Written answers

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Transport
      75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the short hop zone to Newbridge and surrounding areas to aid with the cost-of-living of commuters; and if he...
    • Taxi Regulations
      88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the concerns regarding the introduction of a taxi fixed price; if he has conducted a review into whether it complies...
    • Road Network
      89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will meet with the elected members of the Letterkenny Municipal District, Donegal County Council to discuss the urgent need to...
    • Coast Guard Service
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to address the concerns in relation to the unsafe working hours arrangements of Coast Guard helicopter crews;...
    • Road Signage
      91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that there is consistency in signage on motorways for tourist attractions for centres (details supplied). [54624/25]
    • Road Tolls
      92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the current contract for the toll in Watergrasshill, County Cork is due to expire; the engagement that has taken place with regard to...
    • Rail Network
      93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take urgent action on the lack of train carriages available for morning services from Midleton train station to Kent Station...
    • Greenways Provision
      94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take CPOs off the table in relation to greenways; if he will engage in meaningful consultation with landowners; and if he will...
    • Rail Network
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the issue of elevator services being regularly out-of-order at all stations will be examined (details supplied). [63558/25]
    • Public Transport
      96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the establishment and implementation of the proposed transport security force, given its importance in improving...
    • Bus Services
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the new F-Spine routes and instruct the NTA to make the changes necessary in order that journeys are not more indirect...
    • Road Projects
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for urgent improvement and safety works to be carried out on the N22 road section east of Macroom to Ballincollig; if the high road...
    • Bus Services
      99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount in fines issued to a bus company (details supplied) and Dublin Bus in 20224 and 2025; the consequences of these fines on route...
    • Road Projects
      100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the appointment of a design consultant for the N25 Midleton to Youghal scheme; the timeline for the appointment if not...
    • Bus Services
      101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the-up-to-date position on the implementation of the changes to be rolled out to the current 233 bus service; the route and frequency for...
    • Road Projects
      102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding the development of the N52 Link Road in County Offaly; the way in which the project will improve...
    • Bus Services
      103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the NTA to address the 6,000 complaints submitted to the NTA in relation to cancelled, delayed or so called ghost...
    • Rail Network
      106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to address the growing problem of overcrowding and lack of services on the Dublin to Rosslare rail...
    • Public Transport
      107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the work his Department is carrying out to establish a dedicated transport policing force. [63509/25]
    • Driver Licences
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the current loophole in the licensing system which allows learner drivers to repeatedly renew their learner permits...
    • Public Transport
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to expand the frequency of Local Link and Bus Éireann services coming in and out of Mayo, particularly during...
    • Road Projects
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the progression of the proposed upgrade of the R624 access road to Cobh and the Great Island in east Cork; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the planned investment on the skeleton train service from Rosslare to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the communication and public engagement measures that have been undertaken by Iarnród Éireann in the Donaghmede area in...
    • Rail Network
      113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will acknowledge the need for additional return rail services from Dublin to Carlow and Kilkenny; if he plans to address the...
    • Road Projects
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on works on N24/N25, and on State investment in the project. [63290/25]
    • Road Tolls
      116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of toll bridges in the State; and if he will outline when each was built; and the cost to the State. [63521/25]
    • Traffic Management
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department is taking to dealing with the increasing levels of traffic congestion on the M11/N11; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total investment in bus services in each county in each of the years since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63405/25]
    • Public Transport
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department is taking to ensure that disabled passengers in rural areas, such as Mayo, are provided with equitable access...
    • Taxi Regulations
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the move by a company (details supplied) to fixed price fares, which is being used as a tool to...
    • Road Projects
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will consider providing funding for the upgrade of the N25 route between Carrigtwohill, Midleton and Youghal in Cork...
    • Public Transport
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the current phase of the Luas Finglas extension project; the projected funding amounts for 2026, 2027 and 2028;...
    • Road Projects
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to include as a priority, the Portlaoise Northern Orbital Route and the Mountmellick By-Pass in the revised National Development Plan;...
    • Bus Services
      128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address service reliability on bus routes in Kildare north, given repeated last-minute cancellations and ghost buses; and if...
    • Public Transport
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the rollout of Connecting Ireland in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63322/25]
    • Rail Network
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the enhancement of commuter rail services in Cork; the estimated timeline on when the new stations at Tivoli,...
    • Road Projects
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the provision of a new bridge urgently needed to replace the existing Lennox bridge, which connects Kinlough, County...
    • Bus Services
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when technical measures to improve real time information across bus services in Dublin city will be implemented; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to specific measures to support commuters travelling to city and town centres, particularly students...
    • Road Projects
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the port access Northern Cross route in Drogheda, County Louth; the current stage of design, funding commitment from his...
    • Greenways Provision
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by central Government on greenways since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63406/25]
    • Bus Services
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the NTA review into the operation of bus services for Nenagh town which as was committed to will be concluded; and if consideration...
    • Public Transport
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proportion of his Department’s National Development Plan allocation that will be assigned to funding Luas extensions in...
    • Bus Services
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passenger journeys in each of the past three years on Local Link services in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider consolidating Transport for Ireland’s multiple public transport apps into a single, user-friendly platform to...
    • Traffic Management
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the current traffic issues in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63330/25]
    • Bus Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passenger journeys per year on Bus Éireann route 425A in Galway; the basis on which the decision was made to reroute...
    • Rail Network
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement his Department has had with Irish Rail and other stakeholders regarding the provision of additional car parking spaces at...
    • Road Projects
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Clontibret to the Border road project; and the estimated time to completion. [63069/25]
    • Active Travel
      146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position on the role of public consultations in the development of community active travel projects. [63313/25]
    • Bus Services
      147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current prevalence of the practice of injecting additional buses along routes when such routes have reached capacity; if there are...
    • Road Projects
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the earliest estimated construction start and end dates for the N2 Clontibret to the Border and N2 Ardee to Castleblayney road projects....
    • Road Safety
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve safety on the N7/M7 road from Kildare to Dublin in view of frequent crashes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to improve and expand public transport services in County Louth, including increased frequency and capacity on bus and...
    • National Transport Authority
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to an extension of the Metro North in advance of works being concluded, to ensure no delay in delivering...
    • Public Transport
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to improve public transport systems in County Mayo. [63542/25]
    • Road Projects
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that a project (details supplied) will be included in his Department’s sectoral plan for the 2026 to 2030...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made on the proposed flood mitigation measures at Ballycar, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Schemes
      156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the pilot new transport initiatives that have resulted from Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025; and...
    • Road Projects
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the upgrade of the Kilkenny ring road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63291/25]
    • National Transport Authority
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the formation of the transport security force to address safety issues on public transport in Dublin; and if he...
    • Road Safety Authority
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress his Department has made with the Road Safety Authority to shorten the waiting lists for driving tests; if his attention has...
    • National Transport Authority
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans and measures considered and implemented by publicly funded public transport operators when it becomes clear there is a lack of...
    • Public Transport
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the overall cost of the 90-minute Leap Card fare hardware in Cork city; and the timeline for the installation of same....
    • Rail Network
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the current platform length at MacDonagh Junction railway station in Kilkenny; if he will engage with...
    • Bus Services
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to increase the frequency of the 130 Dublin Bus service, recognising the significant reliability issues on this route;...
    • Public Transport
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to expand public transport options including bus and rail services and Local Link services in rural areas such as...
    • Bus Services
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the steps that have been taken to address ghost buses on the real time information service on bus services in Dublin...
    • Rail Network
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on progress in reopening the western rail corridor between Claremorris and Athenry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to ensure the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Dublin Bus, as the service provider, can alleviate issues...
    • Public Transport
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the rollout of contactless fare payment on public transport systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Services
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the review of the Expressway services recently reported; the timeline for when this review will be completed; the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff
      173. To ask the Taoiseach the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department and agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Departmental Properties
      174. To ask the Taoiseach 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, in tabular...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      175. To ask the Taoiseach the timeframe for finalisation and publication of the new National Digital and AI Strategy. [63450/25]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      176. To ask the Taoiseach the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the aegis of his Department for each of the...
    • Regeneration Projects
      177. To ask the Taoiseach the progress that has been made to date in achievement of the stated goals of the Dublin City Task force; the spending on establishing the taskforce; and the projected...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Diaspora Issues
      178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps the Government will take to smooth the bureaucratic and financial way for returning Irish emigrants with their families. [63815/25]
    • Middle East
      179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland will raise at European level the decision of the Israeli authorities to obstruct and place a five year travel ban on the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing construction of a children’s hospital in Ukraine (details supplied); if he will...
    • heading
      183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on Ireland’s commitment to the “loss and damage” mechanism agreed at COP30; and the amount of additional...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average turnaround time for applications to the foreign birth register. [62953/25]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will assist a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62971/25]
    • Humanitarian Aid
      191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding which has been provided for emergency relief in response to the recent humanitarian crises in Palestine and Sudan. [62978/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department and...
    • Foreign Policy
      193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the human rights record of the Qatari government; and whether an event organised by the Irish embassy in Abu Dhabi with the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      195. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland was represented at the Second World Summit for Social Development 2025, held in Doha; if so, the composition of the Irish...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the aegis of his...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is aware of any instances where official development aid funding from Ireland has been misappropriated by partner...
    • Passport Services
      198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address concerns regarding a passport application appeal, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Middle East
      199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to ensure that the €200 million currently earmarked and future moneys under the Horizon Europe's EIC...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a foreign birthright application for a person (details supplied). [64013/25]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Proposed Legislation
      201. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects a determination to be made regarding legislation on marine protected areas; if this determination will be...
    • Arts Centres
      202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place to support theatres, arts centres and other cultural buildings in transitioning to using renewable...
    • Energy Policy
      203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the specific questions raised...
    • Climate Change Policy
      204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the agreement reached at COP30 and the commitments made by the EU to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by...
    • Departmental Staff
      206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his...
    • Fisheries Protection
      207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are plans in place at Departmental level to re-designate Lough Sheelin as a pike and coarse fishery considering...
    • Departmental Staff
      211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the principal officer of environmental protection within his Department, is on secondment to the Permanent...
    • Fisheries Protection
      212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason minutes of the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland, ACCI, and Angling Advisory Group, AAG, meetings held on...
    • Illegal Dumping
      214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the volumes of domestic, commercial and medical waste contained in the illegal landfill in Whitestown, County Wicklow; and...
    • Climate Change Policy
      222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of submissions received during consultation on Ireland’s social climate plan; the key issues raised in...
    • Energy Policy
      226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on proposed regulations for biogas facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63555/25]
    • Environmental Policy
      227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has reviewed the balance between environmental protection considerations and the timely delivery of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      229. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within...
    • Legislative Measures
      230. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will meet the deadline to transpose EU laws which require Ireland to collect and publish data centre emissions...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Staff
      231. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department and agencies...
    • Defence Forces
      232. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the countries with whom Ireland has a memorandum of understanding in respect of defence cooperations, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Naval Service
      234. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland will be signing an agreement with a company to replace its fleet (details supplied); the timeline involved in such a decision; and if...
    • EU Programmes
      235. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement his Department has had with the European Commission regarding the so-called 'crisis mechanism' within the European Defence...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      236. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the aegis of his...
    • Departmental Communications
      237. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 12 November 2025, the meaning of emergency resilience in this context. [63716/25]
    • Defence Forces
      238. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the additional costs incurred by the Irish Defence Forces for security provided at Shannon Airport due to US military use of that airport from...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Transport Policy
      239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking to reduce the economic burden being experienced by people who commute long distances to work; and if...
    • Taxi Regulations
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his response to the introduction of a fixed fare strategy by operators in the taxi sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Electric Vehicles
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to introduce chargers (details supplied) for EV vehicles to Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62757/25]
    • Road Safety
      242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if TII plans to conduct a safety assessment on the M3 motorway (Navan to Dublin) before the toll bridge at Dunboyne, taking into account...
    • Transport Policy
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the long-term plans in place to improve transport infrastructure for commuters from Navan to Dublin. [62768/25]
    • Electric Vehicles
      245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV grants and the average value in each of the years 2020 to date in 2025, by county, tabular form. [62779/25]
    • Bus Services
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the fines charged to each bus operator for not meeting their service level agreements; the reasons for the value of each fine in each of...
    • Departmental Staff
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies, by job title within the railway accident investigation unit of his Department; and the estimated timeframe for...
    • Ports Policy
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Port of Cork continues to own a building (details supplied); if so, if the Port of Cork accepts responsibility for the derelict...
    • Rail Network
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline on when Iarnród Éireann’s deployment of a traffic management system within the new national train control...
    • Bus Services
      256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to request the National Transport Authority to expedite the processing of requests for additional/increase bus stops (collect/drop off...
    • Driver Test
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if the decision on the RSA compensation claim could be expedited; if...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the direction which has been issued to the NTA and public transport operators regarding mandatory accessibility reporting under the...
    • Rail Network
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount Irish Rail spent on taxi services for transfers of staff and train users in each of the years 2021 to 2024, inclusive, and to...
    • Driver Test
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average age of those taking the driving test for each of the past five years; the average age of those failing the driving test for...
    • Public Transport
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an account of the time it took to issue the Leap Card for five to eight-year-olds from inception to delivery; the breakdown of...
    • Taxi Regulations
      266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with taxi representative organisations regarding concerns about the introduction of the taxi fixed price model by a company...
    • Bus Services
      268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the ongoing blockages of bus lanes and bus stops that are creating serious safety risks and operational challenges for...
    • Road Safety
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland can be urgently requested to address the extremely dangerous section of the Killorglin to Milltown...
    • Bus Services
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider implementing a system where the TFI app states as soon as it is known that a bus service is cancelled; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department and...
    • Road Safety Authority
      272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 4 November 2025, if the RSA has made mismatches in the past; if so, the total number...
    • Public Transport
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider funding for a feasibility study into the Metro South West project; the estimated cost of such a study; the practical...
    • Active Travel
      274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update regarding the expression of interest by a school (details supplied) in the Safe Routes to School Programme; and if...
    • Electric Vehicles
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department, or any of the State transport agencies, have plans to engage in an information campaign regarding the safety...
    • Driver Test
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an office (details supplied) will provide a date for oral examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63109/25]
    • Transport Policy
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline when the next meeting of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV) Interdepartmental Working Group will take place; to...
    • Bus Services
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of recurring issues such as cancellations, delays, break-downs and ‘ghost buses’ on the S8 route operated by...
    • Active Travel
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the rapid deployment pedestrian scheme 2024-Northwest LEA in Cork; the estimated timeline for completion; and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the current phase of the Metrolink project; the expected timeline for the establishment of the designated activity...
    • Bus Services
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the measures he and his Department plan to take to alleviate the issues of poor bus service following the recent...
    • Road Projects
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on safety measures and upgrades planned for the N25 in Waterford and Kilkenny. [63350/25]
    • Bus Services
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if recently announced bus stop closures on the N25 in west Waterford will be reversed; and if alternative arrangements will be made for...
    • Active Travel
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the achievement of the target for a 50% increase in daily active travel journeys; and to provide a breakdown of...
    • Electric Vehicles
      290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the review of EV grants, including the prospect of extending grants to car-share and car rental operators; and the...
    • Bus Services
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the up-to-date position on commencement of the new 256 bus route to service Macroom, Inchigeelagh, Ballingeary, Kealkill and...
    • Electric Vehicles
      292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is in agreement with the previous Government's stated position on the need for an EU legislative proposal on greening corporate...
    • Driver Licences
      293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that there are persons who drive tractors only, that can no longer get insurance as they do not have a valid driver...
    • Public Transport
      294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are provisions to address the requirement for individuals with additional accessibility needs, such as wheelchair users, to have...
    • Bus Services
      295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if issues in relation to the 40E bus route will be addressed (details supplied). [63560/25]
    • Road Safety
      297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland will conduct an examination of an area (details supplied) to determine if the area...
    • Bus Services
      300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department’s plans to fund Local Link services to connect local villages to towns; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ports Policy
      301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken by his Department to implement a coordinated, multi-port development strategy for offshore wind energy; if he will...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the aegis of...
    • Public Transport
      304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review an ongoing issue for a student Leap card applicant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the N20-M20 Cork Limerick motorway project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63681/25]
    • Active Travel
      306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the active travel projects in Cork; the plans to expand the number of projects in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding he plans to allocate to new and enhanced services under the BusConnects, Connecting Ireland and Towns Services...
    • Bus Services
      309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review congestion on the M3 approaching the Clonee/Damastown sections given it affects the 109X Cavan-Dublin Bus Eireann...
    • Road Safety
      310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason his Department has decided to ignore the provisions of the Road Traffic Act 2024 in relation to a default 30 km/h speed limit...
    • Rail Network
      312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has identified a funding source to deal with the works required in Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus, to alleviate flooding and ensure...
    • Public Transport
      314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve accessibility on public transport in particular the requirement to book an hour in advance to access Irish Rail for...
    • Bus Services
      316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider the implementation of earlier bus on Saturday and Sunday for the number 37 bus given issues that have arisen (details...
    • Public Transport
      317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the 90-minute fare will be rolled out in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63816/25]
    • Bus Services
      318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he plans to take to address punctuality issues on the 304a bus in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Car Test
      319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Ukrainian-registered vehicles that have undergone National Car Test inspections since February 2022, by year and by vehicle...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Ukrainian-registered vehicles identified as non-compliant with motor tax requirements since February 2022; the steps being...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of road safety incidents or accidents involving Ukrainian-registered vehicles since February 2022; whether...
    • Rail Network
      326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 30 September 2025, the plans in place to improve rail services on the Rosslare rail line...
    • Transport Policy
      327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide all planned transport upgrades for the Blarney, Glanmire and Ballyvolane growth corridors to 2030, including timelines for...
    • Public Transport
      328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected public transport capacity gain for Cork arising from all projects scheduled for 2026; and how this will support projected...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of non-Irish EU citizens who have received penalty points for road traffic offences committed on Irish roads, by country, by...
    • Driver Licences
      330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of years that a non-Irish EU citizen can remain in Ireland before they are required to exchange their drivers licence or...
    • Taxi Regulations
      331. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to commission a formal review into the fixed fare policy of a company (details supplied) and its compliance with the Taxi Regulation Act...
    • Bus Services
      333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the bus route that will serve Firhouse Village since the new route F1 replaced the 49 route; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of any plans to conduct a review of app-based taxi fare models and their compliance with Irish taxi regulations; if he is...
    • Transport Policy
      336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on current and planned investment in transport infrastructure in the Cork Northwest constituency, including...
    • Public Transport
      337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to improve public transport connectivity and accessibility in Cork Northwest, particularly for rural communities...
    • Bus Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an express bus service between Galway city and Shannon airport is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Data
      340. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of Ukrainian-registered vehicles that have entered Ireland since February 2022 under temporary protection or refugee status arrangements; and...
    • Financial Services
      343. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to change the criteria in relation to deposit requirements for house purchases in order to recognise rent payments, over many years in some...
    • Tax Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount collected in inheritance tax for each year over the period 2015 to 2024. [62796/25]
    • Tax Code
      346. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on plans for deemed disposal tax. [62830/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      352. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department and agencies under the...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      353. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of enforcement and trade facilitation allowanced staff working in each of the Revenue Commissioners frontier management branches; and if he will...
    • Financial Services
      354. To ask the Minister for Finance the mortgage finance options open to a specific community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63115/25]
    • Film Industry
      355. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide details of efforts by ISIF to ensure work recommences on the Greystones Media Campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63158/25]
    • Illicit Trade
      356. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the maintenance costs of the MV Matthew, which was seized in September 2023 for drug trafficking, and has been docked in Cork for...
    • Tax Collection
      357. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the recent Revenue Commissioners measure preventing farmers from paying their farm tax liabilities via business debit or credit card over...
    • Insurance Industry
      358. To ask the Minister for Finance if insurance companies are allowed to charge more for a product if the customer opts to pay monthly versus one upfront payment; if there are regulations to...
    • Banking Sector
      360. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify if Irish banks were entitled to take credit ratings from farmers and other businesses who experienced financial challenges during the Covid-19...
    • Tax Code
      361. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of beneficiaries of TaxSaver tickets in each of the past 10 years up to 2024; and the estimated cost of the scheme in each year. [63455/25]
    • Illicit Trade
      363. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will seek trusted flagger status through Coimisiún na Meán to allow them to address the sale of illicit tobacco...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      364. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will amend the current contract with its suppliers of unique identifier codes for tobacco products in order to introduce...
    • Regeneration Projects
      365. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted an evaluation report or efficacy report of the living city initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63477/25]
    • Fiscal Policy
      366. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted stress-testing or scenario analysis to assess Ireland's exposure to a potential economic downturn in 2026 and 2027; whether...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      367. To ask the Minister for Finance the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the aegis of his Department for each...
    • Departmental Data
      368. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 4 November 2025, to provide the same information, excluding AHBs and local authorities, in tabular form; and if...
    • Aviation Industry
      370. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that Ireland’s aviation sector enjoys multiple tax exemptions despite rising carbon emissions; if he is aware that research suggests...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed 2024-2026 Spending Review cycle that was noted in the Public Service Performance Report 2022; and if he will...
    • Health Service Executive
      373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has any formal or informal role in reviewing or advising on the Health Service Executive’s annual National...
    • Departmental Policies
      374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider requiring all public bodies to publish, both in their annual reports and on their websites, a statement of...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on each ongoing and proposed flood relief scheme in Galway city and county, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      379. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department and...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      380. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has assessed whether the absence of centralised reporting on contract variations represents a governance or...
    • Freedom of Information
      382. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 5 November 2025, if he will clarify the specific information concerning charities that are...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      383. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a review being carried out on the River Dargle in Bray, County Wicklow, as part of the National Catchment Flood Risk...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      386. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures being taken to support Government departments and agencies to identify opportunities for the use of AI; and the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      387. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has undertaken a full audit of the number of statutory agencies, quangos or advisory boards operating under his...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      389. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the aegis of...
    • Office of Public Works
      390. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Office of Public Works plans to submit a planning application for segregated cycle lanes and pedestrian crossing...
    • National Development Plan
      392. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to publish the cost-benefit analysis carried out for the Cork housing and transport elements of the National Development Plan, and to...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Correspondence
      393. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reasons all permit applications, both new and renewal, are currently on hold, as indicated by Departmental correspondence; to...
    • Construction Industry
      394. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the residential construction productivity levels recorded in 2023 and 2024; how these compare to EU averages; and the measures...
    • Tourism Policy
      395. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assessment that has been carried out on the potential impact of the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025 on small-scale rural...
    • Job Creation
      398. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role agritourism is expected to play in achieving the goals of balanced regional development and sustainability outlined in the...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      401. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of registered overnight serviced accommodation, by type and by county in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in...
    • Regional Development
      402. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline all capital investment made by the IDA in County Laois since 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      403. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has examined the impact of payment delays on community, voluntary, and non-profit organisations funded through...
    • Disability Issues
      405. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which employment and income-support policies will be aligned with Pillar Two (Employment), including measurable targets...
    • Departmental Staff
      407. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department...
    • Industrial Development
      408. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update regarding the recommencement of work on the Greystones Media Campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Job Creation
      411. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of all job creation strategies for Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63157/25]
    • Departmental Bodies
      412. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered the request from an organisation (details supplied) to join the retail forum. [63462/25]
    • Departmental Functions
      413. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has carried out any comparative analysis of productivity between Ireland's public sector and private sector over...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      414. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total legal costs in defending Judicial Reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the aegis...
    • Business Supports
      415. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the schemes his Department is currently running to support businesses that face increasing operational costs; his plans to introduce...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      416. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current number of SME construction firms operating in Cork city and Cork county; and the supports his Department is providing to...
    • Building Regulations
      418. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment with regard to a product (details supplied); the reason this product is not currently recognised or recommended by Home Bond despite...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be included on the pilot school bus schemes envisioned under School Transport 2030. [62718/25]
    • School Accommodation
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has changed the policy in relation to the provision of modular units to schools which require additional space; if so, the rationale for...
    • School Transport
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school bus is funded to transport school children from the Fanad peninsula and Gaeltacht to a school (details supplied)...
    • Special Educational Needs
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application by a school for an ASD unit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected timeframe of stage 2 construction of new classrooms in a school (details supplied); and the date for completion of this project....
    • Youth Services
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is aware of changes to Cork city youth clubs to amalgamate services into a hub; and whether she will outline the impacts of this....
    • School Curriculum
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of optional language subjects currently on the Leaving Certificate curriculum; the number of these which are taken as non-curricular;...
    • Departmental Strategies
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resourcing, financial and staffing, will be allocated to ensure that inclusive education measures are implemented within defined...
    • School Accommodation
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an additional special class will be sanctioned at a school (details supplied); and if this sanction will be expedited given the school has...
    • School Staff
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been unsuccessful in securing additional SNA allocation; if she will ensure that this decision is...
    • Youth Work Projects
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 626 of 14 November 2025, the correspondence her Department has had with DDLETB on the best way to support...
    • School Staff
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional SNA will be provided to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62963/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a person (details supplied) who is due to start senior cycle in a special school but is due to turn 18 this year and will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a proposed school building project (details supplied), which was initially granted approval in February 2020...
    • School Accommodation
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will support the opening of an additional ASD class at a school (details supplied). [62999/25]
    • Special Educational Needs
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to assist a school (details supplied) in County Kerry in the purchase of additional autism equipment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in her Department and agencies...
    • Schools Building Projects
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to extending a bus service to include an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the implementation of the new DEIS Plus Programme; and if she will ensure that DEIS Plus funding and resources will be made...
    • School Staff
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if multidisciplinary teams including counsellors, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists will form...
    • Departmental Funding
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify whether a school (details supplied) will be assessed under the forthcoming DEIS Plus process; the emergency interim measures,...
    • Departmental Strategies
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a comprehensive update on the implementation of action 9 of opportunities for youth; the progress being made on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 4 November 2025, the timeline for the completion of a stage 2a addendum report (details supplied);...
    • Schools Building Projects
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the planned ASD classrooms at a school (details supplied); the reason construction works have not yet commenced despite...
    • Special Educational Needs
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will get a special needs assistant care review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63194/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress of the extension and refurbishment plans for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Policies
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the Education Plan 2025; to outline progress made on the commitment to provide best practice guidance to schools regarding...
    • Special Educational Needs
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department is taking to ensure that every child with a disability can access a genuinely inclusive education in their local...
    • School Transport
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update in relation to the pilot school transport scheme; if she will provide details of the schools identified as pilot projects...
    • Departmental Programmes
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means by which schools qualify for the DEIS+ programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63299/25]
    • School Management
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns regarding the preparedness of schools to treat medical emergencies, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and...
    • School Accommodation
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the availability of school options in the Dublin 7 area; whether there are changes planned for the school planning area in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details and progress of upgrades on schools in the Dublin 7 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63409/25]
    • School Management
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for schools to change patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63410/25]
    • Irish Language
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the most recent total number of teachers in Irish primary schools, by number, per category (details supplied). [63435/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to a school construction project (details supplied); when this school will proceed to tender and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a request to establish a special class within a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education Schemes
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been awarded the active school flag post primary; the successful schools, by county; the schools that applied...
    • Special Educational Needs
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 7 October 2025, when the review of the assistive technology scheme will be completed; and the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the redevelopment of a school (details supplied) in Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63597/25]
    • School Admissions
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of difficulties parents in Dublin south-west are having in securing places for their children in local secondary schools; and if...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving her Department and/or agencies within the aegis of her...
    • Schools Building Projects
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will progress to build; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63662/25]
    • Departmental Data
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary school places in the Dublin south west area in the 2025-2026 academic year; the number of children who did not receive...
    • School Accommodation
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the emergency works application for a school (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the trainings that are in place for bus drivers in State-funded bus services for disabled children, including privately contracted bus...
    • Residential Institutions
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to honour all commitments made to a group of hunger strikers who have recently concluded their strike following agreement with her...
    • Departmental Circulars
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she will take to address an anomaly related to circular 54/2019; if a teacher has moved schools in the past 12-months, regardless of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to improve pay and conditions for special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63795/25]
    • Departmental Data
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of curricular Mandarin Chinese Leaving Certificate examination sits in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is aware of capacity issues in terms of primary school places in Kildare town; the steps she will take to address this issue;...
    • Departmental Strategies
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to publish an implementation plan for the opportunities for youth strategy; when the plan will be published; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Funding
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the youth affairs 2025 budget that is allocated for capital projects; the channels that exist for communities to access that...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      517. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures in place to sports clubs in transitioning to using renewable sources of energy. [62850/25]
    • Tax Credits
      518. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding recommendation 7 of the Budgetary Oversight Committee in its report on the 481 tax credit from...
    • Departmental Schemes
      519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he would consider expanding access to the basic income for the arts scheme to include luthiers and instrument makers...
    • Departmental Staff
      520. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in...
    • Departmental Funding
      528. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of Exchequer funding which was provided to each State agency under the remit of his Department in...
    • Media Sector
      529. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific steps his Department is taking to reform and modernise the public-service broadcasting funding model, in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures his Department is putting in place to ensure that grant schemes for the arts and culture sector, including...
    • Sports Funding
      532. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which his Department will ensure that capital investment, including funding through the Large-Scale Sport...
    • Online Safety
      533. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the Government’s consideration of either EU or national policy measures to introduce...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      534. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if National Broadband Ireland is ahead of the roll out schedule in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      535. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies...
    • European Council
      536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the planned cultural programme for Ireland's holding of the EU Council presidency in 2026. [63733/25]
    • Media Sector
      537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide details of his plans and timeframe to bring RTE under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Provision
      538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the current allocation for housing-linked infrastructure in Cork City and Cork County for 2026, including roads,...
    • Tourism Policy
      547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider an exemption from the registration and planning requirements under the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the rollout of a social housing passport to allow persons on social housing waiting lists to change local...
    • Housing Policy
      550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of first home scheme drawdowns, where the home buyer was also availing of help-to-buy, for each year since the...
    • Housing Provision
      552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62765/25]
    • Housing Policy
      553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the Bill to introduce new housing reforms in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Strategies
      554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will publish its statement of strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62785/25]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the capital budget allocation for the National Parks and Wildlife Service that has been spent in the first...
    • Housing Schemes
      556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to housing support schemes;...
    • Vacant Properties
      558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether any funding that is made available for retrofitting local authority housing is intended for tenanted social homes; and...
    • Planning Issues
      559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to introduce legislation regarding planning permission for crematoria. [62940/25]
    • Defective Building Materials
      560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will consider making funding assistance available to defective concrete block grant scheme applicants for...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a case for a wastewater treatment plant (details supplied) can be reviewed; if he will provide an update on the working...
    • Local Authorities
      562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units completed and occupied in each local authority area to date in 2025; and the targets for...
    • Health and Safety
      563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the process to resolve the asbestos issue within Tailte Éireann’s central filing repository; if...
    • Derelict Sites
      564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the definition of a derelict property that guide councils in adding sites to the derelict sites register; if the criteria will...
    • Rental Sector
      565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the affordability thresholds and criteria for single applicants to cost-rental housing; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff
      566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his...
    • Tourism Industry
      567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons with Fáilte Ireland registered, self-catering cottages, who already have planning permission as holiday...
    • Rental Sector
      568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Tinnahinch-Graiguenamanagh will not be affected by the proposed rent pressure zone planning regulations given it has a...
    • Housing Schemes
      569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will examine the situation regarding the local authority home...
    • Housing Provision
      570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale and assessment criteria applied for the decision not to provide funding for the proposed social and affordable...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service conducted risk assessments or implemented mitigations to prevent the spread of the...
    • Septic Tanks
      573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he currently has plans to review the eligibility for a grant for septic tanks for households outside of the high-status...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties in County Mayo that have had their DWWTS inspected under the national inspection plan, by year, for...
    • Septic Tanks
      575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households that septic tank grants have been issued to in County Mayo, by year, for the past five years, and...
    • Housing Schemes
      577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if EU Cohesion Policy Funding has been allocated to any social and affordable housing programmes in his Department. [63230/25]
    • Fire Service
      578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update regarding the need for specialised training of fire fighters for electric vehicle fires; and if he will...
    • Defective Building Materials
      579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will provide an update on the supports a family (details supplied) will be provided with after their house...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his position on if payments under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme come under the category of income that is...
    • Vacant Properties
      582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in view of the success of the vacant/derelict grants scheme in Donegal if he will consider a similar type of grant for above...
    • Grant Payments
      583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if SUSI grants and Erasmus grants are counted as household income for persons on local authority housing lists. [63353/25]
    • Departmental Data
      584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of households on the social housing waiting list in Dublin City Council and in Fingal County Council, in...
    • Legislative Process
      591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the Planning and Development Act 2024 which has been enacted; the amount which remains to be enacted; and the...
    • Planning Issues
      592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the median and average time taken between the submission of a strategic housing development application and a final...
    • Weather Events
      596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding made available generally to local authorities to address the impact of extreme weather events; the specific...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the...
    • Departmental Data
      599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of direct build LDA homes delivered and that are currently under construction, by local authority, between the...
    • Housing Schemes
      601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans to make cost rental accommodation available in Arklow, County Wicklow; the measures Wicklow County Council will take...
    • Defective Building Materials
      603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the apartments and duplex defects remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63694/25]
    • Departmental Data
      604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for the vacant homes refurbishment grant, by county in 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of new...
    • Housing Provision
      605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the housing proposal from Wicklow County Council at Rehills Land, Bray, County Wicklow which was recently refused funding...
    • State Bodies
      609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures, in place to make Uisce Éireann more accountable to the Houses of the Oireachtas as well as to elected...
    • Housing Provision
      610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected annual housing delivery for Cork city and Cork county under the new national plan Delivering Homes, Building...
    • Departmental Data
      612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current cost per social home and cost per affordable home delivered in Cork city and Cork county for 2023, 2024 and 2025...
    • Housing Provision
      613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has completed any land-assembly analysis for Cork to support the delivery of starter homes; and the findings for the...
    • Local Authorities
      623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units currently delayed at the planning stage across local authorities; the average processing time for...
    • Planning Issues
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the issues that have arisen between planning authorities, Uisce Éireann, the National Transport Authority, and other...
    • Housing Provision
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing schemes marked as stalled or inactive nationally; the number of homes affected; and the expected...
    • Planning Issues
      628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether local authorities have sufficient planning, engineering, and procurement staff to meet the delivery targets under...
    • Derelict Sites
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of derelict residential properties on the Derelict Sites Register in each local authority area; the number of...
    • Housing Schemes
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications, approvals, and completed refurbishments under the croí cónaithe towns scheme since its...
    • Housing Provision
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of brownfield sites identified for housing nationally; the expected annual delivery from these sites to 2030; and...
    • Vacant Properties
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected number of homes expected to return to use as a result of the vacant homes tax; the number of properties...
    • Local Authorities
      656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the borrowing capacity of each local authority in 2024 and 2025 for housing construction; the level of borrowing approved for...
    • Housing Schemes
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the loan-to-cost ratios applied in affordable purchase schemes; the financial criteria participating households must meet; and...
    • Land Development Agency
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total funding allocated to the Land Development Agency in 2023, 2024, and 2025; the number of homes delivered in each of...
    • Housing Schemes
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total Exchequer cost of the first home scheme to date; the number of households supported; the average State equity share;...
    • Housing Policy
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual targets to 2030 for the delivery of housing designed for older people, including age-friendly, supported, and...
    • Housing Schemes
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of supported housing units planned for delivery nationally to 2030; the expected annual output; and the specific...
    • Housing Provision
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the share of new social housing units completed in 2023 and 2024 that meet universal design standards; the expected rate of...
    • Housing Schemes
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households with disability needs currently accommodated through the housing assistance payment; and whether the...
    • Housing Provision
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the BER standard required for all new homes delivered under Delivering Homes, Building Communities; the number of A-rated...
    • Energy Conservation
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual retrofit targets for social housing to 2030; the number of retrofits completed in 2023 and 2024; and the expected...
    • Housing Policy
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether embodied carbon calculations are required for housing projects funded by the State; the method used; and how embodied...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether energy network capacity, including electricity grid upgrades, is sufficient to support the new housing targets; and...
    • Housing Provision
      680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional cost imposed on housing delivery by NZEB standards; the inflation impact of these standards; and whether the...
    • Land Issues
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of land zoned for residential use in each local authority area; the number of homes this land could support;...
    • Housing Policy
      684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the housing delivery targets in Delivering Homes, Building Communities align with the capacity set out in each local...
    • Housing Provision
      687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether local authorities are meeting their obligations under Housing Need and Demand Assessments; the number of authorities...
    • Land Issues
      689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Housing Land Availability zonings currently prevented from activation due to wastewater, water, road, or...
    • Housing Policy
      690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the density and height assumptions used in setting regional delivery targets; whether these assumptions vary for Cork City and...
    • Housing Schemes
      692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units that have been realised in the past five years from projects that availed of the vacant homes...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there has been an increase in homeless figures since his Department changed the criteria for tenant in situ scheme...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Housing Policy
      694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the post budget campaign of an organisation (details supplied); the actions he will take...
    • Social Welfare Code
      695. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his position on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63695/25]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      696. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to reconsider an application a rent supplement application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Cancer Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the free travel scheme can be extended to persons with cancer who, due to their condition and treatment, may be able to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      698. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the levels of support available to those impacted by long-Covid following the final extension of the temporary special...
    • Social Welfare Code
      699. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the decision to reject a disability allowance application for a person (details supplied), who had previously...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider extending children’s allowance payments to a full year following the death of a child; and if he will make...
    • Employment Schemes
      702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which employment and income-support policies will be aligned with Pillar Two (Employment), including measurable...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      703. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pending appeals in respect of jobseeker’s allowance; and the average waiting time for a decision. [62968/25]
    • Social Welfare Code
      704. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider increasing the means test threshold for the disability allowance in line with the changes made to carer's...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      706. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if jobseekers benefit payments for the month of August will be awarded to a substitute teacher (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      707. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his...
    • Education Schemes
      708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the schools across County Louth that operated a breakfast club for the academic school year 2024-2025 ; and the number of...
    • School Meals Programme
      709. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the schools who operated school meals scheme across County Louth for the academic school year 2024-2025; and the number of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      712. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that while the Government has spoken about sustainable increases and restraint, the reality is that disabled...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      717. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide analysis from his Department on the progress towards achieving Minimum Essential Standard of Living over...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      718. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current average waiting time for disability allowance and for carer’s allowance applications, by county, in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for appeals to the Social Welfare Appeals Office for disability allowance cases, in tabular form;...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the impact of the withdrawal of support...
    • Social Welfare Code
      721. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on whether a revision of categories of PRSI contributions in respect of those who pay class K contributions is...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the...
    • Deportation Orders
      723. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 652 of 12 November 2025, the number of cases where payments have been stopped and...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      724. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider an addition fuel payment for polio survivors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      725. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for clarity in relation to employees who currently have private pension arrangements or AVC’s in place which are not...
    • Social Welfare Code
      726. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports available to parents caring for adult children suffering from severe drug addiction and related mental...
    • Departmental Data
      727. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients who are in receipt of Jobseeker's allowance unbroken continuously in excess of 12 months, 24 months...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      729. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rights to social welfare a returning emigrant who worked in Ireland for 12 to 13 years before emigrating to the USA has;...
    • School Meals Programme
      730. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will urgently intervene in a case involving difficulties that a primary school (details supplied) is having with his...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      731. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will implement an emergency winter payment for those people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Budget 2026
      733. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to conduct a full review of the effects Budget 2026 will have on those with a disability; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Road Traffic Offences
      734. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he intends to take in relation the continued use by some District Courts of charity donations to allow motorists to...
    • Departmental Funding
      735. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an addiction support service (details supplied) has been refused funding under the Community Safety Fund despite...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      736. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of anti-social behaviour orders that have been sought by Gardai; and the number granted in the years of 2023 to-date...
    • Court Accommodation
      737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the progress of the construction of the new family court building at Hammond Lane, Dublin 7. [62843/25]
    • Departmental Strategies
      738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the rise in racially motivated attacks in recent months; if he is concerned by reports that racism and...
    • Legal Aid
      740. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the criminal legal aid fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62958/25]
    • Alcohol Sales
      741. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the current regulatory framework governing online and app-based alcohol delivery services is adequate...
    • Prison Service
      743. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria and risk assessment processes used by the Irish Prison Service when granting temporary release to prisoners...
    • Judicial Reviews
      748. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline changes that have been made or are intended to be made regarding the means by which individual citizens take...
    • Departmental Staff
      749. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his...
    • International Protection
      750. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times a person seeking international protection initially claimed to be a child but who was subsequently found to...
    • Deportation Orders
      751. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order will be urgently reconsidered (details supplied). [63060/25]
    • International Protection
      752. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of non-national individuals who have entered the State who have a previous criminal conviction. [63093/25]
    • Asylum Seekers
      758. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the support that is offered to a person who has applied for temporary protection but is refused due to having received...
    • International Protection
      759. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total occupancy of IPAS accommodation compared to the total capacity. [63130/25]
    • Citizenship Applications
      760. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for citizenship (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Records
      761. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the national records that are available on the number of miscarriages, and/or stillbirths, which occurred due to acts of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      762. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the protections against statelessness that his Department will put in place for naturalised Irish citizens, in the context of...
    • Court Judgments
      763. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons with a Clare address who were given a penal sentence in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, per year, in...
    • Prison Service
      767. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average cost of imprisoning a prisoner per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63308/25]
    • Schools Building Projects
      768. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for the update position on a new build for a school (details supplied), funded by the Immigrant Investor Programme, handled by...
    • Electric Vehicles
      769. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters which were seized by An Garda Síochána across the country in 2024. [63333/25]
    • An Garda Síochána
      779. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of emergency calls taken by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and to date in 2025....
    • International Protection
      780. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied), who created an alias to avoid deportation and used it falsely to claim social welfare,...
    • Proposed Legislation
      782. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work his Department is planning to take to introduce new regulations and act upon the recommendations of the Report of the...
    • Immigration Status
      783. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review correspondence (details supplied); the options available to regularise the person’s immigration status...
    • International Protection
      784. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who applied for international protection in the State from 2015 to date in 2025, by year, by country of...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      790. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a matter (details supplied) has been brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63546/25]
    • Residency Permits
      791. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update regarding a delayed stamp 4 renewal application (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      792. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the progress of the Life Sentences Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Traffic Offences
      793. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooter related road traffic offences recorded by An Garda Síochána in Dublin since the introduction...
    • Direct Provision System
      796. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has undertaken any study or analysis of the child mortality rate in direct provision centres; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      797. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next citizenship ceremony will take place; and when invitations will issue to recipients. [63572/25]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      798. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for naturalisation for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63602/25]
    • Judicial Reviews
      799. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      800. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to Garda stations (details supplied). [63661/25]
    • Departmental Data
      802. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visas issued to nationals of South Africa since the introduction of visa requirements in July 2024, by visa...
    • Deportation Orders
      804. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) deported from Ireland and subsequently killed; and the steps he will...
    • Prison Service
      805. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure an adequate complement of healthcare staff at Cork Prison following the recent Annual Report of...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      807. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers convicted in court for penalty point offences, by year and by District Court, since 2022; the number of...
    • Courts Service
      808. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the oversight mechanisms in place to ensure interpreters engaged by the Courts Service meet minimum professional standards; and...
    • Rental Sector
      814. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the analysis carried out by the Residential Tenancies Board on behalf of the Minister for Housing; Local Government and...
    • Deportation Orders
      823. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has conducted a review of identity verification procedures used in deportation and asylum cases, following...
    • Asylum Seekers
      827. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions brought in the past three years for providing false or misleading information during asylum, visa,...
    • Departmental Programmes
      828. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to support a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63793/25]
    • Prison Service
      829. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a medical and special unit for mentally disordered challenging prisoners at Limerick Prison; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      832. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department carried out any cost–benefit analysis before awarding €3.6 million under the 2025...
    • International Protection
      842. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a contract (details supplied) will terminate; if his department plans to renew the contract; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Supports
      843. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports which are currently available to farmers seeking to diversify into agritourism; his plans to introduce new measures in...
    • Agriculture Industry
      844. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department is working with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to ensure that...
    • Animal Welfare
      846. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown, by local authority, of the number of dogs euthanised in dog kennels and pounds in the past five years. [62754/25]
    • Forestry Sector
      847. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that registered foresters are no longer allowed individual webcam access at his Department's webinars (details supplied);...
    • Greyhound Industry
      848. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he last met the CEO of Greyhound Racing Ireland; and to provide details of the issues discussed. [62817/25]
    • Coastal Erosion
      849. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to put in place a scheme to assist farmers whose lands are severely impacted upon by coastal erosion and flooding; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      850. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department...
    • Forestry Sector
      851. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if further funding will be made available in 2026 and 2027 for module 2 of the innovative forest technology scheme - investment aid...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      853. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the forgotten farmers scheme will issue to eligible applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tillage Sector
      858. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the crops which will be included in the next round of tillage supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63229/25]
    • Animal Diseases
      859. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review an application for a person (details supplied); if the decision will be expedited; and if he will make a statement...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      860. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has examined the findings of the recent research published in the Journal of Dairy Science (August 2025), which...
    • Animal Welfare
      863. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which compliance with existing EU and national feeding and welfare requirements for unweaned animals in transport is...
    • Live Exports
      865. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on the live export of Irish animals to countries outside the European Union, given the serious welfare concerns...
    • Greyhound Industry
      868. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 2,415 non-coursing greyhounds born in 2021, and with an active status on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      869. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for reducing the payment rate under the national sheep welfare scheme to €11.50 per ewe, despite the prior...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      874. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the aegis...
    • Fishing Industry
      875. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure that Ireland’s mackerel quota is not reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63705/25]
    • Control of Dogs
      876. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2024 Dog Control Statistics will be published; the reasons for the delayed publication to date; and if he will make a...
    • Land Issues
      877. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a publication date of the National Land Use Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63835/25]
    • Departmental Reviews
      878. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the independent review of Government funding for the Irish horse and greyhound racing industry that was due to...
    • Trade Agreements
      879. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements on the Mercosur Trade Agreement. [64000/25]
    • Agriculture Industry
      880. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to safeguard Irish farm competitiveness in the face of ongoing EU trade negotiations, including Mercosur;...
  • Department of Children, Disability and Equality
    • Disability Services
      881. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is currently on schedule to meet its obligations under the first Programme Plan of Action of the National Human...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      882. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred in 2023 by their GP, for an assessment of needs, has...
    • Childcare Services
      883. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the proposals to protect and grow the home-based childcare sector, as many in the sector believe that the one-size-fits-all approach...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      884. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the HSE’s published annual targets and actual performance rates for the completion of assessments of need for...
    • Health Service Executive
      885. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the methodology used by the HSE when setting annual performance targets in its National Service Plan, in particular for disability...
    • Disability Services
      886. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE senior work practitioner posts that were filled at Springfield children's disability network team in each of the...
    • Childcare Services
      889. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently availing of the national childcare scheme in County Louth; if she will provide a breakdown by...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      890. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early learning and childcare providers in County Louth that are in receipt of Core Funding; the proportion of total...
    • Childcare Services
      891. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of additional childcare places created in County Louth since the introduction of Core Funding in year one; and if she...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      892. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early learning and childcare providers in County Louth that have applied for, or are currently receiving,...
    • Childcare Services
      895. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the Forward Planning and Delivery Unit has identified specific capacity gaps in childcare provision in County Louth; to detail...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      898. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timelines for the finalisation and publication of the First Programme Plan of Action 2025-2026 under the National Human Rights...
    • Disability Services
      907. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will consult with the HSE to reverse any proposals removing 35 hours of frontline speech and language therapy...
    • Departmental Staff
      908. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in her Department...
    • Childcare Services
      910. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers registered with Tusla; and where this involves multi-site owners, the number of services in that...
    • Disability Services
      916. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding will be considered for SNAs in an afterschool setting for type 1 diabetic children (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Childcare Services
      917. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised by members of a representative group (details supplied), specifically in relation...
    • Disability Services
      918. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of transportation support provided for school leavers to access a service (details supplied); if transport services are...
    • Childcare Services
      919. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the adequacy of the aspect of the core funding childcare scheme, related to the time thresholds for each band (details...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      921. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the system of age verification used by Tusla for separated children seeking international protection to ensure it...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      924. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of those initially classified as juveniles who were subsequently determined to be over the age of 18 who were initially...
    • Disability Services
      925. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the age profile of CDNT service users in Cavan and Monaghan, in written and tabular form. [63517/25]
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      927. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of beds or placements provided by Tusla for unaccompanied minors and other children in the care of the State who are...
    • Disability Services
      931. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who are currently on the waiting list for respite in County Donegal, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      932. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the National Plan for Provision of Irish in Early Years Childcare; the likely publication date; and if she will...
    • Disability Services
      933. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waitlist time for overnight respite at a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      934. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving her Department and/or agencies within the aegis...
    • Child and Family Agency
      935. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a response will issue to important correspondence issued to Tusla (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      936. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress that has been made over the past 12 months on each Programme for Government commitment relating to childcare, in...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      938. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on the waiting list for an assessment of need; the number of these children waiting over 12 months; the...
    • Childcare Services
      939. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider excluding domiciliary care allowance from reckonable income for the national childcare scheme subsidy; and the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      940. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the rationale behind the cutoff age being two years and eight months on 1 September of a given year to qualify for 15 early...
    • Childcare Services
      941. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers receiving core funding for each year between 2022-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she...
  • Department of Health
    • Prison Service
      943. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a specific psychiatric service at Limerick prison; if a dedicated service will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      944. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older people and disabled persons assessed as medically fit for discharge from hospitals or nursing homes but awaiting suitable housing; and the...
    • Health Services
      945. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to facilitate the completion of professional placement hours required by CORU for Irish students who have undertaken their physiotherapy training...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      946. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist in the scheduling of a chemotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62722/25]
    • Health Services
      947. To ask the Minister for Health further to the HSE audit into the homebirth service, when she will implement a national structure for the homebirth service to deal with weaknesses and...
    • Pensions Reform
      948. To ask the Minister for Health if any provision has been made to assist local and regional drugs and alcohol task forces with the extra costs of auto-enrolment; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      949. To ask the Minister for Health if any funding will be provided for the DRIVE (Drug Related Intimidation and Violence Engagement) project, given that it does not appear in the Budget 2026...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      950. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to not include local drugs and alcohol task forces in the new “reference group” to support the implementation of the new National...
    • Hospital Services
      951. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been seen by the dedicated cataract clinic for ophthalmology outpatients at Nenagh Hospital, by county since it opened; the...
    • Patient Safety
      952. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address issues raised regarding keeping hospital patient safety indicator reports up-to-date (details supplied), in all hospitals and especially at...
    • Hospital Facilities
      954. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an urgent update on the proposed resolution, for the maternity ward in University Hospital Kerry and its proximity to the operating theatre; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      957. To ask the Minister for Health if she has concerns in relation to the fact that the auto-enrolment initiative is not being funded for local drugs and alcohol taskforces and the costs must...
    • Health Services
      958. To ask the Minister for Health to issue a thorough, transparent investigation into the treatment and legal protection of the 79 babies (details supplied) who were born alive but subsequently...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      959. To ask the Minister for Health the levels of support available to those impacted by long-Covid following the final extension of the temporary special scheme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Reviews
      961. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the north Kerry CAMHS review; the date it will be published; the reasons for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      962. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to establish a register and baby loss certificates for parents who experience loss before 24-weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Executive
      963. To ask the Minister for Health the internal oversight or review process that exists to assess the realism of performance targets before publication in the HSE National Service Plan; and...
    • Hospital Services
      965. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ultrasound scans carried out for public patients at the Louth County Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital at private scan centres for each...
    • Health Services
      968. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of CT scans carried out for public patients at the Louth County Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital at private scan centres for each of...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      970. To ask the Minister for Health if the policy for funding of automatic wearable blood glucose monitors (BGM), which is currently not available to any type 2/3C rated diabetes patients, can...
    • Hospital Staff
      971. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant haematologists based at St. Vincent's University Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62818/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      972. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of vacancies, by job title in CAMHS in County Donegal. [62819/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      974. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title working within the department of psychiatry at Beaumont Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular...
    • Health Services Staff
      975. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title working within Limerick Mental Health Services. [62822/25]
    • Hospital Staff
      976. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant obstetricians posts that were filled at Mullingar Regional Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form....
    • Healthcare Policy
      977. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 336 and 337 of 15 October 2025, the reason her Department has produced documents stating transgender individuals are...
    • Health Services
      978. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure children with complex medical needs and their families receive timely, coordinated, and compassionate care (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      979. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment of a psychologist for Ennis Day Hospital; whether the NRS commenced the recruitment process in July 2025 as previously...
    • Energy Usage
      980. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to support section 39 organisations in transitioning to using renewable sources of energy. [62848/25]
    • Nursing Homes
      981. To ask the Minister for Health to assist the Nursing Homes Ireland residents forum that was established in 2025 (details supplied) in addressing common issues and concerns; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      982. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a psychiatric patient in UHL from County Clare has been informed they cannot be seen by a doctor because they are from Clare and not under the care...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      983. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for an operation will be expedited for a child (details supplied). [62861/25]
    • Disability Services
      984. To ask the Minister for Health the instructions issued to the HSE and Section 38/39 organisations regarding the operationalisation of the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      985. To ask the Minister for Health when an application under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme, will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Strategies
      986. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is currently on schedule to meet its obligations under the first Programme Plan of Action of the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled...
    • Vaccination Programme
      989. To ask the Minister for Health whether any research has been carried out to comparing the findings of Ireland’s health technology assessment, HTA, for the shingles vaccine to the HTAs...
    • Health Services
      994. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed update on a CAMHS assessment for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62941/25]
    • Health Service Executive
      995. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 894 of 14 October 2025, if she will direct the HSE to provide an answer to the question; and if she will make a statement...
    • Dental Services
      996. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists currently offering services to medical card holders in County Offaly; the number of dentists that have exited from the scheme offering...
    • Infectious Diseases
      997. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address concerns that the incidence rate of tuberculosis is increasing among the general population; if she will provide data on the number of...
    • Hospital Equipment
      998. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of functioning hemodialysis machines at Mayo University Hospital; the number of hemodialysis machines which have reached the end of their...
    • Dental Services
      999. To ask the Minister for Health if the orthodontic section of Tullamore Hospital is currently operating at full capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62959/25]
    • Hospital Services
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health the number of joint replacements carried out in Tullamore Hospital since 1 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62960/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that are currently on waiting lists for joint replacements at Tullamore Hospital; the breakdown of same; and if she will make a...
    • Dental Services
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health if Tullamore Hospital is currently prevented from outsourcing work to clear the orthodontic waiting lists; if the hospital is prevented from outsourcing this...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on waiting lists in each acute hospital; the average waiting time, by speciality; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently within CAMHS; and the steps being taken to address staff shortages in the service. [62966/25]
    • Emergency Departments
      1005. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures that are in place at University Hospital Limerick in cases in which a person is at high risk of suicide and self-presents at the accident and...
    • Disability Services
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons residents of County Galway currently do not have access to the ADHD in Adults National Clinical Programme for public assessment, diagnoses, and...
    • Departmental Websites
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is aware that some links (details supplied) on a Government website are currently returning an ‘Access denied’ error message;...
    • Alcohol Sales
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to extend existing test-purchase powers under section 14 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 to include situations where alcohol has...
    • Health Services Staff
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently examine matters in correspondence (details supplied); to assist health workers who put their lives at risk; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Records
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the provision of medical records for all patients in all hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63006/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department and agencies under the...
    • Hospital Services
      1012. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an operation in Letterkenny University Hospital was cancelled for a patient (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a new date for the operation...
    • Dental Services
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a waiting list for patients seeking dental treatment under the medical card in County Mayo; the number of persons on each waitlist in...
    • Departmental Policies
      1014. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress being made on the Government’s commitment to provide a “statutory homecare scheme to allow people to stay in their...
    • Home Help Service
      1015. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the allocation of home support service to persons living in County Louth for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [63054/25]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1022. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has issued any guidance to hospitals or community care teams regarding the management of appointments for elderly or incapacitated patients who...
    • Care of the Elderly
      1023. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a monitoring or appeals mechanism in place to ensure that elderly patients who are unable to travel for medical appointments are not effectively...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1025. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait times for routine scans in each public hospital in the Dublin and midlands health region in each of the past three years and to-date in 2025,...
    • Health Services
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to expand access to IVF for individuals with a condition (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1029. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting to see a psychologist through primary care services, by CHO and by wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Emergency Departments
      1030. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated expenditure required over a two-year period to provide liaison psychiatry staffing within the emergency department at the Midlands Regional...
    • Mental Health Services
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve mental health services for young people in County Laois; the details of additional resources to be made available for mental...
    • Ambulance Service
      1032. To ask the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service paramedics per 100,000 nationally, by health region; the number of critical care ambulances and rapid response...
    • Dental Services
      1034. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the shortage of dentists that will accept medical card holders in County Laois; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      1035. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to develop a national pathway and specialist multidisciplinary functional neurological disorder clinic; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      1036. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders currently waiting for dental appointments in County Laois, by age and waiting time, for end of October 2024 and end of...
    • Health Services Staff
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE community orthoptist posts filled within CHO8, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the changes to the organ donation framework; the number of those opting out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63124/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will run an international recruitment campaign to recruit suitably qualified senior dental surgeons, with an interest in special needs, for the...
    • Pharmacy Services
      1040. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently reconsider the decision to cease the phased dispensing reimbursement service for certain medications in community pharmacies (details...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1041. To ask the Minister for Health the number of conditions currently screened for in the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63150/25]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health to expediate a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63160/25]
    • Pharmacy Services
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health if she will clarify that roles (details supplied) are now added to the role of community pharmacies. [63161/25]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1047. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on the South Doc services in West Cork, including the steps taken to reopen the premises in Skibbereen; and if she will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1048. To ask the Minister for Health if necessary tetanus vaccination shots given as post-exposure prophylaxis are covered by the medical card; if not, the reasoning for this; and if she will...
    • Health Services
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE diabetes prevention programmes in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63211/25]
    • Health Services Staff
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dieticians that are currently employed in the Kildare Chronic Disease Hub in Naas, County Kildare, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence from a local councillor regarding a case (details supplied); if she will address the issues raised in this case; and if she will...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1052. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to replace equipment in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63226/25]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1055. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will engage with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science regarding the shortage of radiation...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will receive a date for an operation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63242/25]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to delayed implementation of spinal muscular atrophy in the heelprick test for babies; the timeline for the implementation of...
    • Health Services Staff
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical nutritionists employed by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63247/25]
    • Health Services
      1064. To ask the Minister for Health to address the chronic situation that exists at University Hospital Kerry accident and emergency department by providing a new 96-bed block in addition to the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1068. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if consideration will be given to providing an urgent appointment to a person (details supplied) who urgently requires hip surgery, has received a...
    • Medical Cards
      1069. To ask the Minister for Health the grant allowance for a person with non-cancer related hair loss, who is in possession of a valid medical card and GP referral; and the level of support...
    • Departmental Funding
      1070. To ask the Minister for Health the specific types of hair loss which are covered by HSE grants, by county, in tabular form; if the grant amount varies by region, and if so, the reason; if...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1072. To ask the Minister for Health the amount raised through parking charges at car parks in hospitals across the State from 2023 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form. [63279/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      1073. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists based at each primary care centre in County Galway; if they are permanent or temporary positions; and if she will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1074. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant delay in securing an appointment at Beaumont Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      1075. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been seen by the multi-disciplinary team established following the audit of surgeries on children with developmental dysplasia...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1076. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 26 June 2025, if she has received the clarification she sought as to whether there are issues relevant for the...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1077. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 26 June 2025, if she has clarified whether her position as Minister precludes her from making a complaint to the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1078. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the job description for the strategic programme director role in Children’s Health Ireland; the recruitment process undertaken for...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1080. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to an issue with the location of the proposed elective hospital for Cork, identified by an official at a recent meeting...
    • Health Service Executive
      1081. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the HSE assumes the cost of providing qualified sign language interpreters for treatment abroad under the Cross Border Directive...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1082. To ask the Minister for Health if she will reconsider recognising long covid as an occupational illness for health care workers currently availing of the special scheme of paid leave; the...
    • Home Help Service
      1083. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the 52 clients currently awaiting home support services in the Clonmel area; the category of need for each client;...
    • Departmental Staff
      1085. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of current staffing shortages and the recruitment embargo on the delivery of home support services in Clonmel; the number of approved posts...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1086. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a comparative breakdown of home support waiting lists and staffing levels across all areas of South Tipperary, including Clonmel, Cahir, Cashel,...
    • Home Help Service
      1087. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken any review or assessment of home support demand and capacity in the Clonmel area; and the strategic workforce planning...
    • Mental Health Services
      1088. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if a community mental health group (details supplied) is eligible for State funding; and if it will be considered for a grant from the HSE. [63456/25]
    • Hospital Services
      1089. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the minor injuries unit in Monaghan closes for check-ins at 7 p.m., despite being advertised as open until 8 p.m.; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      1090. To ask the Minister for Health the funding streams available for a disability day service (details supplied) in Ballina, County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63549/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      1091. To ask the Minister for Health whether GPs may claim reimbursement of €300 under the PCRS scheme for carrying out abortions in cases where medical abortion in the community is...
    • Departmental Data
      1092. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of an ADHD assessment in each RHA; the number of assessments carried out privately and publicly in the past five years; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health to consider including medical reports for driving licence renewal/applications for over 70's in the general medical services scheme, to alleviate financial...
    • Departmental Data
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health the number of teams from the 11 catchment area ADHD teams that are fully operational; the teams which remain in the process of being established; the expected...
    • Departmental Reports
      1096. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the consultation report designed by the NCP clinical lead and ADHD Ireland to amend the current Model of Care; the expected implementation...
    • Departmental Funding
      1097. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding provided for adult ADHD services since 2021, by year; whether additional funding will be provided to meet current demand; and the long-term...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health when a full response will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) relating to a Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reviews
      1099. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a cohort of children are now included in the External Expert Panel review established following the independent audit of hip surgeries at CHI and...
    • Departmental Policies
      1101. To ask the Minister for Health the legislation, regulations or policies in place related to privately funded procedures in a public hospital; the oversight arrangements in place (details...
    • Departmental Data
      1102. To ask the Minister for Health if private health insurance claims at a group of hospitals are audited (details supplied); if these audits are conducted internally or externally and by whom;...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1103. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify if a statement is correct (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63609/25]
    • Planning Issues
      1105. To ask the Minister for Health the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving her Department and/or agencies within the aegis of her Department for each...
    • Legislative Process
      1106. To ask the Minister for Health the work undertaken to implement the operational recommendations of the independent review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, in...
    • Health Strategies
      1107. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment in the National Sexual Health Strategy 2025-2035 to develop the necessary legislative supports to underpin clinical practice...
    • Health Service Executive
      1108. To ask the Minister for Health if she will pause the sale of lands at a HSE-owned site (details supplied) until the HSE decides on the services which it will provide on the lands to be...
    • Health Services
      1109. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the difficulties people suffering from a rare genetic condition are having in accessing a drug (details supplied); the plans to make this...
    • Medical Cards
      1110. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to extend the long-term illness card to include pulmonary fibrosis given it is available for persons with cystic fibrosis; and if she will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1111. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being put in place to address the difficulties faced by patients in securing access to local GP services following the retirement of their GP,...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      1116. To ask the Minister for Health if, given the success of the Genio Sasta pilot project it will be made permanent; if funding will be provided in health for homeless initiatives; and if she...
    • Home Help Service
      1117. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of persons (details supplied); if she will address the ongoing shortfall in their approved home support hours and the absence of...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1948 of 4 November 2025, if she will ensure the issuance of a reminder to practitioners of the terms of the scheme and...
    • Dental Services
      1119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in Cork currently accepting new medical card patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63680/25]
    • Departmental Schemes
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of including all forms of diabetes on the long-term illness scheme, including the cost of issuing the associated medical cards. [63697/25]
    • Departmental Data
      1121. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing glucose monitoring devices to all individuals with diabetes in the State. [63698/25]
    • Health Services
      1122. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reviewing the case of a person (details supplied) who has been informed they have to make a repayment of a specialty...
    • Care of the Elderly
      1123. To ask the Minister for Health to request the HSE south west to consider extending a day care service (details supplied) for the benefit of older people in the area; and if she will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      1124. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical product (details supplied) will be available for reimbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63710/25]
    • Hospital Equipment
      1125. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of dialysis machines in Mayo University Hospital; if there are any plans to upgrade the dialysis machines already in Mayo...
    • Health Services
      1126. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent consideration will be given to the provision of services at a health care facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1127. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 964 of 12 November 2025, the reason payment for a 2017 bid was not made until 2020. [63717/25]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1128. To ask the Minister for Health the supports which are available to parents of adult children suffering from severe drug addiction and related mental health issues; the level of funding...
    • Mental Health Services
      1130. To ask the Minister for Health if she will fund family liaison officers for mental health and addiction services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63728/25]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1132. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made on reducing surgical and outpatient waiting lists over the past six months; and the specific target for the next quarter....
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      1133. To ask the Minister for Health the current plan to address overcrowding in hospital emergency departments; and the resources being allocated to improve patient flow. [63757/25]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1134. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on capital projects related to hospital infrastructure, including a timeline for completion for new hospital builds and extensions. [63758/25]
    • Hospital Services
      1135. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which her Department is working to ensure equitable access to specialist hospital services across all regions of the country. [63759/25]
    • Mental Health Services
      1136. To ask the Minister for Health to give a detailed report on primary care psychological services waiting lists in County Kerry; the measures being taken to significantly reduce these waiting...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1138. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the long-awaited primary care centre in Cahersiveen, County Kerry, for the residents of Cahersiveen, Iveragh and south Kerry; and if she will make...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1139. To ask the Minister for Health to list the operational recommendations of the independent review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 that have been fully...
    • Ambulance Service
      1141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people from the Roscommon ambulance station hubs who will be eligible for the next advanced paramedic course being run by the National Ambulance...
    • Health Services
      1142. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department plans to close permanently the health centre in Killenaule, Tipperary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons aged 0-18 years old on waiting lists for (details supplied) in primary care services, by number of years and months waiting, by...
    • Health Services Staff
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved posts in primary care services for 0-18 year olds for disciplines (details supplied); whether each of those posts were vacant or filled...
    • Health Services
      1149. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to provide a service in Letterkenny University Hospital for patients who require intravitreal injections (details supplied); and if she...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1150. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) given the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63997/25]
    • Health Services
      1151. To ask the Minister for Health to commit to a full national inquiry into paediatric disability services, including orthopaedics, neurology, therapy services, equipment provision, overseas...
    • Budget 2026
      1157. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any reduction in the funding being provided to drugs taskforces in Budget 2026; if so, the rationale behind the reduction; and if she will...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Welfare Service
      1158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider amending legislation governing SUSI to allow students who have previously completed Springboard courses to have these...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rights a returning emigrant with two children who worked in Ireland for 12 to 13 years before emigrating to the USA has in relation to their...
    • Construction Industry
      1160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of construction workers required annually to meet the housing delivery targets in Delivering Homes, Building Communities;...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which apprentices are given a place for their off-the-job training (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason in technological universities (TUs) there are no grades for professors; if there are plans to introduce a new grade; if so, when...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the Statement of Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62782/25]
    • Further and Higher Education
      1166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a TU postgraduate gets €10,000 less than other postgraduates; if there is funding for this; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Costs
      1167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when unsuccessful applicants to the 2025 Research Ireland COALESCE grant will receive the reviewer feedback from the international panel; if he...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is currently on schedule to meet its obligations under the first Programme Plan of Action of the National Human Rights...
    • Third Level Costs
      1170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on funding allocations for student accommodation developments at regional universities and technological...
    • Departmental Staff
      1171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department and agencies...
    • Grant Payments
      1172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will consider extending the SUSI grant to graduate medicine students in appreciation of the vital role these graduates will...
    • Third Level Costs
      1173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider implementing a maintenance allowance grant to graduate medicine students who are on GP or hospital placements outside of...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently intervene and provide a resolution to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63264/25]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the aegis of his...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a SUSI grant application; if he will provide an update on the...
    • Third Level Costs
      1177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1161 of 12 November 2025, if he will provide his Department’s agreed procedures/guidelines provided...
    • Grant Payments
      1178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1161 of 12 November 2025, the reason for the fall in the student assistance fund provided by his...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      1179. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department is currently on schedule to meet its obligations under the first Programme Plan of Action of the National Human...
    • Legislative Measures
      1180. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he intends to introduce legislation for increased regulation and oversight of crematoria. [62939/25]
    • Departmental Staff
      1181. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his...
    • Rural Schemes
      1182. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the local improvement scheme; the steps he is taking to address the fact that some roads will not be...
    • Weather Events
      1183. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the location of the planned 93 generators that are scheduled to be provided to address potential extreme weather events; and if...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1184. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the...
    • Rural Schemes
      1185. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional or unspent LEADER funding can be allocated to the Kerry LAG given programme budgets are depleted; and if he will...

All of 2025's answers « Previous day

Answers this month

November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930

See all of 2025

What are Written Answers?

The parliamentary question is a great way for TDs to discover information which the government may not wish to reveal. Ministers reply via written answers, a list of which gets published daily.

We let you vote on whether or not the answer given is adequate.