements
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment is it intended for the Irish Government to sign and ratify the UN International Convention against Apartheid in Sports....
    • Broadcasting Sector
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if TG4 has any plans to update its Code of Fair Trading Practices with independent producers; if he is aware of...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wildlife Protection
      121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the rationale for the decision to review the Memorandum of Understanding between his Department and an...
    • Housing Schemes
      124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available to a person whose property has been valued above a threshold for the mortgage to rent scheme but is...
    • Departmental Bodies
      125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions his Department is taking to address the current inability of Tailte Éireann to access instruments which...
    • Heritage Promotion
      126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review and address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Weather Events
      127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that have been put in place by his Department to ensure strategic emergency management responses to future storm...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will make changes to the farm assist scheme to allow credit contributions for the purposes of the contributory pension...
    • Pension Provisions
      129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the means by which charities, not-for-profits and community organisations, who have paid employees and who are funded by...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the requirements for an Irish citizen who has lived and worked in the United States and is now returning to Ireland to retire...
    • State Pensions
      132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for the State pension (contributory) in the name of a person (details supplied); if their recent...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the approval for carers allowance for a person (details supplied) will be back-dated further; the rationale behind the...
    • Departmental Staff
      135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade, that are based in both Dundalk and Drogheda Intreo offices as of 24 October 2025, in...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payment options available to a person (details supplied); the reason Intreo has not followed up on a basic supplementary...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • An Garda Síochána
      137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans that are attached to Louth, Cavan and Monaghan Garda division as of 28 October 2025, in...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action his Department is taking to address the root causes of racial attacks and ensure better protection and integration...
    • Court Accommodation
      139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capital budget allocation for the Court Services in 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [60248/25]
    • International Protection
      141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people living in IPAS accommodation with status, broken down by county, and by nationality; and if he will make a...
    • Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
      145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality Imirce an féidir le bean a sloinne a athrú go leagan Gaeilge de shloinne a fir céile tar éis pósadh di...
    • Immigration Status
      146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the reasons for the delay in obtaining a first-time registration appointment for a Stamp 4 visa for a person...
    • Immigration Policy
      147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of doorstep operations carried out per month to date in 2025; the number of people refused leave to land per month...
    • International Protection
      148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international protection applications made by nationals of Brazil, Georgia and India in the months of June to...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative proposals he plans in order to transpose EU Directive 2024/1385 on combating violence against women and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on consideration of the establishment of a second Garda training college. [60348/25]
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of antisocial behaviour orders that have been sought by the Garda, and the numbers granted, for each year 2015 to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the roll out of the pilot Garda body cam scheme. [60350/25]
    • Deportation Orders
      153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the appeal against deportation lodged by a person (details supplied). [60351/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the Garda vetting process will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60357/25]
    • Immigration Policy
      155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the concerns relating to the level of immigration into Ireland raised in correspondence (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of the expenditure on civil justice for 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement...
    • Immigration Status
      157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of divisions in immigration service delivery; the applications assessed under each division; the resources in...
    • Human Rights
      158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to consider enacting legislation regarding human rights (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Diseases
      159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the policies applied by district veterinary offices in respect of permits for the sale of cattle from TB-restricted...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Disability Services
      160. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of respite beds available 24/7 to families of children/adults with special needs in County Kerry; the number available...
    • Equality Issues
      163. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality given that no data is currently gathered on disabled entrepreneurs, the body that holds responsibility for ensuring accountability...
    • Disability Services
      164. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm that facilities for the Children's Disability Network team will be provided in the planned new primary care centre in...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Homes
      165. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of all nursing homes in Dublin south central. [60213/25]
    • Patient Safety
      166. To ask the Minister for Health if, given the serious risks to patient safety identified in the recent HIQA report into urgent and emergency care in the Midwest, she will outline in detail...
    • Mental Health Services
      167. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the clinical pathway for someone who is bi-polar and presenting with a hyper-manic episode; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60228/25]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      168. To ask the Minister for Health the current capacity of the HSE to deliver bone anchored hearing aid services; the number of individuals awaiting BAHA's; and the number of surgeons who...
    • Hospital Facilities
      169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new critical care beds delivered in 2024 and to date in 2025, by site, in tabular form. [60244/25]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      170. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the ongoing calls for the State to recognise long-Covid as an occupational illness in line with other EU member states. [60265/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      171. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Crumlin Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60268/25]
    • Home Help Service
      172. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the waiting lists for home support (home help) in Cork; the result of the recent recruitment campaign for home support workers by the HSE...
    • Hospital Services
      173. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) due to be discharged from the National Rehabilitation Hospital to a nursing home for long-term care under...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      174. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the pause on the use of mesh for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence that has been in place since July 2018; and if she will...
    • Hospital Services
      175. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that funding for a multidisciplinary FND team (MDT) is made available in the Mater and Beaumont hospitals and beyond to ensure that patients...
    • Medicinal Products
      176. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the number of new medicines which were submitted to the NCPE in each year between 2015 and 2025; and the number of these new medicines that were...
    • Health Services Staff
      184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently in Tullamore Health Centre; to provide details of these vacancies, including the length of time they have been vacant; and if...
    • Healthcare Policy
      185. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to “explore restrictions on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks, including a ban on...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      186. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a correspondence (details supplied); her views on the decision not to appoint a group to the expert advisory group; and if...
    • Disability Services
      187. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm the supports available such as a public health nurse or OT at primary care or community level in Kilkenny dedicated to people with mild...
    • Legislative Measures
      188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inspections and prosecutions undertaken to ensure that nicotine inhaling devices (vapes) are not sold to those under 18 since the ban was...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      190. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on planned capital developments and expansion at Gorey District Hospital, Gorey, County Wexford. [60346/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      191. To ask the Minister for Health if she will recognise the period worked by a person (details supplied) as being at Maintenance Manager Grade 7; and if incremental credit will be awarded re...
    • Mental Health Services
      192. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that Adolescent Mental Health Services facilities for the will be provided in the planned new primary care centre in Gorey; and if she will make a...
    • Dental Services
      193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the public orthodontic care waiting list; and of that number, the total waiting more than one year, more than two years,...
    • Patient Transport
      194. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to assist those particularly in rural areas who cannot drive, in order to be able to get to hospitals, in particular if any...
    • Health Services Staff
      195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE ophthalmic physicians based in Community Services within CHO8 in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • Hospital Staff
      196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in knee and hip replacement surgery based at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda...
    • Hospital Facilities
      197. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for the old community hospital in Dingle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60372/25]
    • Nursing Homes
      199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds/wards that are closed in County Kerry; when they will be opened up to Kerry patients; and if she will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      200. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the minutes of all meetings and discussions in person or via any medium from within her Department, from within the HSE, and between her...
    • Hospital Admissions
      201. To ask the Minister for Health to provide data detailing the total number of hospitalisations due to influenza in adults aged 65 and over in Ireland for each of the past ten years, alongside...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of the community training centres, colleges of further education and Youthreach centres in Dublin south central. [60211/25]
    • Grant Payments
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be granted for a SUSI application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60232/25]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Community Development Projects
      205. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the expected reopening date for applications to the community centres investment fund. [60308/25]
    • Rural Schemes
      206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for CLÁR funding under measure 1 and measure 2 in 2024, and to-date in 2025, from County Louth;...