Written answers

Thursday, 13 November 2025

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review the work visa arrangements for individuals in high demand roles, such as in the STEM area, in particular, the rule...
    • National Minimum Wage
      15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to include apprentices in its remit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Business Supports
      16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work of Microfinance Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62046/25]
    • Tourism Policy
      17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish a new national tourism policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62076/25]
    • Company Closures
      18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he has taken to support the employees, couriers and route owners of a company (details supplied). [62050/25]
    • Labour Market
      19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has collaborated with the Department of Children, Disability and Equality to align childcare policy with labour...
    • Tourism Policy
      20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional new actions his Department are taking to stop the decline in overall visitor numbers and tourism spending in Ireland in...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work of the new small business unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62079/25]
    • Tourism Policy
      22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish legislation on short term letting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62045/25]
    • heading
      23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the specific engagement his Department has had in County Louth with local SMEs, the Local Enterprise Office...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the seasonal supports available to small businesses in the food, catering, and hairdressing sectors during the 2025 Christmas period,...
    • Work Permits
      25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are efforts underway in his Department to streamline the process of work permits and visas for non-EEA nationals into a...
    • Labour Market
      26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has had any engagement with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science...
    • Tourism Promotion
      27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s efforts to promote tourism in east County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61449/25]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how Budget 2026 will support the SME sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62048/25]
    • Tourism Policy
      29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to invest in tourism marketing and tourism product development, including investment in regenerative tourism projects in the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for the artificial intelligence adoption accelerator available through Enterprise Ireland digital discovery grant to be expanded from...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on supports for remote working and remote working hubs in Donegal as a measure to address regional...
    • Tourism Industry
      32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the lack of access to hotels for those with mobility issues; and specifically the availability of hoists. [58315/25]
    • Enterprise Policy
      33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the means by which his Department intends to support Athlone’s continued growth as a key regional centre of innovation and...
    • Derelict Sites
      34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he would engage with Enterprise Ireland and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to develop guidance for...
    • Enterprise Policy
      35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has undertaken any recent analysis of the challenges and future prospects for the retail sector in Ireland; and if...
    • Business Regulation
      37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to enhance the business regulatory environment by removing unnecessary regulatory or administrative burdens; and if he will...
    • Pensions Reform
      38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment while welcoming both the VAT 9% rate and the auto enrolment scheme, the supports his Department has in place for businesses that are...
    • Enterprise Policy
      39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the means by which IDA Ireland determines site visit locations; and to provide the factors that may have contributed to the decline in...
    • Industrial Disputes
      40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to amend and extend certain rights and protections of retired persons and certain representative associations in...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures introduced to assist SMEs on opportunities presented by artificial intelligence for business growth; and if he will make...
    • Consumer Protection
      42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the growing number of retail outlets establishing themselves across the country which are selling products without...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to protect the estimated 30 percent of Irish workers whose jobs could be replaced by AI; and if he will make a...
    • Weather Events
      44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department will consider legislating for workers' wages to be protected in situations where they are unable to access...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to implement the Competitiveness and Productivity Action Plan goal of improved and more targeted funding for...
    • Industrial Relations
      46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on efforts by his Department to encourage greater collective bargaining coverage; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on plans to promote and develop marine and coastal tourism in Dublin Bay north, including initiatives to support...
    • Industrial Relations
      48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he anticipates scoping research will conclude and a pilot regarding taking collective bargaining into account for public...
    • Enterprise Policy
      49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a new Southwest Regional Enterprise Plan will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62274/25]
    • Industrial Relations
      50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether ending the voluntary system of industrial relations was considered for inclusion in the Action Plan on Collective Bargaining;...
    • Departmental Strategies
      51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his Department’s new Statement of Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62275/25]
    • Business Supports
      52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an overview of the microenterprise loan fund scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62075/25]
    • Enterprise Policy
      53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding Ireland’s competitiveness relative to other EU countries; his views on whether our competitiveness is...
    • Business Supports
      54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will commit to expanding Microfinance Ireland lending limits to reflect current cost structures; and if he will make a statement...
    • Enterprise Policy
      55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the State's efforts to develop industrial enterprise on the former Defence Forces firing range lands at Oranmore,...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to SMEs in view of the increase of cost of business, especially regarding the minimum wage and auto enrolment;...
    • Consumer Protection
      57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made in examining the role of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in protecting and enhancing...
    • Business Supports
      58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the interaction his Department has had with other Government Departments about plans to increase the level of supports available to...
    • Enterprise Policy
      59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on IDA activity in Kilkenny and Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62043/25]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the powers he plans to grant to the new National AI Office; the way in which he plans to structure engagement between the office and...
    • Enterprise Policy
      61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans for development of the vacant IDA site in Fermoy, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62241/25]
    • Work Permits
      62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to the recent consultation on the review of employment permits occupation lists, when the results of the review will be...
    • Tourism Policy
      63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on figures published by the Central Statistics Office indicating that the number of tourists coming to Ireland is down seven...
    • Job Losses
      64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the recent closure of a factory (details supplied); the engagement his Department and the IDA have had with the company...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there will be an overall net gain or net loss of jobs in this country as a result of AI; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the strategies in place to reduce bullying in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62193/25]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions his Department is taking to encourage remote, flexible and hybrid working arrangements to support businesses and employees...
    • Enterprise Policy
      68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has had any engagement with businesses or business representative groups regarding the changes to the National...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises facing rising energy and business costs,...
    • Tourism Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount of money spent on promoting County Louth as a tourist destination to date in 2025; the nature and extent of this...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • School Meals Programme
      83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanism for any primary school participating in the hot school meal programme that have concerns related to the...
    • Child Poverty
      84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an overview of the Budget 2026 measures to tackle child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62062/25]
    • Pensions Reform
      85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the deadline for employers to register on the my future fund portal, which will be open for registrations from 1 December...
    • Pension Provisions
      86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason pre-1992 former employees of a company (details supplied) who were made redundant and not offered options with...
    • Child Poverty
      87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline his targets regarding the eradication of child poverty; his efforts to do so; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Schemes
      88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work being done to address the anomalies that have arisen with the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Services Card
      89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide the conclusion of the Data Protection Commission’s investigation into the public services card using...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will introduce a cost of disability lump sum payment in the run up to Christmas, to reduce the impact of the increased...
    • Public Services Card
      91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of expenditure to date on the creation and operation of the public services card; the amount expended in relation...
    • Social Insurance
      92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has reviewed the possibility of lowering employers' PRSI in light of the forthcoming auto-enrolment scheme...
    • State Pensions
      93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the implementation of the Programme for Government commitments for older people that fall under his remit;...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider extending the domiciliary care allowance payment beyond the current age limit of 16 years of age, so that...
    • Budget 2026
      100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an overview of his Budget 2026 measures to support people seeking employment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the implementation of the Government’s commitment to establish a permanent annual cost of...
    • School Meals Programme
      103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the percentage of primary schools in the Dún Laoghaire constituency that are currently...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being taken to ensure that older people living alone receive timely access to the living alone allowance and the...
    • Departmental Policies
      106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason his Department uses a different model of SWITCH compared to that of the ESRI; the reason for the choice to use a...
    • Pensions Reform
      107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on the introduction of auto-enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62054/25]
    • Fuel Prices
      108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in view of his withdrawal of energy credits and the steady increase in households seeking financial support with energy...
    • Domestic Violence
      109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures his Department are currently examining to better support victims of domestic violence; and if he will make a...
    • School Meals Programme
      110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools enrolled in the school meals scheme 2025; when he expects to receive a report on the nutritional...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently on jobseeker's benefit; the number of persons that have applied for jobseeker's benefit, by...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount of social-welfare payments written off in the past two years; the proportion that relates to deceased...
    • Data Protection
      114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the collection of biometric data with Safe 2 registration has ceased. [62058/25]
    • Job Losses
      116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific support his Department has available, or is planning to make available, to those who are due to lose their...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider making the disability allowance into a non-means tested benefit rather than an allowance. [61674/25]
    • School Meals Programme
      119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that many parents are completely dissatisfied with the school meals scheme and concerned about the quality and...
    • Employment Schemes
      120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the operation and effectiveness of the Department’s community employment and work activation...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider introducing an automatic or simplified transition mechanism for children who meet the criteria for...
    • Employment Schemes
      124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps being taken by his Department to improve access to training and upskilling opportunities for jobseekers,...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny that will benefit from the changes in criteria for the fuel allowance...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people with disabilities currently in employment; the action he is taking to address the low rate of...
    • Budget 2026
      127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an overview of his Budget 2026 measures to support one-parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Payments
      128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports his Department has in place for over 65s in relation to heating supports coming into the winter; if his...
    • Budget 2026
      129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an overview of his Budget 2026 measures to support people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Pensions
      130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration is being given to reflecting inflation in the means test calculation for certain State benefits, such as the...
    • Pensions Reform
      131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be an accommodation in the auto enrolment my future fund to include pre-school staff that only work part of the...
    • Weather Events
      132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to present the number of payments made in each county under the humanitarian assistance scheme following storm Éowyn...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider a provision to allow individuals in exceptional circumstance applying for a means tested payment to be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm that consideration will be given to introducing a pay-related maternity benefit, based on the woman’s...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for his Department’s decision to remove the credit option for the household benefits package from December;...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures her Department is taking to assist low- and middle-income households struggling with the rising cost of living,...
    • School Meals Programme
      138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools who have refused to take up the offer of a hot school meal; the attempts his Department have made to...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of hours spent implementing the means-test for carer’s allowance; the cost of this work to implement the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether consideration will be given to increasing the income threshold for eligibility to fuel allowance in line with...
    • Pensions Reform
      142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he has any plans to adapt auto-enrolment to cater for self-employed people; if he has any plans to provide an...
    • Ukraine War
      144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare benefits his Department is currently providing to Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Meals Programme
      145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has concerns about the quality of meals being provided under the hot school meals scheme; if he has concerns about the...
    • Citizens Information Services
      147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to reintroduce Citizen Information offices in areas where they have been closed in recent years; and if he...
    • State Pensions
      148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assessment his Department has done of the impact of the transition to the TCA for the State contributory pension across...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider excluding the working family payment from being reckonable for all means tested payments and services....
    • Weather Events
      156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who were initially refused the humanitarian assistance payment in response to storm Éowyn but were...
    • Pension Provisions
      157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he intends to make provision for enhanced representation of retired workers in relation to the administration of certain...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Climate Change Policy
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 6 November 2025, if he will provide an estimated timeframe for the implementation of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations, and charities funded by his Department will meet their...
    • Trade Promotion
      164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following recent remarks by the European Commission about the UK’s unilateral changes to the Windsor Framework raising trust deficits...
    • Foreign Policy
      165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the recent crackdown on opposition by the Chama Cha Mapinduzi government in Tanzania; the implications this has for Irish...
    • Trade Promotion
      166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with Ireland participating in the EU-CELAC Summit of 9-10 November, and the forthcoming EU Council agenda of 10-23 November, covering key...
    • Departmental Properties
      168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns location...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Waterways Issues
      169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received correspondence from an organisation outlining concerns regarding new controls proposed for the River...
    • Electricity Grid
      170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total spend on batteries supplying the electricity grid from 2018 to date in 2025, by year; and the estimate over...
    • Departmental Funding
      171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for a breakdown of every agency, not-for-profit organisation, charity or service provider directly funded by his...
    • Energy Policy
      172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place to support small businesses in transitioning to using renewable sources of energy. [62621/25]
    • Departmental Properties
      173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      174. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will submit a business case to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to allow...
    • Military Neutrality
      177. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific instances where the Triple Lock mechanism has prevented the deployment of Irish Defence Forces personnel in situations where the...
    • Departmental Properties
      184. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns location of...
    • Protected Disclosures
      185. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the examination of a protected disclosure (details supplied) circulated to senior Cabinet members in July 2025 and asked as a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Schemes
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the development of the new vehicle adaptation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62525/25]
    • Insurance Coverage
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that individuals with British driving licences cannot purchase motor insurance, whether as the sole driver or as a named...
    • Taxi Regulations
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a taxi companies introduction of a ‘Taxi Fixed Price’ on its drivers (details supplied); whether such a...
    • Driver Test
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a driving test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62345/25]
    • Bus Services
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason several Dublin Bus stops were not constructed by the NTA according to BusConnects plans submitted to and approved by An...
    • Rail Network
      191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the proposal to add a daily return commuter train from Longford to Sligo to accommodate workers and students commuting...
    • Road Tolls
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the amount paid to PPP toll operators in each of the years since the inception of their contract, in tabular...
    • Road Projects
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the new road realignment and footpath from Laune Bridge, Killorglin, County Kerry to a hub (details supplied) on the...
    • Road Safety
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently address the extremely dangerous condition of footpaths and streets in Cahersiveen town, County Kerry; if he will accept that...
    • Road Projects
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the approved enhancement works for the N59 Road between Bunakill and Claremount, County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Taxi Regulations
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport If he will address the concerns regarding the recently introduced taxi fixed price model raised in correspondence (details supplied); and...
    • Bus Éireann
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to request Bus Éireann to open the public toilets at the Outlet Centre, Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Projects
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently address drainage issues on the N70 Ring of Kerry at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of park and ride facilities that are being developed in County Wicklow; the locations; at what stage the plans are at...
    • Rail Network
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on plans to extend the DART to Wicklow Town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62541/25]
    • Road Projects
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for the upgrade of the N11 will be made available; when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Coastal Protection
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to carry out costal protection works at the Murrough in Wicklow Town to protect the rail line; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to extend the LUAS to Bray; the planning completed on the project to date; the cost of the project to date; for a timeframe for...
    • Bus Services
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the planned new Local Link service between Bray and Glendalough in County Wicklow, including when the service is due to...
    • Transport Policy
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects in Wicklow that will be prioritised and funded following the review of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to progress the N81 Tallaght to Hollywood Cross upgrade scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of road traffic accidents on the N81 in County Wicklow for each year between 2015 and 2025; the type of accidents; if...
    • Airport Policy
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the responses from Dublin Airport Authority, AIRNAV and Irish Aviation Authority to the solutions for safer and lawful flight departure...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No's 177 to 184 of 16 October and No. 265 of 4 November 2025, the date that his Department actually...
    • Electric Vehicles
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and locations of EV charging hubs to be installed under phase 3 of the light duty vehicle scheme; the timeline for completion...
    • Public Transport
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken under the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan to expand and improve public transport options in rural and...
    • Vehicle Testing
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of those currently waiting for Cat C, Cat C1, and Cat BE testing in test centres in County Laois; the number tested in each of...
    • Road Safety
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions being taken to improve road safety, reduce fatalities, and ensure adequate maintenance of national and regional roads,...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department is progressing toward the transport sector's emissions reduction targets under the Climate Action Plan;...
    • Electric Vehicles
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to expand the national EV charging network, address regional disparities in charger availability, and support...
    • Active Travel
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated in 2026 for rural active travel infrastructure such as footpaths, cycle ways, and safe routes to schools;...
    • Road Safety
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date on implementing the Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030, with particular reference to reducing fatalities and...
    • Road Network
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to ensure that rural and regional road networks are made more climate-resilient in response to increased flooding,...
    • Transport Policy
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has conducted any studies on aligning transport and infrastructure planning on an all-island basis, particularly in...
    • Departmental Properties
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Yield
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of income collected in Donegal through the local property tax each year since it was introduced in 2013, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of inheritance tax within his Department; the parameters for this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pensions Reform
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance the provisions that have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by his Department will be able to meet their obligations under...
    • Departmental Properties
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns location of the buildings,...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Emergency Planning
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the work that has been done to ensure tetra access in Connemara in the event of a storm, given that there was no access to...
    • Office of Public Works
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of plans to upgrade the Garda station in Greystones; when work is due to commence; the timeframe for delivery; the cost of...
    • Pensions Reform
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations, and charities funded by his Department will meet their...
    • Departmental Funding
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a breakdown of every agency, not-for-profit organisation, charity or service provider directly funded by his Department; and the...
    • State Bodies
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of commercial State bodies that have sought or received approval to increase senior executive remuneration following the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that due to the lack of maintenance of Headford River, County Galway, OPW channel 2, adjoining agricultural land...
    • Departmental Properties
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Enterprise Support Services
      241. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the anticipated engagement and support mechanisms his Department intends to provide for Irish enterprises and innovators...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      243. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given the heavy reliance in previous consultations with online travel agent platforms, and the limited engagement with the grassroots...
    • Exports Growth
      244. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given the Irish Times’ assertion that Ireland remains structurally exposed to the risks of de-globalisation and weakening...
    • Copyright Infringement
      245. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has considered the recently delivered judgment of the English High Court in the case of Getty Images v Stability...
    • Departmental Properties
      246. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Surveys
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to stop an individual, or group of individuals, from undertaking the Primary School Survey multiple times by inserting a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the progression to stage 2 to provide two special education teacher rooms at a school (details supplied); and if she will...
    • School Transport
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a request for school transport from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) which has four children with additional needs including autism who started in September 2025 will not be...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money allocated to the DEIS + programme; the amount which will be allocated to primary education; the amount which will be...
    • School Curriculum
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a specific TY curriculum. [62318/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in view of her reply (details supplied) her Department will cover the costs of the re-tendering process for the school in question; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be given permission to establish a special class within their school to support children with additional...
    • School Transport
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there are plans to review the decision to disallow over 70s from driving school buses, as this is placing significant strain on school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has an official policy on the use of sensory or quiet rooms in schools for students with autism; whether schools are permitted...
    • Education Schemes
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support schools in the southwest inner city with mental health supports similar to the programme in the northeast inner city. [62403/25]
    • Educational Reform
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure all schools in Dublin south central are prepared and equipped for leaving cert reform especially, in STEM subjects. [62405/25]
    • School Staff
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the appeal to retain a teacher at a school in County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Bullying in Educational Institutions
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of cases of intimate image abuse that have been reported by schools to her Department since the enactment of Coco's law; if any of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who availed of July special provision during Summer 2025; the requirements to qualify; if there are plans to expand the...
    • Teacher Training
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the subject areas that are currently identified where there are staff shortages at second level; the measures in place to address this; and if...
    • School Facilities
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the Department's plans to make school sports facilities more available to the wider community. [62444/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if classes can be sanctioned for autistic children for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62451/25]
    • Child Abuse
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her intention to provide a written agreement to the survivors of industrial schools, and a definitive timeline for when their demands will be...
    • Pension Provisions
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by her Department will meet their obligations...
    • Departmental Funding
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of every agency, not-for-profit organisation, charity or service provider directly funded by her Department; and the details of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of deaf children and deaf parents currently known to Tusla; the measures in place to ensure they receive accessible, culturally...
    • School Facilities
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 816 of 4 November 2025, the number of schools who have mechanical ventilation heat recovery systems...
    • State Examinations
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the use of a standardised marking distribution also known as a bell curve for Irish as is used in English and maths...
    • Schools Building Projects
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a new primary school for Carrigaline, County Cork (details supplied); the stage this project is currently at; the remaining...
    • National Council for Special Education
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the results of recruitment campaigns by the Health Service Executive and National Council for Special Education for healthcare professional roles...
    • School Transport
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals to amend and improve the criteria for the establishment of school transport to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Funding
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to support schools in transitioning to using renewable sources of energy. [62618/25]
    • School Curriculum
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the introduction of drama, film, and theatre studies as a second level school subject; if additional resources have been...
    • School Funding
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is aware of sports complexes attached to community schools in Cork and Dublin, the funding stream these can be supported under; and...
    • Fire Safety
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the application for fire safety works at a sports complex (details supplied). [62624/25]
    • School Patronage
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of religious to non-denominational schools in Kildare; the number of schools successfully reconfigured in Kildare; and if she will...
    • Departmental Properties
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by her Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns location of the...
    • Arts Council
      290. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has made the Arts Council aware in writing of his objective as expressed publicly on a programme (details...
    • Arts Funding
      291. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of places which will be available in the permanent basic income for the arts scheme; when the positions will...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will guarantee a realistic grace period, beginning only once planning rules are published and when local authority...
    • Departmental Bodies
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the asbestos abatement works at the Tailte Éireann facility in Santry; if the abatement...
    • Housing Policy
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an overview of the legislation governing medical priority in allocation of social homes and supported tenancies. [62420/25]
    • Housing Provision
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social housing allocation for County Wicklow and County Wexford for 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of every agency, not-for-profit organisation and charity or service provider directly funded by his Department;...
    • Departmental Budgets
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of the 2024 expenditure and 2025 allocation, under sub head A3, by funding stream including SHIP, Land...
    • Housing Provision
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the development of a single stage approval process for social and affordable housing delivery. [62505/25]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an unprecedented large investment will now be made through Uisce Éireann and Local Authorities to progress the...
    • Departmental Circulars
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that have responded to Circular 2025/01 regarding designation of UDZs issues on 6 June 2025;...
    • Vacant Properties
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount provided to local authorities for vacant social housing acquisitions in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to...
    • Housing Provision
      323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the dates on which meetings took place of the Housing Activation Office; the Housing Activation Delivery Group and...
    • Planning Issues
      327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on proposals for the new planning exemptions for slurry storage on farms; if the exemptions will be in place to...
    • Legislative Measures
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the commencement date for Part 3, Chapter 5, Section 48 of the Planning and Development Act 2024, which will...
    • Local Authorities
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the publication date for a guide to the provision of allotments and community gardens by local authorities...
    • Departmental Data
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of homelessness figures by nationality, including Irish, EU, and non-EU citizens; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the...
    • Development Contributions
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in development levies collected by each local authority for each year between 2010 and 2025, in tabular form; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding spent on clearing Cherry Laurel for each year between 2000 and 2025, including location and cost, in tabular form;...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans on including Cherry Laurel to the list of invasive alien species of national concern; and if he will make a...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Section 42 deer hunting licences from 2015 and 2025, by county, by year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Provision
      343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans to start construction on a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62706/25]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans to purchase lands for the National Parks and Wildlife Service at the Glen of the Downs to expand the ancient...
    • Local Authorities
      345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of income Donegal receives as a top-up from central government each year since 2013, in tabular form; and if he...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      346. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether funding exists to cover the cost for a deaf person who wishes to use an Irish sign language interpreter to engage...
    • Departmental Schemes
      347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on the implementation of the cost of disability report recommendations, including any new...
    • Social Welfare Code
      349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos.1151 and 1152 of 4 November 2025, to confirm that there is no strategic policy in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions in Budget 2026 to address the cost of disability. [61904/25]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline any plans to review and improve the financial and social supports available to foster carers, including...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his department has examined how existing maternity and illness benefit schemes could be extended or adapted to provide...
    • Departmental Budgets
      353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether the €10 million euro allocated towards the relaxation of the carer’s means test comes under...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown of the estimated 30,000 additional recipients across the pension, illness, disability and carers schemes...
    • Pension Provisions
      356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown of the 30,000 additional pension and IDC recipients across the numbers resulting from changes to schemes...
    • Social Insurance
      358. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider introducing a voluntary higher PRSI contribution option for self-employed workers under Class S, which...
    • Departmental Properties
      360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigration Policy
      361. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to continue to expand or extend the Humanitarian Admissions Programme; his views in relation to the history of the operation of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current Garda staffing levels at Raheny and Coolock Garda Stations; the way in which this compares to 2019 figures; and the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider establishing an independent review mechanism for historic or disputed cases of sudden or unexplained death,...
    • International Protection
      365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to concerns that IPAS is providing an unsafe environment for residents at a centre (details supplied). [62380/25]
    • Prison Service
      367. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of immigration detainees held at Cloverhill Prison between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe to introduce legislation to place the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal on a statutory footing; and if he...
    • Pension Provisions
      372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions that have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by his Department will be able...
    • Court Accommodation
      373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline plans for the currently vacant Wicklow District Courthouse in Wicklow town; if funding will be made available for...
    • An Garda Síochána
      376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardai, by rank, in each Garda station in Wicklow, in each of the years between 2015 and 2025, in tabular form;...
    • Deportation Orders
      377. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportations of EU citizens from Ireland for each year between 2000 and 2025; the details of where they were...
    • International Protection
      378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given the forthcoming International Protection Bill 2025 and the pilot project which has processed over 300 decisions since...
    • State Bodies
      380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 9 October 2025, if the information regarding the current average duration of...
    • International Protection
      381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 22 October 2025, if the response to the question regarding whether a company which...
    • Departmental Properties
      385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 699 of 14 October 2025, regarding the number of Gardaí in each of the past five...
    • Prison Service
      388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1688 of 8 September 2025, if the information requested regarding the number of planned...
    • Protected Disclosures
      389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the examination of a protected disclosure (details supplied) circulated to senior Cabinet members in July 2025...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Wildlife Conservation
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details on the deer management strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62699/25]
    • Animal Culls
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers that have been culled in each county between 2015 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current vacancies which exist for a Technical Agricultural Officer in the Tipperary or Limerick area; and if he will make a...
    • Harbours and Piers
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to put a process in place to purchase the title to Kilkeaveragh Pier, Portmagee, County Kerry in order that the structure qualifies...
    • Agriculture Supports
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently investigate and allow for payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow for a late application due to illness under the sheep welfare scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Agriculture Industry
      398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the work done under each of the 12 actions under the Action Plan arising from the National Dialogue on Women in...
    • Pension Provisions
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions that have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by his Department will be able to meet...
    • Nitrates Usage
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the IFA’s warning that the loss of the nitrates derogation could reduce average family-farm income by...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications nationally, under tranche 2 of ACRES; that have withdrawn their applications to date; the number of...
    • Poultry Sector
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 731 of 14 October 2025, the date he began to prepare a tender to procure the services of a firm...
    • Animal Diseases
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 731 of 14 October 2025, if all strains of avian influenza which may result in an order from his...
    • Food Security
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a Citizens' Assembly on food will be convened, to ensure an all-of-Government approach to Irish food security and meeting the...
    • Nitrates Usage
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of recent discussions he had with the EU Commissioner in relation to the need to review the Nitrates Derogation; and if...
    • Departmental Surveys
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reissue a national survey on allotments and community garden provision to all local authorities to give a national...
    • Departmental Properties
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Child Protection
      409. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality his plans to protect children from a parent who abuses the other; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62402/25]
    • Disability Services
      410. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details of the recruitment of new community neuro rehabilitation teams in Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Child and Family Agency
      411. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla compiles statistics on the number of deaf children the agency engages with each year; the number of deaf parents it engages...
    • Childcare Services
      414. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the schemes available to an organisation (details supplied) to fund the building of their early childhood and family centre; how...
    • Disability Services
      416. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 808 of 30 September 2025, her plans to provide additional funds to the Interim...
    • Pension Provisions
      417. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by her Department will meet their...
    • Departmental Funding
      418. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for a breakdown of every agency, not-for-profit organisation, charity or service provider directly funded by her Department; and the...
    • Disability Services
      419. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the parents and families of adults with special needs and profound disabilities will get the respite in County Kerry; her views...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      420. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the findings of data collected by her Department on awareness levels following the national campaign to promote understanding of the...
    • Children in Care
      423. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the availability of psychotherapy services to children in care, in particular to reference access to child art psychotherapy; and if...
    • Childcare Services
      424. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures in place to support childcare facilities in transitioning to using renewable sources of energy. [62613/25]
    • Departmental Properties
      425. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by her Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns...
  • Department of Health
    • Care Services
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding supports available for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62347/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      427. To ask the Minister for Health to review the answer to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied) regarding the sale of a property. [62301/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to the provision of podiatry care due to waiting lists particularly for elderly patients; and if she...
    • Health Services Staff
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the number of podiatrists that are currently practicing in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62333/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding average wait times for medical card holders to access to a podiatrist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62336/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding annual recruitment of podiatrists to work in the health service; her views on whether it is adequate to meet demand; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      437. To ask the Minister for Health her views the adequacy of publicly available information related to the provision of partially State funded podiatry care; if an advertising campaign in HSE...
    • Home Help Service
      438. To ask the Minister for Health when home support hours will commence for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal which were approved in September 2025; and if she will make a statement...
    • Emergency Departments
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the provision of a new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; when it is envisaged construction will begin; the planned timeline...
    • Female Genital Mutilation
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if she will commit to increasing core funding for the existing female genital mutilation (FGM) treatment service; the steps she is taking to assist the service...
    • Medicinal Products
      442. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 609 of 23 September 2025, to clarify if a group were excluded from the costing for the free hormone replacement therapy...
    • Health Services Staff
      443. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 817 of 14 October 2025, if radiation therapists have an explicit agreement with respect to incremental credit and agency...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on Holter monitors between the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62384/25]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the plans regarding special leave with pay for Covid-19; and the number of people who will lose this payment at the end of the year and transition to the...
    • Health Strategies
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation plan for the 2019 National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte; if this implementation plan will be published before...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the plans her Department has to roll out primary care services in Clare to assess children for autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62434/25]
    • Dental Services
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); if she will ensure that the person secures orthodontic treatment as a matter of urgency;...
    • Health Services Staff
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the specific training in the area of dementia and Alzheimer's that is provided to primary care staff in the healthcare system; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for BreastCheck screening in counties Wicklow and Wexford; the length of time they have been waiting; the number of...
    • Pension Provisions
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by her Department will meet their obligations under the new AE...
    • Departmental Funding
      454. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of every agency, not-for-profit organisation, charity or service provider directly funded by her Department; and the details of each specific...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to recognising Covid-19 as an occupational illness for social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62483/25]
    • Medicinal Products
      457. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1632 and 1633 of 4 November 2025, whether healthcare providers must indicate eligibility/ineligibility for the free HRT...
    • Hospital Staff
      458. To ask the Minister for Health when the additional staff, in particular nursing staff, will be provided to allow for the overdue opening of beds in West Kerry Community Hospital; and if she...
    • Hospital Facilities
      461. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Kerry patients continue to be transferred to community hospitals and nursing homes in Cork and Limerick and as far away as County Offaly while the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      462. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed progress report in regard to the overdue primary care centre in Cahersiveen, County Kerry; when the residents of Iveragh and south Kerry...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      463. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for the old St. Finian's Hospital and lands, a prime property in Killarney, County Kerry, that has been idle since 2012; the reason no decision has...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      464. To ask the Minister for Health if she will reconsider the decision not to renew the temporary financial support scheme for healthcare and social care workers suffering from long Covid, given...
    • Hospital Facilities
      467. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the appointment of the design teams for the development of the new bed blocks at Galway University Hospital; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Staff
      468. To ask the Minister for Health for the number of approved wholetime equivalent consultants in emergency medicine at University Hospital Galway; the number of said approved positions...
    • Traveller Community
      469. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the resources provided to the Traveller counselling service in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62526/25]
    • Primary Care Centres
      473. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on plans to deliver a new primary care centre in Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62531/25]
    • Substance Misuse
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the current provision of staffing in the HSE substance misuse service in south Tipperary; the towns in which clinics or drop-in services operate, and their...
    • Primary Care Services
      475. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the expected impact on the local community of the removal of diabetic clinics from Carrick primary care centre; if the HSE has any further plans to...
    • Hospital Equipment
      476. To ask the Minister for Health when a positron emission tomography, PET, scanner will be acquired for the purposes of cancer management at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make...
    • Health Services
      477. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the provision of a permanent oncology-haematology build at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied) in view of the fact patients numbers...
    • Disability Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential disability places provided by the HSE in Dublin north, city and county; the current level of unmet demand, in tabular form; and if...
    • General Practitioner Services
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices in the Dublin Bay North constituency that currently accepts new medical card patients, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on capital plans for a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62558/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional consultant posts that have been approved for a hospital (details supplied) in 2023 and to date in 2025, by year, by specialty, in...
    • Primary Care Services
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on delivery of the HSE's national service plan 2025 targets for primary care expansion in Dublin north, city and county, in...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for an appointment with a primary care psychologist in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62581/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the results of recruitment campaigns by the Health Service Executive and National Council for Special Education for healthcare professional roles (details...
    • Departmental Policies
      485. To ask the Minister for Health when a citizens' assembly on food will be convened, to ensure an all-of-Government approach to Irish food security and to meet the objectives of the Healthy...
    • Health Strategies
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in establishing trusted partnerships between industry, academia and national genomic programmes, as set out in the national strategy...
    • Health Services Staff
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical geneticists, genetic counsellors and genetic resource associates who have been recruited since an initial €2.7 million funding...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of plans to establish a multidisciplinary HSE central laboratory, as outlined in the HSE's strategy for laboratory services 2025-2029; the...
    • Health Service Executive
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if full funding has been ring-fenced for the implementation of the HSE Strategy for Laboratory Services 2025-2029; if not, which components remain unfunded;...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if a location has been selected for the proposed HSE's central laboratory, as outlined in the HSE's strategy for laboratory services 2025-2029; the criteria...
    • Nursing Homes
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to support nursing homes in transitioning to using renewable sources of energy. [62614/25]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has reviewed potential models for enhanced North–South cooperation in healthcare delivery, including cross-Border hospital and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the shingles vaccine is not currently subsidised or included in the national immunisation programme, despite its proven effectiveness in preventing...
    • Departmental Properties
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by her Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns location of the buildings, in...
    • Mental Health Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of remaining works on a property on O'Dwyer's Road, Midleton; and the estimated opening date for a new HSE residential mental...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      501. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE Central Laboratory will operate under ISO 15189 accreditation standards; the accreditation pathway being pursued; whether this accreditation...
    • Protected Disclosures
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the examination of a protected disclosure (details supplied) circulated to senior Cabinet members in July 2025 and asked as a Leader’s...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to address the current shortage of qualified tradespeople across the country; the specific measures being implemented to...
    • Departmental Advertising
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the range of countries in which his Department are currently running a public relations campaign to attract Irish tradespeople to...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure no further examinations for future apprentices are leaked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62406/25]
    • Third Level Education
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students studying graduate entry medicine, by institution, for each year from 2015/2016 to 2024/2025; the total and per capita...
    • Pensions Reform
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations, and charities funded by his Department will meet their obligations...
    • Departmental Funding
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of every agency, not-for-profit organisation, charity or service provider directly funded by his Department; and the details of...
    • Departmental Policies
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and the Government will support in every way possible a person (details supplied) who has been selected to become the first Irish person in...
    • Research and Development
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on plans to attract a greater number of top international researchers and academics to Ireland. [62615/25]
    • Departmental Properties
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns location of the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Irish Language
      514. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to examine along with his Ministerial colleagues with responsibility for the named Departments (details supplied), the proposal...
    • Departmental Properties
      515. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns...

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